WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 19, 24 January 1929, Page 15

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Lord and L;uly Liverpool will be the guests of Sir Ilcaton and Lady Ehodos before they leave the South Island. Mrs. M. A. Blake, Wellington, is visiting Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Madden, Wellington, are visiting Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. A. Bruce, Wellington, aro visiting Christchurch. Mrs. Murray Gardner lias returned to Wellington from tlio South. ■ Mrs. Malcolm Miller, who has been the guosts of Mrs. Edgar Jones, Otiriti, Timaru, has returned to Wellington. Sir Dudley and Lady do Chair are at the Franz Josef Glacier to-day. Mrs. 11. A. Young, Cashmere, Christchurch, is a visitor to Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. F. Keid, Wellington, aro the guests of Mrs. Howden, Timaru. Mrs. M. H. Browne, and the Misses Browne, Wellington, aro the guests of the Misses Hassell, Timaru. Mrs. Derek Gould, Christchurch, is paying a brief visit to Wellington. Miss A. Pollock-Smith is a Wellington visitor to Christehurch. Mr. and Mrs. F. Martyn Eenner, who have been touring in the North Island, have returned to Wellington. Miss Eiley, who has' been the guest of Mrs. Burgess, New Plymouth, has re-' turned to Lower Hutt. Dr. Kathleen Curtis, Nelson, is a visitor to Auckland. Miss Edith Lyttelton, who has been paying a visit to the Waitakeres, has returned to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn M'Eelvio are Wellington visitors to Auckland. Sir Byron and Lady Peters, and their sons and daughter, who are touring Now Zealand, are in the Hot Lakes district at present. Mrs. H. Tombs and Mrs. T. A. Anderson are Wellington visitors to Auckland. Dr. Grace Stevenson has returned to New Zealand from Sydney, and will leave Auckland for iTio South shortly. Mrs. L. Baynes, Grafton, has returned to Auckland from Wellington, Miss Girdlestone, who has been visiting Mrs. Carter, Lower Hutt, has returned to Hamilton, Among the visitors to Auckland are Mr. and Mrs. W. Patterson, Wellington. Miss H. Bernau is a Napier visitor to Wellington. Mrs. Logan, who has been the guest of Mrs. C. W. Harming, Kelburn, has returned to Lovin. Mrs. Sydney Branson, Dunodin, is theguest, of her sister, Mrs. H. J. Buck, Gleninore street, Wellington. Sir John Hewett and Mrs. Atkinson, who have been staying at Otahuna with Sir Hoaton and Lady Rhodes, left on. Tuesday for the Hermitage. From there they will go to Qucenstown, arriving at Dunedin on 25th January. An Interesting Visitor, A visitor to Wellington at present is Mrs. Gibbons, of Brighton, England, who is particularly interested in the blind people. Mrs. Gibbons was one of the workers at St. Dunstan 's for several years, and is a braille writer, having had a number of correspondents among the soldiers. Mrs. Gibbons says that the later developments of wireless have meant a great deal to the blind men, as they can hear the world's news daily, and there is not nearly- so much demand on the braille, which is a great blessing to the writers, as it is a very tiring process to put books or magazines into braille. Mrs. Gibbons is mow particularly keen on jiu jitzu, being convinced that it would bo a wonderful protection to girls if they learned it as part of their education. It is a great advantage in every way, as it means the proper cultivation of the muscles, etc., all making for good health. Several stories of the safeguarding of girls have come to her knowledge recently, one particularly impressive one being of. a girl of sixteen in Sydney, who, having to go home by rather a lonely road, met a. half-drunken man, who attacked her. The girl applied her knowledge of jiu jitzu, and the astonished man found himself sprawling on the ground. However, ho thought it must be a fluke, and came at her again. She put a little more knowledge into, her defence and •ho crashed into a fence near by, • and was sufficiently hurt not to want any more from that young lady, so nifide off. Tho story is well authenticated, and shows the value to girls for their own protection, specially in a city where there is so much risk to young girls, as there appears to be in Sydney from recent accounts. Mrs. Gibbons is a cousin of Mrs. G. D. Greenwood, of Christchurch, and is in New Zealand to visit her. A' Talk About Kenya. Mrs. Grogan, a sister of Mrs. T. H. Lowry, president of the Napier Women's Club, recently gave a talk about Kenya to the members of the- club at !a. very, pleasant tea party. Mrs. Grogan is a much-travelled lady, but gave the talk about Kenya! as she went there 24 years ago, and has visited it since, and so is able to speak of the progress made. Mrs. Grogan said that 24 years ago, when she went with her husband from Mombassa to Nairobi, Kenya was very primitive, tin sheds and push carts were much in use at the time, and at the tin-roofed