NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9632, 12 April 1917, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. The monthly meeting of the committee of the Levin Home was held at tho Home, Britomart street, on Tuesday afternoon. Six members were present. Miss Greenwood presided. The resignation of Miss Fowler from tho committee was received with regret. The children are all in good health. The following gifts were received with thanks: —Mrs C. R. Smith, cakes; Mr Belmont Morton, tin of sweets; Mrs Knowles, pears; Mrs West, jam and quinces; St. Hilda’s, Island Bay, fruit and vegetables from harvest festival; buns and apples, Mrs Ruthcrfurd; clothing from “A Friend”; Messrs Hurcomb and Sons, fish dinner weekly. Tho hostesses at tho Sydney street Soldiers’ Club next week will be; Sunday, Mrs Jacob Joseph; Monday, Mrs W. F. Ward, Mrs Firth; Tuesday, Busy Bee Club; Wednesday, Hutt Ladies’ Patriotic Guild; Thursday, Mrs Fordham, Mrs Brice; Friday, Mrs Chapman; Saturday, St. John’s Church Women’s Association. Mr and Mrs H. Barnes, of Wellington, are visiting Mrs Garland in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs M. D. MacGunn, of Napier, have been visiting Mrs H. R. Bunny, of Ahiaruhe, Wairarapa. Mrs C. B. Russell is back in Sydney, after spending a few weeks in Wellington. News was recently received of tho marriage of her daughter. Miss Jessie Russell, to Mr Harley Dean, late of Wellington, which took place in London. Mrs J. P. Firth, hon. treasurer of the Women’s Red Cross Committee, acknowledges the following donations: Mrs J. L. Morrison, £1; Miss Perry, 2s 6d; Mrs Christie (payment for material), 2s 6d; Miss Coates, 10s. Sapper Moore-Jones is now exhibiting his Gallipoli . pictures in the interests of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. He has just finished a successful exhibition at Dunedin, and is showing in Oamaru and Timaru.

The engagement is announced of Miss Lily Hawkes, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs N. Hawkes. Timaru, to Dr C- R. Davies, Karon, Wellington (says Christchurch “Sun”). Mrs M. Smith, of Auckland' is the guest of Mrs Isaacs at Ron a Bay.

Miss Pauline Brown has been visiting Christchurch, where she took part in a performance of “Tom, Dick, and Harry,” given by the “Charley's Aunt” Club of Wellington ‘at the Theatre Royal there. Miss Vera St. John and Miss Miriam Kutner were also in the cast. The New Zealand stall at the recent Empire Pair, held in London, was in charge of Mrs Leo Myers, assisted by Mrs Leslie Harris, Miss N unn and other ladies. The stall was well filled, with dainty and useful articles, and was patronised during the day by Mrs and Miss Massey. The decorations of the stall were undertaken by Mr H. C. Cameron (Produce Commissioner), who used New Zealand flags and photographs wtih artistic effect. Some Dominion honey and greenstone were also exhibited.

Mrs and Miss Hennah, of Garden road, Christchurch, have come' up to Trentham, where Mr Hennah is in camp.

A Melbourne paper comments favourably on the decision of the Chief Secretary to make full inquiries, with a view to establishing a system of baby clinics upon a broad and sound basis, in Victoria says an exchange. The Plunket Society in New Zealand is alluded to as one well worth inquiring into. The success of the clinics will depend largely upon the nurses selected to do the work, says the writer. The best and most skilled sick nurse will not necessarily be the most satisfactory parson for this undertaking. The only hospital trained nurses who get any experience of managing healthy babies are those engaged in midwifery work; and their experience is ■ limited to the first few weeks after birth. It may even be found necessary to train nurses specially for the clinic work. The question of the committee of control is not a vital one. Any body of women which has managed philanthropic work of other kinds well could manage the clinics.

Miss A. D. Bright, late sub-editor of the Woodville “Examiner,” has been spending the holidays in Auckland. She intends coming to Wellington later.

It is difficult to understand the continued antagonism of the farmers to women’s labour, for those who have been engaged have proved themselves very useful and capable (says the Sydney “Morning Herald”). In all the higher branches of farm-work, such as milking, butter and • cheese-making, poultry-rearing, haymaking, hop-pick-ing, and fruit-picking, all women have proved capable; but quite a number nave also undertaken sheep-shearing, thatching, ploughing, threshing, and other duties; which wore always considered purely man’s work. The tasks on which women generally have proved most successful are milking and stocktending and rearing. Farming has, strangely .enough, been one of the occupations to attract most educated women, and last summer there were over 2000 University women working on the land.

