Of Interest to Women

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 172, 12 June 1940, Page 6

Of Interest to Women

WAIMANA NEWS INSTITUTE MEETING The, monthly meeting of the Wai-mana-Nukuhou branch of the Women's Institute Avas held in the Waimana Hall last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs N. Clark presided, over a good attendance of members and several visitors. The proceedings opened Avith the reading of the Creed by Mrs Stevenson. alter Avhich the Institute song was sung. The minutes were read and the usual business was transacted. It •was decided to hold the Institute birthday in August and invite sister Jnstitutes. A sales table was held for Patriotic funds and was quite successful. The roll call, "Why I Joined the Institute" was well responded to, some very interesting reasons beiog given. A. play reading entitled "Sisters to Sisters" was Avell presented by Mrs F. Savage and Mrs C. Wylde, the performers receiving applause. The day's competitions were as folloAVs: — Best Flower; Mrs T. WardlaAV L Mrs Stevenson 2, Mrs Black 3. Best Vegetable: Mrs Black 1, Mrs I. Savage 2, Mrs Hewitt 3. Three Best Leeks: Mrs A. K. Bell 1, Mrs I. Savage 2, Mrs Mitchell 3. One Egg Cake: Mrs T. Wardlaw 1, Mrs A. Eagle 2, Mrs G. Stansl>ury 3. A dainty afternoon tea AA r as served. by the hostesses, Mrs Rust, Mrs Stansbury, Mrs Stevenson,' Mrs McConnell Snr., Mrs W. Thomas.

A vote of thanks was passed to the judges, Mrs Macdonald, Mrs Burke ancl Mrs Hayes.

OTARA MEETING The monthly meeting of the Otara Women's Institute was held at the Otara Hall on Tuesday last when Mrs W. A. Gault presided over a fair attendance of members. The meeting opened with the singing of the Institute song and the reciting of the Women's Greed. At the conclusion of the business a very interesting demonstration on "Face Massage" was given by Mrs Clem Black.' The roll call, "Name and Author of Book Worth Reading", brought ready responses. Mrs K. Brown took for her Golden Thread, "The Rules and Objects of the Institutes." A musical parcel was won by Mrs A. Vanstone. It was decided to form a knitting circle to work for the seamen on the trawlers. The following were the competition winners:—• Knitted article: Mrs S. Parkinson 2, Mrs Jack Young 2. Best Flower: Mrs Jack Young 1, Mrs Bingham 2. 3 Parsnips: Mrs S. Parkinson 1. Mrs Bingham 2. The singing of the National Anthem brought the meeting to a close. STAYING YOUNG LONGER

CINDERELLA TO A PRINCESS

As Ave grow older, our pos! mv constantly moulds our bodies. Sn if you want an 'old woman's hump or a couple of double chins, there'. 1 no easier way to get them than by sitting down on your spine with your chin jammed down on your chest. Those modern low easychairs, too, seem expressly designed to push out your stomach and destroy your neck when you take thai posture which makes you look like a lialf-melted dish of iec cream. The only way to keep your bad; straight is to sit on a hard, elraigh: chair. And the: only way Io keen your figure lovely, chic, and aetiv • looking, is never to take liberties with your foundation garments. Never buy them in a hurry, neve look ,for 'bargain' orscis and ahvay-? be fitted by an expert eorsetiero. .She's the one to show you the possibilftPeS. of that Cinderella-to-a-prineass transformation that lh.? new foundation', can for veu And we predict that the garmenf (Con tinned foot nc::t column).

"RULE BY WOMEN" HOLLAND'S ROYAL FAMILY Queen AVilhelmina of the Netherlands, -who sought sanctuary in Eng land before her country capitulated to the Germans, sttccecded to the throne on the death in 1890 of her father, William 111. For eleven years her mother, the Dowager Queen Emma, acted as Regent, thus inaugurating the long run of "rule by Avomen." When she was crowned in 1898 the young Queen gave immediate evidence of a strong personality —imperious, kindly, and wise—and she is aacll loA'ed fiy her subjects. The Queen's daughter. Princess Juliana, avlio Avas married to Prince Bcrnhard yon Lippe-Biesterfeld in January, 1937, had a strict and rather Victorian upbringing, which, hoAvever,, in no Avay diminished her gaiety and love of life. Typically an outdoor girl, she is keen on tennis, AA r inter sports, and an enthusiastic dancer. The Princess was very carefnily educated at the University of Leyden, where she took her degree in IaAV, and is also, like her mother, an excellent linguist. She has tAA r o baby daughters, so that it looks as if Holland's "rule by women"' is .still to be carried on if there 'Is still to be a Holland!