WOMAN’S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1933, Page 11

WOMAN’S WORLD

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEW PLYMOUTH ITEMS. (Mrs. K. M. GiMon, who has been the guest of Mrs. R. Millward, has returned to Wanganui. Mrs. Tod and Miss L. Jackson, who have 'been visiting friends at New Plymouth, will leave for Otane to-morrow. Mrs. A. J. Rutherford and Mrs. C. Linwood have returned frpm a short visit to Hamilton. Mrs. F. Shearer has arrived from Invercargill on a visit to New Plymouth. Miss Freda Ballinger, who is on the nursing staff of the New Plymouth Public Hospital, is spending her vacation at Wellington. Miss F. Henderson, who has been visiting New Plymouth, returned to Auckland on Monday. Mrs. Welsh, Auckland, and Mrs. Moore, Masterton, were guests at the Criterion during the week. Sister E. E. Johnson, who replaces Sister Ross on the nursing staff of the New Plymouth Hospital, commenced her duties on August 1. Mrs. M. Lepper is visiting her mother, Mrs. Tancred, Westown. ! Miss Van Asch van Wijck, world’s president of the Y.W.C.A., left by the Mariposa to attend a conference in Java. The wedding took place at the University Church of St.- Mary the Virgin, Oxford, England, recently of Miss Margaret McNair, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. McNair, Wellington, to Christopher Gowan, assistant master of Eton. The honeymoon is /being spent in France. Mrs. Christopher Gowan, is an . old girl of Nga Tawa School and while there passed the entrance examination for Oxford. After three years’ study at St. Hugh’s College she gained her B.A. degree in English, with honours. The marriage in London of Arthur F. Mowlem, F.R.C.S., England, only son of Mr. A. M. Mowlem, stipendiary magistrate of Napier, to Margaret West, second daughter of the Rev. J. Lamb Harvey, of Dufftown, Scotland, and formerly of St. Andrew’s Church, Auckland, brings to mind the fact that Miss Harvey went through a full course of training as a nurse at the Auckland Hospital, and that she. was one of the gold medallists of her year. It was very striking that the two gold medallists for that year were both daughters of prominent clergymen - of Auckland. Miss Young, daughter of Canon Young, and Miss Harvey.

NEW PLYMOUTH PLUNKET.

MONTHLY COMMITTEE MEETING.

i The monthly committee meeting, of the New Plymouth branch of the Plunket Society was held at Plunket House on Monday, Mrs. L, Curtis presiding,. Others, present were Mesdames E.. Shaw, J. H. Boon, F. S. Grayling, Alex. Strang, W. J. -Ewart,. Franklin White,: C. E. Roebuck, A. J. Tunbridge; J. Power, R. Lealand, G. Loveridge, G. W. Haughton, G. Rich,- D. Saxton, D. E. Brown and C. 8. Mayer (secretary). . ' : The resignations from the committee of Mesdames W. C. Hosking and T. H. Bates were accepted with regret. The nurses’ report for July was: Number of babies on • the books under two years, old 454, new 28; visits paid to homes, 247; visitors to rooms, adults 529, babies 417, older children 118; adults advised on domestic hygiene, 86; advice to expectant mothers, 6; expectant mothers still under supervision, 23; older children still under supervision, 300. Waitara: Four visits, 63 old babies,,.four new. Inglewood: Four visits, 97 old babies, four new. Urenui: Two visits, 26 old babies, three new. Coastal districts: Three visits, 62 old babies, three new.

During the month much time was devoted to relief work. Eighteen families were given orders for rations. Orders for new clothing amounted to 15. Four orders were given for meat, four for garden seeds, two for coal, three for boots, three for blankets and one for glasses. The following members will attend to the arranging of the flowers at Plunket House from August 21 to September 15: Mesdames Rich, Roebuck, Saxton and Shaw.

McGruers Ltd. consented to conduct a mannequin parade for the benefit of the society’s funds on September 20, and Misses Reilly and Haddon offered their assistance.

Baby Day is to be held on November 24, and the conveners and helpers of the various stalls were appointed at the meeting.

The society, acknowledged subscriptions and donations received during July and August: Mrs. Eliot King £l,' Mesdames E. Payne and J. Lamibie, each 10s, Mesdames J. C. Nicholson, J. A. Valentine, C. E. Roebuck, E. C. Coleman, L. Kurse, J. C. Taylor, Fraser, J. M. Smith, F. P. Grundy, G. Simpson, C. Lash, A. Nixon, J. O. Morton, A. Dixon, Freemantle and W. Cubbon, each ss. PATEA ITEMS. Mrs. G. R. Palmer, New Plymouth, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. Locker, Patea. Miss May Nansett, Patea, is spending a holiday at New Plymouth. Mrs. Chadwick, Hawera, is in the Patea Hospital. Mrs. M. O’Connor, Hawera, has been visiting friends at Patea. ELTHAM ITEMS. Miss E. Tipler, who has been spending a few days with Mrs. G. Tipler, Mata, has returned to Auckland.

