NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9620, 28 March 1917, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Miss -Juno Clifford, of Christchurch, is at present in Wellington. Mrs Waters (Karoii) and Mrs Trapp arc r.he guests of . Mrs Kirk, St. Albans, Christchurch. They return to \VeUmaton at the end of the week.

Miss Mabel Rutherford, of Leslie Hills, Canterbury, has gone to Sydney, where she intends to stay tor about three months.

-Mrs and Miss Drayton, of Napiei, have gone to Christchurch on a visit. Mrs W. Thompson, of B a 7i who has been' for a three-months’ holiday to Nelson, returned to her home yesterday.

Visitors staying at the Albert Hotel are: Mr F. W. Webster, .Christchurch ; Mr R. Crawford, Napiei ; Mr Clow, . Gisborne; Mr V. Cox, Blenheim ; and Mr H. Colbert, Gisborne. Miss Strickland, matron of an Australian hospital ship, has recently been awarded the decoration of the Royal Red Cross. She us a Victorian and -was trained at tho Melbourne hospitnl. She has already made five trips on hospital transport duty between England and Australia.

In response to the appeal made yesterday by the Liverpool Fund for Bell tea tins, a number wore received at tho Town Hall. A quantity.of cake was cut into squares to exactly ht these, and they were soon filled, others being filled with shortbread,_ which had been made to go into the tins. They were then pasted down, and are being included in the parcels' being packed for the ■ men in Mesopotamia by the Liverpool Fund.. They will make a welcome change from all tinned goods in 'these parcels, in which also a disinfectant, shirt is . being included. —The. hon. ..director of the Womens National Reserve is anxious- that it should be known that tho monthly gatherings of soldier and sailor mothers are for mothers whose sons are or have been, serving at the front. -All the mothers of soldiers and sailors who were invited last time wall be rhade welcome - at every , monthly gathering. Dr Newman will address the’mothers this afternoon, and there wall be a musical programme.

Lady-Denniston performed the opening ceremony in connection witb th» garden fete, held ■ on Saturday at the residence of Mr A. F. Carey, Christchurch, in aid of the National Office of the Young Women’s Christian Association. She .'explained that the term “National Office” meant the headquarters ,of the association, the. link which bound them all together. Iplanned the policy of" the 'branches from' its •organisation., in Sydney, helped and encouraged the:, '.weak - , associations, and: made ' the strong - ones stronger. . It also linked" the ■ Australasian centres up with the London headquarters. The fete was Christchurch’s contribution .towards Carry-ing-on its, useful and-necessary work.

Miss 01-wen Lloyd, George, the Bntish'Prime Minister’s eldest , daughter,, who has been nursing, .wounded soldiersin France, is now nursing tho wounded at Worn Hospital, , near Portmadoc.

'Mario Tempest, who is now in Melbourne, under a starring engagement to the J. C. Williamson management, says that it' was an Australian; who outwitted Count Bernstorff - in A merica. "“The man;” she',- states,, ‘‘who brought '"about "the - downfall . of ,-;-W»o was Captain Guy Gaunt, the British naval attache.'No, I didn’t get it from him, hut from Washington, diplomatists.” Sydney ‘■‘Sun.”

The parcels sent to the men at.the front-for Christmas were a long time, in arriving in France, as the following letter to a member- of the Auckland Women’s Patriotic -League shows.: It was dated January 31st: —-“Yesterday every man received .a gift .-parcel- fromthe Auckland Women's Patriotic Association, and to T day at 7.45 a.in. we: fell in during a snowfall for- ‘fatigue/ It was .very cold standing about on the show-covered ground' for half an. tour or so, and ! am sure, the ladies’ committee would have -been pleased could- they have seen the numbor of men wearing the balaclava which each''parcel' enclosed.- These balaclavas arc of good design,' the best. 1 have seen yet. The committee might like to hear, also, that J;he tins •of milk were highly -appreciated, the same being the case with the. tins of fish, which were, of course, frozen. Today up lu the trenches wo took a couple for our dinner, thawing, them on our little fire-blocks, -w-hdcl™ have been issued to us. for heating purposes. They are ahout lin square, -and two. of them boil a ‘dixie.’ They are ‘bon for soldier.’” In a letter to tho Red Cross headquarters in ■ Christchurch, Rady Jekyll says; “One of the things wo are constantly asked for now are white washing day shirts, with soft turn-' down collars; convalescents ■in hospital wear them over their warn underclothing with their ward suits, and if your workers feel inclined to send us any of these they would be very Useful.”

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PRESENTATION TO MISS WARD. Yesterday afternoon the executive of tho Women’s National Reserve, with all tho presidents and secretaries of the suburban branches, met in the Pioneer Club (Lambton quay) for the purpose of making a presentation to Miss Elsinie Ward, who has filled the position of secretary to the Wellington executive since the inception of the Reserve over a year ago. Dr Platts-Mills, president of the. Reservc, in a short speech expressed the appreciation all felt for-the work Miss Ward had done for the Reserve, which had now grown to be -a very important thing. .She gave a. short re--, sume of the work done by tlie-Reserve, . the work of registration of women.for.war service, many, of whom had.-been.' placed in positions.; classes bad been held (or workers, and many •of the, branches are, doing Red Cross ~ and other work for soldiers,. in addition-to the -regular work of the Reserve. An important part of tiie work which Miss Ward had undertaken lias been the or- • ganisation of the voluntary workers att the Base Records Office; which work, has been going on steadily for some time. Dr Mills expressed the regret all felt at losing Miss. Ward’s services.; at the same time she. said the Reserve, had been fortunate in securing those of Mrs Corliss in the capacity of secretary; and she took the opportunity of welcoming her. -She then presented Miss Ward with a gold wristlet .watch as a mark of the - appreciation of the executive for her services. Miss Ward suitably responded, and expressed her thanks for the gift. Mrs Seville (president of the Hataitai branch of the Reserve) also, spoke, endorsing all that Dr Mills had. said, and also laid stress on tho value that Mrs Corliss’s services would .be to the league, she having had much experience in women’s work in England during the early months of the war..

After tea had been served Mrs Corliss gave a short address to those present. Sho told of the work of the Women’s Emergency Corps -in ' England, of which’ she had been; a member, and which had done wonderful work in placing women in .work who had lost their, .usual, employment owing to the 'closing of factories, etc. Mrs Corliss thought that sufficient use of women’s labour had not been made by the authorities in New- Zealand,' They seemed ahv of employing 1 women in many capacities. It has been decided to take fotir women on trial to work in the gardens. As women had mado good in that employment everywhere . else; it 'soeined hardly likely they would fail in New Zealand.- The speaker thought that 1 women’s labour would have to be much more .used before long, and it was well for the Reserve to bo prepared to.supply.it. Mrs Corliss was thanked for her interesting address, and all felt that her experience would be of great help to the Reserve in tho work before it. The meeting was attended only by the executive and the branch presidents and secretaries, .Hr* T. Ward and Mrs Ponsonby being tho only other guests. Mrs Porter, organising secretary, was also present.

A .meeting of the executive, of the Citizens’ Service League was held in. the Mayoress’s room, Town' Hall, , oA Monday evening, Mrs J. P. Luke piresiding. Various . business was 'transacted, and accounts passed' for pay-. menf.‘. It was decided to continue packing parcels on<k> a month for .the soldiers in the trenches on ,behalf of the - citizens’' gift -fund and Liverpool fund.- ■ Up - to -.the'present-JO,MO parcels have been packed since January; by members of-the league, -and in .addition- to this members have assisted in- other ways, especially in packing cases of sundries, which have been sent to the troopships, and smokes which have been sent to the mounted ■men- / Satisfaction'" was] expressed at the work done lip to the present.

The engagement is announced in a Christchurch 'paper of Miss Lilian ■Mary Thompson, only daughter of Mr and Mrs-A, Thompson, of this city," to Mr Walter Tennyson, fourth son. of Mr and Mrs-'F. -J-. Smith, - of “Christ-' church. •

The process, of growth of the hair is constantly going, on in the roots. -When hair falls the root-sheath and the’ active growing - cells are usually left and. a fresh growth will take its place, provid, ing these cells remain perfect. Th« special guinea courses of hair treatment at Mrs Rolleston’s rooms, Lambton 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 even, then a vast; improvement is seen in the ap. pearance. The guinea course prevents’ greynese by toning up the 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 Rolleston, 256. Lambton quay. Wellington.—Advt.

