WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 25, 30 January 1923, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All accounts of weddings or other functions intended for this column must be legibly written in ink. Marriages and engagements must be certified by tha people concerned or by responsible relatives.

Many women will be interested to hear that it is announced by the "WestminEter Gazette" that a certain number of woman police are to be Btill employed in London. The Home Secretary has decided that, for the present, they are to be limited to twenty, regarding tho strength as a nucleus. Originally thei.'e ■were about one hundred of these fine women, but the "Geddes axe" struck them specially heavily, so that they were oil but wiped opt. According to some of the English journals there has been great pressure put on the authorities •to reinstate the women police, both men and women combining to havo them kept specially iov duty in the parks, where they made a sensible diminution iq the attick3 upon little children.

Lady Ward and Mrs. Cyril Ward are visiting Rotorus.

The Hon. J. G. Coates and Mrs. Coates have been visaing Inveroargill.

Mm. Bex Brewster has returned to New Plymouth after a visit to Wellington. , . " . ■■: .-..-'

Mr. and Mrs. Ayton Kinnoar, Boiilcqtt terrace, are leaving shortly for Australia, where they intend to reside. -- Mrs. C. S. Woodward, Wellington, is visiting her home in Melbourne. / Mr. and Mrs. Rath bone have retunted from a visit to the Wairarapa ai:d Taranaki.

Mrs. C. H. Burgess, New Plymouth, is visiting Wellington.

Mrs. J. Martin and Miss Cicely Miay. tin, Martinboroaffh, are in Wellington at present. >•'. - '

Mr. and Mrs. S. Blackley'h*ve taken "Eastwood Ho," the residence of Mr. Leighton, Lower Hutt, and •will ? reside there.

Mr. William Clark, managing director of Vickers, Limited, Sheffield, England, with Mrs. ''Clark, is at present staying at tne Midland Hotel. Mr. and' Mrs. Clark, who have made an extensive tour of Außtralia, intend to do the same in New Zealand.

•Miss Kathleen Farquhar and-her aunt. Miss Weir, are'passengers by tho Moaraki from Melbourne. ,

The Misses K. Fagan'and M'Donald, Wellington, have returned froa a tour ol Westland.

A pleasing function took ple.ee recently at head office of the Lands and Survey Department, Government Buildings, when Miss L. K. Wills was entertained at a tea and presented with a wristlet watch from the staff of the Department. Miss Patton, in a happy little speech, wished Miss' Wills every iuccessvin her new sphere, and expressed' regret at her departure. > The guest of the afternoon suitably replied, and the gathering concluded to the strains of "For Sha's a Jolly Good Fellow."

Lady Vogel- has continued to make satisfactory progress from her serious illness—pneumonia, : with complications —though she is still far from strong yet, says " The Post's " London correspondent, writing on 16th December. Arrangements have been made for her to let her house at East Molesey for the winter months_, and, with Miss Vogel, she will come "to stay in Londol.

The engagement is announced of Miss Laurine fie Spong, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. De Spong, of Lynwood, Dunottar, to Mr. Arthur Hardy Kitching, of Wellington. .

A correspondent hss scat in recipes for queen cakes' and plum sauce, which wei'e inquired for recently in this column. The recipes as J follow : —Queen calces; Four eggs, tholr weight in butter, sugar, and 3our; 1 tefcspoosi baking powder; 4os currants. Flavouring to taste. Beat butter and sugar' to a cream, than beat in eggs, mix ourrants with itour and baking powder, and add to mixture. Bake in hot oven. Plum" sauce: 61b plums, 31b sugar, 6 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon cayenne . pepp?r, 1 good handful "cloves, 4 pints vinegar. Boil {or 4 hours anct bottle.

' The results of the ■ Johnson ville homenursing examination, held by the St. John Ambulance' Association previous to the holidays, have just been received. The six women. who sat all passed in grade " excellent," the leader, Mrs. Solly, also having " with credit " added to her marks by the examiner, Dr. Palmer. The students passed in the following order:—Mrs. Solly, Mrs. Rodda, Mrs. M'Bride, Mrs. Joiner, and Miss Mildenhall (equal), Miss F. Carter.

One of the passengers leaving by the Remuera is Mr. Julian Grafnde, the accredited correspondent to the League of Nations in Geneva' of the " Daily Telegraph," the " Observer," the "Birmingham Post," and the -"New York Times," says, the London correspondent of " The Post," writing on 16th December. Mr. Grande is going to New Zealand to visit, as he said, " the land of my wife's people." Since the death of Mrs. Grande, which took place during the Assembly of the League of Na-tions-in* Geneva, in September, his physicians have not allowed him to do any work, and have ordered him complete rest for at least six months. The editors of all the important papers which he represents have approved his going away for these few months, and' during his absence his secretary in Geneva, as well as a well-known London journalist, will do Mr: Grande's work. I understand that all the newspapers which Mr Grande represents hope that he will be able to send some articles- fuom NewZealand. His luggage included his ice axe, his Alpine climbing rope, his heavy-nailed boots, knapsack, etc., so it looks as if he intends to do some mountaineering .while in New Zealand. Although he has climbed the Alps from end to end, he has never done any chmbing outside Europe. Mrs. Grande however, it may be remembered, was the first woman to go for a climbing expedition in the Caucasus. She also did some climbing in her own New Zealand Alps, which she loved.

