WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 133, 7 June 1915, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. Masse 3' has received a letter from Lady Godley which will be of great interest to the many women who have {•on& or husbands at the front. Lady Godley says that Sir lan Hamilton had had parades of the New Zealand troops, and th«y looked very well and businesslike, and that there was a cinematograph taken of the parade. " Colonel Guy Russell and Mr. Rhodes bought the film and the rights of it from the photographer, to ensure it 6 going to New Zealand and Australia, where it will interest so many." Lady Godley says she is very busy at the Abbassia Hospital, which was handed over for the use of the New Zealand troops. It was not a European hospital before, and so needed a good deal more equipment. The building is a very nice one, and suitable for the climate, with deep verandahs all round, so that the patients can sleep or sit out. They have secured a very nice English matron, who is a capable and clever organiser, and the nursing has been excellent. Lady Godley also says : " I found that the recovering convalescents who were almost well (too well to be in hospital and not strong enough to go back to camp) were greatly in want of some sort of convalescent place to go to for a short time. So I found at first a few kind friends who had houses large enough to take a trooper to stay, and then other kind friends offered. Now I have found a few English people, not well off, who will take a private if we pay a small sum, but these are few naturally, and we have to be very careful where they go. We are very anxious to get a house at tho seaside at Alexandria, and run it as a Convalescent Home." Before Sir Alexander Godley left for the Dardanelles, he selected, a suitable house at Alexandria, and cabled to the Hon. J. Allen for permission to take it and spend what was necessary on equipping it. The permission was given, and there is now a "comfortable Government Convalescent Home for the men, and it has proved invaluable in helping to restore them to 6ound health. Lady Godley adds: — "We may have to get our kind friends in New Zealand to supplement with extras to equip and run it, but I know we can rely on New Zealand, ladies. It will be money that will be required, as things take so long to come." The engagement of Miss Ethel Davies, of Christchurch, to Captain G. B. Bates, of the Huddart-Parker Company, is announced. An interesting feature of the concert which was held in the Grand Opera House on Saturday evening, organised by the St. John Ambulance and Red Cross Brigade, was the guard of honour for Their Excellencies the Governor an'l Countess of Liverpool, composed of th^ members of the combined associations, who looked very well in nursing uniform. Sweets and flowers were sold during the evening, and must have made a considerable addition to the proceed?. The buttonholes were very pretty, ana tied with either the Tricolour or the Belgian colours. Miss Joseph, who is so well known as an excellent maker of sweets, is having a stall at the Carnival bazaar in th 9 Town Hall of her own wares. Only home-made sweets will be sold, and all will be the work of Mrs. and Miss Joseph. The patriotic committee of Auckland last week despatched a big consignment to Wellington, consisting of fourteen cases of goods, namely, socks. Each case 3500 parcels, and each parcel enclosed 2 pairs socks, 2 khaki handkerchiefs, and a smaller parcel containing safety-pins and bachelor buttons, the whole being tied up by a pair of leather bootlaces with a "good luck'" card attached, says the Auckland Star. This consignment will provide for the boys of the sth Reinforcements in camp at Wellington, and will be available at the end of the journey from New Zealand. At St. Mary of the Angel's Church, Boulcott-street, Miss Edith Pycroft, youngest daughter of Mrs. R. Pycroft, of this city, was married to Mr. Maurice Finnigan. The bride wore a gown of silk voile prettily trimmed with Irish lace, She wore a wreath and veil and carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids were Miss Nellie Finnigan, of Nelson, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Myrtle Jackson, of Brooklyn, niece of the bride, while Mr. George E. Bradley was best man. An innovation that will, excusably, come in for a good deal of criticism has been made by one of the foremost London drapers in introducing displays of children's fashions, and with child mannequins parading, a« do grown-ups, before possible clients. One of the special attractions at the Park on Saturday was undoubtedly the Baby Show, which was organised by the executive of the Carnival. There were about fifty grand little specimens shown, among them two pairs of twins, one of boys and the other girls. It was noticeable that the large proportion were boys, confirming the statement that in war time most children born aro boys. The judges had considerable difficulty in awarding the prizes, specially when three babies were encountered, of the same age and the same weight exactly. The matter was finally settled by the teeth, tho baby with ten being given the first prize. The prizes were numerous and useful. A very intimate and pereona.l article on the Kaiser, entitled "William the Sudden." by Anne Topha-m, appears in the new number of the Fortnightly Review, saysi a writer in the London Observer. It wa« written in 1910. and was then published in America; but its descriptions of the Emperor and of his habits have a peculiar interest to-day. "The Emperor's appearance," says Miss Topham. "especially in civil dress, is a little disappointing, for hie portraits and busts have been^over idealised and beautified. That somewhat Judaic nose of his, through which he speaks with a distinctly Judaic snuffle, has been given a Greek touch which it does not, strictly speaking, possess. The complexion is colourless and sallow, and on the right cheek is the deeply indented scar of the iron which a madman once flung at him, dangerously near the eye— those bright, blue, restless eyes which he has a trick of bulging out at people in an alarming and very unbecoming style. His hair is turning very grey at the temples, and little lines of wrinkles thread his face, which, in spite of its animation, has a worn look, the look of a man who consumes vital energy somewhat too fa.it. His figure, not above the middle height, is growing thickset and a slight tendency to elderly embonpoint may lie observed- Among a crowd of people he is instantly to be recognised by his manner of constantly emphasising what he says with upraised hand and forefinger ; the latter constantly and rapidly 'wagglps' (there is no other word for it) fn accompaniment to the conversation. If, as is probable, ho is at the samei time wriggling and jerking galvanically on hia left leg, it is caay_ to account for the ■ '*tmo&ph*re of feverUh activity' which

