WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1927, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. Newmarch has returned from her visit to the South, and has left to stay with Mrs. W. Cnrtckshauk, at Masterton. ~ . . • . Mr. and Mrs. Bouglas, and Mr. and Mrs. Bickitts aro Wellington visitors to Wangauui. Miss L. .Underbill, Wellington, has •returned after a visit to_ Timaru. Miss Bessie Harris, has returned to Christehurch after a -visit to relatives in Ceylon. „ Mrs. Hodgson, Lower Hutt, is leaving to-morrow for the South, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Shearer, Methven. Dr. and Mrs. 'Hislop, of Wellington, arived in Auckland by the Kemuera. Mrs. .S.hailer Weston and Miss Ward Wellington,- are the guests of Mrs. J. H. Upton, Parneli, Auckland. - ; Mrs. -West-Watson -arrived from the South this morning. ■ Mrs. Hogg is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. ;B. Tennant, Havelock North. Sir John P. Luke, M.P., will preside on Thursday evening at the "Charlie's Aunt" Club. After the usual programme, the club will entertain the members of the "Mor^dora" Company at the conclusion of their performance. A large attendance; is expected tonight at the Kindergarten dance in the New Masonic Hall on- the . Terrace. Allen's orchestra will supply the music and an exhibition'of 'the Fox Trot will be given by pupils of Miss Phyllis Bates. „;. , ..-,...„.. A wedding which will interest many New Zealand friends, was that of Eila Mary, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs C. J?. Vallance, of Kahumingi, Masterton (widow of the late Mr. Erie Temple Williams, of Mamaku), who was mai* ned to Mr. Geoffrey Elkingtori, of Clifton Grove, Mastorton. 'The wedding was solemnised at the ' Chapel Royal Savoy, London. The annual staff ball of Messrs. George and Doughty will take place at St. Francis's Hall-next week.' There will be an excellent, orchestra, and the catering is in the hands of Mrs. Oscar Johnson. An attraction during the evening will be an of ballroom dancinij by Miss Connop and part"ner. Arrangements have been made for-'a suburban bus. Tickets for the dance are obtainable from members of /the committee, or from the hon.secretary, Miss.J. T. Withington. Native longing for Learning. Miss A. Whitelaw, M.A., who has recently returned from a tour in South and.East Africa, commissioned by the Advisory Committee on Education in England.;made a study of educational affairs in that country, and at a luncheon at the- Auckland Lyceum Club gave an interesting account of her experiences. She found that the call for raw materials had opened up the interior of Africa, and the natives, being under-educated-people, and seeing the power of education, were most anxious for teaching. The schools.were rushed, and there wore some that had to have three sessions in the day. To meet this great awakening on the part of the,population, the Government was doing its utmost, and the two factors that were largely assisting were t{ie League of Nations, and the mandates. Particularly applicable to present con- • ditions was the spirit-:embodied in the' following, mandate:—" The^well-be.ing' and progress"'ofyiliose%rriatKmsr; of the world who are .not able to stand alone against tho 1 strenuous development of modern' life should' be a' sacred trust of the civilisations of the world;'' Miss WhitelaW'paidai'high tribute to the work of the missionaries. The great principle in the development' of South Africa lay in recognition of the fact that, with education, it was essential that there should be training Of character. ■ j Tribute to Lady King. In the annual report of the Christchurch branch of the Royal Now Zealand Society for tho Health of Women and Children reference is made to the death of Lady King, wife of Sir Truby King, and a* general president of the society, and one upon whoße efforts tho society's vcry,i existence must have depended in the-early days of its history. "It has been given to few women," statos. tho ' report, "to work for tho cause .of mother and child with the ability and unselfishnosß Bhowu by Lady King; and tho expansion and prosperity of the society must have been a very real .gratification and return for her 19 years' service." A Talk About Girls. Sister Catherine,-who is in chargo of St. Anne's Home for Girls in Dunedin, spoke interestingly at a rccont meeting, qxplaining the methods of the work and the necessity for it. She placed the .ago of 'difficulty with emotional change iit girls earlier than most, and stated . that she thought tho difficult time in guiding and controlling began at tho age of twelve or thirteen. Everyone, she said, who had niiyUriiijj to do with