ORPHANS' CLUB

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 91, 14 October 1920, Page 9

ORPHANS' CLUB

LADIES' ENTERTAINMENT.

The Town Hall was well filled, upstairs and down, last night when the Orphans' Club gave a very fine entertainment -to the lady friends and members. Downstairs there were many tables, set out cabaret fashion, with vases of flowers ornamenting each. The stage was excellently arranged with rustic scenery, and ? foreground of pot plants, swathed in yellow, the front of the stage being draped to match. The* rest of the hall was tastefully decorated, and the front near the stage arranged ' drawing-room fashion, the credit of the work being due to. Mr. Cook« df the D.I.C. Supper was set; in the Concert Chamber for the guests upstairs, and undei the gallery for those downstairs, .so that all were served quickly and satisfactorily. His Excellency the Gover-nor-General was present, also Lady Jellicoe, who wore a pale wedgewood blue georgette gown,' with diamante passementerie, diamond ornaments, and who was presented with a handsome bouquet of scarlet tulips and maidenhair fern. Their Excellencies were accompanied by the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, Mrs. and Miss Massey, Mrs. J Pi Luke, Miss Gillett, and Captains Curtis, Mundy, . and Southev, A.D.C.'c. They were received by Colonel J. J. Esson, C.M.G., Chief Orphan. Colonel and Mrs. R. J. Collins, Sir William and Miss Fraser, Mr. and Miss Skerrett, Colonel and Mrs. Sleeman, Mr. and Mrs. M. Carr, Mrs. Brounjolin, Mrs. J. D. Harper, Mrs. RCollins, and Mrs. Pomare were among the guests present. Colone 1 Esson made a brjief speech, welcoming Their Excellencies specially, in expressing the pleasure it gave the club to entertain so many friends. He also announced that there would be no encores —a rule which it was somewhat difficult to adhere to. The orchestra, under Mr. J. J. Drew, played the opening numbers, "The Pieminiscences of Plantation' Songs" 'being particularly fine; delightful songs were sung by 'Orphans W. Brown, G. Mellish, W Goudie, V. "V Tuohy, H. Phipps, Hamilton Hodges, R. Moore, Egerton Pegg, R. Meates, F Campbell, and H. Inniss. Tho quartette, Orphans H. Phipps, FCampbell, W. Goudie, and W Brown, gave two very fine numbers, which were among the specially appreciated items. Mr. Culford B.ell's rendering of

"The Wedding Speeches" caused great amusement and was a highly successful item. "Mark Antony's Oration" was given with good effect by Orphan H. Inch. Orphan Vryon Evans 6howed that he was a student of Dickens by his good character study of Uriah Heep. Orphan Hume's, "ello solo was a much appreciated number, and the flute so!o by Orphan Tucker .was another Mr. E. R, 'Petrie. the hon. secretary, and the committee assisting, are to be' congratulated on the success of the evening. The club's vice-presidents, Messrs. E. A. Batt, D. M'Laren, M. Carr, C. C. Odlin, J. O Shorland, and Lieut.-Col. Thorn were among those who helped much in the entertaining of the guests.