WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 142, 12 December 1924, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

A rally of Girl Guides is to take place at Government House gates to-morrow morning, when the newly-arrived Gover-nr-General [Governor-General] and Lady Alice Fergusson and Miss Fergusson are on their way up to Government House. The purpose is to welcome Miss Fergusson, who is an officer of the Guides. Mrs. Fry, the district captain, will be in command. Guides are asked to watch the newspapers for the approximate time when the party will be on its way to Government House, and to assemble in good time, all, of course, to be in uniform.

Interesting mention comes in a letter from Miss Melville, of Auckland, who has been visiting England, of the great popularity and good work of Lady Astor. Miss Melville writes thus :— "Lady Astor is really doing splendid work here in bringing together all the women's organisations and acting as a sort of pivot for them. She is, I think, head and shoulders above all the other women members of Parliament in public regard, except Mrs. Wintringham, who is thought of very highly. I believe she and Lady Astor are close friends, although they belong to different parties. I heard the Duchess of Atholl speak, and she struck me as being a very clever woman. She is not very popular, from all I hear, being one of the old Tory school, and rather too conservative for these days." Miss Melville wrote to Lady Astor when the General Election came along, and offered to help in any possible way, her offer being accepted, with the result that Miss Melville addressed about half-a-dozen meetings, each time with a good hearing. She spoke from the Empire point of view, and emphasised the great responsibility of the people in England to the whole of the Empire, as their Parliament controlled the foreign policy of the Empire. Miss Melville was so impressed with the importance of the Singapore question that she altered her plans in regard to her return to the Dominion, and decided to come via Singapore, where she will spend Christmas. She expects to reach Sydney near the end of January.

Mrs. Frickleton, Napier, is in Wellington during the time Lieutenant Frickleton is in attendance at the Military Camp, Trentham. They intend returning to Napier on Monday.

Mrs. Warren, Christchurch, is visiting Wellington.

Miss H. Jean Foysyth, B.A., daughter of Mr. Thomas Forsyth (chairman of the Wellington Education Board), and formerly an assistant teacher at the Clyde Quay School, has accepted an appointment as assistant at the Heathfield School, at Harrow-on-the-Hill, England.

There was a large attendance at the children's party at Northland arranged in aid of funds to provide a special room for the Plunket nurse, in order to remove the necessity for mothers with children going either to Kelburn or Karori when wishing to consult the nurse. The effort was most successful, the sum of £8 being raised. The Christmas tree was a great attraction, the dolls being beautifully dressed by Mrs. Taylor, while sweets made by Mrs. Egley and friends found a ready sale. A surprise was a huge bonbon full of balloons, made by Mesdames Hargreaves and Aston. Mrs. Kearney played cheerful music for the children's games, which were arranged by Mrs. G. Hoggard and her Girl Guides, assisted by Messrs. Lambert and Egley, dressed as nigger minstrels, who caused much merriment. During the afternoon Mesdames M'Vicar [McVicar], Parton, Ronaldson, and Sotham from the central Plunket committee, attended the party, giving Northland congratulations on its enterprise in the matter. Thanks are due to all from the promoters for assistance, refreshments, toys, and donations.

The matron of the Wellington Hospital wishes to acknowledge with thanks the following gifts, etc. :—For Ewart Ward : Flowers and extras, Mrs. and Miss Adams, Mrs. O'Leary ; books and magazines, Mr. Morris, Berhampore ; gramophone records, Mrs. Foley, Lyall Bay ; motor drives (weekly), Mr. Burbage ; concerts, Miss Esme Crow and party, Mr. Thomas and party, Mr. and Mrs. Carr and party, members of "Fifty Club," Commercial Travellers, Dixie Jubilee Singers, and Mr. Martin's orchestra.

A correspondent kindly sends the following tried and recommended recipes in response to a request in this column :— To can tomatoes whole : Select small, smooth tomatoes, and wipe them ; after the jars have been packed with them, fill full of cold water, and stand in a boiler on a rack ; fill the boiler with cold water until it stands about halfway up the jars ; set the boiler over the fire and put the cover on tight, and boil for one and a half hours. When done, remove the jars, fill to overflowing with boiling water and seal tight. To can tomatoes cut up : Select good ripe tomatoes, peel and cut out all green and hard parts, and cook with very little salt and no water. Pour in glass jars, fill to the top, seal carefully, and turn the jars upside down till next day to test if they are safely sealed.

The following extract from a letter of a New Zealand lady now living in England has been forwarded to the "Church News" : —"We were delighted to see in the old parish church (Brockenhurst) the New Zealand flag hung in a prominent position, and a fresh large wreath of laurel hung above it. We were told that the wreath is always kept fresh, as the New Zealand soldiers were so much liked and respected. There were thousands of them here, and one part of the churchyard is full of their graves, over a hundred of them. A new bell has been added to the peal in the tower in memory of the New Zealand soldiers."

Mrs. W. R. Tuck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nathan, of Auckland, is on her way to New Zealand, says the "Auckland Star." She is accompanied by her two children and her husband, Major W. R. Tuck, eldest son of Sir Adolph Tuck, Bart., of Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd., printers and publishers. The famous firm of Raphael Tuck and Sons was founded by Major Tuck's grandfather. While in Melbourne Mrs. Tuck was interviewed on the latest fashion movements in Paris. She said skirts in Paris and London were shorter than ever. Many were fifteen inches from the ground. As for sleeves, either none were worn or they were excessively long. Shingling was more popular than ever. Both old and young had the new fashion. The "bob" had gone right out of fashion. The day of the statuesque Juno woman was not returning, and the latest idea from Paris —a coiffure which looked exactly like a Guardsman's bearskin—would not become popular. The cloche hat, fashionable last year, had gono out of favour.

