WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 49, 27 August 1917, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

The weekly returns for the Red Cross shop keep up their average in a most satisfactory manner. Over £350 was paid in last week for the fund, and all those who are taking the shop during t)he rest of the year are making such special preparations that it promises very well for the future. The Johnsonville ladies did excellently on Friday last, as they paid in the sum of £90.

The dance held in Goring-streeb Hall on Saturday night was a. big success, and the Thorndon girls who arranged the function must be complimented on the excellent management shown. There were plenty of patrons, the floor was in splendid condition, and Mr. Gowley's music was all that could be desired. The committee had spent a. good deal of time on decorating the room, and it presented an artistic appearance with its floral adornments and draping. The stage was prettily furnished and made an ideal sitting^out room. The supper table was a picture, with its flowers, bulbs, and lyeopodhim. Khaki wase well represented, and there were several marine officers also in evidence. As a result of the evening the Thomdon Girls' Red Cross Day effort will be considerably improved, and well over £250 will have been realised from the d»y. The chaperonets. were: Mrs. Joseph, Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. Marchbanks, M?s. Bothamley, and Mi's. Brien. The committee responsible for the delightful dance were: Misses M. Joseph, Lulu Dyer, M. Marchbanks, Mona Brien, Betty Bothamley, Jean Shirtcliffe, Ruth Shirtcliffe, andi Marion Martin.

Mrs. Hall and Mm. Berry will be in charge of tie Woodward-street Red 1 Cross shop en Wednesday next.

The takings in connection -with the bazaar at Sayes Court now total the-, satisfactory sum of £135, with the screen which brought £40 in the art union. Mtb. Smitlh has still some very desirable goods left over, and would be pleased to sell them for the same Bed Cross fund.

Mrs. George Tripe is visiting Napier at present.

Lady Allen returned South after a short visit to Wellington last Friday.

Miss Butts is paying a holiday visit to Mts. Twigg, at Napier.

Mr. and Mm. Toogood (Wellington) are staying in Christchuroh.

Major and Mrs. Sleeman are in Christchurch at present.

A very successful plain and fancy dress dance, in aid of the Red Cross Fund, arranged by the girls of tho Catholio Hostel, -was held in the Alexandra Hall on Saturday night. The hall was decorated with flags (lent by Mr. Sim, of the D.1.C.) and the supper tables iwith red camellias and birch, and streamers of blue a-nd white. Bed Cross flags were also used. The music was supplied by the orchestra of the 31st Specialist Company, who came from Featherston under Lieutenant Pearce, especially for the dance. There were many soldiers present also, and several of the guests played a number of extras. The Grand March opened the proceedings, led by a "Golliwog" awl a "Hoodoo," the most grotesque characters in the room. Many of the girls wore fnacy dresses. A Dutch boy and girl made a good pair, nnd there was an "Indian aquaw," a "Bit of Fluff," and many national characters represented. The supper was an excellent one, everything having been cooked by Miss Keating, the matron of the hostel, and as the'ball was given ata reduced rate as a donation the girls ■hope to have 'something between £12 and £15 for the fund. The chaperones For the evening were Mesda-mes Gamble, Dunne, Johnston, Heavy, and Miss Wheeler, and the committee consisted of the Misses Keating, O'Donnell, Dobbyn, Buvke, Hayes, O'Sulliva-n, and E. Taylor (hon. secretary). The M.C.'s were Messrs. Stevenson, M'Keowen, Deehan, and Sievers.

Items from our London correspondent, under date 29th June: —Miss Annie C. Anderson (Dunedin) has been on a lecture campaign at different hospitals in Chatham, Sheerness, Folkestone, Eastbourne, Harofield Park, King George^s, etc. In this way she comes closely into touch with the men, and she is much impressed by the occupations of many of tho patients, particularly with the needlework which js done by men, who, before the war, did not know how to use a needle. Ramsgat-e, Brighton, and Sittingbourne are centres on Miss Anderson's list for early visits. . , Mrs. G. Cutts (Wellington) and her three children are living at Tunbridge Wells. Her husband has joined the Red Cross, as an ambulance driver, and expects to leave shortly for France. . . Throughout the week Miss Adelaide Van Staveren has been singing thrice daily at the London Opera House.

