WOMEN'S WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 31, 6 February 1925, Page 13

WOMEN'S WORLD.

SOCIAL JOTTINGS. M,.- 1 '.: • ' In- klau.l. :- slaving at Leith n.n- . I' Unly s--'i: Im- nniini-I ;„ Wellingjen from " uiedm V|,-- IV k-.i. "le, ha- 1,-,-n ti.iting gvliiev. returned l„ Auckland. "Ml- N" i, ... fr, i the Shetland Isles. Ji |.an ,'■■- x '■• 'Im.l. and i- at pres ,,r ni I'lf.-l iiMr-. I:. ' -'•''■ - ' M-H 'ne. i- ihe -lie.l ' I '■•> >■••'■'■- -••- >■_•'"* Cay J:„ a .i. 1.. ■..••;; Mr .il i Mr- ' A nold-ui ~-..1 family. „f pen •:- i. -I- hme '„■,-,, ~,U r ing Suillh, ■ ■' ■ M ii in ! i,. Au.-khiud. Mr. ,n <• '•■'" ' ,niiliiit..|i. - i Dargiuille. till,i .in sj • nd.i'-j ii liulidin in Auckland. inteli.'l ••• ; : cccl In Ihllol'Uß. Dr. \'i-':-'.i M.nio.v. nl liiM-rcargii!. left I; " ■ '• -igai.i • n route for Lnglin.l. .>■•.■ - ••• in' en,;- coiitinuiiig her _,„.!, ,l -nidi.-. 'I ~ Ki.hi Hon O.ih'pcu .lainie-oi, and Mrs. ,1a;i,.,-.,,,. ~. Dublin, Ireland, have pone io Lake Maiuipotiri on a fishing C '>fi- '■ -ie ' I. Traill and Miss Margar, i McLean. „f Melbourne, left Auckland ..i, Wednesday by the I,'iinutakn. Mr., -lock ( ollins. aiiompanied by Lady Wcodon and Mr. Colin Senior Lawrence, ha- ict iirne,l io Auckland from Lake llotoiti. Dr. ami Mr-. I.awson are visiting Auckland. I'r. Law,,,,, holds tin ,-hHir ••! c.l.leal ion ~, ll„,„.,li„ [„i vcr-it.\. Mrs. I. K. lliitii and Mi-s Hunt. ~t Auckland, nr.- \i.-iiing Wellington and staying at I aiiliioM H0n..,-. Mr..' Mrs. „,,,] Mi.-.- Hum ha.,- motored from Aucklniui via Tniipo and Napier. Mis. | hotiip-on. win. ha- 1,,-en on n visit I" I'r. and Mr-. I'arr. Timarii. ami van staving wiih her sister. Mrs. Kobert Gilkisoti. in Dunedin. ha- returned n Auckland. Mis- Lown illHwkc-s Hay, hai rot in ni'.l ironl a i isit to Australia. He; marriage to lb" English cricketer. Mr A. P. 1". Chapman, i- in take place it April Mrs. rnrriugti.il. of South Vatra, Mcl hoiiriic i- in Auckland. Mis. I'lirringtrni ivlin represents the Melbourne "Herahl. anil i- combining journalism wit] linliilai-making, has been visiting rela fives in the N'.irlh Island. Miss R. 1.. Baughaii. of C'hristchurcl is i„ Wellington, en route fur the Soutl Miss Batighiin ha- just returned from a intore-i ing and informal ivi> visit lo th prisons and camps in the North, state the "I'o-t."' and is impressed with fh evidence of improvement, owing to th wise provisions and humane work of til late Mr. ( K. Matthews (Controllci ll.neial of Prisons i. Miss A. 11. Seabrook. special eorrr 'pendent of the West Coast. "Leader, Lima, Peru, is a passenger on board th Ling Nam ret,lining after a trip froi Hongkong to Iqniqnc. Miss Seabroo has been on an extensive tour of tli Fa r East. Mrs. ,1. |). Gray has returned to We liugion from jAii.-kland. and has bee paving a hrfef visit to her daughtc Mrs. i,,,r,lr,ii Hadtield, Paraparaum I,,'f'orc her departure for a visit to En; land. Mrs. Cray is leaving about tl 1.-th ~f this month. Miss M. Spieer left Auckland on We nesday for Waitna, and intends pr reeding to Ohakune and joining a cam. ing and sketching party on the '20th al the huts on the south side of lluapehu. Th,- decision to increase the number of Metropolitan women police from twenty four to fifty was announced recently, states "Time and Tide,' 1 by the Home Secretary. The increase is not, of course, very large. Two and a-half years ago, before the Geddes axe fell, the number uf women police stood at 11-. and even that figure was absurdly inadequate for the needs of the metropolitan area. But that the increase promised in .Mr Baldwin's election manifesto should bo announced within three days of tho opening of the new Parliament is exceedingly satisfactory and of good augury for the future. A pledge begun to be kept in the first week. That is not only good faith, il. is good tactics, ll is the kind of thing that, creates confidence. There is. however one point ijl tlie business which may need watching. Tn ihe course of a somewhat enigmatical little paragraph, the "Times" _ stated that 'some of the women now* being recruited would be employed under the direction >>f the ( riminal Investigation Department."' We are reminded nf Sir Xevil Maeready's statement, tha.t he irould like in see the women police Undertake "the entire duly of checking immorality and prostitution.*' In our .judgment, continues the women's organ, it would be just as mistaken to give such a duty entirely into the hands of the women as it is to keep it entirely in the hands of the men. We do not want women police segregated for use as a special police dcs moeiirs. The subject of equal franchise for women in the Homeland was brought up soon after the opening of the House of Commons. Miss Wilkinson devoted the larger pari of her exeelleiif, maiden speech to a protest against the omission of all reference to equal franchise. The arguments i,, favour of the immediate extension of the franchise could scarcely have Leo,, ~,,,re cflVctivolv or succinctly put. whilst her illustrations of the actual offoet of disfranchising the great mainritv of wage-earning women were telling in the ox'remo. She pointed out. amongst other instances, how badly the women wage-ea-ners had fared under the t'lieinplovuient Insurance Act. "The woman worker pays her extra 2d levy every week. just, as the man does. Since the unemployment crisis became °o acute, millions have been spent On relief work, but with the exception of fl ierv few training schools, not one penny has 1 n .-pen! on relief work for women. . . . T venture to sugffest to. the House that, had the women been voter,, their claim would have received more attention from the i""overnment." The fix-ford University Women's Deflating s,„i,ty had a lively debate a R lion lime ago on ;i motion "That the acadomi- woman is a mistake." Yis-counte-s Rhoudda. the .nest of the evening, vigorously opposed the motion. ""Omen, she declared, are far too mod**t; and ~ time would come when the "star turn-,"' at the university would lot be monopolised by men. viiral possesses a very interesting pro.'ty, e for which chemists cannot Account. As a rule, invalids cannot wear "oral against their skin.-, without discolouring it. Tlie curious fact was known to the ancients, who said that if a perR °n on the verge of an illness wore a ''oral necklace the coral would be die coloured before the person was aware n f the presence of disease. Much irritation of the eyes is some times caused by fine dust particles wher motoring. Almost immediate relic! m ay be secured by the use of a boraj Isolation. Put a pinch of borax into ;u fS-g-cupful of warm water and ther "lathe the eves with the aid of a smal of col ion wool.

