WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 46, 22 February 1917, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Tho council of the Richmond Free Kindergarten Union makes a further appeal to those who are interested in tho welfare of tho country's children for assistance in tho diflicult task of rasing £2000 for a school building in Taranaki-street. They write: "We aro proposing to hold a produce sale in aid of the fund on Friday, 16th March, in. the Concert Room, Town Hall, and should be most grateful for gifts large and small. The following is a list of the most saleable objects :—Meat, eggs, cakes, tinned and bottled food, apples, pluniE, etc., poultry, butter, jam, chutney, potatoes, onions, rabbits, cheese, sweets, green vegetables, tomaitoes, melons, fish, bread, pickles, almonds, w.ahiuts, marrows, lemony flowers, flower and vegetable . seeds, pot plants, seedlings. All gifts may be sent to 125, Molesworth -street, 71 "Ellice-Btreet. and 168 The Terrace between 12th and 15th March." Subscriptions large and small are also urgently needed and'may be sent either to Mrs. Gill, 71 Ellice-street, or to Miss England, 125 Molesworth-street.

Tho conference of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children was continued yesterday afternoon, when consideration was given to the new draft rules. Some, of these were confirmed, and others were referred to a sub-committee, and will come before the conference later. With regard to the suggestions received from the Minister for Public Health, the Hon. G. W. Russell, after discussion Mr. Arrowsmith's motion was carried, which was as follows : " That this conference records its appreciation of the Minister's interest, and thanks him for- the suggestions he has made, most ofjwhich were previously incorporated in the rules of the society." This was carried unanimously, and the Conference adjourned till 10 a.m. to-day."

Many people at Island Bay have been desirous of having a branch of theWomen's National Reserve established there, so on Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Porter, the organising secretary of tho Reserve, held a meeting in St. Hilda's Schoolroom, which was well attended and very enthusiastic. Mrs. Porter presided, and addressed the meeting, explaining what work had been done, and the aims and objects of the Reserve. The following committee was elected:— Mesdames Willoughby, Boocock, Lewis, Hill, Ncale, Moss, and Bath; president, Mrs. Lockwood; treasurer, Mrs. Monrad: secretary, Mrs.' Riekmaii. The branch decided to start work at once for Red Cross, to help with bags for Mrs. Gibbons's Surprise Bag Day, to help wit-li Mrs. Russell's scheme for the " Soldier . -and Sailor Mothers of the Empire," especially by getting names from the Vicar; also to assist, in all patriotic work when needed. Mrs. Lockwood kindly placed her hou3e ait the disposal of the branch for all meetings, a.nd this offer was received with much applause. A ( hearty vote of thanks was .accorded Mrs. (Col.) Porter for her attendance and address.

Mr. and Mrs. Hope Gibbons, of Wanganui, are staying at the Royal Oak Hotel.

Missi Dorothea Spinney's tour on the Pacific-Coast in America, where she has been producing the Greek and Irish plays which were so greatly admired here, has been most, successful. She has been offered good terms by one of the best-known American managers to take the leading part in a drama specially written for her, and to play it in America. This shows a high appreciation of Miss Spinney's talent, and a realisation that her work is practically unique.

At St.' Peter's Church, on the 14th instant, Miss Florence Gertrude Avant, only child of Mr. and Mrs. T. Avant, of * Kilbirnie, x w<is married to Mr. Herbert Noel Godfrey, eldest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. H. Godfrey, of Picton. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attended by her two cousins—Miss Gertrude Clark, of Nelson, and Miss Hilda Wiggins, of Feilding. "■The best man was Mr. A. Blatcher, of Wellington. The _ Rev. T. Gardner officiated at the wedding.

Not only in Wellington, but in other places, ladies are engaged in ransacking cupboards to find suitable articles to fill the many thousand bags that -will be offered to the public on " Surprise Bag Day," to be held in Wellington on Friday, 2nd March, for the purpose of sending funds to (the . New Zealand sick and wounded soldiers in hospital in England, and this in addition to the making of the bags themselves. Assistance is sought for this work, and any ladies' help would be eagerly welcomed. The depot for receivintf ithe bags will be the V.M.C.A. Building Willis-street, until 28th February, and' at the depot at Messrs. Harcoiwt and Co.'s on 28th February and Ist Maroh. As some misapprehension has arisen concerning the size of the bags, it" is stated that it is desirable that all filled bags should be 'largo enough to contain conveniently the article packed therein and its wrapping. A meeting will be held ait the V.M.C.A., Willis-street, to-morrow, at 3 o'clock. ,

