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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 134, 4 December 1930, Page 13

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Cancer Research Fund. A busy clay was spent yesterday by' Mis. Moi-ico and Mrs. H. Hadfiekl, who were motored up: to Pcatherston by Miss Constance Morice to meet a number oil ]?eatherston residents interested in the Cancer Besearch Fund. They lunched with Mrs. Archie Clark, who escorted them to the Oddfellows' Hall, who.ro Miss. Card (Mayoress) received them, and there was- an excellent attendance of people from the district, who showed much willingness' to assist in tho good cause. Mrs. Morice addressed the meeting, explaining their object in coming, and a strong committee was formed with Miss Card as president. Tliis committee:will meet again shortly, when an lion, secretary and lion, treasurer will be appointed. Miss Card gave a delightful afternoon tea at her home after the meeting, when a pleasant, time was spent, her beautiful garden coining in for much admiration. The prospects for the IVatherston committee are considered as being very good. Lost: A Wedding Ring. Before the altar in a church at Cuckfield, Sussex, stood tho happy couple—the groom, a policeman, tail and handsome, the bride, petite and pretty, says an English exchange. The ceremony was nearing its end. On tho Bible lay the ring, and the minister was about to hand it to the bridegroom when it slipped off the book and. disappeared. Search was made, members of the bridal party crouching down and groping about. But -it.'was .useless. The little golden band had vanished. Then, when tho situation was beginning to look serious, tho. minister showed his resourcefulness. Ho had1 two rings on his hand and" tugged at one,.but it would not move. He pulled at the other, rind after a struggle off it eiiinc, and with this ring (lie ceremony was completed. Another search was made for the.lost trinket, this time successfully, It was .in one of tho "tura-ups 3' of tho minister's trousers. i

