Y.W.C.A,

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 October 1907, Page 3

Y.W.C.A,

The monthly meeting of tho committee of the Y.W.C.A. was held m the Association's rooms yesterday afternoon, when -the following ladies were presentMcsdamos M'Clay (in the chair), Hislop, Chapman, Hoby, M'Lenn,. Reith, Wobster, . Lilian, and 1 Misses Anderson • and Luke. Apologies for absence were received from Mesdamcs Giasgo.v and Rhodes,-and Miss, Kemp. Filial arrangements were made for!a bazaar to be held in St. John's Schoolroom on October 16 and 17. -It will bo opened by Lady Plunkct. Tho question of-establishing a boardinghouse in connection with the Association' was fully discussed. The Y.W.C.A. has now a membership of 320, and the need-of a boardinghouse or hostel for working girls is constantly felt. Tho Association has secured the. help of sevcraj business men,who will act.as an advisory committee on financial matters, and'they hope to be able to secure promises m some central situation where domestic' workers, business girls, and girls who are travelling may find a home, permanently, or for a few nights, as tho need may be. Tho chief -cities of Australia have had such boardinglionscs in connection with their Young, Women's Christian Associations tor years past, and for a long time there has been a growing demand for one in Wellington.. . . . ' Tho girls of this '■.Y.W.C.A.. have boon'working busily for a bazaar-in aid of a furnishing fund. '

Lingerie gowns, says tlie " Queen," are being much made en princesso with rows'of horizontal insertion from tho hem to the shoulder, giving great slendcrness to the waist. -Never were thero more'v.-liito 'muslins made; tho question'is when/ivo shall wear them. Cliiffon dinner-gowns are often mado with open jackets, and shape vests beneath'the basque cut in many battlements, tho skirt with a couple of flounces embroidered in festoons of flowers of the most delicate hue, tender pink, crepe tie Chino with cross cut deep flounces more like tucks than flounces, are quite charming, especially when made with the cape sleeves,and small boleros ending well "above the waistband; double-breasted aiid bordered with rich embroidery. Cloths are worn, in tender colours for summer day wear and evening, aiid soft glace silk. Taffeta chiffon makes a delightful gown and one: that will last through to the autumn. Nothing is a better, standby in -the. wardrobe. Baby bodices are coming to the front again, due doubtless: to the. prevalence of the Empire short waist.

In climbing a, Himalayan peak in the Nun Kttra range Half its high again as 'Mont Plane, Mrs. Bullock Workman has left her sister mountaineers hopelessly behind, and has established a rccord which few masculinc climbers can hope to rival, About nine years ago Mrs. Workman-mado an ascent of 21,000 ft. -in the Kara-Koram mountains; in 1003 she reached an altitude of 23,394 ft.; and last yoar she camped two nights at a height of over 21,000 ft. In comparison with such stupendous feats, Miss l Bird's ascent of Long's Peak, Colorado (14,700 ft.), and Miss Gordon-Cumtning's Himalayan and Thibet climbs, wonderful as they,were, seem poor porformanccs. Quite recently two London ladies, Misses Hindloy and Murray, made their way from Grenoble over the entire range of French and Swiss Alps, climbing at least two dozen peaks, ranging up to 13,790 ft.; the' first ascent this yoar of the Matterhorn was mado by Mdlle. Giordraux, a Swiss girl of 'eight-eon; and, a few months : since, tho eight-year-old daughter of a Japanese editor successfully scaled Fuji-Yama, 12,0001't. high.

It used to be thought tliat their Majesties, as Prince and Princess of Wales,, were by 110 means fond of bonny Scotland. This, perhaps, because very early in their, joint lives they gave up the charming estato the King then- owned on Deeside. As an actual fact (says "M.A.P."), King Edward and Queen Alexandra are both exceedingly fond of tho Land of the Heather; but as young married people their incomo was much moro strictly limited, and, if one may so put it, moro completely disposed of iji advance than that of most European heirs-apparent and their • Want of means, not want of affection for Scotland, led to their giving up Birkhall, tho typical Scottish'mansion to which they havo both remained much attached. At tho time their Majesties spent each autumn'there. Queen Alexandra was fond of speaking of the place as " Our • Scotch Cottage." It is a quaint, uiinretentioiis old house, with highly-pointed roofs and gables, and it was at a picnic given in tho grounds of Birkhall that the King and Queen first met tho trimlooking Scotch hoy who was destined to become tho husband of their eldest daughter.

Thoro was a very lino show of laco at the recent Dublin Exhibition, and perhaps nothing attracted more ad-: miring attention than this product of an enterprise, entirely patriotic and disinterested, which has prospered .from the first. During Lord Aberdeen's first term as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lady Aberdeen did her best to encourage this industry, and all her successors have done the same. The result has been tlio growth of a great demand for "real" Irish laco, 'and" a largo number of girls are now employed in the work, "which they very _ quickly master, though in many instances they are taken from rough labour to learn tlio delicate art. The convent schools, especially those of County Sligo ami County Mayo, arc prominent in the lace industry, and a fine show of Limerick lace was sent from the Cubra Institution for the deaf and dumb. The place of honour in tlio show was occupied by a waxen lady of elegant appearance, who wore an exquisite lace gown of no extravagant fashion, but rich and sweeping vet simple and undpcoi'p.tod, as good lace always is. I Tho price of the iace in this sample dress was £300.