A woman’s face puzzles a woman herself. . Whose advice is she to take ? She hears this “Mrs Blank has 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.” 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 "uess neither advice will be followed. Miss Milsom knows what advice to give, because she alone has had the experience. The two great Cultene remedies—the Skin Food (3s> 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, 01, Willis street. ’Phone 814. —Advt. 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-Regal Florists, 36, Willis street. •

To permanently Restore the Colour to Grey and Faded Hair, use Donnelly’s Grey Hair Tonic. Donnelly’s, 65, Vivian street, Wellington. •

Mr Pyke and Miss Gwen Pyke, of Gisborne, are staying at the Royal Oak Hotel. The second of Miss Borlascs’s assemblies takes place on Saturday, April 21st, in Goring street Hall. (Mrs W. Tonks, of "Wellington, has been spending Easter in Christchurch. IMrs J- P. Pry, of Christchurch, is visiting Dannevirko.

A general meeting of the Women’s Social Investigation will bo held at Victoria College to-night when tlie subject ior discussion will bo “Municipal Markets.’’ The principal speakers are to be Mr John Hutchison and Mr J. M. Reardon. All women are cordially invited to attend. The Hon. A. L and Mrs Herdman returned to Wellington on Tuesday from Napier.

Mrs Margaret Jackson, of 32, Franklin road, Ponsonby, celebrated her 101st birthday last week. The old lady, who still enjoys comparatively good health, is a native of Ireland, and came to New Zealand in-1872 with her second husband, Corporal John Jackson, a Mutiny veteran, who has been dead some thirty years. The secretary of the Countess of Liverpool Fund would be glad n people sending Bell tea tins to the Town Hall would remove the paper coverings, as there is no iacility at the committee’s rooms for washing the tins. The committee would bo glad if anyone having time to spare would undertake to malt*, the butter-muslin shirts. These can be called for at the Town Hall, and are ready cut out. Hundreds of soldiers’ letters ivere received at the Lady Liverpool Depot by the last English mail, acknowledging receipt of the Christmas parcels, says the Christchurch “Sun.” These parcels did not reach their destination as early as was planned, but, although Christmas was over when they did' arrive, the soldiers appreciated them just as much. Many of the letters were quite touching in their gratitude, and should be an incentive to contributors to cheerfully continue their donations. Almost every letter makes fond reference to the time when the writer will he back in New : Zealand—“the country that can knock spots off anything else on the map,” as one Anzao phrased it. If the. war has done nothing else, it has certainly made the “sons of New Zealand” loy e their own country with a very fervent love indeed 1

Our late rice-regal head, Lady Islington, possesses a beautiful house, and puts it to beautiful uses. A London correspondent writes:—“l went the other day to Lady Islington’s beautiful house in Mayfair to hear in the gold-and-white room—ballroom, draw-ing-room, or what not—with its panels and its mirrors and its cut-glass chandeliers and its superb red brocade curtains, Miss Penelope Wheeler recite Sir Gilbert Murray’s translation of the •■Alcastir” of Euripides. It was a great treat. Miss Wheeler is not only splendid to look at in the robes which Mr Charles _ Ricketts designs for her, but she recites these great plays in such a manner as to bring out, besides their dramatic force, the- complete and unified form and’ rhythm of construction which is their principal artistic merit; Miss Penelope Wheeler raised over £3OO that afternoon for patriotic work at that front.

Lady Drogheda is one of. the society women who can dispense with the services of a chauffeur if she wishes,, because she is not only an excellent driver but she understands those mysterious inner workings of the engine which are such a mystery to most women. On Thursday last the St. John Ambulance Brigade find Red Cross Society dispatched 31 cases of hospital equipment of the approximate value of >£23o. The committee receives a great deal of valuable assistance from outside sources, and this assistance is greatly appreciated, particularly because owing to the increased number of-workers who attend daily and work at the depot in the Star Boating Club shed, on Jervois quay, a great deal of additional preparation of work has to bo arranged. At a recent meeting of the committee hearty votes of thanks were passed to the following:—The Singer Sewing Machine Company, for the loan of two additional sewing machines; Messrs Warded Bros., for cases made to the regulation size; Mr and Mi's Monnie (of Messrs Roberts, N Z., Ltd.), who have expended much time and energy in cutting out many gross of articles for hospital equipment.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. By arrangement with Mrs Eolleston, Hair Physician and Face Specialist. Qualified London and Paris.

'H.J.’’—Hairwaving with Kot irons of any description is injurious to the hair if practised constantly. The best means of producing a wave is by water-waving a process that we teach with lessons in hairdressing.

"O.B.”—You evidently require n , transformation, as it will be necessary to cover the head completely. The cost of one suitable of the best quality, naturally wavy hair with a sprinkling of grey, will be six guineas. A switch to match one guinea extra.

