"MISS CANADA"

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22543, 7 October 1936, Page 4

"MISS CANADA"

VICTORIA LEAGUE TALK Something of the lure of tho woods and their wild life was conveyed to tho audience when Miss Betty Smart gave a brief talk to girls of the Victoria League last evening. Miss Smart, whose position as secretary to Mrs. Alfred Watt, president of tlio Associated Countrywomen of tho World, has given her opportunity for much travel, told her hearers how much she missed the woods of Canada, her home, when she found herself in other countries.

Miss Smart spoke of her home in Canada, where everyone lives out of doors as much as possible, and where the poorest of people have cabins in the back woods, where they go in the summer, crossing the lakes by canoo or launch. It was really necessary to see, rather than to hear a country described, she said, and she hoped that many of her hearers would be able to seo Canada. Mrs. L. S. Riekerby introduced Miss Smart to a large attendance of girls, as "Miss Canada" to "Miss New Zealand." She remarked that she thought New Zealanders very similar to the Canadians in their love of the out-of-doors. In travelling right through both islands, Miss Smart would get a very good idea of the country, which she so much desired to see.

Supper was served, and an informal discussion enabled the girls present to talk personally with the guest of honour.