AFTER FIVE DAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 272, 16 November 1926, Page 8

AFTER FIVE DAYS.

MISS SUTHERLAND STILL LEADS. yOTING FOR "MISS AUCKLAND" NEARING THE END. BEAUTIES VISIT AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. The audience at His Majesty's Theatre last evening placed Miss.Ellen Ford at the head of the poll for "Miss Auckland." The order on last night's voting is:— MISS ELLEN FORD. /lISS A. SUTHERLAND. MISS QUEENIE GRAHAME. MISS DISTIN STRANGE. After five days the grand total of votes leaves the girls in the following order:— MISS A. SUTHERLAND. MISS ELLEN FORD. MISS DISTIN STRANGE. MISS QUEENIE GRAHAME. Voting continues to be exceptionally close. Again last evening the packed house gave the Auckland girls a wonderful reception, and the southern beauties, too, were received with great enthusiasm. When the girls left ih their Pontiac and Buick cars a large crowd had gathered outside the theatre, and the arcade was crowded with admirers. VISIT TO AUCKLAND HOSPITAL. * Joy was taken into the wards of the Auckland Public Hospital yesterday afternoon, when, in response to requests by patients and with the permission erf the superintendent, Dr. C. E. Maguire, the visiting queens of beauty and their maids of honour, with two of the Auckland finalists, Miss A. Sutherland and Miss Queenie Grahame, visited the institution. The girls arrived laden with dozens of balloons and books for the children in the Princess Mary fcnilding, while Miss Marie Osten, of Otago, carried a huge bunch of flowers. which she distributed in some of the adult wards. The party, in the charge of Mr. A. K. Shepard, was met at the main j building by Dr. Maguire and the matron (Miss Taylor). The children's I •hospital was visited first, and the kiddies were delighted with their fair j visitors, who made a great fuss of them, and handed out the balloons and books. Then followed a tour of the various buildings* where young and I old were waiting to see the girls. Dr. Maguire's jovial manner made the \ girls feel perfectly at ease in the wards. He introduced the girls singly, j and, to use a theatrical phrase, "got a laugh across" in each ward by presenting Mrs. Law, the aunt 'and chaperone of "Miss Wellington" a'<= "Mrs. New Zealand." , I The girls went from bed to bed, passing a few cheery words here I asking a question there, and gaining many smiles and encouraging remarks irom the sick, to whom their visit was a wonderful event. All the girls were asked for at various times by name. "I should like " ™- 8ee _ M ? B Sutherland," said bhe, and another in a different ward wanted JMUSS Grahame. Requests were also made for Miss Ellen Ford' and Mis<= li'+i ,.^™ ng r?' 7 h ? WeT „ e unable t0 be Others wanted "Miss Otago," little <Miss_ Canterbury" and "Miss Wellington," while the maids of honour " too, were similarly honoured. One old lady of 86, who had the misfortune to break her leg recently back and gazed at all the girls, who spoke to her in turn g "Bo f yS,' think I'm one of the beauties?" asked Dr. Maguire. "You're a beauty and sn m pesnt b en a d U en 7 t. too ' "" **' te ***** *•"*« « cLrful tea W all* «SSUr fa V f th tl oUr th 6 part r was entertained at afternoon th- m• ' u fter T. Whlch the s P leDdi <l nurses' home was inspected ADDITIONAL OFFERS. The offer has been aecThtedwk ttl w v'l P ro ™ ci *l finalists, none of the finalists smoke bUt ft * as been P oinled °»t that - and hands of "Miss New Zealand" and "MlJs Auckland' for one Z'r PAINTING PORTRAITS. "Miss Wellington," "Miss Otago" and "\Ti K c: r v -, L Jttmgs this morning with Miss Vera T»«,h« Canterbury' had the first painting their portraits. Jacobsen, the local artist, who is