WOMEN IN PRINT.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 126, 24 November 1926, Page 13

WOMEN IN PRINT.

Word has been received from England stating that H.R.H. the Duchess of York will inspect the Girl Guides as she travels through the Dominions. Mr. and Mrs. W. Deans, Christehureh, who returned to New Zealand by the Tahiti, are visiting Lady Russell, Mrs. Deans's mother, at Hastings, before returning to the South. Mr. and Mrs. F. Whiteside (Christchurch) are visiting Wellington. Dr. and Mrs. F. Washbourne (Marlborough) have returned home after a visit to Christehureh. Lady Hunter has returned to Hawkes Bay from Auckland. Mrs. Hope-Lewis is visiting relatives in Auckland. Miss Cecil de Lautour, Gisborne, is visiting Wellington. Mrs. G. H. Dixon, of Karori, is visiting Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. A. Fenwick, Wellington, are visiting Christchurch. Miss Lulu Cohen (of Wellington) arrived in Gisborne on Tuesday for an extended holiday. She is the guest of Mrs. Pat Holden. . Great interest is being taken in the project to raise a sufficient sum of money to bnild a suitable home for the babies who are at present housed at Khandallaii at the St. Barnabas Home. This house was taken some time ago, and was "made do" in tho early stages of the effort to provide a place and attention for motherless or neglected babes, such as are found in every city. Those who go about among the poor knew of the necessity for such a place long before St. Barnabas was established, and many true Btories are tola: of the difficulties which faced these kind and Christian folk. But the Khandallah home has been found inadequate, specially so in regard to the staff, which has suffered many discomforts, and is still doing so. Therefore it has been decided that a new building is urgently needed, and the effort is in the hands of capable organisers, tnd promises well. However, it is felt that the time has come for the establishment of a women's committee to assist the object, and a meeting will be held in the No. 1 committee room, Town Hall, to-morrow afternoon at half-post two, and those who feel an interest in the helpless littlo ones and a compassion for them, | being willing to assist, will be welcome at the meeting. A drawing-room meeting was held in the residence of the Misses Greenwood, Muritai -oad, Eastbourne, in connection with the new Central Church Primary School for Greater Wellington. There was a good attendance, and the discussion that followed the addresses showed tyow keen an interest is taken in Eastbourne over the project. Mr. W. J. Gaudin briefly outlined the history of the present school and the gTeat work it was doing. He had been intimately connected with the school and so could judge of the value of the work. Tha Rev. Bernard R. White (organising secretary) ,then addressed the meeting and dealt with the subject from a more general point of view, and he detailed some of the advantages gained from a moral and religious education. Afternoon tea was served, and the floral decorations were most effective in the artistic surroundings. A garden party in connection with the Central Church Primary School will bo held next Tuesday afternoon in tho grounds kindly lent by Mrs. T. Hislop, 33, Salamanca road. Groat appreciation has Vbeen expressed by the passengers who arrived by the Marama yesterday of the successful efforts made on board for their entertainment, i A concert and dance arranged by the chief officer, Mr. N. J. Siepen, was particularly successful and thoroughly enjoyed by all the passengers. An impromptu orchestra was also formed, in which the ship's bugler with his cornet took a leading part. Dancers were well catered for by this orchestra and by a gramophone, and some very happy evenings were spent. Passengers who assisted in the entertaining were 'Misses Marrie and Eccles, and Messrs. Stan ton, Perry, Marquis, and Eecles. The accompanists were Misses M-arrib and Wilson. A collection was taken up in aid of the Shipwrecked Relief and Humane Society Fund. A hearty vote of thanks to the captain and his officers for their appreciated efforts to entertain tho passengers was carried by acclamation. Under the auspices of the South Wollingt'on Social' Club a children's plain and fancy dress dance was held at St. Thomas's Hall in aid of the school picnic. The grand inarch was a very pleasing Bight to the many parents who had accompanied their children to the hall, and the dresses were of a high standard. