WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 107, 6 May 1916, Page 7

WOMEN IN PRINT.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. All notices sent for .publication in this column must be signed. Engagement announcements should contain the signatures of the principal parties interested. <

ilea is to be supplied by the Countess of. Liverpool Fund Committee at tlie ,Apple Show ne^t week, and will certainly add to tlie attractions of the exhibition. The committee would be glad of gifts of cakes and sandwiches for the occasion. A competition for apple pies has been arranged. All pies must be sent to the tea room on Tuesday next, when they will be judged. Apples for the pies may be obtained at the Town Hall, on Monday. The committee is also bringing out a book of apple recipes, which will be sold. All proceeds of these, the tea, and competitions will be devoted to the parcel fund for men in the firing line, which is in much need of support.

The Thorndon Ladies'. Croquet Club finished their season yesterday afternoon with a very pleasant party in the pavilion. The president, Mrs. T. Young, presented the following prizes : -First doubles, Mrs. O'Dpnnell and Mrs. Gibbs, pretty fancy boxes; Mrs. A. W. Young, the hon. secretary's prize, a. pair of cutglass vases; section A, Mrs. Williams, aii-art rose, bowl; section,?,, Miss Wilson, first (her coach, Mrs. Hamilton, a pair of silver frames). The president's prizes for handicap doubles, senior and junior, were won by Miss O'Bonnell and. Miss' Davy, and consisted of handsome cutglass vases. Mrs.- Pulton, the runner-up, received a Standard work basket. The members of the club gave "Mrs. Johnson, the secretary, a present of a rose bowl, as a mark of appreciation of her services during the season. A great many ladies attended, and after tea bridge was-played by many of those present.

The president of the Two Garment Society,^ Mrs. Izard, is away in England at present, but the vice-presidents are carrying on^ the work, and remind members and friends that they wish all garments sent in by 15th May

The following will have charge' of coats, parcels, etc., for the coming week at the Soldiers' Club, Sydney-street: — Sunday, Mrs. Sommerv'ille; Monday, Miss Butts; Tuesday, Mrs. Muir ; Wednesday, Mrs. F 'W. Mackenzie; Thursday, Mrs. Foster; Friday, Mrs. H.' 13. I-ladfleld; x Saturday, Misses Eyes and Willberg. ■ .

Mr. and. Mrs. C. R. 'Chapman, of Dunediu, are staying at the Windsor for tho winter.

Mrs. V. H.-.8. Rogers, who has been spending ..a holiday in Wellington, returned to her home in Palmerston North to-day by the Auckland express.

Mrs. J. P. Luke has received a letter from Major Elliott, N.Z.M.C, thanking her for the volumes of bound magazines, and mentioning that magazine literature is greatly appreciated on board the hospital ships. Thanks were sent by the staff and patients. Mrs. Luke has had a satisfactory response to her appeal for gramaphones.

" The monthly meeting of the Rojal New Zealand Health Society for Women and Children was attended by the Countess of Glasgow (in the chair), Mrs. W. F. Massey, Mrs. Ponsonby, Mrs. Corrigan, Mrs. .Chapman, Mrs. S 'Harcourt, Mi's. Ward,- Mrs. C. Richardson, Mrs. Macarthy-Reid, Mrs. Ewen, Mrs. J. Tripe, Mrs.-M'Vicar, Mrs. W. F. Anderson, Mrs. Fitchett, Mrs. D. Cooke, and the- Misses Barnett, Kirkcaldie, Inglis, and Riley. Apologies wero received from Mrs. F. Leckie, Mrs. S. Kirkcaldie, Mrs. G. Reid, Mrs. Winder, Lady Stout, Mrs. M'Lean, and Miss Cable. The nurse's report .was very satisfactory. Miss Barnett reported that sewing bees had been held fortnightly at Mrs. J. Kirkcaklie's, and on the first Tuesday at Mfes Barnett's. A great many garments had been distributed to the dependents of soldiers in Wellington, and many more were sadly needed. Parcels of knitted garments are gratefully acknowledged from Mrs. Greig, Lyall" Bay, and Mrs. C. Kirk,-.- Petone. Subscriptions to material fund are as follow : Mrs. Macarthy-Reid £1, Mrs. D. Cooke £1; Mrs. W. Firkett £1, Mi's. C. Finch 10s, Mrs. J. B. MacEwfai-ss, Mrs. W J. Anderson ss, Mrs. Ponsonby ss, Mrs. Winder ss, Mrs. W. F. Massey ss, Mrs. M'Vicar ss, Mrs. Chapman 55,-Miss Kirkcaldie 55,, Mrs. Fitchett 5s The box and bag tea- held by Mrs. C. E. ■ Richardson realised £25. Miss Inglis-reported that St. Helens Hospital would treat soldiers' wives in confinement free of charge at St. Helens, or, if responsible person was in charge, in their own homes. Doctors' fees, of course, not included. The'following subscriptions and donations are gratefully acknowledged by the treas-urer:—Subscriptions:-Mrs. W. F. Massey^ £l, Mrs. D. Cooke £1 Is, Mra. Chapman £1, Mra. Winder £1, Mrs. Fitchett ss, Mrs. N.. Kirkcaldie. ss. Donations: Mrs. Levy £1,/ts. Mrs. Firkett £1, Mrs. Southwick £1, Mrs. N. Kirkcaldie £1 Is 6d, Mra. Alexander 10s. Mrs. Watts 10s, Mrs. Lonergah 10s, Mrs. W. Proudfoot £1 Is, box at rooms lis 6d. «

' Rev B. Hutsoh will give an address at the Young "Women's Christian Association to-morrow afternoon, taking for. his subject "Restoration."-'All girls will be welcome, especially strangers to Wellington.

