WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1914, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Go often to the hill-tops. From there you will see the mist ia the valley of your mind.—

Yesterday was even a lovelier day at | Trentham than Saturday, and great j crowds went out to the races. Indeed, there was such a crush at the Lambton Station that dresses and tempers suffered. The racing was good, and the day intensely enjoyed by the visitors. The magnificent Wellington Cup was presentee' by Miss Harcourt — in the absence of Lady Liverpool — and received by Mrs. W. Bidwill, whose husband was not present. Miss Harcourt wore navy blue and a hat with flowers and ribbon ; Lady Ward navy blue charraeuse and a white hat with feathers; Mrs. Bidwill, black, and a hat of black and white, with pink Toses ; Lady Clifford, black silk and a hat with white feathers ; Mrs. Ernest Blundell, violet costume, and hat with roses ; Mrs.. A. Myers, violet velvet and fur, and a black hat with ospreys ; Miss Seddon, black, and a hat trimmed with floral ribbon ; Miss R. Joseph, grey, and a hat with flowers; Mrs. V. Riddiford, cream serge and hat massed with flowers; Mrs. W. Turnbull, cream coat and skirt, and toque with roses; Mrs. W. Johnston, blue silk and hat garlanded with white flowers. ____ __ ; Miss Newbigin, of Hastings, is visiting Wellington. Mrs. Henry Hall and Miss Young leave next week for Mount Cook. Mrs. and Miss Grigg returned last night to Christchurch. Mrs. C. Izard is a guest of Mrs. Pattle Izett, Wanganui. Mrs. Vernon Reed is skying in Auckland. Mrs. R. K. Simpson and Miss Simpson, of Marton, are at the Royal Oak. Mrs. and Miss Gibson, Nelson, are visiting Mrs. Robin. Kelburn. Mrs. Wardell has returned to Masterton. ' Mrs. Fulton left to-day with her sister, Mrs. Waldegrave, for Palmerston North. She returns to-morrow. Miss Elsie Booth, of Nelson, is a guest of Mrs. Henry Hall. Mrs. Chas. Lewis, of Hawkes Bay, is staying at Lyall'Bay. Mrs. Clouston, widow of the artist, leaves for England next week. Mrs. Sunderland is staying in Hawkes Bay with Mrs. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lynch (Wairoa.), Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Macky (Auckland), and Mr. and Mrs. Silk (Wanganui) are at the Hotel Windsor. Staying at the Empire Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Cmttenden (Auckland),/ Mr. and Mrs. Bunby (Auckland), Mrs. Cameron (Masterton), Mr. and Mrs. Graham Moft'at (Glasgow), Mr. and Mrs. Rathbone (Hawkes Bay), Mr. and Mrs. Williams (Hawera), Ml*. _ and Mrs. A'Deane (Takapau), Miss Linck (Glasgow), Mr, and Mrs. Valentine (Dunedin), Mrs. C. Lulham (Nelson), and Mrs. Chase (Christchurch). The Rev. Mother General of the Sacred Heart, Rev. Mother Janet Stuart, whose death was announced by cable last week, wa-s (says a Timaru paper) the daughter of the late Hon. and Reverend Andrew Godfrey Stuart, .son of the second Earl of Castle-Stuart, and a direct descendant of the royal Stuarts (from Robert, third son of King Robert the Second of Scotland). Her uncle, the third Earl of Castle-Stuart, was also a convert to Catholicism. Janet Erskine Stuart was born in 1857, and at the age of 21 was received into the Catholic Church by Reverend Peter Gallwey, S.J. In her 25th year she entered the Society of the Sacred Heart, to which &he has rendered invaluable services by her high intellectual attainments, while her gentle, unassuming character endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. Of the many products of her pen the work entitled "The Education of Catholic Girls" has gained widespread commendation, and has become a standard work in education. Many friends of the Convent will recall with pleasure her brief stay in Timaru last January. After visiting the convents in Japan and Canada, she set sail from New York, reaching the Mother House in Brussels in the middle of July. The outbreak of the war brought sorrow upon sorrow, in the dangers to which the various convents of the order in Austria' and Belgium were exposed, while the troubles in Mexico were of a nature still more gra^e. She remained at the post of danger till the beginning of September, when all English residents were ordered to leave Brussels. She then took refuge in her old home at Roehampton, London, where she had been Superior and Novice Mistress during many years. Mrs. Bremner, whose death took place this week, from heart trouble, was a daughter of Dr. Isaac Featfierston, and sister of Mrs. C. J. Johnston, Mrs. Menzies, Mrs. Fitzgerald, and the late Mrs. Newman. She wa-s the seventh daughter, and was a twin, her twin sister, Mise Louisa Featherston, dying many years ago. Her husband, who predeceased her many years ago, was for years the manager of the woollen mills at Pefcone, where they lived for some time after moving to Wellington, where she lias practically spent all her life. She leaves four daughters — Mrs. Macfarlane, of Nelson ; Mrs. Christophers, of Wairoa, and the two Miss Bremners — and two sons, both of whom are with the Main Expeditionary Force. Many brave Englishwomen have decided not to go into widows' weeds, but to wear, as a token of their loss, a plain purple band on their arms. Even in their overwhelming grief there must be a sense of pride, that seems to them better typified by the purple of victory than by the crape of despair. True to the British