WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 101, 28 April 1917, Page 7

WOMEN IN PRINT.

The committee of the St. John. Ambulance and Red Cross workers at the Star Boating Club building has decided to close the rooms at half-past four during the winter months. The number of cases packed and despatched last week was thirty, containing a variety of Red Cross equipment and comforts. The number of workers and the work have increased considerably since the society has had more commodious rooms.

A very satisfactory day was organised by the Women's National Reserve at the Red Cross Shop yesterday, as £80 was handed over at the end of the day. Mrs. H. Hall, Mrs. M. Holmes, and Mrs. Morison were the chief organisers. The rifle and spears which were taken, from the Barluck tribe in the Persian Gulf were auctioned by Mr. George Nathan, and purchased by Mrs. Henry Hall, MrsT Macarthy-Reid, Mrs. Matthew Holmes, and another buyer.

A meeting of the 'Society for the--Pro-tection of Women and Children was held on Friday afternoon,"when the following resolution was passed :—" That the Society for the Protection of Women and Children urges that the censorship of pictures will never be satisfactory until it embodies the point of view of an experienced woman, and further, that the powers of the Board of Censors should be extended to the posters exhibited outside the theatres." The following subscriptions, were received with thanks: J. Nathan and Co., Mr. D. Anderson, Mrs. H. P. Rawson, and Mrs. J. Kirkcaldie, 1 £1 Is. each; Messrs. Meek and Yon Haast, Messrs. Ferguson and Osborne, Miss E. Greenwood, 10s each; Friend, Mrs. M'Donald, Mrs. Cameron 2s 6d each; N.Z. Express Co., Mr«. Leclrie, Mrs. Marchand, Mrs. M. Myers, Mr. A. Gray, K.C., Miss Denton, 5s each. . • •

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Navy League acknowledges with thanks parcels of warm clothing for the lesser auxiliary craft of the fleet from Mrs. " A.W."

Mr. and Mrs. J. Studhohne, of.'Rnanui, have gone.to, Fiji for the winter.

Another day of ..'packing" parcels for the Countess of Liverpool Fund is arranged for next Thursday at ipe Town Hall. All the usual workers are asked to attend.

The last matches for the season, were played by the Kelburn Croquet Club on Thursday afternoon, on the club's- greens at Keibnrn Park. There was a very good attendance, and the games were all keenly contested, the afternoon •proving an enjoyable end to the season, which has seen much play. Tbo championship doubles were won by Mesdames Henderson and Jeffries, who also won the dub doubles. Mrs. Henderion won the-cham-pionship singles, and Mrs. Christie tlhe club singles, and Mrs. Henderson also won a special prize given by the club. The trophies were presented at tea-time by the club's president,'. Mrs. W. Reid. The prizes for the doubles were solid silver tea6poons_ and brass vases, the other prizes being silver butter knives and a silver photo frame (Mrs. Herid'er-son-'s prize). Afternoon tea was partaken of in the Kelburn Kiosk,' the committee of the club being the hostesses, and made at pleasant finish to the afternoon. Last Thursday some members of the Petone Croquet Club visited the Kelburn green and some good games were enjoyed. Th 6 teams were : Mesdames Henderson and Fuller, Gopder and Christie, Delatour and Frost, Remington and Williams. The day's play resulted in two wins for each side, which showed keenly contested play.

A quaint discourse on the use of the word " lady " is given, in a recent exchange. The writer says: Day by day liow! one feels the changes that war is slowly, inexorably making in our midst. Some are good, others are not good. But the good ones are innumerable. War, it, seems, is to be the cause of dropping from the dictionary that much-abused word which is so often used for a veneer of sham gentility, and long ago has lost its real meaning, the word "lady." At a meeting on a recent evening the speaker referred to his audiencs (composed entirely of members of the Australian Women's National League) as "yon women," at.which the president looked up arid gratefully said, " Thank you for using that word-; we do not Jike ,'baing called ladies." I banged my umbrella on the floor like anything. Is there any more honourable title in the world to-day than the word woman "■ ? No one wants to be a "lady " nowadays, because it stands for everything that, is useless^ How much more glorious it is to be a woman who stands in with all; other women who are suffering, and working, and keeping the flag flying with a courageous front even if their heart is full of woe? From the highest to the humblest in the land we are proud ,to be labelled by that word, which stands for everything that is more wholesome than the many modern meanings that lie wrapped round the word "lady." Glance down the index of almost any journal one takes up nowadays and there will be found a thoughtful article in, each with titles such as these—" Womenpower," " Women During the War," "Women After the War," and take mental note of what that word woman means. Women are a power. Ladies are not.

