WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 97, 21 October 1926, Page 7

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Mrs. W. J. Lowrie has issued invitations for an afternoon "at home" to bo held at The Chequers, Lambton quay. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Drummond (Masterton) are paying a visit to Wellington. Mrs. J. Hudson (Wairarapa) is visiting "Wellington. ' Mrs. 6. M( Andrew (Feilding) is visiting Wellington at present. Mrs. Angus Cameron has returned to Dunedin after a visit to Wellington. Mrs. P. C. Fenwick (Christchurch) is visiting friends in Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Searlo have returned to Wanganui from Wellington. Misses Kathleen Tonks and Eileen Pearce (Thompson street) haye returned from a visit to Nelson and Picton. Mrs. Desmond Welch has returned to Auckland, from a visit to the Wairarapa. Lady Boys arrived in Wellington from the South this morning. Mrs. Buck presided over the annual meeting of the Taita branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society on Tuesday afternoon. There was a good attendance. Mrs. Porter was invited to speak on the work of the society, and congratulated the members upon the steady growth each year, the • returns showing an increasej thus, proving greater interest was being taken. The speaker quoted from an address delivered by the New Zealand secretary (the Bey. D. Calder), which stated: '' The distribution of Scriptures in New Zealand had five years ago totalled 9000 copies, but last year this had suddenly risen to 19,000, and for eight months of this year the sales had reached 20,000. The latest report from London showed the record distribution of 10,452,733 copies within a year. This was far in excess of any previous figures, and meant an increase of 500,----000 for the year. The income had totalled £403,703, but when the society had been faced with the alternative of limiting the supply according to the demand or of incurring a debt, it had. been decided to meet all calls, and this had resulted in a deficit of £34,825. Collectors were now being asked to obtain increased contributions of about 25 per cent, in order to return the finances of the society to normal." Mrs. Buck was re-elected president, and Mrs. Burgess secretary, and Mesdames M'Arthur, Wiggins, and Miss August collectors. At the close the president entertained all to afternoon tea, which was greatly appreciated. A most cordial welcome was accorded to Miss Millicent Knight by a large and representative gathering of Hutt residents on her return to New Zealand after five years of musical study in England. The reception was given at the Lyceu:ti Hall, the organisers being the Hutt Bowling, Tennis, and Croquet Association. The hall was artbth'aUy. cccorated with bamboo and oth°r beautifnl foliage, as well as flowers, notpbiy a number of handsoiiie oowls of lilac, which were much admirud. Mr'ss Knight was accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby KnigM, aid they were received. by the president, Mr. H. 3 Brooks, Mrs. BrooJis, and Mrs. Eddie (croquet club president), and Miss Knight was presented with a bouquet of beautiful flowers. Mr. Brooks, in introducing the guest of honour, spoke of, the pleasure it was to-welcome her back, and mentioned her successful studies in London, and the fact that she had had the distinction of singing before Boyalty. The Mayor of the Hutt, Mr. W. T. Shand, welcomed her on behalf of the people of the district. Miss Knight, in her brief reply, paid a tribute to the generosity of her parents in giving her the opportunities which she h,ad enjoyed, and also mentioned the help and encouragement she had had from Mr. Hill. Very hearty applause was given Miss Knight at the close of her speech. A musical programme, arranged by Mr. E. J. Hill, was given, and much appre- j ciated by those present. Items included a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Orr; recitation by Mrs. Innes-Murray; songs by Mr. Hill, Mrs. Giles, Mr. Orr, and Mrs. Budge, the accompaniments being played by Mr. Harold Whittle. Afternoon tea was served, members of the Croquet Club being the hostesses. Tho story of womanhood in the past fifty years reads like a fairy tale (said Miss Melville in speaking to the Women's Political Association in Auckland). It was recognised that no nation could progress beyond the status of its women. The women's movement was only beginning the most constructive, practical, and valuable part of its work. It had secured the armour of education and the weapon of political power. It took the greatest war in history to give British women the right to take part in their own government. Women