INFLUENCE OF WOMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 68, 11 June 1927, Page 7

INFLUENCE OF WOMEN

The Mayor of Wellington, Mr. G. A. Troup, in speaking ut the Pioneer Club recently, said that he was of opinion that women could take a most useful and effective part in civic affairs, and he had been impressed lately in Auckland with the tine part Miss Melville took at the council meetings there. His idea was that women’s sphere was world-wide, and that they should not be cramped or limited in using their best attributes for the benefit of others. He thought that their having the vote had been all for gbod in elections, and their influence had been exerted in wise and beneficial directions. He was sure that the first place for the best women and men to start their work in life was in the homes. If they both influenced their children in the best way, and led them into being good citizens in their turn, they had carried out the best work. Then, when their opportunity came to help in a bigger scale, they could imagine a city full of good, clean, healthy homes, and work hard for that ideal. The first and greatest opportunity for both parents on this side of the grave was within their own homes.

For many a long year the dress ; _ world has surely seen nothing quite like the amazing vogue of taffetas. Taffe- ! tas in a large checked design is the ) newest whimsy, and this bold-pat-terned fabric not only fashions some ; of the smartest “little” afternoon ' frocks, but is even seen at evening j functions. A most amusing blue and j black check had an old-world decollet- ! age finished off with a handkerchief en j suite, knotted fichu fashion. It was | indubitably chic, but it was not exactly ! the kind of chic one is accustomed to associate with evening reception- j rooms in the “big world.” The frock i seemed to “belong” essentially to ; Montmartre.