WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 3, 4 July 1922, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

There was a good attendance of members at the monthly, meeting of the Mothers' Help Division,- W.N.R., held yesterday afternoon. ' Mrs. Coleridge presided. Motions of sympathy with Mrs. W. Nathan and Mrs. Underwood were passed, the members standing. Mrs. Shailer Weston presented eight volumes of pictures and titles, representative of art of our times, to the division, to be. utilised for raising funds. The gift was much appreciated and admired, and should prove of considerable value. One of the visiting helpers having this day. completed- two years' service, was -warmly congratulated by the committee on her fine record, and was the recipient of many good wishes for tlie future.

With a view of continuing the effort to raise the required sum for th.c Pearson 'Memorial Blind Fund, a meeting was held in the Mayoress's room yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Pow apologised for the absence of the Mayoress, and presided at the meeting. Mr. Shallcrass attended and explained tho proposals for further work. Mr. Blyth, secretary. of the 8.5.A., was also present. He said that every co-operation and help from the association .would be given. ■ It was decided to attend Mr. Warwick's entertainment in aid of the fund, and give assistance as ushers and in any other way possible. Among those .present were: —Mesdames Alex. Gray, Dormer, Mackenzie, Chapman, Levy, Culliford, Christie, Douglas,. C. Brown, G. Myer3,: Lattimer, Seavle, Campbell, and Preston.

An interesting account of mission and social .work in . Wellington is given in Active Service,, a little publication devoted to the recording of good works. The amount required to make various fine, visions of work solid realities is £7220. Included in this is the sum of £2000 for."motherless babes, which is' such an urgent need in this city at present. The sum of £5 for this good,object' is acknowledged, and' it is hoped that it will be the forerunner of many more kindly donations. The hon. secretary of the various funds is the Yen. Archdeacon Watson, • St.. Peter's Vicarage, Wellington..,".

Mr. Justice Herdman and Sirs. Herdman are in Wellington during the sitting of the'Court;of Appeal. •Dr. and Mrs. ..Purdy, (Lower Hutt) ,are visiting New Plymouth. .

-Irs. Eric Riddiford has returned from Sydney. The Misses Kennedy have left for Auckland, en route for, Sydney.

Miss L. Menzies (Invercargill) is paying a visit ,_o Wellington, ' ',

Mrs. R.-E. Robertson and Miss Robertson, of Kelburn, leave for the South to-night.' •

Mr. Glenn, M.P., and Mrs. Glenn have taken a flat in Hill-street for the session.

Mrs. Sale. is.the, guest of Mrs. Sid. dalls, Wellington-terrace.

The matron1 of the Hospital desires to acknowledge, with thanks", the following gifts :—Parcel of clothing, Two-Gar-ment Society; papers, Mrs. Brown, I. C. Hicks;, toys and books, Mrs Duff (Karaka.. -Bay); flowers, Mrs. Hills (Daniel-street) weekly; clothes, E. Tannahill,1 Evening Post; books,, old linen, Mrs. Hills (Daniel-street). Children's Ward:: Doll, Mrs. Manning; scrapbook, M. ,L. Crawford ; books and comic papers, Miss Bodley, Mrs. Silk, Anonymous, Mona and Marjorie Mulford (Khandallah); girls' papers, Rosie Dillon; fruit and eggs, Wellington College girls. ,Ewart Ward : Parcel of . clothing, Sister Pownall (Otaki). . „-•'

The following have passed first aid examination St. John Ambulance at^ Wesley Church Schoolroom and obtained their certificates :—With distinction, L. C. G. Bellhouse, E. N. Smith, T. K. Palmer; F. J. Goodwin, E. H. Kidd, F. M. Smith, E. A. Hart, E. B. Martin, M. E. • Armstrong, K. J. Hen-' derson,'J. M. Ihle, F. E. Combe. The death of a Christchurch lady, Mrs. ■ Maling, who was very well known, and who had hosts of friends, occurred! at her residence on Thursday. Mr§. Maling 'was tlie wife of Mi-. T. Malihg, and the fourth daughter of the late Bishop Harper, and was in her eighty-sixth year. She had a particularly fine and beautiful disposition and was beloved by many relatives and friends.. She epjoyed good health .till about two month- ago, the end coming peacefully. Mrs. Mating'was one of a family of fourteen, and they arrived in Lyttelton in 1860. Miss Rosa Harper was married to Mr. Maling in: 1863, at St. Luke's Church.; They went to England for some time, but for the last thirty years have resided in Christ-. church. Mr. Maling has been an invalid for some years. Mrs. Maling leaves three sons, five daughters, and seventeen grandchildren. - The Rev. H. Maling (England) is the eldest son, the others being Mr. J. T. Maling, of the firm of Pyne, Gould. Guinness, Limited, and Mr. Gerald Maling, manager of Maling and Co. Two' of the daughters are unmarried, and the others are Mrs. Urford, of Waihi, Mrs. Maclaverty, wife of the Rev. C. Maclaverty, . of. New Brighton, and: Mrs. Lionel,C. Knight, of. Christchurch. The late Mrs. Maling always, took a close'interest in church work, and'also did a ereat deal of visiting among the sick and poor. She closely associated herself with her brother, the .late Archdeacon Harper, and was greatly upset when she received news of his death in London laet January. Window, wedges are not any longer plain bits of deal, says, The Post's London writer. They are still of deal, but it is transformed out of recognition, by variously painted designs—somo grotesque, some dainty, but all of them cheerful. One looks longingly at these cheeky little bits of wood, and sigh for windows that rattle. From the enamelled coat hangers now arise quaint heads which form the suspending 'hooks. . They are all in gay colours, and many of them are made at Lord Roberts' Homes for disabled men. The finish is perfect, and [there is no possibility of the wood damaging even the most ethereal Mouse. ' Silk-covered hangers .are still, of course, | very prominent; their colours are bright, I and they give a very gay touch to the I haberdashery counters, where also the ' most brilliant rubber sponge bags hang in crowds,' generally bearing all-over designs introducing every known hue.