WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

I counsel thee if thou hast a trusty friend, go and see him often; because a road which j is seldom trod gets choked with bramble and light grass.— Confucius.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Motherly."— There is a definite form of adoption which can be arranged with a lawyer. There is no occasion for the house to be registered unless payment is received for the child. "-Interested." — There are different opinions held by the Suffragettes in England, some wanting universal womanhood suffrage and others a limited franchise. The militaut section are generally in favour of universal suffrage. The Bishop of Wellington and Mi*. Coleridge have issued invitations for an at home to meet Their Excellencies the Governor and Lady Liverpool, on Monday, Ist September." Miss Marie Motto was the guest of honour yesterday afternoon at the Pioneer Club, and Miss Richmond the hostess of the pleasant little tea party. Miss Motto and Miss Phyllis Fell have been giving some delightful concerts in various towns recently, and soon, it is hoped, will give Wellington a chance of hearing them. Flowers decorated the pretty common-room, and the tea table was arranged with fragrant wallflower, daffodils, and anemones. Miss Richmond wore a black velvet coat and a picturesque hat, with black feathers; Miss Motto was in blue, with, a black velvet coat and a black hat ; Miss E. Richmond wore a blue coat and skirt and a black ajid white "hat; and Miss Phyllis Fell, a green costume and a hat to match. Lady Russell, Mrs. Massey, Lady OeborneGibbes, and Miss Fraser were among those present. The fortnightly meeting of the Wellington South Nursing Division, of St. John Ambulance was held on Tuesday evening at St. James's Schoolroom. Dr. Platts-Mills delivered an interesting lecture on "Poisons." She 6poke of the various classes of poisons, and bottles containing many common poisons were handed round the class for members' inspection. The following ladies have passed th< recent examination in Home Nursing under the auspices of the St. John Am bulance Association : — C. Macdonald Dorothy Dutton, Atole Preston Laura Smith, G. Veils, Alice M. Mander, Sophia Morrell, Isabel Turnbull, Bessif Eggers, Ruby L. Bock, M. L. Clark, Lizzie Mary Powell, Mrs. Amelia A Ramsay, Doris Flux, May Cozens, Mrs J. C. Fraser, Mary W. M'Lellan, C Elsie Williams, Florence Zohrab, Mrs JT. W. Robinson, Miss J. C. Luke, Ethe Aiken, Gladys Dawson, Mrs. J. P Luke, M. Wright, Mary Ranson, Alic< Ranson, Rita Jacobsen, Elsie Bray Dora Bray, Mrs. Gaby, Miss Mabe Simon, and Mrs. Ray. To-nlorrow afternoon Miss" Georgii Martin and members of the "Smar Set" entertainers will assemble at thi Black Cat Tea Rooms to meet a num ber of friends. , A large gathering ii anticipated. Madame Boeufve and Miss Beatria Day arrived yesterday from Auckland and leave on Friday for Sydney. The handicap medal golf competition which was played yesterday at Here taunga, resulted as follows:— .Misi Stewart, 104-31-71, first; Miss Moss 115-66-79, second. The engagement is announced of Mis: Beetham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Hugh H. Beetham, of Brancepeth, Mas terton, to Mr. C. W. R. Nicholls Broglie, only son of the late Mr. an< Mrs. H W. Nicholls-Broglie, Paris. Miss Elsie Newbigin is a guest o: Mrs. Wort. Mrs. Rose and Miss Greenfield ar< back from Napier. Mr. and Mrs. F. Meadowcroft left yesterday for Auckland, to visit then daughter, Mrs. Owen. Mr. and Mrs. H. Low, who leave shortly for Blenheim, where Mr. Low has been appointed headmaster of the public school, were farewelled yesterdaj by the New Zealand Alliance Executive, of which Mr. Low has for sever years been anfenergetic member. A blind girl, Miss Mabel Green, aged twenty, has written from memory a ver, batim report of a sermon lasting threequarters of an hour, delivered on 15th June in All Souls' Church, Langham. place, W., by the Rev. W. R. Mowll, vicar of Christ Church, Brixton (say* the London Daily Mail). "After the sermon they wanted a report and nobodj had taken a shorthand note," said Miss Green, "so I went home repeating to myself all I had heard. The next morning I wrote out 2700 words first in the IJraille system /(writing bj means ' of raised dots) in three hours, and then on a typewriter in an hour and a half. The words came quite easily, although I was several tunes interrupted, and I had no difficulty in recollecting all the scriptural allusions and where they came from. I first thoughi