WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1920, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

PERSONAL. Mrs Kerr and Miss Kerr are spending a few months at the Bay of Islands and Whangarei. ' Mr. and Mrs. Shailer Weston, of Wellington, are visiting New Plymouth., * * * • Miss E. Fairbrother lias returned from Palmerston North. 9 . . # Sister Hamblyn and Nurse Milroy are spending a holiday in Auckland. « * • *

Miss I. Dempsey has returned to Wellington. • • • • Mrs E. A. Walker entertained a number of voung people at a delightful tennis party at her residence, '"Dunmure," last Tuesday. • • * « Miss D. Baker has returned from £l- - • • • • Rev. F. G. and Mrs Harvie are on a visit to Cambridge. * • • • Miss B. Evans, who has been visiting Dannevirke and New Plymouth, returned last week to Kotorua. • » • • Mrs and Miss Brewster, who left in the early part of last year for England, have returned to New Plymouth. • • • • Miss P. WRTtton, who has been spending a holiday in Auckland, returned on Tuesday. • » • # Miss R. Clarke haa returned from a trip to Ngaurawhahia. { Miss I. Taylor, of Manaia, is visiting Auckland. • • * • Mrs James Wilson, is on a visit to Patea. * • • • Mrs Sydney Alen returned on Wednesday from a trip to the Old Country. a « • • Miss H. Leffman (England) is the anest of Mrs Simpson. * • • • Mrs Mortimer Jone3 arrives on Tuesday, and will be the guest of her mother, Mrs R. J. Matthews. < * • • Misses I. Pope, May Joyce, Amy Harle, Myrtle Mackie, and K. McKenzle, have gone on a walking tour through the King Country to Te Kuiti. • * • • Miss Joan Wilson has returned to Auckland. ft » * * Mrs Harry Fookes is visiting Piopio, and is the guest of Mrs Frank Rochefort. * * * * Mr. John Baillie entertained a number of his friends at a Jazz party at his studio on Tuesday. * » « • Mrs T. W. Rapley, of Wellington, is on a visit to New Plymouth. • • • • Mrs W. J. Chanev wa3 hostess at an afternoon tea for Mrs Alloway (Marton) last Wednesday. » * *' ' • Miss S. Thomson leaves on Tuesday for a short visit to Wellington.

Mrs S. Cottier is giving a children's party at her residence this afternoon. • • • • Mrs J. Medley was hostess at two tables of bridge on Friday for Mrs J. Harvey (Auckland). • • • * Miss M. Thomson has returned from Wellington. • • * • Misa Tkelma Roddy, who has been the guest of Mrs- Percy Webster, has returned to Wanganui. Sirs Fox P.odgers and family arrive from Feilding on Tuesday on a short visit. ♦ • » • Miss Read and Miss Testar entertained a number of young people at afternoon tea and boating on the lake at Pukekura Park on Friday. « » * •

Mesdames Reynolds and Howell (Stratfori) and Mrs E. A. Adlam (Waipuku) are spending a few days in town.

Mrs Greig gave a most enjoyable party for young people at her residence last Monday in ho_or of Miss Mollie Morpeth, of Wellington. The evening was spent in dancing and games of all kinds were played. After supper musical items were given by Mrs Morpeth, Miss Greig and 1 Miss B, Hirst. t • • •

Visitors at the Mountain House this 1 week include: Mr an<J Mrs Clark (Auckland), Misses Taylor (Auckland), Mrs Coe (Auckland), Mr. and Miss Bradbury (Auckland), Mr. and Mrs Bisson (Napier), Mr. and Mrs Moore (New Plymouth), Miss Hales (Wellington), Mr. and Mrs Watt (Wanganui), Mr. and Mrs Whittle (New Plymouth), and Mrs Griffiths (New Plymouth).

BRITISH WOMEN WORKERS. OVERSEA SETTLEMENT SCHEME. PROSPECTS IN NEW ZEALAND. The possibility of employment in New Zealand for British women war workers were discussed by Misses F. M. Girdler and G Watkin, of the British Oversea Settlement Mission, who have returned to Auckland after a comprehensive tour of the North Island. Althougjh the ladies have not completed their enquiries they have learned sufficient to be able to express a definite opinion as to where women workers are most urgently wanted—in domestic service and industrial life.

