WOMEN’S WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 181, 3 July 1931, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD

Mrs L. Mills and Miss E. Kell, of Palmerston North, are visiting AA Tellinkton. Mrs MacNaughton, of Grey Lynn, Auckland, has returned home after spending a short holiday with her daughter, Miss Gwenth MacNaughton, Palmerston North. Mr and Mrs W. Higgins, of Waikaliae, who are at present in Australia, intend to proceed to the East Indies, China and Japan. Miss Monica Malfroy. of Wellington, is the guest of Mrs lan Mac Ewan, Palmerston North. Mrs G. W. Kilgour and her daughter, Heather, of Wellington, accompanied by Miss Isabel Logie, of _Woburn, are visiting Palmerston North and are staying with Mrs Kilgour, 244 Cook Street. Mrs Sutherland, of Soddon Street, Wanganui, has been visiting Mrs Sutherland and Mrs O’ltiley, of Bunnythorpe. The friends of Mrs A. Quinlivan, of Awapuni, will be pleased to learn that she is making excellent progress following a serious operation. It ishowever, anticipated that Mrs Quinlivan will be in hospital for another month or more.

The friends of Mrs H. J. Lancaster, of Glen Oroua. will regret to learn that she has been compelled to reenter a private hospital in Palmerston North for treatment. There was a very numerous assemblage at St. Mary’s Church, Hokitika, on Monday morning last, at eight o’clock, when the wedding was solemnised, with Nuptial Mass, of Agnes Louisa, younger daughter of Mr H. E. Holland, M.P. (Leader of the New Zealand Parliamentary Labour Party), and Mrs Holland, of Westport, to Vincent Jarvis, youngest .son of the late Mr and Mrs Forman, of Westport. The celebrant of Mass was Rev. Father Finerty, of Hokitika, who also performed the marriage ceremony, assisted by Rev. Father Holohan, of Grevmouth. The death occurred at her home in Sprcydon on Monday last of Mrs Henty May Whitelaw, a woman of many parts and of rare good qualities (states the Christchurch Press). Airs Whitelaw many years ago was employed as a teacher at Rongotea and it was sire who first opened the Glen Oroua School.

Ensign Grace Bailey, of the Salvation Army, whose death occurred last evening in her 31st year, was a member of a well-known Palmerston North family. Born in Palmerston North, Ensign Bailey was educated at College Street School, and entered the Salvation Army Training College in Wellington in 1921. Her first appointment was at Auckland, and she served as an officer thereafter at Napier, Aiasterton and Wellington, winning a reputation for painstaking work, and enjoying a good measure of popularity. Twelve months ago she came to her home in Palmerston North and was ailing up to the time of her death, which occurred in a private hospital. She is survived by her parents, Air and Airs A. Bailey, of Park Road, six sisters ana one brother, of Palmerston North. J lie elder brother was killed during the war in France. The funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon. Women played an important part in the census which was carried out in England and AVales last April. Of the 40,000 people employed, more than half were women and girls. Two hundred girls fresh from school, who worked the punching machines, were chosen because exjierience had proved that at that age they were the most efficient and accurate people to be found for the work. There were many more women among the coding staff and in the field there were a large number of women enumerators.

British women engineers arc making their name famous the world over. Recently a large firm of electricians in Athens decided to have one of the women members of the staff trained for showroom purposes. Aliss Caroline Haslett, of the Women’s Engineers’ Association of Great Britain, was approached and she offered to take over the instruction of the student. The young Greek girl was accordingly sent to London for six weeks’ intensive training under Aliss Haslett and returned to Athens full of enthusiasm for her new job.

BASKETBALL. The following are the basketball fixtures for to-morrow: —Tech. A. v. All Saints, Tech. ground, 2 p.m., referee Aliss Vautier; Linton v. Tech. E., Tech, ground, 2 p.m., referee, Aliss Brown; Tech. C. v. Y.M. Gym. 8., Tech, ground, 2.45 p.m., referee, Aliss Vautier; Tech. 8., v. H.5.0.G., Tech, ground, 2.45 p.m., referee, Aliss Brown; Y.AI. Gym. A., practice game, Convent ground, 2 p.m.

LEAGUE OF AIOTHERS

FAMOUS ENGLISH FACTORIES

Mrs G. G. Hsincox presided over a large attendance of members at a meeting of the League of Mothers in St. Andrew’s Hall yesterday. The speaker for the afternoon was Rev. J. E. Parsons, who gave a short address on his experiences when visiting in England the factories of Messrs Lever Bros, and Cadbury Bros. Referring to the Cadbury brothers as men of vision, the speaker said that they had created a beautiful village for tlieir employees and had also extended to their workers privileges unheard of in factory life before that time. There were schools for tire children, baths f-or the workers, playgrounds for old and young, etc. There were so many visitors to Bournville, as the Cadbnry village is called, that one had to write for a date an.d time on which to go over the works. Stating that Messrs Lever Bros.’ fnctoiy at Liverpool was an equally wonderful place to visit, Mr Parsons said that the village there was different from Bournville in architecture but, again, great care was taken of the workers. It was really a romance when one realised that 44 years ago the site of the present factory was nothing but a marsh. As in Cadburys’ no married women were employed. It was considered that when a man married he could afford to keep his wife. There were many other factories in England where the spirit of service stood out pre-eminent —service that was rewarded with returned service. Mr Parsons was accorded a very hearty vote of thanks on the motion of Mrs Ballinger. An invitation was received from All Saints’ Mothers’ Union to their meeting this month. Advice was received that Lord Bledisloe would address a gathering of branches at Wellington next week. Mrs L. A. Abraham spoke of the work being done in the city in relieving the distressed and appealed for help in collecting and canvassing. The hostesses were Mesdames Hart, Sparkett, McPherson, Forbes and Wass, who were accorded a vote of thanks. Apologies for absence were received from Mesdames. G. G. Campbell, T. R. Moore, J. Aitcliison and J. Mounsey.

