Women the World Over

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 June 1927, Page 5

Women the World Over

IN FINLAND

Miss Sillinpaa, who was recently appointed Assistant Social Minister in the Labour Government of Finland, is the first woman to gain such an honour in that country. She began life as a domestic servant and, as an outcome of that early experience, she later made a serious study of social conditions generally, thus qualifying herself for the important post she has been selected to fill.

BEAUTY AND CHARM

Here we see the Hon. Charlotte Stourton, the only daughter of the

THE MAGIC INK

Mrs. W. L. George, author of the successful novel “Purity” and wife of the even more successful novelist who died last year, is a writer who was practically forced to take up the pen. W. L. George had for being a writer who understood women, and when in New York with him on one occasion Mrs. George was asked by an editor there to write an article, "How I Manage the Man Who Understadns Women.” She agreed, thinking her husband would write it for her. 1-Ie declined, however, and, tackling the job herself, she made such a success of it that the editor asked for more. Later .she wrote her novel, and is now finishing another.

THE OLDEST TYPISTE

It is claimed that the oldest typiste in the world is Miss Sharmann, who is 95 years old and still manages the orphanage at Southwark, London, which she founded 60 years ago. She personally types all her correspondence.

NEW PRISON SYSTEM

A unique position is that for which New Jersey State Reformatory for Dr. Mary B. Harris, superintendent of Women, lias been selected. She is to take charge of the special prisons for women in U.S.A. which the United States Government has decided upon, following years of persistent agitation by the Federation of Women’s Clubs and kindred societies. These institutions are to be controlled and conducted by women, and £500,000 will be expended in inaugurating this system. Many of the unfortunates whom Dr. Harris will have in her charge will be drug-addicts.

AN AUSTRALIAN ARTIST

Miss Agnes Goodsir, an Australian artist, who recently returned from abroad, is one of the only two Australian women who have been made a Societaire of the Salon des Beaux Arts. Eighteen years . -go as a young student she left Bendigo (Victoria) with little money but much enthusiasm and went to study in Paris. Before her training there was completed she had won silver medals for her nudes and portraits. In 1922 she had four pictures hung in the Paris Salon, and in the following year three more were accepted. Her pictures have also been hung in the London Academy and other notable English exhibitions. Among her portraits of famous personages are those of Dame Ellen Terry, Lord Russell and Lady Findlay. Miss Goodsir will spend about nine months in Australia, during which time she will make studies of Australian scenes to take back to Paris. She will probably hold exhibitions of her work in Melbourne and Sydney.

METHODIST BIBLE CLASSES

A banquet will be given by young women of the Methodist Bible Class movement on June 21 to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the movement. Miss L. M. Hodder, the Dominion secretary, will address a rally of city and suburban classes in the Pitt Street Church on June 14. Various other conferences and discussions will also be held. Numerous models in various tones of green constituted one of the features of a 'cent afternoon dress show. Many of the ensemb!. s were composed of two to s: pea-green or jade, for instance, for the upper part and the lining of the coat, with dark emerald or bottle-green for the outside of the coat and the lower part of the skirt. It was interesting to note that the rage for three-piece ensembles, notwithstanding this house exhibited some highly original dress models, indicative of Persian influence. One very pretty gown of dark green Kasha, cut very plainly and severely on straight lines, had a long narrow waistcoat of palest green crepe de chine, outlined and emphasised with curious Persian embroideries in a dull, pale gold. Ln a similar style. ? ceinture design was worked at the top of the skirt, and there were en suite touches at the wrists. A flat, round neck opening was outlined by a single line of plain gold cord.