WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 191, 15 May 1928, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAS

Mrs. J. G. Coates, with her two daughters, is visiting Auckland.

Mrs. W. G. Walkley, of Hawera, is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. Davies is a Wellington visitor to New Plymouth.

Miss Erood, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland.

Mrs. Ernest Clarke, Taranaki, is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. and Miss Sievwright were passengers to Auckland yesterday.

Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Ritchie, of Wellington, are in Christchurch.

Mrs. Hall and Miss Higgins are Wellington visitors to Auckland.

Mrs. Hoyden, of Wellington, is spending a holiday ill Auckland.

Mrs. H. Mintoft is a Wellington visitor to Palmerston North.

Miss Fick, Wellington, is visiting the West Coast.

Mrs. Wingate. Palmerston North, is at present in Wellington.

Mrs. Giesen has left on a visit to Auckland.

Mrs. A. E. Kitig hits returned to Waipawa from a visit to Wellington.

Mrs. Chambers, of Wellington, and her small son. are the guests of Mrs. Stanley Bufstall, Palmerston North.

Mr. and Mrs. Howell, of the Technical College, have left for a holiday during the school vacation.

Mrs. Maynard and her daughter, of Lower Hutt, are the guests of Mrs. E. G. Bennett, Palmerston North.

Nirs. 11. E. Pacey has returned to z Palmerston North from a trip to Wellington.

Miss Hula Doherty has left for a visit to Invercargill, where she is the guest Of Mrs. McDonald.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rosenbaum, Wellington, who had been staying in Tlinaru, have left for the north.

Mrs. C. ■ Ray, Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs. R. F. Ballinger, The Terrace.

Miss Marjorie Fletcher, who has been on a trip to Wellington, has returned to Greymouth. Mr. and Mrs. J. Henrys, of Wellington, were recent arrivals in Christchurch.

Miss T. Hogg, Wellington, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Glasgow, in Stratford.

Mrs. Bullock-Douglas. Wanganui, who is visiting Wellington, is the guefet of Mrs. H. Bullock, Homewood Avenue, Karori.

Following is the list of hostesses for the Community Club this week:— Monday, Mrs. G. McGregor; Tuesday, Mrs. S. H. Rastall; Wednesday, Mrs. E. L. M. Meachen; Thursday, Mrs. F. T. Cliirke: Friday.. Mrs. E. E. Muir; Monday, Mi's. Pdcbck.

The annual meeting Of St. Mary’s Guild, which controls St. Mary’s I-lomes, Karori, will be held at the Diocesan rooms, Mulgrave Street, on Friday afternoon, at 8 o’clock. Everyone interested is invited to attend, and hear what the homes are doing. During the coming year, a big effort has to be made to raifce some thousands to pay off the debt, and it is hoped all who know of the good work will 6ome forward and help.

A Christchurch lady, who has just returned from a trip to the British Isles, speaks very highly of the Overseas League. This is now considered one of the strongest patriotic Societies in the British Empire. The headquarters, Vernon House, is really a first-class club. It is Situated, iu Park Place, St. James, which is the heart Of club-land, and it contains writing rooms, dining and drawing rooms, rest rooms, and lounges. Overseas visitors may have excellent accommodation provided, the tariff being very moderate. Dominion visitors to the Homeland will be interested to hear that a former New Zealand resident, Mrs. Newland Fletcher, attends at the club every Tuesday for the.express purpose of assisting New Zealand visitors.

The fact that the League of Nations has stopped Six wars in the seven years of its existence, was mentioned by Dr. Inazo Nitobe, of Japan, the Under-Secretary General of the League, when lecturing to a meeting of teachers at Birkbeck College, London, on the League’s recent activities. Referring to the differences of opinion between Germany and Poland regarding Upper Silesia, Dr. Nitobe said they got the representatives of those two countries to come to Geneva and discuss the points at issue in the presence of representatives of Other countries. Eventually, in the true German fashion, an elaborate treaty was drawn up—a document longer than the Treaty of Versailles, covering every possible detail; but the thing was done, and hostilities were avoided. While patriotism was a noble attribute it might easily become something different if it led to hatred of everything and everyone not our own. It was easy to arouse patriotic feelings, but the true road to peace was the dissemination of international knowledge, the creation of understanding, and the promotion of international co-operation in everyday life.

There is a trust fund in Denmark, the so-called “Tagea Brandt’sche Gedachtnis Legat,” which every year divides 40,000 kronen equally between the four Danish women who have made their mark with some piece of either artistic or scientific work. The recipients are chosen annually .by the trustees, and no applications are entertained. This year the following are the successful candidates: The actress, Frau Oda Nielsen; the painter, Ffau Agues Slott-Moller; the pianist, Frau Agnes Adler; and the philologist, Dr. Lis Jacobsen. The fund is named in memory of a Danish woman who died about 40 years ago, after only one year of married life. Notwithstanding her youth, she was deeply interested in the . woman’s movement, and her husband, who died in 1021, wished in this way to honour the memory of his wife, and stipulated that it should be given for purposes of travel and recreation to those women who had made their mark in artistic or scientific fields of .work.