SURPRISE PARTY. The residence of Air and Airs S. Smith, of Ruahine Street, was the rendezvous of a most enjoyable surprise party on Wednesday evening, Air A. L. Doy acting as host. Items were provided by Alessrs A. Sundborn (musical) and A. L. Doy (conjuring). Competitions proved a very pleasing pastime, the winners being Airs S. Smith, Alisses AI. Hepburn and V. Carroll and Alessrs N. Seheele and F. Evans. Others present were Alisses It. Kemp, D. Babington, E. Bell, J. Bell, E. Aladgwick, K. McKenzie, E. AlcAlinns, A. Alunro, Alessrs A. Barber, G. Nicholls, S. Doy, T. French, K. Thompson and 0. Drew. Apologies were received from Airs J. Smith, Alisses D. Thompson, N. Whiteman, Alessrs J. Smith and J. Gower. The evening finished with “For They are Jolly Good Fellows” and “Auld Lang Syne” at 12.30 a.m. PARISH SOCIAL. An enjoyable social was held an the Takaro Church Hall last evening. There was a good attendance, and an interesting time was spent in singing, games, competitions and dancing. Air and Airs Tabor contributed a sketch, Air T. B. Arlidgo recited, and there were songs by Aliss J. Wollcrman and Airs Bigliam, and vocal duets by Airs Bigliam and Air H. AVollerman, and Aliss J. Wollcrman and Air AVollerman. Aliss Seeker and Airs AVollerman played the accompaniments and music for the dancing, and Airs C. Penny had charge of the supper arrangements.

AVOAIEN’S CHRISTIAN TEAIPERANCE UNION.

Considering the coldness of the night quite a good attendance of members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and friends gathered on Wednesday evening in St. Andrew’s Memorial Hal lto hear Aliss M. Aloore’s very interesting account of her travels in Palestine.

Aliss ALoore had spent two and a halt years there, and was able to give a very graphic account of all that she had seen and heard. She had felt herself a very privileged person in having the opportunity of going to Palestine, the land of the Messiah. En route she had touched at the Australian ports, Sydney, Alelbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle, and then sailed to Colombo, where she had visited the secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Sailing on to Aden, she had passed through the Red Sea, and then through the Suez Canal. At Ismailia, she had. been very pleased to meet Aliss Alurray, from Dunedin, who was in charge of a school at the former place. Sandy wastes extended as far as the eye could reach on both the Arabian and African sides of the Canal, she said. At El Kantara, she had taken a train to Jerusalem, it being a night journey. On arriving at the famous city, she had been pleased to see a Y.W.C.A. building where she had obtained temporary lodgings. She had been struck by the grey appearance of the town, with its grey stone walls, and grey stone buildings. The domes and mosques also took her eye. Since the arrival of the British in Jerusalem, all the gates had been opened except one—the Golden Gate on the east. Legend had it that this gate would remain closed “till the Prince came.” The streets were very narrow with bazaars on each side. There were two missionary societies at work, the American Missionary Society among the Arabs, and the London Missionary Society among the Jews. Curios were made in the mission schools. Beggars in the streets were very common, being chiefly children and Janie folk. One of these beggars was apparently suffering from a disabled knee, which was very much bandaged. As a doctor was passing one day, he insisted on this man being taken to the hospital. As the bandages were removed, £2OO in notes was found inside, and the knee had suddenly recovered from its ailment! On the top of the hill, Alt. Zion, the first Protestant Church, Christchurch, had been built, in the very place where Pilate’s Palace had once stood. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was another very interesting church. The statue of the Virgin Alary was here decorated with very valuable jewels presented by visiting worshippers. The wealth seen inside this church was rather in striking contrast with the poverty outside. Besides these two churches there was a Presbyterian Church, Jewish synagogues, and Mohammedan worshipping places.

Miss Moore had visited the Mount of Olives, where was the Garden of Gethseinane, and had been shown the stone near which Christ had agonised. The garden was very beautifully kept by the Franciscan monks. Violets were plentiful there, and the paths were lined with rosemary, “for remembrance.” The Jewish Wailing Wall consisted of three rows of stones taken from Solomon’s temple. The Jews spent hours here every Friday night reading and praying. They would also be hero for a great part of the day on Saturday, their Sabbath. While in Palestine, Miss Moore had visited Nazareth, sacred on account of the Saviour’s boyhood being spent there; Beorsheba, too, at which place she had been fortunate in having a long drive into the surrounding country, calling at an Arab settlement, which consisted of camel-hair tents. The sheik had treated her and her friends with great hospitality, and had given her a cup which he had used for his coffee at Wembley. Away south of Beersheba she had been rather affronted at seeing things so modern as the radio and telephone. Another place visited was Jaffa, where Simon Peter had lodged, and where Dorcas had been raised from the dead. She had also seen the Great Pyramid, which was there in Abraham’s day, and about which Isaiah had said that there would be “an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, a pillar in the wilderness to witness unto Him.” She had seen the ox and the 1 ass ploughing together, and had noted the crookedness of the resulting furrow. This helped her to understand very clearly the words, “Be ye not unequally yoked together.” Miss Moore had a number of interesting curios to show her audience, among them being the cup given her by the Arab sheik, a shepherd’s dress and headgear, a “widow’s mite,” a piece of rock salt taken from the Dead Sea, mother-of-pearl obtained at Bethlehem, and many others. On the motion of Mrs J. T. Burrell a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Miss Moore for her very interesting address. f.