Women in Print.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 13

Women in Print.

Sir Joseph Ward has received a large number of messages of sympathy from friends both in and beyond the Dominion on the death of Lady "Ward. The interment 'will take place at Bluff on Saturday morning next.

Dr. ana Mrs. F. Fitchett (Auckland) aro staying with Dean Fitchett in. Dunodin.

Lady Bell has left for a visit to the South.

The Hon. Mrs. R. Greville arrived from the South this morning.

Dr. and Mrs. Rhind have returned from the South. ,

Mrs. Falla (Kelburn) has returned from a visit •to Dunedin.

Colonel and Mrs. P. Adams, Auckland, have arrived in Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Fisher have taken up" their residence at Day's Bay.

Miss Mabel Chapman has returned to Wellington from Masterton.

Mrs. E.. E. Downes, Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. P. F. J. Sellers, Bongotai.

Miss Beswock, Stratford, who has been visiting "Wellington, has returned home.

Mr. and 'Mrs. Dumbleton, Napier, are visiting "Wellington.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Luxford and Miss Gerse, have returned to Wanganui after.a visit to "Wellington.

Mrs. C. Gilehrist, Wellington, is visiting Christehureh.

The following resolution of condolence was'passed in silence .-with Sir Truby King- and- Miss King on the recent sorrow sustained by! them on the death of Lady King at a recent meeting of the Plunket Society Committee. Feeling reference. was made to Lady King's life work; which had been one of unselfish devotion in..the cause of humanity, Her. loss to the society is an irreparable one, from the day it was founded Her life has been-given to furthering the welfare of mother and child. The committee felt they,had sustained a personal- loss in her passing out oftheir lives.

The resignation of Matron Thurston was mentioned at: the meeting of the Bed Cross yesterday afternoon, and it was decided to forward a warm letter of thanks to her for her work in the past.

The Queen.-', of Norway, who takes a great interest in thescheme for turning Crosby Hall into a clubhouse, for university women, has promised to furnish one of the rooms in the new residential wing. As Norway is one .of the 27 cpuntries;-possessing--a- National- Federation of University Women'whose members will.be able.to, use Crosby Hall as their London-clubhouse, Norwegian students, of whom there are.quite a number doing research work in London, will possibly have a room that has been furnished by their Queen. Other gifts to the furnishing fund are also of an international character. A number of American-born women.who-live in England have promised to •furnish' rooms, iand university women"-' in:'the. States have collected £2000 toward the general endowment fund, which will be sufficient to endow two rooms for resident research students. Nearly all the dominions are also' endowing rooms. Already Australia has collected over £10D0, while Canada, India, and New Zealand are working hard to provide a room each.. ,S;x British .branches of „the federation have endowed'rooms. " .

Much interest was taken in Sydney in a reception tendered to Miss Mabel Liddiard, chairwoman of the committee, and matron of the Babies of the Empire Training Centre , (Plunket ays-. te-.) at Cromwell House, Xondon. Mrs. Arthur Allen (president of'the Australian Mothefcrftft. Society) and mem-, liera of -committee and many others were present; The Ihichess of York is the president of the British centre. Miss Liddiard gave an address, which wasfull of information about the Plunket work which is being done in London, mentioning specially the big work done by the out-patient's department. She advised the Australian centre to concentrate ..on Igetting a reallyy good and suitable building for-the centralising of the work, as..that..was far more than "half the battle." Captain' Stevens, organising secretary of the Australian Society, then outlined the plans which were being made to accomplish the end mentioned by Miss Liddiard, and it is hoped to have Plunket work going in all parts of Australia, very soon. A "Wellington woman; who is in Australia at present-and is 'on-the Sydney committee says that the "Australian women are tremendously keen on Plunket work, and often she is asked: for information as haying come from New Zealand .where' the work has accomplished so much. She hopes that with so many good and determined workers that the system will soon be firmly established. ...;.

