A WOMAN’S POINT OF VIEW.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18960, 6 January 1930, Page 9

A WOMAN’S POINT OF VIEW.

TRAVELLING. The visit of Lady Craigavon to Christchurch with her husband reminds me of the nugnber of women who travel about the world alone. I have noticed, sometimes, that on boats and trains women make up the majority, though not always a large majority, of the passengers. One would expect to find it otherwise, for the difficulties of travel do suggest that it is almost necessary for a woman to have some willing male about somewhere. Yet the delights of foreign travel hold certain compensatory attractions to the unattached woman. I have seen the gentlest and most timid-look ing women venture forth to meet all its unexpected mishaps with the utmost equanimity. But for the woman traveller to find a suitable companion is a problem. Half the spice of the adventure is lost if one has no one with whom to discuss it afterwards. Yet I surmise that it takes the wisdom of a Solomon to choose another woman whose friendship will stand unscathed through lengthy journeyings. Thrice blessed, then, that woman whose travelling companion is her husband. ' B.E.S.