WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 39, 14 August 1926, Page 17

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Drewitt, of Christchurch, are in Wellington en route for a visit to England.

Mr. Justice Alpers and Mrs. Alpors are tho guests of Mrs. F. Wilding, Christehurch.

Mrs. Parsons is visiting Nelson. Mrs. Hunter has returned from a visit to Haveloek North.

Mrs. and Miss Burnett, Wellington, are visiting Wanganui.

Miss Needham, Greymouth, is visiting Wellington.

Miss M. Bayley, "Wellington, is visiting Christehurch.

Misa Ethel Bichardson (Wellington) who has been oil a sketching expedition in South "Westland for the past four months, and was the guest of Mrs. E. B. Mabin, is now staying in Christchurch.

His Excellency Uk- Covernor-General often indulges in a little gentle humour, and yesterday at the reception arranged in his honour and that of Her Excellency by the St. John Ambulance Nursing Divisions, in apologising for the absence of Lady Alice Fergusson, ho said she was following the modern ideas of wives, and instead of deferring entirely to the opinions of her husband, she took her own. They had been, he said, opening a "fresh-air school" while in Christchurch, and found themselves near the top of the Cashmere Hills, on a raised platform, and in an icy wind, and Her Excellency, instead of taking Ma remarks about the benefits of fresh air to heart, had simply taken a chill, and therefore she was not able to be about just now. There was a ripple of amusement at his remarks, though all joined most heartily and sincerely in the regrot which Her Excellency expressed that she could not come to the reception.

A concert arranged by Mrs. Burt in aid of St. Peter's Boys' Club is to be held on Tuesday next. A: very good programme has been promised, and it is hoped that parishioners and friends of the boys will attend and make the concert as successful from the monetary point of view as it promises to be artistically.

A very enjoyable evening was spent at the Orango Lodge Hall, Dauiell street, to celebrate the occasion of the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Pedersen. The hall and supper room were artistically decorated with silver and lemon colour. During tho evening many dances wero enjoyed, about sixty guests being present. A congratulatory speech was mado by Mr. Dunstall and responded to by Mr. Pedorsen.

Miss Margaret M'Millan, a leading kindergarten worker iv England, recently founded a school for the poor children of Deptford, London, at which the commencement age is two years. She defends this early beginning with the contention that the first few years of childhood are wasted under most educational systems of to-day. Her efforts are being watched with interest by educational authorities in many parts of the world, and the Department of Public Instruction in London has been so impressed that it now gives her a little monetary assistance.

Miss Archibald, presided at the monthly committeo meeting of the Levin Memorial Home hold at the home, Berhampoi-e. The matron reported that the general health of the children was good. There were three new admissions to the homo during the month. A special resolution of thanks was passed to the Maearthy Trustees for tho substantial increase in the part allotted to the home this year. Workers who assisted at tho home during the month wero Toe. H. men, and Mr. Brewin with five fellow-workers. At the sewing bee, which met ou 27th July, Mrs. Griffiths was welcomed as a new member of the Auxiliary Committee. Gifts acknowledged were: Cakes from St. Thomas's and St. Cuthbert's parishes; donations, Misses Young and Barry; case of apples, Mrs. Willoughby; clothes, Mrs. Christie and Mrs. Oswin; bread, the Women's National Reserve; papers, Mrs. Orr; load of turf, Mr. Brewin; bread, Mrs. Heindal.

An evening wedding was recently celebrated at the Basilica, Hill street, Wellington, when Miss Ruby Walsh, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Walsh, Farm road, Northland, was married to Mr. Roy Poynton, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Poynton, of Emsay, South, Victoria. The ceremony was celebrated by the Rev. Father Maloney. The bride wore a charming frock of gold satin trimmed with gold Spanish lace, and a coronet of gold tissue and lace with gold flowers, carrying an autumn-tinted shower bouquet. Miss Iris Walsh was bridesmaid, and wore a pretty frock of pale pink' crepe de chine with tulle veil to match, and carried a posy of pink freesias. The bride and bridegroom left by car for the North.

A well-attended meeting of the Wellington Women's Auxiliary of the Sudan United Mission was held recently at the residence of Mrs. H. Tonks, 11, Thompson street. Mrs. Tonks kindly provided afternoon tea. Mrs. Priestley reported that the sum required to render mosquito-proof a room in each of the mission houses at Heibau had been secured, and the work should be finished before Christmas. Interesting letters were re^fl and arrangements were made for the annual jumble sale. Mrs. Priestley conveyed the thanks of the meeting to Mrs. Tonks for her hospitality.

