WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 5, 7 January 1927, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

, Miss C. M. Gillies, 8.A., of Timaru, has been appointed to the stafE of Wellington Girls 5 • College. Miss Beatrice Barth, F.TiC.L., ot Dunedin, is the guest of her.sister, Mrs. Lisle, of Wadestown.

Mrs. Reeves, of .Takaka, arrived yesterday for a short visit to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. C. Armstrong, Wellington, are visiting Timaru.

Mrs; G. A. Troup and family have returned from a visit to Eotorua. '

Mrs. A. M. Burns, Kelburn, is the guest of her sisiter, Mrs. W. F. Porter, ißemuera, Auckland.

Miss M'Lean left to-day by the Maunganui for Sydney, en route for her oversaes tour.

Miss Nan Pike, whose performance of Liza Doolittle in Mr. Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" with the National Bepertory Society last April will be remembered, leaves for Dunedin to-night to take up an engagement with Joseph Cunningham's English Comedy Company. Mrs. and Miss Pike are very v well known in Wellington, . and the news of Miss Pike's advancement will be interesting to many friends. Mrs. Pike, is leaving for Dunedin with her daughter.

The Queen,.who has long been famous for her practical interest in child"erfV V? fare> -has 'Adopted" a waif, * iittle boy from one of the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society's homes. She has nominated him to a more expensive institution. She will be responsible for his education, and see that he is properly brought up. "I cannot, tell you his surname;"' said Dr Westcott,-secretary of the. society, in. making the announcement, "but his Christian name is Arthur. He is iust a^wee-wai^-fromono of the society V one hundred and nine ■ homes. He is Ona To, rk?hire iiM now,-and the Queen has ; . never seen him. The Quean, who devotes a sum of money^ nually for scholarships, invited the sow^choUT^^^^^hur

-The death qpeurred at Kaiapoi yesterday morning of Mrs. J. H. Blackwell,- 0.8. E., after a long illness, states a iTess Association message. She was president of the Kaiapoi branch of the flunket Society, and an enthusiastic worker among girls' clubs in connection with' the Methodist Church. For organising work for, the Bed Cross during the war she was decorated with the Order of .the British' Empire. The late Mrs. Blackwell was the wife of Mr. J. H. Blackwell, ex-presideht of the Qanterbury^Progress League, a member of the Waimakariri Biver Trust, and chairman of directors of the Kaiapoi Woollen- Company. '

The problem of the hair is a problem no; longer, writes a representative of the London "Evening News." The fashion experts,-have settled it definitely. Their verdict is: Long hair, dead;. Eton crop, dying; shingling come-to stay for another ten years at least. It was 'announced at the hairdressers' exhibition, which recently opened at the Boyal Horticultural Hall, London; There were mannequins showing aU the latest styles of heads—young mannequins and middle-aged mannequins,^ and even elderly mannequins, all with their own sorts of hair. But the s^gled-head was the head triumphant. Mr. .Charles has just returned ftom an inspection of the hair of Europe and America, and he said: Take.my t word for it, shingling will last for another generation. In America the hairdressers have just spent a tortune m trying to persuade women to go back to long hair. They have failed. Y.I Just because the modern woman won't be bothered with-long hair any more. There's a reaction agafaist the Eton crop, though. Lots of women are going back to the shingle. Tie Eton crop was ._ an excess, and women are reahsmg-it. In Vi onna i saw gorne e. (»H D 7W< /I! 6 women *ere are having heads ,of short, curly hair, just lilce the^ ancient Greek statues. Will that fashion come to London? Oh I don't know." The experts will tell you that the. London girl's h.iir. is as; smart tonatio3^ <^* °f the girl Of an^ ot]^nation. "Five years ago, no " said o? etnL t!T> "-to arranged a collection ot tubes like a mechanical octopus for raying a woman's hair. "But Pto-day 1.- 111^ "** '^

of i a / ' beautiful setting of St. Andrew's College, the Girl CitiMrT^b^ £ New Zealana commenced their third annual conference There are 81 delegates assembled in the w^% 4 epreienting all the larger towns of New Zealand from Whangarei m the^North to Dundein in the South Miss-Leila Bridgman, National Girls' Work secretary, is in charge of the conference, while Miss A. M. Bentham, aotuig headquarters secretary, is hostress. lathe Girl Citizen MovevwV^' 11? 8 teen organised by the IT.W.C.A. during thb last few years with, great success, the event of the year is the annual conference, to which each _ community, in spite of financial worries, sends its quota of delegates. At the conference the .girls discuss their various, problems, consider alterations to the constitution, and plan the work o± the coming year. The programme provides for a very full day. 'The morning begins with an early swim and physical jerks, under the supervision of Mrs. Montgomery, the physical director in Auckland T.W.C.A. . After breaktast there is an address from the Eev. .Mr.. Eobertson, which is, followed by group discussion. After recreation there follows the girls' • council hour, duroag which the practical business of conference is .done. The afternoon is occupied with rest and recreation in the beautiful grounds that surround the college. The evenings are devoted to inspirational talks and cup competitions. The theme tunning through the conference is" that all are "explorers,"' trying to find the best in life through every avenue available.

