NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9690, 19 June 1917, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AMD PERSONAL. Airs Stringer returned from Auckland at tho end of last week. Hiss Gee, Hiss Turner, and Miss Peat, of Wellington, have been visiting Auckland. Gifts have been received for the Counter of Liverpool fund at the Town from the follmnng: —lSliss Balun=>.r - balaclavas: the Petone Methouist Guild, 10 pairs socks; Poagaroa K J ed „s' r ? ss „,?f“mittee. 16 pairs socks and 28 handkerchiefs; Wairoa Liverpool Society, 1pairs socks; Waverlcy 1 21 pairs socks, mittens and balaclavas. Miss Lora Meek; Miss Biytb, Airs V\ 1 - kins; Poston Ladies’ Patriotic Guild, undervests, ehirts and 9 pairs socks; Mrs Hunt, 5 balaclavas: ilr s P. Penta; Mrs Ward; Ormondville Ladies Patriotic committee, 9 pairs socks; Mrs Horbough, Featherston.

One of the lied'Cross workers at the Star Boating shed has been making and selling a bond emollient for the ■ benefit of the work for some time. It is a home-made recipe, and. is by all acconn.s most efficacious, several people who have used it saying that it keeps the hands i,uite soft and delicate, even while doing tho roughest housework. One lady who was working on a farm last summer used it all the "time, and declares that her hands hardly showed any signs of her hard work in consequence. The emollient is being sold at tho Bed Cross show in Woodward street or at the \mlnilanco Brigade Bed Cross Depot m the Star Boating Club’s shed. Miss Bothenberg, who is collecting books for a library at Trentham camp, went oilt to tho camp yesterday to make arrangements tor the- Housing or the books A good-sized room has been put at the disposal, of the . and • helves are to be placed round this at unce. There will be room for a large number of books, so Miss Bothenberg hopes to receive more contributions. About 800 were packed on Friday at ihe Sydney street Soldiers'- Club, -and ;>n Wednesday this week the books will be conveyed to th© camp. Any further donations of books will be gladly received at Sydney street up till AVednesmorning. Miss Eothenberg will go out to Trentham to see to the sorting And cataloguing of the books, and it is hoped to have the library open in a very short time for the use of tbe men in camp.

The .following have sent goods, to the Red Cross . Depot. Mercer street, during the past week ;—Turakina Ked Cross Guild, 1 parcel; British Ked Cross Society, Maraekakaho, 1 case hospital garments; Hastings Red Cross Workers, 1. case comforts for Mesopotamia; Mrs Monrad, eye bandages; Ngaio Ladies' Croquet Club. Ked Cross League, pyjamas, face cloths, bed jackets, and knitted garments; Ladies’ Patriotic League, Poxton, 1, parcel garments; Ladies’ Guild, Ohakune Junction, hospital garments; Mrs Mabin, walkingsticks; Carterton Ked Cross Centre, 1 caso garments; Greymouth Centre British Eed Cross, 3 cases and 1 largo parcel.

A writer in the London "Dispatch” asks in that paper why was the large meeting for women workers in the Albert. Hall held? Nine thousand women went to the hall to hear definite statements ■ and important ’ announcements,, and. these were not given. ■ The writer says the . women want to know/when enrolling whether they are needed for the particular task for which they have applied; they want to know how. many women are needed on the land, . how many for air service, the types of women required; also they want to . know the rate of payment for .every branch of work they are asked to undertake, the conditions, surroundings,, hours, the overtime possibilities and the length of service required; in. short, they want to know the worst and the best, and these things apparently were not touched upon at’ tno Albert Hall meeting. To judge from this and other utterances the conditions, etc., of female la|mur in England are somewhat chaotic, and there is grave danger of the woman wfio docs not need the money doing work for which' she is unfitted at a low rate and underselling her sister worker, who has her living to earn and perhaps a family to keep. It looks rather as though women, in their desire to help, may mate life much harder for their poorer sisters. A few details about the basket-making in the .military .hospitals at Eotorua might interest readers, and an extract is given below. It is understood that the men at Hanmer are shortly to be given an opportunity of learning the art of basket-making. The letter says: "This is an ideal home for soldiers. They havo every comfort and. privilege it is possible -to give.' The men here make baskets, wicker trays, etc., by the hundred, and are well paid for their work. All the requisites, are- provided, and there is a ready sale for all their completed work. By selling the baskets they can earn easily up to 15s a day, for they get 7s 6d for a small tray, and for work baskets, which the visiting ladies' lino for them, 12s 6d, and they can easily make two- trays a day, and nearly two baskets. They also make 'macramo string bags, and these they sell for ss. They have a beautiful sunny work-room, and big wood fires at night, and billiards and music and every kind of game. The food is quite the best 1 have seen anywhere, and in all they are a very contented lot." I hear nothing but satisfaction expressed by women on all sides, says a writer in the “Pall Mall Gazette,” that recruiting has already opened for work on tho land, and there has already been a steady demand at post offices and employment exchanges for the terms and conditions of tho new work. Meanwhile there is something like a panic among mistresses, who fear that the few domestic servants who remain will, with one accord, volunteer for the new wort, which is not only of real national importance, but offers good pay and good conditions, and is far freer and far more inviting for the summer months than indoor service can ever be. What is more, the great army of land workers will be admirably housed, for from, all sides offers are pouring in of large country mansions to accommodate the volunteers for Prothero’s army —as it is already called.

