PLUNKET SOCIETY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1926, Page 13

PLUNKET SOCIETY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY

To-morrow afternoon th_ annual party organised by tho committee of the AVellington Plunket Society takes .place in tho Town Hall. This event is looked forward to eagerly oy tho many thousands who have had such -happy times in'the last two years, and the committee again appeals to all who havo been helped by the Plunket nurses to show their appreciation, of the society's work by attending. This is tho one opportunity, given in the year to parents to acknowledge publicly their indebtedness to this world-wide movement inaugurated by Sir Truby King, to whoso genius and unselfishness NewZealand and tho world are indebted. In no other country have parents such educational advantages in the upbringing of children and such help brought to their doors. But to enable the committee to maintain a staff of Plunket nurses who can visit all Wellington and its suburbs it is necessary to raise £2000 a year over tho Government grant. Tho ladies of tho committee cheerfully face the responsibility, knowing they have only to ask parents who havo been helped and they will respond, and to-morrow afternoon they are being given the opportunity. Tho chief feature of the afternoon will be children's community singing, held for the first time in Wellington. Messrs. Albert Russell and Will J. Mason, tho well-known leaders of community singing, will bo in charge of this, and will ask the children to sing a number of nursery rhymes. The pro-' gramme also includes Miss Helen Gard'iter's fantastic and interesting interpretation of the old nursery rhyme ''Oranges and Lemons," and the dancing in costume by the pupils of Miss Kathleen O'Brien. Other attractions of the afternoon are Father Christmas and his tree — the work of Mrs. Clayton and Misses Clayton and Chapman and others. The tree is laden with a variety of toys. The children's friend, the Plunket Stork, will this year carry dozens of Tlinffiet babies, under.Nurse Mitchell's care, ulose at hand will bo a fairyland of dressed dolls. The boys' toys have been especially imported from England, and include many novelties. Also attached to this stall will be fifty dolls' beds, beautifully made and equipped. ' Other stalls will deal with cakes and flowers, including a large number of Christmas cakes, Christmas gifts for adults, and children's clothes. The afternoon tea, which is always a great feature of this party, is entirely hand-made. Mr. Wilson, who will bo at tho piano for the community singing, has collected a talented orchestra, which will play tho latest music all the afternoon.