WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 37, 14 February 1919, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

A unique and interesting gift has come to' Mrs. Preston, headi of tho St. John Ambulance workers at the Star Boating Club, from a soldier friend of one of lier sons in the form of two flags, tattered, stained, and battle-worn. One is a Union Jack, which is marked as having been "flown in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and the Jordan Valley. Carried out and displayed as far as the v Hedjaz Railway and across the hills twenty miles south of Amman*." The other is an ambulance "ground" flag, which has been used as a hospital flag at Jerusalem, Jericho, and many places in the Jordan Valley. It has also been displayed on the Moabite Hills, and at the Am. mam and Hedjaz railways. The sender has forwarded them as a mark of appreciation of the work performed by Mrs. Preston and her band of workers, who have forwarded an immense amount of hospital equipment and medical comforts, and have worked unceasingly since the very early days of the war.

It is the opinion of the members of the Women's Red Cross Committee that there is no necessity for the continuous work which has,so far been carried on. Therefore it was decided yesterday that the workrooms should be opened on Tuesdays and Fridays only, from 10 a.m. to 12.30, and from 2to 4 p.m. All guild and' home workers are asked to come for work between. those hours.'lt was decided also that no alterations of outside work should be done at the depot. Any garments that need such alterations are to be sent back to the branch or guild from which they came..

The new Presbyterian Girls' Home at 74, Dei'went-street, Island Bay f will be officially opened by the Rev. Dr. Elliott to-morrow afternoon at '3 o'clock. . The Island Bay cars are generally well patronised on a Saturday afternoon, but in anticipation of an additional tax on the service extra cars will run.

Miss W. Gordon Reid has returned from a visit to Auckland and Rotorua.

The Misses Pearson have just returned from an extended tour of the South Island, which included 'Mt. Cook and the southern lakes, as well as Hanmer, and the northern part of the Island.

Miss M. Seed has returned from a visit to Wanganui.

Mrs. R. L. D. Kidston and her daughter, and Mies Nola Haybittle have returned by the Moeraki from Sydney.

Dr. and Mrs. Clay have taken the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kernot, Upper Willis-street for a term. Mr. and Mrs. Kernot intend to spend the winter at Los Angeles.

Mrs. E. Parry and her son are visiting the South Island.

Mrs. Goffe and Mrs. Collie have been elected, to represent Gisborne at the Women's National Reserve meeting at the end of the present month in Wellington.

■ There was a good attendance at the monthly meeting of the Wellington Women's Red Cross Committee yesterday. In the .absence of Mrs. J. P. Luke, Mrs. W. 'Nathan presided. Many letters of thanks were received for gifts sent to men in" hospital, arid specially.for cake at Christmas time, which was very acceptable. It was arranged that two members of the visiting committee should go the rounds of the hospitals ...at . Trenthum,; Miramar, Lowry Bay, and Victoria each Wednesday. The mati'oiis ■in each case had been asked to let the visitors know what was needed.. This conlmittee had been empowered by the Central Executive to supply any necessary Red Cross goods. Until farther notice is received of special needs, the articles to be made by workers will be: Pyjamas, underpants, shirts, day-shirts, pneumonia jackets, and face cloths. The Central Council for New Zealand has decided to issue certificates to schools who have worked for tho Red Cross, and a letter was received from Colonel Moorhouse, officer-in-charge, on the subject, in .which ho says : " Any school that has systematically helped the Red Cross Society will be entitled to a certificate; the twelve months condition required for qualifying of ordinary workers will not cc needed in the case of schools." A letter was received from Sirs. J. L. Morrison tendering her resignation from .the committee, which was accepted with regret. Mrs. Morrison lists been, one of the most ardent workefs for the Red Cross. A letter from the Catholic .Knitting Guild intimated that a number of socks and wool would ho handed to the Red Cross on the disbanding of the guild.

The death of a young lady who is well known in Wellington. Miss Olga Monrad, took place on Saturday at her mother's residence, at Howard-street, Wellington. Mrs. Monrad lived formerly at Paimerston, but owing to her daughter's indifferent health, they removed to Australia, and later to Wellington. Much sympathy will be felt for Mrs. Monrad and her family in their loss.

According to a cable message to the New York Herald, the daughter of Leon Trotsky, Bolshevist Minister of War and Marine, and a Bolshevist named Lewow, we're arrested in Warsaw towards the end of December. >. Six million marks were found in the apartment which they were occupying.

At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, on 14th December (writes our London correspondent^ the wedding took place of Miss Helen Mackenzie, elder daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Mackenzie, to Captain A. V. M'Donald, M.C., the. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Canon Edgar Sheppard, D.D., Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, • officiated. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore white charmeuse veiled with Brussels net and lace, with a court train of satin broche, which was carried by Master Harry Phillimore. The bridal veil was of tulle, arranged from a double' circlet of silver and orange blossom. The only bridesmaid was Miss L. Mackenzie (cousin), who wore pale pink chiffon over satin, with a veil to correspond arranged from a. circlet of gold. The page wore a suit of pale blue satin slashed with gold. Captain Hogg, a brother officer of the bridegroom, was the best) man.

Persons rise up from time to time in this country and denounce the practice of kissing (writes The Post's Sydney correspondent). They seem to have reason and commonseuse on their side, but they arouse nothing more than a broad smile and a universal chuckle. Quite recently, a. conference of health inspectors in Sydney quite ' seriously discussed the proposal that kissing be made an offence under the law. At first, there seemed a pdssibility that the proposal would be supported, but a growing chorus of jeers from ail directions finally caused the conference to abandon the idea in disorder. But the outbreak of influenza and' the adoption of masks and other methods of interceptiii.-* germs have brought the matter into prominence again, and a Presbyterian minister in Victoria has returned to riio attack.- Kissing, he said, was not only'eJctremely foolish, but was decidedly unhealthy, and well merited the severest strictures of- the highest medical authorities. It was simply shocking that

babies and children should be made the receptacles for all kinds of germs, by reason of the prevailing fashion. He confessed that when he saw people indulging in promiscuous kissing, it produced in him a feeling almost akin to nausea. He felt that, for the welfare of the community, the practice should be rigorously suppressed. If young people of opposite sexes find it necessary to kiss each other, let them do it on sanitary lines, and use sterilised, germ-proof gauze. He urged his congregation to strictly abstain from kissing in any circumstances, and thus minimise the risk of infection. The reverend gentleman caused1 a. good deal of comment, not all hostile. But the average Australian wants to know how would he proceed to stop kissing?

An old lady at Yaldhurgt, Mr*. John Franks, who is 79 years of age, has just completed her Ifour hundredth of socks (says an "exchange), all of which have been knitted with her own hands for the local Red Cross branch. Ever since the commencement of the war Mts. Franks has assiduously plied her knitting needles for the relief of the sick soldiers, and this in spite of her age and failing health. It is a record of which the local branch is justly proud. Mr. and Mrs. Franks, are both very old colonists, having resided in Yaldhurst for forty-three years.

Mr, Ernest MacMillan, a young Canadian musician, who attracted attention as a boy of remarkable musical talent while on a visit to 'Great Britain about twelve years ago, was granted the degree of Mas. Doc. at Oxford recently in absence, and under peculiar, circumstances. In the summer of 1914 Mr. MacMillan, who was studying in Paris, went with a friend to Bayreuth to hear the Wagner operas. When war broke out lie was interned at Ruhleben, and while there occupied himself in writing his diploma for the Oxford degree. The German authorities permitted the despatch of the score of the work, which is described as accomplished setting for voices and orchestra of Swinburne's "England."