STRATFORD ITEMS. Miss Dorothy Riddle, Hawera, is the guest of Mrs. J. B. Riddle. Mrs. S. Ward, New Plymouth, has been the guest of Mrs. Steven.Mrs. E. S. Rutherfurd on Saturday entertained Mesdames Jeffries, A. Coleman, Turner, McLean, A. Yarndley, Malone, Haselden, W. Spence and Green. On Thursday afternoon the staff of the Stratford Kindergarten entertained the parents of the pupils in the St Andrew’s Hall in order that the parents could see their children at work. Mrs.' Dick and Mrs. Stokes were hostesses. Among those present were Mesdames Armstrong, McLean, .Reid, Butcher, Carter, Henry sen., Cardno, Evans, Brocklebank, Macßae, Green, Newell, C. Williams, Watson, Peters, Davis and Summerfield, Misses Longstaff, Rogers, McLean and Close. Miss Rogers was in cliarge of the afternoon tea.

An enjoyable time was spent at the Parish Hall on Friday night when the committee of the Church of England held a social. Among those present were Mesdames Erickson, H. C- Johnson, Irving, S. Morley, Johnston, E. H. Young, Childs, Jenkins, Webley, Whitmill, Coward, Hewitt and Seddon, Misses Sanderson, C. Wliitmill, Femmel (2), Irving, J. Whitmill, H. Coward, Ritter, B. Coward, Middleton (2), Kelly, Mills, Bird, Reader, Richardson, McCluggage, Mesdames Johnston, Irving and Erickson were the hostesses.

A “bring and buy” afternoon was held in the Methodist Hall on Tuesday afternoon to raise money for church funds. Items were rendered by Mesdames Adams and W. Harris and Miss Mavis Brown, Mrs. R. Carryer playing the accompaniments. Among those present, were Mesdames T. Skuse, J. Weston, R. H. White, R. Carryer, D. Morgan, W. Harris, D. White, Clemow, F. T. Hale, F. Bamford, Burton, Seddon, W. F. Ross, Villers, Lehmann, Adams, Lawrence, Olliver and White, Misses M. Brown, D. Seddon and Harris. Miss Bowick and Miss Exeter have returned to Hunterville after a visit to Mr. and Mrs.: E. H. Newland, Stanley Road.

HOME SCIENCE TALKS.

WORK OF MISS MACMILLAN.

Miss Violet Macmillan, o£ the home science department, delivered an address on goitre and anaemia preventing dishes to a large audience at Auroa on Wednesday, including visitors from Otakeho and Awatuna. She said it was the largest gathering she had met hi Taranaki. Mrs. Benton presided and introduced the speaker, who also cooked arid, demonstrated a number of tempting dishes. For anaemia Miss Macmillan stressed the value of iron-containing foods, especially liver and liver extract, which could even be injected, egg yolks and spinach. Vegetables should be washed and cooked in their skins. Potatoes were good baked hi their skins and the skin and all ; eaten. Instead of morning and afternoon tea a drink consisting of two egg yolks beaten with, a little sugar and flavoured in a glass of milk should be taken. , . ... Miss Macmillan made' a delicious liver stew containing a. good quantity of carrots and onions. A spinach mould, consisting of eggs, spinach and miriced liver, which made a concentrated iron-contain-ing dish, was also caoked.. Frying made food more difficult to digest, she said. In all goiterous dishes the . lecturer recomended the use of iodised salt at the table and for cooking. Green vegetables should be used as much as possible and the vegetable garden fertilised with fertilisers rich in iodine. Fish should be used liberally at least once a week, either fresh or tinned. Root vegetables, said Miss Macmillan lost one-third of their iodine when bpiled in water, green vegetables lost two-thirds of their iodine in the water when cooking, so the water should all be kept for soups, gravies and sauces. On Wednesday evening Miss Macmillan demonstrated the making of a dress form with sticky strips of paper on a foundation. Thursday afternoon was devoted to the altering of commercial patterns, and Thursday evening to designing a frock on a dress form, and to illustrating by sketching on a board the styles of frocks suitable for the different types of figures. WOMEN’S DIVISION ACTIVITY. Okaiawa: The Okaiawa branch at Its meeting last week decided to make an exhibit at the Egmont A. and P. show. A report on the conference was given by Miss E. Washer, and Mrs. Cameron explained the talk and demonstration of dressmaking given by Miss V. Macmillan. Egmont Village: The branch held a successful dance in the Egmont Village Hall last week. A large crowd and several visitors from surroundings districts were present. Nine tables were engaged in euchre. Mrs. Trass played splendid music. A home-made supper given by members of the branch was served. Branch funds will benefit by the function, which it is hoped to make an annual fixture.