WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 99, 26 April 1917, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

It is very gratifying to find that out of the twelve women who stood foi 1 election yesterday on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board five were elected. There are so many details in connection with both branches of work that women are eminently fitted. to cope with, and tho ladies elected are well known as businesS women and ; organisers.

An expression of appreciation of the trouble and time the-Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, has given to the work of the • Hon. Division of-the W.N.R. was given at the meeting of. the committee lately, as her experience makes her advice most valuable. A hearty vote of-thanks to Mr. J. Myers for 36 dozen cups and saucers was passed, as well as to Mrs. Gordon Ponsonby for collecting £5 2s towards the tea equipment.

A very pleasant and acceptable recognition of the good work of the Auckland Amateur Revue Company, now appearing at the Grand Opera House, came from the Hen. A. Myers, in the form of suitably inscribed gold brooches for each of the ladies. ■ These brooches, seventy in number, were presented yesterday, and were received with great pleasure. With the Mayor's permission the members ol the Revue Company will parade the streets on Friday in the interests of the Wellington Crippled Soldiers Fund.

The wedding of Miss Eva Cox, youngest daughter of Mr. Wellesley H. Cox, of Wellington, to Mr. John' Raine, eldest son of Mr. 1 J. C. Raine, of Karori, was celebrated at the Baptist Church, Vivian-street, when .the Rev. J. K. .Archer officiated. The bride- wore a silk gown) with an overdreSs of cream shadow lace, and a court train of crepe do chine bordered with pearls. She carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums and roses, and wore a veil fastened with orange blossoms. . Tho blidesmaids, Misses Kitty Cox and Alice Evans, were in white voile- and black tullo hats, and carrier! bouquets of pink dahlias and autumn leaves, and wore tha bridegroom's gifts of pearl pendants. Two. littJo girls, Misses Beulah' and Vfllda Burke, were flower girls, wearing cream shadbw ]aco frockis, with bas-kets of dahlias and autumn leaves, and gold caWe bangles, presented by the bridegroom. Mr. W. Badden was the best man, and Mr. P. Stringer the groomsman. | Mr. and Mrs. John Raine left | later on for a holiday trip to the i Southern Lakes.1

On Tuesday evening! the Wellington Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas held a practice in the Willis-street class-room. Different matters and letters were discussed, and first-aid bandaging was done.

The ordinary course of the Red Cross Shop (Lambton-quay) sale will be varied on Friday next, as there will be an auction sale at 11 o'clock of a rifle and two swords, which were taken in action and presented as curios to the Women's National Reserve by Captain Hnll-Thompson. These are interesting relics of the great war, and it is hoped that a suitable price may be obtained for them. A good supply of home-made dainties and pretty needlework will ho offered for sale, And the promoters hope that all Reserve Women will help to make their day a success »

Amongst innumerable letters received by the British and Foreign Sailors' Society, expressing grateful appreciation of succour to survivors of torpedoed vessels, was on« sent to their agent at Malta by ,the stewardess of the Hospital Ship •Britannic, in which it says . „ . 1. '"Our stay in Malta has lrtslped me much.

. . . 'May God give you your reward. My sisters unite with me in thanks for your kindness to me."

1 The annual general meeting of the : Wellington College Old Girls' Association I was recently held in. Godber's Rooms, : Courtenay-place, whet) the attendance was very good. The annual report, which .was read "by the retiring secretary, _ Miss ■Dora Pope, gave an outline of the year's work. The meeting received with regret the resignation of Miss Pape, and accorded her- a hearty vote of thanks for her enthusiastic work. Miss E. Anyon read her report on the Literary Club's activities. Both reports were adopted. Miss Lai Martin was elected secretary for the year, and the committee consists of Misses I. Bull, D. Pope, E. Anyon, M. Willcocks, M. Still, N. Moncrieff, H. Norton, E. Wilson, P. Spencer, and J. Sutherland. Miss. J. Forsyth was elected secretary of the Literary Club. Last year the Old Girls'. Association took charge of the Soldiers' Club on the fourth Monday in each month, anjl the new committee has resolved to continue with this arrangement. The secretary or any member of, the committee will be pleased to hear from a.ny\Old Girls interested in tl^s patriotic work.

At the request of some of the Berhampore ladies, Mrs.' Porter, organising secretary of the W.N.8., addressed a meeting of women at St. Cuthbert's Rooms, Berhampore. It was unanimously resolved to form a branch of th© W.N.R. at Berhampore. Mrs. P. C. Watt was elected president, Mrs. Allen secretary and treasurer, and the following committee was appointed : Mesdames Philp, Christie, Edwards, Harris, and Gleed. It was decided to hold a general meeting of all members regularly each month. The committee is arranging for a suitable room for meetings, and this will be announced- by advertisement later. Mrs. P. C. Watts's address is 23, Chilkastreet, and that of Mrs. Allen, 13, Mil-ton-street. These ladies will he glad to furnish all information to intending members.

