HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 73, 28 March 1932, Page 11

HERE AND THERE

Obituary. Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth DevenishMeares> wife of Mr. H. O. DevenishMeares, one of the oldest established and most highly respected lawyers in Christehurch, died at her home at Fendalton on Wednesday, after an illness extending over several months (states the Christchureh "Press"). Mrs. MeaTes was a daughter of the late Mr. Charles Chisholm, of Breadalbane, New- South Wales, and had lived in Christchurch since her marriage, many years ago. A cultured woman and a great music-lover, Mrs. Meares was a discriminating patron of concerts and musical entertainments, and more than one Christchurch girl, anxious to further her musical studies, owes much to her encouragement and practical sympathy. She loved flowers, and being skilled in their culture, she spent much time in her beautiful garden on the bank of the Avon. Mrs. Meares was well known for her unfailing and unostentatious charity. Giving to others less fortunate than herself was to her not a duty, but a privilege and a pleasure. But perhaps it will be for her consideration: for others, shown to a remarkable degree during her last long illness, arid for her thoughtfulness —the little acts of kindness and of love-^-that she will be longest and most affectionately remembered. She is survived by her husband, a step-daughter, Mrs. C. J. Loughnan, Lower Hutt, and a: stepson, Mr. F. Devenish-Meares, North ■' Canterbury. . Pan-Pacific Women. Delegates. Delegates to the first annual meeting of the New Zealand National Committee of the Pan-Pacific Women's Association, held in Wellington on Saturday afternoon, were: Mrs. T. B. Taylor (chairman), Misses Sims, Kane, and Andrews_ (executive), Mrs. H. D. Bennett, Misses Lambie, Basten (Auckland), Melville (Auckland), and Salmond (conveners of research committees), Dr. Agnes Bennett (Federation of University -Women), "Misses Stevenson ' and Fair (Y.W.C.A.), Miss. Lea (New Zealand Women Teachers' Association), Dr. Helen Bakewell (New Zealand Medical Women's Association), Miss Mary Lambie (New Zealand Trained Nurses' Association), Mrs. H. G. Smith (Federated Women's Clubs), Mesdames Wood and Peryman (W.C.T.U.), Wickham and Wilson (Women's Division, N.Z.F.U.), Miss A. G. Basten (Auckland Hospital Auxiliary), Miss Eggers (Mothers' Thought Guild), Miss .M. . Salmond (Otago; University), Miss Carnachari (Dominion president, National Council of Women), Miss Cossey, Mrs. Goffe, J.P., Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Flesh er, Mrs. Pearson, and Miss Lovell-Smith. Syncopated Mannequins. Dancing mannequins are the fashion experts' latest aid in enticing women to buy new frocks (states the "Daily Mail"). Several London dressmakers held a parade at Giro's Club, Leicester Square, in February, with their spring models shown off by these syncopated mannequins, as they were termed. Mr. Philip Vernon, a dress parade expert, who originated the idea, said:—''People have become too accustomed to the traditional mannequin who walks slowly, hand on hip, round the room. Women want to see how their dresses will look under all conditions, how their dance dresses will look in the swaying movements of the waltz or the rhythm of the rumba. _ In my parade a girl will show off her frock in the traditional manner, and then she will dance steps to suit the type of dress, and sing. A tall brunette in a red dress will do the tango, a fair-haired type in a fluffy dress will waltz, and so forth. I am looking for twelve girls, each to be the perfection of. her particular type, and so far I have found only four. I want blondes, brunettes, a red-headed girl, and plantinum blonde—if I can find her in England. But I never have a girl whose hair, is tinted. There are hundreds of natural platinum blondes m the United States, but they are rare in this country. This will be the first time that syncopated mannequins have been seen in England. I have tried them in the United States and in Hollywood, and the results have been most successful." Veto on Bare Legs. Great agitation has been caused in the Johannesburg municipal service by the suspension of a girl typist who went to work without stockings (states the "Daily Mail"). The matter seems to be one of discipline rather than impropriety, for the girl was explicitly told by her departmental chief that she must wear stockings. Several girls have recently gone to work stockingless, stating that they cannot—owing to the Government economies—afford them. Some heads of departments are complaining that the dress of the staff —and of people generally—is becoming careless, and, in some cases, even slovenly. If Women Were at No. 10. The Prime Minister was welcomed by Sir James Barrie, 'as Chancellor of Edinburgh University, when he opened new buildings at the university recently (states the "Daily Mail"). Mr. Mac Donald, afterwards addressing women students, said: "The only practical people I have-met in the course of many years have been the women. They are great chancellors of the exchequer. Had women been in control of the Bank of England or the City, or had they been sitting at 10, Downing street during the last three years, there would have been no crisis."