WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 105, 28 January 1938, Page 4

WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

Meeting At Newlands There was a fair attendance at the January meeting of the Newlands Women’s Institute, over wlilch Mrs. Horridge presided, in, the absence of the president. The meeting was opened with the institute song and was followed by the aspirations. A welcome was extended to one and all. including the demonstrator, Mrs. Mclndoe. Business was attended to and dates were also proposed for coming events including the forthcoming annual birthday of the institute. Refreshments wqre served. The demonstrator chose for her subject the making of wood fibre flowers. A hearty vote of thanks was extended to her. lows: Fancy or embroidered apron, The competitions resulted as folMrs. Barlow and Mrs. Wood 1, Mrs. Earle and Mrs Cameron 2; apple chutney: Mrs. Wood 1, Mrs Pritchard 2. Australian Visitor Miss Ailsa Craig, only daughter of the Rev. Dr. John Craig, of Quirlndi New South Wales, has left Sydney for a three mouths’ tour of New Zealand. While in the North Island, she will be the guest of Dr. Craig’s sister at Lucerne, Hawera, and while in the South Island she will be the guest of her aunt. Lady le Fleming, of Dunedin. Going To Russia Mrs. Charlotte Despard, sister of the late Earl French, and once a famous suffragette, is, at the age of 94, preparing for a trip to Russia. One of the most remarkable women of her time, Mrs. Despard has always been eager to investigate conditions for herself, and it is because she is puzzled by recent events in Russia that she intends going there again. Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, Director of School Hygiene, Health Department, ■Wellington, who has been paying an official visit to the health camps in Canterbury, is now visiting camps in Otago and Southland. If you are making cakes for a children’s birthday party, make ordinary butter sponge and ice as if for fruit cake. The cake can be eaten by the children without any fear of aftereffects.