WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 119, 13 February 1920, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND., NEAR, '

{By Imoobh.).

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL TUlsa B. Wood, Christohuroh, and Miss Pell, Weiliu"to», have. gone. oil a motoring trip iu .the South Island.

Dr. and Mrs. Jlackay, of Nelson, -who have been visiting- Christchurch, have arrived in Wellington on their way bonier

The Domihion Confe'renec of. the Women's National Be6erve is to commence on Tuesday at' New Tho Wellington dele.siites are:—Mrs. Porter, organising secretary; Mrs.'Corliss, Dominion president; Mrs. Hope, Dominion secretary; Mrs. ■ Boden, Dominion treasurer: Mrs. . • Aherne, secretary, Mother's..Help-Division; Miss, Shepherd, representing tho Honorary_ Division; and Mr*. Bctbunc .and ...Miss Phoebe Myers, of -the Headquarters Executive. They leayo on--Monday, and' will be absent about, a week., j, . i

Mrk Matthew Holmtis and her children and Mrs. Davidson and her children hare ■'■ returned I'rcni a ■ holiday spent tot Quccnstownaud Tiiuavu. • '.

Mr. and Mrs. Ledineham, of Melbourne, are visitiiig ; "Welliiigtou.

The delegates appointed to reprwdnt New' Zealand; at tho Geneva Conference of tho Bed Cross:.:, are": Mr. Bernard Tripp, Mrs. Walter Nathan, Mr. Waldegrave, Mr. Bickford, and Mrs, Wilson.

The wadding took- placo on Wednesday at St. Mary's Church, Merivale, of Miss Blanche.Eeca^only:daughter,-of Mr.• C. W. Bees,.of Christcburch, to Mr. Leslie Meredith-Kaye, second son of 0-M.rs. Jtcredith-Knye, Papanuj Boad. and the late Mr. C. K. Meredith-Kaye. Tho Ven!. Archdeacon Haffgitt 'was'. tho officiating clergyman, the church beiiuj 'beautifully decorated for the event by girl friends of the bride.

Miss Grace Kirkc'aldio is visiting Auckland.

- The monthly meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary of I lie Wellington Boys' 'Institute' and S. A, B-hodes House for Boys'was held at the Boys' Institute building on Monday. Tlierii were 'pres'ehtV- Mesdames' Hislop', president, in "the chair,' Bell? Stanton,' Meier, M'Kerr'ow, and Barton (hon. secretary).. The thanks of tho Ladies' 'Auxiliary are due to Lady Stout for a gift of cocoa, to 'Mrs. M'Kerrow. for providing linoleum for'the Xitchcn. and to Miss Ealston for a donation. :

On Wednesday last there was quiotly celebrated at. 2-1 -Busby Street, Merivale, the mnrriaw of .'Eleanor,, older daughter of Mr. William Kidsroii, to Mr. V. Leslie Palmer, of Wellington. The service was conducted by the B'ev. B. M. Byburh, M.A., of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,-and many of tho bride's Wellington friends were amongst the guests.

- .ilajor arid Mrs.-A. Loftus Tottenham, of Hastings, are in England from Italy, whero Major Tottenham was serving in the Army of Occupation. .Major Tottenham was'the first Provost Marshal in the N.Z.E.F.,- being appointed on August. S, 191'ly to the Samoan Expedition. He WAS.:'al6o: Naval Intelligence Officer, and later, on in- Samoa,- Provpst Marshal of Occupied.'Territory and Secretary of Native" Affairs. ~'Mr3. Tottenham, who went to Samoa to be married, was Miss .Gladys.Nation, of Ilawkc's Bay. Major Tottenham was later ill.Franco on special service, and Mrs. Tottenham, who lrad accompanied him, took up work at the War .Oflico. Ho w«a appointed A.P.M. and O.C. British troops, in Borne m November, 1917, and remained there until February', 1919, being pronfotcd major in March, '1918. Mrs. Tottenham, who was also in Borne for- the, last twelve months, was V.AID.- secretary «t the headquarter of the British-Bed Cross Society in Italy.

Mrs. Oakleigh Greenwood, formerly of Christchiirchi-haa taken up her residenck in Feathersto'n. Her sister,.Mibs Nancv Ilumber,- has accompanied her.

Miss AV. L. Boys Smith, late pcholai of -iG-ii'ton College,- Cambridge,- for fourteen and a- half- years .tencher and lecturer at--the-Cheltenham Ixidies Col lege England, arid for the last nine years Professor of Home Science at Otago University; Dunedin, has been appointed lady principal at "the Ambeney House •Girls' Collegiate. School ~.

' Mrs. E. Eradriey,' I mother"of Mr, J. H. Braduey, cx-M.P., died.on, Monday at her son's residence, in Sherwood Bond, Mount Bdeiuat.tho age.of. 92, says the Auckland. "Herald." Mis." Braduey, accompanied by her husband, the late Jlr. Joseph Bradnoy, arrived in New Zealand from Staffordshire, England, in October, 1859 They made their-.home on the north shore of the Waitepta Harbour, at a ..place then known as. Duck Creek, now''Chelsea'. """"'■

