ROTARY WORK

Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19565, 2 May 1935, Page 5

ROTARY WORK

WIFE OF FOUNDER. A DREAM COME TRUE. When Mrs Paul Harris, who was in Hamilton yesterday, arrived in Australia from Chicago with her husband, who is the founder of the Rotary movement. she had to plnc/i herself to realise that a long cherished dream had come true. Then she feit at home because she s.i-.v ail He things in bakers shops that she used to s3e when she lived in Edinburgh.

“ There were oat cakes and scones and all sorts of buns. You don’t see those in the United States, ’ Mrs Harris said. Mrs Harris when in Australia was the guest of honour at a luncheon given by members of the Inner Wheel Club. North Sydney, at the Clifton Gardens Hottl. This is the first organisation of its type formed in New South Wales and there is only one o’,her in Australia. In England, however, the Inner Wheel of Rolary Is hr a sir; -g position. “The women of Rotary are not yet organised into a national movement in U.5.A.," Mrs Harris said, "hut in Chicago our Women of Rotary Club has the same objects as that of the men. We have our meetings and speakers and music, and our special interest is the crippled children."

Cllnlo for Crippled Children.

A prominent Rotarian, Edgar Allen, had two fine sons, tho speaker said, and one was killed in a shocking accident, dying in his father's arms. The father realised that lie had never known the lad, owing to the amount of time lie had devoted to business. To show his regret, he started a clinic for crippled children, and from this clinic grew the tremendous work Rotary does for crippled children throughout the world. “When you and your husbands are working together In something, it goes ahead better because of your co-op-eration," Mrs Harris told the members, “and there is a greater ohanco of success."