SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 130, 19 February 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Collisson, M.A. Under tho auspices of .the Workers' Educational Association Miss Collisson, M.A., Sydney, will lecture- ou 'Wednesday' evening at eight o'clock in the Emerson Hall (kindly lent by the Unitarian Clmrch) on "Women and Work." The Chancellor of the 'New Zealand University (Sir Robert Stout) will occupy tho chair. Miss Collisson is lecturer in the Sydney University and assistant to Mr. ■ Meredith Atkinson, director of the _ Workers' Educational Association m Australia. She has had tho organising of the women's classes and other activities in connec tion with the W.E.A., and has already been most successful as a tutor of the association's classes. Her subject is a wide ono, and will deal with all aspects of the women's movement in Australia, with many of which she is personally associated. The W.E.A. is already a powerful body in Australia, and has been responsible for one outstanding" conference, that which was organised last year in connection with the teaching of sox hygiene, where papers were read by all tho leading authorities on the subject. Tho report of that conference has since been issued in hook I form, by tho association. The regular work of this association is the promo- j tion of higher education among men and womeiTby means of tutorial classes, lectures, study; circles, etc. The association has now existed for three years in New Zealand, and has done excellent work in all the large centres. Tho Wellington Centre, -commences its winter session next month, und classes in tho charge of experienced ond able tutors are being formed for the study of such subjects as economics, history, literature, physics, electricity, psychology, etc. Miss Collisson is known as a brilliant lecturer, and her subject should prove to be one of very great iuterest to women in Wellington. Positions in the East, In a recent conversation with Dr. Morrison, of China, reference was made to tho chances beforo a woman who wished to earn her living in the Far East, states the Auckland "Star." The distinguished traveller said there were positions to be obtained, but qualifications wore demanded. For a secretary tho pay would bo about £250 a year, but the applicant must know French well, and would have to liol3 a sp.wd of 140 in shorthand, with about li() on the typewriter. : An increasing number of- well-educated women are lindinn positions in Hong-Kong and in Tientsin as shorthand-typists, hut a good, speed was essential for high-class j work, and 'French was also very valuable, although a good number did not j know that language. A knowledge of I languages was extremely useful. With j this the pay would run up to £300 a •■ ywir, but against this must bo placed ; the fluctuation of the dollar. At prej sent ten dollars held the value of six. j hi case of an agreement it would bo . for two years with faro -paid secondclass till the East was leached, where it became first-class always, because of the prestige of.the European.

Mrs. II J. Gilmour (Invercargill) is on u visit to Wellington.

Mrs. Addcn brook (Wnuganui) is the KiiMfc of Mrs. Jacob Joseph. Mrs. Henry "Hadfield 'is visiting friends, in Mnwk&'s Bay, and later goes on to Rangitikei; Professor and _ Mrs. Adamson_ have returned to Wellington from a visit to tho South Island.. In describing the opening session of tho Republican Council in Potrograd la.st October, Dr. Harold Williams said: "The senior delegate, who happened to bo Hreshko Breslikovskaya, 'tho grandmother of the Revolution,' took the chair for a few minutes in order to conduct the election of President. The appearance of a woman, and a veteran revolutionary, in the seat of the sentinels of the bureaucracy' was certainly picturesque."

Mis. AY. H. Field has returned to Wellington from Waikanae.

Mr. and Mrs. Houghton have returned to Auckland from a visit to Uawke's Bay.

Miss Florence George's annual party for the juvenile members of her elocutionary classes took place at her residence, Zohrab Street, Hataitai, on Saturday. Assisting the Misses iJeoige in giving the children a happy time were Miss B. Mac Duff, Mesdames Day (Palmcrston North) and Gyles.

The appointment of matron to the Solway College has been given to Mrs. A. Stewart, formerly of Greymouth and latterly of Dannevirke. fgpa ; .. OOaao

About seventy 'others of soldiers were entertained on Saturday afternoon .-i?'the Women's National Reserve, jus. G. W. Russell, president of the Wellington branch, made a speech, and afterwards presented between fifty and sixty badges.

The Spinsters' Club are having a jumble sale on Saturday, February 23, at St. Peter's Mission Hall, Tarqnaki Street, at 2 p.m. Gifts of clothing for the sale will be gratefully received, and may be left at the residences of Mrs. Isaacs and Mr. Walling,- Rona Bay, also Mrs. J. Myers, '258 Wellington Terrace, and the Pioneer Club. BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR. Falling hair, premature baldness,greyness, and hair that is faded, Pfeless, and scanty may to a great extent be accounted for by the presence of seborrlioea in the scalp, which is really a form of dandruff, causing very often eoiisideruble irritation. There are also various other causes which may be diagnosed by the microscopical examination .-■f recent oombings or ah examination of the scalp. Host successful results hare been obtained by all who have used Mrs. EolIcston's preparations for hair treatment. Her experience in treating diseases of the scalp is based on sound medical training and knowledge acquired in England, America, and the principal centres in Europe.

A three mouths' course of home treatment, if carried out According to instructions, never fails to produce a regrowth of healthy, luxuriant hair. An improvement will be noticeable after a few treatments. Cost of preoaration, l(is. Cd. I'ostage, Is. .

Mrs. Bolleston, 256 Lambton Quav.— Advt.

National Candidate's Committee Meeting.

A committee meeting in connection with Mr. Luke's candidature as mem-, ber for 'Wellington North was held in the committee rooms last evening. Captain Barclay presided. The meeting was very fully attended, a large number of ladies being included among those present. Filial arrangements in connection with the organisation for the election were made, and various detail matters discussed. Several ladies expressed the wish that the candidate should address a npecial meeting for women during the week, dealing with various subjects of interest to women electors. Arrangements with that end in view nre now being made. Spe'eches wore made, and much appreciation was expressed of tho enthusiasm shown in the cause by the workers, who were congratulated on their efforts. The singing of the National Anthem concluded the meeting.

Sunday School Teacher and Show Cirl

Recently in New York a controversy [aged round the pretty person of Miss Marion Mooney, who was a show girl in n Broadway theatre all the week, and on Sunday was a Sunday School teacher in St. Francis Xavier's Parish (Roman Catholic).' Some of tho parishioners argued that the two positions Ivtirc incompatible. "Clothes may make the mini,'' said Miss Mooney, ''but a woman is always what her heart is." Father David J..liickey, the parish priest, who was tho arbiter in tho case, refused to banish Miss Mooney from the Sunday School, saying that he judged her only by her heart. He then left it to the parishioners to decide.

The art union promoted by the ladiea of Gladstone, Te Whiti, Homebusli, and Longbush in aid of the Trench Comforts Fund realised £433. Tho prize, which was a linen chest valued at £60, was won by Miss Eva M'Master, of Featherston.