WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 71, 24 March 1920, Page 7

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Special, mention was made at the annual meeting of the W.N.E. Girls' Club of the fact that the club intends to make an effort on Anzac Day to place wreaths and other floral tributes on the graves a£ the Memorial Cemetery at Karori. It is hoped that the general public will assist the girls in this patriotic and laudable undertaking, so that the utmost honour may be done to the memory of those who have kid down their lives for their country. The Girls' Club would be very glad if those who are so fortunate as to possess gardens would contribute flowers regularly on Fridaya or Saturdays for the weekly decoration of graves which these girls carry out so admirably. This tribute to the men who are buried there is an immense pleasure and consolation to relatives from a distance who visit the cemetery at intervals, and who thoroughly appreciate the fact that the graves are never neglected. Week by week they are attended to, just as if ali the relatives lived in Wellington, and this fact reflects the greatest credit on the club. A bunch of flowers left regularly at the , W.N.R. office, Featherston-street, from some of Wellington's pretty gardens would be a great help to the girls, and a tribute' to the memory of the soldiers. Mrs. Darcey Chayfcor, who has recently returned from Egypt, has beeu^ho guest of her sister, Miss Edwin, Wel-lington-terrace. Miss Esther Barker, and Miss Dobey, two Christchuroh ladies, are on a sketching tour in the Ngrth Islarid, and the results will be looked for with interest, as the artists possess great talent. Miss Nola Haybittle has gone to Pic- I ton for a visit. Mrs. and the Misses Searnon, of In-. vercargill, have come to Wellington, where they intend to reside. Mr. E. W. Welstead (late captain N.Z.E.F.), and Mrs. Welstead, who have been staying at Day's Bay for .some weeks, have gone to Dannevirke for a visit .before returning to their home in Dunedin. • . Miss Dora Murch. (says an exchange) has taken up the position of secretary of the JVaipukurau Sanatorium. Miss Grady, of Wellington, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M'Callum, at Blenheim. A Plunket nurse, Nurse O'Brien, has arrived in Westport to take up duties in the Buller district. Miss Miller, of Dunedin, who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. Duthie, of "Mercerv'alc," Kelburn, leaves for her home to-da.y. Mrs. F. Fitchet, of Auckland, formerly of Wellington, intends to pay a, visit to Wellington next week. Mrs. D. G, Speedy and Miss Speedy, of Dannevirke, are visiting Wellington. Mrs. E. W. Ro/se, of Blenheim, is on a visit to Palmerston North, and is the guest of Mrs, W. T, Penny. The following committee has been set up to organise the Citizens' Ball.which will -be given in honour of the Prince of Wales:—Mr. R. W. Shallcrass (convener), Mesdames. J. P. Luke, C. Earle, Duthie, J. P. Firth, Darling, H. Nathan, Sleeman, Frank' Dyers, Miss Sybil Nathan, Dr. Collins, Colonel- Roberts, Messrs. Lan Duncan, C. A. Ewan, A. E. Whyte, 0. Sutton, A. W. Wiren, J. B. Harcourt, and H. Oakley Browne. The death occurred, .at Wiri, Auckland, on Thursday, of Mrs. Stewart Wylie, wife of the Rev. Robert Wylie, retired Presbyterian minister. -Mrs. Wylie, who was the youngest daughter of the late R«v. James Borvvick, of Rathwillet, Fifeshire, Scotland, came of a very old and well-known Scottish family. When only four years old Mrs. Wylie showed evidences'of rare musical ability She wrote many songs and pianoforte solos, both sacred and secular. In 1884 she married Mr Wylie, who had succeeded to her late father's charge at Fifeshire, and subsequently, with her husband, removed to London, Mr. Wylie at that time being the minister of the Canonbury Presbyterian Church, Lon don. Mrs. Wylie cams to New Zealand twenty-two years ago, and settled at Onehunga, where her husband ministered until his retirement on account of illhealth. Latterly they resided at Will. Mrs. Wylie leaves a family of three daughters and two sons. The wedding took place in All Saints' Church, Palmerston North, on Monday, of Mies Girlie Jickell, youngest daughter of Mr. S. Jickell, of Palmer&tou North, to Mr. Frederick William Dickson, of Inyercargill. The bride wore a pretty dress of white crepe de chine and georgette, with veil and orange blossoms. Her bridesmaid, Miss. Marjorie Brett, wore a frock of lemon crepe de chine, with a black picture hat. The bride was given away by her father, and Rev. H. G. Blackburn was the officiating minister. Dunedin is the first New.Zealand city to do anything practical in the way of establishing a communal kitchen. At a recent meeting, which was the outcome of a discussion among members of the Women's Welfare League, the sum of £225 was subscribed in the room towards setting out to organise such a kitchen. An influential committee was formed, and a large number of future customers' names was handed in, while measures were put in train for the formation of a company. The many friends of Mrs. E. G. Suisted will regret to hear of her sudden death, which occurred on Monday, at her son's residence at Island Bay. The late Mrs. Suisted was born in Dumfries, Scotland, 69 years ago, and came out to the colonies in 1863 with her parents and settled in Marlborough. Mrs. Suisted, who was of a retiring disposition, had a great many friends. Her husband predeceased her eleven years a.go. She leaves one son, Mr. Charles Suisted. Inspector of Machinery, Wellington, and three daughters, Mrs. Banniman (of Wqodville), Miss Suisted ■(of Sydney), and' Miss T. Suisted, of the Wellington Education Board. It seems that the jazz may be going out of favour at last, for there have actually been lancers on some of the ball programmes lately, and at.the Chelsea Arts Club Ball in the Albert Hall nine dances, out of thirty were ordinary, old-fashioned waltzes, says a London, correspondent of the Australasian. The chiof disadvantage of the modern dances is that, unless a girl can produce her own partnsr, she may almost as well stay away; and for Australian girls in London, producing partners is not quite as easy as it - was a few months ago, when there were soldier brothers nn'd cousins to be amused. The turned-tip hat, alas ! is hardly ever seen in London now. In fact, as one of the wearers rather aptly put it, the city lias ceased to .be v kind of annexe to Melbourne, ■ Sydney, and Adekide. 1L U certainly the duller in consequence, '