For a young woman to settle on a big farm of her own, with its attendant duties and responsibilities, is a task for which few-women have either the qualifications or the inclination (says the "New Zealand Herald").' However; an arrival from Sydney was Miss J. Alma Baker, daughter of Mr. V G. Alma Baker, well known in.New Zealand as the friend and companion of Zane Grey in his recent deep-sea fishing adventures. Miss Baker, who accom-' panied Mr. Baker. from Sydney, will proceed shortly to a 12,000-acre sheep and cattle farm, which her father has purchased for her in tho Tuakau district. The property, situated at Limestone Downs, fifteen miles out from Tuakau, is parti? grass and partly bush, and will provide Mr. Baker and his family with a permanent interest in New Zealand, as he expects to spend a good deal of his time in tho Dominion in the future. Miss Baker is very fond of riding, and she has lived on sheep and cattle stations most of her life. Mr. Baker intends to stock the farm with. Polled Angus cattle " and Southdown sheep, but attention will also be paid to the, breeding of stock horses and thoroughbreds. On his way to Now Zealand from the Federated Malay States, where he has extensive rubber and tin interests, he selected a quantity of purebred stock in Australia for .putting on ibq aassr faaaa,

A recipe for "Four-fruit Jam" appears very new and possible, and will probably interest some good housekeepers. It is as follows: —Take_ two quarts of cherries, one quart of red currants, one. quart of' gooseberries, one pint of raspberries, Jib of sugar to each lb of fruit. Stone the (sherries, remove the currants from the stalks, top and tail the gooseberries,.hull the raspberries (and examine well for grubs). Weigh the fruit and the amount of sugar required. Put the fruit into the preserving pan, add the sugar gradually, and let it dissolve. Bring to boiling point and boil until the jam sets. Test in the usual way. Pour into warm dry pots and tie down. News from Miss Rosemary Eees states that she and'her sister have taken a flat in London in Mecklenburg square, and Miss Eees is taking part in a play with the Lena Ashwell Company. Her books, all three, have had a gratifying success, and it is possible that "April's Sowing" may be produced in London as a play: ; the matter is under favourable consideration in a good direction. Copies of this book and "Heather of the South" had been accepted by the Duchess of York, who said that she would read the books "with much interest," especially in view of her coming visit to the scene of the stories. The new book, "Life's What You Make It," is the subject of favourable comment, and will be published in August next. New Zealanders may be proud of the success of their fellow-citizen in the difficult and stony path of literature, for Miss Eees has accomplished much from sheer force of merit and brains.

The death occurred at 'Marton on Wednesday of one of the oldest residents'of the district," Mrs. Hannan Jane Esam. The.deceased lady, who was in her 78th year, was the widow of the-late Mr. Charles Godfrey Esam, for'many years one of the leading solicitors of the district. Mrs. Esam, who was born in Yorkshire, was the daughter of Mrs. Susan Sunderland, who was known as the'"Yorkshire Queen of Song," and who had the honour of singing before the late Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palacs. On arriving in Marton in the later 'eighties, Mrs. Esam at once interested herself in the musical activities of the district and during the time the Amateur Operatic Society was in existence, acted as pianist to the society. But it was as an accompanist that Mrs. Esam was best known and her services ..were sought after in,places far removed from her own town. Mrs. Esam's husband died many years ago. Those of her family who are left are Mrs. Meyer (Dunedin), Miss Esam (Marton), and Mr. A. Esam (Wellington).

