MRS. J. B. CARRUTHERS MRS. J. T. SUTHERLAND MRS. TRAVERS HOR Regent, of the Municipal Chapter, Hogelit, of George Richardson Chap- tegent of Prince Ohatlie ater. . BE. ter, 1. O: D. E. MISS MARION OGILVIE MRS. G."H. OGILVIE MRS. W. H. MACNEE . MRS. T. M. ASSELSTINE Regent of Victory Chapter, 1. 0. D, B Regent of Anmandale Chapter, 1. O. Regent of Cataraqui Chapter, I. O. D. Regent of La Salle Chapter, I. O. D. BE. and president of the Woman's M., and president of Home for Friend- I. . less Women and Children. LL beral-Conservative Assochation. MRS. FERGUS O'CONNOR MRS. 8. OBERNDORFFHER Diocesan President of the C. W. L. MRS. F. RK. ®UsINSON MISS LD Victorian Order Nu Victoriam Order Nurse. Rett ------ MRS, R. G. BETTS 3 C. "DOBBS ers Church. One of Kingston's musicians, ACTIVE WORK OF KINGSTON WOMEN FOR BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY More than a century has elapsed | since the women of Kingston first | | banded themselves together for or- ganized services to their community. About 1820 women, who were ac- | tive church workers, felt the need | for a society which would embrace all women interested in the pro- gress of the Kingston, so the Female | Benevolent Society was formed with | Mrs. George O'Kill Stuart, Mrs. John Machar, Mrs. Samuel Muckleston, Mrs. Robert D. Cartwright, Mrs. John Macpherson, Miss Macdonald, (a sister of Sir John) as members | of this memorable committee. We jemste to-day at the quaint name of | this, the mother of the societies that { have done valiant work for King- I'ston. We see the members walking tn their flowing gowns and shad | hats, or even more demure bonne | through the Kingston streets, then | tamous for their meddy condition, | carrying baskets of dainties to the | poor and sick with (shall we dare | say it) a bottle of port wine for the | old and feeble. They never dream- | ed of having the vote, much less i | mssisting in the government 'of their country; a university course for wo- | men was unheard of in Canada, and { Yet who will say that women who | were progressive enough to form | Kingston's first women's society, | would not approve of the forward steps taken by the daughters of their town. Shortly after the F.B.S. was { tormed, a Roman Catholic society, called the Ladies' Benevolent So- clety, was dFfganized by Bishop Gau- Hn for work among the poor in con- nection with the Sisters of St Joseph. From these beginnings we } save the numerous woman's so- | cleties, some of the representatives | of which adorn this page of our Christmas number, In 1905, Mrs, Arthur Vankou- | ghnet came from Toronto, and at "Sunnyside," where Colone! (now General) Victor Willlams lived, Kingston's first chapter of the Im- | perial Order of the Daughters of the Empire was formed. Mrs. E. T. Taylor, whose husband was then commandant of the Royal Military College," was elected regent, Mrs. Henry Burstall, now Lady Burstall, 'was the second regent of the Muni- cipal Chapter and Mrs. John Bell Carruthers, the present regent, the third. The regents of primary chap- ters are: Cataraqui, Mrs, W. H. Mac- nee; La Salle, Mrs. T. M. Asselstine; Annandale, Mre. G. Hunter Ogilvie; Prince Charlie, Mrsg Travers Hora; The George Richardson, Mre. James T. Sutherland; Victory, Miss Marion Ogilvie, Miss Laura Kilborn, 1st viee-regent of Vietory Chapter, has been acting as regent during Miss Ogilvie's absence from Kingston and has done splendid work. NE ------ To the 1.0.D.E. goes the honor of " Having been the first Kingston orga- nization to fight the dreaded "white plague," tuberculosis. Speakers were brought by them to Kingston to form public opinion in regard to the infectous nature of the disease. First one shack and then two, were erected In the grounds of the Gen- eral Hospital for the isolation of tubercular patients, and ohe was aftefward removed to the present site of Mowat Sanatorium. A nurse was appointed to yisit cases in the homes, fund, 'which is still kept up, was raised to provide milk and eggs for patients who could not afford to ties when ordered to do doctor. When the Great Kirkconnell, who is now on the aff | of the University of Manitoba and] Hartly Thomas, who {s at present at | Oxford. One of the Canadian bur- | sarfes is at Queen's University and | Horace Maybe 3 the student ¢ to receive the advantage it War pictures, reproductions of paintings selected by the govern- ment for the National Gallery at | Ottawa, are to be placed in the | schools and Kingston will soon re-! ceive her allotment. Miss 