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Mrs Hope Lewis has received a from Matron Hooker, of Trentham Military Hospital, thanking her for a number of books sent to the hospital, for which Mrs Hope Lewis and Mies Webster collected the funds. Mrs W. A. Gibson, of Wellington, is spending a furlough in Gisborne. Mrs Percy Beattie, of Eskdalo, who has been visiting friends at the Lower fluff, Wellington, has returned home. A unique casket is being raffled in Sydney in aid of the, French Red Cross, it is a copy of an antique and is mlaui with coloured glass from the broken windows of Reims Cathedral, ahd in the glass tube has been put limestone from the trenches of Reims. There is a certificato of origin signed by the Mayor of Heims.

A meeting of delegates from practically all the women's societies 01 Auckland, held last week, affirmed the desirability of forming a National Council ot Women, for the purpose of (securing joint action by aU. societies of women to obtain any necessary amendments in the laws affecting women, and to take measures towards the improvement oi social conditions in general. A provisional committee was set up, v.-uli Miss K. Melville as convener to repon on the proposed constitution, and to keep in touch with leaders of the movement in tho southern centres. .ue<» gates were present from the following bodies: Women Teachers' Association, Society for the Protection of Women and Children, Women’s Mutual Aid, Women’s Political League, Women g National Reserve, Young Women's .Christian Association. Girls' Friendly Society, andthe Women’s Christian _ Temperance Union. The following motion was moved bv Miss Melville and seconded by Mrs Geddes "That this meeting hereby affirms tho desirability of the formation of a National. Council ot Women of New Zealand having for its object the organisation of all societies of women for mutual counsel and cooperation, ami the attainment of justice and freedom for women, and tor all thm makes for the good of humanity. In ; Council is organised in the interest oi no one propaganda and has no po"' 01 over tho organisations which constitute it beyond that cl suggestion and sympathy.’’ 'This was carried. Recently several British visitors from the Par Hast met in Melbourne and haa a reunion as a sequel to their The gathering was by way of faieweii to Mr and Mrs Archibald 1 turner, <n Hong Kong, who were preparing to go to England on long furlough. home ° the efforts of the British in the Last were spoken of, and these have had very wonderful results. The following m some of the work done by the small community of Britishers at lieutsm, China; —Eighteen months ago an appeal was inaugurated in Tientsin to secure funds to assist in providing food tor British prisoners in Germany, and ever since then remittances totalling A-Joiio have been dispatched. This is a particularly fine response, seeing that the British residents are only about one thousand in number. In addition, large subscriptions have been forwarded to aid the work conducted at St. Dunstan’s for blind soldiers.and sailors, and this year another effort was initiated in the interests of British orphans of the war.fossi'blr the most successful movement for so small a community ot Britishers in a short space of time was that which ■ Mrs H. E. Eulford initiated by calling jg i meeting of --British women.. Sixty attended it. and were at one© deeply interested in hearing that their co-opera-tion was desired in raising funds for the . rebuilding of the old Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond (London), so that it would become a thoroughly hygienic and , fireproof hospital home for those Soldiers and sailors who become permanently incapacitated when on active service. Though there are so few British women in Tientsin, Mrs Fulford’s effort met with a wonderful response, far no less than iW)O was secured and dispatched to England. Other large patriotic efforts in Tientsin resulted in .£IO,OOO being gained for the Allies by a twodays’ fete, and .111 00 for the Belgians hr a one-day fete.

