WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 15 September 1928, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. Milsom has loft Wellington to visit Mrs. C. Ollivier, Christchureli, before her return to Auckland. Mrs. VV. Western, Day's Bay, has left for a . visit to Auckland and Helensvillc. Mrs. E. T. Deans, Kilbirnie crescent, has lei't for a visit to Auckland. Visitors to Mount Cook last week from Wellington included Mrs. A. J. Murphy and Miss Murphy, Mrs. A. Brown, Miss Yorston, Miss Harper, Miss A. Smith, and Miss M. Fraser. Mrs. Anthony, Auckland, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar Sucklin, Wadestown. Miss Beatrice Webster, who has been visiting Mrs. G. Webster at Christchurch, is returning to Wellington. Mrs. Bernard Wood and her little son have returned South after a visit to Auckland and Rotorua. Mrs. Algar Williams, who has been visiting in the North, returned /to Christchurch last evening. Mesdames Harris and Biddick and Miss Proud are Wellington visitors to Mount Cook. . The engagement is announced by the Christchurch "Press" of Dorothy, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Corrigan, St. Albans, to Neville, eldest son of Dr.. and the late Mrs. A. E. A. Palmer, of Wellington. London Personals. Among those who were in London about 11th August, and were mentioned by "The Post's" London correspondent, were the. following: Mr. Mrs. and Miss Corkill, Mr. D. Markham, Mr. A. J. E. Wiggs, Mr. H. J. Helberg, Dr. Mrs., and Miss Morice, Miss G. Aitken, ami Mr. A. E. Rod, all of Wellington. Philippine Island Women. In speaking at the Pioneer Club luncheon yesterday, Miss Dutton, who lias recently returned from the Pan-Pacific Conference at Honolulu, paid a tribute to the late Hon. Mark Cohen, through whose thought it was first suggested and arranged that women should take part in this conference. He was one who always thought well of women, and gave them every encouragement to be their best, and the result of his inspiration was most helpful and gratifying to women. Miss Dutton interested many of her hearers in her vivid account of the women from the Philippines. They.are, she said, extraodiuarily fine people, full of interest in the world." Their costumes were wonderful, too, very handsomely jewelled, and trimmed with lace-like material m'ucle from bark. In conversation with one of these ladies, Miss Dutton said that they were discussing what they liked best to do when tired, and she added that she liked to read poetry, or if very weary, a good detective story. The Philippine lady laughed and said, "Poetry, if you like. I find the .greatest rest in reading your Shakespeare, and in English, because he loses something in translation." One of the Chinese ladies holds the position of adviser to the Government on industrial affairs, and her speeches were particularly interesting. Th<; Japanese ladies were vory intellectual, but their English was not so good. They ancl the Chinese were delightful company, and full of fun. Kelburu Effort for College. The Kelburn ladies have been busy all the winter making delightful and useful articles for the surprise packet stall at. the fete to bo held next week at the boys', college.. Thrifty buyers are assured of getting -many beautiful gift's for Xmds presents suitable for family and friends of all ages, without the worry of shopping later, in the year when people and shops are so busy. Boys' Institute Meeting. Tho monthly meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary, Boys' Institute, was held in tTie Institute, Tasman Street, recently. The:president, Mrs. J. Hislop, presided over a largo attendance." Deep. regret was expressed at the sad news of the death of Mrs. James M'Kcitow. The late Mrs. M'Kerrow was for many years a member of tho auxiliary, also of the management committee. A motion of sympathy was.passed. The resignation of the' ,hon. secretary was received with regret, and Mrs. W. Stewart was elected to fill tho vacancy. The director's report was' dealt with and the question of new furniture was considered. Mesdames J. Hislop and Carter and Misses Bell and Watkins wore appointed a visiting committee for the month. New German Women. President Hindonberg, that man of very few words, has ddclared that "physical exercise is a civic duty." German women .to-day seem to have taken that phrase for their maxim, for not only do they play, tennis and golf, but even join tlieir men-folk in crosscountry runs ahd six-day bicycle races, in the immense covered' arenas, of the sport palaces, which exist in two or three of the chief centres. " "Temperamentally the German girl has changed,'' we read in the "Literary-Digest"; "the women have gone in strongly for athletics and the slim figure, while the married women, it appears, are beginning to make their husbands take notice of the fact that a wife is not a man's hand-maid. At present she does little more than criticise her menfolk, but the day is fast approaching when she will demand that husbands shall conform to the new ideals. The Last Fortress! Women have invaded ttii last stronghold of tho misogynist male, the Londou club (says an English writer). The stubbornest diohards of several famous London clubs have <it last reconciled themselves to tho' presence of women secretaries in the heart of their antifeminine fortresses. One of tho pioneers in the latest feminine offensive was Miss Vonard, who has been secretary of the Army and Navy Club for one year. The Devonshire Club and the Authors' Club are other famous clubs which now have women secretaries. Tho secretary-of the Devonshire, Mrs. Perry, mingled romance with business and became the wife of a member of the club committee. Coincident with this .development comes tho announcement that women have made.so great successes as real estate agents that tho cities and towns of England are employing them as municipal estate agents. A Good Advertiser. Miss Esther Ralston, the film actress, w&u'improves in appearance from picture to picture, while also making great strides with her acting, is now indulging in one of those strange extravagances fairly common among the stars of Hollywood, says an exchange. She hasher portrait engraved on her cheques, so that it is more than, possiblo 'that admirers of hers among the tradespeople with whom she deals are torn between desire to collect their money and regret at parting with so charming a. picture on the cheques they receive. In other ways it appears that Miss Ralston is much more economical than tho average American girl, so far as makeup for professional use is concerned. She finds that sho spends only £.12 a year on powder, groaso-paint, eyelash darkenor, lip rouge, and liquid powder; whereas it is computed that a typical American schoolgir. will spend quito ;£5 a year more than that for her ordinary make-up use.

