WOMAN'S WORLD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10418, 23 March 1912, Page 4

WOMAN'S WORLD.

Illinois emulates Now Zealand in. at least one beneficent measure. She haß recentlypassed a law granting poor and widowed mothers a pension on account of every child under the age of self-support. The amount paid varies from £1 to £2 a month. The women of the Balkans are still of the game heroic temper as of old. A young l Albanian woman led a, band of the clan Martinay against the Turks, and forced them to retire from a position they had just won. Already there are songs about her in the inns and cafes of Montenegro. The Bank of England has for soma time employed a small army of lady clerks, and now the Princes Street branch of the London Joint Stock Bank is following this example. There is no reason in the world why -women should not he employed in the ordinary routine work of hanks, which is very light, particularly when Buch a large number of the customers of most-banks are women.

The journey of Miss Olive MacLeod through 8700 miles of African territory, where no white woman had previously penetrated, was perhaps the moat remarkable feat of exploration ever undertaken by a woman, and its results will probably be embodied in papers in the Royal Geographical Society, the Linnean Society and other learned bodies. The journey was a, pilgrimage to erect a memorial over her lover's grave.

Twe of the most interesting artists in the world are Lone Star and his wife, Ansel do Cora, who are instructors in Art at tb ; Government native school in Pennsylvania. Lone Star is half Red Indian and half German. Anjrel de -Cora is also of noble Indian descent. Both make an eloquent appeal that the art of the Indians, little understood by the white conqueror, should bo retained as a valuable force in American schools.

Mrs Maggie Carter, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, is known in her section as the

"lady milkman." She keeps forty-five cows, covers five towns in her daily route with more than 500 customers, and employs nix horses in her delivery. Though she has si* or more men in her employ, she does much of the daily milking herself, delivers a good share of the milk, and manages alone the financial end of her business.

Miss Rosa Belle Holt, of New York, is paid to be the only woman Oriental rug broker in thn (world. Miss Holt gained her training by foreign travel and selecting- rugs for her friends. When the time came for her to earn a living for herself, she announced that she would gladly All orders for Oriental rug's. Success came to her .almost from the start. Now she is said to have scores of private clients from Maino to California, as well as many in England and other European countries.

The only hospital in Melbourne that has a Ladies' Aid Association is the Homoeopathic Hospital. The Association has n membership of thirty, and was founded ahout -twenty yoajs ago bv one of the doctors. .These ladies meet monthly, and visit the wards to see what is required. Slippers, comfortable cushions, chairs, hot water bottles, embroidered counterpanes, screen covers, etc., are but a few of the many extras provided by the kindly thought of the ladies. An Association of this kind is a great advantage to the nursing staff, as well as n benefit to the patients.

Owing to the fact that many of the laws acln.pt.ocl in the thirties of the laet century have become obsolete, a snecial committee appointed boiho time ago has draftee) new laws for the government of the Jewish community in Frankfort. _ The most important innovation is that which makes women who pay the communal tax elisrible for election on the Council. The concession to women does not end here, for the wives of of the community, oven thouprh they themselves do not pay tnxes, will be entitled to vote at elections. The new laws have been approved by the Government.

One of the most pleasant of Mr Winston Churchill's characteristics is his affection and admiration for his beautiful wife. Tins is illustrated by a. little incident which took place at some well-known golf links the other week, when the "First Lord" had taken his wifn down to plav a friendly uame with him. Ladies were not allowed on the men a links, and this fact was communicated to Mr Churchill by the secretary. Mr Churchill immediately applied for a special permit, which was. however, refused him, whereupon, highly indignant, the First Lord withdrew his name from the club's list of members.