A QUAKER

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 85, 1 July 1927, Page 5

A QUAKER

Emily Howland, a Friend in her 100th year, living at Sherwood, Cayuga County, has been the recipient of the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters conferred on her by the University of New York State. This is the first time that the university at Albany has conferred an honorary degree on a woman. Miss Howland had arrived in New York after a 198-mile motor ride from her home, apparently none the worse for the effort. Dr. Charles F. Weelock, former Assistant-Commissioner of Education, presented her for" the diploma, and Dr. Graves, in conferring the degree, said: “No truer characterisation of your life purpose can be gy/en than your own statement of what you have sought to do for youtfy: ‘The monument that I would builcy shall be not of the material that knows decay; it shall be developed powers, deeper thought, higher aspirations, broader, richer lives of useful service to their time, for the growth of their community..’ ” IN ITALY Mrs. Maud Sherwood (nee Kimball), who left New Zealand some years ago, and has been recently painting in Italy, has been described in one of the most prominent Paris art periodicals as “being, possessed of a special and individual charm,”, and “an artist of remarkable gifts,” and that her .work must be of the best is borne, out by the fact that she has had one of her water colours hung at the Paris Salon, and has been asked to give an exhibition of her paintings. WITH THE PLOUGH # Among the exhibitors at the recent Sydney Show was one genuine woman farmer, Miss E. W. Allnut, of Quirindi, New South Wales. With her widowed mother, she controls a farm, is a good “ploughman.” and can drive a tractor and do all the other work involved in making success of life on the land. She won a “special” at the show with an exhibit of Federation wheat. EXPLORERS Mrs. Frances Gilmore, of San Francisco, recently returned from a camera trip in the wilds of Central South America- which earned her the medal of the American Geographical Society, and is now busily preparing for an expedition to Dutch New Guinea. Mrs. Gilmore will be accompanied on her New Guinea trip by Miss Mabel Gensler, of the University in San Francisco, and their object will be to secure photographs of unusual things and places for reproduction in United States newspapers and magazines. As a result of her expedition to South America, where for several months at a time she lived among the Indians with no civilised person nearer than a 100 miles, Mrs. Gilmore realised a very substantial sum for the copyright of the pictures she took. AT THE WHEEL This year the second prize in the dependability test of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria went to a woman—Miss Jean Robertson. She was the only one of her sex to compete, and was accompanied during the test by another woman. PENWOMEN’S LEAGUE FIXTURES FOR JULY The following events have been arranged by the League of New Zealand Penwomen: Friday, July 1.—3 p.m.: Sketch exhibition by art section; all members of the league invited. Tuesday, July 5.—7.45 p.m.: Literary study section; Robert Browning. Friday, July 8.—3 p.m.: Impromptu speaking section. Tuesday, July 12.—7.45 p.m.: Journalism section—(l) Select best special article appearing in papers (give precis and tell why article appealed); (2) most interesting news item (local news or a -foreign cable) give reasons for interest; (3) most interesting local par; give impressions; write original par of 100 to 120 words Friday. July 15.—3 p.m.: Mrs. Ferner to tell of her work among the young people of Auckland. Note.—Management Committee to meet at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 19.—7.45 p.m.: Dramatic section, "The Man from Toronto.” Friday, July 22.—3 p.m.: Election of officers; reports and general business. Members are requested to send in suggestions for league motto and emblem for this date. Tuesday, July 26.—7.45 p.m.: Art section; members to be notified. Friday, July 29.—3 p.m.: Afternoon tea. Members should note that fees for the year ending June 30, 1928, are now due and are payable to the hon. secretary, Mrs. Yictor Macky. 88 Mountain Road. Epsom. Yearly subscription: Professional members £1 Is. associate members £1 Is 1 (if paid before September 30), if not paid ; by that date fees will be £1 11s 6d.

FLOWER HAT TRIMMINGS Flowers are as important a decoration for hats as they are for buttonholes. The flowers that one sees in wreaths are most naturally reproduced. Great bunches of white and tiger-shaded violets are tucked under the brims of close-fitting hats. Sprays of pussy-willow, almond blossom, or great dog daisies and poppies, hang over the sides of larger models. Roses in every colour, size and variety are still the favourite flower. They are seen in tight little bunches, or they are placed negligently on the brim. There is so much allure about their placing that one wonders why we have gone about in untrimmed millinery for so long. Wreaths are even more attractive. Primroses, wallflowers, and forget-me-nots are massed together, each flower being copied in a different material. They are worn in a variety of ways. Some straggle across the crown, nestling into little dimples in the straw, others encircle the crown halfway up. and, of course, there is the ever-popular way of combining flowers with ribbon streamers. Exotic blooms are as popular as dandelions and their clocks. Magnolias are sometimes shown in velvet, at others hand-painted in pique. White velvet hyacinth buds are lovely, and posies of lacquered orange-blossom are seen on bright straw hats.