BOYS' INSTITUTE

Evening Post, Issue 37, 12 August 1936, Page 15

BOYS' INSTITUTE

LADIES' AUXILIARY MEETS

A meeting of the Boys' Institute. Ladies' Auxiliary was held in the Institute Building, Tasman Street, Mrs. W. I. McCallum (vice-president) occupying the chair. ■ The director's report stated that several applications for admission to the boarding department had been received during the month. The health of the boys had been'good, and the egeneral behaviour excellent. The chairwoman reported that a change of date had taken place in the Institute "Street Day" appeal, which would now be held on September 17. The appeal is being made in order that sufficient funds may be raised for the replenishing •of furnishings, in the boarding establishment. The ladies' auxiliary members have made themselves responsible for all bed and table linen, also kitchen furnishings used in the home since its inception in 1914. Over 470 boys have passed through . the institution as boarders, and in this time the upkeep of linen and household furnishings is necessarily a heavy item.

PRAISE OF CHINESE WOMEN

Only one race of women are never untidy, never fussed or bothered in appearance, always perfectly dressed, immaculate in face, hands, and hair, have perfect carriage and charming, modest manners. They are the Chinese. This is. the view of Miss Helen M. Davis, n Singapore fashion expert. "The Chinese women are the bestdressed women in the world today," she said, "and the Shanghai dress is the loveliest style yet invented. Not all (he dressmakers of London, Paris, and New York have evolved a more useful or more flattering frock." Miss Davis, an Englishwoman, suid (hat British and French women "cut their clothes in odd pieces, vary the n.-Uurrl waist, and disguise the beauty I >,i their bodies with bulky material." j