Women the World Over

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 927, 21 March 1930, Page 5

Women the World Over

AN ACTIVE LIFE Mary Roberts Rhinehart, the popu- j iar novelist, is a woman o£ many in- | terests. On the completion of her j last book she commenced her duties as a member of the United States Public Lands Commission, on which she is the only woman representative. She has made an intimate study of the far Western States as is evident in her novels. A HUGE STATUE At Huelva, in Spain, a statue rising to a height of 105 ft will mark the spot from which Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage of discovery. It was designed by a woman, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. A PRISON GOVERNOR Commencing her career as a kindergarten teacher, Frau Rose Heifers interested herself in prison work, and, from being a voluntary worker, was appointed governor of the Banimstrasse Prison in Berlin. She is also a Labour member in the Prussian Parliament. BIRDWOMEN Birdmen have long been in the public eye; now birdwomen are claiming their share of attention. With Miss Lorraine Defern as founder and president of the club, the Birdwomen of the U.S.A. held their first meeting in the quarters of “Skyway” at the Boston air post, women pilots and aviation students being in attendance.

EARLY FAME

Xorah Levine, a Coney Island high chool girl, has been awarded the Leo-

pold Schepp Foundation prize for proficiency in domestic science. She is also the best girl cook in Brooklyn and the foremost girl orator. A GIRL ARTIST | Miss Marjorie Brooks, who recently won the Prix de Rome for painting, received her tuition at the Royal Academy Art Schools, and previously won a two-years scholarship from the Royal Academy. The Prix de Rome carries with it a three-years scholarship. Miss Brooks has already exhibited a picture, “The Work Room,” at Burlington House.

FLOWERS FOR THE TROUSSEAU

It is well known that Princess Marie Jose, the Belgian Princess, loves flowers of all kinds —wild country , blooms and exotic hothouse flowers. | She loves, as well, the beautiful garden | varieties, and so it was a charming ; thought to introduce flowers into the j embroidery which was worked by hand j on much of the trousseau for the Royal bride. Several garments were trimmed with malines lace of a flower pattern, roses and their pointed leaves, and one or two pretty dressing-gowns had small flowers embroidered upon them. One of these dainty wraps was of shell-pink satin with roses worked in shaded pink silks, and the slippers worn with it had a tight little bouquet of tiny pink rosebuds adorning each. Every bit of Princess Marie Jose's lingerie was all white; even i the ribbons on it were not coloured.