Bazaar at Miramar. A "bazaar in aid of St. Aiclan's Church funds will lie held on Saturday next, Ctli December, in the- Miramar South School. The bazaar will be opened by Mrs. Sprott, and many attractive articles, suitable for Christmas presents, will be on sale. Students' Handwork. Puppet shows.describing the stories of "Red Biding Hood" and "The Thrco Bears," were included in last night's- .exhibition of handwork done by kindergarten students during the past year. Another fairy tale, with a moral, was described in a puppot show, and was also told by one of the students. "The Little Pagan Faun,"' a Christmas f'ablo often told ■to the children, was charmingly depicted with fairly figures in a pine wood. Another story, ''Tho Youth of Stradivarius," was told by a student during the evening's programme. Quaint animal toys made from clothes pegs, dolls in daintily made garments, toy boxes, with alluring pictures on the lids and attractively embroidered luncheon sets, wero among the exhibits. Specimens of drawings and story illustrations formed another' section. The visitors at I last evening's function were given an opportunity during supper of examining the hand work, which was displayed in tho supper-room. Residential Nursery. The report given by the matron of Hie Residential Nursery at the monthly meeting'showed that all the children were well, and thatthe. month had been a busy one. Misses Bennett and Gentry ■were specially thanked for voluntary aid. Dr. Coliins. presided at the meeting. Donations reported by Mrs. Peterson (hon. treasurer) and for which cordial votes of thanks were passed, were as follow:—lsland Bay branch, £14; Khandallah, £35; Lower Hutt, £30; Wadcstown branch, £49 7s 9d; balance of Mrs. Ames's legacy, £3 17s 3d; paid into Christmas Cheer Fund, Dr. Collins, 10s; Mrs. Marcbbahks, 10s Cd; Lady Beauchamp, £1. Gifts in kind which tho committeel and . matron .acknowledged with sincere thanks .were received from the. following: Mra. Lyons, Mrs. D. H. Taylor, l|rs. Rudkin, Mrs.. Brown, Miss ■Sheppard,. Melroso branch, Mrs. Barker, Seatbuu branch, Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Hunter, Miss Barker, Miss Freeman, Mrs. M'Arthur, Island Bay circle, Miss Ben\iett, Miss Wiltshire, Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Wakelin, KliandaHah branch, Miss Fannin, Mrs. E. Taylor, Mrs. Guthrie, Mrs. Tripp. ■ Queen's, Lady-in-Waiting. Lady Victoria: Forester, who has taken the place of Lady Kathorinc Seymour (nee Hamilton) as Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Mary, is not unfamiliar with Balmoral and the surroundings, as Aborgeldie Castle was lent to her father, tho lato Lord<Liucolnshire, on one or two occasions, states an exchange. Abergeldie is a cua'nniug and typical Scotch house on the banks of the river Dee. Parts of it are very old, but additions liave, of course, been made from time to time. The wonderful old walled-iii garden is specially attractive. It is a curious fact that though so close to Balmoral, Abergeldie Castle is a separate estate, and is always "rented" by Royalty and lent by them to their friends. Tho last time Lady Victoria was up there was shortly after the death of King Edward, when she was only seventeen, years old, and was invited to a d'umcr party at Balmoral. At the Coronation, Lady Victoria Carrington, as she -then was, was one• of the six girls selected by G^usen Mary to carry the train. In this the Queen reverted to Queen Victoria's custom and chose ladies instead of pages, as preferred by Queen Alexandra. Lady Victoria is a god-child of tho late Queen Victoria, .and is named after her. She married in June, 1913, Mr. Le^gc-Bourke, Coldstrcam Guards, who was killed early in tho war—her son, Harry Legge-Bourke, being a page at tho present time—and, secondly, m 1916, Major the Hon. Edrie, Forester, of the Eiflo Brigade, youngest son of tho lato Lord Forester. Musical Talent. Princess Beatrice still practises music, and no day passes without the playing of simple.pieces, writes a-Londoner. In her younger days the Princess was a brilliant musician, and it is a grief to her that, no .one but Princess Mary has inherited musical talent. None of the young princesses are musical, but her own daughter, the Queen of Spain, is her mother's rival. . She is a splendid pianist, and .'herself taught her_ own young daughters. Preference js i^ivcn to-Beethoven,, and neither likes modern music. At "command" concerts Princess Beatrice has always a good deal to £iy about the programme. She has distinct likes and dislikes, and there nro many composers she cannot bear, though 'they are accepted by the modern world. Four Talented Sisters. Four talented sisters met again for the first time for twelve years at a luncheon at Ciros Club, Orange street, | Leicester Square,, recently. Dame Clara Butt was reunited to her three sisters .before she sailed for an extensive tour in tho*Far East, (states the "Daily Mail").- Before Dame Clara Butt achieved fame- as' a contralto singer, she and her sisters, Mrs. Stuart Anderson (Paulino Hook), Mrs. Percy Homing (Hazel Gray),-and Mrs. E. Argent' (Ethel: Hook) used to tour the country singing quartets. Mrs. Anderson is now'settled in" Canada; Mrs. Homing teaches singing in Clifton, Bristol; and Mrs. Argent appears on the concert platform. Daring Girl Aviator. A remarkable record is that o£ Laura Ingalls, a modern American girl, dancer and flier. She finished flying lessons Jast April, and in.May established 'a woman's record : for looping tho loop with 340 loops. In June she increased it to OSO loops, writes a correspondent. Dale Jackson, who recently made a record endurance flight over St. Louis, dared the girl 'to break his record of 411 barrel rolls—whatever they may be. Laura went up above'them, and "stole tho play" by doing 644 barrel rolls. Miss Ingalls says: "Any girl that ea,n (lance can fly; that is, if she really can dance. And any girl can Uy as well as _a nian.". ...-■■ A Roman City. ' The important work of excavating the site of the Roman city of Yerulain is being carried out by- a woman, Mrs. Wheeler, the wife of Dr. Mortimer Wheeler, ■keeper and secretary of the London Museum, states an English exchange. Mrs. Wheeler is the chief administrative officer of a parly, which includes her husband, Dr. Davics Price, a number of voluntary workers, and about 20 labourers, who have already mado a number of important discoveries. Besides .organising the- work .ij)d . instructing the diggers, Mrs. Wheeler is responsible for sorting and marking the pottery and other relics which arc being found. Mannequin Tours. The introduction of louring mannequins in tho spring proved, such a suci'pms that several troupes arc rehearsing for autumn lours in provincial j towns, states the "Daily Mail." They; are organised like touring theatrical! companies, and iucluclo a. demonstrator, a cutter, a matron mannequin, several girls, and sometimes a dresser who

attends to the transport of the cases of frocks and gowns." Two troupes were sent out by the-Calico". Printers' Association to demonstrate how attractive British printed fabrics .• can., .look svhen made up" in.to mornijig and afternoon frocks and,evening gowns. Tho parados are •essentially for tho middleclass housewife. While the demonstrator explains how sufficient material for the frocks can be bought for less than £1, the mannequins parade among tho audience. Women who buy dress lengths will receive patterns made by tho cutter. Croquet Players. Mrs. Morton (Seatoun) has returned from iSeddonvillc, where she has-been on a lengthy visit to ..her parents.-,.-Mrs. Rhodes AVilLlams (Kelburn) and Mrs. Glass (Dannevirke) were, among the visitors present- at tho . croquet tournament on tho Manawatu greens last week. -. • Mrs. Clarke (New Plymouth) is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Rudkin, Lyall Bay. " ■ ~"".- '■ j Mrs. .Childs (Lyall Bay) ,has returned from a visit to Christchurcli. The many croquet friends of Mrs. A. Y. Lees will deeply sympathise with her in th,e recent isuddcn death of her husband on Monday. •-' ■''.'■■