NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9619, 27 March 1917, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Miss Donniston. of: Dunedin, is spending a holiday in Vancouver. . , Miss RobiesOn wishes to ;thank the members and -all friends who so liberally helped to make the Wellington Nursing Division's Day at - the Red Cross shop ; a success for the comfort M wounded soldiers. The following have sent gifts to the Town Hall, for the Countess of Liverpool fund, Wellington branch-.—Miss Sladden, Miss McGowan, Fcildmg Rod Cross, 12 pairs mittens, socks, .balaclavas, etc.; Ormonavillo Ladles raeriotic Committee,. 10 pairs socks, etc.; Aim Bishop, Normal High School iprls, Liverpool Committee Iwistbourne Cath,>lic Knitting Guilds 86 pairs socks, scarves, mittens, etc;-;-• Mrs Graham, Airs Chegwin, Mrs Eckford (clothing, G.K S. Lodge), Karori Women s National Reserve, 12 pairs socks; Lower Suit Patriotic Guild, ,7 pairs scobs, chest protectors, etc.; Mrs DumheU e Guild, Khandallah, 31 pairs socks; Mrs Hogg, books; Hunterville Countess of Liverpool and Red Cross, Guild, tins of foodstuffs' foi» parcels, -potted ..meat, sweets alaxo, etc., writing ■ pads, pencils etc.; Ladies’ Guild, Ohakune Junction, 17 pairs socks, 1 closeri handkerchiefs,. Ac. ; Mrs Alaliy, socks and mittens.

Miss Lvnctte McKenzie, having completed her training at the Wellington Hospital is leaving ■ that institution. She is about to take a well-earned holiday and afterwards hopes to join the Army Nursing Service and proceed to the front.

Mrs J P Luke has received the sum of £79 17s from the Inglewood Ladies Patriotic League for the Red Cross (women’s branch). Wellington. Mrs A. Crawford, hon. secretary of the Mayoress’s Countess, of. Liverpool fund, is making an appeal for Hell -Tea tins. Already she has received at the Town Hall a number of these tins, but many more are wanted. : If. sufficient can he obtained she intends to have shortbread made to-fit these tins, and gend a tin of shortbread to the soldiers in one of their monthly quota or pah-cols. Such a gift would doubtless .be a welcome change to the men fight-ing-in the trenches, so it js to be hoped that everyone who -has- any of these tins to spare will send them along to ■the Town Hall as boon as possible. Sister Anketell has Been nursing for eighteen months, in Aylesbury. Miss Anketell was trained jn Wellington, and afterwards. was .in charge, of Wanganui district. Sister A. Hamann, late of the Picton Hospital, is bn the staff. of the 2nd ,N.Z. General Hospital at Walton-on-Thames. ”

Australia ha? on© very wise war activity. It consists of educational assistance for the..orphan children of soldiers; arid the children of soldiers who. have been, incapacitated. Thirty bursaries are awarded each year, and. the successful students- are entitled to £2O a.-year, .with .ii further .grant of £3O a year if- obliged; to bqard away from home. Text hboks ar© provided and every facility given (to the youthful prize-winners.- ••

Tho' lion., secretary tiy Lady Liverpool and Mrs Pamaro's Maojri- soldiers fund acknowledges the .following donah tions: —Potone .Allies”, Guild, , Mrs. Brocklobahk, Mrs Carson,' Mrs Gilmour, Mrs Turner, Mrs Pieroy, Mrs Robinson \ Mrs. Willis, senr., Mrs Willis, Mrs Samson, Mrs , Davies, Mrs White, Mrs -Squire, 3Z pairs socks, 2 pairs mittens, I muffler; Miss J, Jackson, 1 muffler, ,2 packets cigarettes,'; Mrs Jackson, 1 pair socks ; Queen Vic-, toria College, Auckland, 5 scarves; per Mrs'Knox, Otaki, £1 Is. A small concert-giving company, of tho N.Z.W.C.A. has been hard at. it in the last few weeks, in spite of ..blizzards and Arctic weather (says a writer in England). It comprises : Hiss Mabel Mansion (Dunedin), the New Zealand soprano. Mr Warwick Braithwaite, who as'an accompanist is splendid, and Sapper Tresize. They gave a most enjoyable concert at Grey Towers, tko convalescent camp at Hornchurch, Essex, : Miss Mansion and Mr Braithwaite, too, gaVe a,concert, at Codford, and had the assistance of Miss Winifred Smaß a line violinist, and Mr Porstci; Richardson, one of Sir Thomas Bcecham’s Opera- Company.- Lieutenant T. E. Y. . Seddon had a great success in supplying dialogue, which ho improvised - on tho spot. ... Bristol has always been a? centre in which New Zealand has had interests, and as long ago as November, 1915. a local committee of N.Z.W.C.A. was formed in that port (says a- correspondent of the Auckland “Star”). It recently reported progress, and announced that it still has a balance in hand, a credit to the committee. For it has donc nll 'that .could' bo done—as those will testify who have experienced it—to make life for such New Zealanders as have been in Bristol happy. The officers elected for this year are: —Chairman, Mrs J. Duke Acland; hen. secretary and treasurer. Miss A.'B. Weir; official visitors, Mrs W. Gaw, Mrs Smith, Mrs Duke Acland, and Miss Weir. Tho Wellington Tennis Club has sent the value of a trophy (worth one guinea) to the Mayoress for. Red Gross'work.