A remarkable statement was recently made to the effect that if high pillows were abolished from our beds there would be a wonderful improvement in the health of the community, and advice upon the compulsory substitution of low pillows in every home followed. Enquiries elicited a most interesting opinion from one of the leading head specialists in Melbourne upon the subject (says the.. Melbourne Age). Sueh 1 advice, if carried out, he stated, would result in plenty of work for himself and his colleagues. He explained that there is a perfect network of blood vessels clustered in and about the nose, and if the head is low-lying the blood naturally fl<^ws very freely to those vessels, which in consequence become consideraKr tended. If the air passages are v^oad no harm results from this d;«'-'MWi<.:.. indeed, a person with such wide i*<s!.tt£c» usua-lly prefers a low before :. Jit^u: fillow; but where, as unfortunately often happens, the air passages are narrow, the inevitable result of lying with the head low is that the sleeper inhales insufficient air for comfort, and in seeking for • relief opens tho mouth and breathes through that. A minor ill that follows is disturbed rest throug', unpleasant dreams, but the serious effect comes in the gradual blocking of the air passages and post-nasal troubles. In this respect, the specialist said, each person is a. guide to himself. He knows when he is comfortably settled on his pillow, for naturally he will seek the pose that gives greatest ease, and that is the one that gives most freedom in breathing. Those parents who do not wish to reap a crop of head troubles will not arbitrarily settle the height of their children's pillows. The only guide is the child's comfort or the width or narrowness of his nasal passages.

Miss Ferguson, of the Pandita Ramabai Mission at Mukti, India, who has been on a month's holiday visit to New Zealand, arrived from Dunedin Tjy tho Riverina this morning. While iv tho South she -visited ithe Cold Lakes. Miss Ferguson, who originally belonged to Melbourne, proceeds on to Sydney by the Riverina thi3 evening.

A particularly interesting demonstration of gas cookery was given at the company's rooms yesterday afternoon, when tomatoes were the special interest. Successful methods of pulping and preserving them were shown. The rest of the menu' included dat^ scones, sponge lingers and vanilla cream squares, ihere was an excellent attendance at the demonstration.

The Red Cross shop on Lambton-quay will be in charge of the Johnsonville ladies to-morrow ; and on the following Tuesday the Seatoun Red Cross Sewing Guild will be the providers. A garden party will take place at Mrs. Paul's, Seatoun, in connection, with Bed Cross work, and it is hoped ' that all these efforts for the sick and wounded will be thoroughly successful.

On Saturday evening last Mrs. Georgft Gordon, of Dalefield, passed away at a private hospital at She was one of Carterton's earliest residents, having been born there 52 yeare ago. Her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.' W Challis, of Carterton, were well-known in the Wairarapa, in-the Carterton district especially. For years Mrs. Gordon was organist at the CartevUm Methodist Church, and when an organ was installed in the Dalefield Church, nearly 30 years ago, she was appointed organist," which position she voluntarily filled till her death. Six weeks ago she officiated as usual. Sho lias left a family of two daughters and three sons—Mrs. H. H Curry, Eketahuna., Miss Gordon, Dalefield, Pte. W. G. Gordon, in Australian Expeditionary Forces, who left Witt the Main Body, was wounded at Gallipoli. and is now serving in Franco; Mr. C. S. Gordon, on the staff of the Lansdowne School, and Pte. L. R. Gordon, in the 24th Reinforcements. She has also left a sister, Mrs. Arthur Phillpotts, Carterton.

The patriotic spirit of British women iv this time of national crisis is very finely illustrated by tho sample of their shipbuilding. which was recently at Port Chalmers. The vessel in question is a new cargo carriar of about 7000 tons, which was built on the Clyde. The hull was principally built by women, who did the plating, not hesitating to mount stages and clinch rivets on the' vessel's top sides. The males employed consisted of boys and old men above the war age.

, The following item appears in the New York Times (says an exchange):— Colorado Springs, 29th September.— Major Charles A. Gordon, 94 years old, ■was married to-day to his filth wife, Mrs. Margaret E. Dixon, aged 78. Gordon first married a. millionaire's daughter in London in. 1837. She died in Omaha in 1868. His subsequent- marriages occurred here, and all his brides have been widows. His only child, a son aged 78, has 15 children.