MASQUERADE BALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1932, Page 9

MASQUERADE BALL.

A gay scene was presented at the Peter Pan Cabaret on Wednesday, when the Elam School of Art students held a very successful masquerade ball. There was. a good attendance of dancers, and a large number were in fancy dress. The costumes showed, in many cases, originality of thought, and a great many were picturesque. The majority were of a national character, Spanish ladies and toreadors, Rumanian peasants, sailors, and period costumes all being in evidence. Until well on in the evening, identities were concealed beneath masks, and there was great fun when these were taken off. The cabaret had been arranged with masses of spring flowers for the occasion, while clusters of gailycoloured balloons, which were suspended overhead, added further brightness to the effect. Large stencil. designs, the work of Mr. S. Champion, were placed at each cubicle entrance. Among those present in fancy dress were: Mrs. E. B. Gunson, Chinese lady; Dr. Gunson, coster; Mrs. T. H. Oakes, Puritan; Miss E. Domerson, 'and Mr. H. Knight, representing Sir Thomas and Lady Gainsborough; Miss I. Hill, P. Johnson, and E. Smith as "Rompers Three," with Mr. R. Chiswell as their daddy; Miss Barbara Goodwin, Miss Joan Goodwin, Miss Lorna Goddard and Miss Joyce Keane, 'as harem girls, and Messrs. B. Kingsford, L. Keane and Wilson as the sheiks; Miss I. Spry, Spanish lady; Miss Ailsa Henderson, Chinese lady; Hiss Ruth Wilkte, Spanish lady; Miss Margaret Wilkie, Swedish girf; Miss J. Holmes, Arabian Nights; Miss Mary-Yonge, Dutch girl; Miss Cynthia Thompson, Miss Jessie Burn-Murdock, Miss Marjorie Innes Miss Nancy Taylor, Mr. Brian Taylor, Mr. Geoffrey Innes, Mr. John Stenson and Mr. Murray White, as sailors; Miss Joyce Tice-Martin, Spanish lady; Mr. Purchase, Mad Hatter; Mr. W. Pearce, a pirate; Miss Hazel Verran, Erin; Miss Rita Chapman and Mr. N. Johnson, departed spirits; Mr. N. Nichols, a Spani-; ard; Mr. P. Miller, art student; Mr. B. McPherson, Mexican. Also present were: Mrs. G. Miller, pale pink georgette; Mrs. Scott Wilson, black chiffon, with ivory chiffon cape; Mrs. A. Coyle, pale pink net; Mrs. Arnold Goodwin, delphinium blue lace; Mrs. A. E. Moore, petunia georgette; Mrs. H. J. Patton, black lace over red sat:n; Miss Lorna Eeyburn, ivory georgette; Miss Marjorie Dryden, ciel blue satin; Miss Carnegie Brown, delphinium blue taffeta; Miss Jean Horsley, cinnamon brown ring velvet; Miss Kirker, rose coloured georgette; Miss June Donald, blue satin; Miss Vickers, palest green taffeta; Miss Mary Wilson, ivory floral taffeta; Miss Betty Wilson, powder blue organdie; Miss Gwen Kingston, dark wine red georgette; Miss Barbara Steadman, green lace; Miss Rosita Sidebottoin, white floral organdie; Miss Ailsa Lewis, bronze chenille; Miss Annette George, ciel blue, lace; Miss Joyce Thompson, turquoise blue taffeta; Miss Un'drill, blue velvet; Miss J. Frater, silver lame; Miss Joy Moody, white lace with blue fash; Miss Betty Abbott, lime green satin; Miss Mavis Johnston, white lace; Miss E. Blott, turquoise blue taffeta; Miss Eleanor Upton, jade preen georgette; Miss Beatrice Lowe, old gold taffeta; Miss Pat McCallum, white taffeta with floral design; Miss Ngaio Chatfield, wine taffeta ; Miss Marjorie Suter, apple green taffeta; Miss McLellau, ,',turquoise taffeta; Miss Skeltoii, scarlet georgette; Miss Mulligan, peach lace and chenille; Miss Nance Abbott, jade floral chiffon; Miss J. Johnstone, black satin; Miss G. Alway, white crepe .satin; Miss Ethel McGregor, turquoise blue taffeta; Miss Vida Rose, rose coloured taffeta; Miss Nancy McGregor, eau de nil satin; Miss Marjorie Low, palest pink embossed net; Miss A. Watson, blue floral organdie; Miss Lois Talbot, ciel blue georgette; Miss M. Meaghcr, lime gi'ccn satin.

Ito £700, but that did not show how much money was given away voluntarily by members, and she proposed that the branch tabulate the money that the members spent privately, as that would show a record of the work which the women were doing to help one another. The housekeepers' auxiliary met once in three months, said Mrs. Jackson, and she suggested that one or two these meetings be held in distant, parts of the Dominion, but as all members had to pay their own expenses, it was thought that the majority of meetings should be held in a central place, like Wellington or Palmerston North. A resolution was passed by the meeting expressing full sympathy with the sufferers in the earthquake area, and especially with those in Wairoa. It was decided to co-operate with the Reel Cross branch working there in distributing any money or goods that might be sent forward by the branches of the women's division. A vote of thanks was passed to the executive of the Lyceum Club for the offer of morning tea, and for making the delegates honorary members of the club while they, were meeting in Auckland. A letter was received from a member in the country offering to take into her own home some children who were not getting good food while their father was on relief work. She would take two children who were underfed and also insufficiently clothed. She said it seemed to her that many country homes would be willing to open their doors to even one child for a peri< d, as the majority of farms had good, plain food, which they could not send into the towns, but they had no money to give. The children would be treated as her own and they would feel they were on a holiday vieit. She felt that the members of the local branch would see that any such child returned home well and happy and properly clothed.