“Hilda J.”—Only face massage will improve the. condition of your skin. Weekly treatments are advisable. Terms, one guinea a course.

Spacious private rooms. Mrs Eolieston, 256, Lambton quay.—Advt.

A woman's crowning beauty is her hair, but when hair commences to grow on the face it is, indeed, a cause of much anxiety. Every lady suffering from hairy growths will be nleased to learn that these can be removed for ever by using “EUSMA.” Xt j 8 an j n . expensive treatment within everyone's reach, and does not put you to any inconvenience. All you have to do can be done in the privacy of your own apartment. We specially want those sufferers who have tried other methods to write us, and let us prove that RD9MA will do all we claim for it. You will be delighted to learn how easily and surely, superfluous hair can be permanently and painlessly removed. Write to-day to Mrs Hullen, Toilet Specialist (Next Plunket Nurses’ Depot), 3A, Courtenay place. Wellington.—Advt.

Sydal will give you almost instant relief from that smarting, feverish sunburn. Sydal is a cool jelly-like emollient, whose very touch soothes and comforts. More than that, Sydal penetrates the skin pores and preserves the skin’s suppleness, preventing it from flaking and cracking. Sydal contains nothing deleterious. All chemists and stores, 2s a pot. *

WOMEN’S NATIONAL RESERVE OF NEW ZEALAND. The Women’s National Reserve Girls’ Club held their meeting in St. John’s schoolroom last Wednesday. Though an inconvenient time for many of the members there was a very good attendance. Mils Porter, organising secretary, presided, and explained the work that was being done by the Women’s. National Reserve in other parts of New Zealand. A letter from Miss Rees, president of the Gisborne branch, greatly interested those present. Soldiers’ wives are specially invited to these meetings, and several fresh ones attended on Wednesday evening. Some of the members had obtained positions since the previous meeting, and expressed their appreciation of the work of the reserve and the great interest displayed by those in authority. The Misses Shepherd contributed a most enjoyable musical programme, and a profitable and encouraging meeting was brought to a close by the singing of the National Anthem. The letter referred to written by Miss Rees, of Gisborne, states that the newlyconstituted Efficiency Board in Wellington is appealing to the Womfen’e National Reserve throughout the Dominion for help and co-operation in their supremely important task of organising the resources of New Zealand for immediate service, speedy victory and future prosperity. The first three objects of the Women’s Reserve are set out as being:— 1. To provide for the registration of women volunteering for national service. 2. To enable more men to go to the front by carrying on their work while they are away—and with this object to afford educational facilities to women training for various occupations. 3. To increase production and thus to work for the welfare of the Empire and the prosperity of the Dominion. “These.” says the letter, "are the points in which the Efficiency Board reouests our co-operation. In particular it. wishes to receive the names of women willing to assist farmers and of farmers prepared to employ women.”

WELLINGTON WEDDINGS. At the Methodist Church, Karori, on Saturday last. Miss Lucy Raine, eldest daughter of Mr J, G. Raine, merchant, of this city, was married to Mr A. H. ropham, of Takapau, formerly a member of the Expeditionary Forces and a participant in the Gallipoli campaign. The church was prettily decorated for the occasion, which was attended by a very large gathering of old friends and visitors from far and near. The Rev. Amos Reader was the officiating minister, and the attendant bridesmaids were Miss Florence Raine, sister of the bride, and Miss Hilda Dryden; while Mr Len Ashworth and M r Frank Walsh attended the bridegroom as best man and groomsman respectively, both of them being returned soldiers. The bride was daintily attired in cream crepe de chine, with an overdress of Georgette and lace, wearing the orthodox veil and orange blossom. The bridesmaids wore pretty cream eolienne frocks, with hats to match, trimmed with red berries, and each wore a gold pendant, the gifts of tnc bridegroom. The bride carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums and dahlias with maidenhair and asparagus fern, while those of the bridesmaids were of autumn tints, tied with red ribbons. The guests were afterwards entertained at a reception in the Church Ball, where about sixty guests assembled, the usual toasts being observed with honours. The happy couple left for the north on their honeymoon. At St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral on Tues-ya-v• Mr Ivan Vernon Wilson, of Featherston, was married to Miss Mona Moore, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs J. T. Moore, of Carterton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev, A. M. Johnson, assisted by the Rev. Young, of Carterton. Mr Robert Parker officiated at the organ. The bride was given away by her father and attended by Miss Molly Moore and Miss Lila Dawson as bridesmaids. She wore white chiffon taffetas and lace with bands of fur, and a veil fastened with orange blossoms and pearls, and carried a shower bouquet. The bridesmaids were in pale blue and pink taffetas and Georgette respectively, trimmed one with fur, the other with brilliante. Their hats were black, lined with the colour to match the frocks. Mr Arthur Locker was best man, and Mr W. A. Hutton groomsman. A reception was held after the ceremony at ifirkcaldie and Stain’s tea rooms, and during the afternoon Mr Hamilton Hodges sang several times. Mrs Moore wore black.

and a hat trimmed with autumn leaves. Mrs Wilson, mother of the bridegroom; was in bliuA brocade. The bride's go-ing-aivay dress was a lemon-coloured eoiienne costume and hat to match, and she wore a handsome fur coat, the gift of tho bridegroom.

