WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 52, 30 August 1917, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Only those who have taken part as instructors and organisers of an entertainment of the character lately presented ty Miss Estolle Beere and her pupils can realise ithe immense amount of work and unselfishness required to place such a performance before the public. The committee of the Hobson-street Red Cross Day, whose fund has benefited so substantially by the two entertainments, has expressed great gratification at the success which crowned the efforts of Miss Beere for the Bed Cross Society, and feels that services such a.s those which have been so willingly rendered by Mies Beere and her pupils are worthy of being reckoned as war work of the first rank.

Tho popularity of the well-arranged tea parties for the mothers of soldiers grows deservedly as time goes on. The ■attendance has far out-grown the capacity of the Concert Chamber, where they started, yesterday there was a record attendance in the large hall Entertainers and guests aro beginning to know each other quite well, and personal interest and acquaintance are gaining ground steadily. Yesterday a pleasant feature for the entertainers was the bringing by the guests of many interesting photographs sent from men at the front, including pictures of towns, battlefields, etc., which are of interest to everyone. .An apology was received from Mrs. G. W. Russell, who was prevented from attending on account of illness in her home, and Mrs! W. Nathan (vice-presi-dent) received the guests instead. Mrs. Porter. Mrs.. Corliss, Mrs. Hall-Thomp-son, Sliss Shephard, and members of the committee all helped greatly with the entertaining, and the tea arrangements were excellently and systematically carried out by members of the Johnsonville W.N.R., under the leadership of Mrs. Betmine. The Hon. A. T. Ngata gave a short address, appealing for. support for the Hawkes Bay Maoris . ( wlio will give an entertainment in aid of returned soldiers of their own race in the near future. Later on Mr. Isitt, M.P., gave a brief and very suitable ad-1 dress also. He spoke sympathetically of the anxiety and strain women were passing tlurough, and of the consolation to be found in the justice of the cause for which their sons fought. The Prime Minister was to have given an address also, but much to the disappointment of all present he was prevented from doing so. An excellent musical programme was given during the afternoon, and the songs sung by Mrs. Henderson ? Miss Dull, and Miss Dormer were greatly enjoyed. Mrs. Le Marohand presided at the piano, and Miss M'Cormack played for the charming Scottish dances given by Misses Elsie Burns and Jean Jolly. The tea tables were much admired, as they were covered with the new white cloths embroidered with a scarlet M, presented to the Reserve by Messrs. James Smith and Sons and decorated tastefully with vases of spring flowers by Mrs. BivMey.and friends. Another acceptable gift was a phest of tea from Messrs. laery and Co. A letter was received] from Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool expressing her regret at not being able to attend the tea, and sending good wishes to the mothers. About 86 new badges were distributed during the afternoon.

The meeting called by Mrs. Adams at her residence, 96, The Terrace, yesterday was well attended by ladies anxious to make The Terrace day at the Wellington Red Cross Shop a great success when they are in charge next February. Stalls were a-llotted and Mrs. S. Eichelbaum appointed secretary for the "day." It was decided to hold ii surprise packet campaign to end in October, and Mrs. Pike has presented a billiard dining-table, three-quarter size, which will be rafHed for the fund. The children's fancy dress ball, held 'recently, which is also for The Terrace's fund, realised £180, co that the workers start their campaign with a good sum in hand. Mrs. Adams intends holding a seWing party at her house every Monday afternoon, and would be glad to hear from anyone who would join and work for tho stalls. The stalls were allotted as follow, each one to be added to as desired : —Produce, Mesdames Chapman, Field, Wynyard, Eichelbaum, Miss Archibald, and Miss Effio Chalmers; cakes, Mesdames Porter, Morpeth, G. Tripe, Clayton, Ward, and Harcourt-Turner; needlework, Mesdames Herbert, DonaW, Roberston, P. Isaacs, Nelson, W. Bhmdell, and A. Johnson; meat, Mesdames Mitford, Corrigan, and L. Smith; sweets, Mesdames Trim, Sievwright, Ritchie, Hamilton, Edmondson, and Webb; tea and cool drinks, Mrs. J. Findlay. It was .also proposed to have a fruit stall on the Quay, outside the shop, and also ice creams and cool drinks. Misses Harcourt-Turner and Ward were appointed to attend to the telephone during the day.

A new Red Cross Shop was opened at Wanganni yesterday by Mr. Justice Chapman. Mrs. J. P. Luke, Mayoress of Wellington, was among . those who ■were present on the occasion.

At tl*e invitation of the directors of the Victoria Bowling Club the members and their la-dy friends were entertained last evening at a social in the Charley's Aunt Club Booms. There wae a. large attendance and a very enjoyable evening was spent. Songs were rendered, by Miss Ruby Scott, Mrs. and Mies Martin, Messrs. E. Gallidian, T. Pringle, Thorpe, Hugh Wright; violin solo, Mr. Norman Watson; musical monologue, Miss Theltna Aitken; humorous monologues, Mir. W. W. Crawford and Mr. Norman Adtken; a dramatic recital by Mr. Marcus Marks; ivnd '' Some Humour" by Mr. Albert Rugisell. The accompanist was Mr. M. G. Fisher. During the interval refreshments were .handed round, the evening concluding with the amusing comedietta, "Kisses and Misses," in which Misses Gallichan and Ruby Scott and Messrs. Geo. Clapham and Albert Russell took part.

