WOMEN’S WORLD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 79, 2 March 1929, Page 15

WOMEN’S WORLD.

(By “GERMAINE.”)

Miss Jolly Ray, who weighs 40 stone, whenever she can find scales to take her, arrived in Sydney by the Sonoma the other day from the U.S.A. and walked down the gangway. She said she felt the motion of th© boat terribly. Miss Ray celebrated her 21st birthday on board. Among the vanities which the Queen recently ordered to be sent to Buckingham Palace from the British Industries Fair were a bath powder-puff, two feet wide, a hand-painted shingle set, and a theatre-bag fitted with a lipstick. “The Queen is as interested in pretty frivolities as I am,” surpriscdly exclaimed a woman, on seeing the powder-puff which was ornamented with coloured silk. WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. A well-attended meeting of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union w.as held in St. Andrew’s school room yesterday. The president, Mrs Ferguson, was in the chair. Interesting information with regard to the functioning of the corpuscles of the human body was given by Mrs Ritchie. In order to defend our Empire, we had, she said, an army of soldiers. In the same way, there was in the human body a defending army, which fought for it, .and protected it from foes. The enemies of the body were all around us, though wo could not see them. They were called mi-. crobes or germs, and grew wherever there was dirt or darkness or bad air. I The enemies of the microbes were fresh air, cleanliness and good food. The army of the microbes was large and powerful, but it could not fight against light and purity. If we were not protected against microbes, very few of us would live. The story of the method by which the body protected itself against them was like a fairy tale. There were in the body million of corpuscles, red ones and white ones. For each white one, ther© were 400 red ones. The red. ones carried oxygen from the lungs all over the body. The white ones were the defending army. They were always watching over the body. When germs got in by the breath, or with food, or by a wound, they rushed to the spot and ate them up. Many of the body soldiers were killed in the fight. The white “matter” in a boil or abcess, consisted of the (lead bodies of those little white soldiers. Microbes had allies that fought along

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with them. Bad air. impure water, and lack of good food often helped the microbes to gain the victory. A discussion next took place on various remits which are to bo considered at the annual convention in March. Some of these were:—(l) That the segregation of mental defectives should be adopted where possible, in preference to any other method or dealing with them. (2) That there should not be a limit placed on the earning power of widows. (3) That a woman who was legally separated from her husband should be entitled to receive the “family endowment.” (4) That th© age at which minors might be allowed to marry should not be less than 18 years. (5) That women should be appointed on the Film Censorship Board. (6) That recent disclosures with regard to sick nurses should be thoroughly investigated. A very profitable meeting was brought to a close by the pronouncing of the Benediction.

MANAWATU TOURNEY. The annual tournament of the Manawatu Croquet Association was continued yesterday afternoon, three lawns being in use at the Fitzherbert Street grounds. Results of the afternoon play are as follow : j HANDICAP DOUBLES. ' Second round. —Mesdames Turner (4) and Sherwood (6) beat Mesdames Tapp (5) and Hodgson (5), 26 —22; Mesdames McDonald (6) and Langford (oi) beat Mesdames Gambrill (1£) and Robertson (31), 26—15. HANDICAP SINGLES. A Grade. First round.— Mrs Simpson (o) beat Mrs Sherwood (6), 26—10; Mrs Hodgson (5) beat Mrs McDonald (5), 26 21. . Second round.—Mrs Jamieson (5) beat Mrs Richardson (6j), 26 —10; Mrs Fuller (5) beat Mrs Tapp (5), 2&—19. CLUB’S PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP. First round. —Miss McFarlane and Mrs Langford beat Mesdames Lynch and Jennings, 26 —16. I HANDICAP SINGLES. B Grade. Second round. —Mrs Simpson (oi) beat Mrs Legge (s£), 26 —11.