WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 5, 5 January 1918, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Dainty, charming frocks are to be seen in "Good Gracious, Annabelle !" notably the first one worn by. Miss Marie Tempest. This is of white corded silk with rather large decided bunches of brocaded roses, made with a pannier effect, the edge of the skirt deeply scalloped, and the corsage being arranged with a chemisette and undersleeves of white chiffon. A black hat, reminiscent of the Welsh shape, trimmed with powder-blue ribbons and a fluffy parasol to match, completed a particularly becoming-costume. Her "cook" costume was of pale blue, the jumper blouee being banded with white. In the last scene Miss Tempest's pretty gown was of pale maize-coloured mousselin de soie finished with fine lace of the same shade. Miss Burroughs appeared first in a chic gown of fawn cloth, with side panels of a dull blue, the fawn coat being finished with pleatings of blue to match, and a smart toque with quill feathers. Miss Stewart's dainty girlish gown was of shell pink ninon, with a wide etraw hat trimmed to match.

The matron of the Wellington Hospital desires to acknowledge gifts to the Victoria Military Ward from the Soldiers' Comforts Guild ; Ladies' Branch, N.Z.N.A. ; Hutt Patriotic Guild; Salvation Army; Red Cross Shop (Hobsonstreet, Ladies) ; Mangatainoka children ; St. Hilda's Guild; St. John's Church Ladies; Santa Glaus Club ; Standard IV., Johnsonville School; American Manufacturing Company; also from Her Excellency Lady Liverpool, and . Mesdames M'Aleiiainin, Salek, ■ Morice, MlCerrow, Craigic, Barrett, Hempton, King, Hills, Seville, Wills, Miss Bassett, and Mr. Snodgrass. General Hospital, flowers from St. Hilda' 6 Church, St. Thomas's Church. Red Cross Society, and Mrs Hills (weekly). Other gifts, W. E. "B. Jack Wicks, Mrs. Nathan; Fever Hospital, Mr. Crosby, Miss Hackworth, Mrs. Pearce; Children's Ward, Mrs. Miller, Khandallah Sunday School, William Vivian Riddiford, Misses B. and B. Myers, Tui Kirker, Elaine de Latour, Prank and Ida- Myevs, St. Mary's Sunday School (Karori). Whitcojnbe and Tombs, Anonymous, Sunday School Endeavour Society (Petone), St. James' Sunday School, Girls' High School (Lower Hutt), per Miss P. Myers ; Anglican Girls' Bible Class (Worser Bay), Mrs. Macmanaway, Misses Guthrio, Salters, Morris, and Clark, Mr. J. Topliss, Messrs. Myers and Co.. Mrs. Hiley, High School Girls; Ciifton-tcrrace Hospital, Ten-ace School staff, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Miss Francis's School, Mrs. Eichelbaum (weekly), Mr. Snodgrass, Mrs. Geddis, Miss Gason, and Miss Saunders.

Mrs. Every, who lias been staying with Miss Holmes, in Hawkestonestrect, leaves for the south to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Shirteliffe, and family have returned from a visit to the country. Mrs. Tweed is visiting Mrs. Arthur Martin, at Otaraia, Wairarapa. Mrs. F. M. B. Fisher and her daughters havo returned from some country visits. Mri. Guy Mace and her children are staying at Day's Bay. Mrs. and Mies Batchelor, of Nelson, aro staying at Keriilworth at present. Mrs. Wilmot and Mrs. Hull have gone to Picton for the remainder of tho holidays. Mrs. Biss and Miss Tweed have returned from the Wairarapa. Lord. Rhondda, in a letter to all Food Control Committees, says that "tho harvests of the world will not meet the requirompiits of ourselves and our Allies during the next 12 months unless our present rate of consumption and the Üboat losses of food tonnage further reduce supplies, says Alien, in a London letter to the Otago Witness. The harvest of grains was very unsatisfactory; but the potato crop war. enormous, and potato meal is now mixed with the bread, which, is an improvement in flavour to that of a few months ago, and helps to keep it moist. The experts at the Ministry of Food are compiling a scientifica.Uy-grai.ied scheme of rationing for people of all ages nnd occupations. At present the only rations that are in force are tile 4lb of bread per week, -Jib of sugar, and 2^11) of meat; but the scarcity and high prices combined ration many other things. Butter last week was 3s per lb, and scarcely to be obtained. Bacon was almost unprocurable at 2s 4d upwards, and long queues- of housewives shopping on Saturday in London waited for hours, while to get margarine women and children wore crushed. No ten,, no sugar, no margar- | me *>va?. tho state of the home and colonial shops, p.x\d many places closed their doors. Tea was from 3s upwards, for the cheaper kinds were sold out. This is feeling the pinch in earnest.

