PENWOMEN'S CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 57, 7 March 1936, Page 18

PENWOMEN'S CLUB.

An interesting and vivid address on I a walking tour in Germany was given at the Penwomen's Club on Friday afternoon by Miss Joyce Millar, a club member, who has recently returned from a tour of the Continent. Miss Millar linked up with "International Trampin" Tours," an organisation which arranges tours for young people on the Continent in different countries, with the idea ultimately of a better understanding between the nations. Not more than 20 go in each party, usually an equal number of men and women, staying in hostels. By joining the "1.T.T.," the traveller obtains concessions, and can visit places off the usual beaten tourist track. "You feel," said Miss Millar, "as if you really belong to the country." In one village the touriscs visited old Roman ruins and saw an ancient gate built by the Emperor Constantine. They were amused to see many of the people walking about leading a little dachshund on a piece of string. The grape vines, tall fir trees, the miles and miles of cornfields with poppies in them were vividly described by Miss Millar. Frankfort is a marvellous city. The tram tracks were more like a road map than anything else, and the conductors drew a kind of graph over it. Miss Millar saw Goethe's "Faust" done in the open, and said she would never forget the beauty and wonder of this performance. Mrs. Carr Rollett presided, and thanked Miss Millar for her address.