Levin Memorial Home. The thirty-third annual report of the Levin Memorial Home for Girls, to be presented at the annual meeting on Thursday, states that there are 27 children in the home, of whom all except three attend school. Six children left during the year, two going to service and four returning to their own homes. Appreciation is expressed for the loyal service of the matron, Miss Wilson, and her assistants. Convincing evidence of the good work of the staff is seen in the affection in which the home is held by past inmates. Many old girls spend their annual holidays at the home and give many afternoons to assisting in tasks at' the home for the younger girls. Miss Jolly, for many years a matron at the home, retains her interest in it. Miss Morrah, who has been lionorarj’ treasurer for twenty years, had to resign, to the committee’s regret, and Mrs. H. P. Poole was appointed in her place. Miss Young was welcomed back to the committee, which expresses thanks to Toe H. for work in the grounds, and among others' the Combined Motors and Automobile Association, whose outings are a never-failing source of joy to the children ; the Hawke’s Bay Fisheries for weekly supply of fish: (he D.I.C. for laying linoleum and other services; the Commercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen's Association, whose generous gift enabled the children to have a special Christmas Day, and many picnics and outings during the holidays; the Two Garment Society for their annual gift of useful clothing; the Wellington djitly newspapers for sympathetic notices; Messrs. Young. M hite and Courtnej, honorary solicitors for the home; Marsden School for handsome donations ; Vogeltown School; the Chinese Mission for splendid gifts; the ladies of St. Cuthbert’s for valuable offerings and unfailing interest; the teachers of Berhainpore School for special attention to the children; Mr. Gray, Pukerua, for Christmas lambs; the telephone complaints department; the health authorities and staff of University Clinic for special attention; and, lastly, the honorary medical officer, Dr. G. Kemp, whose interest in the children is untiring. The T. G. Macarthy Trust granted £2OO, and the funds of the home will benefit by a bequest under the will of the late Miss Jackson. The gift tea realised £OO, and the committee are grateful to many helpers. The committee desires to thank the RCa. N. S. Barnett for his devotion to the home in Bible instruction; also the Rev. E. S. Emmett and Rev. Scotter, who have called quarterly and hold a service, to which parents and friends are invited; and Dr. Cattell for professional services. National War Memorial.

The Mayor (Mr. G. A. Troup) writes: “Recently the Prime Minister promised, on behalf of the Government, that the Mount Cdok site would be definitely handed over to trustees for the joint purposes of a National Art Gallery, a Dominion Museum, and a National Whr Memorial, and that for the purposes of the Art Gallery and Museum, the Government wduld grant a subsidy of £lOO,OOO, the city to raise a like sum. This otter presents a unique opportunity to secure this very valuable and most suitable site in the city, and to obtain those much desired and long deferred civic requirements. I propose to make an appeal and a challenge to the city, to remove any reproach that Wellington is lacking in civic spirit, and to this end am convening a meeting f6r day at 8 p.m. in the Council Chamber, to see what steps should be taken to advance this project, and to which all citizens are cordially invited to be present.” good dolls TEACHING FIRST-AID TO MINERS Dolls have been subjected to severe nritiMsm of late because, in Parisian shop windows and elsewhere, they have been wearing their skirts and their liau too short, and quaffing their cocktails too inns- (savs a correspondent of the Man Chester “Guardian” . More than one r mour Has been heard of the discovery Of emancipated dolls which squeak sometilin’* suspiciously like n Bad M Old inAad nf ‘Wrm-ma,” and carry a lipeHek and rouge in their Dorothy bag. But Good Dolls are still to bO found. A sneeial department of the United States Bureau of Mines, entrusted with the furtherance of mine safety, is engaged at Pittsburgh in bandaging dolls and Tending out collections of them to every part of America where mining acc dents occur. This is very Sound common sense. A large proportion ot the Sffiers in the United States can speak very little English find read even less. But the dolls, bandaged in the correct manner for a dozen of the most frequent accidents happening in mines, e *‘ £ to tens of thousands of illiterate Slovaks, Poles, Hungarians, and Czechs bnw thev ought to cope immediately down there in the depths of the earth with the next accident which befalls their comrades. CROQUET WxtIMARE CLUB. The Wainiarie Croquet Club held its annual meeting last Thursday, when there was a good attendance of members. The president (Mrs. Savage) occupied the chair. The- election of officers resulted in the president (Mrs. Savage) being re-elected unopposed; Mrs. Cameron (hon secreary) and Mrs. Murphy (hon. treasurer) were also re-elected unopposed. MesdameS Mouat and Exton were elected vice-presidents. The committee consists of Mesdames Exton, Harman .Hughes, Jones, Kelly, Mouat, Parker, and Strand. Mesdames Savage and Kelly were elected delegates to the Wellington Croquet Association. A competition, which will no doubt stimulate interest in croquet in the Hutt district, is to be played for badges presented by Mr. and Mrs. R. King. These are to be competed for by members of the Waimarie, Hutt, and Woburn Clubs. The Waimarie Chib is to be the first holder of these trophies.

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