WOMEN'S CORNER

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19890, 29 March 1930, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER

The lady Editor wIU be pleased to receive for publication in the "Women's Corner" items of social or personal news. Such Items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must bear tho signatures of both parties. Correspondence is invited on any matters affecting, or of interest to, women. „

Mr and Mrs E. J. Mulligan (Lismore) are leaving next week by the Niagara for Vancouver, en route to England. Mr G. H. Eichardson (Government Auditor, who has been transferred from Christchurch to Dunedin), Mrs Eichardson, and Master Eichardson leave this morning for Dunedin.

Mr and Mrs Maxwell Deans are leaV' ing early next month for a trip to Eng> land.

Mr and Mrs C. J. Eonaldson and Miss Doris Eonaldson (Papanui road) are leaving early next week for the Chateau Tongariro, where Mr Eonaldson will attend the Rotary conference. Mr and Mrs D. J. Morrow (Montalto) are leaving next week for England, via America.

Miss Thompson has returned to Christchurch after a visit to the West Coast, and intends leaving shortly for her home in New Plymouth. Sister Price, R.V.T.N.A., of Melbourne, is the guest of Mrs Geo. Sutton, Stapleton's road, Shirley. Miss Olive Stewart (Eichmond) will return to Christchurch to-morrow morning, after spending a fortnight's holiday at Auckland, Wellington, and the Waitomo Caves.

Mrs Wright; (Timaru) is spending a few weeks in Christchurch, and is at present staying with Mrs W. H. Clark, Bealey avenue.

Mrs R. D. Thomas is at present the guest of Mrs Graham, Papanui road. Mr and Mrs Sage (Wellington) are staying at the Clarendon Hotel. The engagement is announced of Thelma, twin daughter of Mrs P. and the late Mr James Suisted, of "St. Leonards," Westport, to Eay E., youngest son of Mr and Mrs S. Standen, Auckland. The engagement is announced of Winifred Daisy, youngest daughter ■of Mr E. iJollings' and the late Mrs Collings, ttf yikrangtoia.' street, St; Albans, to Norinan Colin, youngest son of Mr and Mrs A.Mowat, Lake Baiipo, .Waikari. : ; Recent guests, at 'the Stonehurst Private 5 "Hotel, Gloucester street, /include Mr' (South Africa), Mrs'ffipluss (Wellington), Mr and Mrs Hughes Mya Turner (Dunedin), Mr -feiineii and Miss ■';' B^antf"Mr* A^^Hwlion(Sydney), : W.^Ke'anedy' : -«iia"Miss;L. M. : Letariplfer (London) Miss Shirtchffe (Wellington), Mrs Priest (Timaru), Mr and Mrs R. W. Matthews, Miss R. Matthews, and Miss D. Matthews (Featbersfem), arid Mr and Mrs A. S. Fleming (Gore), are :aißong the guests ,at-Wjarrier's Hotel.;/ Mrs P;. T; Darey, of Timaru, is staying'; at the United Service Hotel. : The . r latest arrivals at the Hotel Federalinclude .Mr* Jefferson (Timaru), Mr L; Drrico (Sydney), Mr Ashton ;'(Auckland), Mrs Woodrow (Auckland), Mr and Mrs'Kain and daughter (Wai : inate), Mr and Mrs Martin (Timaru), ■Mr arid -Mrs Wilson (Hawarden), Mr, and Mrs, Abernethy (Timam), Miss Wilson (Timaru), Mr R. Trotter (Kutow). Mrs D. • Mowatt. (Wellington), Mrs E. Hay (Wellington), Mr Gifford (Wellington), Mr Smith (Napier), Mr W. Taggart (Napier),:, ftrid Mr and Mrs Stedman (Dunedin). At St. Stephen's Church, Hills road, Shirley, Mothering Sunday will be fully observed to-morrow. The day will commence with Holy Communion at 8 a'.m., with intercessions. ' At 10 a.m. the children will assemble; A procession of witness, led: byyDerry's Band and robed choir, and carrying banners, will march through some of the principal streets of the "parish, arriving back at the church'via Hill's road at 10.45 a.m. At the ,11 o'clock service there will be the presentation of posies by the children in honour of mother—also recitation of Fifth Commandment. The vicar, the Rev..J. R. Hervey, will .deliver two short addresses of a special nature—one to the little children—'•'Buttercup- Gold''—another to the older children— Story of Jeanne Parelle." In the evening, at 7 o'clock, the. subject of the sermon will be "The Story of the House of Love." There . will be played as a voluntary "Ave Maria" (Gounod)—organ, Mr Hoare; violin, Miss Lily Robertson. During the Bervice, "Home, Sweet Home" will be sung by Miss Maude Hoare. "For all the Saints" will be sung as a hymn of remembrance. The hymn, *'A Song of Home and Mother," written by the vicar for the occasion, will be sung at the morning service. The church will he decorated.

