WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3013, 26 February 1917, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Continued from page 2.) I'iWomsn Inspectors. f - : - The fact that South Australia has just appointed a woman inspector is another weapon in ; the hands of tho for thoir appointment (states ja writer in the Sjdaey "Telegraph"). '.The teacher concerned spent some j months at the Montessori School at jiJJlackfriars last year, and returned to jlAdelaide to find tho insi>«tor's baton swatting for her. Apparently the only tobstaclo to the appointment, of ii woman r {inspector in Sydney is the want ci 'money. In spite >of "office" opposition, the two last Ministers have declared in favour of woman's rights, land Mr. James the other day carried jhis declaration .right , over the heads of .■the most ardent advocate. Certain i'frivolous writers have made a little fun over the proposal—leaves from a woman inspector's diary have been published, ybut there have always been a faithful .few men teachers who have strenuously supported the women in .their claim. 'But even these partisans were taken aback at. a recent deputation when Mr. James, turning to the men, asked them .point blank it they would mind if a woman inspector came along "to inspect .their schools! - r . And behold, they said they "would mind—would, mind very much indeed, 'and they arose and called upon the women teachers to disclaim any in- , .'tontion of invading the domain of the iboys' school in,an inspectorial capacity. It was pointed out that a school was more than a place for learning to read, write, and do sums. : . It was a place for the formation of character—there dozens of things to be taken into Account—the teacher's personal influence, his example as well as his i»re- , cept, and so on. And how could a Woman estimate the value of this kind

of work? Then a small siill voice was heard: "And how can a man estimate the value of a ivomari's influence in a girls' school?" Tho women won on points. . What War Economy Means. Directly the war broke out economy was preached, in France, and women were particularly urged to curtail their expenditure on luxuries and unnecessary items (states an English writer). Of course a good many responded at onco to the appeal, especially those who remembered the privations caused by tho Franco-Prussian War, but there were thousands who seemed unable to realise what war meant, even when' j tile enemy was almost at their very j Sbors. However, after two"' and a'haif | years of mighty conflict, it is gradually being realised by French and English ! women alike that the economy of to-day and to-morrow must be. very different 'from that of yesterday. From the high--est to the lowest' in the land there is but one economy to preach, and that is the economy which benefits the 11aj tion. The governing authorities of ! France-have not only forbidden the j wearing of evening dress in public, but they have caused all the principal shops to close much earlier in the afternoon. Women are also being called upon to make their economies in regard j to the butcher, baker, and the kinema. ! It is. a tradition that French women are economical, says the Paris correspondent of the "Times," but tho war has proved economy to be a very relative thing, and the mere refraining from spending is not enough. French women are learning, and in a very hard school, that money must be used ■for the benefit of the community, and not for the narrow needs and pleasures of each individual.

inV engagement-is announced of' Mr. a . 7. Eodie, son of Mr. J. A. jßodie, stationmaster at liawera, and Miss Ita Taney, eldest daughter or Mr. J, 0. E. Varley. laTe of Hunterville, hut ujw of Wangaiiui.