WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 91, 14 October 1914, Page 9

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Go often to the hill-tops. From there you will see the mitt in the valley of your mind.— Oyler.

iThere was a very large attendance of men at the Troopers' Club last night, and the hostesses, Mesdames Montgomery, Royd Garlick, and Chatfield, provided excellent entertainmeat, concluding, after a concert, with an informal dance. Colonel Chaytor, on behalf of the men, expressed the giatitude they felt for the kindness they had received, and hearty cheers were given for the committee. Much interest was shown in the competition for the boxing gloves and punch ball presented by Mr. J. Mills. There were six entries, and the winner was Corporal Thomas, of the Wellington West Company, 7th Regiment, who is well-known as a boxer in New Zealand championships. v Hie runner-up was Private Davidson. Corporal Thomas chose the punch ball and to Private Davidson fell tho boxing gloves. At the recent examination held under the auspices of St. John's Ambulance I Association, all the candidates save one ' passed. 1 Miss Emily Rutherford, of Mendip ! Hills, has come to Wellington to" see her brother, a member of the Expeditionary i Force, who is at present a patient in ! the Wellington Hospital. Last night the monthly meeting of the Women's Social and Political League wa-s held in the Tiffin Tearooms, Mrs. Keay Brown presiding over a good attendance. Mrs. Gallichan reported good business was being done at the sewing bees for the distress fund and for distribution in England. Madame Tutska, who has two* knitting machines, has offered to knit stockings free, if the wool be supplied. Several new members were elected. The next meeting will be held next month. In answer to an appeal for help from Miss Newcombe, of the Dominions Overseas Women's Suffrage Society, the secretary was instructed to state that they were busy making clothes for the distress fund. Mr. and Mrs. S. Wood, of Napier, have come to Wellington to meet Mr. Louis Wood, who arrived by the Ulimaroa. Canon and Miss poorly, of Trinadad, who have been staying with relatives in Auckland, arrived last night by the Tarawera, and go on to Dunedin. At the civic . reception to Sir Douglas and Lady Mawson, the latter, who is very tall "and dark, wore navy blue, with an Irish crochet collar, and a black vel vet hat with osprey. Mrs. J. P. Luke was in a grey coat and skin, and a hat with rose : coloUred ribbon. The Misses Baldwin. Goring, and Turnbull returned from Sydney yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Brodie, who have been staying at Trentham, leave to-day for Auckland, Mrs. Brodie staying a few days with Mrs. Anderson, near Taumarunni, en route. V Mr. and Mrs. T. Geary and the Misses M. and Masie Geary, late of Picton, returned to Wellington per the s.s. Ulimaroa from England via Sydney. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. G. Rhodes, of Christchurch) are visiting Wellington. The Misses Tabart, of Christchurch, who -came Wellington to meet their brother, who has returned from England, go back J to Christchurch to-night, Mrs. Scott, wife of Mr. Scott, M.P,, has arrived from Central Otago. The hon. treasurer of the Countess of Liverpool Fund reports further donations as under : — Rangiora, per Wilkinson, 6s; Waipawa (a further sum per Mayoress), £100; Rangatikei Branch Overseas Club, Marton, £12 6s. Mrs. P. C. Fenwick, of Ghristchurch, is visiting Wellington. Mrs. M. Bethell has returned to Christchurch. Mrs. Wettenhall has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Tennant, of Hastings*. Miss Miles has been staying with Mrs. George Ritchie, in Dunedin. Miss Jenkins, of Waitara, is visiting Mrs. T. Jenkins, Brougham-street. Mrs. M'Conville is staying with her parents, Mr. and Mis. M. Hannan, in Ureymouth. The engagement is announced of Ser-geant-Maior Merle Bonar, of the New Zealand Permanent Staff, eldest son of the. late Hon. J. A. Bonar, M.L.C., to Miss Florence Leila Howard, eldest daughter of Mr. C. Page Howard, Brougham-street. Sergeant-Maor Bonar, who served in t,h« South African War, leaves with the Expeditionary Force, The 15,000 Girl Guides in England have, 'like the Boy Scouts, been quick and eager to offer their services during the war. The value of their thoroughly practical training fias already been I shown. Those who are working under Red Cross nurses and at' temporary hospitals are. of great assistance, being ready to do anything in the way of fetching and carrying, running messages, scrubbing the floore, and washing-up. Some, under the supervision of experienced women, have undertaken laundry work, cooking and »ewing, while others not' only wash and mend the shirts of Territorials, but also darn their stockings. They are also willing to assist families in distress, look after children while the mother is away at work, and help at soup kitchens and creches. In fact, they are filled with the spirit which should animate everyone — the readiness to do whatever they can to be of use. Among the most pathetic sights depicted ,in the English illustrated papers are the pictures of. Belgian womer- fleeing with their children from the ravaged village, or forming a melancholy procession along a high road, each woman carrying the few possessions she has been able to rescue. From all accounts the Belgian women are enduring the horrors of German invasion with admir able fortitude. Till the last moment they remain at their posts, going about their everyday tasks with outward cheerfulness. Miss M. Harrison wrote as follows to the Daily Chronicle from Brussels on 13th August : — "*The Belgian woman is accepting the war quite philosophically, as far as her housekeeping is concerned. Fruit and vegetables are still extraordinarily cheap and plentiful. I spent an hour this morning chatting jbo the women in the open air markets in the Place Sainte Catherine. 'It mitst be terrible in Liege,' one rosyfaced woman remarked to me, as she deftly manipulated for me a little machine that cuts up and prepares French beans in a saucepan. 'But here it is not so. The markets are crowded every day. People are living largely on fruit and vegetables while the heat lasts, and nothing is dear. A little meat and plenty of vegetables take one a long way ■ — lettuce, soup, peas, eggs, dessert, voila —even the yery, poor can afford such a

