A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . s. It is a glorious retreat amid lovelyscenery, with extensive views. Another day I was talking to a lady who sat at thesame table with me at the Club about openings in Australiafor women, and I remarked that I had seen an article inthat days paper about one who was running a vineyard. I know her, was the reply, and if you would care tosee her place, I will ask her to allow me to take you it was arranged that we should visit her one afternoon. We travelled one part of the way by train, another bytram-car, and at the terminus of the latter
A woman in the Antipodes and in the Far East . s. It is a glorious retreat amid lovelyscenery, with extensive views. Another day I was talking to a lady who sat at thesame table with me at the Club about openings in Australiafor women, and I remarked that I had seen an article inthat days paper about one who was running a vineyard. I know her, was the reply, and if you would care tosee her place, I will ask her to allow me to take you it was arranged that we should visit her one afternoon. We travelled one part of the way by train, another bytram-car, and at the terminus of the latter the lady herselfmet us with a trap. She was attired in business-like fashion: bloomers,gaiters, and a short skirt to the knees, and looked everyinch suited to her part. On approaching her property, wecould see in the distance the low homestead encircled by averanda nestling among the vines. On nearer acquaint-ance it was discovered to be situated in the midst of a smallflower garden. It also proved much larger than it appearedat first ( MT. LOITV RAMiE SYDNEY TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA 149 The owner, her own architect, had designed severalrooms beneath the level of the ground, one a large, andalways cool sitting-room. The kitchen was small andcompact, and we were shown a wonderful cooking-stove,requiring only kerosene for fuel, and so far as I couldunderstand, the food could be put into various compartmentsand left entirely to cook itself, as in some way the heatcould be regulated to the time required. In this way theladies (there is another as companion and fellow-worker,but she was away just then) can go out into the fields, andreturn to find their dinner cooked. The only other member of the household is a State-boy, or what we should call a foundling. He is placed inthe situation by the State Institution, and it remains hishome until he reaches a certain age. We were also shown the larder and cupboards, wellstocked with jars of home-made jams, pickles, an
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