The vagueness of, America about ]New Zealand was well realised by a JNew Zoaland resident who spent some time in that vast, country. On one occasion she had been speaking to a literary society about th,e Dominion, and one of her hearers said she supposed it was dreadfully hot in New Zealand The speaker said it was quite a moderate climate, and very cold at times. "Oh," said the lady, "I always mix up the North and South Poles. I expect the South to be as hot as the North is cold." Another time a resident expressed her pleasure at meeting the New Zealander, as she "had a brother in South, Africa." Then the fact that New Zealand is four to five days' journey from Australia proved to be quite unbelievable. It must be part of Australia_ because so many people believe that_ it.is,.and there was little use; intalking. After this experience, there seems small doubt of the necessity o£ a; publicity campaign. -

The Artillery- Queen. Committee is holding a special night on Friday at the Adelphi Cabaret, in..support of its campaign. The Artillery Queen, accompanied by, her maids of honour, will be present.''No effort is '^einjj spared to r-'-.e the evening an enjoyable one for all. Manuel Hyman's orchestra will supply the music, and' Miss' Phyllis Bates and her pupils will give exhibition dances.

The matron' of the Bed CFoss Home, Hobson. street, desires to acknowledge with sincere thanks the following gifts received during the month of January: Flowers, the Prime Minister, Miss Sybil Nathan, Misses Price; pot plants, Miss' Poole; papers and magazines, Mesdames Murphy, Meadows and Johns, Hon. Dr W. E. Collins; fruit, Mrs. L. P. Blundoll, Mr. Seville; parrot, Mr. H. Moss.

Mrs. Baldwin, in opening the annual Englishwoman Exhibition of Arts and Handicraft at the Central Hall, London, made one or two suggestions on the employment of "women's clever fingers." She wondered why they had never taken up watchmaking. She also thought there might be an opening for what she described as the tinkering of treasures. An article which they admired—perhaps a piece of glass or china, a lace handkerchief, a tortoiseshell comb, a picture frame, or theframe of a handbag—might be broken, and it was not always easy to get it mended. She believed if some ladies were to start a "treasure tinker trade" they would be of help to the community. They might be "treasure tinkers," of if they liked the description better, "treasure doctors.'?

Earl and Countess Jellicoe sent out a large number of invitations -to their friends, to meet the Right Hon. J. G Coates and Mrs. Coates at a dinner, to be followed by a dance, which took place on 16th December at their London residence, 80, Portland place, writes 'The Post's" London correspondent. At the time that the invitations were issued the Prime Minister for' Australia did not expect', to be able to accept, but owing to change of plans Mr. Bruce was able to be there. Mrs. Bruce, on account of family bereavement, was not present. Those who were present at the dinner were: Earl and Countess Jellicoe,: Mr. W. S. Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Coates, Earl and Countess '■ Clarendon, : Earl and Countess Stanhope,', air H. and Lady Share, General Sir G. and Lady Wilson, Duko and-Duchess of Atholl, Lord Gage,. Mr. Guinness, Earl and Countess Haig, Lord and Lady Carson, Admiral Sir F. and Lady .Field, Sir Felix and , Lady Helen Castle, Sir John and Lady den, Sir Rennell and Lady Ebdd, Lord and Lady Bichard Cavendish, Lord HainptonV the Lord and Lady Mayoress, Lord.Gort,, Sir Charles and Lady Leith. A. large number of invitations were sent out for the dance, and the guests included many well-known New Zealanders. •■■•■■•

The.? ' School Journal for February deals first- with the coming visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, when the children of the country will have special facilities for meeting the distinguished visitors. Pictures are given of the' Duke from an early .age to the present day, 1 alsa of the Duchess, and of their wedding. An interesting picture story of London is in the senior number, and the intermediates have good matter in "The North Pole by Air,'' the story of the '' Keys of Calais,'' "and part,of Eobinson Crusoe. The little ones, as usual, have charming poetry and stories, suitable for their age. .

