GIRLS FOR CONSULAR POSTS

Chronicle (Levin), 2 September 1946, Page 3

GIRLS FOR CONSULAR POSTS

"MOST PliAuUi'UX, LAND' ' . ''In Denmark wa nave oae kohdaj a week. fiera you liave two. rnau is uieel" said IMiss Karen Ivroger, an attract'ive, i'air-haxred Lanisk giil who arrived in YVallington laat waaHtind to join the staif of the Daniah (Jonsiliate, :3tates the i'osf.- • Although joba in many difforem countries iwert* open to. girls who wert eniployed at the Foreign' iViiuiatry ai Copenhagen, Misa Ivroger chose Nfew Zealand, 1 • beeauao it waa so t'ar away and bocause there are no ruins auu other remindera of war liere. ' ' tihe said ahe kuew nothing about the liveday wook until 3he presented herseif for duty at the Copsulate. . In Denmark, there had been so mucli to do since the Nazis -left— bo mueh re-elefetablishment and cleaning up, that the Ministry staif had had to work almoat everv evening, she said. During Ihe past two months 15 staff members had gone to join diplomatic staffa in all parta oi' the world. Miss Kroger was wearing two-ineli plalform solod shue^ of wood and fish leather, the wartime utility footwear. She said "she had never seen so many beautil'ul shoes and materials as in the Wellington atQres, and was looking forward to a shopping excursion, but first must find a 'flat or a room in the city. ' ' One with a flreplace, ' ' she said. "Your fireplacea are so nice and cosy. At home the houses are centrallyheated, so fireplaces 'are not necessary. ' ' Wants to 01111113 Mountains TJnderstandably, Miss Fannv Schmid. who has' juat arrived to join the Swiss Consul's staff, is a mountain lover. "i like to go climbing and take a picnic with me," she said yesterday. "1 climbed whenever there were liolidays at home. ' ' She was also in the Foreign Offiee, worked with' the Red Cross for the Swiss Army during ihe war, and studied German, Freuch, Euglish and a little Italian. Her home town is Zurich. •It was a . wonder there were any Swiss watches left after the American troops had been, she said. Watches and wood carvings were what they all wanted. It was not unusual to see an American wearing watches all up his forearms-r-one for mother, one for. father and one each for a very large family of sisters and brothers. Miss Schmid wants to visit our mountains at the first opportunity and to find among New Zealand alpine flora the equivalent of her familiar eidelweiss, gentians and monntain roses.