WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 8, 5 October 1926, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr. aud Mrs. Cyril Ward and Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Ward returned to Christchurch by the Wahine last evening.

Mrs. James Alexander, sen., Napier, is visiting Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Studholme, of Christchurch, have arrived from the south.

Mrs. Weston, Kelburn, is vistiug the Wairarapa.

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Barker, of Gisborne, are visiting Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. Lance Tompkins, ' of Hamilton, are on a visit to Wellington.

The hostesses for Community Club this week are as follow: —Tuesday, Mrs. R. McLeod; Wednesday, Wellington Suburban Nursing Division; Thursday, Mrs. Murphy, M.8.E.; Friday, Mrs. E. Muir; Monday, Mrs. G. McGregor.

“Don’t cuddle up your children. Let them have plenty of fresh air and sunlight. Why let your children go to a stuffy picture house on an afternoon when you can let them get out on beaches and in open spaces? There are no more resources in any part of the world than there are here for the health of the children. Let them get the fresh air and sunshine, then there will be no disease, and our hospitals will be practically empty.” These remarks were made by Sir Truby King, Director of Child Welfare, during the course of a lecture on “The Sun Cure” before a crowded and interested audience at the Leys Institute, Auckland.—Special correspondent.

The monthly meeting of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children was held on Friday. There were present Mrs.’ Richardson (in the chair), Mesdames Johnson, Morice. McLean, McEldowney, Schierning, Miller, Symons, Wilkie, Hodson, Nathan, Parton, McVicar, MacGoun, Harvey, Robinson, Richards, TvtheBrown, Joseph, Luke, Cook, Misses Barnett, Cameron, and Nathan. _• The nurses thanked the following ladies for parcels of clothing:—Mesdames Morgan. Mouat, McCarlie, Fauvel, and Parton. The matron of the Mothercraft Home thanked Mesdames Macleaa, Macarthy-Reid, Joseph, and Miss Peach for flowers, Mrs. Parton for soap, and per Mrs. Joseph old blankets. The society is co-operating in the Health Week campaign, and will have an interesting display, which will be in charge of the Plunket nurses and members of the committee, who will fully explain to all interested the aims and objects of the work. Within the next fortnight both Wadestown and Miramar districts will have a central room provided, one afternoon a week at each place, where the nurse will be in attendance for two hours. The committee thanked the Anglican Church authorities for lending St. Luke's schoolroom in Wadestown and St. Aiden’s in Miramar for this purpose, which will be a great convenience to the mothers in these districts. The opening of these two rooms will complete the chain of outlying offices in Wellington, every other suburb in Wellington being provided with a room. The treasurer acknowledged ' the following donations and subscriptions:—Grateful, £2 25.; Mesdames Elliott, McKibbin, Frazer, £1 Is. each; Mrs. Battersby, 10s.; Mesdames Campion, Sanders, and Anyon, ss. each. Per Karori sub-committee — Part proceeds jumble sale, £7 12s, 9d.; Mesdames Inkster, Hazelwood, Johnston, Crier, Dvett, and Henderson, ss. each. Per Brooklyn sub-committee— Proceeds of card party, £7 6s. 6d.; proceeds of social evening, Mrs. Gribble, £1 65.; small donations, 155.; total,, £9 7s. 6d. Per Northland sub-committee— Proceeds of dance, £5 12s. Per Eastbourne sub-committee—Mesdames Mather and Markham, £1 Is. each; Mesdames Kent and Jenkinson and King, 10s. each; Mesdames King, Burch, Robinson, Bourne, Munro, C. Hill, Hoggard, Baker, Richards, Pilcher, Dyer, Isaacs, Andrews, and Cane, ss. each. Total, £7 2s. Per Hataitai sub-commit-tee—Mrs. Lyford, £1 Is/; Mesdames Bishop, Thorpe, and M.W.S., ss. each; collected in small amounts, £1 7s. 6d. Total, £3 3s. 6d. Per Kelburn sub-com-mittee—Mrs. Ellis, £1 Is.; Mesdames F. Rowley, J. Martin. Morpeth, Webster, Bridge, and Miss Rowley, ss. each. Total, £2 Ils. Per Khandallah sub-committee—Mesdames Chapman, Kofoea, McKay, Hcays, Gault, Tanner, Living, Mills, Scdtt", and White, ss. each; collected in small sums, 10s. Total, £3.

A successful little bazaar was given in St. Anne’s Hall by the following small Northland girls:—Misses Jlulligan, Morris, Von Kiesenberg, Hewson, Tilsley, and White, in aid of the Residential Nurseries, Northland-Kelburn branch, the very helpful sum of £3 7s 6d. being handed to Mrs. H. W Hargraves (president),. who, in return, entertained the children with a party much enjoyed by all.

The New Zealand Executive of the Sudan United Mission and the members of the Women’s Auxiliary entertained two outgoing missionaries on Friday at morning tea in Kirkcaldie’s tea-rooms. The guests were Miss Beth Macdonald, of Methven, Canterbury, and Mr. Norman Cameron, sou of the late Rev. Dr. Andrew Cameron, of Dunedin. They have been accepted for work in the Sudan and are proceeding to Heiban. Mr. J. W. Black, Dominion president of the G.U.M., welcomed the visitors and wished them godspeed. Mr. Cameron suitably responded on behalf of Miss Macdonald and himself. The missionaries left by s.s. Maheno at noon, followed by the good wishes of many friends.

