NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9596, 28 February 1917, Page 4

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Miss Claire Jacobson, of Wellington, is tho guest of Airs Mulcock, at Sumner, Christchurch. Alias Dorothy Bulkloy is staying with Miss Stella Murray in Christchurch. The death took place on Monday of a centenarian colonist, Airs Charlotte Bair King, at tho residence of her son at Waiu'ku. The deceased ladv was tho, daughter of the late Captain Fisk, H.E.I-C.S., and relict of tho lato Philip Hansen King, one of Now Zealand’s pioneer missionaries.

An old resident of Auckland, Airs William Blowdcn, died on Sunday, aged seventy-eight years. Deceased was born in’Nottingham, England, and came to Auckland in tho ship lyborna in 1863 . She was married to the late Air William Blcwdon, who was a contractor in Auckland for many years. Airs Blowdcn is survived by thirteen children, thirty-four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. The C.D.C. and the Women’s National Reserve of Chnatchuich are considering the advisability of starting a hostel in that city to use as a home for out-patients of the military ward of the Public Hospital, for boys whose homos are not in tho city, and also for sick soldiers travelling from one hospital to another. It is not designed for treatment at all, hut purely as a rest homo.

A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised at Knox Church, Dannevirko, on Monday, by the Rev. A. Grant, Miss Maggie L. Colqußoun, only daughter of Mrs H. Avison, of Waipawa, being married to Mr Robert Boatwood, of jMangatera. The bride was attended by Aliss Isa Gass as bridesmaid, and Air James Colquhoun, brother of the bride, acted as best man. After the ceremony a number of guests partook of wedding breakfast. Mr and Airs Boatwood were.the recipients of many presents from their Dannovirke friends.

At the Sydney Synagogue on February 14th, Air J. Alorris, son of Airs Alorris, of Wellington, was married to Aliss Gertie Thalberg, youngest daughter of Air Thalberg, of Newcastle. Tho Synagogue was beautifully decorated for the occasion with garlands and masses of flowers, and Rabbi Cohen officiated, assisted by the Rev. M. E. Einfeld. Tho bride wore a gown of soft tulle embroidered in silk and crystal beads, and a veil and wreath. Miss D. Solomon was bridesmaid, and wore pink taffetas, with tulle frills, and a ceinture of deep blue tulle, finished with a butterfly bow. She wore a circlet of pink rosebuds. Mr H. Thalberg was best man, and Mr H. Solomon groomsman. A reception was held at Bauman s Cafe.

Among the new arrivals staying at the Now Commercial are Mr and Miss Cheesman (Blenheim), Mr and Miss Blakley (Christchurch), Mr and Miss Manoy (Palmerston North), Mr and Mrs Thompson (Australia). Mr and Mrs Cahn (Australia), Mr and Mrs Halo (Gisborne), Mr and Mrs Siddells (Blenheim), Mr Maher (Kaituna), and Mr Johnstone (Napier). At St. Michael’s Church, AlpKlngton, England, on New Year’s Day, the wedding took place of Philip Hastings McDouall, R.K, third son of the late Mr Willoughby Crichton McDouall and Mrs” McDouall, of Oamaru, New Zealand, to Miss Ivy Harrie Sanders, daughter of Mr H. C. Sanders (late P.W.D.) and Mrs Sanders, Eajputana. The ceremony was performed hy the Rev. B. Bennett.

The Misses K. E. and A. Conway, of Sydney, are visiting Rotorua, and later intend touring New Zealand. Mr A. Duncan and his family, of Hastings, arrived in "V> cllington «n Monday.

Mrs Cuthbert, of this city, has left on a visit to Gisborne.

A Chinese marriage was recently celebrated in Sydney in both European and Chines? fashion. Mr Kum Mow, one of the leading Chinese business men of Bathurst, was the bridegroom, and the bride was Miss Elsie May Chinn, of Junee. The European part of the ceremony was celebrated at Christ Church by the Rev, J. Hope, and the bride was attired in white crope-de-chine, with a wedding veil and wreath, and attended by bridesmaids, wearing pale pink, with cullo hats, and after the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of Mr and Mrs King Young. The second ceremony took place at the Chinese Masonic Hall, when a wedding feast was served up in true Chinese fashion and partaken of hy /.bout 150 Chinese ladies and gentlemen. there being also a few Europeans present. The feast consisted of about ten courses, many rare and costly Chinese dishes being served. The bride appeared later, with various kinds of presents for those who offered her congratulations. Items from our London correspondent, under date January 11th:—On December 30th, Captain Roy James Fitzgerald, M.C., Gloucester Regiment, son of the late Mr Y r , O. Fitzgerald, of Wellington, New Zealand, was married to Miss Jean Cuthbert, daughter of Mr Robert Cuthbert, of Madras.

Mrs Percy Beveridge and her daughter Marjorie returned to New Zealand by the Makurn after six months in Sydney, says the Sydney “Sun.”