Now tou would like to treat your own hair in your own home without troubling anybody. Let Miss Milsoin tell you in confidence “it can bo done." We know you are a busy person these times and much as we would like to see you personally the . next best thing (is to treat you privately. So state your case and the proper outfit of preparations Will be sent, with full instruction how to apply. Why hesitate when this simple course is at hand? The hair is a very delicate plant, its culture known to few; it's a study of- a lifetime, therefore bo (raided by one with long experience. . Be fair to vour , hair. " Keep always a' clean nourished scalp. Hair demands attention if it is falling, splitting, lifeless, too dry, too greasy or grey. '■ Best hairwoi-k every description. Transformations, toupees, switches, pads, etc., clipping, shampooing, delightful face treatment. Mi ss Milaom, Barnetts' Buildings, 91. Willis street. Telephone 814. " * Flowers of steamers. Dainty "Bon Voyage" Posies, -baskets, artistic floral boxes filled with the choicest flowers. Suitable gifts for your friends leaving by rail or steamers; at Miss Murray's, Vice-Eegal Florists. 36. Willia street. * To permanently Restore the Colour to Grey and Faded Hair, use Donnelly's Grey Hair Tonic. Donnelly's, 65, Vivian street, Wellington. •

Airs Guy, of Palmerston North,, accompanied by her daughter. Airs Harding and Miss .Speedy, arrived in Auckland at the beginning of . last week, and were staying at the Grand. Airs Harding and Aliss Speedy have left for Honolulu. . . .. Sister Irene -Hood, daughter of Air and Airs WV Hood, of Alasterton, is fiister-in-charge of the Anglo-American Hospital at Cairo.

At Wesley Church, Taranaki street, on Alarcli 24th, Aliss Irene Kuell, eldest daughter of Air S. S. Kuell, of Auckland, was married to Air Drummond Hunter, eldest son of Mrs S. Hunter, of Te Whiti street, Kilbirnie. Tho Rev- Mr Chapman officiated. The brido was in white crope-de-chine, with tulle veil and orange blossoms, and Miss Al. Hunter, who was the bridesmaid, wore white voile, and a black hat with touches of pink, and carried a pink bouquet. Air W. Cuff, of. the Lower Hutfc, gave tho bride away, and Mr P. H." Rhodes was the best man'. After tho ceremony a wedding-break-fast was served at Godbor’s, in Courtenay place, and later Mr and Mrs Hunter left-for Wanganui and Napier. Lady Willingdon, the wife of the Governor of the Bombay Presidency, who link received tho decoration of tho Imperial Order of the Crown of India, is ono of the most popular hostesses in oUr Eastern Empire. A beautiful, witty woman, she belongs to the Brasscy family, and has inherited much of its individuality and cleverness. Her husband,, who is bettor known as Mr Freeman Thomas, has hold the Governorship for nearly three years. His Lordship is a keen sportsman, and his temperament has endeared him to the sport-loving natives of .Bombay. Although ■ Lady Willingdon spends most of her time in India, she has a house in London and a beautiful place near Eastbourne. ... r