"We shall tell the women of England that there is very little chance for them in New Zealand for clerical work, but splendid opportunities as domestic helpers and industrial workers," said Miss Girdler. The great need of domestic help for farmers' wives impressed itself strongly upon the visitors in the course of their tour of the country districts. "These women lead a hard life," said Miss Girdler, "and it seems almost impossible for them to obtain help under present conditions. I think many English women would be much more willing to go into these districts than your New Zealand girls seem to be, but the same effort will have to be made here that is being made in every other country faced with the domestic problems. The status of "the domestic workers will have to be raised to that of other occupations and definite working conditions formulated."

Speaking of the splendid work of the English land army girls, the delegates expressed the opinion that there was plenty of scope for them in the Bami; direction in New Zealand. They did not for a moment propose thit the girls tbettM it* into «*• fault da

clearing and similar work, but there certainly appeared to be opportunities for them to continue their ,farm work in the direction of share milking, bee keeping, orchards and poultry rearing. With regard to the industrial work, it was very apparent that the Dominion could readily absorb a large number of girls for its mills and factories. "Our investigations have gone to prove that therg aire unquestionably good opportunities in this country for English women," said Miss Watkins. "But another factor, equally apparent, would prevent our sending a large number of them out here, and that is the housing difficulty." The remedy suggested for this was the establishment of women's hostels under a system which had long been in operation in Canada and other countries, and which had been found admirable. Such houses might be start- | ed by private enterprise, by public subscription, or by social or philanthropic associations, with the pwsible assistance of a Government or municipal subsidy. In summing up their impressions of working conditions in New Zealand one of the delegates said: "They are sufficiently good to attract our best workers. Compared with conditions that still obtain in the same direction in England, they are ideal, and I vnsli that some of your New Zealand girls who are discontented and think thenselves hardly done by, could only have a glimpse of the life of some of the j women workers of England."

A BOND STREET TYPE. 2000-GUENEA WOMAN. The dress parade of women of wealth on fine afternoons in Bond street, London, is greater to-day than it has ever been. '"Thousand Guinea Women,' I call them," remarked a sartorial artist in one of the establishments for clothes and garjnents de luxe to a Daily Chronicle representative. "I have had some experience of the phases of West End women's clothing during the last twenty yearj, and today there are more women walking round the shops whose complete fittings and make-up approximate to a thousand guineas than I have ever remarked before." Asked how he made up the details of so large a sum, the man in the trade gave the following summary of costs: — ' Guineas. Inir coat 400 Hat, with jewelled osprey .. 50 Costume 40 Shoes with buckles 20 Silken stockings 10 i Watches and jewellery (includ. ing beads) 200 Underclothing 70 j Manicure ]0 Coiffure 10 Dental additions 50 Facial toilette H 0 Corsetiere SO Perfumes (including phial) .. IS Handbag 45 Small dog 40 Total 1040 "These wealthy additions to the Bond street parade are chiefly the war parvenu, and I sh»uld add that the Compleat Madame War Profiteer invariably comes to the shopping centre in a thou-sand-guinea automobile, so you see she is in reality a Two Thousand Guinea Woman."

WOMEN MAGISTRATES. FIRST SEVEN APPOINTED, London, Dec. 23. In view of the coming into force of the Sex Disqualification Removal Act, by which women will be eligible to act as magistrates, the Lord Chancellor lias selected seven women having a wide acquaintance with the careers of (heir countrywomen to assist him in making appointments.

These seven women namely, the Marchionesses of Crewe and Jxmdonderry, Mesdames Lloyd George, Humphrey Ward, and Sydney Webb, and Misses Elizabeth Haldane and Gertrude Tucker —will themselves become the first women magistrates.

As the magisterial bench is at present full, only a few others will be appointed in the near future, chiefly for the children's courts, but thereafter the claims of women will be considered equally with men.