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Tho marriage took place on January 2nd, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Wimbledon, London, of Donald AlcGregjr Reid, N-Z.F.A., and Aliss Elizabeth Barr Fergus. The bridegroom belongs to Milton, ana is the second son of Air and Airs Donald Reid. The bride is the youngest daughter of the lato Hon. Thomas Fergus and Airs Fergus, of Royal terrace, Dunedin,

On Friday delegates of the Alothodist Women’s Alissipnary Conference arc being entertained at a garden party at the residence of Airs Jonness, “Waihinga,” Lower Hutt. A sale, inaugurated by Airs T. H. Lowry for the purpose of raising funds tor the Salvation Army work among soldiers at the front, was held in the Red Cross shop, Hastings, on Saturday. Unfortunately," Airs Lowry herself was unable to be present, and Airs Dudley Hill and Airs A. J. Ellingham took charge, assisted by several ladies of tho National Reserve and members of the Salvation Army. The business done was very satisfactory, and several substantial cheques were kindly given, making up the splendid total of £lO5.

At the executive meeting of _ 'the headquarters of the Women’s National Reserve, held on Friday, the resignation of Aliss Elsinio Ward, hon. secretary of tho W.N.R.i was received, and the following resolution was _ unanimously passed:—“That the resignation of Aliss Ward ho accepted with very groat regret, and that this meeting place on record its appreciation of the whole-hearted and self-denying manner in which Aliss Ward has carried out her exceedingly arduous duties as, secretary of tho executive of tho N.R. of the Wellington district. The executive also wish to thank Aliss Ward for the very efficient manner in which she has organised and supervised the voluntary work done by Reserve members for the Defence Department War Relief Association, Alayor’s Recruiting Committee, and kindred societies.”

Lady Darnley, who did wonders with her Australian flower stall, at the Good Luck Fair, sold, with her two daughters-in-law, Lady Clifton, and the Hon. Airs Noel Blight. Lady Darnley has now a convalescent home for Australian officers. The countess herself is an "Anzac,” and was helped at her stall by two Australian soldiers, and a stuffed kangaroo. FOOD VALUE OF CHEESE. ("Ladies' Home Journal.”) Cheese is not binding nor is ib hard to digest; it is highly nutritions, may bo fixed in any number of delicious ways and should hold a very important place in the. family diet. That is my discovery. For years I had been plodding along with the delusion that a meal meant meat and potatoes, with some side "fripperies” to relieve the monotony, and that cheese was a "frippery.” Experiments by the United States Agricultural Department have proved that over 95 per cent, of cheese eaten is digested and assimilated. Further investigations with calorimeters and respiratory quotients—and other things we don't understand but may as well take l as authority—show that no more heat and energy are taken np in the metabolism of cheese than -of tho same amount of meat.

A man lived for two years on bread, cheese and fruit, was perfectly healthy, suffered no physiological disturbance, and did not grow tired of the diet. His case points to the high, nutrition of cheese—and then consider the difference in Cost! The calorie is a unit vised to measure the heat a food gives to the body. The following table compares ■ cheese with other foods: —

10 cents Calories ■ (sd) in 10 Hood, will buy cents’ 1 worth. Cheese 7.30 z 886 Beef (average) S.Ooz 476 Porterhouse 6.40 z 444 Eggs (24 cents a d0z.)... lO.Ooz 198 Milk £9 cents a quart)... 38.30 z , 736. This points out pretty conclusively that cheese should bo substituted for meats and made dishes, not supplement them.

A cheese souffle makes a splendid central dish around which to group a meal. Macaroni and cheese give the starch of vegetables and the protein of meat. ■ Cheese soup is good and much more nutritious than any vegetable soup. A cheese rarebit on toast, with a beverage and a fruit, makes an ideally balanced luncheon.

