Jottings

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 January 1917, Page 4

Jottings

_ « The yojing Duchess of >4nthcrla:i>d has been appointed Mistress of tho Robes in place of tho Duchess of Devonshire, noiv Vicereine in Canada. Spain and Venezuela are not counted advanced countries, but they aire among the few States whose women do not forfeit nationality on marriage with an alien. The Grand-Duchess of MeckleaburgStrelitz, the last living grandchild of George II.M, has just died in Germany, aged 92. Queen Mary- was the favorite niece of this veneirahle lady, who mnht have grieved to miss her niece's animal visit to the little German capital up''" to 1814. Two women .inspectors of public amusements have been 'appointed- at Birmingham.. Their business ie t-o visit picture shows and public places of entertainment, and to confer with local authorities in .regard to 1 complaints which may b ; e brough against them. MiSs, Margaret I'oitcr, daughter of the popular novelist, O. Henry, is lieu'self a recent addition to the list of American story-writers. fe'hc has adopted her father's pen name and is now known as Miss O. Henry. Imperial sanction (■says ''.Jus Suffragli") has been given to a statute granting Finnish women the same right- as men to be appointed teachers in State schools, universities and academies. The only limitation is that they are not entitled to exercise judicial authority as professors of universities and academies. A wonderful family record is that of Miss Jackson, mayoress of Rochester. Three times she has been elected to that civic dignity, and wow is to bo given another year of office. Miss Jackson has five brothers and* each one of them has been Mayor of some town in England. May Sinclair, the authoress of "The Divine Fire," and other well-known stories, wa.s one the early volunteers tor field work in the war, and was soon attached to the Belgian Red Cross and became one of the famed "Women of Pervysc," who are still ministering comfort to the soldiers of Belgium. * Lady Lugard (formerly Miss Flora iShawj lias from the first taken a leading part in helping and providing for refugees. Upon her and Mrs Alfred Lyttelton mainly depended the reception of the first companies of homeless Belgians, who fled without ; tho barest necessities ! of life. Soon they and their committee had fitted up Earl's Court and Alexandra Palace /or ouv hapless guests. Miss Dorothea Price 'Hughes, daughter of Hugh Price Hughes, has written a tienchant article in the "Contemporary! Review," criticising Mr Arnold J3ennett's presentment of Methodism in his novels. He has seen only the unlovely commonplaces and defects of Methodism, of the sustained passion of religion which has made Methodism the force it has bean in England lie knows nothing. Madame Molba last year offered a scholarship valued at £75, which covers fees for two years at the Conservatorium of Music Melbourne. Tho Queensland and New South Wales aspirants Metre first heard in Sydney, then Madame Melba herself heard tho twenty finally selected -from all over Australia'. The winner was Miss Doris Leech, o'f Adelaide. Miss Rogina. (Julia, a- Hindu girl, has applied for enrolment as a pleader. She passed the Bachelor of Laws examination this year. Her advocate submitted that the word person included both sexes. Tho special bench of the High Court of Calcutta was considering the matter when the

latest mail left. j In England the question of deadly , drugs in -manufacture has been greatly • aggravated by the • war and women j have been dying in can oquenc,'. All • inquiry is being organized by the women's industrial, council into occupations which are favourable or unfavorable to motherhood, and the results will bo made available to to parents, teachers, cairo committees and women workers. The University of 1 Christiania lias appointed Dr Ellen Gleditsch, lecturer, in radio chemistry. Dr Gleditsch is a pupil of Madame Oivrrie, and a prominent feminist, being one of the members of the organization committee of the Norwegian Branch of tlie B International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace.