NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9629, 9 April 1917, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. The engagement is announced of Mr Bert AVimsett, son of Mr and Mrs H. H. AVimsett, of Wellington, to Annie, • youngest daughter of Mrs A. E. McLennan, of Clarcville, AAairarapa- Mr AVimsett, who enlisted some time ago, goes into camp with the 28th Reinforcements. Mr and Mrs P. Blundell have gone to Auckland for the holidays. Mr and Mrs E. Riddiford are also visitors to Auckland.

Miss Ida Balfour, of Napier, and Miss Harding, Grccnmeadows, Hawke’s Bay, are visiting Wellington.

Mrs R. M. Chadwick, of Napier, arrived on a visit to Wellington last week.

Miss Kirkby, of New Plymouth, arrived in AVellington on Saturday, and is the guest of her cousin, Airs BarnSdalo.

Tho many friends of Airs Norman Day (nee Miss Bessie Baimber) will regret to hear of her death, which occurred in a. private hospital in AVellington on Friday- The deceased was very well known in tho AVanganui and Fordell districts, where she was highly esteemed. For some years she was a teacher of commercial subjects at the Technical College. She was the second daughter of Mr T. A- Bomber, of Wanganui, and leaves an Infant daughter ' and a husband to mourn their, loss.

Mr and Mrs Harding, of Karori, are the guests of Mrs Thomas, Avonside, Christchurch.

Dr and Aire Hughes Steele, of Willis street, are visiting Christchurch for tho holidays. They have been joined -there... by the . latter's sister, Mrs Handyside, of Invercargill, and Mr Handyside. Mrs Cashmile, of this city is visiting Mrs J, W. AVilson in Now Plymouth.

Mr and Mrs X Glenn and Mrs J. Paul are visitors to 'Wellington from New Plymouth for the holidays. Women are to he employed on the New Zealand Railways for carriage cleaning. Over sixty are at present at work;

Mr and Mrs T. Burges, of Napier, are visiting Wellington. Sister Phoebe Reynolds, staff sister at Walton-on-Tliamos Hospital, ! England, who was recently reported to bo seriously ill, is~now muohf improved iu health. Sister Reynolds is a daughter- pf Mrs Reynolds, of Pirie street. ' Mr and Mrs R. Turnbull, of Hawke’s Bay, are visiting intho south.

Lieutenant and Mrs Eaton-Tumer, who have Been visiting Dunedin, have returned to Trentharn.

Mrs X M. Meredith, With h.er son, Sergeant E. ; M. Meredith, of the Wairarapa Mounted Rifles, is stayingjwith her . sister, Mrs Thomas (Hereford street, Christchurch). Mr and Mrs H. Barnes (Wellington) are the guests of Mrs Garland (Hillsborough, Opawa,. Christchurch).

Several hundreds of policewomen are required by the Ministry for Munitions to .take police posts in his Majesty s factories. The Minister has appointed Miss Darner Dawson chief officer and Miss M. S. Allen chief superintendent "of the Womeri. Police Servants, as 'agents to. supply women for, this work. Three' hundred "women are wanted at ;once. The Service offers, three weeks’ training in London. Ah allowance is. made during training, and good salaries are offered, on appointment.

The council of the Society of Women Journalists has drawn up a syllabus of training in elementary journalism and allied subjects. The course will include tuition in shorthand, type- . writing, office routine, preparation of MSS., proof correction, committee work, reporting, the work of a special correspondent, interviews,,, articles, the branches of newspaper writing known as fashion and society journal? iam, and much beside that is needful for a woman engaged in literary or press work to know.

The “Queen” says, regarding the extension of women’s work in England to-day:—The rapid development of the movement for establishing infant and maternity welfare centres (of which there are already 800) will lead to the creation of further posts for women as inspectors of such centres. \Vo? men ■ who have undergone the training for health visitors can obtain salaries up to about £l5O a year, while those who have passed the examination for sanitary inspectors generally receive from £l5O to £2OO.

A woman’s face puzzles a woman herself. Whose advice is she to take? She hears this “Mrs Blank hae a complexion like a peach, and she says she owes It to bathing her face' in lemon juice every night and sleeping on . a violet pillow, 1 ' Then she is told "Doctor So-and-so says sleep with the windows open, take more exercise and cold baths, and he’s got a skin like a nutmeg and a nose like a beet.” It is easy to, -ness neither advice will be. followed. Miss Mileom knows what advice to give, because she alone has had the experience. The two great Cultene remedies —the Skin Food (Ss) for night and Balm (3s 6d) for daily use are highly recommended, besides other very necessary and delightful accessories too: numerous to mention. All hair work, hair creams, tonics and lotions. Call or write. All questions replied to promptly and confidentially. Miss .Milsom, Barnett’s Buildings, 94,. Willis street. 'Phone 814. —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, 'cases we would like jot to know of the effectiveness and complete destroying power . of EUSMA. The removal of superfluous Hairs by this method is painless and permanent. Busma destroys every hair root, and leaves, no soar behind. Ho not experiment with dangerous depllatories. Be treated with Busma—you can use it in the privacy of your Home .without the slightest inconvenience. HES HOLDEN, Toilet Specialist (Next Plnnket Nurses’ Depot). 3A, Courtenay place, Wellington.—Advx.

Flowers or steamers. Dainty "Bon Voyage" Posies, baskets, artistic Sorai boxes filled with the choicest flowers. Suitable gifts for your friends leaving by rail or steamers, at Miss Murray's, Vice-Begal Florists, 36, Willis street. *

To permanently Eestore the Colour to Grey and Faded Hair, use Donnelly’s Grey Hair Tonic. Donnelly’s, 65, Vjvian .street, Wellington. *

Quito a feature of the Soldiers’ Day collecting in Christchurch was . Sister MaoMurtric, a returned nurse, who, with her squad of returned soldiers, attracted considerable attention (says the “Evening News”). Her total' for the day was £33 13s 3d.

Mrs F. Rochfort (Pplmorston North and Nelson), who has been in England for the last few years, since the war has organised a Hay Nursery in Beading, Then she became a Government forwarding supervisor in Berkshire, sending hay to the troops. At present she is on a Berkshire farm, training village women for farm work. Her husband, Lieutenant Frank Rochtort (Nelson) is in the 10th West Yorkshire Regiment, as transport officer to one of the battalions. At, the conclusion of the war, Mr and Mrs Roehlort intend to return to New Zealand and take up country, life.

Xo v: York, it is said, has heen captured by the charming little Japanese prima donna-, Madame Tamaki Miura, wifo of Dr Miura, who is engaged in special research work at Colombo university. She is adopting many Western customs with zest, and is very desirous that her little countrywomen should have the same freedom in choosing their husbands as the women, of the West enjoy- There is, wo learn, a boom in all that is socially Japanese and artistic in America, all tho time that public men are talking of tno peril of Japanese invasion. Mrs F. Orbell, of Taranaki, is visiting Wellington. A further batch of twelve girls from the Christchurch Teegraph school have been promoted and' transferred to the following offices: —Miss A. M. Kitto, Palmerston North; Miss E. Corcoran, Hastings; Miss I- Higgs, Mastortou; Mias A. M. Darragh, Hawera; Miss I. L. E. Hull, Feilding; Miss B. M. Richards, Taihape; Miss E. L. Douimoday, Stratford; Miss O. J. S. Mooney, Waverley; Miss E. M. Koche, Eltham ; Miss A. D. Steel. Eketahuna; Miss L. Pollard, Dannevirke; Miss M. E. Riordan, Marton. - Mr and Mrs J. N. Anderson, of Napier, are . visiting Wellington" to see their son, who is in camp here, .

On Saturday the wedding was‘celebrated at Waipara of Mr Thomas Lane, Ambeiiey, to Miss Baker, of Waipara. The ceremony was a quiet one. only relatives and a few close friends being present. Mr Lane, who is the representative of the New Zealand Fanners’ Co-operative Company at Awberley, is a returned Anrac. Another returned soldier,, Mr Maurice Nottingham, acted as beat man. Miss Alice Brewster,' of New Plymouth, is spending her Easter holidays .in, Wellington. In .St. John’s Church at Featherston on Wednesday, the wedding was celebrated of Mr Peter James Leslie, of Featherston, and formerly of Edinburgh, Scotland, who is, about to reenter the Expeditionary Forces, and Miss Irene Upritohard, only daughter of the late; Mi- and Mrs Joseph Uipritchard. who were well known in the Wairarapa district, and formerly of Canterbury. The bride, who was attended by; Mies Maggie Wilson, a cousin, was given away by her brother, Mr John XJpritchard. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. G. S. Bartlett,- vicar of St; John’s. At the Hastings District High School on Thursday last Miss M. W. Burden, one of the' teachers, was presented with, a handbag from the staff and two volumes of poems from her pupils on the occasion of her leaving the school to take up a position on the teaching staff of the Palmerston North High School. The headmaster, .Mr Pegler, made the presentations. s ’Mr and Mrs G. Eisfelder, of Grey-, month, have arrived in Wellington on. a visit. .

A “parcel” was given to Miss Mona ’Shelly on Tuesday evening last by the Carterton Knitting Club, at the residence of Mrs D. G. Johnston, in honour of her approaonmg marriage.

The Wairarapa branch* of the British Red Cross Society and Liverpool Equipment Fund, decided at a meeting held in Mastorton last week that £IOOO of the money , collected' by the Girls’ Red Cross Brigade be forwarded to the Wellington branch of the British Red Cross Society, with instructions to remit this amount to the London committee of the New Zealand branch of the British Red Cross.

’ A-sum of £6O is to bo sent to Mr L. O. H. Tripp, of Wellington, by the Wairarapa branch of the British Bed Cross Society, to bo forwarded to the High Commissioner for the purpose of providing comforts for the men in Egypt, says the Wairarapa “Age.” A sum of £25 is also to be sent to provide comforts for the men in Mesopotamia. These amounts are to be_ taken from the Christmas Gift Fund, in lieu of : Dominion gift parcels.’

Mrs Rolleston’s Toilet Booms are closed for the Easter holidays, and will be re-opened on Tuesday. As four additional rooms Ifrve been opened and the staff of expert assistants increased, patrons may rely upon securing appointments without any delay. Well lighted rooms are also available for matching Vswitches, transformations, and hnirwork of every description, which is sold at English prices.—Advt. Yes; liouscwork washing-up and sweeping and dusting and cleaningdoes roughen and disfigure the hands! 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 sunburn too! All chemists and stores, 2s a pot. Get Sydal. *

The. favourite —Boys' sports suits with shorts to fit boys from; 4 years to IS years, from 21s to 355. Boys’ sports suits with breeches to: fit boys from 12 years to 18 years, from 80s to 50s. Best quality tweeds. Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., .Manners street.

At Featherston, on Wednesday, Mr Peter James Leslie, of Featherston, was married to Miss Irene Upritchard, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs J. Upritchard, of Featherston. The wedding of Hiss Madge Horrell, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Horrell, of Hawke’s Bay, with Mr Sidney H. Gardiner, of , Northwood, Fernside, was , solemnised in St. James’s Church, Oust, on Wednesday, March 21st. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Harold Purchase, 1 assisted' by the Rev. Mr Hay. During some structural changes in the . Palace of Vorsaillies, the palace architect has discovered a secret suite of rooms, formerly occupied by Madame de Pompadour in the imposing days of Louis XV. Tire rooms are beautifully decorated by Lo Brim, and are in the right wing of the palace, on the ground floor. In the time of Louis Philippe a staircase connecting the suite with the King’s apartments was walled up, and since then Madame de Pompadour’s rooms had remained closed. They are to ho restored.

Mrs A. R. Atkinson, of Wellington, gave an address on “How to save the :boys and girls” to the Ponsonhy branch of the W.C.T.U. last Friday afternoon, says.an Auckland paper. Mrs Atkinson dwelt on the evils arising from the drink traffic in her usual brilliant mannor, and the; need there was for the mothers of the nation to more carefully consider this matter. She contradicted the idea that alcohol was useful’as a stimulant, and' quoted the opinion of various Wellington . doctors to show that in many diseases it was most unsafe to administer brandy. In one case which came within the speaker’s knowledge death resulted from this lack of knowledge. Mrs Atkinson also gave some facts about the military side of the question as seen in Wellington, and' impressed on her hearers to demand the total or partial closing of tho hotels to the end of the war. Mrs Atkinson was' thanked- at the conclusion of her address for her able and enlightening speech.