dinner in Brussels. Poverty and distress, of course, will be extremely acute in the near future, but the Belgian housewife knows how to get much out of little. As long as she has fruit and' vegetables at her command her family will not suffer. And now, madame,' said the little saleswoman, 'I go to St. Catharine's to light a candle for my son. He is at the front, and every day I pray to the Sainte Vierge for his safety.' She smiled bravely, and a moment later she had left her stall to run into the church across the square and offer up the prayers of a mother." And so, all over Belgium, did the women work and pray till the last moment, when the Prussians were actually within their gates. And so, once the armed barbarians have marched away, leaving riiin and .desolation in their train, will these plucky women set to work to build up again the Belgian civilisation, one of the oldest and most noteworthy in Europe. Dr. Jean Dawson. of Cleveland, U.S.A., was determined to rid her town of flies (for well she knew how they spread disease), so she offered 10 cents per hundred for dead' flies. The astonishing number' of 500,000 flies were brought in by the children in. a very short time. One boy killed from cellar to garret 800 flies, received his 80 cents, and prepared himself again for the fray. Dr. Jean Dawson first organised the children into groups, battalions, and brigades, and called them the "junior sanitary police." These divisions had their different districts to work in. They visited houses, shops, backyards, where lumber, filth, and stagnant water en* couraged the flies, and either cleaned them or appealed to the owners to do so. They began to feel that flies and dirt were a disgrace in their homes and lanes. Their parents encouraged by the children, soon began to dislike dirt and flies, too, and so fell under the spell of cleanliness The girls, too, had streets assigned to them, and in pairs entered the stores, markets, butchers' shops, and restaurants, and made a note on a report slip of the number of flies counted in three minutes' time. If more than three flies were counted in three minutes the manager was requested to allow the employees to stop work and kill the flies. Those not having traps were asked to provide them. If these places refused to help they were noted and tabooed. Traps, poison dishes, and the cleaning up of refuse became so thorough that there were no places for the flies to breed. The realty wonderful results accomplished by Dr. Jean Dawson's "cleanup campaign," which made Cleveland practically a flyless city last year, are ably supported by merchants, business people, and citizens generally, for all have caught the fever of fly destroying.