WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 124, 30 May 1927, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

_Mrs. C. A. Fraeiy president'of the New • Zealand National Council of .Women, left for the South on-Satm-wmS. te m.a visit t0 her aistet, Mrs. Wilfora, Tinakori road. ' Misß Muriel Frazer and Miss Enid Lawson are leaving for a Visit to the South this evening. " Mr..and Mrs. E. W. Kane have left tor a visit to Rotorua. Mrs. Patrick Maclntyre has returned irom a visit to Mrs. J. Blundell, Waipawa. Mrs. Keraley, Lower Hutt, i s visiting Hokitika at present. Madame Winnie. Fraser arrived from the South yesterday, and leaves for ±"almerston North, to-morrow, to take the soprano solos in the production of the "Bohemian Girl." There passed peacefully away at Johnsonville on 26th May,, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. H. Pickin, Mrs. Georgina Douglas, after fe lingeruig illness borne with great fortitude. The late Mrs.; Douglas was born at Bath (England), amd came to New Zealand quite young. She was a daughter of the late Mrs. J. H. Williams, and was a woman of many sterling qualities. Mrs. Douglas was connected'with the Terrace Congregational -Church for ihany .years. She is survived by a family; of three daughters, Mesdames Piekiri, Collie, and M'Leod, and four sons: '■' The-usual meeting of the 1 Mothers' Union'will be held at Karori this week, when a musical afternoon has been arranged, and afternoon tea will be served. It is hoped that there will be a good attendance., as a very pleasant entertainment is anticipated. . A pleasant afternoon was spent at No. 60, Duncan terrace, Kilbirnie, when, *t the invitation of Mrs. T. Chegwin (one of Wellington^ pioneers), a number, of. friends : assembled to celebrate Hher ,86th birthday. Afternoon tea wa 8 served in the drawing-room, which: was. prettily decorated with. mauve, brown, and gold chrysanthemums. Mrs. Chegwin. received her guests in: a handsome gown of black velvet, with silk: trimmings. A birthday cake wai'mvich admired. Among those present were Mrs. Collins, Mrs. William Campbell (Upper Hiitt), Mrs. E. Beid, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Wfigley, Mrs. Leitch, Mrs. Middlebrppk, Mrs. Boberts, Miss Chappie, Miss Gore, Miss Hemmington (London), and Misses Wilson (2),^Major Collins, Mr. William Campbell, Mr; Eric Collins, Mr. Maurice Sanders, aniMr. Jack Campbell. Many congratulatory telegrams and letters were received from,'friends unable to be present. ''.. ': "■'-. Dr. Helen Easterneld has been appointed, to the position .of house surgeon at the Oamaru Hospital. Dr. Easterneld is a daughter of Prof essor Eastef field, of Nelson, formerly of Wellington, and her sister, Dr.' Theo Easterfield, is at the Grey Valley Hospital. . ■'■;•-..' A large circle of friends ;inyWellington and other places will be very grieved to hear of the death of Mrs. C. W. Jones, wife of Mr..C. y?. Jones, manager of the Huddart-Parker Company, which occurred recently at her home in Hill street. Mrs. Jones had not been in good health for some time, but still her death came as a shock to her family and friends. She had a very pleasant and kindly personality, and in the war time was identified with many good works. ■ A fancy-dress dance arranged, by, the Wellington Camera Club will take place in the Mokoia Hall, Pifeshire avenue (off' Cambridge terrace) on. Wednesday evening, at 8 o^'elocfc. .Following is the list of hostesses for the Community Ciub this week:—Monday, Mrs. E. T. Taylor; Tuesd&y, Mrs. E. Vine; Wednesday, Mrs. H. Lundius; Thursday, Mrs. Murphy, M.8.E.; Friday, Mrs. Pow; Monday, Wellington South Nursing Division. A successful concert wns-held recently in St. Thomas's Hall, Newtown, in aid of the Wellington South Girl Guides. The Brownies, from Island Bay contributed two' very interesting items and St. Mark's Bangers gave an instructive.-demonstration of changing a sick patient's bed. ; The Wellington South Girl Guides performed a sword dance, and also gave an exhibition of drill. :• Captain Paterson and Lieutenants Barrow and Goodwin deserve great credit' for. the -training of the girlß. Other appreciated items : were 'as follows: Pianofdit duet, by Misses Miers and Windsor;, song by Miss E. Eogera! song, by Mr, Binet Brown; recitation, Misses Gunn and Fathers; duet; by Messrs. Pegg and Gouldie; Dutch dance, by Guides D. Ashbridge and 8. M'Don aid; recitation, Mr. W, JP. Mouhtjoy, jun.; song,, Mr. Dellow. Mr. B. T. Bailey (chairman) thanked the performers, the committee, .and all those who had so. kindly given their assistance in making the concert a success. In Egypt a woman's paper, "Egyptiehne," is endeavouring to-restore the old status jOf' women, when, as in the time of ibo: Pharaohs their position was one of equality. '■ Historians deduce that once married the Egyptian women of old times enjoyed both personal freedom and respect. ;■ Tcr-day, tho position is otherwise, but 'modernists are endeavouring to "bring back yesterday." Among them' js Madame