Miss Rothenberg, hon. librarian of the Soldiers' Club, wishes to acknowledge with thanks books, papers, and magazines for, the me of the soldiers from Mesdames Jtradney, Williams, (Dr.) Gibb, Kirkcaldie, Davis, and Malcoljnson, Misses Mantell and Myers, Magterton branch Liverpool Equipment Fund, Pioneer Club, and several anonymous donors; book of songs, Lady Stout; cards, Mrs. J. Myers.

The death occurred at the Greytown Hospital on Wednesday of Mrs. Maren Hansen, one of : the pioneer settlers of Mauriceville, at the age of eighty-nine years. He husband pre-deceased her by •eight months. She leaves one daughter (Mrs. Jamieson).

A musical "At Home" will be held in tho Maranui Church Hall at 3 o'clock next Wednesday afternoon in aid of the Bed Gross Surprise Bag Day Fund. An attractive programme has been prepared. Admission will bo free, and there will also be no charge for afternoon tea, but it is requested that everyone attending should bring an. article the minimum value of Is, to bo placed in the surprise bags.

In the Y.W.C.A. Club Rooms, Fowlds' Buildings, Herbert-street, this evening, at 8 o'clock, Dr. A. K. Newman is giving a lecture on the war. He will speak from personal expeiieiice of the work in France, and also of the V.A.D. workers •and how the women of England have risen •to their opportunity. ■

Dr. Mabel Hawson (Westport), who recently passed her final medical examination, lias been appointed a house surgeon in the Dunedin Hospital.

Mrs. Goddard, a lady belonging to the Society of Friends, lias lately celebrated her 107 th birthday, at Brunswick, Maine, and is said to be the oldest person in New England. She was born in 1810, at the Quaker town of Durham. In her early days she lived in a quiet country neighbourhood, where those round her were firm Christians, and worked on the farm six days in th» week, and on the "first day" attended the ancient Quaker church located on a high rocky hill, with the White Mountains in the .distance, and further on. still the .Atlantic Ocean. In 1855 she. married Mark Knight, who died five years later, and iii 1870 she became the wife of Robert F. Goddard, of Brunswick. After his death in 1881, Mrs. Goddard entered actively into the work of the Church, and preached regula.f!y until her 100 th birthday, and on occasions since. Her health is still good, and among hundreds of congratulations received on her 107 th birthday was one from the Governor of Maine. i A somewhat romantic and quite a record military wedding tookl place recently at Abbassia, when 2nd Lieut. Lesley Alexander Wilkio, A.1.F., of Melbourne, was married to Miss Ruth Maughan Robson, of Gatton (Q.), on the nursing staff of the A.1.F., says the British Australasian. As Sister Robson was under immediate orders to proceed on transport duty to Australia, there was no time to lose if the wedding, was to take place before she left, and after Lieut. Wilkie's unsuccessful efforts to get the usual military permission, a sporting padre came to the rescue, and obtained the necessary permit ftor the marriage at 11 a.m. on 20th January. At 2.30 p.m. the same afternoon the wedding was celebrated at the Church of England Garrison Chapel, 14th A.G.H., Abbassia.. The bride was given away by Major Stuckey, A.I.F. (N.S.W.), and the bridesmaids were Sisters Grover and Johnson, of Queensland. The groomsmen were Capt. P. D. Robinson (Q.) and Lieut. W. Stewart,. of Melbourne. Sister Robson was one of the most popular nurses on the staff, and the wedding caused much local interest, and at the ceremony the ohapel was filled with friends, who came along at short notice. After a small tea at Shepheard's, Cairo, the couple left on the evening train for Suez, and next afternoon the bride embarked for Australia. ' . ,; .. ' Sheep-farming, declared .Mr. Massey during a recent, lecture in London, was the pleasantest of all kinds_ of fanning. Constant attention and looking after the sheep were necessary. Practically the whole of the New Zealand sheep were shorn by machinery, which had been greatly improved/ and was now nearly as ■ perfect as was possible. Women had not yet taken part in shearing, but he knew one lady of a well-known family who during the last two shearing seasons had looked after the sheep-shearing machinery and had classified the wool. This last operation required a certain amount of experience, and a very great deal of skill. The lady did it satisfactorily, and she did the; w,ork because her husband was at the front. (Applause.) She was the descendant of a former representative of New Zealand in London, when the official title was that of Agent-General. . Mr. Massey continued: "If the war goes on, and one cannot tell how long it will last — I listened to Mr. Lloyd George's speech, and we are^ determined to see it' through—we shall have to ask the women of the Dominion to do more than they have yet done in assisting us in regard to the wool industry. I have not the slightest doubt that they will be perfectly willing and ready ,to do so." Mr. Massey predicted that when the war ceased, war prices would cease, but the demand for wool would exceed the supply, as there had been a falling off in the number of the world s sheep. He did not want to see the price of any commodity go to extreme heights, but if there were anyone present who wished to take up sheep-fanning, judging by the outlook, they need not be discouraged. (Applause.) . : ■