of memorising sermons two years ago, and since then I have written out at least fifty sermons. Every week I am able to read the news for myself, thanks to the Daily Mail edition in Braille." "I am amazed at the correctness ol thought and expression in the account of my sermon," said M^. Mowll. A well-known French writer protests against - the ridiculous superfluity oj equipment with which French women follow any sport (says the correspondent of a London paper). For a two hours' motor-car run, he says, the following provisions have to be installed in the car : — Flasks containing hot tea, cold tea, and iced champagne ; cakes, sandwiches, chocolate, and crystallised fruits ; and a special luncheon basket foi the dog, with wings of chicken and dainty little squares of thin bread and butter. For an afternoon's boating oi punting he declares a Frenchwoman takes eriough cushions to cover < a bed, and wraps innumerable, together with a small medicine chest in case of heat stroke or insect bites. When at golf they are said to swathe themselves in scarves and to weai* long yellow laced boots like waders, reaching more than half-way to the knee and studded with enormous nails. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Duncan, oi Napier, are staying at the Royal Oak Hotel. Mrs. Sainsbury, of Gieborne, loaves today for England in the Rualnne. Mr. and Mrs. Lysnar, of Gisborne, returned, aftei- a trip to England, by the Ulimaroa from Sydney yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Victor. Misa Noble. Miss Emma Temple, and Miss Reynolds, members of the Julius Knight Company, aro staying at the Empire Hotel The matron of the Hospital desires to acknowledge the following gifts : Flowers -Mrs, H. £>. Bell, ToryUlrMt Muiion, Mrs. Sidney, Kixkcaldie, Mr. Bftldwin,

Mrs. Huthnance, Mrs. Hale* (Oriental Bay), pupils of St. Paul's School (Parai pafaumu), Mrs. W. Barton, Mrs. Coverdale, Mrs. O. Smith, Girls' College, Miss Copeland, Books— Mesdames* Williams * and Collins, Wellington Girls' College. An enthusiastic meeting of the Women's Wellington Suburbs Branch of the New Zealand Political Reform League was held last night. A large number of . members are already enrolled." Provi- ; sional committees were set up for confirmation at the general meeting. Tile league has affiliated with the New Zealand Political Reform League, adopting in full its constitution and rules. It ' was decided to take immediate steps to make the league of practical value by opening branches and sub-branches at all available points. The annual subscription was fixed at 2s 6d. It was decided 1 to call all the members together at as > early a date as possible, when a large \ muster of members is anticipated. i The friends of Mrs. W. Cleave-Ed-warda will be pleased to ,hear that she > has recovered from a severe illness, and ' will be leaving the Kensington -street prii vate hospital next week. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, Blenheim, I are staying at the Royal Oak. i Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in an interview, - gave some very trenchant opinions on the I possibility of coon being abl« to dispense : with servants. An Australian exchange ■ states she declared that the early-ntorn- ' ing "work in a- pervantlesa household is, ■ perhaps, the most trying of all; but, ! properly equipped for coping with it, the modern, housewife can look upon it with equanimity. No longer need Bhe get tip in the email hours to light the fire in , order that the bath water may get warm ' and the kettle may boil at its leisure, . for by putting a light to the gas-circula- ■ tor she will obtain a sufficient supply of > water for five or Bix baths in twenty i minutes. There is no reason, therefore, i for her to curtail her early-morning ■ sleep. Indeed, she can enjoy an extra forty winks, happy in the knowledge that in the electric cooker the breakfast , will cook itself. Nowadays no woman g need incur the danger of housemaid's knee by scrubbing ftooTS and steps, for a useful, long-handled appliance has been I invented by which scrubbing can be done without kneeling or stooping. It is an inj genious device and most fascinating to use — so fascinating that it transforms the ' drudgery of scrubbing into quite an enjoyable pastime. It is unnecessary also nowadays for a woman to be the slave of the broom, for with a hand va«uum j cleaner dust and dirt can be removed from under carpets, floors, mattresses, ' etc., and from the most remote nooks and crannies, with a minimum