Notwithstanding adverse weather conditions, a large audience turned out on Wednesday evening to the vocal and pianoforte recital given at Eastbourne by Mrs. J. N. Isaacs and Mr. Trevor P. Fisher, and were treated to an excellent programme, most capably rendered. Mrs. Isaacs sang Tosti's "Ridonami la Cahna," followed by "The Snowdrop" (Craxton), "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings" (Liddle), "Creation's Hymn" (Beethoven), "Peace" (Eric F°gg)> "Down Here" (May Brahe), and her final bracket was "Sapphic Ode" (in English), and "Sunday" (Brahms). Mr. Fisher opened the programme with Mendelssohn's "Andante and Rondo Capriceioso," and his artistic ability and technique were shown ia Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in C Sharp Minor," followed by "Melodic" and "Polichinelle" (Lester), "Caprice" (York Bowen), "Berceuse" (Palmgren), "Tarantelle" (Karganoff), "Etude Romantique" (Chaminade), and "Marche Militaire" (Schubert). Both artists received numerous encores. Mr. Fisher played tho accompaniments.

During tho "Kindness to Animals" Week, held in England early in May, a London firm, well known for its enterprise in selling vegetarian furs, organised a parade of mannequins at which all the costumes, hats, shoes, and gloves worn were human in their origin. Commenting upon tho need for this, Evelyn Sharp, writing in the "Manchester Guardian," says: "Thero are so many women who are cruel in their dress without knowing it, and so many others who are cruel from intellectual laziness because they see no easy way of being anything else without wearing 'unbecoming clothes, that this display of ordinary modern garments by an ordinary business firm should do much to prove that it is perfectly possiblo to be well and fashionably dressed without torturing or killing animals for the purpose."

It is now understood that Mrs. Coates will accompany the Prime Minister on Monday evening next, tho 10th instant, at the meeting of tho Wellington Women's Auxiliary of tho New Zealand X^olitical Reform League. A groat deal of interest is being taken in the proceedings, and it is expected it will be a largo attendance at the Dominion Farmers' Institute ou that occasion.

To set off for a wedding of some friends and then to find themselves in a strange environment, among strange faces and unfamiliar wedding gowns, was the amusing experience of two Auckland local girls this week (telegraphs "Tho Post's" correspondent). The two girls were to attend a wedding at tho Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby, and then to go to a wedding breakfast at a tearoom. With only a slight knowledge of the district they found their way to another wedding party. They sat for a time, bewildered by the array of unfamiliar faces. They smiled at people whom they thought they knew, but received only chilly glances. When they discovered their error they beat a precipitate and blushing retreat.

Mrs. Stapledon (Wales, England), who is visiting New Zealand with her husband, Professor Stapledon, gave a t n interesting talk at. a Victoria League party in Auckland on /the great success the Women's Institutes had proved in England. Dame Muriel Talbot, who is at their head, is a personal friend, and was her chief during the war. Dame 'Muriel was very anxious about Mrs. Stapledon meeting the members of the Victoria League in New Zealand, and trying to interest them in tho fine work done amongst the country women by the institutes of the villages and small towns. In an amusing speech siie described her first attempt to address Welsh farmers, and upon arrival found only their wives and children present, so had to' turn her talk to gardening. The chief gardening done by these farmers' wives was to grow the leek, she said, so the talk fell on groum- that wa« a trifle stony. The first institute was started in 1915 by Mrs. Alexander Watt, in Wales, and they are nou-sec-tarian, non-political, and entirely democratic, which makes for power, as each unit elects its own executive. Her own institute had four presidents in five years. The feo was 2s a year, so that the poorwt women could belong, and the first xnle was that a meeting must be held every month. There could be as many more as was wanted, but the institute must assemble once a month. Mrs. Stapledon had an interview vrith the Minister of Agriculture while in Wellington, who showed great interest in the movement, and hopes to see it established in New Zealand. She was to meet the Prime Minister alsa on the subject, but was prevented by the illness of the latter. The speaker explained that although at first the institutes were granted a monetary helping hand by the British Government, they are now self-supporting. At the conclusion of the address Mrs. Stapledon answered questions, and was thanked for her interesting talk. Miss Spencer, of Rissington, Hawkes Bay, who has already started eight institutes, would supply literature on tho subject, Mrs. Saplcdon explained, if anyone wrote to her.

The first woman barrister in Canada recently signed tho roll. She is Miss Roma Stewart, daughter of Mr. James Stewart, K.C., the Premier of King Edward Island.