Some time ago a number of New Zealanders resident in Sydney formed a New Zealand Soldiers’ Reception ‘lornmittec for the purpose of entertaining New Zealand soidiors who visited the New South Wales capital. On many .occasions since then large bodies of New Zealand troops, both on the way to the front and returning home wounded, have called in at Sydney, and the New Zealand committee has loft no stone unturned to make their stay pleasurable, harbour and rail excursions and entertainments of various. kinds having been arranged on their behalf. The men have warmly appreciated the committee’s efforts,. tho wounded soldiers and the New Zealand reinforcements encamped outside . Sydney at various times expressing deep gratitude at the steps taken to enable them to find employment for their leisure hours. The committee has now received permission to run one of the thirty Stalls which arc to be set up in the streets of Sydney for . the great patriotic feto on “France Day,” July 14th, and (they are now appealing for gifts of articles of Maori., or South Sea Islands manufacture to stock their stall. Kits, mats and curios of any kind will prove of great assistance to the committee, and tho committee hope some will be forwarded from New Zealand. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. By arrangement with Mrs Rolleston, Hair Physician and Face Specialist, Qualified London and Paris. “Betty.”—Henna Shampoo Powders cleanse and brighten the hair without altering the colour. Those prepared by the “English. Court” Toilet Co. are most reliable and are beneficial to the growth. Price Is each, 10s per dozen. “.I.o.”—Face massage is so customary in all parts of the world that even the most sceptical cannot but acknowledge that it' is - conducive to health and beauty. You will find a remarkable improvement in your appearance by taking a guinea course every six months or so; it is quite unnecessary to continue it regularly. "S.W.W.” —For electrolysis it is advisable to book appointments a few days previous, as' there is a limit to the number I am able to treat each day. Fed 5s per half-hour. All correspondence, with address enclosed, replied to privately; Mrs Rolleston, 256, La mb ton quay.— Advt. .What docs your face reveal? It is like an open book and reveals much; but unfortunately for some ladies, superfluous hair is a constant and dreaded worry and mars the whole facial beauty. In such cases we would like you to know si the effectiveness and complete destroying power of KUSMA. The removal of superfluous Hairs by this method is painless ami permanent. Kusma destroys every hair root, and leaves no scar behind. Du not experiment with dangerous depilatories. Be treated with Busma—you caa use it in the privacy of your Home without the slightest inconvenience. MRS HDLLEN. Toilet Specialist (Next Plunket Nurses’ Depot). 3A. Courtenay place. 'Wellington.—Advt Avoid coughs and colds this Wintertake NAZOL regularly. Put some drops on sugar —and inhale. Penetrating and germ-killing. Start ueing NAZOL today.

