WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. Florence Porter is in Feilding ut present, but will return to Wellington next week. Lady Hunter has returned to Porangahau after, paying an extended visit ,to Wellington. ' Mrs. F. Hay has returned to Wellington from the West Coast. Mrs. Magnus is leaving to-morrow for Christchurch for the races. Mrs. E. J. Eiddiford and Mrs.'Coekbnrn Hood wore" among the passengers who returned to New Zealand by the Buahino. Mr., and Mm. W. Ferguson and Mr. W. H. S. Moorhouse have returned to Wellington, from the South. Mrs. T. L.-Paget, Wellington, is visiting Palmerston North. Mrs. T. W. Hislop and Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Lyon (Wellington) are among the visitors to Chrißtehurch. Miss Cox, Christehurch, is visiting Nelson. Miss Elspeth Barton (Featherston) will be: the, guest of Mrs. J. F. Studholme during race week in Cliristch ureh. Miss Bullen, of Chriatchnroh, arrived in Wellington this morning, and will stay for a few days. Miss K. Morrison, Lansdowne, is visiting Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. L. Salek, Wellington, are visiting Hawkes Bay. Miss Ckrystall, Christchurch, is remaining in Wellington to take part in the Miramar golf tournament, after having attondod the one at Heretaunga. Mrs. T. O'Brien and Miss K. O'Brien are leaving by the Aorangi for a visit to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. Miss O'Brien intends Ito continue her! dancing studies while !in America. _, The.Hon. K. S. Williams and: Mrs. Williams arc arriving in Wellington, and will take up their residence hero. j Mrs. and Miss Murchie, Wanganni, are visiting Wellington. Misa Payton (secretary of the New Zealand Ladies' Golf Association) has returned to Auckland; Miss Culling will remain and take part in the Miramar meeting. A very pleasant and cordial acknowledgment was made by the committee of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Navy League, who gave a morning tea to Mrs. Albert Bussell, who took a leading part in the arranging of the recent Old-World Fashion Parade, which was so successful, and which was repeated a second time by general request. As a mark of appreciation the guest of honour was presented with a charming purse of blue leather with her initials embossed in gold. Mrs. J. P. Firth made the presentation, and in thanking Mrs. Bussell for her efficient help added tho thanks of tjie committee to Mr. Bussell, who took an important part in the announcing of the items, and also Miss Marjorie Buckeridge, who assisted with tho programme. Mrs. Bussell returned thanks, and then tea was served and a pleasant hour was spent. Among those present were Mesdames Pnillips-Turner, Bayfeild, Walker,.Harding, W. Luke, Middleton, Adams, Bpse, C. Kirk, Misses Edwin and Cable. A very interesting address was given at 'the monthly meeting of the Manawatu . Wowen^s,.:;Clulx , by, .Mr v H. E. Pacey, who spoke about "The Marvels of the Milk Pail." Mrs. E. A. Fuller, who was hostess with Mrs. Hancox and Miss Gardiner, introduced the speaker. Mr. Pacey said that science had been busy in bringing the dairying industry to a great state of perfection. All the food consumed clay by day, no matter in what form, contained the six ingredients found in milk, though, of course, in different proportions. This fact had caused milk to be called the ideal food, but the speaker was of opinion that while it was certainly the ideal food for calves, it was not quite so for a baby or a full-grown man. He spoke of the fact that milk was used for the cure of a number of diseases as well as for a staple food, producing cheese, butter, condensed milk, etc. The real romance, however, was stated to begin with the skim, the uses of which were really wonderful. As a food for calves and pigs this liquid was well known, but it was ndt so appreciated that the casein, extracted from skim milk was used in the building of houses, of ships, and of aeroplanes. Mr. Paeey then went on to enumerate the nunlber of things which were made from this astonishing product, and his hearers wore profoundly surprised and interested. There are about 1,300,000 cows in the1 country, and about 80,000 persons engaged in the dairying industry. Products amounting to over £22,000,000 in revenuo vfere obtained, £18,000,000 worth being exported. The money thus made was circulated in the business and social life of New Zealand, and, the speaker concluded, he was sure in the future.everyone would look upon the cow with added respect. Dr. G. Brutin Sweet made a plea for care in the food of the "ex-baby" at the Auckland Child Welfare Conference, as follows: —It was often difficult to '.determine what was a suitable and sufficient diet for a child between the ages of one and three. The child needed variety in. its food, but the solution was not to give it a little of everything on its parents' table. It should have