A report from Napier district, sent to the Red Cross Record, gives a- good account of the many activities there. A large quantity of hospital equipment was sent away during the month. An appeal for the French Red Cross was well supported, the soldiei's are being taught basket work, wood-carving, etc., and prove keen, pupils, and the results of their work finds a ready sale at the Red Cross shop.

The G-isborne Victoria League has. sent a welcome gift of £27 8s 5d to the matron of Trentham Military Hospital for . bed tables, screens, etc., which are much needed there. The money is part of the takings of a day at their Red Cross shop.

A stirring appeal for the Eed Cross is made in-the New York Argonaut, part of which is as follows:—Reflect (or a jndmoilt On the necessity for such hospitals in a war where the wounded number millions, where a full a-rmy corps of tweiiby-five or thirtv thousand men is continuously in hospital for diseases and sickness unrelated to wounds, and then think of our shame if we do not pour in our money to Rave ttrie lives of out young men who will pow out their blood for us. And 'so give as you Would give to that boy, not alone whait you cfinspare, but what you can not spare. Give as our Canadian neighbours say and do, "until it hurts." Give, because the richest nation on earth has made no provision for its support, and the Red Cross must do its vast work through voluntary contributions or not at all. Thews is the'crime of it. The .Red Cross in. time of war should be adequately financed by the Government, but it >s not. No minute o-f its splendid energies should be wasted in soliciting funds, for every minute taken from organisation protends the life of a soldier needlessly thrown away. This crims is not the crime of the War Department, but the crime of Congress. Think of it! Congress siys to the youth of the nation: "Go forth and fight the bottles of your country. If wounded we will dress your wounds at once. After that you will be dependent on the charity of your eountrymei:." The Congress" of {be richest nation on earth should finance the earn of its wounded as 'completely as it fituaibit thft liiivoiriidMl on the battlefront. And it will do to if the ptaph demand it. Oaly to th« Toica of the

people raised in command will Congress listen. It will hearken not to ithe voice of humanity; for humanity has no vote, So give to the Eed Cross, feHow-citizens; give unstintingly. But demand of your Congressmen 'that the lives of the warrior youth of your nation be not «xiposed to the uncertainty of charitable donations.

The Post's London correspondent writes that the New Zealand stall at the Albert Hall Bazaar, in aid of St. Dunstan's, of which Lady Hardwicke was president and Mrs. E. Iliddiford hon. treasurer, had netted £1600, thus doing better than any other stall at the bazaar. Of the 'total, £1279 represented donations, chiefly from New Zealanders, and £318 sales at the stalls.

The woman bootblack has appeared in America, and from what has been published is quite a success. Just how she came into existence, -we. g-abher from a New York paper. The manager of a large hotel, on account of a shortage in messenger boys, sent oat an appeal for help, with the result that a number of girls applied for the work. Howevei-, after ail, it was not thought advisable to have a mixed force of messengers, so the girls were not taken on. The chief of the service, however, was heard to remark that if he "could get a. couple of good bootblacks, ho could place theitL righfc away in the ladies' parlour." This remark -was made within the hearing of some of the would-be girl messengers, one of whom quickly announced the fa-ct that she could "shine" shoes. Whereupon she was told a stand could be arranged for her if she cared to take it. "I'd rather do that than many Ithings, manicuring, for instance," replied this enterprising girl, "if there's money in it." And, so we learn, she is now established in the ladies' parlour, near the grill-room in ithe large hotel, with the likelihood ■of other young; women following her example.

Lady Monica Grenfell, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Desboiough, and only god-daughter of Lord Kitchener, is training in London for further service in the French hospital where she has been working for a year past. Lady Monicais one of the mo3t beautiful girls of the day, and is an athlete of no mean order, being especially noted for her 'success as a swimmer.