Leagus of Mothers. Glorious weather, a keen local interest in tho activities of the league, and, above all, a desire to hoar the founder and Dominion president (Her Excellency Lady Alice -Fergusson)' speak on "The Sauetity of Marriage" were the chief factors that 'accounted for the large assemblage of women (some 250) at the Lower Hutt branrh of tho league oil Thursday. Tho spring flowers, cheery rooms, and the atmosphere that comes from the warmth of women's welcome created a special interest, with the result that when the president, Mrs. •H. W. Kei-sley, expressed pleasure at Her Excellency's second visit to the, local branch her reception was more than enthusiastic. Lady .Alice spoke as a mother to mothers. She maintained at the onset that a happy marriage was the most glorious and noble state possible, and suggested that to attain this people should be given instruction and guidance, especially by parents to their children. Better- still, this happy state should be lived before the family, who would then grow up with a right perspective of things. Nowadays there were so many modern theories cloaked in plausible language about the marriage state that children, unless trained otherwise, lost the right conception —that was that love should bo the guiding principle, and that a perfect state was attained only by a sensible adjustment of differences on a commonsense basis, and on a foundation of mutual self-sacrifice. To-day one tended to regard happiness aud pleasure as a right, aud if an; difficulty arose i J was shirked. This principle was unfortunately practised in married life, and nothing but disaster followed. True comradeship could only attain true happiness, and this state could be gained only by careful guarding and nurturing in early and later days of married life. Tolerance of each other's views should be regarded as one of the chief principles. Duty to each other should guide husbands and wives through many awkward situations. She urged parents to discuss the true principle of marriage, "love" with the children, so that they might be able to judge and plan their own . happiness on a sound basis. The only true love, Her Excellency concluded, was one that was based on devotion to each other, on self-sacrifice, and on a lovo of Christ. Iv thanking the speaker, Dr. PlattsMills voiced tho feeling of tho audience when she said that Lady Alice Fergusson had raised their thoughts to a higher plane, and showu them what a normal' marriage between normal people could become. Afternoon tea, provided by a strong committee of members, was quickly served, and a suitable programme contributed by Mesdames Phillipps and Chisholm was greatly onjoyed, Miss ITindlay playing incidental music and conducting the "community sing." At the request of the audience, Lady Alice .Fergusson kindly sang delightfully. Much interest centred round the creche, where some thirty bairns of all ages were cared for by competent and kindly helpers in their suitably furnished room. Her Excellency was the recipient1 of a white cradle of flowers from the bairns in .the creche, and a basket of primroses from the mothers. Thirty-four new members joined, and there were Several renewals as a fitting climax1 to a. memorable afternoon. ..■.■•' A Eainbow Pair; . A grand rainbow i'air will be. held in aid of the church funds at the Molesworth Street Methodist-Schoolroom on Wednesday, 19th September. Tho fair will be opened at 2.4u p.m. by Mrs. J. G. Coates. The rainbow decorations promise to give a bright and pleasing effect to tho fair. The church workers have been busy for some months past, and the display of plain and fancy sewing should bo most attractive. There will be tho usual sideshows, afternoon tea, etc. Tho fair will be open on Wed-n-esday and Thursday evenings, when short but attractive programmes will bo presented. Lunch at Pioneer Club. A well-attended and successful luncheon party 'took place at the Pioneer Club yesterday, when some.of those who had recently attended the Pan-Pacific Conference were the guests of honour. Tho tables were daintily set out with beautiful flowers, and tho dining-room was decorated with arum lilies, foliage, and other flowers.. Among the visitors were Miss Dutton (Dunedin), who was the chief speaker, Mrs. Sidey, and Mrs. Batham (also of Dunedin), Mrs. Crompton Smith (Havelock North), Miss Moss (Auckland), and Mrs. Peacock and Miss Wilson, president and principal of the Wellington Frc\ Kindergartens. Miss Kane briefly welcomed the vistiors, and introduced Miss Dutton. In introducing the subject of the conference, Miss Dutton said-that all women should be interested in it, for it was of great importance to.them, the subjects discussed bearing on their affairs particularly, whilo those who attended got an immense help in widening of outlook and understanding, not only of British affairs, but those of other countries, for 29 were represented. The women from other parts were wonderful, and she had come back filled with admiration for the Chinese, and the women from the Philippine Islands in particular. There were many brilliant women there, Jane Adams, of course, being outstanding, but to find that foreign ladies could speak very perfect English, and had much to tell that was jiow and enlightening, was a rovolation. Miss Dutton developed tho idea that the shores of the Pacific circlo were a part of the world which was coining rapidly into great prominence, and that it behoved New Zealandcrs to tako tho time and troublo to study affairs, and