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Rooke were the judges. When presenting /the prizes; Mr. R. M'Keen, M.P., congratulated the social club on the result'of their efforts on behalf of the young children, of the district, which ho was pleased to know also included tho kindergarten i-Jass-room. Songs and recitations by the children added to the pleasure of the entertainment! Yesterday afternoon a most successful meeting was held in tho Town Hall to form the committees to assist Miss Eileen Norwood and the artillery in the coming pageant. Major Abel, chairman, and Mr. W. Tilton-Mist, organiser, addressed the meeting on the aims and objects. The meeting elected Dr. Platts-Mills as chairwoman of the executive committee of the following ladies: —Mrs. Wright (secretary), Mrs. Abel, Mrs. Fenton, Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. M'Quarrie, Mrs. M'Lennan, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Gibbons, Mrs. Parton, Mrs. Longmore, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Carter, and Mrs. Underwood. A Girls' Committee was also elected: Miss Mavis Halliday (chair), Miss Wright -(secretary), Misses George, Smith, Brown, Bennie, Wallace, Anderson, Ballingcr, B. George, Ackland, Freeman, Tolan, Miller, .Trengrove, Jolliffc, and Wolls. It was decided that tho whole of. the ladies present would be at the.dance to-night at tho Old Navals' Hall, when Miss'lN'onvood and. her maids (Miss Mavis Halliday, Miss Florence George, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Alico Brown, and Miss Majoric Bennie) would make their first official appearance.' Officers and military members will be in uniform. Miss B. E. Baughan was the guest of honour recently, when the literary, circle of the Otago Women's Club gave a-re-ception for thip distinguished writer and welfare worker. Mrs. Ewing (the chairwoman) greeted the guest. Miss Baughan, in her thanks to the circle, pointed out that with the day so full of necessary duties it was good to form circles for th« cultivation of beauty, ami the aesthetic side of life. A literary circle was thus excellent, for literature wert back to all ages, and ministered to tho future; it linked up yii times and all countries. In response to a special request Miss Baughan gaye v a short talk on penal reform, introducing her l'ccturette by tho remark that now she was working with men, not words, she was attempting practical poetry. She made an earnest appeal for tho en-operation of nil women in this great movement, winch'is. now. recognised in Great Britain as doing excellent work/ One of the best ways of show-ing .-■ ,-inpathv is by joining the John Houiud U-asrue (Howard being tho founder of it), or to givs it its enrrect title, "Tie-Penal Reform.. lie ague.'*- _ " ------

The unveiling of the tablets erected to the memory of the late Miss Frances Keith Payne, formerly matron for manyyears at Wellington Hospital, will take place at the Public Hospital on Saturday, 27th November, at half-past two, when Mr. C. M. Luke (chairman of the Hospital Board) will perform the ceremony. Miss Thurston, C.8.E., R.R.C., and Drs. Hardwick-Sinith and J. S. Elliott will speak. Another tablet placed in St. Mark's Church will be unveiled on Sunday, 28th November, at the 7 o 'clock service, when Archdeacon Johnson will perform the ceremony. It is hoped that all friends of the late Miss Payne will take the opportunity of paying a tribute of affectionate respect to her memory. Many plans are being made for the success of the Fielden-Taylor Street Day, which is arranged to take place in December, in aid of the St Barnabas 'a Home for Babes and other objects for which the well-known Missioner works. The Victoria League, St. John Ambulance, Khandallah ladies, and many well-known workers, such as Mesdames Murphy, M.8.E., Bramley, Bayfield, Darling, Carroll, M'Kenzie, Tovey, and others, are going to assist, and the various points of vantage in the city will be wolloffieered on the appointed day. It is hoped that the public will koep in mind the work done in connection with St. 'Peter's Mission, and will respond generously to the appeal. \ Promising work was done at a meeting held at the Returned Soldiers' Association rooms in connection with their queen candidate, whom they ar,e entering at the competition to be held in connection with the Military Tattoo and Pageant. Mr. Maule was in the chair, and said that the association would gain much financial advantage from the effort, and it behoved all to work well for the honour of their queen (Margaret of Anjou) and the good of the association. He outlined the programme of the tournament and tattoo, which, he said, was to be produced on a scale never before attempted in New Zealand. Two committees were set up, one of ladies, .and a publicity committee consisting of men, with plenty of work for both to do. Much interest is being taken in this candidature, and it promises very successfully. Those interested in St. Mary's Home are reminded of. the sale of work which will take place at the main home, Messines street, to-morrow afternoon and evening. . There will be good stalls for cakes (Christmas and others), sweets, plain and fancy needlework, flowers, including seedlings, and other attractions. Afternoon tea will be obtainable, and a very attractive programme will be given in the evening, under the direction of Mrs. Ginn.