had the franchise in twenty-five countries, and were united in a worldwide sisterhood, an army that was not a national army, but an international one, with world peace and the happiness of humanity as ifs main objective. All English-speaking countries except South Africa and Newfoundland had women's suffrage. New Zealand, although first to grant the'vote to women, had not fully availed itself of its privileges. There wore no women justices of tbe pfiace and no women jurors in the Dominion. In Germany there were 32 women members of Parliament. The instinct of self-sacrifice was most highly developed in women, just as the instinct of force was most highly developed in man, and it was through sacrifice, the emotion of the ideal, and the greatest power in the world, that a betterment of conditions would be achieved. The awakening of woman to the tremendous latent power she possessed was a phenomenon of worldwide significance, women of every race, colour, and creed responding to the same impulse. "Historians of the future," concluded Miss Melville, "will find a strange and fascinating story in the struggle of the women of the twentieth century to be allowed to contribute their great gifts to the welfare of the human family." If you want to add those bizarre touches which convert an ordinary j bathing costume into an eminently chic ' beach toilette, sew a row of those pretty little iridescent shells, once popular for necklaces, round neck, armholes, and hems, completing the effect by having a smart tammy to match, also adorned with an edging of wee shells, says a writer in a fashion magazine. Alternatively, cut some quaint birds, beasts, or figures out of a piece of cretonne of unusual figured design, and buttonhole stitch them on to your dress, one over the heart or on the shoulder, and an■other oil the hip. A simple navy blue costume was quite transformed with the addition of two or three groups of funny Japanese figures taken from a cretonne of Oriental pattern. Any queer shapes or hieroglyphics cut out of coloured linen or other material and appliqued on breast and hip, or outlined in braid, suggest the influence of the moment. Snippits of leather dyed gold, silver, and bright colours, arranged in a jazz pattern as borders and panels, are another idea to be noted. Some stockinette bathing suits are covered with gay silk embroidery, a sort of checkboard pattern being particularly smart. The popular cross-stitch is, of course, frequently seen.

Some interesting news about the recent doings of Dr. Helen Bakewell concerns the August recess when she took a special course at the medical schools and hospitals^ including the visiting of various hospitals, clinics, and sanatoria on the Continent. A special study of the medical work as carried out in the schools of Switzerland was made in and around Geneva. Dr. Frederic Killiat, the chief 5.M.0., afforded the visitor every opportunity of seeing the different specialists at work, the open-air schools, clinics, and also an interesting "disinfection suite." Later Dr. Bakewell visited Dr. Rolliers's famous clinic for tuberculous children at Ley sin. The village is over four thousand feet up the mountains, and is reached from.Aigle by a railway. It is a village of sanatoria, thirty of which are run by Dr. Eollier. The treatment (states Dr. Bakewell) is simplicity itself, and may be described by the word "Sun," at tho "Eeole de soleil," which the doctor calls his "preventorium." The children run about winter and summer in a white hat and a bit of cotton cloth round the body. "They possess hides tough and brown, and look blooming," is the comment of the visitor. Dr. Helen received an invitation to join,a medical j study trip in Alsace, which was held under direction of Professor Curnot, of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. The tour began in Nancy, and visits were paid to all outstanding hospitals and thermal clinics through Alsace-Lor-raine. Dr. Bakewell writes that it was all of absorbing interest, and a most j wonderful experience, that the institutions were marvellous, and also the organisation. Included m the itinerary were visits to Verdun and many historic battlefields of the recent war, and also that of 1870. Following is an interesting history of a successful effort which began in a small way: In 1920, through the generosity of two of its members, the Women's Farm and Garden Association was able to purchase an estate at Lingfield, in Surrey, that could be split up into small holdings for professional women farmers and gardeners anxious to farm or garden on their own account, says the London "Daily Telegraph." The candidates selected were women with a good knowledge