Notes for Women

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12585, 23 October 1926, Page 10

Notes for Women

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Their Excellencies the GoverndrGeneral and Lady Alice Fergusson will be the guests of Mr and Mrs J. Studholme, in Christchurch, fpr a few days next week. Mr and Mrs J. Studholme, who have oeen v isiting in the north arrived _ in Wellington yesterday, and are staying at the Midland. They leave to-night on their return to Christchurch. Miss Jenkyns has returned to Wellington, after a holiday in Auckland. Mr and Mrs L. H. Labone and Mr and Mrs W. Labone, of Wellington, are in Auckland at the Star Hotel. i Mrs Adams and Miss Margaret Adams accompanied Mr Justice .Adams to Wellington yesterday, and will be staying far a month. Sir William and Lady Sim left for Christchurch last night. Miss Annette Barton, of Featherston, leaves for a visit to England this weekend. Sir Robert and Lady Stout have gone to Palmerston North on a visit. Mrs J. A. Tripe is an a visit to Christchurch. Miss Frances Morrison, of Blenheim, has arrived in Wellington, where she will take up her residence and follow her musical profession. Mrs J. D, Gray, of Wellington, is at. present visiting Auckland. Mrs Stonyer (Christchurch) will winter in France, and return to England in the spring. At present she is in London.

Miss Stella Murray and Mr .Ernest MoKinlay are the New Zealand artists chosen to represent the Dominion at a big Empire concert to be given in aid „r Bart’s Hospital at Kingsway Hall on October 12th, which is to form part of the Hospitals.’ “Fleet Street Week, says a London correspondent. Mrs Hilda Paton, of Christchurch, ia ,n Europe on a holiday and health trip. After a short stay in London she will leave for Wales, Scotland, and France. She contemplates six months’ absence from New Zealand. Mrs W. L. Lowrie gave an afternoon >ea at the Chequers Tea Booms on Thursday 'afternoon. The guests were seated at small tables which were decorated with flowers, and a delicious afternoon tea was served. ' Among the guests were Lady Luke, Lady McGavin, Lady Bell, Lady Roberts, Miss Downk# Stewart, Miss Skerrett, Mrs Norwood, Mrs F. Dyer, Mrs H. Johnstone, Mrs Crawford, Mrs A. Duncan, Mrs Floranee, Mrs Elliott, Mrs J. Hislop, Mrs Craig, Mrs C. Morice, Mrs Alpers, Mrs A. de B. Brandon, Mrs H. D. Stewart, Mrs H. Kirkcaldie, Mrs M. Ross, etc. The Singing Circle of the Pioneer Club held an open evening at the club last night, and ail excellent concert programme was rendered. Those contributing were Miss Benbow, .piano solos; Miss Penny, Mrs Townley, Mr., Ramsay, Miss Bennie and Mr Hieismoit, songs; and Mrs Fuller with a ’cello solo. A hearty vote of thanks to the performers and to Mrs Mitchell, secretary of the circle, was passed. Supper concluded a very pleasant evening. Colonel J. G. Hughes and Mrs Hughes, of “Canterbury Rise,’’ Island Bay. entertained on Thursday afternoon a gathering of memDers of tho First New Zealand Mounted Rifles, the day being the anniversary of their departure ‘ from this country _ by toe Waiwera for South Africa in 1899. Afternoon tea was' served and enjoyed, and a great many talks over the old days and battles" fought made it interesting for everyone. Air E. W. Moore, of Kekerangu, voiced the thanks of all for the much-appreci-ated hospitality of Colonel and Mrs Hughes. Mrs Horace Thompson and Miss Piri ThomDson (Christchurch) have been visiting reiatives at Bournemouth. They have also made an extended motor tour of Devonshire, Cornwall, and Dorset, and now they are in the English Lukes district, en route to Scotland.' At the end of September they expect to leave England for Franco and Switzerland, visiting in Brittany Mr Sydney L. Thompson, the well-known New Zealand artist.

After that they will go to the South of France, and finally 'will join the Oronsay at Toulon on their return to New Zealand. Miss A. F. Ironside, M.A., Lecturer in Science and Secondary School Methods. Teachers’ Training College, Christchurch, arrived in London early in September, having travelled 'ia Australia and South Africa. Miss Ironside spent a few weeks in South Africa, visiting different parts of the Unioh (Natal, Transvaal, Cape Province) and Rhodesia. She went up us far as Livingstone,' and also stayed at Victoria Falls. While at Bulawayo Bhe visited the Matopas, and saw t ne tombs of Cecil Rhodes and Dr Jameson, as well as the Shangani Memorial. There was opportunity also tor her to see something of the educational work in the country, as well as the native side. At the u oment Miss Ironside has made no definite plnn= for the near future, but she expects to travel in England and Scotland, and to visit France and Switzerland. Naturally, the educational work in the centres to be visited will have a special attraction for her. All that we in Fleet street hear of the great ones of this earth is that they are disporing themselves at •highland games or on foreign shores, says a London correspondent. At Biarritz the season is in full swing, tt follows Deauville, and it is expected that the congestion will be greater this year as so many Spaniards are coming to take advantage of the favourable \ exchange and plav at the Casino. The Villa Heliantlie, where the Prince of Wales stays, is delightfully situated on the coast about a mile from the town and on the St. Jean de.Luz road. It is really a private hotel and nursing home, secluded in lovely grounds. The only things likely to worry the Prince in this Basque paradise are the photographers and the mosquitoes.

