WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 38, 15 February 1919, Page 7

WOMEN IN PRINT.

The members of the local Chautauqua Committee had an opportunity of meeting some of the members of the organisation at the Majors Room yesterday The visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Trimble and their little daughter, Miss Thurston, Miss Headsman, Miss Blissard, aiid. Mr- Paget. Mr. Butt was in the chair, and a discussion of the plan of action in Wellington took place. MiTrimble explained that sixteen towns in the North Island of New Zealand would be visited, the lecturers and artists being further engaged in' other circuits, so that no morfe time could be spared for New Zealand on this occasion. He emphasised the fact that- the lectures on philosophy, town-planning, etc., were goin£ to give of their best—and it had proved a most valuable "best" in other towns large and small. They were not in any way trying to force American thoughts or methods. The lighter side embraced delightful music, dramatic entertainment?, and special occasions for children.

Another society which has decided to reduce the working days each week is the St. John Ambulance Division, which has had the use of the Star Boating Club Rooms for a considerable time. These rooms will now be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, from 10 o'clock till 4 in the afternoon.

Miss Nunnely, of the Public Library, who has just returned from a lengthy visit to England, has much that is interesting- to tell. She obtained employjnent while in London in the New Zealand Military Pay Department, $i)d has many good words to say for the exemplary behaviour of our soldiers in London. Miss Nunnely is a complete believer in the daylight saving scheme. "You are told to put your clock on at a certain date," she remarked, "and you forget all about it in a day or two, and jnst find that you have a delightfully long day, specially after office hours, which is most enjoyable. Then at a given date, the clocks are put back, and there is no trouble about that either." Miss'Nunnely said she did not hear of any complaints from country folk, and town people certainly rejoiced' in the arrangement. One shilling (md fourpence worth of meat, with one, ounce of butter and four of margevina, and half a. pound of sugar sound very small rations, but people did not complain. Jam was scarce and dear, and tinped fruit was sold at 5s a tin.. Eggs soared- to 9s 6d a dozen, and quite ordinarily were ss. Miss Nunnely witnessed the last air raid on London, which took place on Whit Sunday, but not a great deal of damage was dope. The work of women police and patrols was mentioned as being good and ranch appreciated, and they- seem very happy in the work.

A meeting of the board of directors was held on Thursday of the Young Women's Christian Association. Mrs. Robert Pearson presided. Thirty new members were elected, making the total number on the membership roll of the Wellington Association 1071. Considerable time was given to the discussion on the question of the advisability of the separa? tion of the New Zealand Y.W.C.A. from the Australasian National Board, and it was unanimously agreed that the time had come when the work within the Dominion should be established on a national basis of its own. It was agreed !to comply with the request which had come from Mrs. Kaye, of, Christchurch, chairman of the National Sub-Committee of the Y.W.C.A. of New Zealand, to call a meeting of active members in all'the centres to further discuss this matter and to take a vote upon it. This voting shall be understood as instructing the representatives who are to attend the conference in Christchurch, and the votes of the representatives "who attend this executive conference shall be cast for the majority vote of the association the delegates represent. It was agreed to call an active members' meeting in the near future. Miss Bryant was elected assistant matron for the IJrougham-street Hostel.

Dr. Platts-Mills will be present at the Y.W.C.A. on Monday night, when there will be a gathering of young women from the city workrooms. The object of the meeting is to call the attention of girls to the need that was felt during"the recent epidemic of women who knew how to act in the emergency of the sickrnom'. Plans will be made at this meeting to form circles, where instruction will be given ou such. matters.

