HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1933, Page 20

HERE AND THERE

Knox Ladies' Guild.

- There was a very large attendance of members at the first meeting for the year of the Lower Hutt Knox Ladies' Guild. Mrs. J. Wilson presided, and gave a hearty welcome to members and intending members, assuring them of enjoyable meetings. The followingofficers were elected:—Vice-presidents, Mesdames Shaw, Nicol, Paterson Smaile, and Barry; secretary, Mrs. B. Whitcher (re-elected); treasurer, Mrs. W. Burgess (re-elected); committee, Mesdames Hodgeman, Orr, Anderson, Edmeades, Evans, and Miss "Wilson. Tea was served, the hostesses being Mes-" dames Hodgeman, Jarvie, Orr, Sykes, and "Whitcher. Mrs. Burgess contributed several delightful songs. . Miss Wilford at Marsden School. Miss Isobel "Wilford, an old girl of Marsden School, was entertained at the school yesterday morning at a delightful, informal function. With several other old girls, she was the guest of Miss Mayhew at tea, and afterwards was shown over the school buildings. Miss Wilford, who in her final year had been* dux of the school and a prefect, then addressed the girls, telling some amusing incidents of her career, and also giving them hints on voice production. Red Cross Delegates. A very pleasant function was held this week at the residence of Mrs. Abel, who in conjunction with Mr. J. Abel, in his capacity as chairman of the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Bed Cross Society, issued invitations to the delegates from the various Bed Cross centres, who were visiting Wellington for the first meeting of the-Do-minion executive of the New Zealand Eed Cross Society. Among those present were the Mayor of Elthain, Mr. I. J. Bridger (representing South Taranaki), Mrs. B. Patrick (representing North TaranaM), Mr.. W. Selwjra Averill (representing Hawke's Bay), Mr. and Mrs. F. Hurley, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Grant, Mr. H. Large (from Napier), and Dr. Austin. Obituary. Another of New Zealand's pioneers; Mrs. F. E. E. Badcliffe, died en Tuesday. Mrs. Badcliffe was the second daughter of the late Major Nixon, who arrived in Wellington in the ship London in 1840. Miss Nixon married Mr. James Eadcliffe, of Manchester, in 1866, at Sydney, where they lived for several years before removing to England. In.-1879 they came to Wellington, settling at Ngaio. Mrs. Eadcliffe's husband died on July 10, 1912. Of the family of two girls and eight boys, two died in early childhood, one boy was drowned in the Eangitikei Biver, and two sons were killed in action in France, leaving as survivors Mrs. Louisa Larkin (Bemuera), Messrs. Herbert and Walter Bad* : cliffe (Ngaio), Mr. Charles Kadcliffer (Karori), and Mr. Harold Eadcliffia (Palmerston North). Exhibition of Antiques. - I There will be an interesting exhibi* tion of antiques at the Nurses' Club, Kensington Street, next Wednesday, evening, when a social evening "will be--held. Some musical items will be pre-' sented, and the evening promises to be> a very enjoyable one. Women's Christian Temperance Union. Gifts for the Willard Children 'a. Home were brought by members to tha-, recent meeting of the Wellington ■ Central . Christian Union, when visiting mothers and babies of -the-Cradle -.801 l were welcomed by Mis. Harry, -who presided. Mrs. Turner read a paper (contributed by Mrs. Perynian), which, showed that the work of the union concerned women especially as it dealt with the home and the child! The ideals of the union v-ere also clearly; expressed. Mrs. J. C. Webb's report on the hospital visiting showed that the union had taken a fortnight's duty, three times during the year, and gifts of flowers, fruit, food, clothing, and other comforts had been ■ distributed and very muclTappreciated. Mrs. Long urged members to seek for recruits to the Cradle Eoll. Tea was served by, Mrs. Hoult and helpers.. Items wera given by Mrs. Turner. Reminiscences of a Viscountess. Viscduntess Bhondda, one of the best-known of modern women, has written an autobiography, "This Was My World." It should, be of much, interest, not only to the general public, but especially to feminists (states an overseas correspondent). Viscountess Bhondda, who has many interests, is a peeress in her own right, and is always fighting, for permission for peeresses to sit in the House of Lords. She owns and directs "Time and Tide," and is a director • also of the, Industrial World. She carries on the. many great enterprises of her. father, the first Lord Bhondda. Her reminiscences deal largely with, the suffragette campaign and with.. her later work in connection with the Ministry of Health, food control, and national service. Finding that London life and her many interests left no time for writing, Lady Bhondda wrote the whole of this book during her holidays. It has taken four years to complete. Marriage and Careers. The woman who combines a career and marriage fares better than the careerist pure and simple, but none knows better than such a woman tho terrible strain of a job plus motherhood (states a writer in an English.' exchange). It takes the vitality and genius of an Ellen Terry to stand the racket of both without paying a high, price mentally and physically. Therefore, women are drifting back from, careers to marriage and motherhood. They have seen that their ambition, finds little scope in careers becausa most women who work do unsatisfying! routine jobs allotted to them because they cost less in wages and salaries than men. They see also that Nature's way is wisest, if only because any woman would rather be the mother of a Teally satisfactory baby than Prime Minister. ■