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Mrs R. L. M. Kitto and Miss Mane Kitto (Holly road) are leaving Christchurch on April Bth to join the Corinthic for England, where Miss Kitto is to be married to LieutenantCommander C. O'Callaehan, R.N. At the dance to be held this evening by Stillwcll's Assembly, special exhibition dances will be contributed by Miss Letty Craydon, formerly of Jim Gerald's Eevue and J. C. Williamson's, Ltd. Music will be supplied by Walton's Band, and the gallery will be open to spectators.

LATE MRS L. M. MCGREGOR.

THE FUNERAL. The funeral of Mrs Lorna Marion McGregor took place at the Avonside Churchyard on Thursday afternoon. The Rev. O. Fitzgerald read the services both in the church and at the graveside. Before her marriage Mrs McGregor had been a member of the Sunday school teaching staff and of other organisations in connexion with Holy Tripity, Avonside. The large attendance at the graveside and the many tributes forwarded testified to the deep respect in which sho was held and the keen regret at her death.

Floral tributes were forwarded by Elizabeth and Violet, mother and sisters, mother and father, Doris and Keith, Auntie Em, Flo, and E. Mills, Jessie and Stan, Mrs Pollard, Mrs Gardiner and Bessie, Margaret and Ted, Mr and Mrs T. R. Pollard, Auntie Jeannie, Jim and Game, Uncle Arthur and George, Uncle Will and Hugh, Auntie Annie, Kath., Joan, and Innes, Edith and Ivan, Mr and Mrs G. Dalglish, Edie and J. Truman, Mrs Denton, Ida and Marjorio, Mr and Mrs L. Denton, the staff of the New Zealand Glove Co., Ltd., the Canterbury Steam Shipping Co., Ltd., the Misses Digby, Mr and Mrs H. Green and family, junior companions of the Community of the Sacred Name, Mr and Mrs J. J. Hurley, Greta, Mrs Ardley, Sylvia and Hilda. Mrs Thompson and family, Mr and -Mrs A. C. Gardiner, Mrs Chapman and Win, Ada, Veda, Elsie, and Jack, Mr and Mrs V. Atkinson, Albert and Tot, Gladys and Reg. Hill, Mr and Mrs S. Provost, Dr. and Mrs Douglas Anderson, Mr and Mrs Darwin, Frank and Lena, Mr and Mrs E. W. Lewington, Mr and Mrs T. A. Fleming, Mr and Mrs W. Field and family, S. W. Field, Mr and Mrs A. Borrows, Emma and Eve, Elsie Hooker, Mr and Mrs Ronald Graham, Mr and Mrs E. S. Davey, Wilfred Ward, W. P. Murray, Ethel Burn, Mr and Mrs H. R. Bell and family, Mrs Conoily and Maisie, Joan Elliot, Mr and Mrs J. E. Purchase and family, Mr and Mrs Harry Hamer, Barnard Owen, Mr and Mrs G. Rich, Alison Burns, Ella and Spence Vincent, Arthur and Rita Ecroyd. Mart and Aphra Sheppard, Mr and Mrs E. Hollow and family, Mrs Pickles, Mr and Mrs J. G. Hanafin, Mrs Wreaks, Mrs Davison, Mrs Clarke, Mrs Sweeney,, and Mrs Moore, Mr and Mrs F. R. Candy, Mrs Willows, Edie and Molly, B. and H. Lee, Mr and Mrs Mills, Mr and Mrs P. Wenduss, Mrs Perkins and family. Nurse Osborn, and Mr and Mrs Roy'Midgley.

TENNIS MATCH

A; pleasant interlude in a week mainly devoted to polo was provided yesterday morning by Miss Betty Macdonald and Mrs Peter Hall for the ladies whose husbands and brothers are taking part in the'polo tournament at Hagley Park. The happy idea of holding a tennis match at the "United courts was carried into practice, and two teams, Town and Country, were chosen.

The ■weather was perfect, and the two teams equally matched. Each pair played the four pairs. of the opposing side, and of the sixteen sets nine were won by the town, representatives, and seven by the country team. The players were Mrs J. H. Grigg, Mrs Gilbert Grigg, Mrs Kenneth Mae donald, Mrs George Hutton, Mrs B. M. Johnson, Mrs Peter Hall, Mrs D. P. Dickenson, and Miss Betty Macdonald, playing for the town, and Mrs Eoger Gould, Lady Stewart, Mrs Charles Macfarlahe, Mrs Paul Thomson, Miss Barbara Gould, Mrs H. Menzies, Miss Bona Elworthy, and Mrs P. Dearden representing the country. Amongst the onlookers were Mrs Derrick Gould, Miss Olive Mcllraith, Mrs John Moore, and Mrs James Macfarlane.

