CABARET COMIQUE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 13 August 1932, Page 2

CABARET COMIQUE.

IN AID OF PLUNKET SOCIETY. The splendid reputation for good organisation, which the committee of the Cabaret Comique has deservedly built up, was responsible for the great demand for tickets for the ~iost entertaining dance held last night at the Winter Garden. For the past few days, tickets have been at a premium iu the City, for the committee, anxious that the dance should be thoroughly enjoyable as well as financially successful, decided to limit the number of guests to five hundred. They were all there and all had a really enjoyable evening. ; Jhe ballroom was decorated to repre-sent-a French quay-side and marketplalp,'' Gaily striped awning and effectiyery; decorated booths, each bearing on t€s{«sign-board the half-disguised name gn&address of some prominent Plunket worker in Christchurch, gave the required Continental touch and the crowd certainly supplied the "comique" element. Amongst schoolgirls, pierrots, pierrettes, nurses with and without Eed Crosses, Spanish dancers, gipsies, peasants, and cowboys moved a chic little midinette, a widow not as dolorous as her "weeds" would imply, a regal Katharine of Aragon, and Chinese ladies of high degree. Even the members or" the BaileyMarston Orchestra, dressed as sailors, and seated in a picturesque galleon, added their quota to the colourful scene.

The members of the committee who deserved the success they achieved were Mrs Frank Graham, Mrs J. O. Collins, Miss Margaret Anderson, Miss Ruth Haggitt, Messrs Frank Graham, Heathcote Helmore, Eons Lascelles, JR.. H. Livingstone, O. A. Y. Johnston, and Frank Nicholls, and helping them was a bevy of very competent assistants. Amongst those present were: i Mesaames Frank Graham, J. G. Collin3. J. C Newton, 11. 11. Livingstone, C. M. Ollivier, A. Ixjslie Macfarlane, J. G. L. Vernon, Bruce Douglas, Alf Brustad, M. J. Burns, Frank Scott, It. Wreaks, Vernon Mathews, B. L. Blunden, E. Da vies, H. R. Smith, J. W. Niven, Jesse Worgan, A. S. Taylor, Geoffrey Curtis, W Fitter, Robert Laurie, Gerald Anderson, W. Eidon Coates, Cecil Wood, E. J. Cordner, Bernard Murray, Arthur Grigs, George Turrell, Frank Wilding, Geoffrey Wood, Endel! Wanklyn, Russell Cordery, 11. G. Livingstone, L. G. Pocock, Leslie Averill, G. D. Greenwood, Baigent (Nelson), Ivan Wood, Douglas Ariderson, C. J. Treleaven, Ralph Jenkins, Arthur Thomson, Geoffrey Hamilton, Kenneth Robinson, Ara frWell, C. S. Thomas, Maurice Warren, Kenneth Bnllantyne, J. F. Cra- j croft Wilson, P. Denrden, Shirley Wright, Hallows Wood, G. McKay (Greymouth). Kcppel Archer, George Aitkeu, Gordon Coull, Sinclair Mur- N cbison, Gladstone Ward, Allan Hobbs, Stewart Mair, Rossmore Cracroft Wilson, Lady Ward, Mesdames F. W. Freeman, Peter Hall, Kenneth Walker, Cyril Stringer, Llyn Lawrence, J. F. Green, W. 11. Cowper, W. Radford (Hokitikn). Charles Bacon, Arnold Tait, Derrick Gould. Edgar Reay, W. G. Scannell, Gerald Gerard, Guy Cotterill, H. J. Book, Norman Tingey, Eric Deihl, Eric Ross Lascelles, T. Johnstone. W. Pinckney G. C. Niccoll, 11. A. Reece, Arthur Nicoll, R. Mulligan, Robinson Hall, Allan Matson, Gerrit van Asch, R. H. J. Cainm, R. C. Jamieson, Geoffrey Gray, R. L. Kcnnett, C. H. Tavlor. L. J. Jewell, J. Styche, Y, Bates, J. P. McQuilktn, D. Skinner, John Moore, Charles Williams, Winstone Philp, Misses Helen Buckham, May Thacker, Esther Rose, Nonie Enright, Mary "Weld, Nancy, Teschemaker, Esther James, Lois Ollivier, Millieent Grose, Phyllis Francis, Adine Acton-Adams, Margaret Anderson, Hazel Evans, Lorna Martin, Mary Menzies, Eileen Stewart, Marjorie Moon, Meta Nixon, Phyllis Boyle, Olive Mcllraith, Nancy Gard'ner, Nancy Salmond, Nance Blundon, Cushla Mitchell, Egidia Menzies, Eleanor Denniston, V. Eckford, Ruth Haggitt, Estelle Davis, Katrine Lough nan, Barbara Bloxam, Elizabeth Morris, Margery Turner, Alison West-Watson, Shona DampierCrossley, Valmai Kelly (Wellington), Betty Shand, Phyllis Brown, Margaret Hamilton, Nora Haggitt, Vyvian. Daw- 1 son, Quita Cordner, Betty Harper, Rena Russell, Diana Orbell, Katherine Westenra, Catherine Johnstone, Ruth WynnWilliams. Anne Cooper, Betty Baxter, Agatha Upham, Ella Mac Gibbon, Joau Mating. Beth Baker, Barbara Bayley, Kura Smith, Florence Cannon, Joyce Hanna (Dunedin), Claire Camm, Magdalene Hall, Norah Deans, Vida McCluro, Berenice Shackleton, Neroli Smithson, Marguerite Minson, Amy Bowker, Katie Polemedis, Joan Murchison, Dorothy Walton (Timaru), Jean Gebbie, Brenda Edmonds, Dallas Wilkinson, Joan Seabrook, Marjorie Chalmers, Nona Hampton, Marjorie Studholme, Elena Helmore, Betsy Blunden, j Pat Brydon, Lesley Laurenson, Betty Peach, Joy Nickolls, Betty Nancarrow, j Peggy Williams, Gertrude Browne, Kathleen Penny, Hatrick (Wanganui), | Betty Tait, Betty Holmes, Rua Simp- j son, Mary Bond, Pamela Riddiford, Mary Shanks, Margaret Johnson (Feilding), Elizabeth Tipping, Yvonne Baxter, Joyce Mac Gibbon, Rita Clark, Stella Edwards, Cara Mcßae, Elisabeth Alpers, Betty Malrng, Betty Reading (Wellington), Laura Loughnan, Philippa Acland, Dorothy Loughnan, Marjorie Milsom, Mary Welkins, Audrey Tutton, Jessie Forbes, Barbara Mulcock, Georgene Mulcock, Lorna Rushbrook (Wellington), Eleanor Price, Peggy Flood, Hilary Fryer, Molly Te.mpleman, Peggy Norton, Patricia Carney, Dorothy Robinson, Billie Allen, Lou Camm, Natalie Hampton, Patricia Ronalds, Audrey Barker, Peggy James (Mastertori),, Betty Rutherford, Janice Overton, Kathleen Hoare, Gendio Maling, Sally Newton, Janet Stevenson, Nancye le Cren, Patricia Powj-ie, Patricia Courage, Sheila Atkinson, .Sybil Rutherford, Elizabeth Atkinson (Wellington), Halmai Loughnan, Margaret Lance, Joy Tennent, Thelma .Haydon, Margaret jMiles (Wellington), Christian, Mary i Alexander, Kitty -Hazlett, Nancy Mathieson, Gwen Baxter, Jill Barker, piana Allen, Nancy Gibson, Valerie Tennent, Hughes, Betty Deighton, Jean .Newton, Betty Evans, Joyce Blunden, Phyllis Acton-Adams, Bettie Wilson, Mo.na Sharman, .Louise Logan (Dunedin), Ethel lc Ch-en, Nancy Oram (Dunedin), Peggy Clowes, Enid Matson, Lesley Pay ton, Wilmo't Macbeth, Bona Hoben, Phyllis .Barton, Rita McCrostie, Mildred Hiatt,. Jean Hedley, Jill Shand, Margaret Stevenson, Merle Miller, Ranaßedpath, Edna Norwood (Wellington), Eileen FitzHenry.