Mrs. H. . Hall, the hon. treasurer of the Sydney-street Soldiers' Club, acknowledges receipt of the following donations :—Messrs. Murphy Bros. (Bal-la.n-ce, Pahiatua), per Lady Gibbes, £5; Mr. Max Eichelbaum, £3 3s; Mrs. M. Myers, £2 2s; New Plymouth Ladies' Sewing Guild, £2 2s; Mrs. Ponsonby, £2; New Plymouth Victoria Leapue War Guild, £1; "A Friend,", £1; Mrs. Bischoff (Waiuku), £1; Mrs. Morris (New Plymouth), 10s; "Anon.," 10s; Mrs._R. St. Barbe Haslam (Rangiora), 10s;'"A Friend" (Shannon), 'ss; Soldiers' Contributions, £1 6s lid Also the following monthly subscriptions : "H.E.G.," £5 (five mouths); "F.L.Y.," £3 (three .months); Mr H. Hall, £3 (three months); Timaru Ladies, £2; Mrs. A. Levy and Mrs. G. F. C. Campbell, £1 Is each; Mrs. C. Earle, Mrs. Coleridge (two months), Mrs. T. Ward (two months), £1 each; Mrs. Litchfield, 15s (three months); Mrs. Salmond and Mrs. D. M. Yeats, 10s each; Mrs. Jenkyns and "A Friend" (two months), 5s each; Miss Young and Miss Rothenberg, 2s 6d each. 'The committee also wishes to acknowledge tile following: — Mrs. H. Hadfield (Tindale), gift of tea and sugar; Mrs. Bischoff (Waiuku), case of fruit; New Plymouth Patriotic Society, ease of jam.

"One of our failings" forms the subject of a discourse by an Australian writer who regrets, as many others do, the lack of knowledge of other languages on tlie part of British people. However much they may admire their allies, they arc usually dumb before them, and it is fortunate that the other nations are better informed and cam always make, themselves understood. The Scottish nurses who returned from Servia, found that even the poorest Servians could speak- a little English, and took every opportunity to learn more, Even tho Turk ia, a, linguist, aad it is said that

lie .would shout slang phrases across to the Anzac trenches, and wrote letters and displayed boards with sentences in English—sometimes with faulty spelling and grammar —which amused our men. It is certain that few of the British soldiers could have made themselves understood in the Turkish language. School French, as a rule, is only useful in the school, and the ordinary phrases are. considerably maltreated. And yet tlie fact 'that French is not very difficult to learn is vouched for by officers at the Western front, who say that it is a common thing behind tlie lines to see a Tommy and a French peasant girl chattering away as if they had been brought up together, and the British soldier is not, as a rule, very quick at any language, so that there cannot be any insuperable difficulty in -the way

In order to release for military service many of the men now engaged in the electrical industry, the Electric Contractors' Association of Liverpool has decided to train a number of women in electrical work. -

The super-girl clerk earning £350 a year has made her appearance in London. She is said to be the best paid woman clerk in London. The position she occupies is that of foreign exchange clerk in a big bank Her business is to keep the bank constantly posted up in the fluctuating international money values, a work requiring a trained mind with a particularly well-developed mathematical bent., A woman who can do the work well is, of course, a particular rarity, which accounts to some extent for the high salary she is paid.

One of the most interesting of the experiments of the Interning Department of the Dutch Government is the allowing of the wives and families of interned soldiers to come from Germany, Belgium, France, and Great Britain to take up residence in the cities where husbands, fathers, brothers, and sons are interned. This experiment, at first looked upon askance, has proved 'to be a boon to the soldiers as well as the authorities, for it lias resulted in bettered conditions, and more contentment among the soldiers.

Hotelkeepers who, on account of the attraction of big tips, have rarely found it difficult to get servants, are now finding that the making of munitions is a more appealing proposition to the chambermaid' and cook. The following advertisement in a woman's paper shows how 'the difficulty may he met: —"Lady parlourmaids for a new hotel to be opened in the Midlands. Twenty bedrooms. There are only lady servants on the staff, no rough work, regular hours off duty; good sitting-room." Asked whether there would be difficulty in filling such positions, the manageress of a women's employment bureau said: "Hotel life is interesting because of its variety, and where several ladies are employed as servants they should have a very happy time. Lady servants, in a general way, would not care to accept tips, which -would be another advantage to the employer." .