For Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11894, 1 January 1917, Page 7

For Women Folk

By "CHRYSSA."

I •♦Chryssa'* will fos> jgSaeJ to hear from alt 1 1 interested Jn Women's Work atr»«£ Life, and to receive I 1 itemn of interest And v&(ua to Women for pwblfca- I I tion or reference irt it»i» c©t*jmiw. I

; Miss Dolly Dowliug, of Dtmedin, is \ visiting friomls in Tinmni. Afiss Blnnrho Joyce, of Timani, is visiting I'riend-- in Christeluireh. j _ Mrs Firth, of Chri'tehuroh, i.s spend'. \ ing the hnlidav.s in Timani. j j Mr.-; Makolmson, of Cdiristchureh, is 1 the of Mrs Hole, Timani. j > I>r Elizabeth (.'"inn, of Wellington, j | is spending a. holiday in Timani. j ; Mr and Mrs Douglas .Ramsay, of | Duiiodiig are visiting friends in Christ- \ church. * * * * 4) 1 | Mrs Arm it-age, of Tomuka, lias gone j | to Dunodin io ' «»(, her brother. Mr I i>o\VT)it.; Sicwart„ | * -f "• ♦ •. Mrs Turner, of Christehurch. is visit- j ing her parents, Mr and Mrs (J. T. I Sknghind. of Grevmonth. j ,*"' • * | | Miss M'D.-'.virt, of Christohuroh, i.s | j spending a holiday in Gioymoutb, and j staying -.villi Mrs Marion. i «' *■ «■ « « j Canon and Mrs Wilford, of Christ- j church, huvo boon visiting Mrs Charles 1 Cray, at Gisborno. : Miss Goorgie Websior. of Dunedin. ; is. paying her annual visit to her sister, > Mrs Chaffev, in North CantetbtKW ' j 4 i Miss M. Mackerras. of Dunedin, is • visit in;.', her >Mst.or. Mrs Cogau. in j Chrinehnreb. j * * fc * m j ! Miss: Hazel Evan*, of Cashmere, will ; | leave shortly on a, motor trip irith I I .friends to the south. ' Mis-- Amy P. coves, of Christen 11 reh, 1 I is the mi est. of Mrs Arthur El worthy, ] j Holme Station, South Canterbury. ) I \ Mrs Andrews and Gt:v, of IL'U'i- j | giora, are .spending the holidays; at j Tim am. Mr and Mrs; I?.. "Brown, of Christ- \ church, are payi nix :l short visit to ■ Timaiu. I v * « ft * | Lady .Stout., of Wellington, is leaving j on an externied Fjs:r to Auckland early j | this month. " ! [ Mr H. Ulrioh, of Anokland, and Mr | I It. I'lrich. of '"limaru. are staying with j | their mother. Mrs Cinch. Cumberland I j Street, Dunedin. j !..* " * l .Major 'hirnbnl! is spending the, ]N7ew j Tear holidays in Dunedin with his j parents. Mr and Mrs Charles Turnbull. »*• • | Mis--, Fiiohr-tt. of Melbourne, is visit- | ; ing \"ew Zealand, and at present is ; staying vrith J>.«r fa titer, J>can Fitohort. at Dunedin. * i- * ft « jVnrso J. MeCalinni, of tho Christ- ) j rhureh llospiial, i - visiti;i;r J!rr p«r- ] - flits, Mr and Mis !). McCai'hun, Oma- * i Hi, .W-w ]>h-mouth. ! «»« » # j j Air and Afrs G. T. Moss, of Grey- 1 j mouth, arrivod" in ("'hristehureh i>y { ( inolor. via, Kaikonra. on a forvnipbt'"« I ! hoiulav. ! i «' e * * # ! i Mi«s Crpyniotith. came! i to ('liri-iehure-h ?r. meet lior ?)fo'her, ! Lieut.