HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 36, 13 February 1939, Page 2

HITHER AND THITHER

Ascent of Mount Egmont Because of unfavourable weather, fewer ascents than usual have been made this year to the summit of Mount Egmont, states an exchange. However, a party of four, Misses Nancy Olphert, Lower Hutt; Ruth Oliver, Greymouth; Mr. Dick Boyer, Waverley, and Guide Kurk Johnson, Dawson Falls, made the ascent on Tuesday morning. The climb was begun at 7 o'clock and the summit was reached at mid-day, when a wonderful view was obtained of Tongariro, Ruapehu, and Ngauruhoe. Girl Guide World Camp The name finally chosen for the world camp of the Girl Guides in Hungary is Pax Ting. The Boy Scouts wished that they should not use their special name “Jamboree,” so the Chief Guide and the director of the world bureau chose the name “Pax Ting,” which embodies the word “peace,” as well as being part of the name of the Baden-Powell’s home, Pax Hill. Ting is a northern word for a “gathering” in the most ancient parliament in Europe, that of Iceland, which has always been called the Ting. Therefore, Pax Ting means a parliament of peace, and as peace is the thing most longed for in the world, it is hoped that the girls have had a lucky title chosen for their great gathering.

, Producing Plays for Children A pioneer in children’s theatre production in New York is Mrs. Clare Tree Major, who for the last 15 years has been director of the Children’s Theatre, of New York, which she founded. Mrs. Major is a grandniece of the famous nineteenth century English actress herself to experiment an untried field—that of producing plays for boys and girls. Mrs. Major is a I graduate of the Royal Academy of I Dramatic Art in London, of which Sir ! Herbert Beerbohm Tree was head. ; When a descendant of the famous ■ stage family of Tree went to him to i study, he was especially interested in | her career, and wrote the preface to > her first book on the development of i voice and personality. | Interest in Nutrition ■ A special appeal has been made to I I women throughout the world by Sir | jjohn Orr, the eminent research ' worker on nutrition problems and ■ J director of the Rowett Research In- • 'stitute .in Aberdeen, to take an ini creasingly active part in the moveI ment which tends to raise the physical standard of the population by dietary improvement. He has urged members of the National Councils of Women through the International Coun'cil, to draw up a short, simple pamphlet, stating in simple terms of foodstuffs applicable in each country, the 'nutritional standards set up by the iLeague of Nations, following the findings of its nutrition committee. A I copy of this pamphlet, he declares, [should be put into the hands of every another in the world. Miss Baden-Powell’s 80th. Birthday 1 A luncheon of friendship was given • Miss Baden-Powell, sister of Lord ißaden-Powell, and founder of the Girl 'Guides, by 80 of her personal friends 'at the Ladies’ Carlton Club, says a [London exchange, to mark her 80th. birthday. Mrs. James Pennethorne, of Napier, Now Zealand, who, assisted by Miss Godson, organised the function, i presented her with a gold wristlet [watch on behalf of those present. Miss Lalla Miller, from Napier, gave her la trinket box of New Zealand wood. She also received many individual gifts, including a water-colour picture of the lyre bird, from Australian Girl Guides, and a metal bowl from Count Zeppelin, with whom she used to fly in the early days of aviation. Lord Charnwood, who presided, said that Miss Baden-Powell's secret of perpetual youth was the outdoor life she led with the Girl Guides, and the in- . lense interest she look in everything, i