VISITORS TO CHRISTCHURCH.

Clarendon Hotel: Mr and Mrs Q. 0. Nicoll (•Ashburton). Warner's Hotel: Mrs D.'B. Stevenson'' (Marlborough), Mrs:* R.. Dawson (HanmerSprings). ' ~' • , ... Royal Hotel: Mr and Mrs Ernest. Vincent (Timaru), Mr and'. Mrs- A. C. Swanston (Auckland), and Mrs A. Gardner (Timaru). Motel Federal: Mr and Mrs J. Sutherland (Ihinedin), Mr T. E. Holmes (Greymouth),. Mr N. J. Hunt and Mr Goodward (Wellington), Miss M. Poff (Oamaru), Mr W. Thomber (Blenheim), Mrs jf. Doig (Orari Bridge), Mies Or. F. Sharps (Marlborough).

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HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION.

The usual meeting of tlio Homo Economics Association was held iu the Concert Hall of the Y.M.C.A. last night, with Miss M. A. Blackmore presiding. Two quilts knitCcd by membere of the committee from pieces of spare wool wore displayed, and it was suggested that they should be auctioned at the community singing gathering next week in aid of the Mayor's Coal and Blanket Fund. A number of useful garments made from used material were arranged ou the competition table and created much attention. An interesting musical programme, "Song, Story, and Dance ot ' Other Lands," arranged by Mrs R. J. McLaren, was presented by artists in costume. Items included "A Glimpse into Switzerland." by Mme. E. Just; a group of folk songs, by Miss Millieent Jennings; "Fragments of France" (folk songs), MHe. de Cleene-Rigg; '•'Women of Turkey" (past and present), Mile. Paula Gross; Eastern dances, pupils of Miss Bessie Macdonald. The next meeting will be held on August 26th, when the competitions will be for the best-decorated tin suitable for a pantry and the best gardening apron made from a sugar-bag.