PLUNKET SOCIETY FETE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 70, 23 March 1914, Page 6

PLUNKET SOCIETY FETE.

On Saturday afternoon a garden fete ..■•/•' and sale of work were held in the grouncs of C'in.tra, the residence of _tr_ . and Mrs. A. __. Myers, in aid of the (Plunket Nurse Society. In the after- | noon a large number of visitors were -• . attracted by the excellent entertain- . . ment programme and the baby show— which furnished a striking proof of the valuable work of the _ociety in disseminating advice on the feeding and

rearing of children—but it was in the .< evening, when the hundreds of Chinese lanterns and fairy lamps sprang into a • charming glow of light, the peoplev flocked to ihe scene in their hundreds-, . '~-'-'. A novel cafe chanting programme had - been arranged by Mrs. W. H. Pa rices i./ > Ihon. secretary). Mrs. W. Coleman (as- '"•-. sistant secretary), and other ladies jn whom the welfare of tbe society is vested, and was hugely enjoyed by the audience. The band of H.M. Mounted:. Rifles played the overture "Saraifiu'J " (Erichs) and a military tattoo, the Tango and several fancy dances were ' cieverly executed by Miss Rosa Sachs' and iMa..ter Tui Kronfeld, and vocal items were nicely rendered by Mrs. W_ H. Cooke and Mr. Wilfrid Manning. Atr. -j. Laurie Abrahams, a quaint and racy raconteur. told several humorous stories; Mr. Alan MeElwain's sketches were a source of keen delight; while the New Zealand Quartet (Messrs. E. Pegg, lip F. Adeane, A. Asbury. and ... McLean) in their selections proved themselves a capable and liicely-balaneed combination. The accompaniments were provided by Miss Madoleine Wf.bbe. In presiding over tbp opening ceremony the Mayor (Mr. C. .1. Parr) ex- * ~■ prersed the hope that at least £100 would be realised by the effort, to which amount the Governm*nt v-tild add a subsidy of £140. Ht regretted that owing to t_e state of tie finances one of the nurses had had to he temporarily dispensed with. *md he hoped that in the eniiv..i> of a few Wen 1 .-- <4ia it-'

that m the cnnnsc ot a tew weeks the 1 iv,vie*y would he able to re-cigagc her. j "The babifs of a rommunit. are its ; best n-^er. - ' declared hie Wor_;ip. -'and ; jit '•- worthy of your care art. mine to I -ee that as many children its possible are so reared that they will gow into . •'• healthy and strong men and women., They are the potential factors inmaking the strong city and the strong $„_." ~' ■ Mrs. C". -I. -Parr, in a gracefti little •*?- * ' speech, then declared the fete cten.