•ii'je.t Skofxinnd, who will arrivo I l.iy the Tainui next month, Mr and Afrs J. Ronnie, of Wellington, who have heej) visiting friends in. UnniiH-rton ;! i>d (', i-eynir;uth, j>;issod i throu-h Chn'siohurch en roii;<; for tho | non'h. j ) M;v Cvorp- Uoherts snd Miss Kulnlie ' i ooh..ri-:. n! swiiii (Janiorbury, are! | ■■■v::ym : : '-vii.ii Mrs !!ob(-rts at " Little- | ko-.irij,. l!ou.-,e, ' Duuedin. j * • « a • Mr and Mrv Wil~im Hovse and fam- I ; ily eame throuexh from the "West fk>ast ! ; en route, to l>'.inodin, wJiero thev aro ; stayi-,; ui'tli Mrs Povso, Queen Street, l * » *■ ' fl ♦ Mr and Airs K. Sinclair, of Melbourne, are risitiujr different parts of , tiio |)..im-e,i,>H. i.r.d ;:n> at per-seni tho of Mr ; im t y[ VH (;■ ]j_ Sinclair, j " 1 ii<- Lines," West'port. i Mi.--s Warin.-r. eklest dauahter o[ the ! l.'iH' Mr W. V. Warner, of Christ-' ehureh, hus arrived back in Now Zea- j land lor eu,. vacation. Sim in shidv- I ui.-x medicine at, AL-ibourno Ln'i- • versity. Smeo |„> r ,-et-ur;., word has j been received that Mis-; Warner has : passed h,-r medioa] proliminarv oxaui- I matioii in all subjects. " j MAKIN". ..-('OLLTXS. | On Cnnstma.s morjiinq; a verv pretty i w-(.ddir, K wa H cojebrated at. Ytanme'r I the. contracting!; parties heino ! f'rivaie Arthur Makin, ouiy son of Air j and Airs L. J. I-annieti. ot Newton-ks-Willows, Lancashire, England, and Miss Llorenoo May Coiiins, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. G. Collins, of .Haninor Springs. j Tho Itev Canon Smith ofiieiatod, and j the sorvieo was ch.orai. The bridegroom, who was attended by Corporal Lawrio as best, man, is on I Uie medical staif of Queen .Mary's Hospital for wounded soldiers. The. bride, was .'tiven away by her uncle, Mr W. T. Cliurch, her fatliei being on active, service Site looked charming in a white dress of embroidered voile. She wore the orthodox veil and orange blossom, and carried :* :-h/e,vcr bouquet of whito roses. Her bridesmaids wore her two cousins, VGsos Lilian and Constance Church sitd Misses Irene Graves (aged eight vcars) and Winifred Holmes (aged three and a half .vcars) were flower g The chief bridesmaids woro whito cn> broidered dresses and picture hats of grev crepe de chine, lined and trimmed with pale pink. Tho lookinrr vory dainty in. white silk, carried Christmas lilies" All the bouquets were tied with mauve ribbon as a token of respect to tho brother of the bride,