'Levin Memorial Home. / The monthly meeting of the committas of-the Levin..Memorial Home was held ■ on Tuesday' at" the home,' Bri toman Street. Tlie'-following members were pre-lient—Mies-Archibald (chair),. Mrs. West, ■ Mrs Knowles, and Misses Morrah, Greenwood, Bobiwon, and Speed. The matron •reported ;hat some of the children had been indisposed, but we're now well. Thoy had been for.a picnic to Karaka Bay at Hie invitation of Mrs. W. Christie, 'returning delighted with,a.very pleasant outing They had .also been taken 'down several*, times to Island Bay for the day. ■ Mrs.-Lambert. Mrs.-Cleek, and Mrs. Flatt ■ -had-given'feveral ofi the girls a holiday by taking them into their homes in the •country- Gifts were received w fe ,T P Luke 10s., "A Friend" (Island Bay), 10s., Mrs. West, Miss Young, the lfawke/s Bay Fisheries, and Messrs. Hurcojnbo and Son. f Alexandra Homo. : At the last meeting of the committee of the Alexandra Home there were present :-Mrs. Gil! (in the chair), and Mesdnnies Corrigan, Porter, Hardwick Smith, M. Hall, and J. Tripe. As thcrd was no meeting in January twojnonths' accounts were passed for payment, amounting to «£239 Is. 2(1, and donations of ,£27 acknowledged. Ateo the following further subscriptions to the Greenwood Memorial :-Mrs. Edwards, .£5 155.; Miss E. Palmer, ss. Mrs. C. Eioliardson's resignation as hon. treasurer, was received with regret.. 'fho matron reported that there were at present 20 adults and 22' infants in the Home. .She also acknowledged the following gifts for the Home:—A length of flannel, Mrs. Hardwick Smith; babies' clothes, Mrs. O'Brien; babies' and old linen, Blrs. Lvsaght; girls' clothing, Mrs. T. W. Porter; children's clothiug and toys, - Mrs. Willis and 'Mrs. Tripe; cards'and flowers, Mrs. Boxall. British Women's Patriotic Leaauo, , ■ An Interesting lecture on "Professions for our Daughters" was held recently under the auspices of the British Women's Patriotic League. Mrs. Oliver - Ktrachcv finokc of the various careers open to women. Teaching had of late been vcrv much neglected: the chief reason for this annelid to be the low rates ■•<■' pnv. Commciv.iiil life was showing signs of great nromiso for women; there - was a great, increase of women taking up this ewer. Alwut 1» firn-s who had Iwa inN-viewp.l in the unbjrct had declared their intention of giving the women full importunities. Mrs. Slrachey advocated all women training for a career, which training need never be fisted oven< in the event of mnvriajro. any occupations were suitable for the married woman, and in any case n jjond education and a nooil training were nlwavs of value. The feeling iigainst wn- . men workers in .ninny riunrlcrs at present was partly due to the fear of n. ", piiras'lic c'lii's of worker.; springing up, , and would presently vanish. .A I the close of Mr-!. SlrncliPv's lecture allusion was made liv Lady Nathan In the re-i ? n"t ; -i V of Lady Campbell as chairwoman of the ~ league, owing to her departure, for c America. Her place is beihi; most nlily tilled by Lady Cowan.—"The Queen."

Woman's' Work in the World... "I remember," writes Constaice Lynd in "The' Woman's Century," "hearing Dr. Adam Shorti descant for nearly; two houi« ix-'fore a woman's Canadian club as to tho reasons 'why women i mst never recoivo equal pay for equal work, it did'not appeal to the thinking .woman,, for she knew-the trend of the age. In futu* all woman's T\ork will 'bo. r-«'« for at a rate based on tho iinnlirj' anil niiiintity of tho work done, and not on her se\.' Tliat'.diiy has gone. Woman has no more -right to be idle: than man. Idlcneai breeds'vice in either sex. Lveryono has his-or her contribution to'make to -tlw world's .progress. I . know tull ve 1 ] that the Maxlonnn. (the pictu.ro of i-'ha v; ( mian with the child on ner breast) Wis the mind of most people, and 1 realise the full m'caning of -tlicpicture. SUM it is-purc sentiment to ti-y to bring all women at all times of, their lives into accord with that picture. As n it represented. tho only aspect, of a grown woman! What of- the years preceding and the years following the growth of her famil'v?. These years, belong to. tho. Stat* That the racr ir.ay use worimnmust die to the.old idea, of her dofitiiiv, to ri« a. new woman. For the sake of'theTnco she .must be-free to. labour,; free to work out her own ideas of mo as a person. The race of the past'has berin dominated by flio. male. MiUon has put it thus: ; • 'He-for-hiVGod., •. . -. :- ;SKefor-lhefl«lin-h!m.'. And 'sometimes- *he ■ "eonW not hncl. it even with 'a higll-power. telescope. -I itvo'nW write :it tliiw:. "' •' 'He tor-his God, _ . And slip for her God, ■ • And neither will Mirshm the name, But twixt them twain, they mny and WHl ' ' 'r'' *'\> ■' ' Frame up atrue-Goil, /Voman must.bo free to.clioofolier work and. pursue it, for not until then shall w n have a. race, of hiinwri beingii m urnfp'i'merlv hapny, hc.-altliy, and coiriely as-' God meant them to . be.. AVonmn is coming, fully . iiito...indir l tTy and the safety of man. lies .where the safety, of woman i ; es, -i" ..'eaijal, w for. ...equal work ' Thus-. I -say thut the only, way to ensure woman's u!.-:ler;aking her great tn«k ftr the race-freely, at. Nature's biddiii", rather than heciuso,of being driven.! to it for support, is- to make her ecoiiom-!i icnllv independent.:;.- Someone -h-is said, 'We'would alter 'the old line 'For menmust work and .women:.must weep' thus:. 'For--men-,mnst work and -women must work too, or else-there.will weeping.' We are .reoping (both of us Vo-da.\o"ovpr life'i?' evils, induced bv tlr's" very dispa-ritv-of sex in.industry. Tennyson has well f-aid:.... . •

'Tho woman's-, causo is- loan's—they rise or sink.'- ' : •',.,■ Together, dwarfed or., god.ike,. bond or free, For fhr> that out of THlw scales with nyn steps of-Nature,- shares -with him, moves .with..him'',-Iq one goal.'."