The monthly meeting of the Girls' Club will be held in the Esperanto Hall ito-morrow evening. Dr. Patterson has consented rt-o give a short "health" lecture, and Miss Blackburn will assist her with a .practical demonstration of physical culture. Prior to the address there will be a, short musical programme. Admission is free, and all who a-re interested in the work of the Girls' Club are invited to attend.

Miss Carter's clsver and interesting demonstrations of gas cookery have ■been resumed at the company's rooms in Courtenay-place. Yesterday ithe're was an excellent attendance, and the menu included luncheon rolls, baked fish souffle, walnut cake, Dolly Varden cake, and mushroom meringues.

Quite a. number of Bab}' Carnivals aro being carried out in New Zealand at, present, and it is said that the number of entries is large, and the children splendid specimens of young New Zealanders. In Now Plymouth, 1 the High School Old Girls promoted a carnival in connection with the Patriotic Shop, and made £800. In Wang&nui the Ladies' Golf Club is running a similar scheme and hopes to make £2000. Visitors to the town state ■ that there is great interest taken,, and many beautiful prizes have been given for the leading balnea in diifeaa-i* classes.

Miss G. is visiting Mrs. Hamilton at the Vicarage, Fendalfcon, Christchurch.

Mrs. F. S. Pope fcas returned to Wellington after a short visit to Christclmrch.

Mr. ami Mrs. A. X Toogood -returned from Christchurch yesterday.

As there 'has been some anxiety felt by the various shooting parties and others as to the possibility of securing space for the despatch of hares, which are put in cool storage throughout the Dominion, to the Red Cross Society for use in the military hospitals in the United Kingdom, says the feed Cross Record, the following information has been received by Mrs. Duncan Rutherford from the office of the Imperial Government Supplies, Wellington, in reply to a telegram despatched by the Eight Hon. the Prime Minister to the High Commissioner, London, enquiring whether space could be made available:—"A reply was now been received to the effect that the Overseas' Shipowners Committee, Wellington, will be advised by the London Tonnage Committee to provide the necessary tonnage."

A branch of the Victoria League has recently been opened in Sydney, with Lady Cullen as president. Formerly Victoria League visitors to Sydney were received by the League of Empire.

An interesting little point of difference between men and women workers in munition factories is brought out by a recent report to the Committee on Health of Munition Workers, says the Queen. In works where the motive power is electric, and the amount of power supplied to different departments can be registered, in separate meters, it has been' possible, by noticing the power records, to see how men and women compare in the quickness with which they get to work and stop working. In one very large factory, the shell-shop, in which most of the workers are men, began to draw heavily on the power two minutes after starting time, and was using half the full power for the .shop in four minutes. A fuze-turning room, in which women alone were' employed, took five minutes to begin drawing heavily on the power, and eleven minutes to reach half-power. This means that the women workers wasted about seven minutes more than the men. On the other hand, the women's room kept up its drawing power longer than the men's room, so that at the end of the day the time wasted worked out at just abont the same figure for men and women. It looks, therefore, as if women workers were more inclined to be sociable when they first meet a-t the day's work than the men are, or are slower in setting their attention to the job; but when they are at it they are less inclined to slack off a bit before the proper time.

The Auckland Women's Patriotic League had a very successful year's work, and the report given this ' week at the annual meeting was most satisfactory. The formation of 22 new branches had augmented the total membership to 3502, an increase of 960. The reports, read by the conveners of 18 departments under the auspices of the league demonstrated the zeal'with which all members were working in the interests of the common cause. Amounts collected to assist various funds were :— Red Cross Joint Committee, £2044; Belgian Santa Claus, £1121; V.M.C.A. Trench Comforts, £2110. It was reported that the 94 self-governing branch leagues constituted the largest constant sonrce of revenue. Young people had given the league invaluable assistance, over 80 schools helping during the year. The receipts for the year were. £164 4s Id, the assets £1141 8s 4d, of which £1054 was on deposit, and the total liabilities were less than £10.

Speaking at the National Economy Exhibition, in London, Mrs. Lloyd George disclosed some interesting "Cabinet" secrets (states The Post's London, correspondent). ' "Perhaps you will not believe me when I tell yon that when Mr. Asquith came to 10, Downingstreet, nine years ago, there was not a single 'bathroom in the whole .place! At No. 11, Downing-strcet, where we went to live about the same time, we found a basement scullery there with not a ■window, not a gleam of light or ventilation of any sort. It took me some little time before i could persuade the Office of Works to build me a nice little scullery. I did not rest till I got it. Now 'there is a good scullery, with a glass roof, and a -window which opens into the garden."