cxpendij ture of energy and work. Wa6hing-up in these enlightened days can be robbed of its many drawbacks, for on tho market there is a dish and saucepan washer, . which washes, rinses, and dries plates, dishes, cups, knives, forks, spoons, and — oh, priceless boon! — scrubs out pots and pans without necessitating any hand' ling at all. No longer need paterfamilias in a servantless household be called upon to besmear his immaculate shirte cußs with ugly splashes of blacking when > cleaning his boots, as for an outlay of 10s 6d ail automatic boot cleaner can be procured, which cleans and polishes a > pair of boots in exactly twenty-five sec- '• onds. In less than ten minutes it will * clean, the boots of a family of ten. There * are splendid machines for cleaning knives also with very little trouble. You put the knives in, the machine does the 3 rest. Assuredly peace will reign in the '' housshold which rejoices in. its full " equipment of automatic cleaning appli- ■ ances, for every part of the home will be * kept bo spotless that no longer will there be necessity for the annual spring clean. Paterfamilias will hay« no more cause to * dread what should be the most pleasant months of the y«a,r ? nor will he conjure up visions of returning from a hard day's b work to find pails of water and scrubbing brushes at every corner, a tired, dispirited-looking wife, dinner in .the t kitchen, arid a liberal display of smuts P upon the face of Mary Jane. With the introduction of the electric cooker we have nearly approached the era of anto3 matic cooking, for after weighing, a joint t may be placed in one of these, without 3 needing further attention until, when f the regulation time for oooking has . elapsed, it can be taken out. Cooking i by electricity has the advantage of cleanlinevs also ; the cooking vessels 'do not get black outside, and so can be handled I without Boiling the fingers. For use on, . gas-stoves there are many "self -cooking . appliances," such as the "Self-Cooker," i tne "Norwegian Cooker," etc., in which, . after it has been property started, food can be cooked without attention and 3 kept warm for hours and ready for use. Many of these self-cookers are quite mrr expensive, and in the home where irregu- , lar meal-tim© houTs must be.kept by cer- . tain members of the family they form an j inexpressible boom. ) PIANOS. , We have a new and complete supply of I these delightful instruments. The latest , models ! Every possible improvement in- ■ eluded. Full and brilliant ton* We hold the largest' stock of pianos in I the Dominion, and have instruments to t, suit all classes and all purses. It is our , endeavour to give the fullest satisfaction, b and to enable anyone who desires a i piano to get one on the^eaeieet possible 3 terms. Deferred payment« N i'rom twenty 1 shillings per month. No harassing conI ditions. i We treat all our customers with the greatest consideration, and spare no pains to give satisfaction. Our reputa- ; tion has indeed been built up on such f methods. The Dresden Piano Company, i Wellington. M. J. Brookes, North Island ; manager.~Advt r "Oscar Hewett and* Co.,— For some ! weeks I have been intending to write j just to let you know how very much . we appreciate this 'Wertheim 1 Machine. [ It works beautifully, and has already - given us more pleasure and satisfaction [ than we had from others. We shall I now have pleasure recommending the * 'Wertheim' Planet to any friends who , may be needing new machines.— A.M.D. 9th May 1912."— Advt. The following programme of music will ' be played every afternoon this week from L 3 till 5 at Godber's, Lambtom-quay :—: — I Sunshine Girl, L'Angelus, Ideale,- Ma* L zurka Hongroise, EntranCement, Ber* L cense, Butterflies' Ball, Revelation, Valse Rosamttnde, Somewhere a Voice is Calling, Romeo and Juliette, Wedding of the , Winds.— Advt . : Violet*. — Arranged in tk> nt y P<?ses or pretty violet boxes. Delightful gifts for friends. ( Delivered or tnailed '^anywhere in Dominion by Miss Murray, Viee-Rdgal Florist. 36. Willis'Street.—Advt. Your hands will be clean and smooth , if you use "Velzone," the great hand 1 'emollient. Is 6d per pot. At chemists and at Castle's Pharmacy, 70, Cubastreet. — Advt. | The football season is hard on boys' \ clothes, but there are no clothes stand \ the strain like juvenile goods from Geo. Fowlds, Ltd., Manners-street.— Advt. ' Peck— You will never get the dog to > obey, my dear." i Mxi. Peok—l will, with patienet. You j i were just m troubleeome yourteU «t first,