mako themselves conversant with Pacific relations, using their best endeavours on. the side of peace and friendship. The spirit and purpose of tho conference was wonderful and admirable, and the speaker felt that great good should ensue from it, but tho first thing necessary was for all women to be well informed about it, and aim hoped that whenever or wherever tlioro was an opportunity of hearing about tho conference women in general would bo suro to attend and gather all they could. It would bo well worth while. Lady Luke moved a warm vote of thanks to Misu Dutton for hor -very interesting address. The Years Between. It is not usual for a man of twenty - soven to havo a sister who is closo on seventy, says a writer in the "Bystander." But this is the case with the the Hon. James Bertie, the youngest son of the Earl of Abingdou by his second marriage. Lord Abingdon is ninety-two, and his eldest daughter by his first marriage- to a Townelcy of Towncley, one of the oldest Uoman Catholic families in Lancashire, is Viscountess FifczAlan, tho wife of tho lato Duke of Norfolk's brother, aud acting Earl Marshal until his nephew, the present Duke, comes of age. Mr. James Bertie has just becomo engaged to Lady Jean Criehton-Stuart, t.ho Marquess of Butcs's second daughter. Lord and Lady FitzAlan now havo Princess Christian's old home in Windsor Park, which is, of course, Cumberland Lodgo. Tho house has been lent to tli cm by tho King.

Latest From Paris. A Parisian correspondent, writing of the Grande Prix, says she remarked tho use of dead white kid gloves—a decided change after tho rage of nude, flesh, and beige washing suede. Taking a comprehensive view of tho thousands who crowded the brilliant green lawns, one would say that red was tho leading colour. Thoro wero all shades of red, and especially attractive wero the largo brimmed red eappolinn hats that several pretty girls were wearing. Light greens and yellows eaino next, and then there was so much pale pink and all shades of blue that one wondered if, after all, they were not tho leading shades. In those days of mixed colours and stamped silks it's difficult to lay down definite rules, but the outstanding dresses at the races bring home the idea that the accessories are in a colour harmonising with, or even in deliberate opposition to, the colour of the costume, but never matching it. Hats were just as interesting as frocks. One woman wag wearing a close-fitting hat, which was composed of black silk, i ribbon frayed into threads except in'] narrow sections, and it was so arranged that it looked exactly as though it were black, shiny hair, elaborately waved all over her head and forehead. Another woman wore a cap of lace with brilliant green aigrettes thrust through one side, and there were many felt caps, with inlets of the new horsehair braid, which looks like a coarse lace insertion. More About Aviation. It was a pity that Miss Spooner did not eventually win the King's Cup Air Race round Britain, says an English writer. She flew an early type of Moth machine, and was tho only woman among .thirty-six competitors. She put up a wonderful flight, and many people though she would come in first. At times it seemed more than probable that she would do so, for she was the iirst off from Glasgow. She led tho race at Liverpool, and was the .first to reach Bristol. On Friday evening, though, she got into difficulties among the hills in Scotland; there was a high wind blowing, aud she lost a considerable amount of time. She finished third in tho King's Cup Race, but came in as tho winner of tho Siddcley trophy, winch was flown concurrently with the King's Cup, but was only open to light airplanes. Generally women are giving quite a good account of themselves these days. Dr. Justina Wilson has just achieved the distinction of being the first woman to take her seat as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Dr. Wilson is a heart specialist, and evidently nas a ' taste for unique honours, since in 1924 she became the first woman member of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh." Then, again, when the British Association for the Advancement of Science holds its meetings at Glasgow in September, papers will be read by no fewer than 26 women. More than half of these papers will be devoted to the botanical section, whose president this year is Professor Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan. A Mystery Explained. ■- "Last week," says a writer iv a recent issue of the "Bystander," I told you about sonic uncanny happenings in a room in a country house. I have just been told this story about a kitchen iv a London flat, not a stone's throw from Albert Gate. One day, to the copk's utter alarm, most of the diuner plates standing in the plate rack lumped out, ono after the other, on to the floor. When this happened servants and mistress felt decidedly uncomfortable. And they went on being uncomfortable until a plumber solved the mystery —just a' prosaic plumber. The flat is in a building in which all the flats had a constant supply of hot water from a- furnace in tho basement. Something had gone wrong, and thero was unequal pressure in the pipes. Ihis caused vibration. Now it chanced that tho back of the plate rack rested against the hot water pipes. When tho vibration began it was- so strong that it pushed the plates forward, and down they went to the floor. Thanks to the plumber, there's one 'haunted kitchen' the less in London. Hence my bouquet to a much-maligned trade."