'W. Gor- don, Kingston, is educational secre- tary of-the provincial chapter. Elected Cenotaph. The most recent undertaking of the Kingston chapters is the erec- tion of a cenotaph in memory of the men of Kingston who fell in the| great war. The Cross of Sacrifice, made of limestone, will stand in Macdonald Park seen by generations of travellers on Canada's _ great waterway and the children of the oldest city in Ontario will learn from it of their fathers' servide and sacri- fice. The Kingston branch of the On- tario Division of the Red Cross Is represented on this page by its pre- | sident, Mrs. John Carson. The Red | Cross was formed in Kingston dur- | ing the South African war and some work was dohe at that time. When | the call to arms came to the men of | Candda in 1914, the women prepar- ed to send the necessary supplies | after them to the training camps in England and later to the hospitals in France and the east. The late Mrs. Iva Martin was president of the Kingston branch of the Réd Cross and the work was at once organized. Rooms were se- cured in the old medical building at Queen's University and the women of Kingston gathered there day by day until it seemed as if every one was a member of the soclety. Mrs. Martin went overseas and again Mrs. H. R. Duff, as first vice-president stepped into the responsibility of | the leadership of an important so-| ciety. Later she became president, held office for the duration of the war, and is still on the executive. With her as her able lieutenant was Miss Marion Redden, the secretary and for some time the treasurer well. Packing boxes for overses thinking of the comforts the lonels lads so far from home would need and carrying on the work untiring- ly, few women can claim to hay had a more active share in work be- | hind the lines than Miss Redden. | The work of the Red Cross is so often an emergency one that it is hard to gauge its usefulness. When in the fall of 1922 word camie that the people of Northern Ontario had been made destitute by the dread- | ful fire that destroyed their hows: rallying centre for the people of the city who were anxious to send ald! to the sufferers. "Bales and boxes | were quickly packed and the organi- zation excellent. The care of the | returned men in the hospitals and | the provision of pleasures for them | have heen faithfully carried out by | the local branch. Scales have been | provided for the schools so that} under-nourisked children -ean be | weighed by the school nurse. | Victorian Order of Nurses. The work of the Vietorian Order of Nurses was organized in Kingston about twenty-six years ago by Lady! Aberdeen, and of the committee | ston. Mrs. O'Connor has since or- anized twenty gubdivisions of the society in the arch-diocese and was re-elected as diocesan president this Jar. > Miss Ida Ronan is associated in | the minds of the people of Kingston | with the Children of Mary's Poor Re- | lief Society, of which she is presi- dent. She is also a member of the | Mother's Allowance Board and one of the vice-presidents of the Local Council of Women. The latter or- ganization was formed in Kingston in 1894 by the Countess of Aber- deen, with the late Mrs. Hugh Fraser as president, an office which she held for eighteen years. The vice-presi- dents were Mrs. James Swift, Mrs. Buxton Smith, Mrs. R. T. Walker Miss Machar was corresponding sec- | retary, Miss Martha Smith recording | secretary, and Mrs. William Skinner | treasurer. Miss Mowat is the pre- sident, Twenty-two societies are affiliated in the Kingston Local Council and much good work has been accomplished. Domestic science was introduced into the city schools by the influence of the council, the appointment of police matr the Travellers Aid work carried on for several years, and the appointment of a milk inspector are among the results of the presence of the Local Council in our midst. Rt Women on Local Boards. A member of the council, for some years its president, Mrs. John Mac- gillivray, was the first woman acting on the Kingston Board of Health, and in 1922 Mrs. D, A. Volume, a member of the executive, was on that important civic board. Miss Mowat and Mrs. Alexander Newlands served as school trustees, the first women to fill this office in Kingston. Miss Mowat, as well as filling the office of president of the Local Coun- cil of Women, is first vice-president of the Kingston Historical Society and was for a year president of Queen's Alumnae Association. Mrs. John Macgillivray, the president of the Woman's Liberal