» IrL res.P°nS9 to 'speeches by Mr. T R. Fleming and others at a social tenVii a m Un^! nt 0 th« Chath™ Island children, Mr. Thomson, who has them in charge spoke •nterestingly of the work and attainments of the children of the isands rhe remarks, he said, were far too flattering; he had done only what any teacher would do under similar circumstances. It was the enthusiasm of the children themselves for their work which was responsible for the results achieved He would give them every credit. In two years they had covered the work of four, or perhaps five, years. Whenever ho asked them to do "arithmetic for their homework they returned with between 25 and 30 sums for him to correct Wou d New Zealand children do that, he asked? He. was proud to be their teacher. Before he went to the Chatham? he had been told that it was difhcult to get vhe children above the fourth stan-lavd, but they were much above that, / One of his "pupils won a £5 5s prize, competing against the chi'dren of Canterbury, f m . iln essay m , Uco _ hoi and its relation to the human body Six children, three Native, ;>vd U'"ee white, had sat for ths proficiency examinatiou, aua a.U. had PMMd.

On Friday afternoon the members of the New Zealand Senate were % guests of the committee and members of tho Otago Women's Club at a conversazione. The rooms were beautifully " c'^corated with huge bowls of scarlet dahlias, sweet peas, and gypsophila. Mrs. Ferguson (president), in a few happy words, welcomed the guests, and expressed the pleasure that members felt that an opportunity had been given to meet and entertain them. A delightful programme was arranged and proved most, enjoyable. Amongst those present were Mesdame3 Petre, Easther, Hutchison, De M.aus, MorreU, M'Queen, Birch, Blues/ Misses Joachim, Shackleford, Martin, M'Queeu, Speckling. Rule, Sir Robert Stout (Chancellor), Professors Macmillan Brown (Vice-Chancellor), Segar, - Dettmann, Thomas, Hon. G. Fbwlds and Mr. J. W. Tibbs (Auckland), Professors Scott, Wall, Hight, and Mr. J. C. Adams" (Christchurci<),. Professors Brown and Hunter, Hon. Dr. Collins, Mr. F. de la Mare and Mr. F. W. Bakewell, the Hon. J. A. Hanan. M.P., Mr. J. Caupjiley.. Dr. Benham, Dr. Lindo Ferguson, .Professor Thompson.

Dominion readers will not be surprised to know that, at New Zealand's stall at the Christntas Fair at Claridge's Hotel, in aid of H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany Memorial Fund, Lady Allen and her committee of New Zealand ladies achieved their object of making it a great success (writes " The PobVs " London correspondent. Indeed, the workers have the gratification of knowing thai the stall was responsible for taking almost twice as much as any other individual stall. Lady Allen was able to hand over £75 to the charity, while th« next in importance contributed about £40. Next week Sir James and Lady Allen go north, first to Northampton, where the High Commissioner is presenting the prizes at the Northampton Girls' School, whose headmistress is Miss C. M. Taylor, formerly of Wellington. They then proceed to Montrose, where, at Mr. Massey's request, Lady Allen is performing the christening, ceremony at the launching of the Muritai, a ferry steamer for Wellington. /Lady Allen and Tier family will be staying at 'Looe, Cornwall, for a fortnight at Christmas time. This is where Sir James recently spent ten days, and he was so pleased with the locality that he secured a cottage for the school holidays..

On Saturday afternoon a concert party Ci'om the Scottish-Society and Pipe Band paid a visit"to the "Victoria ward of the Public Hospital for the purpose of giving the old folk thare a little Scottish entertainment, flic party, under the guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Campboll, v;_i welcomed by the- sister in charge, "-.id render-jd items as follow:—• Pipe duets by Pipers Fraser and Small; solos by Mi's. Scott-Allan and Misses Barnett and Wilkinson, the last two also rendering some very fine duets. .The accompanist was Mrs. MacMillan, who alco gave a "piano selection of Scottish airs. * Finished expositions of Highland dancing were given by Misses T. Boyd, M. Cummings, L. M'Kay, I. Morse, H. Needham, and. Masters lan and Mac•Bonald Boyd. ' Altogether it was a very enjoyable afternoon for patients aud nurses alike, and made a welcome break from Uie monotony of hospital routine.