WOMAN’S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 131, 26 February 1921, Page 4

WOMAN’S WORLD.

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR.

(By

Imogen.)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Commander Walsh, R.N., of H.M.S. Philomel, and Mrs. Walsh, are staj’ing at Sayes Court.

A class for physical drill, under the leadership of a capable instructor, will be held nt the Y.W.C.A. on Tuesday evenings from 8.30 to 9.301 All those so desirous should onrol at once at the Y.W.C.A. office, Boulcott Street.

A good programme of music and games has been, arranged by Miss Bartley for the social to be held in. the Y.W.C.A., Herbert Street, to-night.

The Rev. Wilfred Williams, president of the pre-inillennial conference now being held in Wellington, will be the speaker at the service to be held in the Herbert Street Clubroom to-morrow at 4.15 p.m. Mr. Basil Taylor will be the soloist. AU girls and young women are cordially invited to attend the service and stay to the tea and social hour following.

On Monday, February 28, at 8 p.m., an official welcome will be accorded Miss Rosevear, the newly-appointed general secretary of the Wellington Young Women's Christian Association. Speeches of welcome and musical items will be given.

Mr. and Mrs. M'Clay entertained the Second Advent Conference delegates at tea in the rooms of the Young Women's Christian • Association, Herbert Street’., last evening. Brief speeches of welcome were made by the host and 'hostess. Those who responded thanked Mr. and Mrs. M'Clay for their untiring efforts in the cause of the association.

Mrs. Rolleston will arrive by the Mamma on Sunday from Sydney.

Seatoun Branch W.N.R. A . preliminary meeting in preparation for the resumption of activities was held on Wednesday, when Mrs. Alex. Smith entertained the. branch at her residence in Pearce Street. A letter was read from Mrs. Porter, giving advice and information as to the present require- / ments of the nursery, which was much appreciated. It was decided to start at once on the sewing required, Mrs. Kellow and Miss Freeman agreeing to direct the work for Seatoun and Karaka Bay respectively. Airs. Kellow has now joined the committee. The first gift of children’s shoes, made from the pattern given to the branch by Mrs. Chudley, was contributed by Miss Owen, the shoes being carried out iu white felt with coloured silk stitching- It was decided that these should be sold, to help purchase materials for the garments enumerated in Sirs. Porter’s letter. Miss Owen premised a further contribution, of shoes for the nursery. Mrs. Tennent and Airs. Brown sent donations towards this fund, and a picture given by Miss Perry was reported as sold. Five new members promised assistance with the sewing. Miss Freeman reported that nearly eighty garments had been made and sent to tho nursery by the branch before Christmas, apart from special gifts sent by individual members. Arrangements were made for taking the produce stall at the forthcoming carnival at the Town Hall for one day, March 11. The president (Mrs. Bradney Williams), Mrs. Mabin, Miss Freeman, and Airs. C- Bell were appointed to take charge, and several ladies promised to act as helpers. The committee appeals to- Seatoun and Aliramar residents to support it in its endeavour to assist this effort. The Seatoun stall will be No. 7. Contributions of cakes, jam, produce, and anything saleable will be gratefully received, and. parcels can be left with either of ’ the ladies taking charge, not l later than tho evening of March 10. Perishable goods and large parcels should be taken straight to the stall on. the morning of the 11th. Brief speeches were made -during the afternoon by Aliss Coad, AI.A., and Airs. Inglis, on women’s work and sphere of usefulness, and a vote of thanks to Airs. Alex Smith for a very enjoyable afternoon concluded the proceedings. No meeting of members will lie field in Alarch. The next gathering will be held at the residence of Airs. F. Black, in Anril. when Mrs. Porter has promised to be present, and give an address. Members will be the guests of the Misses Perry, Ludlam Street, for the May meeting.

A Navy League Reception. Members of the Navy League Committee were the guests at a reception given yesterday afternoon by the executive to welcome back to New Zealand Colonel Campbell, who recently returned from a visit to England. Mrs.* Hosking, president of the; Ladies’ Auxiliary, had lent her house for the occasion, and with her daughter, Mrs. Stephens, received the guests, Mr. Justice Hosking arriving later in the afternoon. After tea had. been > handed ’ around Colonel Campbell related some of his experiences in Engla’nd, and also told some of the conclusions, that had 'been arrived at in regard to the work of the league in New Zealand, particularly as regards propaganda 'among the school children. Many valuable suggestions in regard to organisation, particularly the consolidation of the various benches of the league in this country, had been made by Admiral Hopwood, and his second in command, and this work the executives had already begun to carry’ out here. On all hands he had met with the greatest kindness and consideration, and a great deal of interest in and appreciation of New Zealand was expressed. Colonel Campbell described the Trafalgar Day celebrations in London, and said he was greatly’ struck by the very great number of wreaths which had been laid at the foot of tne Trafalgar Monument. These had been sent from almost every part of the world, and it seemed to him a great illustration of the threads that bound the different parts of the Empire together. I’ c B art ' ing the work of the Navy League, he thought that no matter what conclusions might be arrived at by experts as to tlio future of the Navy, whether it lay ip big ships or in fleets of submarine tffiy could m«>go wrong it they did all t i was possible to impress upon the PJ-OP• 0 Hie vita? necessity of keeping the trade routes open- in time of war; H t>’J fought the school children to u P h<dd a " d cherish the traditions ot Great BnUin and the necessity ot preserven tht un of the Empire. Colonel Cam P b ?. ll . , \ pressed the opinion that a great held of a/tivitv lav before the Navy. league, particularly in the way of propaganda. No country’" had understood the value of propaganda as had Germany. She moie tMn any other had realised he, value o the emotion of the ideal, and that when a whole people shared that «noLon it made for almost irresistible power. L fortunately Germany had stood for wrong ideals; the principle had been wionjy applied and she had met with her undoing. In Now Zealand the work of propaganda was more easily carried out than m England. Thev had the entry of the schools and other facilities, and he hoped the league would tike the matter I with enthusiasm. Mr. R. Darroch thanked Colonel Campbell at the close of his talk for the very interesting information he had gne them, end also spoke appreciative y ot the work which, as chairman in Colons Campbell’s absence, had been done by Mr. A. F- Roberts.