adolescence know that this period was fraught with danger, and so iillod with opportunity that it was rightly considered as life's crisis. Sho was of opinion that the cause of a great deal of the trouble in New Zealand was tho want of control and teaching on the part of the mothers, but they had, so many of them, no-Christian teaching themselves. Without religion, said the speaker, they wero incapable of influencing their daughters, and were apt to either pamper or ill-use them, and never thought of giving them any warnings or instruction. Therefore, such homos as St. Anne's had to exist to supply this want, and to try to repair tho injuries caused by such deficiencies. There was no locking-up at St. Anne's. Tho girls could run away if they wanted to, but they did all they could to make them happy and to train them to good and useful work, and when they left, to set, them on a safe and happy path" in life. High-priced Rug.. Higli prices are paid for pictures, sculptures, antiques, and tapestry, but until the other day I had not heard of anybody giving as much aa fifteen hundred dollars for a rug, yet the man who paid that sum is at present in London (says a London correspondent). Ho is Mr. James F. Bellard, an American, who made a fortune as a druggist, and then became a passionate collector of antique carpets. Three years ago he heard of a marvellous rug, 12 feet square, woven about 1736, and preserved in the palace in Pekin under the care of the boy Emperor of China, 1 An,' Englishman would probably have opened negotiations by Trriting to the Chinese. Court. Not go Mr. Bollard. He booked his passage to China, and sailed for Pekin, saw the boy Emperor, paid his- 15,000 dollars, and was back in America in three months' time. Mr. Bellard started business as a clerk m a. chemist's shop in Michigan at the age of 19. For a time he travelled as salesman for chemicals; but in 1883 he became a drug manufacturer himself, and made a fortune. Twenty years ago, while in New York on business, le was attracted by an Oriental rug m a window, and from that time bocame an ardent collector. He has now travelled 425,000 miles, and estimates that he has spent at least £150,000 on carpets and rugs. Part of his collection he gave to the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and the remainder us now preserved in. a building at the back of Iris house* ..' '&••*— **= — -~***-.^~r

Dame Melba Gives Advice. "Do anything m~ the world Imt jing," said Dame Nellie Mclba after hearing Eileen March, of Newcastle, who recently won a scholarship at the Bisteaafod (says a Sydney paper).' Now Dame Nellie did not mean that Miss March could not sing, but she meant that, at the age of fifteen,, she was doing her voice immense harm by singing. Dame Nellie considers that the little girl has an unusually fino voice, and, when she is seventeen, she wishes her to go to the Albert Street Ccmservatorium in Melbourne and be trained. "Learn music and harmony and'study generally,'? was Melba's advice, "but cease singing for two years." This advice Dame Nellie repeated for the benefit of all girls under seventeen, who may possess; good voices, and who do not realise that they are imperilling them by too early use. St. John Nursing Guild. Mrs. Stace presided at the committee meeting of the District Nursing Guild of St. John. Sister Gray reported as follows: Number of patients on register in April, 5196; in May, 5212; number registered during the month, 16; discharged, 10; removed to hospital, 2; died, nil; remaining on register, 13. "Visits' to homes, .191; . calls at office, 61. The nurses reported finding cases in want, and the. weather being so trying, money for coal and comforts for the sick poor is very gratefully received, also old white linen for bandages and wounds. . ■ Receipts: Mrs. Henry Hall, Lady M'Gavin, Mrs. L. Blundoll, and Mrs. T. 8.. Strong, £l«ls each; Mrs. T. Young, <A Grateful patient," and "A Friend," £1 each (for comforts); Mr. Stace and Mrs. Paterson, 10s each (for coal); gifts received from "Tho Two-Garment Society" (141 articles)"; Khandallah Sick Poor Guild (large number of clothes), Mrs. Logan, Miss Possette, Mrs. Strong, Mrs. Winstane, Mrs. Bradley, Miss T. Mason, W. M. Bolt and Co., Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Scott, Victoria League, Miss Sawtell, Mrs. Berman, Bowen Street Hospital,' Mrs. Parks and four anonymous donors. Mrs. W. Young was'granted leave of absence from the committee until her return from England. Sister Gray and Nurse Martin spoke very appreciatively of the '*Refresher Course" given by tho Health Department to the trained nurses doing health work in the City of, Wellington. Croquet Notes. News has been received in Australia that an English team of players will visit the Antopodes during the coming season. The players will be: Sir Francis Colchester-Wemyss, Lieut.