Man- musical people will rememher with pleasure the visit of Mr Albert Mallinson, the composer, and his charming Danish wife, Madame Anna Steinhauer says the Auckland; “Star.” The musicians made a prolonged stay at Havelock, where . they trained a local choir, ahd were much liked for the charm' of' their manner,- Many will be interested to hear the latest .news of-these gifted musicians.,. AH' Mallinson .has become a inbst-successful song-writer, pud how devotes himself > entirely to composing, and already .out of 300 songs written, 160 havebeen published. Just , a few months - before war broke., out the Alallinsons had settled down in Denmark in a lovely old "house qn the’ shores of the Baltic. ■ They pay periodical Visits to London,, tod' in December last dared German submarines -in ‘ drder- to- cheer m> London 'with,.-three* sohg,-'recitals, the co&ppsed entirely of Air ilallihsoh’s sohgs'sung. by his wife. This was done' with great, success. Other engagements were entered into, and by thb time they were ready to return to Denmark things atsea had got so lively that the boat service had” stopped, and, unless they returned per hydroplane, ;.the’ visitors were hooked to" stay an London much* longer than they originally - intended, - In industry this has been the woman’s ■:year, ,-In- all directions new doors have been-opened. Women are now driving tho Rod Cross Ambulances abroad. 1 They drive also for the. Munitions Department, the Army. Service Corps, and tho Royal Flying Corps, whilst the London County Council has staffed one of its busy ambulance stations with women orderlies and drivers, .and the post office used them for the mail vans. . The girl conductor- . ban dong been-the sole collector of fares oh trams and ’buses,, and we , have .-girl ticket collectors oh all, the railway stations. -Women are taking charge, of the railway-.signal -hoses : - they -are acting as camp-cooks at. military . depots,. where, at the beginning of the war, they had great difficulty in gaining access as cook ■ instructresses. Long since tho woman waitress took the place of the man at clubs and hotels and restaurants. The banks are full ■of women clerks; . the .Commonwealth Bank the other day was reduced by the recruiting officer 'to three males, one of whom has only a month’s further exemption. Women doctors, are in groat demand at the army, hospitals in France. . Women carpenters . are being employed to make military huts. And in the munition works and shipyards' the women labourers are to bo .counted in their .hundreds of., thousands.

The process of .growth of the hair is constantly going on in the roots. When hgir tells the rodt-sheath and the active growing cells are nsnally left and a fresh growth will take its place, providing these colls remain perfect. Tin special guinea courses of hair treatment at ; Mrs Rollcston's rooms. Lamb ton quay, improve the condition of the scalp at this particular period'to such an extent that new hairs are thus generated in the follicles of the old and a healthy luxuriant growth is the result. There are always exceptional cases in which scanty hair is" hereditary, but oven then a vast improvement is seen in the ajv pearanoe. The guinea course prevents greynese by toiling up thq roots and_preserving the colouring matter. It also imparts' to the hair a beautiful sheen or gloss. Clients are taught the latest hairdressings also how to treat and care for their hair in future. Mrs Eolleston, 256. Lambton quay, Wellington.—Advt.

What does your face reveal? It is like an open book and reveals much; but unfortunately- for some ladies, superfluous hair is a constant ana dreaded worry and mars the whole facial beauty. In such eases we would like you to know of the effectiveness and complete destroying power of JiUSMA. The removal of superfluous Hairs by this method IS painless ana permanent. Kusma aestroys every hair root, and leaves no scar behind. Do not experiment with dangerous depilatories. Be treated with Busma—you can use it in the privacy of your Home without the slightest inconvenience. MRS HULLEN. Toilet Specialist <Next Plunket Nurses’ Depot), 3A, Courtenay place, Wellington.—Advt. , Yes; housework washing-up and sweeping and dusting and cleaningdoes roughen and disfigure the hands 1 Why not keep a jar of . Sydal handy? Sydal rubbed on the hands keeps them soft, white, and beautiful. It is not a face cream, but a cooling, softening emollient—splendid for sdnburn too! All chemists and stores, 2s a pot. Get Sydal. For, Bronchial Coughs take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d.’-

Mrs A. Allen and Alias Dorothy Allen, of Napier, arc now in Wellington, and- axe living -at Clifton ■ terrace.

The Gisborne Women’s National Kn servo are starting social afternoons for the'wives and mothers of-soldiers lilir those recently inaugurated in Wellington. ■

Airs Finch, who has been living in Australia for .the last few years, hat come to Wellington on ;a visit. Mrs C. D. Stewart, of Napier, and her little daughter, who have been spending three months’ holiday in the South Island, have returned to Napier.

Airs H. H. do Costa, of Gisborne,-In the guest of Mrs P.‘ Nathan, in Wellington-

-. Airs Cecil Gray, of Featherston, is -visiting hex- mother, Airs Crooko, m New Plymouth.

' Airs Appleton of this city, has been visiting in the Taranaki-district.

Airs Sharman, of Wellington, is bn a visit to Mount Egmbnt., : .

Airs J- Hart, of New : Plymouth, is visiting her sister, Airs Ross, in Wellington.

The engagement is announced ot Miss Ethel Standish, daughter of Airs Standish, New Plymouth, to Mr Colin Gilray, of London, .son of -Pro; lessor Gilray, Dunedin. Mr Colin Gilray was ono of tlio first New Zealand Rhodes scholars. • •

, Alisa 3. Kuhnell, of -. this city, is Visiting Sydney and-Alelbourne.