Cheniya Hanfenßi^Zj •irho;was instrumental in passing the ; law to protect girls from early marriage. ; The Committee of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children met on Friday afternoon. A resolution was passed warmly thanking the Two-Garment Society for valuable gifts in the way of clothing. , After dealing with the usual business of the society, members of the committee again expressed the opinion that there is urgent need for the appointment of women police. The committee also expressed Us sympathy with, and its willingness to assist the' Borstal Association in every .possible way." The following übscriptions were received with (thanks: Mesdames L. Blundell, C. E. Wall, *1 Is each; Mrs. C. E. Kichardson, 10s 6d; Messrs M. Myers, K.C., A, H. Hoby, Stewart Dawson, Ferguson aad Osborne,los each'; Mrs. Richardson, ss; donations, Mrs. Trout, £1 Is; Mrs. Oswald, 12s 6ds Mrs. Murray, 10s. Thankß were also expressed for books and papers from the Victoria League. The second annual meeting of the Northland Plunket, Society was held recently, when the annual report and statement of accounts were presented and adopted. Mrs. H. J. Kearney was re-elected president, and Mesdames W. 0. Burd, H. Sherwood, A. B. Ferguson, T. Holmes, B. Egley, and E. A. James were,, made. yice;presidents. The following; Jadies were- elected a committee:—Mesdames H. Brown, W. B. Willis, J. Maekayyj.O. Priestley, E. Blackmore, E. N. Morris, A. S. Hollan, J; P. Hewitt, and : Mis.s Clark. Mrs. Sotham .was re-elected secretary and treasurer, and Mr. W- C.'-Burd was again madel^onorary auditor. Mrs. Henry Hall presided at the-'meetinf* and Messrs. S. E. Lambert and «b" Egley (members of ■ the ..'Men's Advisory Board) spoke. encouragingly of the society's progress, and congratulated the ediamittee. upon the excellent work done during the past year. Miss Ward, secretary of Wellington branch, gave a short but interesting and informative resume of the growth of the Karitane movement in Wellington. Tho meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chair.

Mr. Biddell, BLM.,;knd Mrs. Biddell ■.rrived'.f rom the South this-morning. Miss Maureen Frengley has returned to ChristehuTch after a;-visit to Wellington and the West Coast. - Miss Jull, Hawkes Bay, who has been visiting Christehurch, has left for the Franz Josef Glacier. ■ . ; _ A dance will take place at St. Mary's Parish Hall, Karori, to-morrow evening. An advertisement gives details. Modern woman is fast evolving feet similar to a horse's hoofs, according to Dr. Prank Furoh, president of the Illinois Association of Chiropodists, be cause she insists on wearing shoes having heels too high ana selected to fit the eye rather than the foot. Her toes are shortening owing to , their cramped position in short, tight shoes; her foot is extending as the arch is forced up, and the calf muscles- are shortening, with the ultimate result that they will resemble equine extremities, he says. Miss Beatrice Bar, who visited New Zealand after an absence of some years as a member of "The Best People" company, has returned to Sydney by the Maunganui. Miss Day's headquarters ~in Sydney will be at, the Lyceum Club, where^ she is in charge of the dramatic section. A pleasant function took place in the Custom House on Triday, when the head office staff assembled to farewell ■Miss li. A. Luscombe, who is leaving the Department to be married. Mr. tx. Craig, Comptroller of Customs, Mr. Beale, H.M. Trade Commissioner, and others, spoke in eulogistic terms of the esteem w which Miss Luscombe was held by the officers of the Customs Department, and members of the Tariff Commission. Miss Luscombe. who was the recipient of a presentation in the form of a tea service, suitably respond-' cd. ... -The first of the series of pleasant 1 Saturday evenings was held in the Church of Christ Schoolroom, Newtown, last Saturday. Mr. W. A. Hibburt presided, and the hall was crowded. After a short musical programme, Mr F. W. Vosßeler delivered a lantern lecture on the mountains, rivers, and forests of New Zealand. In advising his audience to see New Zealand first, the lecturer stated that he did -not know of a city in any other country from which such a diversity of scenery and sport could be reached in twenty-four hours. Hot lakes and geyers, rivers, lakes, and forests, deer stalking, pig hunting, deep-sea and river fishing, could all be reached in one day f rO m Wellington. Hearty votes of "thanks to the performers concluded an. enjoyable evening. v —Just before they sailed for New York from Greenwich, some of the 75 American girl students who, with 425 men undergraduates, have: made an educational tour of the world in their 'university ship",the Byndam, told a "Daily Mail" reporter what they thought of English girls—and men. Miss Isabel Beer, daughter of a New York doctor, who—-like many of her fellow»studeuts—wears her hair long, summed up the common impressions thus: "English girls look charming in tweeds and sports clothes, but they do not know how