A LOYAL WOMEN'S LEAGUE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 503, 10 May 1909, Page 3

A LOYAL WOMEN'S LEAGUE.

■ ;^.|>s^So^' ENERGY.,;: %{; ■ ■ :--Two'Radios Africa:>ho' have •■;•';■?'Jnßtv.bwh-;'Tisittag\';^elliiigt()n ) ';';Mrs.'"''.Taylor,. '".'-.and/Miss Webber, have had/much. that; was ; .?tntore'3ting ; ;to say about a South African fede-.V'v.-iajted;women's 60ciety,: : called the League 'of ;:.. '■, Loyal Women) which. ■ devotes - -"its /.'■ activities ■ :'■ to'different objects in'different /towns,:/ but ..•always;has', the 'one;'ahn/of-bettering-sbcial .■ j;'■'conditions.c'iii'■': South v~AfricaX, ;: Mri..Taylor \ .-..is an'accredited, representative of the League,, ':'and beanie Zealand with jinstructions . \r-;tb{n^ben''.ol:the.'.Yicb^. : is ::.;:/in;^soiheC;.wayV/associated 'with ; :the Loyal 'J r 'Jjeagae.i)fi : :i:n : H l ,>, ■ ;'.' ,; V,"- :/:•:: /:': '"/: Founded.attbe very boginhingof. the (South'. I African/War by- a Dutch< : . John .Vando/Byl,/who' wished-to- prove .that*her. '; countrywomen could be loyal tovEngland,- the .;.': League;: bad for/its/first■ .work' the, care of v.'./ ; Mdiers'. and \it was .not- for. several ..years' that it,.completed ;.its difficult taslc of ;.:.'Becuring/ihV:identification/'of.;those who.fell ':.//in'; battle,. the .burial .'of the," bodies in' suitable ■': / places, and• the /erection, of .■ suitable"'monu-':■./ments./,'They-had,' to./a -certain'extent, the' ■ •/'■/•co-operation' of.the War':Office in'their work;' : ./'/but ; they, : went mubh further in the matter: ;•/:. than -the/War: Office ■■ could have done.' Now '/ . ..lithe iLeajgue .'is /.turning its /Attention, to .other ■ ! matters'".of .importance,to.women;'arid.it was. ';■■ interesting ,ttf,lea'rn:>from .Mrs.; Taylor -that, i .;' while iiis /different branches'.undertake:work ;■.;.;of,'varying':chara,cter/:the/League>is'/the first :/society/;to have federation in aIT the South •■■'■'■. vAfricah/States.::/' 1 ;;//•;.'■ 4:. : 'n! "■- ■'-■-~ ". :■ > The Dutchwoman who founded the League :/::;./has associated with/:her members.of.her own, ; .' race.-/but,:;speaking', generally, the members. .".of the'LpagU6;arß,English;:/; There are over. iVvJ-» ~../. and' ; thousahds;iri South Africa:belong ,tt> it. ~.r The Joha'pnesburg League.has built a mater//..nity,hospital, and given it,to the town; Cape- / ../town has established^a/:haven for : working •:';.; : £irl»,. while ithe Leagu'o'Vat-East London has •■,-.'•'•establisheda 'similar,but much larger'institu- ::■■;- tion.-:/; : At Pietorntaritzbuig •theLeaguo/has :.-..: built a convalescent.home, .and,smaller towns : "-have cottage, hospitals,/, or else they•support . ...trained nurses. , sKimberley League devotes ;,• itself to bonevolorit/work, .and,at. Port Eliza-- /. ■'•' both .and -.TJitenhagb; /the'-League educates-a :" -./ certain number .of • the children of /loyalist /..//Boldiors who have fallen in the war. ,';lt'gives ■ ,/them a, good.,education '/.at the very best ':;-' /': There aro' thirty-six names of ■ chil- ; v/dren on:their books, and a Milner Scholarship ~/; /has, been '.ostaDUshed/. which .allows, three. of . ' Vthem /to.'take'up'a'. higher .educationand be /■■''C trained for/sbriio professibn;;,;,lt was nof'easy : : ;to"/find;:but-anything.:definito/about women's y:clubsvinV/Soiitlr'Africa,' "except about -the ■ ; ;.''; Alexandra Cliih in Cape Town... In several of ,i /the•■ towns -industrial idepots,:have .'been es- /■..; tablished'for.the sale, of women's work.: 7 ■'..