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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 50, 28 August 1934, Page 15

HERE AND THERE

Women's Study Circle. There was a good attendance at the recent meeting of the Women's Study Circle -when a social afternoon was held to introduce tho many new members who have joined tho circle. Mrs. Stewart, presided, and Mrs. Linoker, vice-president, gave a very interesting address on "Friendship." The speaker dealt with various kinds of friends, including "Tho friend in need," "the fairweathcr friend," and "the treacherous friend." Mrs. Linekev was accorded a hearty vote o£ thanks for her interesting paper. A dainty afternoon tea was served, and Mrs. Prince sang delightfully. Mrs. Stewart thanked all members "who had contributed, to a most enjoyable aftornopii. N.Z. School Journal. ' The New Zealand School Journal for September is an interesting number for all standards. Tho three parts divided according to ages give charming little poems and stories, which are suitable and at the-same time educational. The schoolchildren are fortunato in being supplied with these small magazines, as their' contents vary to suit all tastes.- . ... A Brain-Soother? That ono of the King's distinguished Judges knits Ms own socks was revealed at the annual prize day of New Romnoy, Kent, Grammar School recently, when Mr. Justice Luxnioore, K.C., and Lady Luxmoore distributed the prizes, states an English exchange. The Mayor of New Romney, Major M. Teichmau' Derville, said on visiting Justice Luxmoore at his home he had often found Mm hard at work knitting hia own socks. "I should not like to wear them myself," the Mayor went on, "because to me they always seem a little lumpy." In reply, Justice Luxmoore said ho did not expect such a family secret to bo divulged, but he was surprised at the criticism. Recipe tfor Happiness. Lord Daryngton had a recipe for happiness given to him by a friend in tho House of Commons. This is the recipe:— "Be not solitary. "Be not idle. "Pear not .that which can't be avoided. "Grieve not for that which can never return. "Try and forget slights." Added to this is the advice ho always gives to friends who are going to be married: "Never fuss and never argue." A Noted. Authoress. It is not commonly known, although tho sympathetic touch with which tho women characters are drawn, might suggest it to a discerning reader, that Gordon Daviot, author of tho much-ac-. claimed "Bichard of Bordeaux" and "Queen of Scots," is a woman—in real life Miss Mackintosh, states an exchange. Of a retiring disposition, Gordon Daviot has suclr an aversion to personal publicity that a. web of in accuracy and mystery has been spun about her, but in actual fact her home

is about six miles from Loch Ness (of monster famo), and she keeps house for her father. A lover of solitude, charming in personality, and extremely well road, this gifted playwright is a good golfer, and for eight years she lived in England teaching physical culture at girls' schools. Although she- professes not to be energetic, she admits that when she is inspired with.an idea fov a play, sho works with very great rapidity- . '~, \ :