IN ALPINE REGIONS

THE GLACIER FIELDS OF NEW ZEALAND (By Laurp Bunting.) One rather wonders how many New Zealanders in proportion to the population /juite realise some of the wonderful beauties of their own country—beauties that are lying almost in their midst and. that perhaps are more known to overseas visitors than to themselves. At the Hermitage, Mount Cook, for instance, only about one-third of the people that stayed there this season were people belonging to the Dominion, the remaining proportion being visitors from many other countries. Of these latter English and Australian visitors predominated, with quite a number of Americans as well, and most of them were intensely enthusiastic about the scenes that were revealed to them among the alpine heights of New Zealand. Even the great tussock plains of South Canterbury, which are traversed on the long motor; journey from Timaru to the Hermitage, have an extraordinary charm of their own, and the colouring—the gold of the plains sleeping under the full blaze of an unclouded sun, the vivid purple and 'blue of the distant Alps, and the spaciousness of these great prairie-like expanses—is most appealing. Even were they nothing but arid wastes (and some people, notably farmers, do call them that occasionally), they still would be redeemed by their beautiful lakes, Tekapo and Pukaki. Embosomed by hills, they lie like great turquoise gems outstretched lin the sunshine, and coming suddenly lipon them from the top ol a rise they reveal such a scene as is unsurpassed in any other country, so many much-travelled people say. Separated from each other by some considerable distance, with a somewhat similar appreach, both are of an extraordinary opaque blueness, the exact shade of a turquoise, and there lying among the hills to the left of the road that is said to be still more beautiful. It, however, is seldom seen b ? travellers, lying as it does off the beaten track- Indeed, it is hardly known at all. Ton- before Tekapo is reached, Cook, when the shadows are stealin fc from t hoUld a e t rS onc e the that betrays the nsin„ extraordinary of the mou n dreams alone in his ’beaut}. Bj ? P | P .>p and white and solitude, sometimes dear m wrapped stark in ’aW.Vd full of is at m »bt that h is of him and X p es looming dimly felt, their great P glimmera the J p n ®! des an d above them of white on thm > now and countless slunl , n^ 1 ® nco ’ of invisible forces again the great silence mou that are pait of thunder of tains, is broken by as they avalanches roena ™ g ’ t h e Ta vines, sweepSo them a. they go. ?. i“ Hennitage .Y ear . , ti b le attraction to Poles have an dare and to sur-explorers-sonieUnng apd p ar , mount-so do „th® Mercer,” lure them ticularly the cl P paS t two ;: ack With their sprint or o ld seasons, h°^ e L V largely owing to bad have climbed Cooh, lari, J „ e weather condition-- - dared his among the reached the top, difficulties, and all g 0 to the that the honoui noteworthy * to climb some of the f icHi6 lX n h’oS him is also a toat that aS"- e every ie \ ° f lt is not everyone -ho < heighib, however.■ the hija glaciers satisfy a . r j p is that to larly interestmg ggr gt the Hochsifettei 1 t , Si but with a than some of. the vlG w of the wonderfully compre Zealand . To great glacier fields of q{ about reach it invoB along side miles to the ‘ thc n i g hu is o f a moraine, wh r kca s-most nOin whatever sleep tne . , llow one lorious of being to to get, their chief. glissade down th fi .. ndr y in car-pierc-fo shriek at all and ry inBid e if the ing notes, and no al f tol resu lts to door is left °P € t around It may be a ny clothing yi g hard to achieve, gathered that J e all things ,ha glacier. . O rst part of the » The moraine is the 1 wha t; way tb the glacier of a heartbre »■ doW n then up and scrambling up aI J I , nks ’ o f huge rocks down again, steep banksi of = p , and shingle. Once it and ones feet are P in th(J giacier, even the remembered in th. and mysteries with its unae g tinged with efhereal blue, tiny cracks v that lead to depths undreamt of, and frozen caves made musical with tiny trickling streams of melting ice. its head are the Hochsteiter Icefalls, a great river frozen in its et eep descent down the mountain side. Nearby, the Tasman Glacier, the second largest glacier in the world, 18 miles long, 2000 feet deep, and three miles m uudth, makes ills grand curve between Afalto Brun and Afount Tasman, and, then flows on, a frozen ’ river, side by side with Hochstetter, with a great mora>M between the two. All around, peak afte r peak, raises its glistening summit to. the sapphire sky above until the whole vast icefield seems ringed around with silent sentinels closing in one of Nature’s most beautiful sanctuaries. Shining white, save for pinnacles and crags that refuse to give resting place to any covering of ice or snow, ageless and aloof from tho fret and fever of human life, they stand on guard against purposeless intrusion, leaving an ineffaceable memory upon the minds and hearts of those who see them. Not to visit them is not to kniw New Zealand or the many plfases of its beauty.

There has been an enormous increase in ilhe attendance at ' the Wellington Girls’ College this year, the number# being close upon 800. Parents and the public are wondering if the Department is going to be prompt in providing suitable accommodation. Extra buildings and grounds zre considered, in the circumstances, an absolute necessity.