character, too, one hears that these bereaved one 3 have, outwardly, set aside their own griefs to minister to the pitiful crowd of refugees and wounded that are pouring into England, and, perhaps, in soothing the sorrows and binding the wounds of others, they may find some solace from their own anguish. Many quiet country homes are sheltering Belgian refugees, and the children are being taken _ care of by English mothers. Sometimes, when the poor little creatures reach their refuge, their guardians discover they have been horribly disfigured by the cruel soldiers. But the passionate indignation that such atrocities indrice only increases the loving kindness of the English fostermothers for the orphaned exiles. I One of the busiest sewing centres in London is upon the stage of the Alhambra Theatre, where, each afternoon, the ladies of the company and the staff make garments for the Red Cross. A fund for members of the theatrical profession out of work owing to the war has been organised in London, with the .pregjtfcaj aid pj Sh; Herbetf Tjm,,

Many women of title and position in England are working hard recruiting for the new army. The Misses Winefred and Ivy Mulroney have hit upon an ori- ; ginal method of assisting the formation of Kitchener's army. They rid* daily in Hyde Park, and personally request all young men to enlist. Queen Mary is personally presiding over the weekly meetings of the combined council of the Prince of Wales National Relief Fnnd, the British Red Cioss Society, and the St. John Ambulance, who are working to avoid the least possiblo overlapping in their great work. A very pleasant evening was spent at the Ohiro Home on Monday evening, when the Lyric Club of tho Young Women's Christian Association gave a concert to the inmates of the home. Some of the choruses and solos from tho cantata, " Christ and His Soldiers," were rendered under the direction of Mr. F. S. Pope, with Mr. Kerry at the piano. Solos were sung hy Mrs. Kerry, Messrs. Goudie, and Pope. At the close refreshments were handed to the aged folk by a committee of girls, and all joined in singing the National Anthem. Staying at the Occidental Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Scott (Wanganui), Mr. and Mrs. J. HoJmes (Wellington), Miss E. Hart (Lawrence. Otago), Mr. and Mrs. Atkins (New Plymouth), Mr. and Mrs. C. Ingram (Otago), Mr. and Mrs. J. Strattott (Auckland), Misses Pritchard (Christchurch). Miss Edis, a gold medallist and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, and the first woman in England to take up colour portraiture in a professional manner, recently took three autochrome portraits of Princess Mary. These are said to be the only photographs that do the Princess justice. It seems that fairly lengthy exposures are required for colour portraits, and they can only be taken under the most favourable weather conditions. The difficulty is that the problem of printing copies of colour photographs has not yet been satisfactorily solved, so that one sitting can only give a single portrait. Hence the cost is considerably greater than that of an ordinary black and white photograph. Since the war started in England women who drive their own motor-cars have been making themselves very useful in helping to raise the army by conveying recruits from villages and outlying countryside districts to recruiting officers and the depots , of the country regiments. A Sydney woman in England has offered her services in this capacity. In Paris the City Council is allowing every head of a family, whether man or woman, who can get no work by reason of ' the Avar, a shilling a day, with 5d extra for each child. It would be interesting to know just how French women manage on such a pittance. An Australian would certainly find it difficult, it not well-nigh impossible, to housekeep on such an amount. The war has already affected fashions in London. One shop is showing women's golf jackets made 'of khaki, and trimmed with "tricolour edging. Khaki scarves of both silk and wool are also to be had trimmed in this way. A veil has just one figuration in the centre of each cheek — a tiny aeroplane. Then for men there are khaki and tricoloured ties and khaki shirts. An interesting fact worth recording is the brisk trade being done in the principal West End exclusive houses with the American colony passing through London, writes a London correspondent. They have arrived in thousands from all parts of the Continent to tranship from pne.or other of our ports to New York, minus the greater portion of their luggage and minus the smart autumn and winter clothes they purposed ordering in Paris. This is serving an excellent purpose, though one naturally regrets the reason, for it has kept the best firms busy working overtime, too, to complete orders left with them. The head of Debenham's stated that this is usually a very slack time with them, but they have never been so busy in every department. American women come in and leave big orders, which must be fulfilled at very short notice to enable them to join their boat home. The big Paris houses could not carry out orders left with them, but our American sisters are evidently well satisfied with what the best London houses can produce, which, after all, is something, for it brings grist to the mill and gives employment to hundreds of deserving women, who otherwise would be starving.