to wear really smart dresses—they have little of that flair for dressing, which distinguishes Frenen girls, nor can they dress so trimly as American girls. Even the girls I saw in the West End seemed to me to have something of a country air about them. Perhaps this is because most English girls live such a great deal out of doors and are so keen on sports of all kinds. Their complexions are wonderful, T will say; in this "respect the faces of English girls «>« almost flower-like. Their feet, though, are too big! I Imve not learned much about their intelligence. All I eaa say on that point is that all the girls I saw had an intelligent look. I was a bit surprised to see bo many girls in London smoking in public. It seema to be quite the custom for them to take out their cigarette cases in restaurants and light up. You do not see so much of that in New York. English girls have very good manners, and your men are extremely polite. Perhaps it is because there aro so many centuries of good breeding behind Englishmen that they strike a stranger as being courteous and chivalrous in an old-fashioned way. But they hide their feelings too much. - They are so completely , unemotional as to nppeaf to be 'cold.' They arc remarkably good looking, though—yet not quite so handsome as Americans in general, and New Yorkers in particular." It' is not alone in London that the New Poor are going into business, for in Paris also members of the aristocracy are doing likewise. One of the latest to do so is the Baroness Berwick, who is starting a dressmaking concern. She was the Princess Ghika before her marriage, /and she is being joined in her enterprise by some other New Poor friends. It is the baroness's intention to set np branches also in such fashionable places M Biarritz and San Sebastian, where she will also have what is fittingly called in France "frivolity" shops. For there one is able to buy all sorts of delightfully inconsequential things which' are the vogue of the moment, and which add not a little to the gaiety, of life. These branches will be managed by a daughter of the Marchioness. Casa Maury, who is now Madame Gabriel Bocher.

The Women's Borstal Committee-gives S^ In ?*** *°-tl» Two-Garment SoSihf.ti™ *f?T" *Ud »cceptable contribution of clothing for inmates of the Tin lT Many of the S^s «c not %Z ?rf° "t0 the in ««*ttti°n, »id the kind help given means that they are dotted! andsuftably An interesting talk on "Art Criti™,,T a\ glVen t0 the Auckland Pen™iJr g -by referri»B to the fact that painting 1S not the only "art." "A c"tlc.' flaa once beenr defined by a !!£?» bY' a little screaming m sect. This w aß the general idea. But there were two classes of critics—the 5E£"T£ Mt critic who made a I™S study of the subject and judged according to certain acknowledged stan-' dards, and the amateur, critic 8 who r t Pn^li „ 7- °n -Vena** preference. -Pulling a picture to pieces does not constitute art criticism. The true' "xtl° s work should be constructive.. He should always look first for the good 3E5 ; les; as v was »n easy thing to: fftd fault. The language of art is al-; ways changing, the very old or very new style being difficult to judge, as there is no criterion for it. For instance, the art of 1927 would be quite different from the art of 1900. The first requirement in a work of art is originality—for the sincere expression of emotion.is original. Inspiration can' never be commonplace. Then there must be a strong appeal to the imagination, for without imagination there is no art. The Bealistic School, of which Zola is .the literary protoype, misses this point. It mistakes accuracy for truth. Great vital truths are veiled by appearances and imagination pierces the veil. The Beyolutionary School, on the other hand (including the Cubists, Futurists, and Extreme Impressionists), startles and surprises' but fails to be intelligible. The Eastbourne sub-committee of the Plunket Society recently held the fourth annual meeting. Owing to the indisposition of Mrs. Mather (president), Mrs. Hoggard presided. After the annual report and balance-sheet had been read and adopted the election of officers results as follows: Mrs. Mather (reelected, president), Mesdames Hoggard and Pilcher, vice-presidents; Mrs. Bobinson, delegate to Wellington Centre; Mrs. Bichards, secretary. Air executive was formed consisting of ten members, Mesdames Mather, Hoggard, Pilcher, Bobinson, Bichards, Gillespie, Andrews, Jones, Menzies, and Burch. Several new members were, elected. The box for voluntary contributions at the Plunket room was opened and contained £2 13s, and a further donation of £1 to the recent sale of work, brought the annual effort up to. £129 3s, which does not include the annual subscriptions of members. , Miss Schoen, a youthful American journalist, arrived in Auckland recently, after an adventurous trip on a cargo vessel. Miss Schoen related some of her experiences to a large gathering of members of the Auckland Women's Political Association. For three years she has been