From The East
A COLORFUL word picture of the ** Oriental splendor of China, Japan and the Malay, States is painted by a former Chiistchurch social worker, Miss Gertrude Owen, rome years ago general secretary of the Christchurch Y.W.C.A. and at, present on' a. holiday to the city of the plains.
The palatial eastern homes of the Europeans, the desire of the Oriental ■women to acquire hygienic methods of domestic science, their reverence for the teachers Avith the message, the quaint habits of the Malays, the Imperial splendor of Oriental Royalty, and the resistance of the east to the change, to western customs are spoken interestingly of by Miss Owen whose ten years m the east has furnished her with a wonderful fund of knowledge. Miss Owen/ will .shortly, .return to continue her work among the women of the East ■
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NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 16
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139From The East NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 16
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