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AFTER THE WAR.'s - Xir writing' about women’s position after the wiir, an; English writer; Mrs lieitiand,- Quotes from .au appeal to employers issued by- the Home Secretaryami .the President of the Board of Trade on March Gth, 1916. The passage is as follows; "There is one soured,* and 'one only,"'from which the- shortage . can he made good—that is, the great body 0f.w0,, men who are at present unoccupied or engaged only in work not of an essential character. Many of these women have worked in- factories and have already had an '[industrial ’ training—they’, form- an asset-of immense -importance to the coha. try:,-at' the. present time,:, and 'every-.effort must- he-.made to Induce those: who 'are, able-■ to- .come to -. the assistance.v.of'. the. country- & this crisis,, - Previous training, however, is not essential—since the outbreak of war women : Have given ample proof of their ability to fill up the gaps in the ranks of industry and to undertake work hitherto regarded as men's.” This denotes a surprising change of view.' In 1913, the, chief employment ox- . perts would have been certain that unless a.-woman had special aptitude or long -training she could not undertake work ‘'hitherto' regarded as man’s.” There has been an increase .of 866,000 women employed since war began, and therefore it must ho realised that there was a great wastage of women’s power in "work of a non-essential .. character,’’. Mrs Hoitland says: “The men who "return from the battle trenches, from the warships/, and -aeroplanes must be immediately reinstated in their old posts, or even, if possible; in.-better .ones. - That needs no arguing. But is it from a national .point. of view -'good business’ that gome, millions of agnation's citizens should 'be. passing their time in - doing what is not, essential to the, welfare and the strengthening of their own country?” It ! appears that many businesses and trades .have sprung up since the war, or have ■ been greatly extended, and industries which were formerly-almost exclusively German are now being developed by women. Mrs Heitland urges that these should.all be, kept going and widened out, so as to. give the masses of wo-men-a ebanbe 'to help efficiently and earnestly as they have, done • since war began. “All night work for men and. women should be .abandoned as soon as war is over. But otherwise we cannot return to the old ways. Food production in all its forms of farming, gardening, fruit-preserving... dairy work, etc..,- must be developed with more complete participation (at good wages) of women. . . . It was formerly supposed that the nation had so little work on hand that the most patriotic work women couM do was to do nothing, or try by philanthropy to repair other people’s blunders. But the war has’ altered all this.” . According to latest experiments the commonest cause of greyness is the destruction of the hair pigment cells by white blood cells. The pigment itself is said* to be derived from that of the red blood cellsThe testing of a big gun built for the United States Navy was recently carried out with remarkable results. The gun is 60ft in length, weighs about 80 tons, and fires a projectile weighing 21001 b. The gun was tried with an armour-piercing shell against a 13in Krupp plate. The plate had behind if the usual heavy backing of timber and sand, there being a mass of sand banked up against the backing and extending for some 30ft to 40ft behind it.

SOLDIERS’ PARCELS. The following letter of appreciation has been received by a Masterton lady from a soldier at. the front: “I think it is close on twelve months since I received a parcel from you, containing articles in the way of a balaclava,etc., for use at the front. Well,' -I must say that they were very much appreciated, especially the balaclava. This'- 1 carried to the Somme with me, as .■ i£ ; was iso comfortable for sleeping purposes. The steel helmets, got very heavy on tho bead, and at night time, if we had the luck to snatch a little sleep, the helmets, wo found,, made a nice pillow, while the" balaclava kept the head very warm. On September 15th, when the big attack was made, I found that I was very short of space in toy haversack, so I stretched tho balaclava "over the top of my helmet, and in this way I went over the para-: pet in the attack. After being wounded, I cast aside the helmet, and tho balaclava i put in its ,place. It was just the very thing, and I wore it right through until I arrived’ at ’ the hospital at Rouen. Now lam safe at Home, I thought that after all this you would bo pleased to receive your kind present back again as a souvenir. I might also add that the hoys, all very much appreciate, what the ladies of New Zealand arc doing for them. .While" at Home in ' hospital we were kept constantly' supplied with cigarettes, chocolate, and writing material, all from the ladies of New Zealand, and amongst the many r articles ot clothing supplied, socks, slippers, etc., you - Would find them marked from the ladies of Foxton, Timaru or some other New Zealand town. I am wri-ting-this just to show how what you all do for us does reach us, and is very much, welcomed.”

SCHOOLS’ SEWING COMMITTEE. Misses P. Myers and S. Fraser, in charge of the Intelligence Department of the Wellington Primary Schools’ Patriotic Sewing Committee, submitted the following report at the recent annual meeting of the committee. The report was Unanimously adopted on the motion of the chairman, Air William Foster, who expressed, the appreciation of the committee of the excellent work ’ done in ’ this connection by Miss Myers and Miss Fraser:

~ During the year 1916 practically all the schools in the Wellington education district have used the scheme of work compiled by the committee and approved by the board. . The small’ isolated schools in particular have derived great benefit from being brought into touch with the central committee, and have done remarkably good work. Hawke’s Bay district is also working With the same syllabus, and some schools from that district have sent their work to Wellington for distribution. Some of the larger schools in the WeUington.jJistiict have their own arrangements for distributing their work. That which has been Sent to the board office has . been distributed per medium of the following agencies:—The St. John Ambulance Brigade and Bed Cross Association, War Relief Association (for local needs). Lady Liverpool Committee, and Piunket Society. All these' agents speak eulogistically; of the work sent ini l)pring_ the September., holiday week a display of samples: of work done was held. in the board room. The visitors were- greatly interested in the exhibition, particularly in the thrift section. Our thanks are due to Misses Bright and Holyer for taking charge of the work and receiving the Visitors. Although this-wort has. entailed a considerable amount of labour w© feel amply repaid by the results obtained. Tills has ■ -indeed been a labour of lore and mutual benefit to helper, and helped. In conclusion we have the following suggestions to make: — (1) That a new syllabus, modified to meet changed requirements, bo issued. (2) That an exhibition of work be held in the board building during the May holidays, but that no’ special effort be made for the purpose. For Children’s Hacking Coughs at Night Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d.‘