THE GIRLS' RELAM GUILD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 21, 19 October 1907, Page 9

THE GIRLS' RELAM GUILD.

" 'ilt jwould be, hard .to., imagine :' a. .prcttijei sighti 'of its .lu.rid,'than A the. big.;ballroprtv,',al ' in response 'to/ah' : inyita,tipi from Hcr.Mxeei)enoy; Lady.ljlunket, over t . .tw< liunilrcli', 'assembled. ; tlibre.,',tp /liea'f •;Mjsi '"Jessie ''A'ckennami'^lcc'turo 1 oh : sibilitics." A latoi. arrival,;comiug" into';,tin roqm; when,. (;lips; jvero r seated,', paused for • i 'moment to l'i'o\vs ofgirls I ,' t!\feii'ty-ond rows''of sprmg,.hut 'arid.spring.faces...■ .The.etfect.of i numbers;V'uridildt.ed' by ,'ahy 'cropped ,inasc"u I'line-lio'a'ds'wa's.picturesque to'a degree..,. Oli | l tlien^'a^ r ,n6ver,,b ( efpre i th'afi, by not also, goinjj jh.'for ]-"spying /millinery wastes his 'opportunities' of adding to v tb [beauty of the world. ~,;,,,,., "j .-,;;; ■■.'?, ~-.-;,; l.ff-i.Tho spring bats we're'not mot togctlic cifqihtfriyiolityh-far.if rbhr-'it:'-'.? iThey' ivefe"'t ,>hear 'ailectutfe'/'a .saddoningi leoture'bn'tb .conditions -of.'girl lifo''in. other parts"~of> th |..w0r1d,..-.iit'iJapanv '■SiamV !IndmY-''wbei'G'':girl .have,, o'r.iUntil;,vory;,lately ha'dj- 'no privileges .no.iCljiai'icbi.nf Reading anything but Hlie i«ds -and: of'Eirl 'lifo' in-' Eng iish, with i a world;, of- froeddi Uyingi befotfa-.her.ifortunates |,cl\v,pllfer,i's; condemned by;'oconomioiconditio)] tp, : a life-'ofTbitter toil.i ■Gpntrastirig-tlreir k hvith 'that/of.'.tlio-. girfciii this "Dominion, an 'i,spefilcing.'.of,stJie,:iiew"..possibilities that 'over I,year joft.-.this":.ccntiiryj. : proniises. .to'bring t y/qmanhoodj: Miss'Ackermahn-urged belaud once j;oiforni tliomselvesMnto:a''Guird'for. th . scfyicq;.6f • girls-'o£. ; .tboir --'own;, kfndv whe> ma .have fallen-on- evihda'ys. While: papers" wer ckculated.otbrough f'the .robim on>'-which- ii tendihg.sino.mbors. might.-writo their name: .ilia's lAckerm'arin, spoke' of the "..work' don'o b the Sydney"Guildj'nvhich is 'undertaking tb ; education of,"Miss> iEva < Champion, l and ; sup gestcd ;thtvt .a .Wellington : Guild', might-hol i a i fQt6:io.iaid...in.thorsanie: object.v.. ;-;-0 "Her Excelknicy kindly, consented -at the -ri /quest of.-tbeiaudience to!let'thccentre"l named.aftor..lieri,aud by,the end of tlie<moe in'g it was.announc'qd'that the:Lady'Plunki Centre; of .the. Girls ! ::Rea]m Guild: of iSorvh ;'tiuriibered..,l76 .members,: thus becoming ,: oiice the largest centre., in the. Southern Hem sphor'e. The following officers \foto elected :'- president;vMiss. Eileen-Ward; ■ secretary; Mil Flora' Brandon;.;treasurer, ■ the,: Hon;'; ICntl leon 1 'l'lunkot; ; committee;. Misses<vNathai Ethel:, Miles and •,• ..Her Exce loncy ■ has;-;cpnsentpd ito .act i'as patron. Tl committoe and officers will meet and discui on what lino, -their -branch- shall-.act,- and tht tho whole centre will bo called together'l decide..-;-- »...>,, r.: ■■-,''.-■ ■':.:"■.-': >■ • :-.".■:••."■ -•••The 'centre -formed ■ at...Government Hou: 'in Sydnoy. at:tha:.timo.of Miss Ackermahn visit has a membership of sixty. ••....■.■•