LEAGUE OF MOTHERS

Hutt News, Volume 12, Issue 9, 27 July 1938, Page 6

LEAGUE OF MOTHERS

* TEN-MHTTFTE TALKS There was a good attendance at the recent meeting of the Lower Hutt League of Mothers in the Horticultural Hall. The president, Mrs. J". W. Andrews, referred to the passing 'Of a member, Mrs. Carlson, and the assemblage expressed sympathy with the bereaved relatives by standing in silence. Members were asked to send in nominations for new committee members to the secretary by July 29. Mrs. Whitcher's "thought for the month," a verse, concluded with tho line, "For nothing is so full of cheer as sunshine that's home-made." After the serving <o.f a welcome cup of tea by Mrs. Taylor and helpers, tho choir, undeT the conductorship of Mrs. Barron, sang several , songs, including one appropriate to the day, "0, Wert Thou in tho Cauld Blast." Mrs. I. Taylor was the accompauist. '' Random Ramblings.'' An innovation was the introduction of ten-minute talks by committee members, led by Mrs. Batchelor, who gave some "Random Ramblings'on Radio," saying that although the radio educated, entertained, and informed, it could also prove a trial to the family where the ideas -of radio entertainment were not exactly congruent. Mrs. Batchelor passed on a vulinary hint— that the radio could claim a place in every home as an egg-timer. "World Needs Better Men." In dealing with "The Value of Sport in the Life of the Child," Mrs. McCallum urged parents to take an active part in the sports of their children, thereby enriching and stimulating their own lives and at the same time seizing such golden opportunities of keeping in close contact with the child, thus avoiding mutual suspicion and mistrust. After enumerating the many physical and mental gains from organised sport, Mrs. McCallum suggested that the world needs better men rather than greater athletes. Travel Episodes Mrs. Hooson, who recently returned from an extended tour, gave "Three Travel Episodes"—visits to New Jersey, the Aldershot Tattoo, and the Shrcwesbury Flower Show, which, she said, 100,000 people visited in two days. "Building Bricks" Mrs. Nichol spoke on "Building Bricks in Character." "It is not tho advantages you shower on your childdren that make a good home for them," said Mrs. Nichol, "but tho way you help them to grow up and overcome their difficulties." By example, she said, the child should be trained to be honest, truthful, courageous, unselfish, and thoughtful for others, and selfreliant. With these accomplishments they would be well equipped for civic, national, and international life. In training a child to be self-reliant they should pave the way if they could, but not carpet it. The speakers were each presented with a'' pumpkin'' posy. Miss Beatrice Taylor, accompanied by Mrs. Noel Taylor, sang two quaint character songs. A vote o,f thanks was* accorded to the performers and to the four committee members who acquitted themselves so creditably in their "maiden speeches.''