Air. Abbott, with bis sisters, Mrs Ritch® and Aliss Abbott,: arrived frum Auckland last week, and put up ,at Petty’s: The party 'vVill tour the Blue Mountains prior to their return to New Zealand, says the Sydney '‘Bun” of Alarch 18th.

The Inw Zealand War. Contingent Association, which' has' been doing splendid work for the overseas soldiers white they are in England or abroad, has lately had a delightful house at Sandwich given to it by Major Waldorf Aster, M.P., where New Zealand Purges whose, health has suifered through their self-sacrificing services for our sick and wounded soldiers can rest and recuperate. This Homo is in charge of Miss Tombe, H.R.C., formerly the matron at the Association’s Home at Walton, who is, with other volunteers, working without reward for the common good.

New house-keeping plans are being seriously considered in England, and other places as well, to fit in with the new order of’ things. In England communal housekeeping is now seriously presenting itself as a solution of the difficulty. Each family group would have the: necessary number. of.sittingrooms to keep up the feeling of privacy. The only communal part of the establishment would be the diningroom

THE BED CROSS SHOP; ~ The committee of the Bed Cross shop. Woodward street, desires to. ac* knowledge, with best thanks, donations of home-made goods, flowers, and various articles for sale from the following donorsMr Carr, Airs Robertson, Airs Tucker. Mrs AlcMorran, Aliss Dorset, Airs Campbell, Airs AlacLaren, Airs Kilmarton, Mrs. Phil Alyers, Air Clarke, Airs Helyer, Airs Keith, Airs M. P. Cameron, Mrs Barry, Airs Longmore, Mrs Haughton, Miss Alyers, Airs Jack Alyers, Mrs Voisseller, Aliss Benwell, Airs Osborne, Airs Russell, Mrs Lloyd and Stokes Valley school. TAN-OL does much and costs little. Renovates leather, shines tan shoes, polishes furniture, brightens floorcloth. Quick, easy and economical. In tins—liquid, la; paste. 6d- .1. .... _ .

CANADIAN WORK FOR BED CROSS. ; 1 With a view to; assisting. the Red Cross organisation in the Dominion, Air diaries Elgar, the New Zealand Red Cross Commissioner in London, recently sent out to Mr Bernard .Inpp, who visited England not long -ago -as a representative of the organisation, an account -.' of the efforts made by the Canadian Red Cross Society in connection with the war. The conditions under which the Canadians are working are similar in. some degree-to-thosel obtaining in New Zealand, and for that reason the Canadian record. • is worthy of attention, says tho “Red Cross Record.” - ; . -Up to November last the Canadian organisation furnished for Red Cross -purposes.-’ supplies valued .at gix.. mil-, ■lions sterling and money gifts affiount: mg to two Millions; The supplies; drawn from every,’ part of Canada, are methodically packed in cases of uniform size,, and'hp fewer than 7000 cases were received in England every month. , . The Canadian Red Gross has ■ -done splendidly iri the maintenance of institutions. It has five, hospitals in England and two in France, and wlierl Air Elgar wrote it was building a hospital ■in France at a cost of £IO,OOO, for tho use of French wounded only. ■ - Rest homes for nurses and schools for-.teach-, ing trades to. soldiers who arc permanently maimed are also maintained by the organisation.: Motor ambulances also have, been provided generously, and are an -important factor in the work, of morcy. An important feature of the society’s work is the maintenance of an Information Bureau, which is .active both in London and in Canada. Its business in London is to obtain all possible information regarding sick and’ wounded: members of the large Canadian Expeditionary Force'and to transmit weekly reports to Canada, where they are -made available for anxious relatives. In the discharge of this duty the society is assisted both in Britain and. in France by a Jarge number of voluntary hospital visitors.

Sufferers from Hay Fever will enjoy speedy relief by breathing in "NAZOL. A unique, never-failing remedy. Sixty doses Is 6d. ' Dee the Nazol Inhaler. The enterprising company in the Sbu--1 dan had decided to lay a railway into the wilds, and, of course, many blacks were employed in its construction. One day the telegraph clerk at' the nearest civilised spot received a telegram from the nigger foreman of the railway constructors: ."White boss dead. Shall X bury him?” “Yes,” wired back the clerk. "But first make sure that ho is quite dead. Will send another white boss to-morrow.” A few hours later another telegram came from the foreman: “Buried boss. Made sure he was quite dead. Hit him on the head with a largo shovel.”-