WOMEN AND THE EMPIRE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 5

WOMEN AND THE EMPIRE

LECTURE HV MUS PULLEX QUItRY. A leeture_ Kas .given yesterday afternron liv Jfiss Pullen Burry. E R G S . F.R.A.vS., in . iho. Conccrt Ciiainber t,b(j Tjiwn HaH.j lmoir . "Women ■ and Hieir Work in th.o ]>iiipiio. ! ' Mrs, Aiirar AVillianis, president of (lie ' I'liir.ket Soeietv, the. address lie in g. pivon ill eonnectiou with that tiou.

Following her introduction to tho: audienrw Ivy Sirs. Alpr Williams, Miss Pulton Itorrjr began nor tectiiria bv par-. ii.sg. S tribn.tc to ; fh'o work which had dan'fe in W&iHngiQUj arid; in til Xo\v Zealand, by woiuon in conec-.' turn witlt the I>ll!Wjr(?f : SoeicfK! fls<bv iln'ir efforts: tbev had contributor!. to tho re- ■ du.etimi oF infanti!" mortality in thrcoijtttr'y. In lln.ssja the death-rate .of. infants rcaohod aft average,.of. 2SO per., thousand, and' in Germany ,!"() ' per i)iO!!-sind r « liteee years when jJjJSj bad boon ■vfsfiiiiijl'Ctflnisiij'fitjQ death, rato for JmniiAs. was So'jjw -pent.. Sinceihoii British women in Quebec bad lit;-, cpfno /ajfi'usetl ts> tho necessity of doinf soinerlmii; ,to .check this ivasbißo of : life, an/1 milk stations-, in charee. of Victoria l-H-ir-Scs, jtmranfeeinc .'a i)inr>tivilk svinply, had been M-iWSniiateS '.Jti '■ .Montreal And Qivboo. (•birfl'.- by flip re ean.s of L:idv Abpriloen. ,fjf iiliji Gp'-Whoi' -of Oaliadg n;l tl-a.t tiipp.,

.' Pinsiiftg jlio" 's'iib'ie.R.t of i.iia ' work' tot tho Empire r lvNi Ir-fl licon douo liy Miss PitTJ»» lWrv inrtane-.'d i''o ackii'vemonts ■of fdnbs ii> wtfirti, There, r-u'hs h rc Vo.r : " livo tivc.p, n;iil tlir Xati'uvil Cotinr.il pt \ v oir«n, with Hio. o.idloofivo Inok'ino; of all tkc? Canadian clubs I>e!>iml t-hom, ivji.il't WM'ke strong di^nirtjKlS-' for reforms Jlffastfilg tho Wplfiir.V of vomo.n aitd aud- imdonbt-'vllv iwe'3 that ■ftrtivp.F. 7^'p. : : Council of .Women, svlriftii : lv.® boon sitii;ivg iii f-niifrrenc': in Tlonip. ife other bodv of wonipij tlsnf- deroipd its jiff>v-o:rS tts li'attfpfs i\(fostnv(s interests. and it; also worked for the promotion nf peace. ift the world. Tn ocliVfVTf.mit! in afts[ 'rii prnft?.ss.'b(is.> public and nrivajo Tils;]nif 1 liro"• \yiirkv womenjiad bco.u clamg, great work, and iVfiss "llev, Bi:v" i'tstri.rcod <vo'""i> whose labour* woulJ rievo r b.e forgot t"it —women such a.« Alice Wp.ste-i'ft, had' lynxes Cor srti'jors, ifrs, flramw'fl line'!), for lit"? t"mip work. Lady Somerset for lier "te-n)pei> a,nee and socwl work.

"•(wk officii Ws hei\M doffi? -.in %« liitfies ?uiiemg. tlip. by woolen AjarMfeSSiiii/ ivJib triutiool. ift'o.ws.h awl pi'rte lot district jmvtfcnfift \*morts* ili&tr frfio , sv i )i.itjves> awl who ivad i'nfti' guritted wMcthh .&■ eli'di*" and' 'wotljpcl w ofitef dfre.ctfcfi-is' <V>r' itts BMplp; .Work done irt Br.ita.ut ■bv v.'oinoii oil t'o'.vii aitij 1 * Wiitieil's, as sjtfii-ifcMy itfsfe'efej'i'Sj,iS;s'sfo'3.H.rii sftjfctsts, as poor tev. gii.i.J'Airi.its., t<tb.., etc, w*s Ifliirliwl nyoii.. 'TKe £? women journalists «MS , m«iijtio.ijc3i'aiid flio spen-ker in twiplni.vg npbn fccwoij fvotft Sow ovho fere niftlqii.i t:l.ipi;r Jjl'iirk « tljo {Mirn.nlvsiio wiiflol VJi T»oivdon s.bolp ef 'M'i;*s JVftt, wlio if.i.s fortwwly ©'■) 't3.ie staff' of Tut; niid MjS's Slooifo, rtmoiiet others, Tils feature i!?a;s iijtisfc Hfl&resto'nfc aii.d-co'iri jlralvonskij, and dert'ft .. work in ivisWy Varied fii?,l'cla ■ '""''■ Jjadv Sf<nit also, wjids a, Mid a hearty; vote A\in j tftefe Winds ;Jiass.e4 to Mjss I?\i(lei> $ftWy ioj; IiPF wstr.ifetirtj address.. "., ".'."' '■."■•