WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 129, 18 October 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen.") WIFE BEATERS SHOULD THEY BE FLOGGED? At the Auckland Magistrate's C'oirt last jveek, a separation order was sought ■by Mrs. Joliiuina Patterson against her husband, Jas. Patterson, on the ground that he had been guilty of persistent cruelty. The story of her married life, as unfolded by Mrs. Patterson, was of a pitiful nature. She had been married for seven years, her husband being a •laborer. Four children had been born. The primary cause of the trouble, she said, was the fact of her husband being prone to stay awav from home and indulge in drinking b'outs. On another occasion she had reproved him for drinking in the .house, and he retaliated by putting h«r outside. On another occasion, he had struck her several times. It was stated by the husband that he had never been given to drinking until about 13 months after his marriage. . He had taken to drink in desperation owing to constant "nagging" to which lie was subjected by his wife. Regarding the allegation of assault upon his wife, he affirmed that he had not struck her, but had merely pushed her.

Mr. Kettle, S.M., described the case | as being "a dreadful business." "I be- j lieve her statements regarding your be- i haviour to be true," said Mr. Kettle j to the defendant, "and I am of opinion j that you have treated her in a brutal \ manner. I have always contended that magistrates should have tho power to order such men as you to be flogged. It is really the only way to make them J feel." Mr. Kettle advised the' husband to abstain from drink, and then perhaps his wife, reluctant though she now was, might go back to him. He would suggest an adjournmont • accordingly. The husband, however, expressed his deJ sire to have the separation order made. ■ I' This was done, the defendant being ordered to pay 30s a week, and his wife being given the custody of the four 1 children.

( NOTES FROM LONDON FRENCH WOMEN WORKERS. To about 13,000,000 male workers in France it is estimated that there are now nearly 8,000,000 women. This figure r is exclusive of wives who work with their ] husbands in business. i - j MRS. BROWN-POTTER, j This, well-known actress, who, it may |be remembered, visited New Zealand' sortie years ago with Mr. Kyrle Bellew, j intends to leave the stage-for the psychic platform. She .has t>een interested in occultism, it appears, for some" years. Mrs. Potter proposes to start lecturing next month. . -» A LADY DISPENSER. 4 j A lady, -Miss Bertha Prince, ullio; qualified four years ago as a chemist.! and druggist, lias been appointed phari macist to the Nottingham General Eos-1 j pital. A number of public institutions, f J it as interesting to women to note, are j j no>v under tb,e.superintehden,ce of wouien i j chemists.

A LAPY EDITOR. Mrs. Tate, who was'formerly editor of the iSind Gazette, has just died at . Karachi, in India. Mrs. Tate, who followed her father as editor, was a sister of "Laurence Hope," the poetess. MARRIED TEACHERS. " "Tie qualities that- make . a goodteacher arc also of the first importance ,in'a.wife:■ high moral.character, robust health, the "hardiness acquired by regularity in the performance of ,duties, a disciplined mind, breadth of. .view, method, esprit de corps, and, last but not least, an expert knowledge of child-life. I should like to see a much larger number of women teachers marry," wrote a.n Oxford schoolmistress recently. 1 HUNGARIAN WOMEN'S FRANCHISE. I't is believed that the Hungarian Government proposes in Its new Franchise Reform Bill to grant the franchise to all women who "have" passed certain;-State examinations ajid to women who manage, their own' estates or businesses or are otherwise economically" independent. Altogether this" would' probably mwau the accession of.-some hundred : andi fifty thousand women to the body of Parliamentary voters; - ,

_ : WOMAN'S FINE SWIM. Miss Lily Smith, the champion woman swimmer, who intends t.'o attempt the Channel shortly,- lias, succeeded, in accomplishing a swim of 20 miles in six and a quarter hours from Jlover to.llamsgate, thereby beating the- records of both Webb and Wolfe by more than an hour. Moreover, on leaving the water after her great feat pf. endurance and strength, the young'swimmer appeared, in no way distressed. - WOMAN TRAM DRIVER/' For,, the first, time in the United Kingdom a,tram was driven last'week.'by'.a woman, a Mrs. Turner, whose husband, , (a tram driver at the White City) fell ill] ;There was some,little difficulty in getting the permission of the authorities at .•ftrgtbut', Oti' 3®rs. Tiirncr's_ declaration that "she "kii'etf ; all about "it,"-she mi .al{o\vc(l td try her hand and dj'ove the like a skilled man. The innovation, as: far as visitors were concerned, was very popular, and Mrs. Turner continued driving a crowded tram all day. If the pi-oper"'authorities will let her qualify fof a. driver's license, White. City | officials will keep her on.