Jottings About Town

NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 15

Jottings About Town

4 Fait Fabians \ THE first Fabian Society of New Zea- i ■*• land has happened 'along up m \ r Auckland, and, as Usual, .women have £ more than one finger m. the, pie. The "4 1063- desired equality of sexes is shown ; * here, numerically at least, fo? of the j fifty members h&Jf are of the long-: f enslaved sex (which now, it's Only fair j to add, is. rapidlj' mSLking:up for -lost ; |. time).,-- ''"y\r 7 ;: '(. ?'■■':'--. " ;-■;., ' -|/ The committee has worked so splen- - r dldly that when Visitors appear the *- ( general outcry is: "fchls doesfa't look f 5 like a L^or ; atf air." b For. , thef room , ;* is artis'tic^' seats' -ar«r usedbiiietea^ of y* soap-boxes, and the supper served ,* every Saturday evening is not cheese -7 and beer, but coffee and cakes. ;lfe'ere * still will tie good times m the allegedly « good times'. coming- — or so members ■•* assure us. f The different brands of socialism , * flourished about are, m'of 6 colors- than b|; the conventional red. A paper is usu-- j* ally read, an article delivered, and dis- .j cussion waxes frank and .jfree.y b'vsT ;> \ ■•-.■-■ «.. Welcome Back! - | VfrELLINGTON: Is rather thrilled over ;* ; • "■■ the impending return ;0f; Lady ;| Liverpool, wife of a one-time New ;j Zealand Governor- General; b. - : ._.yy y ; The , younger set. can just renipmher iliady Liverpool a*) a graceful figure ;t often; to bb seen itifttdingjfclfc,: pacing ;*.. he* horse, alongbdnebof Wellington's . !-£ many sea-roads. • .'..??' To senior members, however^ she is- _\< aii old and valued friend alia -there are- .ly great doings m many" of ''the-leagues^ b|. and socioties with which 'she'; vJ^tsbas-* 12 sociated here. Several welcomes :have ,.-...;5, been arranged and the gaf dens ;pf '^old; ;\*j acquaintances - Will be: ,cbaxe& bintq }.j their best and brightest fdftttbfor -tea], .*?■ oh the laWif is the form wKiijhbmost \Z of the little reunions will Ttekeyy ;£- --r rMyNotYmY i| ■',"■-"■■■• ■ - %'^ ■ TEpS famous poi sonig which hasjma&e; r % % ■ such a hit _m Hollywood as set to ;^; Alfred Hill's Tmusic, is ohe : <>f. "the many 4 Wistful little melodies woven, into theyy racial history of the Arawa tribe. ■'.%: Very few visitors . to Rotorua. fiS^S-- ■)% not heard the ,'W&stta P&i."t^g££* >'S •mamfrerea it,7JEof' the^very slmpUcitjwog -^ 7 the .air makes it. haunting. -Itris rathgr; ' a pit*,7f^btn the New Ze'alatidei'B pgnjk y 5 - "bf • Vietf^tliat^e : 'T<tf bSong£veouldrf* , ;•;-; •have been 7reprtiduced> r ih Amerifea^ v^s*. y as 'it has 'been /Sting here : 7,by genera^* y; 'tions of Maoris. y >•: , A ; : b^ y* WjT « b There is ab wealth' of bimmiriea^gol^ ;- in the Maori voice, Which; 4s yrftegfc^J among the women, as tuneful and : natural as that bf a bird;, .add", tennis the pieturesftue - physique .and- coatsnres: y of our natives, and we have an item which should make Hollywood look as W6ll as- listen.; • '"•' ■'■' ) '■;■ ;' - b_ b '.', I'rr. * . : 'i':.r» ' V * ' THE emancipation of women is a b much-discussed topic and many would have it that our cigarettes, cocktails and other fashionable eccentricities are no more than ppfle. Not so declareth one very, wellknown, young lady of Wellington, a charming and popular brunette,' who goes to balls at Government House and Wheresoever the; bright lights may be depended upon to twinkle, This young lady does not flourish a cigarette m public, but m private' and . with deep enjoyment, she smokes either pipe of cigar. Cigarettes* . shfe thinks, are rather effeminate, besides being injurious and fax less soothing than "man's first friend." y . ..