Women the World Over

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 695, 21 June 1929, Page 5

Women the World Over

THE GREEK PROFILE A portrait study of Miss Ivetty Hipp, who was chosen to represent Luxembourg at the Annual International

Pageant of Pulchritude held at Galveston, Texas, recently. She is 20 years old and is a native of Oberkorn, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. SEED-TESTING An unusual occupation is that of Airs. Ethel Ely Pattison, who established for commercial purposes the International Seed-testing Laboratories, in New York. AH kinds of seeds are dealt with—seeds for race tracks, athletic fields and golf courses, seeds for forage crops and- for the vegetble and flower garden. Besides being connected with most of the large seed companies in the United States, Mrs. Pattison is consultant to many foreign Governments, and she is opening laboratories in Paris and Hamburg. BANANA GROWING Two enterprising New Zealanders, Alisses Skipper and Newman, took over a small banana farm at Samsonvale, Queensland, about a year ago and are making a success of their ten-acre holding. Labour is engaged only for work beyond their strength and they do their own chipping, working in male attire to ensure freedom of movement. A TIRELESS WORKER Miss Schardt, although handicapped by blindness, has done much to benefit the New South Wales Home for Incurables at Ryde, which she founded many -years ago. During the past 15 years, owing to her unceasing activities, £25,000 has been added to the funds of the home, and recently she undertook a lecturing tour to further the interests of the institution whose welfare she has so much at heart.