travelling up and down the world —not along the well-worn routes, but into places like the West Coast of Africa, the New Hebrides, Noumea, New Caledonia, and the less-known islands of the Pacific. A lover of ships, she has ferreted out sailing vessels and cargo ships bound for strange ports. She found West Africa intensely interesting, and had opportunities of studying the strange habits and customs of the people. One point that greatly impressed her was the domination <jf the vast millions by, superstition. They are held in the grip of ju-ju, a religion as yet. uninfluenced by Mohammedism or Christianity, and some of their persisting terrible rites and customs are extremely harfl to eradicate. Slavery, too, ir an evil that still exists there In the population of 18 million blacks the white community of 4000 is but a mertj handful and naturally can do little in .the way of altering conditions. Secret societies, Miss Schoen says, are rife ?f O1& the West Afl-i««ns, there being the "Human Leopards" and the "Human Apes and many others, who kill not for the mere pleasure of cannibalism, but in order to obtain certain organs, which if eaten are supposed to impart special qualities to those who partake of them Children's health is judged by the size of their stomachs, and fond mothers will continue to forcibly feed their protesting offspring in order that the girth of the little ones may be increased. _In its account of the All-India Women's Conference, "Stri Dharma" sPcaks' °* this event, as the first great effort of women, all over India, to meet and deliberate on problems affecting them as workers and wives who should share in the work of national regeneration. Important resolutions were passed on compulsory elementary education for girls, physical education, artistic ana suVect training> and other important • Hostels are not popular among English working girls, who prefer the atmosphere of a home, no .matter how humble. Dr. F. Kay Menzies, the *>!aon i .Oon? ty Coun°U medical officer of health, gives this as his opinion in n *&£*? 188l 8B, Uod> H° Btate3 that a £50,000 hostel built by the London County Council was a failure. "The opinion is held by social workers that the^ working girl knows her bireiness best, and is entirely wise to cling to family life, either in her own home or as a lodger in a friend's family," says Dr. Menzies. "In a family she forms personal ties with girls of her own class which will serve her in good stead throughout, life. She gets the best training in; housewifery and in the outlay of a small income, and, most vital of all, she has tho best chances of marriage."

- In letters received from Paris recently some interesting notes are given on Paris fashions. The writer says:— "The very latest thing in clothes is the combination of a woollen 'sports jumper with a crepe de chine skirt. You have no idea how charming it looks. In the Bue de la Paix and the Avenue de 'Opera the shops are showing very finely knitted jumpers in pale biscuit or bois de rose or hydrangea. Some are made with wide horizontal stripes of pale mustard and oyster white with a very finely pleated crepe de chine skirt exactly matching. The most fashionable colour for everything is a pinkish biscuit; —really very delicate rose-beige—and you see the most fascinating beings having tea at the Bitz clad in short crepe de chine frocks ia this pastel tint, with two long strings of rather large pearls;, little, soft; corded silk hats to match, wifh the übiquitous rucked crown, and wonderful kolinsky fur coats. The stockings always match the frock, and are worn with little • nigger brown court shoes. There are no strapped shoes to be seen in Paris. I do not think jpu could get a pair if you tried! I saw a very lovely girl at tea at the Bitz the other day wearing a wine-coloured silk frock witn hat to match, and the inevitable pearls arid kolinsky coat. The tone of red in the frock was warm and dark—like a deep rose—without the least hint of purple. It is a most becoming . tint, and is the next fashionable colour after rose-beige. When a really coloured frock is worn it is ' considered very smart to wear leather.court shoes to match. You have no idea how exciting these little dark red, deep blue, or dull green shoes can be! Every jeweller's shop on the Bue de la Paix has a great pile of jewelled heels all ready to be fixed on to dancing slippers. They are most gorgoeus things, winking with imitation diamonds or mixed semi-precious stones. Lizard and crocodile are by far the most fashionable trimmings.. One shop in the Bue Caumartin is a 'Lizard House,' where everything is marked 'veritable serpent.' You can get the loveliest bags or belts for sports coats, even, handles for umbrellas, while the very latest snake creations are complete coats of white and grey lizard or boa constrictor. They are very expensive, of course, and they are just a little too 'snakey' to look quite pleasant, but nothing looks nicer than a turned-down snake collar on a woollen or thick winter coat.