WOMEN OF DENMARK

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20065, 23 March 1935, Page 11

WOMEN OF DENMARK

Though a law which had come into force in 1921 had put Danish women on an equal footing with men with regard to their employment in the services of the State—with the exception of the Church and army—women’s progress as State functionaries has been slow, and it has been particularly difficult for them to gain access to, and to make a career in, the various branches of the Civil Service, states an exchange. The news that a woman, Miss Nonny Hartnack, has been appointed to a position in the Foreign Office has therefore been greeted with much satisfaction by feminists in Denmark. Though it is a post at the foot of the diplomatic ladder, it opens to its owner the same possibilities of promotion, including service abroad, as to her male colleagues. Of course, it may still be a far cry till we hear of the appointment of the first Danish woman Ambassador—but the first step in the right direction has been made.

SILVER WEDDINGS A silver wedding is such an important anniversary that it calls for a special celebration in the family. Some may like to mark the occasion by a dinner party, a dance, or other festivity, at which relatives and the best man and bridesmaids of 25 years ago, are present if this is possible, as well as old friends. There should be silver decorations on the table when there is a dinner party. Silvered leaves in silver vases, with silver candlesticks on a table runner of silver tissue make a pretty arrangement. If an afternoon or evening reception is being given, a cake with silver ornaments like a wedding cake, can take the chief place on tea or buffet table, until the bride of 25 years cuts the first slice. A toast is drunk to the silver wedding pair, and speeches are made. The couple celebrating their silver anniversary usually receive gifts from relatives and special friends, and these often take the form of silver articles. It is not necessary, if you are invited to a silver wedding anniversary to give an expensive gift, any little trifle in silver is welcomed, as it is the tribute underlying the gift not the article itself that is valued.