Association, is also a member of that society which was formed in 1911 by Queen's wo- men graduates. Mrs, G. Hunter Ogilvie, regent of Annadale Chapter, 1.O.D.E., is also president of the | Woma Liberal-Consgervative Asso- | ciation and was during the war sup- erintendent of St. John's Ambulance Nursing Division for district No. 34) This society did vallant work in the military hospitals and during the epidemic of influenza. Miss Ronan as secretary was most effictent. Mrs, John McKay is president of the Wo- man's Ald of Kingston General Hos- pital, a society which provides neces- saries of the hospital, and many comforts of its members. Miss Agnes Doolan, as president of the Orphan's Guild of Bt. Mary's-of-the-Lake, has been instrumental in aiding the sis- ters in the care of the Roman Cath- olic orphans. She has a splendid committee of energetic women who help her in this excellent work. \ King's Daughters, A Kingston society which has done much for the city is The King's Daughters, of which Miss Gertrude Strange if president, 'There are three circles in the city union, the Charity, the Victoria and the Lend-a- hand. The Charity circle is respon- sibie for that eplendid institution, the Food and Fuel Club, which has done untold good in teaching thrift to our poorer citizens, especially RS. T missioner of Girl Guides - MISS E. HENSTRIDGE Captain of Girl Guides. M1 President of the Local Council of Wo- President of men. MISS H. CHOWN Honorary Captaid of Girl Guides, MRS.- JOHN MACGILLIVRAY the Women's Libera: Association, MISE IRENE MoCORMACK District Captain of Girl Guides. Mus. Bac. MISS M. Ww ) War broke out, the LO.D.E. was| formed then, only Mrs. Oberndorffer. those who have come to us from the So- | aSrganist Sydenham trong Methodist | .o.4y for service, and by 19135, $1-|a charter member, and J. B. Walk-| old land. The members of the circle | Wome X 700 was raised for hospital work. | em, K.C., the treasurer, are still liv- | collect weekly small sums by visit- | Mrs. Carruthers, whose sons were at| ing. The committee and the citi-| ing the homes. Last year two hun-| the front, left for England, and Mrs.| zens are fortunate in having two | dred were'oh the 1i€t and smal! sums | H. Ramsay Duff, the first vice-regent | splendid nurses, Mrs. F. Reid Robin- | gre collected which are given back to | of the municipal chapter tock her! son and Miss Leeder. Their work 1s I the people in the form of food and! place and was most self-sacrificing| unending and no call day or night] fuel bought to the best advantage. | and efficient. Many calls were mel, | finds anything but a ready kindly | Thy society !s fa is twenty-ninth | and the 1.0.D.E. was always fore: | response. A welfafs station with year sud in that time more than most in assisting the men overseas two clinics a week held by Dr. Day, $30,000 has been saved by the peo-! and sending them comforts. '| who for the last five years has given | ple of Kingston through the Charity | When they came back, leaving | his services free of charge to this} Circle of The King's Daughters. Two | their youth and health in. France, | splendid work. Is under thefr care.| per cent. f{nterest is paid on all | the chapters, one and all, brought More than 2;000 visits a year are, money passing through the society. comfort and cheer to them in the| paid to the statfon by mothers and} As wall as this excellent work hospitals. As a tribute to the men | their children. A sewing class for | Christmas dinners are given when who gave all to their country the {children is held every Saturday, and! needed, to the struggling ohes who LOD.E. of Canada decided to raise | advice and help given to every one! are igoked upon as rea! friends by & war memorial fund for the educa-| in need. ~~ Bedding, clothing and) the girls and women who trouble to tion of the returned men or theif | work Aare sitpplied to those In waat| call weekly for their savings. The ' RAO we ea od ery : FI RE 3 g ee to tire of helping others. : "and the Homie for the Aged and the! MRS. JOHN McKAY - H.R. D t of the General Hospital LO I Red nt Fight White Plague, : . Kingston Red Cross was the { $5,000 to- this fund. Two Queen's| ganized locally in January, 1921, Five. years ago the. irl Guide . : s graduates have taken advantage of | with Mrs. Fergus O'Connor as pre- | movenient was organized in King- MISS 1DA RONAN MRS. A. KENNEDY the overseas scholarshipe---Watson ' sident of the aseb-diceass of King- (Continued President Bolidality of the Ohildren Librarian of Kingston Pu