WELLINGTON RED CROSS SHOP. On Friday next the Wellington Red Cross shop will have a splendid supply of produce, meat, poultry, eggs, ham, butter, jams, pickles, chutneys, fruit, home-made cakes, sweets, and flowers. The ladies of the Red Cross Depot, Mercer street, have had many promises of supplies, and are anxious that the buyers should be as numerous as usual, so that our sick and wounded soldiers in England may receive the comforts towards which the proceeds of this shop go. Those who desire dainty needlework, fancy bags, boudoir caps, etc., should visit the shop, as this stall will bo a feature of the sale.

Already £llOO has been set to England since last December, and it is the hope of the committee that the success of this work should continue. The Eastoourne ladies last week sent to the shop £56, the proceeds of their week-end' shop day, which they hold at Rona Bay every three months. This large sum coming as it did from a small seaside resort goes to show the intense desire of all to comfort those who are suffering and giving everything for us. A large supply of sweets have been prepared for Friday at the shop, and anyone wanting these could not do bettor than purchase them at the Red Cross shop. All are home-made, and represent several days work on the part of tjie ladies preparing them, and are delicious to the taste. Besides the usual toffees, both plain and Russian, there are marzipan sweets and some fondants with novel flavourings. Among these, orange and lime have made some delicious swtets, and there are also cherry and ginger as well as the more usual peppermint. Seen yesterday they made an Imposing array, and should find a ready sale on Friday.

NURSES MEMORIAL FUND. First subscriptions received : —Miss H. Maclean, Wellington, £1; Mrs .T. H. Lowry, Hawke's Bay, £100; Mr Jno. Hoidsworth, Hawke’s Bay, £10; Mrs.Jno.. lloldsworth, Hawke's Bay, £5; Mrs Coleman, Napier, ,£25; Mrs E. Troutbeck, Napier (annual), £5; Mr A. E. Pearce, Wellington, .£SO; Mrs Dillon, Renwicktown, £2O; Mr AV. Ferguson, Wellington, £lO XOs; Mrs Blakiston, Lannevirke, £1 Is; Mr Fred Nathan, Palmerston North, £X; Mrs Fred Nathan, Palmerston North, £1; Mrs AV. Shrimpton, Hawke’s Bay. £2O; Mr L. 0. H. Tripp, Wellington, £2O; Mr AV. W. Snodgrass, Nelson, £1 Is; Sir W. C. Buchanan, Wairarapa, £10; the Hon. A. M. Myers (annual), £5; MiFrank AVhite, Eketahuna, £5; Mrs Mathew Holmes. Wellington. £2 2s; Miss F. M. AVillis, AVelliugton, 10s; Six Robert Stout, AVeMington, £lO 10s; Lady Stout, Wellington, £lO 10s; Messrs M. and AV. Dixon, Taihapo, £5; Mr B. Totman, Utiku, £5 os; Mr Gordon Durrant, Taoroa, £5; Mrs Hope Gibbons, Wanganui, £1; Mr C. G. Wilson, Mangaweka, £lO 10s; Mr J. G. Collins. Taoroa, £5; Mr R. W. Smith, M.P., Taihape, £2 2s; Mr Busby, Tokomaru Bay, £SO; Mrs D. T. Cameron, Lower Hutt, £ls 10s; . Dr G. Wells ter, Wellington (annual £5), £lO 10s; Di J. Harold Hemp, Wellington. £lO 10s: Dr J. Ewart, AVellinpton, £lO 10s; Dr H. Hardwick Smith, AA ellington, £lO 10s; Dr G. W. Harty. Wellington. £lO 10s; Dr W. B. Herbert, AVellington, £lO 10s; Dr W. Young, Wellington. £lO 10s: Mr AA T . E. Bethune. Wellington, £3 3s; Mrs Wm Barton, Feathcrston, £lO. Total, £SOO 4s. Note.—The interest on the money raised by donations is to be used to help nurses in needy circumstances. It is proposed to invest the money in a war loan. A ten guinea subscription entitles to -life membership of the fund with the right of nominating applicants for assistance. The local treasurer of the fund is Dr AV. Young.