Mrs. P. B. Green, a woman Magistrate, recently refused to leave the Bench during the hearing of a case at Colchester Police Court, and was warmly supported in her attitude by those interested in the .feminist movement. Much comment has been aroused ~by the'action of Mr. C. P. Hutton, a fellow Magistrate, who left the Court as a protest against Mrs. Green remaining on the Bench after the Mayor Had asked the public to retire from the Court. Miss Edith Berthen, one 1 of the few women, solicitors in London, told a Press representative that she entirely agreed with Mrs. Green. "It is obvious,'?'she said, ''that there was a, woman in the case, andwhero a woman is concerned there ought to be a woman' on the, Bench. Even before there were any women Magistrates it was recognised that when a woman was involved in a case there should be another woman in Court to- stand by her and give her moral support." Miss Florence Underwood, secretary of the Women's Freedom League, said that a woman Magistrate was appointed to her office on exactly the same terms as a man, and she had to swear the same oaths. "These cases concern women as greatly as they do men," she added. "Just consider for a moment if a woman was being tried in a special case. The male Magis-. trates would certainly not lave the ease to-be, tried by the women on the Bench. They would proceed with the ease and think nothing of it. Women Magistrates should not bo concerned with their own personal feelings. They are in the Court to administer justice in the same way as the men. If a man Magistrate cannot see his way to justice being meted out by men and women alike on the Bench, then he is old fashioned,, and the sooner he leaves the Bench the better." Mrs. Green, in an interview, said she held strongly to the view^that there should be no distinction between/'ithe sexes, in public work.' "If a woman undertakes a public duty," she added, "she should perform it faithfully, no matter ho,w unpleasant it may be. lam dead against women Magistrates leaving Court when objectionable cases are heard. They are shirkers. I feel I am not on the Bench as a woman, but as a man and a brother Magistrate. Friday happened to be my rota, but-the Court officials have instructions to send for me whenever there is a case involving women or children. I feel that women have a special contribution to make in this respect, for their presence on the Bench makes all the difference to women and children who have to give unpleasant evidence."

_The engagement is announced of Freda, eldest daughter of Mrs. Jones, Onental'Bay, and of the late Henry Charles Jones; of Wellington, to Ealph, youngest son of Mr. T. H. Avison and the late Mrs. Avison, ,of Daylesford, Victoria. .

A New Zealand woman who has entered a most' interesting form of employment in London is Mrs. A; Loftus Tottenham, who was Miss Gladys Nation, of Hastings. Though having lived ia many towns, Mrs. Tottenham found that she had learned nothing which would earn her an adequate livelihood in a war-worn community until by chance a great French dressmaker discovered her flair for clothes .designing. She was'offered a minor .position in an Oxford street showroom, where her exquisite taste and original conceptions have brought th,eir own reward. Mrs. Tottenham, by virtue of her talent and artistry in now in charge of this worldrenowned Frenchwoman's salon, and does the greater part of the buying of the exquisite materials that are used in madame's creations.

_ An interesting scheme with, possibilities conies from an Australian source. Mothers who need a real holiday and ftnd taking the children to the beach for a. fortnight a very doubtful substitute for it, will be interested in the veuure of "Beach Nurseries, Victor Harbour." The scheme, which will come into operation in a few weeks' time, and last over the summer and autumn months, is to have three qualified ladies as children's nurses, who will take charge of children on the beach by the day or the week. One of them will bo a trained nurse and one a kindergartener. The house occupied by the promoters of the scheme is a comfortable one near the beach, and on hot days the children will have their games there. There will also be room for about eight boarders, children whose parents wish them to have a- holiday at the beach but' are unable to take them. The scheme will cater fov children up to 7J years, and seems likely to meet a great need for tired mothers in need of rest and change. Leading United States statisticians have had a National Conference Board at work in an endeavour to find the reasoQ'Why women earn less tliaii men whaji engaged in business. The cry of equai pay for equal work, so often heard in Australia, is largely responsible for this research, says tho "Argus" of recent date. The first fact elicited was that the salary range of women was from 25 per cent, to 40 per cent, telow the ruling wage of men doing the same kind of work. Where this was not the case it was found that a woman displayed exceptional qualities when occupying a particular position. Where competition was* open a larger proportion of women than men failed to attain the higher posts. A notable osceptiou was in the switchboard service of telephone organisations, as there men were in negligible quantity. One of the reasons supplied to the board for the position occupied by the majority of women was that they were less regular in attendance, that they displayed less initiative than nion, and were less eager to assume responsibility. While this is said to be the case to-day, it is thought that the limited period within which women have enjoyed wider privileges in respect to occupations outside the domestic circle may be responsible'for some of their present limitations. An important factor also is .that many women only engage in work to assist themselves temporarily, and quit their occupations when they marry. Thus tho_ conclusion of the board is that social conditions, and not inherent lack of ability or biased discrimination, are responsible more than'anything else for thb lower compensation received by women for work. '