The following paragraph from an exchange concerning the waste of food would apply to any. city in New Zealand, not only to Christchurch :—Said a Christchurch clergyman in one of our churches yesterday: —"I am going .to read out the notices. Many people here, I 'observe, do not liston to tho notices; they seem to think these do not concern them. This first notice I am going to read out, however, is to be taken to heart by all. (Hero everyone in the 'congregation was evidently alert.) Parents are advised to counsel their children not to waste any food at all from this moment." The reverend gentleman, went on to say that the waste of food by school children in this country had often struck him. So much so, indeed, that when he visited the school he often .avoided going through the playground because of the slices of bread and butter and jam that he could see lying aboilt. Could not parents gauge their children's appetites bettor? Children should not be allowed ■in any case to throw food away. Adults, however, must set them an example. It was possible that a hard time was ahead for New Zealande>s, and some might even know what hunger meant. To throw, food away at tliis juncture, therefore, was simply criminal.*

Th? broad sympathies of Mr. Lloyd Georoe have now extended to the babies and the poor or ignorant mothers who have the upbringing of them. Ho is president of the National Committee, and is organising an > English baby week," on the same lines as those already held in Paris, Copenhagen, and other large cities, and which have been instrumental in saving the lives of many infants. The British Committee is arranging' special services m the churches ninth! to child welfare. Special film* •it picture theatres, and a conference o[ all health associations. Suggestions were made lately in an Australian paper as to the methods of conducting a baby week in the centres there, and included the showing of hygienic clothing in prominent shop windows, pamphlets on treatment of'infants and childish diseases, warnings against adenoids, etc. It was suggested that a puoTfcity committee should be appointed, and parades of infants and children up to sis or eight, years of age arranged, followed ,by exhibitions of exercises, etc. The kinder- , <*artens and their numerous pretty devices for home-made toys and children s gaifes should be asked to exhibit and co-opsrate, 1, and every-school circularised and asked to help A few suggestions for baby -week meetings, culled from descriptions of the movement in America, are given:— 1. .Let each member respond to # roll ' call with an idea for the care of babies. 2. How can this • community arid its homes better conditions for the babies* 3. Report of the sanitary conditions of the community and farms which affect the babies. 4. Babies' foes—soothing syrups, patent | medicines, pacifiers, and dangerous food. 5. Play as an important factor in the child's welfare. What does our school or community offer to children in the wV of playground T ' 6. Good books as a development ol 1 character; what does \our community [ offer in the way of a Mibrary for the children? And here a pathetic appeal placarded in a conspicuous place during one of the baby weeks,: — THE BAB/lES' PLEA. ( I Wo ask for at 'least one day of tho ?-ear to be given to thought of our jwel- | are. We Nask that you. recognise our need of cleanliness, fresh air, and proper food. We ask that our parents have knowledge of our needs, in order that we may j be spared to our country and grow into strong men and women to build the nation.

We ask,for protection from the following enemies:— Dirty milk and tubercular cows, Flics, Adulterated food, Patent medicines and soothing, syrups, Pacifiers and thumb-sucking, Dirty playthings, dirty floors. We ask that you— " v Do not kiss'us on the mouth, Do not rock us Violently, t Do not tickle us, Do not allow intense sunlight to glare into our uncovered eyes, Do not tease or frighten us.

Miss Kathleen Levi, of Wellington, made a very successful appearance at the Royal Academy of Music students' chamber concert in London recently. The work which she chose was the D Minor Sonata, for piano,' by Benjamin Daly. This composer was a fellow student of Miss Levi's at the academy, and even as a student showed great promise in creative work. He was in Germany in 1914, and wag interned, and remains there still.

Parsley was so scarce at Covent Garden this week (writes our London correspondent under date 13th February) that half-bushels containing about - 51b net realised as much as 15s each. This extremely high price is due to short supplies, brought about by the frost. Market bunches of the same vegetable changed hands at Is 6d to 2s 6d. Parsley sauce must, therefore, be included among the luxuries of the moment. It is highly improbable that it will be freely used as a, garnish, for a time at any rate. The continued scarcity of all vegetables ie a serious matter.

A patriotic Bale of considerable interest will take place in Feilding "tomorrow. Mrs. Blaxall, president of the Women's Political League, is the organiser, and has secured an excellent collection of goods, and as tha proceeds are to go in aid of the Nurses Memorial Fund, it is anticipated that a large sum will be raised.

The finding in the inquest on Henry M'Cabe, a fireman in the employ of the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company, who was found dead, apparently as the result of electrocution, has been delivered by. the Coroner (Mr. E. C. Cutten, S'.JL). The deceased, the Coroner atated, was using, or \va3 about to use, in the course of his employment, a flexible wire lead attached to the city electricity supply by means of a plug, and having a lamp at the other end. He —as found .lying on tho floor, with the end of the lead beneath his body, the lamp and fixings being on the floor near by. • The detaching of these latter (in what circumstances it was not shown) left a live wire exposed. The evidence made it clear that the voltage of the supply (230 volts) was not sufficient to be ordinarily dangerous to life, but deceased, it appeared, was extremely sensitive to tho effect, of electric shock. Apparently the deceased found that the lamp connection was not good, and, having pulled off the lamp filing, thoughtlessly proceeded to straignten out the bare wires with his fingers. On receiving a shock he probably pressed the v.'ires involuntarily against his body, receiving the full force of the current for a. time sufficient,—with his sensitiveness to electric shocks—to cause his death. The evidence showed clearly that flexible wire leads like the- one in question were perfectly safe if proper care were exercised in their u;e, A verdict of death from shock, waft recorded** . -