Women the World Over

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 973, 16 May 1930, Page 5

Women the World Over

A BIRD CHORUS The art of whistling may be learned at the Agnes Woodward School o£ Artistic Whistling in LO3 Angeles, California. It was Miss Agnes Woodward who organised the famous birdwhistling chorus in America. Thirty young women whistlers comprise the chorus, which has the distinction of being the only one of its lvind in the world. CANINE LOVE This happy-looking; lady has made a hobby of dogs. She is Mrs. Ber-

nard Cuthbert, . one of the foremost chow breeders in England, and many champion dogs have come from her kennels at Catford.

WARDROBE MISTRESS For 1G years Mrs. Phyllis Nelson has been wardrobe mistress to the 1,600 performers in the Ringley, Barnum and Bailey circus, designing and making costumes for all the animals, which include 75 elephants, the same number of camels, S 6 horses, and many other creatures such as donkeys, zebras, monkeys, dogs, cats, etc. She declares that the animals are very proud of their gay costumes, and that the monkeys always desire a mirror when they are being fitted. AN AUSTRALIAN WRITER Miss Myra Morris, the well-known Australian writer, has left for England to find her niche in the literary world of the Mother Country. She intends seeking “colour” in Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall, and will tour these counties by bicycle.