Miss Olive W. Lyon (Timaru) la about to leave for Edinburgh and Aberdeen on a visit to friends. Then, after six weeks in London, she hopes to go to Northen Italy for the winter sports. Miss Lyon has not made arrangements regarding her return to New Zealand. A public meeting, under the auspices of the Auckland branch of the National Council of Women, was held in Auckland with the object of obtaining an expression of opinion regarding the effect of concrete buildings' on the health of the community, ivliss E. Milville was in the chair. Dr Buckley T'urkington, Miss B. ill. Carnachan and Mrs A. E. Vvoods, in the interests of the National Council of Women, had visited various factories, workrooms and offices in the city to ascertain the conditions where employees were working on concrete floors. Though it was found that in most workrooms suitable covering was laid on the concrete to protect the health of the workers, it was considered that the matter should be taken up on behalf oi those not so fortunately placed. There was lio doubt that worsers on concrete floors were subject to rheumatism, vaneose veins and 'flat leet. Continual standing and walking on hard floors was conducive to the two, latter complaints, aud rlicu uiatism was induced by _ dampness or 6xc€ssiv6 cold. Mr «J. luitckeu, mein* tect, gave Ills opinion regarding the effect of working on concrete floors which assuredly affected the health ol the workers, but it had to be remembered that concrete walls also greatly affected the health in the matter of condensation, particularly where the ventilation and heating were insufficient or defective. The cablegram referring to the death of Mrs Janette Vetch, in what was known as the Mystery Mansion at Hyde Park Gate, London, will doubtless have additional interest for Nelson readers when it is mentioned that the deceased lady was a close relation of the late Mr John Tinline of this city (says the Nelson “Mail”). Mrs Vetch was the daughter of Mr George Tinline (not Kinline, as cabled), and a niece of Mr John Tinline and a cousin of Sir George Murray, whose mother was, prior to her marriage, a Miss TTnline. When Mr John Tinline in the year 1839 left Jedburgh in Scotland .(where he was born in 1821) be went to join bis elder brother George, who was an accountant in the Bank of Australasia in Sydney, New South Wales, but on arrival at his destination he found that his brother had been moved to a branch of the bhnk at Adelaide. Thither John Tinline went, but after spending a few months on the Government Survey Staff in South Australia, he took ship for Wellington, New Zealand, and was closely associated with this country till the end of his long life. But George Tiniine remained in Australia, and Mrs Janette Vetch, the widow of General Vetch, was the daughter of George Tinline, whom the cablegram referred to as “a prominent Adelaide banker.” Sir George Murray, the nephew of the two brothers Tinline, .referred to in tho cablegram as a cousin of Mrs Vetch and Chief Justice of South Australia, was for many years Law Professor Of Adelaide University. He inherited a large part of the late John Tinline’s very substantial estate.

MATERNITY EXAMS

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES

The fallowing candidates were successful in passing the State Midwifery Examination hold in SeptemberPassr ed first, 91i per cent, of marks, Seymour, Gladys M. (R.N.), Rangiora Hospital; 75 per cent, and over: McDonald, Annie (U.N.), Whangarei Hospital; Gossan, Thora (R.N.), Mangonui Hospital; Old, Decima. R-, Patchell, Elsie M., Taylor, Elizabeth, and Willett, Florence M., St. Helens Hospital, Auckland; Baker, Olive K. (R.N.), Kt. Helens Hospital, Gisborne; Tame, Elaine (R.N.), and Keightley, Evangeline, St. Helens Hospital, Wanganui; Bucktoii, Ivy (R.N.), Moore, Winifred E. (R.N.), Summers, Josephine (R.N.), and Carney, Margaret, St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch; Hamilton, Hazel (R.N.), Waikari Hospital. The following were also successful: — Wyatt, Rose C. (R.N.), St. Helens Hospital, Auckland; Tippins, Mrs Agnes, St. Helens Hospital, Wanganui; Burns, Natali, Naseby Hospital. The names are not given in order of merit.

