NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12009, 11 December 1924, Page 8

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AMD PERSONAL

Mr and Mrs W. B. Lees are visiting the south. Misa Eileen Paul is on a visit to Mrs F. G. Cow-per, at Kaitoki, Dannevirke. Mra Paterson is a Wellington visitor to Christchurch. ' Miss hr. Burron returned by the Ulimaroa from Sdyney. hits Percy Brandon is a visitor to Christchurch. Mrs' A. Leicester arrived' hack from Sydney ajid Melbourne by the Ulimaroa yesterday. Mrs J. Ironside Is visiting ChristI churchy I Miss Audrev Putter arrived in Wellington by the Ulimaroa yesterday. Miss Louise Brandon is on a visit to Christchurch, , hlr and Mrs C. Young arrived in Wellington from Sydney yesterday. Miss. Phyllis Archibald, the talented contralto of the Melba-J. C. Williamson Grand Opera Concert Party, is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs F. j Wilding, “Fownhope," St. Martins, during her stay in Christchurch, j The handsome donation of .£250 -was rei csived -bv the committee of the Levin | Memorial Home, Berhampore, yesterday, from the trustees of the Bathbone estate, Waipawa. A letter expressing the heart- • felt thanks of .the cbmmittee was sent !to the trustees. - Mrs A. Gray presided over the monthj ly meeting of the Citizens' Day Nursery ,in the absence of Lady Luke. ' The . matron reported that the work was pro- ] greasing satisfactorily, and r that the atj tendance had increased again. .. It was decided to hold the .Christmas party for ‘ the children on Thursday .of next week, ‘ and to invite all members and subscribers to be present on that occasion. Tho i committee are very grateful to Lady.Jellicoe for a gift of toys andi two chairs ] to the nursery prior to her departure; and also to Mrs H. D. .Crawford for a ; further donation of «6l Is. - - The committee of the Levin Memorial , Home held the monthly meeting on < Tuesday, 9th, when Miss Archibald presided. Miss Tendall, who is leaving for \ England iq January, was granted leave ;of absence from the committee. It was reported that the children were all in good health. On December 6th the pupils of Marsden College gave the girls a 1 Christmas party, which was much enjoyed by them all. Following gifts were , acknowledged with thanks:— Mrs Stace, inarmaJade; Miss Young, shoes; Mrs MoEldowney, three pots of honey; Mrs Beale, fakes; Mrs Mayer, children's aressos, doll s perambulator, etc • Miss Archibald, buns; Mrs Knowles, bananas; Miss lendall, dresses, material, flour and sugar bins, dishes, etc.; Mrs Doherty, j childrens clothes; Mrs Ward, marma--1 lade. j A very well-known Auckland resident i c°w« er j® J 08 ?’ -3 Margaret Douglas I ‘' c »t her residence, Parnell, on Monday. Mrs Schcrfl was tho widow of Mr Franz Scherff, who for many years was a prominent Auckland merThL n <w;i S “ lerfi < ® e 4, ®<>™e years ago. lhe family was especially well-known in the early days in the Ponsonhy district, where they were residents for a long time. Mrs Scherff was also well-known! as the owner of the private hotel, Glenal-1 J° n ’ , w fV* ch conducted! in .Symonds I street, then at the old Admiralty House, i i a “T at , Present building in Waterloo Quadrant. Mrs Scherff retired from the management of Glenalvon when the property changed hands ihirly recontMiss Gwendolen Knight, sister of Dr I »r?v^ r?aS T K s lght ’ of Wellington, has 1 arr.ved m London on a visit from Italy, 1 where she has been , studying * art andi travelling with Miss Marguerite Janes, l 1 Who is well-known in England'for her . ¥ lss Knight, who l-e----°“ss to the Dominion, though she has !! lived for a good many years in Sydney, ' found a tremendous amount of material for her brush m Italy. Some of her itauan water-colour sketches may be ex-1 hibited in New Zealand* as a selection of |« them will be taken out by Mrs Corliss*; when she sails about the end of DecsmIn Bnglana. unemployment benefit tas ; been disallowed to out-of-work shop assistants because they refused to accept work as domestics. The Shop Assistants' Union has protested against, this, assertinsr that when ex-shop ptfrls have gone out as servants it was more difficult for them to be accepted again in their rightful occupation. “Is it that her hands would be too roughened for country work or that domestic work would carry with it a social slur?" This question i s as | te( i though few persons will admit that they though few persons will admit that *hey consider a social slur incurred, still indoubtedly subconsciously most of us ore influenced by 'this tradition. Again an ex-shop girl would not be likely to obtain' a domestic post of the better type, coming into that occupation as a ;ew hand.

