WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 1, 26 September 1918, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

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St. Mary's Bazaar. _ St. Mary of tho Angels' bazaar tinued its course last night at the Town. Hall. All tho stalls ivera well patronised, and tho business cloiio by each kept up well. During the evening 'Turner's Orchestra gave several very acceptable items. Miss Nesta Canvell-Cooke, with her pupils,' gave ■an entertainment, which deservedly evoked tho plaudits of the audience. Owing to the influenza epidemic at the .camp, tho squad which was to have attended was unable to be present. Tho queen competition showed Miss Naureon Griffin in the lead, with Miss Eileen O'Brien a. very close second, and Miss B. Hackett third. To-night a special'feature of the evening's entertainment will be a display by pupils of Miss D. Guise and tho Irish jig competition for hoys and girls under 16 years. This. form of competition evoked on Tuesday evening much, favourable comment, and the audience may confidently anticipate a pleasant evening's enjoyment. During the evening a first-class orchestra will contribute items. Red Cross in Italy. An official report from the head of the Military Medical Board of the Italian Army calls attention to "the highly'excellent work" done for the wounded at the Battle of the Piavo Bridge, in most critical circumstances, by the Ist Ambulance .Unit.of the British Red Cross, commanded by Mr. 6: M. Trevelyan, states Eouter's correspondent at Home. ' Mr. Trevelyan insisted on his unit working as near as possible to the fighting line, and, making three continuous services, carried ijhe wounded to and from the first aid posts in. order; to prevent their falling into the bands of the enemy. This service was'j not-interrupted even when tho road was broken. up,by the enemy's heavy gunfire. The commander of the unit, Mr. Trevelyau, who has already been decorated by the fone of Italy 7 with the Silver Medal for. Valour, was assisted by Captain JPhilip .Baker, also previously decorate'd for valour, Captain (Herbert D,yn<\ who has worked for three years on the Italian front, and Mr. Geoffrey ,vho W iiß wounded in 1917 oil 'the Italian front, and has Had. his leg amputated. In addition tlio report mentions 2nd Lieutenant William Sommerv=iv « fnii-rlian, iml ?nd Lisutenpnt Cecil AVardell, a Now Zenlandor, who botli greatly distinguished themselves.

Doath cf Well-Known Authoress, English fiction of the old-fashioned type has lost one of its most distinguished representatives' by the death of Jliss Jofsio Bedford—better kiiown hv her nom dn plume of Elizabeth Godfrey—who passed away a short limn a;j;« in n nursing home at feoutliainpton, states "The Queen." "Her charming romances with their truthfully-de-picted and appropriate settings ' are marked by a refinement too often abr sent in the over-realistic fiction nowithe .fashion; her characters revealing themselves naturtiliy without any 'wearisome descriptions. Specially fine are hor i "Poor Human_ Nature." a. .very true picture'of .German musical society in I'np. dosing decides of tho - nineteenth century: "Tim Winding Road," Uiescene of. which is laid near Winchester; and "The Cradle of a Post," with its realisation of the 'virile qualities .of tho Dorpet qunrrymen and the conditjmis under which they lived • and worked. student of history with a great predilection for the seventeenth century. Miss Bedford also published several notable compilations,. ■ incli.idiiif; "Home Life -Tinder the Stuarts," "Social Life Under the .Stuarts," and "A Sistw of'l'rincs Rupert." Roi'ii at Winchester, she lived nearly all hnr life in or near tlic New Forest, her intimate acquaintance with which she displayed in her bonk on it, which apnciired in the "Picturesque England Series." A member of the White Eose Rocietv, she> did much to further the valuable work done by it, and during the last. tragic years' she devoted much of her'time to,ministering to thn wounded New Zealandors in the hospital at Brockenhnrst, where her memory will long be cherished as that of a loving and unselfish nurse.