WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 11, 13 July 1922, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. R. Ward, Christchurch, has left to visit her sister at Raratonga.

Mrs. J- Brandon, Otaki, is the guest of Mrs. Higgins, Oriental Bay.

Miss E. Bristow has returned. from Sydney.

Miss Alma Perry, of Masterton,, 'is among the visitors to Wellington. .

Mrs. 0. B. Movisoa has left for a visit to Blenheim.

Miss Ida Russell (Hawkes Bay) is in town for race week.

Miss 0. Humphreys is the gueist of her sister, Mrs Johnson, for race week!

Mrs. Hevrick and her two children aire the guests of Mrs. Brandon.

Mr. and. Mrs. T. E. Y. Seddon have taken a houss on The Terrace for the session.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brice (Nelson], formerly of Wellington, are visiting this city. They intend to pay a visit to the South before returning home.

The matron's report of the Alexandra Home stated that there were 24 adults and 21 infants in the home, and that there had been 13 confinements and 7 district cases attended. The committee wishes to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the home:—Mrs. M'Leod £3, Mrs. Gill £1 Is, Mrs. Newnham ss, collected in. home 6s. To the Greenwood Memorial: —Mr. O. Smith PA, Mrs. J. Kirkealdie £2 2s, "A Friend" £5 7s 6d, "Well-wisher" ss. Also the following gifts :—Old linen, Mrs. Corkill; baby clothes and household things, Mrs. ■Oleghorn; baby clothes, Mrs. Burd and Miss Tennant; parcel clothing for "girls, Mrs. G. Hunter; magazines, Mrs. Underwood.

Mrs. Guthrie, president oi the Karori branch of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the British and Foreign. Bible Society, held a meeting of ..collectors and sympathisers at her home in Karori. Mrs. Porter (organising secretary) spoke upon the growth of the work in New Zealand, and -the needs of the society generally. Mies M'Gregor (secretary of the branch) was also present. The collectors were enthusiastic, and felt assured that Ka/rori would do its best bo help on the good work. Mrs. Gnthjrie entertained all present at afternoon tea, which was greatly appreciated.

At the monthly meeting of the Wei lington corpe, St. John Ambulance Brigade, Nursing Officer Sister M'Artdirew gave demonstrations in bedihaking for surgical and medical cases, the members present each, in turn, assisting. Owing to tho. stormy condition of the weather, the attendance wa.s not so large as anticipated, but those who were present derived much benefit-from the work shown. Mr. H.. I-I. Seed, Assistant Commissioner, handed over the diploma, to Miss M. L. Robieson (Lady Superintendent Wellington Nursing Division) in connection with the recent honour bestowed upon her. After the next meeting, on 14th August, there will be a meeting of corps officers to discuss several urgent subjects.

Miss Jessie Mackay, a woman of most interesting personality and with wide interests, and who is well known as a New Zealand writer and poet, was recently entertained at a dinner in London by the English Writers' and Journalists' Club, of which John Galsworthy, the famous dramatist, is the president. Miss Mackay, it will be remembered, left New Zealand as one of the delegates' to the Irish World Conference, held in Paris last year. Since then she has been travelling in Great Britain and Ireland, and hopes to return to the Dominion in the spring.

The annual dance held by the Department of Internal Affairs will take place early next month, at St. Peter's Hall, and is anticipated with much pleasure. The 'chaperons will be -Mesdames Hislop, Newton, Fraser, ojid Ardell. Mir. E. A. Salmon is the lion, secretary. for the dance.

Miss Rita Isaacs, now on a visit to the Old Country, has sent to her father, Mr. A. L, Isaacs, of St. Ckir, an account of a recent visit to Belgium. The Otago Daily Times gives a few interesting details from the letter as follow: — "The famous mole at Ostend ia half a mile long and nearly 100 yds wide, built mostly of concrete, provided with a, railway station and wharves and fifteen shelters of reinforced concrete. The Germans built a concrete tunnel from the town to the docks, and in this tunnel their submarines were put together. The Kursaal is a wonderful building, containing a fine organ, lecture hall, dancing hall, and concert hall. Its casino is much patronised. I have never seen a more luxurious building than this Kursaal. We went from Ostend for a tour of the battlelields. The Belgian roads are long and straight, bordered on both sides with trees. For a great distance one can travel in a car at sixty miles an hour, for there does not seem to be any speed limit. Further on the roads became awful. At Moere we saw the 15in gun, called Long Max, which tho Ger-' mans used for shelling Dunkirk, twenty miles away. The Germans had it fso placed that no one would ever dream of a gun being there. At Dixmude not a single. house was left standing. Tanks are lying half buried at the sides of the roads. We walked1 for some distance along the Hindenburg Line, which ia a mass of wire and debris. Ypres is gradually being rebuilt, but the cathedral is a ruin. Not one tree is living in what was once the huge forest near Ardoye— the effect of the German gas, which has kille.d vegetation for five years."

Sincere sympathy, writes The Post's London correspondent, throughout New Zealand will be extended to Mrs. George Rhodes (Christchurch), now on her way to England, for at.Aden she will'receive by cable the sad intimation of the death of her only daughter, Miss Hilda Avice Rhodes, "who passed away on 31st May, at 17, Park-lane, a nursing home where she had been very ill for two-and-a-half months. Naturally, the best specialist advice was called in, but it proved unavailing, and it is not unlikely that the patient's end was hastened by the extremely trying heat which has' been experienced during the past month. Miss Rhodes, whose age was 29, arrived in , England about Christmas time. Her j brother, Lt.-Commander E. G. Rhodes, JR'.N., reached_ London three weeks ago, ! and he was with his sister continuously, ias also was Mrs. M. J. Godby, her aunt. How many of us have the slightest conception of how many pounds weight of Joo4 we eat in a year? And liow many would be astonished to realise wo had consumed nearly a ton and a-half? Yet it is quite possible that may be so, for people the world over must cat somewhere about the same quantity per person, and according to the United States Department of Labour Statistics, the average American eats 2664 pounds of food a year, which is nearly a ton and a-quarter. It seems a tei-rible amount for one person to get through in a-year, and it makes one realise what a big part eating plays in one's life, for the actual food represents, when we stop to think about it, the work and time of 1 millions of human beings employed in the production of the ingredients used and i the time and work of millions more in preparing it for" consumption; Tt certainly does play a big part in life; lew , probably really realise how bijf a part.

Quite a unique feature will be intvo-. duced tc the Wellington public at the community "sing" in the King's Theatre on Friday at half-past twelve, when the ladies of "The Maid of the Mountains" Company will take charge. Not only will they conduct the singing, but will, in addition, sing several solos, thus giving a rare treat to all who are fortunate to gain admission. A collection will be taken up on behalf of the children's playground.

Dr. Ufiher lectured to the members of the .Wellington South Nursing Division on Tuesday evening, taking "Infectious Diseases " for his subject. The lecture was made particularly interesting, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the large attendance of over thirty members. Two new members were received and eight-othea-s welcomed.

News lias been received that a black and white drawing by Mina Arndt (Mi's. Les. Manoy), has been hung in the Municipal Art Gallery and Museum, Doncaster, England!