RED CROSS

The monthly meeting of the Wartime Branch of the Wellington Red Cross boeiety was held yesterday afternoon, Mr M. Burnett presiding. A letter of appreciation of the assisti nnce extended to him by the society duri ins? his term as Director of the Medical Services and Medical Administrator 0/ Pensions, was received from Sir Donald HcGavin, prior to his relinquishing the josition. Three motor Arms have signified their viiling’ness to provide care and drivers or certain days on which patients in • ho Porirua Mental Asylum are taken >ut for picnics. Arrangements have been node for the picnics to take place regularly, as they are said to bo greatly appreciated. It was announced that the Rotary Club had been generous enough to offer two turkeys for the Christmas dinner for the men in the Hobson street home. The offer was gratefully accepted. The monthly report of the Red Cross representative at Pukeora stated ihat concert parties ‘had been held during the month, and many gifts had been received from various quarters. Christmas gifts totalling 184 have been sent to the ex-soldier patients in the Wellington area hospitals, also a two i months' suonly of 'tobacco (881 b) to WaiI pukurau, and 5111 b of tobacco and ICCO , packets of cigarettes to Porirua. I Mrs L. Blxindell was aopointed repre- ' sentativo to the New Zealand executive in place of Lady Luke during the latj absence in England. • The society is in urgent need of reading matter of all descriptions, especially magazines, and these, if sent to the rooms. 63. Dixon street, will be gratefully acknowledged.

[Jg|P MELSOMS

! Milsoms point to their address for the benefit of visitors. It i« 94, Willis street, 1 4 doors past “Evening Post." They are , old-established Hair and Face Specialists. . Hair Staiuer*. Hair Workers, and Manni fnrturprs. Xmas Toilet Novelties make 1 sotendid Xmas presents. *Phone 814. 1 Advt.

Superfluous Ilttlr destroyed by “Rus* n.a." Remits guaranteed. Call, or rend stomped and addrisaod envelope for particulars. Mrs. Hullen, Belcher's Building, Telephone 22-070 (near King's Theatre), Wellington; also at Auckland.— Advt.

PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES

KINDERGARTEN OUNCIL. The annual presentation of certificates to the students of the Wellington Free Kindergartens and the display of thenwork took place last night in Sydney street schoolroom. Mrs Peacock, president, was in tho chair, and welcomed the guests. Miss Maitland, principal of the Kelburn Normal School, gave a most inspiring address to the students and visitors. congratulating the former ah their work. They felt, no doubt, - some regret, but moio relief at the end of their examination and they would go out with more courage and enjoyment to take up the work of teaching, but the real test was to come, and that was whether they would measure up to standard in tho eyes and mind of the small children whom they taught. The child is the true artist, one has only to watch a small child pretending to be perhaps an engine to realise that. In bis play he loses his personality and becomes the object be impersonates, whereas the adult is only pretending. Miss Maitland spoke of the need for kindergartens. Children hero were looked ai.er well up to a year by our child welfare system, the State school system lookodl after them from seven years old, but there was a hiatus which was only filled by this voluntary work. In EnglaniKthey were more alive to their responsibilities to the child from two to five years old. The kindergarten provides what in England is known as the Nursery School Movement, and in Wellington we were fortunate in having such an excellent committee to undertake all this coluntary work.

Miss Riley, the principal, gave a brief report on the work. She expressed herself as greatly indebted' to the, directors of the kindergartens. It was not only the final examination which counted in the students marks, but all their two years work, and each student who had passed had got over 80 per cent, on her whole two years work. She said the nine students gaining certificates this year were among tho best she had ever had.

Mrs Peacock then presented certificates to the following Nancy M. Williams, Minnie Farr MacLeod,, Kathlenxi A. Dunning, E. Beatrice Smith, Tt-reita G. Tyler, Constance G. Huggins, Ngaire P. Williamson and Jessie M. Cofkill. The junior students who are remaining next year are Nancy Alloway, Eva Scaifl, Ziela Burt, Rita Furlong, Marjorie Seed, ftubie Wijseman, Gretta McLaren and Mollie Holmes.

During the evening the students sang several songs, and later supper was served and the function concluded with games and' dancing. The hand-work of the students was displayed and much of this was very wonderful. For their test this year students had to make a paper cap for a child and one for a man to wear at a party, something for a girl's dressing-table, a\ sample of wearing, a sand tray, paper cutting to decorate a calendar or school list, and a surprise for a child's party. Some of the last were one | having a family of kewpies sealed on ] mushrooms made of sugar: another was a beautiful bonbon, all fringed and with I tiny dolls holding cords at the ends; and ono took the form of a Humty Dumpty made out of a coconut < painted 1 white, who, when opened, was found to contain a batch of fluffy chickens. The 6and tray illustrations were also very good, there were Japanese gardens, a rabbit hutch, bees in a garden, haymaking, a dairy farm (showing cows ana butter making, and even a separator), and one illustrating the.wind 1 , showed .-a.child with a kite f< clothes on the line, ; and trees all leaning one way. Toilet boxes of :ome descriptions were the chief things pvsented for the dressing-table, and there were some pretty ribbon made articles. The weaving, too, was very trood, bags being the favourite article, but a fine example was a cover for a string bag of wool very finely woven. The looms on which the weaving was done were shown and these were chiefly Old slate frames with pins. Then another article which the girls managed to mask® interesting were the beau bags which the children play with, the first prize one of which was m tho form of a woman with her hands in her pockets, very simply made, but most original looking. The senior students, in addition, had to show samples of all the material used in the teaching of reading writing and numbers, which was a verv his task. J