Of Interest to Women

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 150, 22 April 1940, Page 7

Of Interest to Women

eastern bay of plenty fedERATION OF WOMEN'S TUTES ANNUAL MEETING The annual Council meeting of the E.8.P.F.W.1.'s was held in Opotiki on Tuesday 16th April, when • a very good attendance of delegates and members was presided over by Mrs Wool field.. The meeting' opened with the Song and Creed. The minutes of the previous annual meeting were passed and the report and balance sheet adopted. The reports from the two V.O's, Mrs Withy and Mrs "V. Wilson were read. The President then addressed the meeting and suggested that 'Institutes occasionally go back to the beginning and carefully study the aims and objects for which the Institutes were formed, and the rules. To avoid overlapping in patriotic work do just the ■amount of knitting, parcels, etc., asked of them and so avoid a surplus of particular articles. The soldiers' parcels are asked for every three months, the next lot by the 'end of June. The only remit for consideration: "That all children attending public -schools be inoculated against typ?hoid and diptheria at regular intervals" was lost. A letter was read i'from the Health Inspector pointing 'out that at jjresent all Maori chil-; nlren are inoculated against typhoid and are not susceptible to diptheria, ; and the incidence of either disease • amongst the European children was •so small in this district as not to warrant the trouble involved.

The Links Secretary, Mrs McNaughton, of Tauranga, was welcomed and gave interesting information about the W.E.A. in the Auckland University district, A grant has been received from the for the furtherance of ■ adult education in the country districts, and Auckland,, which has ■heretofore lagged behind the South "Island in this respect is now to have tutors and courses available on various subjects. The grant comes at a ilime when people's minds are busy 'Nvitli war projects, but Mrs Mc"Naughton asked Institutes and W.D's •to_make an effort to take an. interest in this matter. To a circularised questionnaire the replies had been disappointing, but the speaker hoped that the decision would be ie■considered and an interest shown in the proposed school (residential) to be held in June, the 10th to the 17th •at Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, in the "Y.M.C.A. buildings. The fee for the course is to be £2, /•members providing their own transport. Mrs McNaughton suggested that groups might pool resources and send one member to take the •course, later to impart the knowledge gained to the groups. The ■chosen member would need to have the ability to do this and act as leader. They should be as keen to work for peace and could accomplish much. The proposed course takes in music, talks, drama, physical jerks, interior decoration, how to conduct a meeting, economics, soilfeeding, international alfairs, our native bush, historical causes and -effects, a mock parliament, tlie Maori. Mrs McNaughton went to Europe •on the A.C.W.W. trip and gave a most interesting talk on the travels In the various countries and America, and showed articles of handwork of the many 201111 trie.- she visited, which were lalter examined "with much interest. As a special Centenary programme, the delegates gave short accounts of the history of their own districts, which were followed with keenness. The Mghlight of the programme was a mannequin parade of beautiful old dresses, shawls and bonnets, and a very old Maori fea-t ther cloak. Grateful thanks were extended to Mesdames J. B. Gow, Barbour, Maxwell, Stapleton, Morice, Paul, Duff, Miss Murray and Miss B. Du Pontet, of Opotiki, and Mes- • dames Berry and Canning of Wha~ katane, who so kindly lent such treasured possessions. The parade was ably staged by Mrs Dcbrcceny, £tnd the mannequins taking part were Mesdames Barbour, Hei, Duck«r, Rau, Duff, Gate, G. Black, J. Wardlaw and Misses Bridge, H. Morice, B. Du Pontet and M. Maxwell. At the conclusion of the afternoon, posies were presented to the President and Secretary of the Executive '■Committee, Mrs McNaughton and (Continued foot next column).

WOMEN'S INSTITUTE WAIOTAHI MEETING The monthly meeting of the Waiotahi Women's Institute was held on April 10th, Mrs L, V. Looncy presiding over a good attendance. The Aspirations were read by Mr Burke, and Mrs Wagner read a message from Her Majesty the Queen to the women of the Empire. Headquarters notes from "Home and Country" were read by the president. The resolutions for the Dominion Conference were read and discussed. Mrs H. J. Leishman was appointed delegate to the conference. Mrs S. Newton's resignation from the Institute was received with re-t gret and in her absence an institute spoon and a sheaf of pink and. mauve dahlias were handed to her sister, Mrs Cunningham, to lie conveyed to Mrs Newton with good wishes from all members. Mrs J. Looney and Mrs N. Clayton were Avelcomed to the institute. The Golden Thread was given by Mrs L. V. Looney on "The Origin of Superstition'" and the Roll Call "My Pet Superstition" 1 brought out someamusing beliefs. Relay competitions in signature writing and dart throwing were much enjo3 r ed. The results of the monthly competitions were as follows:—Vase of flowers for effect: Mrs W. L. Looney I, Mrs Hill 2. Jar Apricot jam: Mrs P. Looney 1. Best bloom: Mrs W. Looney (lasindra) 1. Mrs Hill (dahlia) 2. Best vegetable: Mrs Hill 1, Mrs Burke 2. Afternoon tea was served by Mesdames Snell, Johnson and Hill, and the meeting closed with the singing of the National Anthem.

A WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND Do the new season's clothes give you a complete complcx . . . and start you wishing someone would wave a wand and make you over ? Then perhaps you've never realised what a fairy godmother you hav'e in that expert person known as the 'corsetiere.' She's a very real person* these days, in the lives of smart fashionables of all countries. And she's the one to show the possibilities to you in that thrilling Gin-derella-to-a-princess transformation. We predict that the garment she'll produce to smarten up your figure will be fit for any princess. Foundations have been growing in beauty every year, but this year they really are glamour-garments. Put your figure under the slenderising, beautifying clasp of one of those plastic satin sheaths, and you feel like a million dollars. (Works wonders on the ego, as well as the silhouette!)' But don't, in a burst of rash enthusiasm, buy any sort of thing whose combination of satin and lace takes your fancy. It's so easy to let the wrong corset blight your lines. There's only one intelligent way to choose a foundation, and that is to ask the corsetiere to fit it, on you, instead of rushing at it self-con-sciously over the counter. So before j r ou decide just what you can., and what you cannot, dare of the new fashions, evoke the aid of 3'our corsetiere, and you'll start the season looking sylph-like and furiously chic into the bargain. Old or young, fat or thin, you'll find her more than the best friend you ever had —you'll find her your own personal fairy godmother!

Mrs Withy, who this year retires from the executive. The results of the election were:— President: Mrs Woolfieltl returned unopposed; committee: Mesdames Berry and Matthews (Whakatane), Learning and Le Lievre (Edgecumbe), H. Wardlaw and C„ Wylde (Waimana), A. McCallion and K. Brown (Otara), L. Caverhill (Matata), Leishman (Waiotahi), A. Ren-; dall (Manawahe) . The competition results were:— Victorian Posy: Waimana 1 and 2. Bowl for Effect: Waimana i, Woodlands 2. Girdle Scones: Waiotahi 1. Gingerbread: Matata 1,. Waiotahi 2. Needlework not less than 15 years old and work of competitor: Whakatane l f Gpotiki 24

WAIOTAHI GARDEN CIRCLE The March meeting of the Waiotalii Institute Garden Circle was held at Mrs Du Pontet's home. Mrs W. L. Looney presided over a good attendance in spite of the showery weather, and Mrs J, Looney was welcomed to the circle. It was decided to groAV special carnations this year; also to undertake the making of the Institute wreath for Anzac Day. A flower name competition was won by Mrs J. Scott. The monthly competitions resulted as follows:—Collection of berries arranged for effect: Mrs W. Ly Looney. Best bloom (lasiandra): Mrs W. L. Looney. Best onion-: Miss B. Du Pontct. A TRUE STORY j THE LAND ARMY GIRL She was a sweet young creature, a girl reared altogether in a town atmosphere. The sight of a young man in a soldier's uniform sent a vital thrill through her gentle frame. She learned they were organising a girls land army to assist in helping the farmers to win the war by increased production. In reply to lier enquiry about enlisting in the land army brigade, she was informed that some practical experience in a milking shed would be of immense advantage to her and increase her chances of having her services accepted. She pictured in her mind, the land girls" army as being clothed in a neat white uniform, and surmounted with a white cap like a Hospital Nurse. A squad of this army would rush from farm to farm in high powered motor cars, inspired by the martial strains of a band of music—a pipe band for those girls with a strain of Scotch blood in their veins; a brass band for the more sedate English girls, and an ariel for all the rest, A squad of 30 girls would complete the milking and stripping of an ordinary farm shed in a few min-r utes. Then at the sound of the bugle, this contingent would dash along to the next farmers shed. Our heroine was instructed as to the Waikato farmer at whose shed she could gain practical experience in milking etc. On that thrilling morning, she appeared in the cow shed carrying a dainty neat ladies little hand bag,, with a silk tape tightly drawn around its neck. The farmer was most eager to learn what the dainty little bag contained. To his enquiry, the innocent young thing replied that she had provided a quantity of Waikato River sand with which to cover her hands to keep her fingers from slipping from the cows teats when she began stripping. Coltlapse of the Cow Cockie. Latest reports as to his condition indicates that the farmer may recover. I