The series of entertainments being held at Petone this week, with the object of raising funds for the erection of a suitable memorial to those who fell in the Great War was qontimied last night, when a large audience greatly enjoyed the programme presented by the Cheero Girls. The Rev. Keith Ewen presided at the annual meeting of the Berhampore branch of the Wellington Free Kindergarten, which took place at the Masonic Hall, Berhampore, last evening. Among those who were present were some of the members of the Kindergarten Council, including the president, Mrs. Gill. The report and balance-sheet were presented, and in the former reference was made to a project which the council is considering of buying a section afc Berhampore on which to build a. hall for kindergarten purposes. Both report and balance-sheet-were adopted. Mrs Gill, in the course of a brief speech, made complimentary reference to the work that had been achieved during the year, and also expressed appreciation of the work which it was proposed to take in hand for the coming year. Brief speeches were also made by Mrs. J. Andersen, Mrs. Dixon, and Miss Helvei. A few musical items very pleasantly varied the proceedings of the evening, which concluded with supper. The outgoing committee was reelected. f The W.N.R, Girls' Club is 1 a very "live" and efficient assemblage of girls, all of whom are ready and willing to do patriotic work, as well as to take advantage of the means of self-cultivation and improvement, which are offered in connection with this club. Last night at ,the annual meeting the interest felt was manifested in the good attendance of members. Miss Black presided. The report outlined the special activities in which the club had been engaged during the past yea.r. . These included the cleri.cal assistance given by members to the furtherance of the Trentham art union, the care of the soldiers' graves at Karori, the organisation of stalls for a special street appeal which was made in connection with improvements to this part of the cemetery at Karori, and reference to the work that had been done in connection with the establishment of nursing classes in the city. The report and balance-sheet, were adopted. Mrs. Porter, Dominion organiser for the reserve, was present, and in the course of a brief speech complimented the club upon the past year's work, and brought forward a suggestion from the Dominion president, to the effect that the club should devote one night a month to sewing for the reserve's residential nursery. The suggestion was approved and adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows: — Miss Pittard, re-elected president; Miss Bowden, secretary; Miss Miller, treasurer ; committee, Misses Atack, Black, Cook, Hankins, Idiens, Levy, (2), and M'Ohiggage. Further business included the formation of a camera club xmder the direction of Mr. E3manson. The general syllabus for the coming year was discussed and adopted. A hearty vote of thanks to the W.N.R. executive for their assistance in regard to a club room and other matters was passed, also one to Mr. Edmanson for his many courtesies and kindnesses in assisting the 'dub in many ways. A delightful outing was given to the little ones who attend the Taran&kistreet Free Kindergarten School last Saturday. Some members of the Automobile Association, including Messrs. C. M. Banks, D. L. Donne, L.J. Williamson, Cox, G. Fownes, L. T. Partridge, A. Mitchell, D. Keane, A. W. Blair, Watfc ins, and Miss. Cooper, ' took the happy little crew out in their cars, thus adding tremendously'to the pleasure of the occasion. The party took place at Miss Riley's home at the Hutt, and Mrs. A. Gray was responsible for the kindly thought of the outing and also' 1 for refreshments, etc. Thanks were duo to Mr. Stott, secretary of the Automobile Association, who took much trouble in making all '■• arrangements, and also to the kindergarten teachers, who willingly and. cheerfully gave up the afternoon to add to the pleasure of the little ones, in organising games and general superintendence. " Paper silk" is the name of a new fabric which is being placed on. the English market.by Japanese manufacturers. This new material is a. composition of paper and silk, and is suitable for making into blouses and sheetings and for dress material. In appearance it is very much like a real silky cotton, and trade representatives in London were deceived when shown handkerchiefs of "paper silk," which Japan intends to put on the European market in large quantities at an early date. The manufacturers estimate that the material can be placed on the English market at only 6d per length, and millions of yards of the fabric are now in course of manufacture. Much ingenuity is being displayed by Japanese manufacturers, whose-- eyes are now turned to the European markets, and in many lines they are securing the bulk of the business which, before the war, went to Germany.