Arrangements are well in hand for the children’s plain, fancy-dress, and poster dance to be held by the Wellington Free Kindergarten Mothers’ Chib in the Empire Hall at the end of this week. Excellent prizes are being offered, and the committee in charge of the arrangements are sparing no efforts to make the gathering a thoroughly enjoyable one. Afternoon tea will be served, and music and dance items bv the recent competition winners will be a feature of the entertainment. It is hoped that those who are interested in the kindergarten movement will be sure and come, and thereby assist an excellent cause.

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“WELCOME HOME”

TO MR. AND MRS. W. J. MELODY.

On Saturday evening at Lower Hutt a "welcome home” was given to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Melody, who recently returned to the Dominion after eighteen months’ absence in the Homeland. The gathering was a representative one, including the School Committee of the Hutt Central School, the headmaster and staff of the school, the Ladies’ Committee, aud several intimate friends of the guests of the evening. During the evening Mr. W. H. Amos, chairman of the School Committee, extended a very hearty welcome home to Mr. and Mrs. Melodv, particularly stressing the. wide experience Mr. Melody had gained in educational matters during his trip overseas, and announcing that he had kindlv promised to deliver a lecture on liis travels at an early date. Mr. Tamblvn, headmaster of the Hutt Central School, tendered a very warm welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Melody from the staff and scholars of the school, which, he said, had already been amply demonstrated by the children. Mr. Melodv’s added experience would be of great 'benefit to the school as well as to education generally in the Dominion. .... Mr. E. P. Rishworth, who has been associated with Mr. Melody for many years in educational affairs in the Hutt district, spoke of Mr. Melody’s energy, capacity, and ability as a teacher, and convevcd to him a very hearty welcome on behalf of his numerous friends in the Hutt Valley. Mr. Macaskill and Mr. Forsyth also spoke of Mr. and Mrs. Melody’s popularity in the district. Mr. Melody made a very interesting reply, expressing his appreciation of and thanks for the splendid reception accorded him and his wife on their return, and relating various incidents of their travels in Great Britain, on the Continent of Europe, and in South Africa. An excellent supper was provided, and a most enjoyable evening was spent in dancing, music, song, and storv, the gathering finally dispersing at midnight after singing “Auld Lang Syne” and a verse of the National Anthem.

Mr. Melody, who during his absence had been promoted to the position of first assistant master, resumed duty at the school on September 39.

The Adelphi Cabaret. The style of modern dancing is ever changing, and is governed to a very large extent by the type of dance music in vogue at the moment. In the large centres of the Old World where in some subtle fashion, a particular series of steps becomes the “rage,” possibly guided by the ideals and efforts of expert professionals, the best known composers of syncopated melodies pander to the demands of a large and increasing public; but in New Zealand dancelovers are forced to adopt the taste and follow the whims of people overseas, relying on the leading orchestras in the chief centres of the Dominion to play the best and latest numbers obtainable in the newest and most correct way. At the Adelphi Cabaret there is a remarkably good orchestra led by Mr. Manuel Hyman, a violinist-and conductor of wide experience, who has selected the cream of modern dance music, and plays it as it should be played. Wellington people appreciate anything good, and the cabaret as a whole has met with strong support, and throughout the past season has won nothing but praise.

The engagement is announced of Mary Ellen Andrew, daughter of the late Mr. Andrew’ and Mrs. F. Swainson (nee Andrew), of Te Karaka, to Reginald Geo. Howell, of Tauranga, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Howell, of Wanganui.

Miss Bicknell, A.R.R.C., Miss Hester McLean, R.R.C., Miss Moore, A.R.R.C., Miss West, and Miss Patrick, of Wellington, are in Napier in connection with the New Zealand Trained Nurses’ Association’s annual convention.

TO-DAY’S RECIPE Fish, curry sauce, rice—Trim some fish fillets nicely, and broil or fry them. Serve with a rich curry sauce, and garnish with boiled rice. Curry Sauce: loz. of butter, j apple, or 1 stick of rhubarb, or 1 tablespoonful of gooseberry jam, 1 teaspooniul of lemon juice, |-pint of stock, loz. of flour, 1 dessertspoonful of curry powder, 1 tablespoonful of coconut (fresh or desiccated), salt. Put the coconut in a cup with 1 gill of boiling water, let it stand for fifteen minutes. Peel and mince the onion, and apple or rhubarb (if used). Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the onion, fry it a’pale brown, add the flour and curry powder, and fry for three or tour minutes, stirring well. Remove the pan from the fire, stir in the stock gradually, and strain in the coconut water. Bring to the boil, add the apple or its equivalent, and simmer for ten to fifteen minues. Season; add the lemon juice and strain.

The “Bungalow” is a departure in design from the ordinary gas cooker, and owes its great popularity to many special features. The white enamelled stand lessens stooping, and enables floors to be kept free from grease or dirt. The oven interior is double cased, and packed and enamelled throughout. Exterior sides of oven, also centre panel of door, are in white enamel tiled finish. The white enamelled crown plate (with grooved “lip” in front), also the white enamel tiled wall plate, are additional features which make for simple cleaning. The hotplate is fitted with new "Efficiency” burners, each with gas and air adjuster. Patent grill is adjustable for boiling or grilling as desired. The plate rack (Richmond’s patent) bolds plates vertically, so that all are equally heated In its five sizes the “Bungalow” provides a complete scries for households of from three to 18 persons. You are invited to inspect these stoves at the Wellington Gas Company, Courtenay Place.—Advt.