BATTUE PICTURES. Their Excellencies the Governor and Countess of Liverpool attended the war pictures in the Town Hall last night, and the Mayor and Mayoress were also present. The hall was packed to the doors, showing that the public is deeply interested in these pictures. Among iho pictures one of special.interest showed the men receiving their mail, and the tanks were watched very keenly. These appear much smaller surrounded by the men who manned them than one imagined them to be. The fearful devastation of the country strikes the onlooker, and when the ruins of several villages are shown there is practical.y nothing loft. It is good to remember then, that some Americans of wealth have already been restoring villages Rebind the present French line, and gives hope that these may some day be rebuilt. During the evening sweets were sold by ;a number of the stall arranged in the corridor being in charge of Mrs Lowe (president) and Miss Kersley, of the T.M.G.A. Ladies’ Auxiliary. A large ouantity of sweets had been sent to the Y.M.C.A. for the stall, and the promoters ■ hope to receive similar contributions every day to carry on the stall each night to augment the funds, which go towards the French Comforts and Red Cross work at the front. RED CROSS SHOP COMMITTER. A general meeting of the Wellington Red 'Cross Shop Committee was held yesterday afternoon in No. 2 committee room. Town Hall. The Mayoress, Mrs, J. P. Luke, presided and there was a representative attendance, including Mrs Eider, who attended on behalf of the ICapiti ladies. The balance-sheet for the past six months, since the shop has been opened, was presented and passed. This shows receipts from stalls and . donations, 6620(19 15s sd; from the ladies’ committee. Miramar Golf Club for rent, .£7B, and discounts received, .£2 13s, making the total money .received .£2150 8s sd. The expenditure showed, rent of shop, JC7B; expenses of printing, stationery and advertising, telephone, cleaning and furnishings amount to ,£5219510d. The sum of .£I9OO had been cabled to the trustees of British Bed Cross and Order of St. John m England, and .ill Oil sent to Taumaru Military. Hospital at Lowry Bay, leaving a balance in the bank of .£l9 8s 7d. The secretary. Mrs Firth, reported that since the balance-sheet had been prepared on Juno Ist, J 1750, the results of the last two days at. the shop, had,also been cabled to England. The committee expressed much satisfaction at the results of the first six months’ effort in the shop, and a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr Bush, the treasurer, for his voluntary service. A vote of thanks was also passed to Mrs Firth, through whoso good offices the Miramar. Golf Club ladies had paid the rent of the shop for the six months. The proposal to form a Red Cross Flower League was discussed and it was felt better to keep the same organisation. rather than form a new committee, and run the league from the shop. A proposal is afoot to hold a violet day on the third Friday in August, when all efforts should be made to raise a large sum bv a street sale of violets. A public meeting is to be held on Thursday and it is hoped to interest others besides the shop committee in the proposal. Arrangements were made for carrying on the various days up till August. Next Friday the Miramar and Lyall Bav ladies have the shop. In July it will be taken on Fridavs by the St. Jobn Ambulance, Mercer street Red Cross Depot- Workers, the Terrace ladies, the W.N.R. of Island Bay, Lvall Bay and South Kilbirnie. and in August by the Natives’ Association, Spinsters' Club, and the proposed street sale of violeUXt was decided to hold a monthly meeting of the general committee on the third Monday of each month. PALMERSTON NORTH NOTES. The name of Lieutenant H. A. Christie. who prior to leaving Palmerston was a member of J Battery, is among the killed in action, reported in a recent list. Sergeant Cyril Marsack, son of Police Inspector Marsack. now of Wellington, but no till recently a prominent figure here, has also made the great sacrifice. Lieutenant Roy Fowler, eldest. son of Mr W. B. Fowler, of Church street, is reported among the wounded. He left with the 18th Reinforcement. Lieutenant John Cobb, son of Mrs Cobb, of Palmerston, is reported miss-

ing, but believed to be killed. Lieutenant Cobb was a member of the brave old Main Body, and bus a long record of service. . Money for the "Dr Martin Memorial--is still coming in, and the sum stands well. The money is to be spent on the erection of an X ray department and bacteria laboratory in connection with the hospital. Dr Leo Hayward is spending a short time in Palmerston.

Chaplain-Captain Dore, who . was recently discharged from the New Zealand Forces, is staying in town. Father Dore. who it will be remembered was badly wounded at , Gallipoli, has sufficiently recovered to walk with the aid of a stick. On Wednesday last, after a brief illness. Mr Sylvester Rodgers, of Rangitikei Line, died. He was the second son of Mr Thomas Rodgers, who was the first white child born in the Weilington province. The lat* Mr Rodgers was only 43 years of age, and he leaves a widow and six children. AN INDIAN WEDDING. Miss M. Salmond, late of Dunedin and now in the Indian mission field, writes of an Indian wedding of particular interest to Christchurch readers, since both the bride and bridegroom were well known here, says an exchange. On March 29th the first Christian wedding was celebrated at Jagadhri, Puhiaub, when Miss Milne, Bible Claes Nurse, was married to the Rev. T. E. Riddle, at present with the Indian Army Reserve at Peshawar. It was a great occasion. From othe,r Punjaub stations arrived the Rev and Mrs Ryburh and four children. Dr and Mrs Robertson and their three children, and Miss Paisley, an American missionary. Miss Henderson and Mrs Eyburn had arranged tho decorations and domestic prenarations. the meeting place being a bower of flowers, real and of paper, made in the clever Hindu fashion by one of the Christian women. Miss faalniond was the bridesmaid, and little Graham Robertson wras prfibably the youngest best man on record. The bride wore white voile, a veil and wreath of real orange-blossom, from Miss Henderson’s garden. After the wedding breakfast the bride entertained the Indian Christians according to their own fashion. Both Mussulmans and Hindus were present in numbers to see a Christian and European wedding, and the day was in every way a memorable one. Does your skin become cracked, dry, and red on cold Winter Days? If so, apply a little Sydal every evening. Svda'l is a sweet-smelling emollient and makes the skin soft, white and attractive. An emollient, mind—not a greasy cream. Sydal costs only 2s for a jar lasting three months. All chemists and stores.. ■