PRESIDENT WELCOMED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 236, 5 October 1937, Page 12

PRESIDENT WELCOMED.

NEW WOMEN'S CLUB.

LARGELY ATTENDED RECEPTION.

As a welcome to their president, Mre. J. B. Darlow, who has recently returned from the Pan-Pacific Conference of Women at Vancouver, the members of the New Women's Club held a reception yesterday afternoon in the Farmers' Trading Company's tearooms. A particularly large number of members and guests attended. In her speech of welcome, Mrs. D. Macdonald', the vice-presi-dent, expressed the pleasure of the members at welcoming Mrs. Darlow home. She gave a short resume of the excellent work that Mrs. Darlow had done for thoir club anil explained on behalf of the members how much they had missed their president. At t;ie conclusion of her address Mrs. Macdonald presented Mrs. Darlow with a bouquet of pink and blue spring flowers.

In discussing the work of the conference Mrs. Darlow said that she thought that it had been a great succees. "I felt it a privilege to attend," she added, "as among the delegates from different countries we had important doctors, lawyers, members of Parliament and judges." The conference, Mrs. Darlow continued, was like a miniature League of Nations —everybody was very keen on something being done—but one of the main faults of the programme lay in the fact that there were too many public meetings and not enough private round table debates. "Of course everv conference is criticised and I realise "that we have to take our share, but in spite of that we do feel that in meeting these different representatives of the Pacific countries we have learnt a good deal about our common problems and needs. To quote the words of our president. Mrs. Tsune (i'auntl»tt, 'what we need in the world is a change in the mentality and outlook of nations,' and in this respect I think the conference is forwarding a great movement."

Mrs. Darlow also epoke of the hospitality and enterprise of the American people. Although her stay in that country was very short, she had enough time to learn to appreciate the remarkable keenness and energy of the American people.

During the afternoon vocal solo<? were friven by Mrs. J. Fordy and Mrs. Knight Osborne, the accompanist heing Mrs. Harper White. Representatives of various other associations were present including members of the Fabian Club, the Birkenhead Women's Association, St. George Society, Xortheote Progressive Leajrue, the scout movement, and the Plunket Society. Mrs. Irvine, of the Greenhythe Women's Institute, also spoke.