Hostesses at the Sydney-street Soldiers' Club for the week will be : Sunda.;.' : Mrs. Joseph Joseph and Mi 1?. J. W. Salmond; Monday, Mesdames H. Hall ar.d W. Young; Tuesday, Mesdames Bristow and Moss : Wednesday, St. John Ambnlanee Nursing Division ; Thursday, Mesdames Bucholz, Wheeler, and Mackesy ; Friday, Spinsters' Club ; Saturday, Kbandailah Ladies. In charge of coats and parcels : Sunday, Miss" M. Wheeler; Monday, Miss Jenkyns ; Tuesday. Mrs Muiv; Wednesday, Mrs. F. \V. Mackenzie; Thursday, Miss Seed; Friday, Mrs. Harris; Saturday, Miss Adams. Mr. Herbert H. Smith, of the A.M.P. Society, and Mrs. Smith, have just re-turned-to Wellingrton from a trip to Mt. Cook, visiting Christchurch and' Timaru on route. Mr. Smith speaks with much enthusiasm of the new hermitage, and the gloiious views of mountain and lakes obtained on the trip. Dr. Elizabeth Macdonald is on a visit from Auckland, and is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Mackin. Tho Superintendent of the Ohiro Benevolent Home desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of donations of £1 Is from Messrs. B. Hannah and Co. and £2 2s from -Messrs. J. Staples and Co., Ltd., . towards the celebration, of Christmas in that institution. "Thanks are also returned to Mrs. (Capt.) Black, burne, Messrs. Gaudin and Son, Messrs. George and George, Mrs. Wilson (Tai-nui-terrace), and Mr. Isaac (Aro-street) for Christmas cheer, and to Mrs. E. A Smith, Washington-avenue, and Mrs. Ousel), Waitestown, for gifts of clothing. A new departure in wedding attire is mentioned in a recent English paper. The bride is described as wearing "wonderful draperies of filmy chiffon embossed massively in gold—a quaint contrast in weight whioh.was very telling— made more striking by being worn over a complete underdress of silver tissue, j More delicate gold held the faintly pink veil in place, and a little knot of 'orange blossom on the shoulder was the only piece worn. The "something blue" which tradition prescribe** for luck, appeared Ihrougli Hie soft veiling as shoulder I straps, slinging half-hidden silver lace bodice in place, but otherwise no break in the harmony of white and gold ap. peared. The bridesmaids ■ wore palest

grey with silver encrustations in place of the gold. Transparent draperies of grey bearing big Empire widths of silver leaves fell straight from shoulder to hem at the back, while Grecian silver head-dresses, from which strings of pearls fell below the chin completed the taJe, with nice big armfuls of sun-gold roses, which gave a hint of warmth to the scheme. The wedding was a "war" one, the bride having spent a long time in nursing at a military hospital, and the bridegroom being one "on active service."

A wonderful war project, founded by the well-known Dr. Maria Montessori, is now being established in America, under the name oE "The White Cross." It is designed "to treat the children of war, to gather up the new human generation, and to_ save it by a epecial method of education." Dr. Montessori's suggestion is to prepare teacher-nurses and "to go to the aflsistance of those depressed and terrified children ' who are threatened with the perils of degeneration." The plan suggested is to start a free course to prepare volunteers to undertake the intellectual care of children. It will include first-aid, a knowledge of nervous diseases, diet for infants and children, special psychology, domestic science, agriculture, language, and a speciat course of the Montressori method as will be applied to these children. Dr. Motitressori will give her services gratuitously to prepare the White Cross workers with the assistance of medical' specialists in nervous diseases. Subsequently it is planned to send out working groups to France, Belgium, Servia, Rumania, Russia and other European countries. • Each group would consist of twenty persons, a director, secretary, two social workers, a special nurse, five teachers, and ten "heads of families.'" The educated women in the various countries would be askec! to learn and join in the work, and thus the staff could be augumented by refugees, war widows, and others.

It has often been asserted (says the Auckland Star) that German prisoners of war in England, as well as in Ne/v Zealand; are being too well treated, in fact, that ma/iy of them are having the time of their lives. Confirmation of this has recently been received in Thames by a parent whose son writes from Home, referring, among other matters, to the recently-arranged exchange of German and English prisoners. Seven hundred British prisoners were to bo discharged for German. Needless to say, the British in German prison camps had no difficulty in mnking up their minds about leaving for Home, but of the Germans in England only six were willing to return to the Vaterland. The remaining' 694 had to be. selected by lot." A recent English pictorial showed a picture of a German who committed suicide sooner than return to his courtry. It was one of the sad cases where the man had married in England, and was really faith-f-il to his adopted country.