TALENTED WOMEN.
Sir--Marion Waite in a- recent discussion on radio programmes -complained that there is not enough New Zealand talent on the wireless’ and at the same time said that with a household of three to look after she had no time to study The Listener for programmes. As she is obviously a stranger to New Zealand and to The Listener I would point out to her that New Zealand women’s best talents are not such as could be advertised on the air. Marion Waite should visit the Plunket Rooms, Karitane Houses, Women’s Institutes, Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union, and _ similar gatherings and see the wonderful and varied crafts and cooking -displayed. True, we have our bad cooks and untrained housewives who ‘whimper about work, but they do not come under the heading of talented women. New Zealand women are talented and able gardeners, horsewomen, and dancers. Marion Waite should see our farmer’s wives catering for musterers and shearers at shearing time when their day’s work begins about 5.0 a.m. and ends at 8.0 pm. Many New Zealand women have a horror of becoming narrow-minded-they like to hear the great performers overseas-to hear the best the world has and so be able to judge if New Zealand has anything really good to offer. Marion Waite should also see New Zealand women catering for a large gathering in the country such as dog trials, sports meetings and s6 on when really good food is put on free; and at the end of the day she will see these women spruce up and be found as hostesses at the dance that generally winds up these occasions. nO And she will hear no complaints from them that they have no time to- study The Listener: : :
SOPRANO
(Palmerston North).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 480, 3 September 1948, Page 5
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296TALENTED WOMEN. New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 480, 3 September 1948, Page 5
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