of horticulture or agriculture who possessed a small private income in addition to capital invested in the undertaking. After two years it was found necessary to provide more cottage accommodation for intending small holders, and therefore a large house on the estate was sold, and with the purchase money four other cottages were erected that have each two and a half acres of land. The colony now consists of eleven holdings, two farm and tho rest fruit, market garden, and poultry—one of the tenants has recently been allowed by the association to purchase her cottage and holding. One tenant has a successful Angora rabbit farm, another breeds Alsatian dogs, and a third has established a tea hut on the main East Grinstead road. The tenants of the colony have formed themselves into' a dining club, and can have their midday meal in the communal kitchen at a fixed price. Last year the association provided the tenants with a produce hut on the main road, and during the summer months a good trade iB done with, fruit, flowers, vegetables, and farm produce, passing motorists being good customers. ' A great deal of advice is given every year to sea bathers, 't s>jme necessary and some superfluous. There are people strong enough to stand any amount of sea bathing, and th,ey, of course, reject with scorn any hints on when and how to bathe; there are others who never ought to dip a foot into seawater—and seldom do. In between come the great number of people who bathe because it is tho thing to do. These either enjoy it so. much that they stay in a great deal too long, or else they shiver and dislike it intensely while making a brave pretence of enjoyment. It is for them that the following hints are intended. Bathe before breakfast if it suits you; many bathers say the early morning bathe is the best of all. But if you feel tired or headachy after it, i give it up and bathe 'later in the day. If the tide is favourable, just before lunch is another good bathing time. In fact it is always good to have a meal after a bathe. Don't bathe less than two, or, if possible, three hours after a meal. This i| a rule that bathers should never disregard, however tempting the look of the water. The length of a bathe depends very much on the bather and the water. On a cool day five minutes, or even less, is enough; but when the sea is warm and the bather is enjoying herself, there is no reason why she should come out immediately she has been in the water a quarter of an hour. If a bather "goes blue" or begins to shiver, she should at once shorten the duration of her bathes. It might be better to give them up altogether. It is said that, the weariest woman in all London is to be found in the Savoy. Her name is Miss Bradley King, and she earns 1000 dollars a week writing scenarios for the William Fox Picture Company. When a picture is being filmed she has to work day and night, and sometimes for stretches of longer than a fortnight at a time.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Balfour are going to spend part of their honeymoon in Australia and New Zealand, and they anticipate being 'six months away from the Mother Country. Their wedding took place at Southampton, a few days ago, says "The Post's" London correspondent. The bridegroom is the son of Sir Arthur and Lady Balf our, of Sheffield, and the bride is -the elder daughter of Engineer Bear-Admiral Mark Bundle, D.5.0., 8.N., and Mrs. Bundle, of Bassett, Southampton. On returning from their Dominions' tour the young couple will take up their residence at Holmesfield, near Sheffield. Miss Margaret Bondfield is a winsome creature—small in stature, mignonne in figure, with a face somewhat babylike in the smallness of the features and in expression—which is wistful and candid, writes the Eight Hon. T. P. O'Connor, M.P. I have never heard her on the platform, but I heard so an authentic a judge of oratory as Mr. Devlin declare that he had heard few speakers who moved him so much. She comes, as is known, from Somerset, and there isn't in the world a more I enthusiastic admire* of that delectable county. It makes me somewhat sad to think that this gifted woman had once to walk day after day, week after week, to try and get a job in a drapery house. At last she got into Whiteley's; there she served for years at the counter; close to her was Caradoc Evans, that outspoken Welshman. Margaret was selling blouses, Caradoc unbrellas; one is now a member of Parliament; the man has the high distinction of being a playwright and writer and a good journalist. Her Highness the Sultana Jehun, the Veiled Begum of Bhopal, and the Moslem Queen of Indore, has announced her abdication as ruler of Bhopal at