Miss Zillah Bateman and other mem-: bers of the "Outward: Bound" Company are to be entertained: at the Wellington Lyceum 1 Club to-morrow morning at morning tea. The r party is advertised in. this issue, and members are asked to accept this intimation) as there is not time to send out the usual invitations. > .-;.,-■ - <

A,special general. meeting of the, Eoyal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children was! held at 2.15 p.m. at 18, Kent terrace on Friday the 4th of February. The meeting confirmed alterations to rules applying to subrbranches, power to borrow money,- and an amendment to the existing rule providing for the election of branch committees. These alterations/had "been'-passed at the general conference heldlast "July. The ordinary monthly meeting followed the special general meeting. ' Lady Hosking presided. The Plunket nurse's report for December and January stated that the number of visits tto homes (total), 2538; total number of visits to offices^.adults ■.39,(55;,babies 3303; to headquarters," adults 2661,""babies 1031; Eastbourne, adults 153j babies 163; Ngaio, adults' 60, babies 33; Khandallah, adults 76, babies 84; Johnsonville, adults 42, babies 41; Seatoun, adults 51, babies 56; Lyall Bay and Kilbirnie, adults 322, babies 340; Kelburn, adults 63, babies 61; Karori, adults 106, babies 122; Hataitai, adults 192, babies 197; Northland, adults 76, babies 72; Newtown, adults-222, babies 259; Wades^own, adults 61, babies 63; Island Bayy adults. 219, babies 271; Miramar, adults 118, babies 133. Number of babies wholly breast fed, 190; number of babies partially breast fed, 28; number, of babies artificially fed, 20; expectant;mothers, 53; return visits of expectant mothers to clinic, 331; expectant 'mothers stilF-Tinder' observation, 154. The nurses thank Mrs. Axworthy for a parcel of clothing and also the Northland-Kelbuni ,Biisi. Company for granting the nurse a pass on the bus which greatly facilitates her work. The report of Matron Mothercraft:—Patients admitted, mothers 14, babies 16."! The matron, thanks the following for gifts: Mr. Bolt, fruit, and Mr. Wilson, firewood;--;, magazines.;; f roni \Miss Barnett; babies' coats, books, and trout from Mrs." Tfomlettj"Mrs.:■:-Milligan, coats and gloves; flowers, Misses Barnett and Peach, Mesdames Luke, Graswicke, and S. Kirkcaldie; gramophone records, Mrs. Wilkie. The treasurer acknowledges with thanks the following.donations : .and subscriptions: Mrs. Brown, £2; "Ol.Z; Warehouse Association, £5 ss; Mrs. Perry, £5; Mrs. Lambert, £1 Is; Mrs. Wallace, ,£1; Mosedames Horsley and Edwards, 10s each; per Kelburn- sub-committee, Mesdames Widdop and Lambie, £1 Is each; per Island Bay sub-committee, i Mrs. S. Odlin, £1; •Mesdames Keall, 3erendsen, and Tomlin, 5s each; sale 1 of goods, £1 3s 3d. Mrs. Henry Hall was re-eWcted a member;of the committee, having been absent from New Zealand for twelve months while visiting Europe. '-„■

Two of the favourite shades of the moment —:bois de rose and chartreuse green—are',; it happens, the least obliging. If you try to wear these with any bright colour, failure is certain. Bois de rose simply.won'thave anything near it but brown, and chartreuse is only possible with light grey, pale beige, or, for evening frocks, gold or silver.

Mrs. Len Williams yesterday gave an enjoyable bridge evening at her home in Manly terrace, in aid of the Returned soldiers Pageant Queen candidate for the Wadestown district, Miss Jeanne xsorton. A large number of guests were present, nine tables being used, and after a dainty supper a number of competitions were indulged in. The financial result of ■■ the evening's effort was eminently satisfactory, and made a welcome addition to Miss Norton's tunds. r . :