THE FAIR SEX IN WELLINGTON.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2072, 14 October 1880, Page 3

THE FAIR SEX IN WELLINGTON.

“ Silverpen ” is very severe on the Wellington ladies. In a letter to the “ Herald ” she describes the establishment of a Women’s Social Science Association in San Francisco, and then goes on to say : — 11 If women would so bind themselves together all over the world, with the end in view of ennobling themselves and those around them, how far preferable it would be to the present fashion they have of visiting and backbiting their neighbors. I remember, in Wellington, when I lived there, I never saw gossip and cold-blooded slander carried on wholesale by any other women in any part of the world where I have been as it is there by the female population, who would even take the trouble to pay a visit to people they did not know, with the sole purpose of telling some unpleasant story about an unfortunate creature, who was prettier and more noticed than themselves. And I really do believe if they could in that particular city be induced to take up some of the scientific work, so widely patronised by American women of culture, they would add to their happiness, and be mono beloved. I am so glad to have the opportunity of mentioning anything for their special benefit, hoping they may see it. This society is ably presided over by Mrs Stow. We have regular officers and by-laws, and we don’t allow the shadow of a coat-tail on the floor.”