Mr.. Ayrton Gould, dau.hter ot" the ate I'rolessor Ayrton, of literary fame ! s a scientist as well as her mother, and ; n a recent t ourt action discussed the echnieal aspects of electric are lightiiinr over an hour ; n Mr. ,Tv .ice Tom in. t ourt. -he <*as presenting, a claim lefore the ltoyal Commission 011 Award* ■l Inventors, as executrix of her mother igaiust a number of experts. In the •any days, she explained, it was im .... Hide ;,, act a steady electric are for a -eurrlilijrhi. In ]nOB her mother eonIn. to,l a series of investigations with <•"«_.• are lights, ns „ result of wi.i-I, she produced a carbon which gave a perfectly steady arc and focussc. ~,-!]. being very suitable for r-earchli.ht u-e For tin- type of carbon letters patent were taken out. and the carbons were manufactured by the- Ueneral Electric to. Uunng U,e war the Admiralty search .ight carbons were supplied 'by m i, , company, and, from investigations made >' her mother, were found to be her type of carbon, although not beariiv tiio patent mark. The" Admiralty con" tended that the carbons were " made according to then- specification and were . in no way an infringement of Mrs. Ayr-I ton's patent, lor the use of her patent' during the war Mrs. Ayrton claimed compensation. Queen Alexandra has lat.lv been severing her hist links with ' London by removing her treasures from Marlborough House. A valuation has been made of the wonderful treasures in the red drawing room of King Edward's old home, and it amounts to nearly £1/100,000. The King iK»r-onal!v superintended the investigation, which stirred up many old memories. Queen Alexandra has b0n0,.,! each of" her children and grandchildren to choose -oine gift from her own personal col Ictioti of jewels and ,-ostly trinket,, thus following the example of (~),„-,■„ Victoria, who. before her death, pre sented all her immediate family with some personal memento. A catalogue i !of the Marlborough House treasures: is now in preparation, and when it i-I completed a select, number of intimate ' friends of the Moral Family will l,„ allowed to make an inspection of thglittering wealth stored in Marlborou-h House. After spending many months in

Canada and the t'nited States. MissXeumann, who rcc-ntlv returned lo Wellington. has some i,ileresii,,_ tilings to say as a result of her expert. 1 en.-es and observation.-. t In,- ~f the I matters in which she is -part icuhii Iv I interested is that ~f eliil.l ret,'- |.|,ivI grounds, and in both countries tin--,- ---| haw- been specialised in. i WEDDINGS. Tl '" mnrrlagP look o ~ ■„, „,.' Michael and All Angels' Church. Kel bum. recently „f Mis- Moris vllms I'oull. younger daughter of Mr. I Mrs. Herbert I'oull, Upland Koad. Kelburn, to Mr. Leslie Xoel |bson of Mrs. Bias, of Park Street. Wellington. The bride, who was 'given away by her father, wore a French model frock of fine, white .-ilkcrepe, very simple and graceful in its ] effect. The three bridesmaids in atteui dance were her sister. Miss Winifred Coull, Miss F. McL-nnan, of Auckland. | and Miss Ksme Gcddis. They wore white French frocks, lightly ' touched ■ with pink, and white hats of fine straw , trimmed with „ white ostrich feather -at tho side. The best man was Mr. i Gordon Coull, of Dunedin. and the groomsmen Mr. S. Wheeler, of Welling- - ton. and Mr. Peter Harris, of Christ- - church.