After an absence of some two months, Miss Campbell has returned to Wellington, and intends resuming her classes in the first week, of March. The last mails have brought Mis 6 Campbell interesting news of recent innovations in the dancing world, which are demonstrated by artistjc photographs, for which some of the world's most famous dancers posed. Among Mrs. Wordsworth's teachers (those members of the college in London who, like Miss Campbell, have successfully taken their diploma) a strong feeling of esprit de corps exists, and though'they are established in all the larger centres of the world, they are always anxious to see or receive news from one another. For this reason Miss Campbell, was fextremely gratified lo receive a.-visit a short time ago from a college friend recently arrived from England, and now established in Australia as an instructress in dancing and calisthomes. This friend brought Miss Campbell much interesting news of recent innovations in the dancing world, and also the names of several members of Mrs. Wordsworth's college who are promising stars upon the European stage. It is interesting to note that though Miss Campbell has been in New Zealand a comparatively short time the Australian stage has benefited by her teaching, and some of her pupils are successfully taking their place in the professional world.

A meeting of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children was held on Friday afternoon. Mrs. A. R. Atkin-

eon presided. A large number of cases which had been investigated were reported u,pon and help given ; other cases are being attended to. Subscriptions acknowledged with thanks are as follow : —Sir H. D. Bell and Mrs. V Riddiford, £2 2s each; Mrs. Rotherarn, £2; N.Z. Consolidated Pental Co., Brjscoe and Co., Mr. J. Meadowcroft, E. W. Mills and Co., £1 Is each; Mr. J, M'Lellan, Mr. R.-B. Smith, Mrs. M. Trout, £1 each; Roberts (N.Z.), Ltd., Chapman, Skerrett, Tripp and Blair, Sharland and Co., Te Aro House, Mr. A. E. Pearce, 10s 6d each ; Storer, Meek and Co., Mr. Gilmer, Wellington Woollen Co., 10s each; Mrs. Ronayne, Mrs. Maudeeloy, Rev. Dr. Elliott, J. H. Jack, 5s each; Lady Atkinson, 2s 6d.

The first monthly meeting of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and Red Cross Society Committee was held at the Star Boating Club shed this week, when Mr. H. H. Seed (chairman) presided. Before the business commenced, the Chairman moved a vote of condolence to Mrs. Peat on the loss of her daughter, Miss Isabel Peat, who had been associated with the work of the brigade from its inception, for the grea.ter part of the time as hon. secretary. The late Mis 6 Peat was much loved by her fellow workers, who greatly deplore her early demise. The motion wfis passed in silence, the members standing. Correspondence was read from Egypt in acknowledgment of goods, It was decided to make up the remainder of the material that had been 6ent for children's garments during the epidemic period, and to send them to the Children's Hospital. A resolution was passed unanimously that a letter of thanks be gent to the promoters of the Red Cross shops in Woodward-street and Petone, thanking them for raising such large sum* to enable the depot to carry on its work.

Miss Marie Ney, who was popular in Wellington amateur theatricals, and afterwards so successful as leading lady with the Alan Wilkie Company, has been doing more to establish herself as a favourite with the Australian public. "Scrutineer," in the Bystander, says of her work in "John Gabriel Borkman" : —"Two things stood out boldly at the Palace Theatre last Thursday. The gloominess of the play, and the triumph of Miss Ney. Miss Ney, as Mrs. Bpvkman's sister, whom John Gabriel threw over, as he admits, foi" his ambition, enters early upon the scene, and plays, a principal part in the plot, throws a chaj'm into all her work, which invests it with a realism all too raxe on the modern stage. Mias- Ney is a young girl, but she has no hesitation in appearing as Ibsen labels her, a woman of 45 or 50, and no sign of girlishness is obtruded. She is made out to be suffering from a fatal disease, and all this is skilfully portrayed."

In apeaking of the request of the Victorian Government for 50 nurses from New Zealand in connection with the epidemic, the Minister of Public Health (the Hon. G. W. Russell) states that Cabinet cannot see its way to send the full number asked for, but has approved of 25 being sent. The nurses will leavo by the Moeraki on Tuesday

Staff-Nurse .N. Slater,,, N.Z.A.N.S., who has been doing temporary duty at tlie Waikato Sanatorium, Cambridge, has returned to Trentham.