-Colonel W. "W. Dv Pre. Mr. "Windsor Richards, Mrs. Henry France, and Miss D. D. Steel. These include players of tho highest calibre in England, and if they could be induced to extend thuir visit to Now Zealand, it would give the Dominion players an opportunity to witness the style and tactics in vogue .in the Motherland. The visitors in Australia will play in a series of Tost matches for the Macßobertson trophy. A Quaint Quotation. Says M.A.P.P. in the London "Daily Herald," "If there are household duties to be performed in the evening, see to at that the boys share them, ana thus give all'your children equal opportunities." Hoar, hear! Wo always thought it-most unfair that our boys were never taught how to wash up. Political Pros and Cons. Girls of 21 are to have the Parliamentary vote in Britain, in spito of tho fact that a Conservative Government is in power. Mr. Baldwin's decision will add. 5,000,000 to the electorate, and will complicate British politics in many directions. In particular, it will greatly increase tho cost of contesting a seat, as each elector must bS' circularised. Five m.illion oxtra election addresses and polling-cards, and these from each of the three parties, form a heavy additional expense. On the wholo the decision to give "votes to flappers" is generally approvod, though, there is.noue of tho enthusiasm which followed {he original grant of votes for women, says tho Loiidou correspondent of the "Australasian." The years have shown wouwn politicians that "nothing very tangible follows tho grant of tho franchise. A vote is' tho duo of women as it is tho due of men, but it is also n responsibility which doos not necessarily bring any immodiato reward. Most thinking m«n and women consider tho franchise much too broad already, and not :i few of them would profer that no one under 2j3 should exercise n, choico in tho election of members of Parliament. Howover, youths of 21 have long had tho vote, and thcro is no evidenco that girls of that ago are a whit less capablo of exercising a choico, so there sooms no logical reason why "flappers" should not be similarly endowed. After all,,'many women of 21 are old enough to have children, and many of them are earning their livings or completing their training at a university. Not a few young women assert that they are quite uninterested in politics, and ■do not value tho concession, but the majority seem determined to U\ko what is offered. As for the effect upon current politics, tho extension of the franchise will probably bo nil. Twentyfour million voters will give very much the same decision as 19,000,000. The addition of a fow thousand to each conditions.

Hand-painting Popular.-Hand-painting as a form of decoration for silk scarves, cushions, and so forth is likely to be fashionable again. says the London "Daily Telegraph." Enterprising West-end firms are displaying outfits for carrying out designs at home, and m some cases are giving demonstrations which are drawing large crowds. It is not necessary to have artistic skill in order to make a success of the work, which, something after the style of batik painting, is guided by wax lines. Neat fingers nevertheless obtain better results than a clumsy worker is likely to secure in this, as in every other, home craft. There are various effective designs to" be had, the choice depending on the purpose for which the silk is destined. Thus a bird of paradise makes a handsomo shawl decoration, while a ship or a bunch oi fruit painted on the centre of a silk cushion can look very well. The silk is pinned out first of all on a board. The design is placed over it, wiped with a rag having charcoal on it, and then removed, this action having Btamped the outline on the silk: A -waxing pan, resembling a fountain pen, but with a lump of wax in p i ace of a nib is passed over the outline. ' The wax lines will prevent the paint from running. The silk is then pinned on a square wooden frame so that the back of it does not come into contact with any object. The painting gives the worker an opportunity of expressing her taste and colour sense. The paint; immediately it is applied, goes through the silk, making both sides look alike. There are no particular rules to observe during this process, except that light colours should be applied first and dark shading painted over them. The final process is to dip. the silk when dry in cold water, when the wax disappears, leaving a faint white hue to mark the contour of the painted object.