WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 33, 7 August 1918, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

In reference to the various buffets at Codford Knd other places, a sergeant on leave in England writes to a member of the Clara Rogers Comforts' Committee as follows : Miss Rogers is at Weybridge, and Miss Murch has gone to Boscombe; therefore . I was unable to see either of these ladies. Unfortunately there'is a shortage of ladies, and Home Service men in khaki do most of the counter work in the buffets. It is a pity, for it does: make a difference to see some faces of New Zealand ladies in the V.M.C.A., and soldiers get so sick of the sight of khaki, and they rather resent its invading the buffets. I asked the reason for having the men in the huts and was told that ladies were unobtainable."

Next Friday's sale a-t the Red Cross Shop, Lambton-quay, is being looked for with, much interest, as the Commercial Travellers' Ladies' Committee will be in charge on that day, and its-mem-bers h*ve made special provision in the way of a large supply of cakes, pi-o-duce, sweets, and ■ dainty needlework. Raffles are being conducted for a lady's wristlet watch, a typewriter, and some useful groceries. The cake competition is promising splendidly, and should be a great help in ensuring the success of the day. In view, of all these attractions people'are advised to shop early.

A wonderful array of bottles of all sorts and sizes is to be seen at Sydneystreet Soldiers' Club gymnasium in readiness for the sale to-morrow afternoon. All are beautifully clean, and medicines, vinegars, beers, stouts, whiskeys, and others are sorted and graded correctly. As/this will be the last bottle sale in aid of the Navy League funds, it is hoped that the attendance of buyers will be good and prices also., The collectors and sorters have worked j splendidly at this unpleasant work, and it is to be expected that the result will repay them.

News from Miss Beatrice Day (Mrs. Wall) states that she is "head woman" at a gas mask manufactory, where about 200' women are at work. There are about 158 machines working, and they turn out about 10,000 masks each day. Her son has gone'to Egypt with some R.F.C cadets. Miss Day also mentioned that Madame Boeufve had been,in Paris, which she found very lively with the attentions of aircraft and long-range guns..

Large sums of money are coming in towards the Copper Trail in Auckland. Last week, £1683 was received from Botoi-ua, and other large amounts from Te Puke (where a Queen Carnival was held) and 1 Paeroa. The city contributed £2300 last week. The total amount received in Auckland on account of the trail from 4th Juno to the end of last week was £46,576. The amount required to cover the entire ' distance between Auckland- and Wellington is £93,000. Whilst Auckland progressed 206 miles, Wellington only covered 69 miles. This week Hamilton is makin" a great effort to raise £25,000. According to the trails on the map, Auckland is well south of Waimarino, which is within the Wellington district, but the end of the challenge, or the victory is not won till one city succeeds in reaching- the other by means of the trail. Still, Wellington is so far behind that it behoves city and district to send in money promptly, or a somewhat inglorious ending will be inevitable.

The names of the winners of raffles in connection with the Women's National Reserve and Victoria League, stalls are advertised in. thi3 issue.

Mrs. Baume has been re-elected as a member of the Auckland Education Board. She was the only woman candidate.

Mrs. Philip Brown, of Taumarunui, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. Burnett, at Karori.

The recent Violet Day held in Auckland brought in the sum of about £420, with a few boxes still to be added ir>.

; Miss H. Bulkley is the guest of Lioutenant and Mrs. Mills, Featherston.

Captain and Mrs. Holmden leave this week for Sydney. ■ „.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnston arc out of town for a brief visit.

Mrs. Hamilton, Nelson, who has been the guest of Mrs. Rudman, left to-day for Wanganui. x

Mr. and. Mrs. V. Beed are in town staying at the Midland Hotel.

Mrs. C. Fell, Nelson, who has been staying with her ■daughter 'in Christchurch, is returning this week.

An "American Tea" is mentioned in an. exchange. (The principle appears to "bring a gift and buy one also." It is said to be a- very satisfactory method of raising funds for patriotic purposes.

The death of a lady who was well known in New Zealand is mentioned in the Australasian as follows:—Mrs. R. W. Fereday died' in Brisbane on 10th July. Her first husband was Mr. Drummond Macpherson, of Canterbury, New Zealand. After the death! of her second husband she settled in Hobart, arid interested herself largely in the philanthropic work of that city. She was vice-presi-dent of the National Council of Women, vice-president of the Victoria League, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and member of several literary circles. She leaves three sons, Messrs. Drummond,. Fergus, and Norman MacPherson, and three married daughters, Mesdames Leslio Corrie, of Brisbane, R. Wynn-Williams, and Gordon Gall.

In Porto Rico women can hold office, but are prohibited from voting.

Over half the workers in the munition plants of the United States are women. •';'..

Warehouses are now displaying new goods for spring and summer trades for 1918-19. In the millinery section of the trade fashion has decreed that shapis shall be very much the same as those of last season. The big flat "eailor" is as popular as ever; the dropping "sailor" shape is also in request, and there is a pronounced sggeßtion of "Dolly Varden" shapes. A two-tone effect, -i.e., the crown and brim of different but quate bright colours, is attracting much attention by reason of its popularity and economy in the matter of trimming, but a return to plainer tones is expected. Rough straw has been introduced; but the preference is for tagals and pedak, There ib a large but unsatisfied demand for leghorns. Ladies' panamas promise to be as popular as ever for summer wear. Trimming 6 are quite simple, merely bands of ribbon, or galloons, and perhaps a-jsmall posy of silk flowers, ov a quiet and solitary ornament. In the new blouses there ia to be seen not much departure from last season's pattern or materials, georgette being as popular as ever.

The Misses Emma S. and Katharine L. Lansing, sisters of' Secretary of State Lansing, who have been members of the Red Cross in France-'since last September, have had a. 'thrilling experience and learned the horror*:, of modern warfare first hand. Recently "wlien German airmen bombed a village near the

front where the Misses Lansing conducted a canteen, they were forced with many other persons " virtually to live in a champagne ceDar until they could close the canteen and leave the village. The ( Germans had advanced in that sector and subjected tho village to almost incessant bombing, co that it was not easy to leave the place- in a minute. Two correspondents were lunching in a little town in the rear of the French-British front when a chauffeur told them that two "nurses" had been talking 1 to him and -enquiring if the Americans were coming there. They appeared to be lonely, said th» chauffeur, and; desired to see some of their countrymen. Later the correspondent found the "nurses," who' proved to be the Misses Lansing, in front of a neat home, where they-were comfortably billeted. They said they were thirsty for news from home and •eager to learn from Americans what the American troops were doing in the Marno and elsewhere. They declared they had heard so much favourable comment concerning the Americans from the British and French soldiers whom they bad met that it made them all the more wixioiis to see and talk with Americans.