- The Mayoress, Mrs. Norwood, will open the sale. Attention is drawn by advertisement to the annual meeting of the Women's National Reserve Residential Nursery. which will be held next Tuesday, at 3 o'clock, in the Red Cross room, 63, Dixon street. All members of the reserve and subscribers to- the nursery aro earnestly requested to be present. The present fashion of wearing fleshcoloured stockings has had a remarkable effect on the dye industry (says an exchange). When mostly black stockings were worn, at least ten times more dyes wero wanted, because it needs ten times as much dye to make a good black material as it does to make a lightcoloured stuff. In the days of black stockings 6 per cent, of black dye was used with silk, but to-day a half per cent, of dye is enough to tint the silk. Tho present fashion of flesh-coloured stockings has been disastrous to the black dye industry because the demand for pink dyes has taken the place of the demand for black dyes only to the extent of about one-tenth. Much of the dress material being sold to-day is also of a light colour, requiring less dye than formerly, so that present fashions have proved a bad enemy to the dye industry. "Marriage is becoming more and more unattractive to the young men of Vienna,'' says a writer in an exchange. "The marriages in 1925 were only about half the number in 1920. In a popula ; tion of under 1,900,000 there are 150,----000 bachelors between 25 and 90, about 90,000 of them over 35. But marriage has become much less attractive to the women too, for the housing conditions are such that thousands of young married couples have to live in small bedrooms as lodgers of the parents of one of them or have to live separated from the start. The birth rate is falling all over Austria, though illegitimacy increases rapidly. . Civil marriage was introduced with the revolution, and more than 20^000 of these marriages have been dissolved." A Chelsea wfaman has established a successful private taxi business by owning and driving'a single high-priced car. She has made herself thoroughly conversant with workshop and roadside repairs. Apart from the question of efficiency and being ready for emergencies, she explained that the joy of owner.ship is immensely increased by being able to put right those small things that go wrong in a run.

Forty-five new students entered the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicics for Women at the winter session, this being the largest number in its history. Speaking at the opening of the session, Lady Barrett said it had been stated that to become a post-graduate medical woman was to join the ranks of the unemployed. She had sent a questionnaire to all the students who had qualified from that school in 1923-4-5, to find out what had beoome of them and whether they were starving or had gone into other professions. Replies were received from 216 out of a total of 234 graduates, and of that number only 33 were temporarily unemployed, while altogether the 216 had held no fewer than 395 posts. That looked as if they had done some work in the world since qualifying. Fifty of them had started in practice on their own account, 16 were in assistant practice, 53 were holding hospital posts, 12 were in public health appointments, 19 had gone abroad as missionaries, 20 were in the Indian medical service or had married and gone abroad to practice in various parts of the world, seven were reading for higher examinations, and six wero travelling to gain experience. Thus students need not fear that when they qualified they would necessarily find themselves among the unemployed. Here's a chance for those who possess garnets, for they are the most fashionable stone of the moment, says a writer in an exchange. Turn out your jewel cases, and if you can unearth garnets then you will be lucky, for not only the stones but the colour are the rage just now. Cloth, silk, velvet, satin, and every imaginable material are produced in the rich, warm wine shades which the garnet possesses. Then little cut crystal studs are being enormously used to embroider evening dresses just now, as the colour has come forward with a rush, and, indeed, is very attractive at night. In Paris there is a new fad that jewels must match the shade of the gown. This is, of course, one reason of the garnet revival, but it also has resuscitated the opal. Superstition is defied with this move. We have many lovely iridescent opal sequinned frocks, and nothing but tho opal can possibly match them. Yet tho stupid idea that they bring bad luck has never been lived down.