j who was recently killed in action in France. Oil their exit from church the bride j and bridegroom were greoted. with cheers from tho soldiers of tho hosb pital. i Tho reception was held at tha residence of the bride's parents. The usual J toasts, togethei with that for absent j friends, were honoured. Among iho many letters and presents j leceived wero tho.se from Captain and j Mrs Hardham, Major Morrison, and the inmates of Queen Mary Hospital. The bridegroom's presents to tho bridesmaids were greenstone brooches j for the chief maids, and braceletK for I the little girls. | The bride's mother was tastefully dressed in a .gabardine costume, and black crepe do chine hat trimmed with 1 ost;-icl. plumes. Mrs W, T. Church J looked well m a navy costume trimmed | with black silk braid and large black i crepe do chine hat ! Other guests included Mr and Mrs I Murray, Mr and Mrs Graves, Mesdamcs ! Lawne, Holmes and Buchanan, and Mr j Henry Collins. All the intimate friends i ot the bride woro her younger brother's ! military buttons as brooches, the bride ! iiersoh wearing the regimental badges j or iter father and two brothers j tho going-away dres& was of gabarj din*, and the bride woro a pretty hat ; » white satin straw trimmed ' with j -■ nek velvet marguerites and lined with j blac,v satin The happy couple left f or j .nnstermroh, en rout* for the south | »>y car, and wero showered with rose | tho ear parsed out of the j * <!■ « A \ THE AMERICAN XURSE. | HOW SHE IS TRAINED. i C'M..M.," in the "Age."} j I rob ; ,l)ly no other profession to | winch a woman may aspire, unless, m--1 <l'^l s "., bo that world-old one of wife ; an<l mother, makes sMch arduous de- : mauds bofh upo„ i) w body ■Ami ibo i brain as that of nursing. The truly , suc<'<'-.s-: M [ nurso must combino tho I tact ami poise of art accomplished host- : e-s, the brauis 0 f a business woman, phe skill and inielleetual development ; of a jihysieian., the poise under pressure 1 ! >f a held general and the hard f\«> n-< j moti sense \, hioh, coupled with a, siiirdy | h ;! ,-k ; will enable h,,r -to do the hardest, the most uninspiring, and often. niu su j revolti ng drudgery without rebellion. I To fit, f„r this exacting role a. tmi- | versity offers a heL-ter training camp j than a city hospital, and tlie free j State universities of the lutited Sta'tes, i awakening to this fact, are establishing j training sebo<d s fur nurses which, are J run in conjunction wbh the rest of the j university. Tho college of arts and j seience, on the same campus with the school of medicine and tlie hospital, oilers the easiest way of getting a oul'■•ural background. In the 'universities' hospitals, whero sick and .injured | students and townspeople are admitted j for treatment, the nurse gets her prael tieal work. And in the school of i medicine she gels more of tim basic ! underlying principles of that science ; than it is possible for Iter to get in a. i hospital alone. j Iho course, covers a period of three j years, y, high school education, or iis \ ccpiivaleiit is required for entrance. | The embryonic nurse is started off with | iho study_ of ibe gross .anatomy of the liMm.au body, lectures and laboratory work. In 'the latter sho gets a. complete disarticulated human skeleton to work on. An accompanying course iu I medical bacteriology exposes the relaj licit iif bacteria to di--ea.se, the funda- | mental principles of disease immunity, j serum diagnosis, and. curing by tho use I ot scrums, and vaccines. Here different [ diseases ar<* dismissed, and a laboratory I study of tho micro-organisms which j e.r.ise them is made with animal ini oeiila.tion and demonstrations, j General hygiene and preven'tive medicine deal with the fundamental principles of public health and personal hygiene, arid tho application of preventive measures against disease. A girt with an eye to future public, health work, such as 'that required of ti. visiting nurse, will probably take courses designed to give »n insight- into the workings of public health laboratories, city and dispensaries, etc. Courses in zoology give detail studies I in the general principles, of animal life, ;■ the theory of evolution, genetics and S tho life histories, behaviour and re--1 actions of animal parasites and tho ! effects which they produce upon their | hosts. I A course in dietetics shows the prin- | ciples involved in the preparation of ' food, the chemistry of food, its diggsI tiou and absorption, the food roquiro- | ments in health, and fh,. relation of j diet to the different diseases. The aim I of sticb. a course is to give the nurse J tho knowledge that will enable her to J prepare an attractive and tasteful meal i suitable to tho needs, of the patient. The potential nurse is required to take courses in practical handicraft. and in voice training and reading, so that she may bo able to -administer ! icsthoiic comfort as well as lxidiiy comi fort to her patients. Sho takes much work in physical training. Courses in corrective gymnastics give her the skill to administer to crooked backs and shortened limbs. Courses in massage arc required Fundamental 'practices and principles of nursing .she gets in by hard labour in the hospital- In the meantime sho is required to take I'mglish composition and literature, sociology and criminology, and it is strongly recommended that sho take other s< eitd sciences and whatever purely cultural courses her work will allow. Tho nurse in training pays no university fees whatsoever. On the contrary, she gets, after the first three months of nrobation, about £'2 a month for, her workin the hospital, in addition to all her living expenses. Closely allied to the nurse is the- professional dietitian, who will follow the same general plan in choosing Iter work, emphasising, however, the chemistry or food, _ a study of food nutrition giving her instructions in. the composition, digestion, and utilisation of foodstuffs, and the normal food requirements, metabolism, with particular attention to the elimination of metabolic products and their significance, the amount of food required to maintain tho body in health, and the factors which determine j this amount. The dietitian also I specialises in the physiological ehemia- ! try of the secretions, digestion, absorp- ! Hon, excretion, respiration, metabolism and energy exchange, heat production and regulation. Tho girl who wishes to become a teacher of physical education follows tho same lines branching off near the top to specialise in anatomy and physiology. It is therefore easy to see that such courses, allied as they are to medicine, home economics, and general collegiate work, may be had at a more economical expenditure of time, effort, and money in a big university than elsewhere. * V # # »