The annual sale of work in connection with the Wellington Shetland Society is to take place in the New Century Hall on Saturday, at 2.30 p.m. Shetland ladies, famous for their handiwork, have been busy for some time preparing for this sale, which promises to be very successful. In the evening the usual social and dance will be held.

The establishment of a National Art Association in New Zealand seems to be a move in the right direction, for the love of art and beauty exists in many places outside the four centres which have local associations of their own, but which do not appear to spread their interests and privileges to the smaller places. Apparently the new association is to get in touch with the smaller committees which are out of reach and without opportunity of becoming acquainted with the good things of art. The more isolated places would be the principal objective of the association, which would seek local cooperation in organising exhibitions of paintings. It is also hoped that interest in the various forms of art may be stimulated—a thing which would be a great advantage in New Zealand, and added to this would be the townplanning [town planning] and beautifying. The latter is specially desirable, for the little that has been done in this city, for instance, has added much to its interest and beauty ; but there is a great deal more to be done. The women's branch of the Town-planning Association of Wellington "died a natural death," not from want of interest on the part of the women, but because, after they had considered many matters in connection with the beautifying of the city and made suggestions to the other branches and committees, that was the end of the matter. It would be difficult to find one recommendation which went beyond the first stage, and therefore the women— most of them very much occupied ones —gave up attending the meetings, quite discouraged. It is a fact that very few women are content with merely talking, they like some sort of action to follow—no matter what the subject of discussion may be.

In a short but impressive speech at the break-up ceremony of the Wellington Girls' College, Mr. Caughley, Director of Education, paid a high compliment to the display of hand-work done by the school. This, he said, was genuine self-expression of the girls, and he thought their faculties were being developed in the right directions. He compared the life of the school to a vigorous tree. The leaves are necessary to the well-being of the tree, and each contributes to its growth. The root lives on from year to year and supplies life to the whole tree. The school is the root ; the girls are the leaves. As years go on, the influence of such a large school on the community is incalculable.

Original ideas are eagerly sought for by organisers of entertainments in aid of charities, and it was felt that something fresh had really been found when the billiard match played recently by professionals on behalf of a charity proved financially a great success, says the London "Daily Telegraph." Every good cause has its annual whist drives, concerts, and bazaars, and the change was a welcome one. A chess tournament has now been arranged in aid of the funds of the British Women's Patriotic League. A great attraction will be a lightning tournament and a simultaneous display on thirty boards by Herr Geza Maroczy.

Mrs. Parfitt, aged 34 years, fell dead from heart failure after performing a gypsy dance at a party, says a London message. Her husband at an inquest gave evidence that his wife, since the age of 14, had been an inveterate cigarette smoker. She smoked 70 to 80 daily.

The death occurred suddenly yesterday at King George V. Hospital, Rotorua, of Miss I. M. Whyte, R.R.C., matron. Deceased had a distinguished war record. Crossing to Belgium on 14th August, on the outbreak of war, she had charge of casualty clearing stations during the retreat at the Marne, was mentioned in dispatches, and received at Buckingham Palace and Marlborough House. She was matron on her return to New Zealand at Coromandel, Pukeroa, and Rotorua Hospitals successively. She graduated at Auckland, and for eleven years was with the Queen Alexandra Imperial Nursing Service. She received the Medaille de la Reine Belgains.—Press Association.

An aftermath to the Red Cross International Fair took place last evening, when the gentlemen members of the committee responsible for the arrangements of the fair entertained the lady helpers at a cabaret evening at St. Francis's Hall. About 50 or 60 couples were present, and an enjoyable evening was spent in dancing. During the evening Miss F. Penney contributed a song entitled "Waters of Minnetonka," and as an encore "Little Piccaninny." The chairman of the Peace Time Committee (Mr. F. Goldberg), in the course of the evening, briefly thanked all those who had helped to make the International Fair such an outstanding success. Amongst those present were Mrs. Laurenson, black velvet and lace ; Mrs. Robinson, black georgette with silver tunic ; Mrs. Goldberg, jade green georgette ; Mrs. S. Myers, black sequins ; Mrs. GalIoway, pink charmeuse ; Miss Townsend, olive green georgette ; Miss Phillips, blue georgette and steel embroidery Miss F. Penney, rose velvet ; Miss L. Penny, scarlet charmeuse ; Mrs. M. Mays (Sister Lewis), Mrs. Munt, Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Ivan Levy, Misses Paterson (2), Miss Spiers, Miss Munt, Miss Beath, and many others.

Under the heading, "A Link With the Past," the following interesting story is told :—Mrs. Jessie Phillippa Paul, who has just died in Sussex, at the age of ninety-seven, was a remarkable "link with the past," and only a few weeks before her death wrote in "The Times" these reminiscences :—"l remember more than eighty years ago dancing at a juvenile party with an old gentleman, the Marquess of Huntly, who said to me at the end of the dance : 'Now you can always say that you have danced with a man who danced with Marie Antoinette.' When I was ten years old I remember going into dessert with my grandparents to have a glass of port, as was usual for children in those days, and my grandmother saying to my grandfather, Sir Rigby Mackworth : "This evening you must drink to Church and Queen, my dear, and not to Church and King.' My grandfather had served in the Navy in his young days with William IV., and liked to think of his link with the King, so this was the way she broke the news of his death to him and I heard of the accession of Queen Victoria." Mrs. Paul's husband (the late Canon Paul) succeeded his father as vicar of Finedon, and held the benefice for sixty-three years the two incumbencies covering five reigns.