three meals a day and nothing whatever in between. Lack of appetite in a small child was the most common sign of dyspepsia; A child should no? be coaxed to eat in such a case. The principal meal of the day should be at noon. The child should be given a plain and not specially attractive meal at 5 o'clock and put to bed before the family dinner. Pastry, ice-cream, sweets and chocolate were poisonous to a child and should be banned, and uncles, aunts, and other people who were tho chief offenders in this respect must be restrained. Dr. Sweet considered that oatmeal porridge was not suited to children in mild climates, being not particularly nourishing or easy to digest. Baw fruit should bo given only at meals, and not unless it was certain that the. child could and did masticate it. Milk was much overdone. It was a highly concentrated food and when given to children above tho infant age it should be well diluted. The copious drinking of water botwoen meals should be discouraged. Wholemeal bread was preferable to white. No bread less than twenty-four hours old should bo given to young children, and then preferably browned by toasting or baking. Pats should be .given sparingly, especiaiTy in summer. They provided fuel only, and no great quantity of them was needed in a warm climate. Children had a natural delight for tho fat of meat. Sir Truby King, who was present in the: audience, said he did not entirely agree with Dr. Sweet's condemnation of raw fruit. He had never advocated it for children one year old, but there was a large body of medical opinion .strongly in favour of its use, provided the child was "taught to-chew it properly. Whole-' 'liieal bre;.fd~caused~'indigestion in some: cases, and was not invariably to bo recommended.

There is hardly a material of which flowers for personal adornment have not been made, romurks an overseas writer. There are flowers of rubber, of leather, of wood, of wax, of almost all the metals, of shells, of cotton wool, of of raffia, of silk, of cotton, of wool cloth, of felt, and of feathers. And each sort has a claim to fashion. In London recently a number of very smart women have been wearing enormous flowers like peonies, made of the wool cloth of which their suiis or wraps, are made. Imagine an enormous ox-blood tweed flower worn high on the shoulder ho near to the collar that it touches the neck and tickles the chin when the head is turned. To woar with knitted jumpers and sweaters there are buttonhole or shoulder flowers made of the yarn from which the garment is knitted. Dr. Agnes Bennett will speak about "A Journey-in Sumatra" at the next meeting of the Federation of University Women (Wellington branch), Which. will be held at the residence of Dr. Elizabeth Brysqn.. Dr. Bennett only returned from this most interesting journey a brief time ago, and it is expected that there will be a good attendance at the mooting to hear so much that will be enlightening to those, who have not been so fortunate as to visit Sumatra. Tho Wellington Federation has received notice from.the American Association of University. Women of an International Fellowship of the value of £1500, to enable the holder to carry on a year 's research in some country other than her own during the academic year,. 1927-1928. Each candidate must describe a scheme of research and sub' mit a dissertation or published work in addition to any other evidence which she may desire to offer of her fitness to undertako the proposed research. Any New Zealand graduate who may wish to be nominated should communicate in the first instance with her local secretary. This is a wonderful opportunity, and many will hope that the successful candidate may bo a New Zealander. Interesting mention of the social part of the International Women's Congress in Paris was given at Perth (W.A.) by the delegate from there, says "Dawn." "Miss'Bromham described the beautiful buildings of Paris and the various entertainments given in their honour by the municipality of Paris and other public bodies. The Mayor of Paris had made a speech, assuring them that the municipality was very much in favour of granting the franchise to women. Mrs. Corbett-Ashby, who is a very able French, speaker, was a great favourite with the French people because of her charming manner and personality. At the reception there had been a band of 200 players, and the ballroom in the Hotel do Ville, Miss Bromham felt, must be one of the most beautiful rooms in the world. The supper room was a bower of exquisite roses^ —roses in great arches of colour and fragrance; the effect was Jike fairyland. Invitations to delegates were so numerous that it was quite impossible to accept all that werp given, and delegations had to be divided, and went off in different directions, so great was the hospitality extended. Private invitations had to go altogether in the vast majority of cases during the. fortnight. A. memorable