WOMEN’S WORLD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 90, 14 March 1935, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD

Miss Aluir, of the Afelancsian Alisfiion, who has been staying at Palmerston North, left Wellington by the Wanganella to-dav for Sydney. Mrs F. Pengeliy, of AVanganui, is visiting her father, Air G. Ward, Ruahine Street. Mrs E. L. Barnes, who has been spending a holiday in Cl)church, returned to Palmerston N</. th yesterday. Airs ll.' Falls, of Napier, is at present the guest of Air and Airs Barnes. Mrs Ynyr Donald, who has been visiting her daughter, Airs Kenneth Garland, Palmerston North, has returned to Christchurch. OBITUARY. AIRS ANNIE HULENA. i The death occurred suddenly at her residence in Albert Street, on Monday, of Mrs Annie Hulena, aged 87, widow of the late Sebastian Hulena. Born in Bohemia, she came to New Zealand with her husband in 1874 and landed at. Napier. Subsequently they lived at Takapau and then at Norsewood until 1911, when they took up their residence in Palmerston North. Mrs Hulena’s ; husband predeceased her in 1926. The family consists of Mrs G. E. Ale- ; Leod (Feildmg), Alessrs Joseph Hulena (Palmerston North), AI. Hulena (Tai-, - hape), A. Hulena, F. Hulena, and J. ' Hulena (Norsewood), and S. and A. : Hulena. There are some 35 grandchil- : dren and. four great-grandchildren The interment took place at the Palmerston i North cemetery yesterday, Requiem : Alass being conducted in the morning ; by Very Rev. Alousignor MacAlanus. 1 CROQUET TOURNEY. A AIANAWATU FINALIST. In the level singles competition at, the Dominion croquet championships ■ in Auckland, Airs Morgan (Alanawatu) ' beat Airs Bolton, 26—9, while Airs J. Clark (Auckland) beat Airs Allen, ;; 26 —9, and Airs Green, 26 —11. Mrs b Alorgan and Airs Clark will now meet j in the final for the AV hit taker Cup. Playing in the handicap doubles, A. ! J. Gibbs and Airs Neilson (Alanawatu), 1 beat Alouat and Airs Mouat, 26—5. j. AVOAIEN’S INSTITUTE. j 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) | : ASHHURST, Alarch 13. Tho annual mooting of tho Ashhurst , Women’s Institute was held on Tursday j afternoon in the Foresters’ Hall and was i well attended. Tho president (Airs Flow- ] ers) extended a welcome to all, including i visitors from Whakarongo, and Mesdamcs ( W. G. Short and Barnicoat of the executive (

committee. Apologies for absence were received from Alesdames Broekie, Neal, Alaul and Jcpscn and Aliss E. Sumner. The president thanked all the members for their loyalty and co-operation in making tho year a successful one. Tho report and balance-sheet wero read and adopted. Votes of thanks were accorded tho following for donations and services rendered during (lie year: Aliss Grant, Alesdames Broekie, Murphy, Fairless and Trcmcwan and Alessrs A. Flowers, C. Youlc, and E. Alorris. Points prizes won during the year wore presented to Airs Alaul and Airs A. Currie in the seniors, and Misses V. Aliildrock and A. Dobson in the juniors. Mention was made of file fact that the Ashhurst Institute had won flic first prize at the Woodvillc Horticultural Show for the arts and crafts display, and that Airs Fairloss had carried off tho special prize for the thrift article with a beautifully worked rug. Votes of thanks were passed to Alcsdamcs A. Currie, 11. Fenwick, J. Flowers _ and Aliss Houghton for arranging the display. Alesdames Edmond and Aliss Houghton were appointed delegates to attend the federation meeting to be held in Palmerston North next month. An _ interesting letter from the institute link in England was read by the secretary (Airs Williams). Airs Short briefly addressed the members, with special reference to tho rest room in Palmerston North and the beach houses at Foxton and Paraparaumu; and All's Barnicoat gave an interesting talk on institute meetings. On tho motion of Airs Fenwick, votes of thanks were accorded the retiring president, officers and committee. Alesdames Johansen and Uhrbom (Whakarongo) acted as tellers for the ballot for tho committee, tho following being elected: Alesdames H. Bristow', A. Currie, 11. Fenwick, J. Flowers R. Jones, T. Paton, 11. Woodroofo and Misses Heron, Houghton, and Youle. Airs Flowers was rc-clccted president unopposed, and at a subsequent meeting Airs Woodroofo was elected secretary and Miss Houghton treasurer.

TOWNSWOMEN ’ S GUILD. ANNUAL REPORT. In the course of the -annual report to the Prlmerston North Townswomen’s Guild, the president (Mrs A. Atansford) says: —Your committee have pleasure in submitting the following report on the activities of the guild, and statement of accounts for the six months ended March 6, 1935. Our roll number at the end of this period was 165, and a number of members have joined up for the ensuing year, which will bring the total up to about 200. Three circles have been formed —arts and crafts (Airs J. Renwick, convener;, garden circle (Airs J. Lynne Hartog), and play reading (Airs J. Davidson). All these circles have a good membership and are most enthusiastic. The arts and crafts circle gave a fine exhibition of handcrafts at our November meeting ; the gardening circle has been responsible for the charming decora-tions-at recent meetings of the guild: and the play reading circle entertained us at our last guild meeting by reading a play. Five monthly 7 meetings of the guild have been Held and the attendance has been most encouraging. Your committee have endeavoured to arrange a balanced programme with items to interest all members, and wish to thank the speakers and all others who have assisted. Under the rules, the annual meeting must lie held in the month of February, Alarch, or April of each year; therefore our statement of accounts for this year covers a period of only six months. We are pleased to .report that we have a credit cash balance of £l2 18s lOd. IN LOVE. GENERAL BOOTH’S STORY. “I have longed for my own children, I have been in love several times, but,” said General Evangeline Booth—fight-ing-Nun-Commander of the Salvation Army—to a writer in an English paper, “something has always stepped in to prevent my marrying. “Once, instead of keeping a tryst, I had to visit a man under sentence of death in prison. “It was the last straw to the man I loved, and who loved me. It came on top of a number of incidents which proved that I had always some promise to keep to the poor and sick, or some meeting to attend. “Even now. just when I have become general, I must sail to Australia. I promised them I would go last year, but fell sick.” General Evangeline has risen from commanding an army of two in the slums of London to her present

authority over an international army of two millions. She first went round in a coster’s cart j she is now driven in a limousine —still on the same mission. How has she effected the change ? Chiefly by being the first to work for the poor in their own homes. CONQUERED AMERICA. She started the army in Canada and the United States on those lines, and finally conquered America when she sent out her Salvation lassies to the front with General Pershing’s army. “They slept in haystacks. Some never had their Army jackets off for a fortnight. They all but went up to the front line trenches,” said Evangeline Booth, “cheering the men with songs, sweets and cigarettes. “Some were wounded. But not one of them went wrong. The men respected their religious calling, and vet I can tell you I. chose some very pretty girls.” _ Here is a woman in whom compassion—the driving, force of her work —is controlled by a world-wise mind. She has seen human joy and misery—in the I halls of the mighty and the hovels of the depraved. She sat between her men High Commissioners issuing statements. “I have always relied on the men’s advice,” she said, and they purred. “Do it,” she said, a.nd again, “It must be done.” She overruled all objections by her statesmanship, fire, blandishments and cold command.

She could beat any politician. She is the world-woman I did not believe existed. Vital at the age of 69, with auburn hair, pleasantly curled.