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WOMEN'S METHODIST MISSIONARY UNION. The conference of the Methodist Women's Missionary Union tias continued yesterday. ' Routine business occupied tho morning: session, at which Mrs How ro n, president of the union, occupied the choir. In, the afternoon the conference met in the Wesley Hall, Taranaki street, .when the Wellington Ladies ‘ Auxiliary- entertained the visiting delegates, not only to the, women's conference, but also of the Methodist Union now sitting to tea. The hall was prettily decorated for. the occasion with flowers, belladonna lilies being cniefly used. Mrs Johnson-Wright, president of tho Wellington Auxiliary, presided, and at four o'clock, when the gentlemen arrived, tea was handed round by tho Wellington ladies. Mrs Wright expressed the pleasure they felt at having the members of the union with them. They hoped that the cup of tea would compensate them for leaving their own weighty deliberations- She asked the chairman of the 1 conference, the Bov. Mr Sinclair, to say a few words to the women delegates. Mr Sinclair paid a tribute to the hard work the ladies put in and expressed tho pleasure all felt at being present. The Men's Missionary Union was not at present a very live body arid he felt they should try and copy tho zeal and vitality of the Women's Union, whioh was doing fine work. They had set out to raise .£lO,000 for foreign missionary work in New Zealand and he was sure that with the help of tho ladies they could accomplish this. , . The Rev. C. H. Garland also addressed the gathering. He referred to tho sum mentioned by Mr Sinclair as to be raised this year. It could bo divided into three parts, .£6300, they wore pledged to raise to send to the Foreign Missions Board, and in addition .£2OOO was to be •raised to be kept in New Zealand as a nucleus for tho starting of their n foreign mission. The extra .£2OOO which they hoped to raise would also go to the Foreign Mission Board. Already a gentleman in Auckland had promised .£SOO, and. he hoped that largo sums would be promised by individual members of the Methodist community m the other centres of the Dominion. This was a work for the ministers, and ” they organised properly the sums would bo raised. He was glad to hear that the women's conference had that morning endorsed the decision of ! tho nie u s conference to raise this money. Everywhere the Ladies' Auxiliaries were increasing in members and money, and no doubt their help would be great. It the church was willing to make sacrifices and deny itself they could raise £IOO,OOO, but he did not expect heroism, so they would bo content with the lesser inun. Mr Garland, referring to tile times, said if our Army and Navy were permeated by the same spirit of dilatonncss as marks our churches, they would have been swamped long ago. The church needed some of that spirit wliicii organises and controls the armies of England He stated that tho conference had agreed to allow two prominent young ministers, the Revs. Suckling and Evans, to go to tho front in tho foreign mission field. . . , Mr Suckling said a few words on behalf of himself and Mr Evans in reply to good wishes expressed on their behalf in. their new spheres of work, and, then Mrs BnUantyne, a missionary who. nas worked for some years in New tJuinea, told something of the,work there. Help said Mrs Ballantyne. was badly needed' by the missions. In one station there were 11,500 people on tho island, and only the missioner and two South Sea Islanders as teachers. Often they were asked by the natives to send them teachers,, and it was one of the heartbreaking phases of missionary work that thev ba<i to i' cfu so these requests for want of teachers. Sisters, too. were greatly needed, and at one station where they had bad four there was now only one and the missionary's wife, who.was trying to do all the work of the sisters, was finding it very hard. Often she had several sick babies to look after, and this perhaps kept her up all night, and then with only an hour's rest she was ready for her day’s work at 6 in the morning The sisters sometimes bad as many as’ 100 pupils in the village school iii. Papua, .and the sewing classes sometimes numbered 50. These were very popular among the native girls, and one of the sisters bad taken tbe curtains from her room and cut them up for the v,j r j s ftp sew. Replying to questions earlier in tbe afternoon, Mrs Ballantyne bad said bow much tbe missionaries appreciated the gift boxes sent. Many of them preferred to receive the money, because they could buy the things for the natives which were only obtainable in the islands, but the sisters especially appreciated the boxes and the clothing they contained. This was often a real Godsend. She had- sometimes taken l.’£r own clothes, which she could ill spare, for tho use of the native girls, clothing being one of tho great wants of the islands. During tho afternoon a collection was taken up by the men present on behalf of the ladies’ auxiliary.

and tho very generous sum of £7O vaS| Sised Mrs Johnson-Wright expressed, tho thanks of the auxiliary for, this handsome donation The meeting, ended with the singing of the Doxology, The morning session was . presided over by Mrs Bowron (New Zealand president)’. Mrs Pacey, of Auckland, led the devotions, and gave ,•? Blb l? T . ing, the subject being. , Tbe ,, Wl^ o '' B Mite.” Mrs Pacey reminded the members of conference that the women ,of to-day were in many instances being called upon to give their aU.evenas the widow whose sacrifice is described so graphically in St. Luke s Gospel. The business of the session was then Pr H C w-t d decided that the executive for the ensuing year have its headquarters E dr ßoseveare was nominated for tho presidency, and Mrs West secretary, the remaining officers to be held over secretary then read, the toU call. Sixteen branch auxiliary representatives rose in response to their name. Ro■norts from these branch auxiliaries were then read. In nearly every report there was sounded the note of progress. A large amount of money has been raised during the year for foreign mission work.

SOME BLOUSE IDEAS. Quit® novel is the slip-over-the-hcad blouse with no fastenings. Tius is a good war time garment, not only because of the saving effected an time by having no fastenings to consider; but when made of crepe-de-chin© at invariably has a separate yoke aoid collar of muslin, which may be renewed daily. In one model the crepe-de-ohine is gnth. ered at the neck on to a cord weighted, wit hlarge glass beads. A muslin yoke buttoned in front and a double turndown collar complete it. By removing the detachable yoke and collar the blouse is converted into a decollette evening model. „ , , Another blouse in soft washing satin, which is quite a new material, is daintily punctuated with veinings; the deep cape collar and cuffs being inserted with veaning. while the front is fastened with lac. map of black velvet ribbon. A useful morning blouse of white wincey is made with cross-over mitred tabs, which provide the fastening in the front, and similar tabs finish the wnsts. The collar is pointed and the sleeves set in below the shoulder.