Women the World Over

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 363, 25 May 1928, Page 5

Women the World Over

TALENT AND CHARM A recent portrait of Mrs. Henri See, a lady of politics and letters. who scored an instant success with her

novel, “Race of Leaves.” On its merits she was elected a member of the P.E.N. Club. FOR FRANCE In the great Creusot ironworks in France, where most of the guns and munitions for the French Army are made, one of the most important technical departments is now managed by , a woman. Mile. Nourit, who was for- j merly on the metallurgical staff of the works. She has many men under her control and is frequently entrusted with official information of the most confidential nature. Mile. Nourit celebrated her 30tli birthday only a few months

AT CAMBRIDGE Miss Elsa Lang, of Adelaide, was recently selected from about a dozen applicants for a position on the staff of women tutors at Cambridge University. Although still in her early twenties she has specialised in the classics and archaeology, upon which subjects she has published some valuable papers. ASSOCIATE BACTERIOLOGIST Miss Alice Evans, associate bacteriologist of the Uited States Hygienic Laboratories in Washington, has been elected president of the Society of American Bacteriologists. She has made important contributions to medical science. especially in connection with the study of Malta fever, and is said to have been the first person to discover that disease may be transmitted from cattle to human beings. MATTERS MILITARY Hitherto, candidates for commissions in the British Army have been coached by men, but there are now several women tutors in London who are preparing candidates for examinations. In a recent examination for entrance to Sandhurst Military College, two of the successful candidates had been coached by Miss Ethel Buchanan, who is specialising in this work. ALOFT Miss Winifred Spooner, the only woman competitor to enter, recently won the 20-mile race arranged by the Suffolk Aero Club. She piloted a Moth machine and this was her initial experience in airplane racing.