PRIVATE DANCE-

, At her studio in Victoria street last evening Miss Hilda Mulvany Gray was hostess at a very enjoyable dance, given in honour of Miss Marie Kitto. Miss -Gray wore a long frock of hyacinth blue taffeta, patterned conventionally in. .a deeper shade of blue, and Miss Mary Menzies, who assisted Miss Gray, and who danced a spirited Polish dance, wore a pretty frock of white taffeta, patterned in green in a plaid design. Those present were Misses Marie, Pauline, and Maudie Kitto, Mrs D. P. Dickenson, Mrs W. H. Cowper, Mrs Gumbrell, Mrs Geoffrey Gerard, Mrs T. P. M. Gibson, Mrs James Macfarlane, Mrs S. Wade, Misses Joan and Gendie Maling, Elizabeth Harris, Christobel Bowen, Halmai and Anthea Loughnan, Eleanor West-Wat-son, Nancy Gard 'ner, Dorothy Day, Wood, Marjorie Studholme, Marjorie Moon, Barbara and Beryl Bond, Betty Guthrie, Nancy McKellar, Anne Cooper, Kathleen Hoare, Mary Alexander, Messrs T. P. M. Gibson, Geoffrey Gerard, J. Macfarlane, S. Wade, M. Dearsley, Peter Maling, Banks, G. Bennett, Ross Wood, Perry (2), Gumbrell, S. Lester, 0. Todd, T. Miller, W. Beeves, Peter Beece, Bernard Savill, Bobison, Blaurang, K. Harman, West,. A. Scott; Studholme, Paul Pascoe, H. Elworthy, J. Guthrie, B. Bean, N. Alexander, J. Kilian, and Dr. F.'-V. Bevan-Brown.

BIRTHDAY PARTY.

A number of friends and relations gathered at the residence of Mr and Mrs C. H. Fisher, Warrington street, St. Albans, to celebrate the 72nd birthday of Mr J. H. Nelson, Picton avenue, Biccarton. Mrs J. Gilmour (Kirwee) and Mrs C. H. Fisher were hostesses. Dinner was served in a large garage, which was artistically decorated for the occasion with purple and white streamers and greenery. The usual toasts were honoured, and the evening passed quickly in games, dancing, and cards. Vocal items were contributed by Mrs L. Thompson and Mrs J. Mackie. Mr Nelson was tho recipient of many useful birthday gifts. The guests included Mr and Mrs J. H. Nelson, Mr and Mrs J. Gilmour (Kirwee), Mr and Mrs T. Boyle, Mr and Mrs Williams (Ellesmere), Mr and Mrs J. Woods, Mr and Mrs X. Thompson, Mr and Mrs J. Mackie (Southbridge), Mrs W. Boyle (Templeton), Mrs M. Marshall, Mr W. Nelson, Mrs E. Voice (Southbridge), Mrs E. Fisher, Misses B. Nelson,. J. Gilmour, L. Boyle, R. Boyle, Dorothy Fisher, Messrs F. Fisher, E. Boyle, 0. Gilmour, D. Gilmour, and N. Gilmour.

PARENTS' NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL UNION.

