WOMEN’S WORLD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 26, 28 December 1932, Page 9

WOMEN’S WORLD.

Mrs A. L. 'Falls, of Napier, is visiting Mrs E. Barnes, Palmerston North.

Mrs Olphert, of Lower Hutt, is visiting her mother, Mrs R. C. Tennent, of Woodville.

Mr and Mrs W. A. Lyon and their daugliter, Margaret, of Woodville, are staying at Wailcanae. Mrs Wallace Cook and familv, with her sister-in-law, Miss Cook, left today on a holiday visit to the Tauranga district. Miss C. Ashton, of Palmerston North,, left for Tiniaru on Monday. She will attend the Y.W.C.A. conference at Waitaki.

Mr and Mrs C. C. Aitken, of Palmerston North, are the guests of Mrs W. Gale, of Shirley, Christchurch, for the Christmas holidays. Among the visitors to Tongariro National Park are Mr and Mrs W. T. Penny, of Palmerston North, and Miss J. L. Crabb, of Feilding. The engagement is announced of Elsie, third daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Holdaway, Ballance, to Jack, second son of Mr and Mrs C.,Sweetman, Palmerston North.

The death is reported from Eketahuna of an old resident, Mrs Elizabeth Power, widow of the late Mr A. R. Power. The late Mrs Power was born in Cheshire 78 years ago, and came to New Zealand in 1903. Her husband predeceased her 18 years ago. She leaves an adult family of three daughters, Mrs A. Webb (Manchester), Mrs J. Alfred (Upper Hutt) and Mrs J. McAnulty (Eketahuna).

An old resident of Ngaruawahia passed away a few days ago in the person of Mrs Hanorali O’Brien. The deceased, who was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1860, came to New Zealand with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs William Jones, about 65 years ago. The family took up land in the district now known as Te Rapa. Fifty years ago she was married to the late Mr William John O’Brien, who was in business in Auckland. When her husband died about thirty years ago, Mrs O’Briefi went to live at Ngaruawahia, where she remained until her death. She Is survived by a family of three, one of whom is Mr J. O’Brien, of Palmerston North.

GARRISON BAND DANCE.

The Garrison Band dance was again exceedingly well patronised. Although the night was very warm, over 100 couples were present, but the heat in no way marred the pleasure of the evening. At a suitable interval a competition conducted by the committee was drawn by the lady winner of the Monte Carlo. Messrs J. A. Nash, M.P., and F. J. Oakley acted as supervisors of the drawing. Mr Nash, in a neat speech, thanked the ladies of the committee for the excellent work they are doing to heljo the band along, also the patrons for attending in such splendid numbers. Extras were played by Messrs Nash, Parker, M. Creighton and were warmly applauded.

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.

An enjoyable time was spent last evening by a large gathering of members, their wives and friends, at the freezing workers’ euclne party and dance, held in the Oddfellows’ Hall. Winners of the euchre prizes were: Ladies, Mrs Jones first, Mrs Pagan second; men’s, Mr Pagan first, Mr Barry second.

HOUSEWIFERY.

A MODERN REVIVAL. Women take their duties seriously nowadays, and are not in the least ashamed of doing so (writes a London correspondent). Housewifery, for so long a neglected art, is being studied again by thoughtful women, and in Mayfair leaders of society are lending their drawing-rooms for a series of lectures that are to be given on different aspects of domestic management. Mrs Spielman Raphael is delivering these lectures under the auspices of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology and the first one was a great success. The question of sinks was discussed with much animation at this initial meeting, for which Lady Listowel lent her house in Bryanston Square. Many well-known women gave their views on the planning of a kitchen, and Mrs Raphael having talked about the possibility of employers allowing their servants to work in the kitchen sitting down, Lady Swaythling was able to speak of the special adjustable stool which her cook uses at her work.

Washing-up also proved a subject of great interest, indeed, it is to be discussed again at another lecture, while future talks will deal with such points as the dignity of housework, the relation between mistresses and maids, and the planning of cupboards. The National Council of Women, through its household service committee, has been doing some interesting work lately in connection with the scientific management of the home. The council recognises that the management of a house is a scientific undertaking to be studied and taught and practised as thoroughly and earnestly as any other science. Modern housewives, in learning to be efficient and a.t the same time scientific in their efficiency, find that they are no longer tied by domestic duties, but have leisure and opportunity to follow wider When the International Scientific Management Congress met this summer in Amsterdam, Britain was represented through the National Council of Women by some very interesting personalities—Miss Haslett, 0.8. E., the director of the Electrical Association for Women ; Miss Rose Squire, who convened the Household Sorvico Committee; Mrs Cottington-Taylor, of the Good Housekeeping Institute; Miss Margaret Jones, Inspector 'of Domestic Economy for the L.C.C.; and Mrs Raphael, representing the National Institute of Industrial Psychology—to mention only a few of the members of the committee who went to Holland. A report of the proceedings has just been published, and makes very interesting reading. The British paper dealt with the planning of the house, taking it as the workshop of the housewife, and, therefore, worthy of the same scientific planning as any industrial workshop. The family budget was also dealt with, together with the amount of unpaid domestic work which, housewives get through during a sevenday week. They have, we are told, longer hours and worse conditions than are allowed by Jaw in workshops, and this fact challenges “serious attention and effort in establishing standards of conditions, time and energy.” Before the congress came to an end, women delegates had already discussed plans' for developing their work greatly before the next congress takes place in 1935. It is desirable that each country shouid institute definite research into household matters, so that the comprehensive collection and study of facts should provide materials that will place the household management section of the 1935 congress in a comparaable position with that now occupied by industry and commerce.

A woman at Sydney was asphyxiated when a saucepan of milk boiled over and extinguished a gas flame.