WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 144, 15 December 1922, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

In speaking at the Free Kindergarten meeting, Mrs. Gill mentioned how much pleasure had been given to the examiners by the morning work trials which were held at "each school.' At these the gtudont arranged a special work according to her own ideas, and they gave great scope forethought and ingenuity. A butterfly morning was a charming one, \vher> a garden was made, and the little ones cut out beautiful butterflies, coloured them, and placed them about among the trees and flowers. Another practical student arranged a vegetable morning, when the children were showil tile many different kinds, and were instructed how to buy them if their mothers required them to go shopping to help her. They then shelled peas, cooked'them, and enjoyed the result at the morning tea-time. Horse-shoes formed another good lesson, and butter-making another.

It was decided at a meeting held in the Dominion Farmers' Hall that a, "Paddy's Market" should be held in March in'aid of the Community Club funds. Paddy's Market opens the door to all sorts of goods, both new and sec-ond-hand, and witli the assistance of the Cadets and Territorials, already''offered, the effort promises well. The committee appointed, with power to add to the number, included Mesdames C. H. Chapman, Pow (lion, secretary), Bennie, Dormer, Murphy, Phillips-Turner, W. G. Reid, Dunsheath, W. A. Parton, Vine, Muir, Lundius, Campbell; E. G. Pilcher, Middleton, V. Guun, Adams, Chatfield, and Miss Griffiths. It was decided to have a dance for the boys early in the New Year, Mesdames Vine, Pilcher, and Miss E. Kirk being the committee. * •

"Foolish, mothers try to insist on. a child doing what he is told, and he does what he likes." This was said by Mrs. Gill at the Fjree Kindergarten meeting last night in * reference to : her opinion that every girl should have at least six months of kindergarten training, so as to enable her to.properly understand tho little minds. Mrs. Gill referred to the lamentable exhibitions of unwiedom which may be seen many times in public conveyonces and other places, where mothers absolutely irritate their children to distraction, then punish them for being irritated, and perhaps, as often as not, end by giving them .their own way. Proper kindergarten training would do away with such scenes altogether, and the' world would be a much happier place both for mothers and children.

The promoters of " Sailors' Day " evidently believe in a» early start on the " war-path " after money, for they were out bright and early, whiln the weather was favourable and the .citizens, perhaps, in a morning mood of cheerfulness, There are few stalls, but they are well provided, and the prospects of the sailors' Christmas being a satisfactory one seem good. ,

Summer dances will be an added attraction at Day's Bay, and will be held weekly in th© pavilion by the Muritai Tennis Club and the Wellington Cabaret Orchestra. Judging by the number of people who attended the opening night, and the enjoyment that was apparent, these dances should become vei'y popular.

The New Zealand Association of Dorset Folk recently spent a pleasant evening at the Ponsonby Hali, when they entertained the Dorset men of H.M.S. Chatham. There were forty present. Dancing ami games were the chief items of the programme. Musical and vocal items were contributed by Miss' Trim. Miss Randall, Mr. Trim, and Mr. Horo bin. The president (Mr. W. S. Brown), or behalf of the association, extended a hearty welcome to the visitors. P.O. Jesty replied, thanking the-association for the welcome, and the excellent way they had been entertained.

The Aotea Ladies' Football and Shooting Club held its annual social evening last week. Mr. Bird, the president, presented the prizes won during the year, and spoke of the good work done by the girls on the football field. Too much praise, he said, could not be given to Misses L. and G. Landymore, the founders of the club, who had worked hard to ensure its success. 1 A presentation was also made to Miss Nicholas, the club's secretary, and Mr. and Mrs. Bird were presented with a handsome jardiniere by the girls of the club.

A Christmas fair, organised by . the Kiwi Club of the Constable Street Congregational Church, will be opened at the _ schoolroom to-morrow. -.- Father Christmas with the fairy queen and her attendants will arrive at 2.45 p.m., and the fair will be opened at 3 p.m. by the Eev. S. J. Hutchens, of the London Missionary Society, and will be continued in the evening. The proceeds are in aid of the L.M.S. Funds.

An enjoyable "mistletoe dance" was held at the clubhouse of the Evans Bay Yacht and Motor Boat Club, under the auspices of the social committee. The walls of the clubhouse were tastefully decorated with holly and mistletoe, while from the ceiling hung white festoons and shaded lights interlaced with, coloured streamers. The supper arrangements were ably carried out by the ladies of the committee, Mesdames Burbury, M'Lennan, Rickard, Hannah, Smith, and Miss Hannah. Mr. R. Wilson and Mr. R. Price acted as M.C.'s.

. A pleasant party was given yesterday afternoon at the Pioneer Club, when a number of the staff of the Wellington Girls' College bade farewell to Misses Turner and Cornish, who are going to England, and Miss Haddrell, who ie taking up a position, at the Christchureh Technical College. Presentations were made to the guests of honour, who had already been_ given beautiful flowers by the college girls, and many regrets were expvessed at their departure.

Evidently in some parts of progressive America, women are not to be allowed to smoke—it is against the law to do so. At least, bo one gathers from what one reads. Lately, for smoking a cigarette in the public park at Kansas City, a woman was fined' £100 and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. It sounds a terribly heavy penalty to pay for the pleasure of cigarette smokjng. The lady in question was quite young—2s— and in pleading with the Judge to "have a heart," she went on to explain that her mother did not know she smoked, and would have been shocked if she had seen her so she slipped out into the park to have her smoke. However, she did not. stop there—it might have been better had she done so—but she foolishly went on to express the opinion that, anyhow, women had as much right to smoke as men. Here she was interrupted by the Judge imposing his staggering sentence. Another case is told of a man and a woman in a motor cycle and sidecar .stopping at a drug store to have a sod;i and a smoke and, while the wife was lighting a cigarette, a policeman told her to put it out. As fooii as the policeman turned his back, she continued to smoke and, on his return, the policeman knocked the cigarette out of her hand. She complained of this at the nearest police station, where tho inspector sepn,_ passed the case on to a Police Commissioner. Whether (lie,■ Kansas authorities are wise in their' preventing women from smoking is of course a matter of opinion, but, if to smoke is to breuk the law, then no doubt women would be wise to. refrain from emoting.

'A special concert of works by women composers was given in London at the Novello Hall last month. This concert was arranged by the Society of Women Musicians at the invitation of the Efficiency Club for Women in Business and the Professions. The main object of the entertainment was to give further publicity to the_ compositions of the leading wonjen musicians: Dame Ethel Smythe, and the Misses Katharine Eggar, Kathleen Richards, Jane> Josephs, Joan Spink, Alma Goutlay, and others were represented on the programme.

The wedding took place recently at the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church of Miss Mao Orr, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Orr, Island Bay, and Mr. C. V. Smith, second sou of Mr. and Mrs. J A. Smith, Wellington. Th« bride, who was given away by her father, wore a beautiful gown of ivory crepe de chine and georgette, and car* riiiil a bouquet of roses and sweet peas. Miss Nell Cloake was chief bridesmaid, and wore lemon georgette and crepe de chine, and Miss Ethel Orr wore eau de nil georgette. Both carried beautiful bouquets of heliotrope.sweet peas. Miss Eliza Grindrod, who made a charming little flower girl, wore white silk, and carried a pretty baskei of sweet peas. The best man was Mr. H. Marsh, of Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for Wanganui.