seems to surround the Kaiser at even the calmest moments of his existence. "- It is amusing to find the Munich journal Neueete Nachrichten extolling "Rule Britannia." as our "real national anthem" ;—"lt; — "It is in this great hymn that the Briton pours forth all the passion of his soul. It dates from a period when Albion had become conscious of the enormous importance of her seapower, and to-day it sounds over land and sea. wherever this rule of the ocean, no matter how remotely, is threatened." And no doubt the Neueste Nachrichten would call it "an infamous English Ho" if we assured her that this terrific pasan is one of which not one Englishman in ten thousand can repeat a verse, and hardly one in a score whistlo the air correctly, add* an English paper. A correspondent sends a pattern for bed socks, which she says she finds " a great improvement on any I have yet tried." The pattern is as follows: Oast on 57 stitches; knit in 3 plain and 3 purl for 55 rows; then knit 36 stitches, leaving 21 on pin; take these off on hairpin, turn, and knit 15 stitches, and take off the remaining 21 stitches on another hairpin ; then knit the 15 stitches on needle in pattern for 60 rows; then pick up 40 stitches down the side of the strip you have knitted till you come to the 21 stitches on hairpin, which you also pick up; then knit back and pick up 40 stitches on the other side till you come to the second hairpin with 21 stitches, which you also pick up, and knit all plain from both sides for 24 rows. Cast off, and sew up back seam. M. Maurice Donnay, a well-known lecturer and litterateur, gave recently in Paris what is described as an unusually interesting lecture on "Tile Parinienne: Before the Declaration of War and Since." He drew a picture of her as she was this time twelve months ago, with her head made barbaric by birds' plumage, and her bodice so "scarce" that it demonstrated the truth of the feminine tag— "l have not a rag to put on." Then he showed her a few days after the trouble had begun, quietly and soberly dressed->-a woman with ordinary human feelings, not a doll nor a savage, nor yet a butterfly. He told of her devotion, sacrifice, courage, and self-restraint, and included in the description not only the smart Parisienne and the Frenchwoman who delighted in sensational hats and gowns, but Frenchwomen in every walk of life. In spite of the fact that Paris as a city was (in April) a little less mournful than it was before Christmas, Frenchwomen were, continued M. Donnay, showing how extraordinary domestic their tastes really were. The enforced abstinence from amusement was not regarded as irksome by either girls or young married women, and it was the latter who in times of peace were leaders in extravagance and frivolity. The French nation was a proverbially thrifty one, and now the women of all classes wore showing this characteristic by not wasting a moment of their time. Red Cross articles were to be seen in the making in the hands of all who travelled, as well as all who sat at home, with their thoughts and prayers for those with the colours. The Duchess of Portland is one who thinks of others, and she, too, has many war activities (says a. London paper). Much has been written on her Medici collars and Malmaison carnations, but only those who know her well are aware of her charm of manner and many social gifts and graces. Kindness to tho poor and to animals are among her chief interests. She founded ajmshouses at Welbeck (they say out of the Duke's turf winnings), and belongs to the best societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals. And she takes a practical part in their endeavours, as a year or two ago she wrote a letter to the papers to recommend a painless animal killer. Of late she has become known as a keen vegetarian. And she shows the courage of her opinions, as she never touches wine, and even at a State banquet or big Season dinner will pass by meat dishas, and only eat a little fish, fruit, and vegetable. Her breakfast generally consists of a boiled egg, skim milk, and some lettuce, and the same Spartan fare at luncheon, varied by cheese, biscuit, and butter. The Duchess has a perfect' complexion, for which her simple diet is no doubt partly responsible. In Appearance she is extremely tall and slight, with good eyes and straight features. Her style of dress is perhaps more picture-like than Parisian. Her jewels are splendid, especially her pearls and diamonds, and on great occasions she wears a huge stone known as the " Portland diamond. " BRICE'S Luncheon and Tea Rooms, Brandonstreet, next Kirkcaldie and Stains, morn- j ing and afternoon teas, 3d. Hot meat and fish lunch and teas, 5 to 7,30. Oysters in season.— Advt. PIANOS AND ORGANS AT REDUCED PRICES. Bargains in pianos and organs are to be secured at The Bristol Piano Company's great sale now in progress at the Lambton-quay premises. As space is required for extensive new shipments, this famous music warehouse has decided to sacrifice its stock of slightly shop-worn and second-hand pianos and organs at prices unheard of in the piano business. Many instruments arp equal to new ; others are good and serviceable. Easy terms can be ar--ranged. Here, then, is an unparalleled opportunity to purchase a fine piano or organ at a great saving in price. Don't miss it ! Call early. • Country purchasers' railway fares refunded. The Bristol Piano Company, Ltd., Wellington. M. J. Brookes, North Island manager.— Advt. Mention (says The Times Paris cor. respondent) has already been made of the various newspapers which arc published by French soldiers. A good example is the "Rigolboche," which is produced by the 10th- Division, and claims the largest circulation of any newspaper at the front. " Capital : one sou per 3ay. Offices : migratory," it announces in its heading. However, in spite of these modest pretensions, it has two Academicians among the contributors to its last two numbers. These are M. Emile Faguet and M. Henri de Regnier, both of whom contribute verses. The majority of the contributors is less serious. A telegram dated Ist April announces that England, terrified by the' German blockade, has left its ordinary position between the North Sea and the Atlantic, and is being towed by its fleet to an unknown destination. Admiral Tiipitz wires, " Am in pursuit." Another paragraph represents an enthusiastic Austrian chamberlain announcing the news of a great victory to the Emperor Francis Joseph. "For our troops?" asks the Emperor. " Yes, your Majesty !" " Not good enough !" re1 plies the Emperor ; " you mu&t think of something bettor than that for the next April Fool's Day."