hotel they found that sleep was impossible, as there was too much "life." On the way to Alombassa by the Uganda railway they saw much of interest, including a great many coconut palms, thore being a great industry in coconuts there, and also six lions, which were sitting by the railway lino. They just looked up, and went off to sleep again, not being at all thrilled by , the train. Kilimanjaro was admired as being exceptionally beautiful, and the travellers were 1 interested by a great soda lake, which is now a centre of industry. The trip was very enjoyable, and Mrs. Grogan assured her hearers that it was well worth travelling any distance (even from New Zealand) to make. On arriving at, Nairobi they found that the only hotel was not very private, as tho bedrooms were only divided by sacking. However, the Governor was delighted to see them, and they had the hospitality of his house —■ a real one. Since then there have been many Governors, all of whom have had great difficulty in dealing with a native population of eleven millions, and thore is no doubt that it is a trying place for Europeans to live in. Now thore is a Legislative Assembly, and the present Governor, Sir Edward Grigg, is doing well. Mrs. Grogan said that Lord Delamore was the man who had done most for the country and the Indians, and they had had a visit from Sir Winston Churchill, who had suggested that the white and coloured residents should have equal rights, but those who had lived there thought that this was hardly feasible. However, all were living in harmony now, and there are civilised comforts, gaiety, and hospitality. The climate was trying to white people, for both malaria and dysentry were troublesome, and leave evory two years was necessary. There was a healthy race of children growing up so there would be a race of Kenyas soon. Big game shooting was quite easy for thoso with guns and motorcars, and the cultivation of maize, etc., was going on well. Mrs. Grogan concluded by .saying, "Though Kenya is wonderful, romantic, and exciting, New Zealand is the place to make a homo."

Princess Mary's Gift Horseshoe. Princess Maiy was presented with a silver horseshoe for "luck" before she left Ireland recently. The horseshoe was worn as a charm by the Greeks and Roman 2000 years ago to protect them from ovil. The belief is that evil travelled in a circle, and-the horseshoe, in the shape of a crescent, breaks the spell of eyil if the points of the crescent arc presented in self-defence. So the horseshoe has become a most famous talisman. How ever used or where ever seen, the horseshoe is a world-wide Coats Off in Church. It was a kindly spirit which prompted a minister in one of the Hastings churches on Sunday morning, says the "Hawkes Bay Tribune," to announce that in view of the heat he did not think it would bo deemed irreverent if the men of the congregation removed their coats, if they cared to do so. One or two gratefully availed themselves of the offer, - but to the majority the idea, was too surprising to be accepted, so the sensible few sat in easy coolness, and white shirt-sleeves while the majority wished they had the courage to do likewise. A Very Old Eesident. The ninetieth birthday of Mrs. "W. Lockwood, of Tolaga Bay, was celebrated recently at the rcsidenco of Mr. J. Callaghan, at the Bay, many residents of the district being present to wish her health and happiness. Mrs. Lockwood is known in the district as "Granny," and is bright, active, and cheerful as possible to many people a great deal younger. Mrs. Lockwood was born In 1838 at Mawhai, between Tolaga and Tokomaru, where her father, the late Robert Espic, was whaling. Her first marriage was to Mr. Abraham Moore, when she was sixteen years of age, her husband being one of the 58th Regiment men. Five children were born, three of whom arc still living. After Mr. Moore's death, she married Mr. William Lockwood, an American whaler, and there were eight children by this marriage. There are now 47 grandchildren, 80- great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Her second husband died four years ago at the age of 86. Mrs. Lockwood has poignant recollections of the Poverty Bay massacre, having had a sister, brother-in-law, and niece massacred by To Kooti's followers, says the Gisborne "Times." For a number of years "Granny" acted as doctor, nurse, philosopher, and friend to the pakeha settlers and Maori population on the coast as far as Port Awanui. The only mode of transport at that time was by horseback over rough bush tracks and through swollen creeks and rivers. On many occasions she was called out at all hours of the night to go to somo distant settlement, where her services were required, and she can recount many hardships and rough experience encountered in her younger days. She was often called on to make urgent trips far up the coast in the depths of winter with rain pouring the whole journey.