A WORLD TOUR

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1931, Page 13

A WORLD TOUR

EMPIRE MESSAGE CARRIED

; Many people will remember Miss Winifred Guy, who came to New Zealand from overseas with a most beautiful collection.of posters, showing this rather backward country, what poster art is ■in..otheri parts of the world. Her-collection included real pictures (loiiG by-fampus.artists, and many lovely: scenes, showing the glories of a number" of countries. Miss Guy, writing from St. Leonards, on Sea, Sussex, says: "Home.at. last! and rubbing my eyes to see if I am really awake and back again in little old England." While away from- home,' Miss' Guy spent IS months in South. Africa and 18 in New Zealand, as well as a good long time, in Australia, and much more in Canada.' While there Miss Guy had the privilege of going over the ranch belonging to the Prince of AVaies. Miss Guy was favoured with a letter of congratulations and good wishes from the Prince's secretary, after her Australian four, and before she set out on her wonderful .journey to the resjb of the Empire, with a few kindly words übout the good qualities of the AusX-. tralian and New Zealand people. MEASURE OF SUCCESS. . Everywhere she went, Miss Guy held exhibitions of her posters and photographs of different parts of the world, and in her own words the success is told: "I had just as good a reception in the United States as in our own" Dominions, though I had purely 'Come to Britain 1 posters with me. I finished my visit to New York with aii exhibition in Fifth avenue. I made my tour pay for itself completely, and I was supported everywhere by Imperial organisations and societies, Rotary and advertising clubs." After arrival in lOngland, Miss Guy spoke and showed posters at; a. reception hold at the Imperial Institute, attended by 2000 distinguished guests. Since Miss Guy arrived home she paid a visit to Ireland, joining a tramping party, the members of which spout throe delightful I weeks tramping over hills and *"bogs. "I. kept on thinking of New Zealand,1' she says, "for the mounliiin and coastal scenery seemed to me so innrli alike f have a fine set of coloured photographs of New Zealand, anil showed them while in Canada anrl the U.S.A. While in Vancouver, 1 mot Rat hie Slowjirt, having heard of hm- while in New York through the. Zonta Club

' (:i kind of? Kotary Club for women). New York appealed to mn much, and 1 should like to go back then.1." ■WORK ON KEIUKN HOME. It. scorns thiit Lord Burnham lms boon immensely' interested and approving of Miss Guy's tour and showing of posters, and sponsored her first exhibition in London, then putting her into touch with the Walker Art Gallery in London,'where she has held an exhibition, and is now getting busy, by request from many schools and associations, both for lectures and exhibitions of posters and photographs. The whole story is n wonderful one, for Miss Guy set out to tour the world ou small means, as sho was formerly on the staff of the Brighton Grammar School, and made her venture forth with groat courage and common sense. Her reward is that she has travelled far nnd. wide, and has a better knowledge of the world than most people, and has equipped' herself as a lecturer, and will probably be able to travel again till her sight-seeing desires are exhausted. Being of the "feminine gender" has been no disadvantage to her! "