The monthly meeting of the Parents' National Educational Union was held last night at the home of Mrs H. S. E. Turner Brown's road, Mrs Norton Francis presiding, and Mrs Turner and Mrs Edwin Hay acting as hostesses. After routine business had been disposed of, Mrs Francis announced that Mrs Hay, who is leaving in a few months for England, was resigning from the secretaryship of the union, and that Mrs B. E. H. Whitcombe and Miss Wilkinson would share the duties for the remainder of the year. The speaker for the evening was Miss Lettice Loughnan, who gave an interesting address on the "Life and Works of Schumann." Those who believed in the theory of heredity, Miss Loughnan, said, frequently strengthened their case by citing the genius of Bach, whose ancestors, for over two hundred years, had been musicians. The musical genius of Robert Schumann, however entirely disproved the theory, for no biographer has ever been able to trace a single musician amongst his forbears. -His father, the son of a clergyman, spent his early life m a merchant's office, but as he had literary and poetical tastes, he was very unhappy, and left the merchant's office for a position in a bookseller's shop. Later he married the bookseller's daughter, an eminently practical woman, with a commonplace mind and no imagination. Their son Robert was born in Zwickau, Saxony, in 1810. He began his musical studies with a very indifferent teacher at the ago of six, and when he was seven, with amazing cleverness and insight, he gave characterisations of his playmates on the piano—performances that were very popular with the children, who did not fail to recognise their own peculiarities as presented by Schumann. When eleven years of age he made his first public appearance as accompanist to an orchestra. In 1825 his father died, and as he had no one to sympathise with his musical aspirations he became reserved and melancholy. At his mother's wish he went »P«° to study law, but took no interest in the subject, and eventually studied music under Fredrick Wieck. In his impatience to make rapid process ho injured his hand so severely with a contrivance of his own invention that all hope of becoming a pianist had to be abandoned. This must have been a terrible blow to . fcchumann, but he bore it courageously, and immedi ately became a student of composition. He also started a newspaper, in which appeared the greater part of his critical writings, criticisms that effected ■ revolution 1 " in the taste of the.time He wished to marry his teacher b daughter, Clara. Wieck, who became the |reatest pianist of her time, but her father forbade the marriage. Anxious to make money quickly, Schumann began publishing his paper in Leipzic and during this separation from Clara he composed his best works, expressing as they did, all his feelings, difficulties, and emotions. Despite opposition, the marriage took place, and the following four years were the richest in output, and during that time he wrote his first orchestral music, and much chamber music. But, though devoted to his wife and passionately fond of his children, he grew gradually more silent and melancholy, and suffered from hallucinations. The later years of his life were spent in a mental hospital, where he continued to Improvise and spont much time at the piano. His wife, a wonderful woman, continued her concert tours, and it was she who made her husband's works known to the world. In his lifetime he gained little recognition, and in England he was subjected to the bitterest criticism, until eventually his wife wore down prejudice, and lived to know that he was acclaimed in Europe and in England. Miss Loughnan concluded by reading extracts from a recently published book of memoirs by Eugenie Schumann, the composer's daughter, and then played Schumann's "Opus. 1", "Prelude and Fugue,' "Mignon," and "The Horseman," from his "Album for the Young," written for his own children, his love poems "Whims," "Why?" and "Dream of Visions," and "Arabi esque." On the motion of Mr H. S. E. Turner a hearty vote of thanks to Miss Loughnan was carried by acclamation. The members were entertained at supper by the two hostesses. Those present included Mr and Mrs H. S. E. Turner, Mrs Edwin Hay, Miss Loughnan, Mrs A. R. Bloxam, Mrs R. W. Morrow, Mrs R. P. Paul, Mrs George Weston, Mrs B. D. Thomas, Mrs J. H. Hall, Mrs Norton Francis, Mr and Mrs A. K Firth, Mrs J. I. Smail, Mrs G. W. C. Smithson, Mrs Trevor Foster, Mrs Leonard Wilson, Mrs Spence-Clark, Mrs E. J. Cordner, Mrs J. W. K. Lawrence, Mrs W. H. Cowper, Mrs W. EL I Clark, Mrs J. H. Williams, Mr and Mrs B. E. H. Whitcombe, Mrs Robinson Hall, Mrs A. C. Moysey, Mrs R. J. Loughnan, Mrs Brooke, Miss Macfarlane, Miss Holderness, Mrs Wright (Timaru), Mrs H; Wyatt, Mrs R. B. Ward, Mrs A. Bunz, Mrs Arthur Thomson, Mrs Douglas Anderson, Mrs W. Day, Misses Barbara Bloxam, Eleanor Foster, Marjorie and Nancy McKellar, and Joan Sorensen.

EVENING PARTY.

At her home in Malcolm avenue, Mrs Gowans, assisted by Mrs Lepper, entertained a number of her friends at a very enjoyable "bathroom" evening party, given in honour of Miss Emma Meadows, who is to be married shortly. The guest of honour, who wore a simple frock of beige crepe, de chine, was the recipient of many useful and appropriate gifts, and the time passed pleasantly in games and singing. The guests included Mrs Meadows, Mr and, Mrs Biseley,, Mrs Wellings, Mr and Mrs C. Nankeville, Mr. and Mrs C. Falloon, Mr and Mrs A. Price, Misses E. Meadows, A. Meadows, E. Mr and Mrs Eisley, Mrs Wellings, E. Biseley, H. Mitchell, Z. Nankeville, : Messrs C. Lepper, B. Eiseley, and L. Bundle.

CABIN PARTY.

Mrs G. Jobberns and Mrs J. Masterton, who are leaving during the coming week on a trip to England and Scotland, were the guests of honour at a delightful "Cabin Party" given by Mrs J. E. Purchase at Leinster road. Music and competitions were followed by afternoon tea, the table being decorated with a model steamer and coloured streamers. Photographs were taken on the lawn. On Wednesday evening, Mr and Mrs J. G. Poison gave an enjoyable party at Barrington street, at which all the Training College staff and several other friends were present. After supper suitable travelling gifts were made to the guests, and to Murray Masterton. Mrs Jobberns and Mrs Masterton leave on Thursday for Sydney, on the first stage of their journey.

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