AT THE OPERA HOUSE, r Quite a holiday crowd witnessed the first performance of “Seven Keys to Baldpate” at the Opera House on Saturday evening. There was not a vacant seat in the house and patrons of the back stalls found themselves crowded out, so much had the reserved seats encroached upon their space. Tha_boxes were quite full, which is a safe indication that there is ‘.‘standing room only” elsewhere. The. audience received the play with keen delight ; the original setting and the surprise of the double denouement at the close alike seemed to appeal to all. The cheerlessness of a hotel, before being opened for the season; was well depicted, and the cold blasts of air supposed to be raging outside were positively felt by the audience each time , the door was opened. There is not much scope for “dressing,” but the ladies in the cast make the most ■of their opportunities; in some cases they make so much of them that the realistic effect ' is somewhat spoiled. Mies Holloway wears a cream coat and skirt, a smartly-turned-up black velvet hat, and carries an uncommon muff,' Also, she wears low patent leather shoes, and.in this very: summery costume she climbs a snowcovered hill in the depth of winter at midnight. Even if she is only a character in a book, after all the effect would be more realistic with the addition of a fur coat and top boots, not disdained, by the way, by the police sergeant, who makes a picturesque entrance in the second act in such garments, with the addition of quite a cowboy-like hat. Miss Mar-cus-Olarke, as Mrs Rhodes, covers herself with a fur coat, and wears the very new'est type of hoot, which was shown in London as “the Cossack.” On removing her coat, sho appears in a black silk costume, the skirt with deep frills of tulle and a tulle bodice with touches of embroideries in which emerald green predominates. Miss Violet Yorke, as the very charming blackmailer, appears in. a white cloth coat, fur-trimmed, and a cosy little cap-like toque, but she also climbs “Baldpate” in silk stockings and white, diamond-buckled shoes, and doesn’t even get them soiled. Her evening frock, worn under the coat, is a charming confection of pale primrose taffetas, with many narrow frills and some bright embroidery and fur on the bodice. 1

At the conclusion of the performance on Saturday the ladies of the company received many floral tributes, Miss Holloway receiving also several

boxes of sweets. Mrs Holloway, wbo took the paa-t of the caretaker’s wife, Mrs Quimby, was not forgotten by old friends, and received a charming bunch of roses.

CLUBS FOR, NURSES. A writer in the “Australasian.’’ says: “At the present moment much energy is being imparted to the proposed Melbourne club- for the use of army, nurses travelling -between the States or on their way to or from active service overseas. Similar clubs are .in full working order -in Sydney and Adelaide. The Victoria League in Great Britain has provided clubs for various purposes connected with the war, and, as the branch in Melbourne has so, far ;done nothing in this respect, it is earnestly hoped that its first effort for the army nurses will be a- success, if only as a recognition of their devoted service in the cause of the Empire. Already the league has had an offer of suitable premises, and it is estimated that £4OO will cover all expenses fpr one year. The scheme is to be' considered at once, and Lady Stanley, president of the Victoria League, is interesting herself in the movement.” Some of the nurses who have returned from abroad speak of the want of such a club or convalescent hostel, for nurses who come back to New Zealand. Those nurses who have not relatives in New Zealand fluid the waiting between comaissions very expensive, especially, as the pay of the army nurse is not what can be considered too liberal. Such a home could be situated at Rotorua, for instance, where nurses could go while on furlough, or when wanting to. recuperate after a strenuous work. With such ah ideal place as Rotorua in our midst it seems a pity some league cannot take the matter up. All returned nurses speak with enthusiasm of the Queen Man Club for Overseas Nurses in London. This, as its name implies,, is under Royal patronage. A large house was taken and has been most comfortably furnished. Each nurse has a small room to herself, there are cosy' sittingrooms and diningroom, and each nurse is handed a latch-key when she arrives, and is able to 6° come as she likes. This is .all a fj® 0 gift from some London women to the overseas nurses, who are looking after the soldiers, and it is very much appreciated by these qplonial visitors to the Old Land.

CHRISTMAS PARCELS ARRIVE IN FRANCE. ■Several letters acknowledging the Christmas parcels sent to the men in the trenches have been received at the Town Hall. These parcels 'were very late in arriving, but were apparently none the less welcome for that reason. One . man,. writing , on; February 14th, says: “Just a line to acknowledge receipt of parcel And to let you know how much they, were appreciated, even more perhaps than is apparent. It is a little late for Christmas, but so much the better, as there is a famine after the recent plenty, and being at pre-sent-in the trenches with a battalion it is impossible to buy any comforts and luxuries. Thanking you for your kind thoughtfulness for fellows out here.” Another man. says, on. February Bth: “This morning each, member of our unit was handed a • parcel from our own people of New Zealand. In my parcel I found your card, and believe me, it gives me much pleasure to write and thank you. We fully realise the amount of work and expense these parcels are giving you, and I can assure you your efforts to add to our comfort are appreciated by us.” Several private letters received lately have spoken of the safe arrival of the parcels, and their acceptability, the men all thoroughly appreciating getting gifts from New Zealand, as well as much enjoying the contents of the parcels.