event was the visit to Fontaineblenu to which beautiful. and historic place "delegates were convoyed in some fifty or sixty char-a-bancs. To her it had been a day of intense interest to see the place where Napoleon and Marie Antoinette and other great historical people had spent so much of their time. A reception had been given by the French Auxiliary and. by the president of the Congress, and the loader of each delegation had to stand on a chair and be introduced to the whole gathering. Everyone had tried to speak to members of anothor country; Roumania would perhaps talk to Finland; Czecho- j Slovakia to Ireland. It was impossible at the public meetings and during Congress to exchange ideas with delegates of other nations as they would all have wished." "I read the other day some comments by a foreign architect upon our British fondness for railings, and ever | since, in my walks through London streets, I have been ■ astounded at the truth of these remarks. Railings abound and of the most unnecessary nature; round empty spaces of gravel, close up against the solid walls of buildings; is it a relic of our passion for privacy in our own domain?" says a writer in "Time and.Tide." The same "fondness" is '. dying a hard death in Wellington, as instanced by the plain assemblage of evergreens 'on .Tervois quay which is jealously railed in, locked from an uninterested public, not to mention, a' number of other places about the city;/: ....■■ An open afternoon. was held at the Auckland Lyceum Club/when the president, Mrs.W. H. Parkes, and Mrs. J. Hodgson were, hostesses. An interesting address, on New Zealand industries was given .by Mr. J. A- C. Allum, president of the Industrial Association. In advocating the purchase of New Zea-land-made goods Mr. Allum said it was generally recognised the housewife held tho key to. the situation. Imported products meant exported money and if the country were to prosper there must Ec an increase in the purchase of New Zealand goods. In ten years New Zaland had paid £355,350,015 for imports from, other countries. New Zealand was one.of the greatest importers in the world. Last year it imported £33 a head of the population. Australia imported &18 a head, and America only £6. Mr. Allum and Mr. H. Dearslcy each appealed for good consideration and patronago for New Zea-land-made goods, and showed how much should bo done towards the general progress and prosperity of all the people if the manufacture and production had first favour from the women purchasers. At the conclusion of the meeting a resolution in favour of supporting all New Zealand industries was passed on the motion of Mrs. Parkes. A bazaar will be opened to-morrow afternoon at the Congregational Schoolroom, Cambridge terrace, at 3 o'clock, by Mr. T. Forsyth, M.P. The stalls are -' exceptionally well stocked, ' specially with dainty clothing for children, and Christmas presents may also bo selected from the many pretty juid useful things which will be offered for sale. There will be good entertainment in the evenings, Mrs. Menard's pupils giving assistance among others. A very successful bazaar is anticipated. A successful dance given by the ] Lower Hiffct Tennis Clnb was held in the Lyceum Hall, Lowor Hutt. The committee responsible for the arrangements were Misses North, Mac Donald, Robinson, Ayson (2), and Messrs. MacDonald, Renner, Hill Oorten, Gordon. Among those present were Misses North, Mac Donald, Robinson, T. Ayson, M. Ayson, D. Johnson, R. Johnson, - Lees, T. ■ Meadows, D. Seed, M. Seed, R. Furlong, Burnley, E. M' Arthur, ■■V. ■ Jenness, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Kell, and many others; -also present -were-Messrs. • Carter, Hill,- Turner, Seed; M' Arthur, Nor-1 man, Downer, Power, Gordon, Rodgers, EadclifE, Douglas, Bush, and Kell.

Miss C. B. Mills, who has been"" chosen out of eighteen candidates for the position of principal of Nelson' Girls' College, graduated from Canterbury Collego with first-class honours in English and French. She has been an assistant mistress at the Palmer-:' stou North High School, first assistant at tho Waitaki Girls' High School, first assistant at the Christchurch Technical College (secondary department), and for the past few years head mistress of tho PaTmerstoii North Girls' High School. In 1924 Miss Mills was given loavo by the Palmerston High School Board and visited England, spending considerable time when there studying educational matters. "Under Miss Mills the Palmerston North Girls' High School has established an excellent record both for scholastic work and tho development of character amongst its pupils, and the Nelson College Board is fortunate in being able to appoint a lady of such outstanding ability and character to succeed Miss Lorimsr, whose record as head mistress at Nelson Girls' College cannot be surpassed by the head of any girls' school in New Zealand.