To the outside world it must appear as if Australia is not a for wives, First there isa ved upon wives accompanying, cricketers to the Mother-Jand, and then there is a ban placed upon the Parliamentary members coming to Australia for the great tour of Australia bringing their wives with them,—Members Parliament in the Old Country have preciously tried to excuse the ex-of the smaller river class in traordinary veto, on the plea that with submarines they quite understand that the Jeould, from the exceptional cov-conditions of travel in that far be. gained, Prove al of country are entirely unsuited Source" of "constant worry and! for women's comfort. There is no Annoyance if-not ultimately dis-doubt that, though kindly meant, aster to any fo ship approach-this statement is just as detrimental ing our shores. ith the introduc-te Australia as the ungallant veto position of our Government officials. Rock of Gibraltar. would" be. as, impregnable ten of aeroplanes the as the wight be said that one of the southern States has at times failed its women in matters of progress-Heroine of Bush Fires fon beyond the four walls of her home, and unfortunately, this A child of 15 years of age, Evelyn State' holds a majority of respon-Hodges is to be presented with the! positions in the Government, bronze medal of the Royal Humane!
Te is possible that the fact has Society for bravery.
The story of some influence on the decisions her gallant deed fan epic in itself. of the officials in charge of a That a child so young should be rangements for the tour. Th" plea placed in a dilemma, a blazing fur-of Jack of transport space would nace bel and in front of her, rot hold with anyone conversant succour to hand, and three children with both the rail system of Aus-to protect against the tralia as well as Great Britain, flames, was jough to blanche the it is more serious in reflexions on staunchest of hearts.
This immigration than the straight out heroine of the with a pluck] admittance of ungall }few can realize carried one child of to wives, rating to seven years upon her back, a baby, Australis if they have an ordinary of 17 months in one arm' and. a amount of self-respect would feel child of four in the other and actual-thit personally they will not ly attempted to force a;2 among those subjected to through the part of the forest which 0 was not enveloped in flames. Finding was compelled to retreat over the until again stopped by fire she luck. compelling them to lie down splashed roared overhead. After the passage of the fire the plucky girl took off her own clothing and placed it) 25 coe them from the chilly night which fol. bet his & Sots isba ae Serge to speak and see. She will never} walk again, but her cheerful spirit) happy and cheerful to all who meet} and sympathetic friends and] rcovecket he ate iene ent nae worries. And now, the Royal Humane Society are to pay their token of respect to what ig probably the See raneee eae of age noticed @ man walk out the wrong side of a train thinking he was stepping on to the platform, A train from the opposite direction was coming into the station but without a moment's hesitation she threw herself on to the line and dragged the man clear of the! it treatment, but they certainly hesitate to come toa country where transport is so primitive as to be unsuited to women passengers, Mothers of families, whom -we are eager to welcome, would think a ery long time before leaving Britain "for such unknown wastes, It is possible that the officials responsible for the vetoes vill avail themselves of seeing Mr. Barrie's enarming play "What every woman knows" which Mfr. Boucicul senting in the capital cities Australia at present. There is no doubt that Australia's women col-Ietively do not insist on recogni tion as a factor in the industrial and political world. Tu a recent Tesume of women's activity in the women's suffrage movement New South suffrage movement of New South Wales it was discovered that only some hundred women had given their energies to procuring the vote for women, and that members Parliament' hed acceded to the request _more rit of amusement than any other fundamental Curiously enough in the more remote States, Queens-and and Western Australia tha women receive both more consideration as mothers, wives, [dustrial and political factors.
In Brisbane is an organization which aims to help the busy mothers all through the State. 'To the bush-woman are sent all' kinds Jof literature, most of which could be called educative in sub-ect, instructing of the home, the farm, industry, trade, and all' subjects' which affect the mother " as the hand of greatest import in the ations future citizens. The demand has been almost more than the supply for all instructive matter, and the taste in literature has een made evident that the mental: calibre is high. Only those writers
[world are in great requirement, ha have gained the nespest of the well thumbed copies Kipling, Scott, Dickens, generally and vaguely called classics" tell of many a well spent evening when the children are leep.. The woman of other lands nothing to fear in migrating and need not judge that. she will be relegated to a sphere of four walls, a kitchen and an ignorantly run nursery: Appearances are sometimes deceptive,
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