HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 143, 14 December 1933, Page 13

HERE AND THERE

Alexandra Home. Tho matron of the Alexandra Home reported at the recent meeting of the committee that there were, 37 adults and 26 infants in the home, and that there had been 28 confinements. There had been 150 attendances at the antenatal? clinic during the month. Mrs. T. E. Corkill presided at the meeting. The matron acknowledged gifts of goods from Nestles, Ltd., Mrs. Kemp (Upper Hutt), "Friends" (2), Mr. E. Miles, Mr. E. B. Nees, Mrs. Bethune, and Mr. Guise. : ' Social Progress Meeting. During the week the Women's Social Progress Movement held its final committee meeting for 1933 in St. John's social room. Members, under the guidance of Mrs. J. Down, discussed ways and means of improving conditions for women. Miss McLean, president, thanked the committeo for its co-operation and help during the year, and urged all present to gather strength and enthusiasm for the ensuing twelve months. Tea was-servedj and the ex-i change of Christmas greetings brought the meeting to a close. Tarewell to Phinket Nurse. Nurse Miller, who has done excellent duty as Pluuket nurse in the Kelburn, Karori, and Wadestown district for some years, was the guest of honour at a farewell party given in the Karori Hall by the Plunket Committees of I those suburbs. Lupins, roses, and Iceland poppies .decorated the hall, and the services of tho guest of honour were extolled by Mrs. Tytho Brown (president of the Wellington Plunket Society), Miss Elsmie Ward (secretary), Mrs. Jack (president of the Karori branch),' and Mrs. Bonaldson, one of the oldest members, who presented Nurse Miller with a cheque. One of the small girls present handed a bouquet of flowers to Nurse Miller, and a happy afternoon was spent by the large number present. Songs were sung by. Mrs. and Miss Irene Spidy. Where Parents Err. When speaiking at the prize-giving, Miss Irene Wilson, principal of Queen Margaret College, gave a valuable hint to some parents who are apt to overshadow their children with too much care and watching. "The good modern parent," she stated, "errs on the side of sheltering and protecting children till it is time for them to go forth into the world, and they have to 'growj reliability and tho sense of responsibility more suddenly than is possible if they have not been a little prepared beforehand by being made to take their share at home. They are sent forth, into a world sometimes for which they are not prepared." Miss Wilson quoted Hans Anderson's story of the "Ugly Duckling," which caused the mother hen so much anxiety because it would take to the water, and at last she said impatiently, "Well, go," and the duckling went ' forth in safety when it had the opportunity. Children nowadays had to be made to fit their environment instead of the environment being made to fit the child, which would be much better.