WOMEN’S WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 1 November 1934, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD

Mr J. P. Burley, Buller Gorge, is the guest of Mr and Mr 6 Heaphy, AValdegrave Street. The friends of Mrs C. S. Larsen, of Main Street, will be pleased to learn that she is slowly improving from her recent illness.

Mrs H. Lang, of New Plymouth, and Mrs It. Lang, of Auckland, who have been the guests of Mr and Mrs D. Payne, Kairanga, have left on a visit to Napier. Mrs Alfred Kidd, of Auckland, will leave to-morrow by the Mariposa for Melbourne, where she will represent Miss Lloyd Still, British president of the International Council of Nurses at the Congress on Citizenship, which will be held during Women’s Week as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. Mrs Kidd is Dominion president of the New Zealand Trained Nurses’ Association.

Mrs James Rutherford, of New Plymouth, mother of the famous scientist, Lord Rutherford, on Monday celebrated her 92nd birthday. Mrs Rutherford, who is in the fullest possession of her faculties, is a splendid example of the fine stock of the early colonists, and to those early days she looks back with a memory undimmed by the passing of the years. At 92 she still exercises on those around her the force of her genial and kindly character. OBITUARY. 1 MRS R. J. J. YOUNG. The death occurred in Christchurch on Saturday, at the age of 83 years, of Mrs Rosalie Juliet Josephine Young, formerly of Palmerston North, reports the Press. Born in Galway, Ireland, in 1851, Mrs Young was of Irish and Huguenot patrentage, being the second daughter of Dr. W. E. Hearn, LLD., D.C.L., who was at that time Professor of Greek at Queen’s College Galway. In 1854 Dr. Hearn went to Melbourne to join the tutorial staff of the newly-created Melbourne University to which he had been appointed as Professor of Modern History, Modern Literature, Logic, and Political Economy. The following year lie was followed by his wife and family, so that his daughter spent her early life in the buildings of Melbourne University, and grew with them as they grew. She had' a brilliant scholastic career, and used to help her father in his literary and classical work, hut did not take a degree, as such things were considered unladylike in those days. In 1884 she married Mr Janies Young, of Warrnambool Downs station, Queensland. They settled in Victoria, and lived for some years in Gippsland, where she won the love and esteem of a wide circle of friends. In the black days of the slump and bank failures of the early ’nineties the family fortunes suffered very severely, and in 1895 Mr Young came to New Zealand to be general manager of the re-cently-formed New Zealand Farmers’ Dairy Union, with headquarters in Palmerston North. He was followed by his wife and their three small sons in the following year. For the next 23 years Mrs Young made Palmerston North her home, and was closely connected with the life of the town. She was an original member

of the Literary and Debating Society of the early days, and later the first secretary of the Plunket Society, and a member of the original committee of All Saints’ Children’s Home. She had always had brilliant gifts as a teacher and this, combined with a very deep and simple religious faith, led her soon to gather a handful of children from the neighbourhood and form with her own boys a little Sunday school. For some years this was held in her private house but it grew so steadily that, when the AVest End School was built nearby, permission was obtained to use its buildings. This work she cai - - ried on with outstanding success for the of the time she lived in Palmerston North, and the school which had begun with half a dozen children had a roll number nearing 100 when she left the district. Almost up to the day of her death she was constantly hearing from old pupils in all parts of the world.

Mrs A: oung was a scholar of extraordinarily wide reading and wisdom and, as well as haying marked musical and literary abilities, was a most accomplished linguist. In 1919, after her husband had retired from active work, they moved to Christchurch, and made their home in Cheltenham Street, Merivale, where Mrs Young lived for the rest of her life. Her husband died in 1923. .

Mrs Young’s health had always been good until a few weeks ago, when she had a severe stroke, from which she never completely recovered, and last week her health declined until her death occurred on Saturday.

Mrs Young had three sons, the eldest, AVilliam, dying in Palmerston North when a young ma.n from injuries received in an accident. The youngest, Mr C. Le F. Young, 8.A., B.Sc., who for some time was adjutant of the Pioneer Battalion during the war, died from war injuries about two years after his return, when he was headmaster of what was then the lower school of Christ’s College. Her second and only surviving son is Ven. Archdeacon J. R. Young, M.A., vica.r of AA’anganui. She is also survived by her elder sister, Miss Hearn, with whom she made her home in Christchurch.

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. A pleasant afternoon was spent at the residence of Mrs H. Griggs, Queen Street, on Tuesday, when members of a private club played progressive bridge. The members present were Mesdames Griggs, Bayliss, Bettle, Boniface, Danks, Davidson, Hardie, Mitchell, Mouldey, Boynton, Sinclair and Tipling, and visitors who participated in play were Mesdames Langford, Barling, Bierre and Auftin. The lucky number prizes were won by Mesdames Auftin and Danks. After the serving of afternoon tea, the Mayoress (Mrs A. E. Mansford) presented the prizes won for the season to Mesdames Bettle (highest score), Boynton and Mouldey. Mrs Mansford expressed her pleasure that in securing their own enjoyment, members were making themselves responsible for assisting the funds of several organisations in the city.' She stated that during the season the club had donated £1 15s to the Old Beople’s Home, £1 Is to All Saints’ Home, £1 Is to the Willard Home, £1 Is to the District Nurse, 15s to the Bed Cross Society, and 15s to the St. Vincent de Baul Society, as well as other small comforts. She expressed that hope that the club would resume its activities r.ext year. Mrs Griggs replied, thanking Mrs Mansford for her kindly remarks. W.C.T.U. MANAWATU DISTRICT CONVENTION. In Bahiatua, on Tuesday afternoon, at the Bresbyterian schoolroom, the Manawatu district annual convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union opened with the district president, Mrs H. Baterson, in the chair. On the platform also were the Mayor (Mr J. D. Wilson), Mrs T. E. Taylor (Dominion president of the W.C.T.U.) and Rev. C. M. Roberts (representing the Ministers’ Association). The Mayor extended a welcome to those present and Mrs J. D. Wilson, as a vice-president of the Bahiatua W.C.T.U., extended a welcome.to the visiting delegates. Mrs G. L. Stafford presented a beautiful bouquet to Mrs T. E. Taylor, who was warmly applauded on rising to address the meeting. Mr Roberts, on behalf of the Bahiatua Ministers’ Association, said they appreciated the presence of the convention in Bahiatua and all it stood for. The members of the W.C.T.U. were not simply idealists and dreamers but were essentially workers, practical people out to secure good for this generation and the generations to come. Several musical items were inter-

spersed with the business of the meeting and were greatly enjoyed, the performers being: Mrs I. Boyens (songs), Mrs A. W. Carthew (pianoforte solo) and Mrs 0. Clark (violin solo). In the evening the delegates and members met at the home of the district president, Mrs Paterson, where Mrs Terry, of Feilding, gave an interesting address on “School of Methods.” Airs H. A. Bick rendered two vocal solos and supper was served by the president. RENOVATION HINTS. Oriental rugs and mats often get worn out at the edges. This is easily repaired by fixing a piece of strong brown canvas, or even hessian, under the worn part, and pulling through rug wool to match the colour and pattern of the rug on the right side. Also, if the fringe is worn at the corners, it can be done in the same way.

To clean white enamelled furniture and woodwork melt one teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda in one quart of boiiing water. AVhen cool, wash t e enamelled surface with the solution and a soft flannel. Plaster casts and statuettes can be cleaned with a creamy solution of powdered starch and cold water. Apply with a soft brush, getting well into the crevices. AVhen dry the starch can be brushed off, and all dirt will come away with it.