a special Durbar, convened for that purpose. She also introduced her son (Colonel Hamidulla .Khan) as the new ruler, and crowned his turban with many magnificent jewels. Bhopal has had women rulers for the past eighty years. The Begum took her place among the princes of India on all important occasions, though her face and figure were always completely veiled and swathed in embroideries and shawls, so that only her tiny feet were visible. At the Chapters of the Order of the Star of Ridia she sat in her proper place of precedence among the Maharajahs and Rajahs, but on other occasions, as the only woman ruler of India, she took precedence of them all. At the Grand Chapter held by King Edward, then Prince of Wales, in 1878, Bhe sat next the gigantic Maharajah Scindia, and the contrast between his massive proportions and her tiny figure was great in the extreme. The newest travelling clocks are hardly bigger than a woman's watch of 20 years ago, and certainly smaller than a man's watch. Many of them are in gold with a double case, for they fold up and fasten, with a snap, as do the usual leather covered travelling clocks, states a writer in the London "Daily Mail." Enamel, the brighter the better, is seen on many of the small clocks just now. A favourite design is square, with the figures set in a square dial to match, and the clock, which is framed in golcl and covered with glass, is made to stand as does a photograph frame. These little clocks are sold in small leather cases for travelling. Brilliant blue and a,deep, clear green are two of the colours most used for the enamel, and other clocks of the same kind are mounted in gold and tortoiseshell and pastel-tinted enamel. Larger clocks, for boudoirs and sitting-rooms, are mounted in lacquer, in blues and reds and greens, as well as black and gold. Some of these clocks are pagoda-shaped, and others are square, oblong, or rounded. A lady at Goodwood attracted a good deal of attention by wearing on her shoulder a good-sized true-to-life lizard, instead of the more usual bunch of flowers. The lizard, made from real skin, was mounted as a brooch, and held her chiffon scarf in position; but to' the casual observer it looked as if the small reptile was crawling over her dress. This striking new fashion is the newest variation of "reptile styles" for women, and we may expect to see such harmless,. but startling creatures "crawling" in various position on Milady's clothes. Lizard shoes, a huge lizard skin handbag, and a hat trimmed with a realistic lizard made from the same skin, was a "last-word" set shown in Paris at an advance dress show. Mere man is finding amusement in this new feminine tendency for using the crawling creatures of the earth in connection with.clothes. In real life most women are scared by snakes, lizards, spiders, beetles, and other '' creepy crawlies'' and will run a long way rather than come into contact with them. But where modern fashion is concerned the most up-to-date woman is she who succeeds in finding an entirely new manner for using reptiles or insects as accessory to her toilette.

Some time ago the Americans built their own Venice at Miami, in Florida, and equipped it with a fleet of imported gondolas, manned by Italian gondoliers. Now the Austrians, whose country Is coastloss, have started their own "Lido" at Baden, some sixteen miles from Vienna. It is possible, by means of a new air service, to reach the Vonetian Lido after a four hours' journey from Vienna, but the Austrian Lido is within an hour 'a ride by electric tram from the capital. Baden, famed for its sulphurous thermal springs, even in the time of the Romans, has always attracted visitors, and its popularity as a resort has been greatly increased by the new scheme, which was proposed years ago, but mostly for financial reasons postponed. Vast quantities of the finest sand were imported in trucks and lorries to a park of some six acres, where the new bathing establishment has been constructed. There is an open-air bath, measuring about 360 feet long and 145 feet wide. It is capable of accommodating 2000 bathers at one time. The water, mainly from hot springs, ia cooled by river water to a temperature of about 60 degrees. Since its opening the every-day scene there resembles an up-to-date seaside resort. There are bathing boxes on the beach, and women of fashion stroll up and down adorned, with beautiful bathing frocks, or lie in the hot sun in the sand while they attain the coveted sunburn. The "Lido" has, in fact, become a centre of social and fashionable life. The establishment, including a fine range of buildings, was completed in 80 working days, and cost over £100,000 to build,.