The following candidates were suo cessful in passing the State Examination of Maternity Nurses held in September :—Passed first, 911 per cent, of marks, Young, Grace L. (R.N.), St. I Helens Hospital. Auckland. 75 per cent, and over: —Holland, Rita B. (R.N.), Whangarei Hospital; Ell wood,. Jessie M. (R.N.), Heope, Daphne M. (R.N.), Kawa Kawa Hospital; Partman, Frances E. (R.N.), Mangonui Hospital; Stronach, Gwendoline U. (R.N.), W’hite, Edna M. (R.N.), St. Helens Hospital, Auckland; Coulston, Marion K. (R.N.), Thames Hospital; Hilditch, Edith E. (R.N.), \yhakatane Hospital • Comrie, Helen (R.N.). Thomson, Selina B. (R.N.), St. Helens, Gisborne; Wood, Myra A. (R.N.), McHardy Home, Napier; Jones, Antoinette (R.N.), White, Winnifred E. (R.N.), St. Helens Hospital, Wanganui; Condon, Mary A. (R.N.), Hunt, Ellen (R.N.), Stevenson, Mary K. (R.N.), Stratford Hospital; Raynor, Huia (R.N.). St. Helens Hospital, Wellington; Carter, Kathleen (R.N.), Boyde, Emily M. (R.N.), Haliburton, Isabella (R.N.), Robinson, Ruby M. (R.N.), Alexandra Home, Wellington; Hanson, Emma (R.N.), Jamieson, Agnes (R.N.), Sparrow, Irene J. (R.N.), - St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch; Harrop, Dorothea (R.N ), Grant, Linda M. (R.N.), Essex Home, Christchurch ; Brown, Gladys A. (R.N.), Rangiora Hospital; Thomson, Mary (R.N.), Batchelor Hospital, Dunedin; Doncghue, Catherine (R.N.), Cromwell Hospital; Weaver, Vida M. (R.N.), Kawa Kawa Hospital; Bonnington, Violet (R.N.), St. Helens Hospital, Invercargill. Partial pass: Haultain, Isobel (R.N.), McHardy Home, Napier, passed written portion. The names are not in order of mem Wrinkles banished in one week. Coman method—not massage. Call for particulars, Or send stamped and addressed envelope: Mrs, Hullcn. next to Post-Office. Cnurtenn- place, Wellington (telephone 22-070). Also at Auckland.—

THE SOROPTIMIST CLUB

(By Lady Adams.) There is a Soroptimist Club in London, one in Paris, one in Vancouver, 8.G., and one is being organised in Manchester. But naturally they flourish most freely in America. Soroptimist is the feminine of Optimist, and it was Mr Stuart Morrow, international organiser of the Optimist Clubs for men, who had the idea of creating an international women’s service club, patterned after the tiotary organisation. The members of this women’s club are drawn entirely from the ranks of business and professional women who have mado good. The San Francisco Soroptimist Club has sixty act’vc members who must be owners, managers or executives of some business concern or profession. No jnere society leader need apply; blue blood is not a fitting qualification: a millionaire husband cannot supply the key; one rule runs: “Only one representative for any line of business or profession is allowed in each club.” ALL THE TALENTS. Banks, automobile establishments, manufacturing concerns, advertising companies, dry goods stores, beauty shops, hotels, importers, secretarial schools, publishing houses, theatres, insurance companies, realtors, booksellers, furriers, dressmakers, social service workers, musicians, artists, physicians, preachers, are represented in the club, which, of course, in this land of huge organisations, is looked on as microscopic. .'Every Soroptimist is a live wire. The rules of the club make that almost essential. And no member regards the club as a place to have a meal and a rest in. The club motto is “Service”; first to the club, and tnen to their neighbours. I know two Soroptimist Clubs; one in Los Angeles, one in San Francisco. The members all seem to be on committees, if they, are not directors or officers of the club. The clubs support all good, patriotic, civil, moral and social movements; tliev organise their activities with the deadly efficiency of earnest American women, with money behind them and a devastatingly accurate knowledge of how the money ought to be used. HELPING ONE ANOTHER. There are six Soroptimist clubs In California, and seven in other parts of America. They have rotating funds, so that, for example, a deserving girl, temporarily in need of money, may be helped to finish her business education. 'Die San Francisco Soroptimists have sent six little girls to the country this summer, where they are winning their wav back 1o health under loving care. Being wise women, they keep an eve on the growing generation, especially on badly circumstanced children, wlio have a tendency to tuberculosis. Tim Americans believe greatly ir. “Preventoriums,” as they call country homes for ailing children, and. since the l?ist- Soroptimist Club was started in 1921. many have been sent there via the Soroptimists. AT THE WEEKLY LUNCH. Tho members usually meet for lunch once a week, at noon. and. after a simple, .good, and rapidlv-served meal, they take it in turn to provide a programme. 'Hie amount' of originality and inventiveness that is shown is startling to this unimaginative Englishwoman. Sometimes til" members have discussions that last for just half aa hour,

and one day, three women gave a ten minutes’ talk on “How I Arrived Where I Am.” One was ail attorney, one the vice-president and treasurer of a large bookseller’s shop, and the other was a dentist. “Ambition, concentration. work,’’ would hare said it all, in each case. I curtsey low. with real reverence, to tbe Soroptimists.