HOUSEWIVES’ ASSOCIATION

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 48, 19 May 1927, Page 5

HOUSEWIVES’ ASSOCIATION

WORLD-WIDE INTEREST Aliss Portia Geach, founder and past president of the Housewives’ Association, New South Wales division, who has been abroad for several years, returned to Sydney in February, and during her absence, she made a point of getting in touch with housewives 1 associations in different parts—America, Geneva, Italy and England were among the places she visited. Showing the interest that is being aroused in other parts of the world where housewives are banding together for the common good, Aliss Geach supplied the following letter, which she recently received from Airs. Alarie Michelet, Oslo, Stotsgate: “I was most interested in hearing that the housewives of Australia have organised themselves. So have we in the four northern countries —Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. We have each a National League. In Norway, where there are 2J million inhabitants all in all, we have about 20,000 housewives in our league, the name of which means “The Welfare of the Home.” In Sweden and Denmark they have about as large a league as in Norway, but, in Finland, they have 36,000 members —a most wonderful work they have accomplished there. All four countries have our joint organisation Nordens Husmorforbund. I have had the joy of founding this myself, and have been president of it as long as our laws permitted. Now Denmark has appointed the president. “Now I should be delighted to hear more of your work in Australia. We can read all your prints, but I am sorry to say it would be of little use to send you ours, as you would not be able to understand either of our four languages. But, from Alay 19 to 24, we are having a large meeting in Bergen, Norway, and we should be delighted to have you come to Bergen and see what our work there is like.” As Aliss Geach had returned to Sydney she was unable to accept the invitation, which was forwarded on from Geneva. For the business girl who does not possess the facilities for ironing handkerchiefs in a hurry, the following “wrinkle” may be helpful: Wash your handkerchief and place it wet on your mirror, or any glazed surface. The handkerchief will not only dry very quickly, but will present a smooth appearance.

When candle grease gets spilled on furniture or polished boards, do not attempt to scratch it off, which might ruin the furniture, but make a duster very hot, hold it over the candle grease till the latter has become soft, then wipe it off. Any remainder of softened grease will help to polish the wood if well rubbed with a clean duster.