HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 130, 29 November 1932, Page 11

HERE AND THERE

Invitations Issued,

Mrs. Iforbes has issued invitations for an "At Home" to take place at Parliament House on Tuesday, 6th' December, from a quarter to 4 till halfpast 5 in the afternoon. The final gathering held by the Y.W.C.A. Business and Professional Women's Hound Table Club will take the form of a dinner, when members may-invite guests to be present. Four members of the club will give brief speeches on the subject of "The Achievements of Modern Wonien." A musical programme has also been arranged, and the evening should" be a particularly pleasant one. A Cordial Welcome. - Miss Andri Bevin has been entertained at several interesting functions since her return after five years in London and tho . Continent. The Lyceum Club and. other friends met her at a "welcome home" luncheon and musical afternoon when some very charming poi dances, arranged by Mrs. Park, were, given by Misses Park and friend and Miss Maarke, accompanied by Miss Bennett. The penwomen's circle was very interested in Miss Beviu's description of the wonders of Rome, both socially and musically. She spoke of the marvellous art treasures of the Vatican, where she and her mother were admitted to an audience with His Holiness the Pope. She described the great opera houses, and spoke of tho musical appreciation even of the peasant children, who knew the music of the operas as children here know their nursery rhymes. In Rome she studied under Cecchini, Ferraresi, Cantarrini, and Marchese Frida Eicci; in London under Arthur Faggc (the authority on oratorio), under Grunnebaum at Covent Garden with Edith Clegg, and with Anne Williams. Her special work in Berlin was the study of Liederi She was fortunate in making friends with Mr. and.Mrs. Chesterton and with Mrs. Arnold Bennett and others, who helped to make tho period of hard work for tne student pass pleasantly. Hard work was the only way to success in the difficult road of music, concluded Miss Bevin. Mrs. Roosevelt Shops. "Pop into a store, and pop out again,J is how I buy my dresses," said Mrs. Eoosevelt, when asked her ideas on the subject of fashions. .As the "first lady in the laud," she will be supposed to live up to the tradition that she is the arbiter of feminine fashion. She has rather upset women's notions by declaring, "I've bought my winter clothing, but I shall buy one dress for my husband's inauguration, and that's all." , , . A "New" Spanish Custom; A new Spanish cuLrom has been started by senoritas who 'wish to become engaged. A narrow white band is placed above the left ankle under the stocking to convey a silent invitation for -proposals, and the indication that so far the wearer's heart has not been captured (states a correspondent). According to the distance the band is worn above tho ankle any aspiring male may discover the approximate age of the prospective husband whom the senorita would prefer, and thus be saved the inconvenience of proposing out of the right category. A band on the right ankle indicates ■. that..- a ■satisfactory, sweetheart has already been obtained. :■ Kound Table Clubs. ..' : ; Tho Bound Table Clubs, whiek.have been 6et going under the. auspices of the- T.W.C.A., are proving both interesting and successful. It is hoped to have a special session for members of these at the forthcoming T.W.G.A. Conference which will be held at Waitaki Boys' High School, Oamafu, near the end of December and for a few days in January. This will ; be an opportunity for members visiting the -South to see tho fine buildings and surroundings of Waitaki, arid the whole conference should be of outstanding interest. "The Fighting Squire." Sir Claude and Lady Champion de Crespigny celebrated their diamond wedding in September. A private dinner party was held at their home, Champion Lodge, Maldon, Essex, states an English writer; Known to his friends as "The Fighting Squire,"; Sir Claude in his'Bs years has lived a life of most varied adventure. After serving in the Navy from IS6O to 1865, and in the Army from 1566 to 1870, he went as a war correspondent up the Nile in 18S9, and fought in the South African War in 1900 and in British East Africa in; 1905. He was also a keen balloonist—! being.one of the few men to have crossed the North Sea in a balloon—an ardent foxhunter, sculler.^ swimmer, and boxer. On his 85th birthday Sir Claude practised at his punchball, and last year; he bathed every morning while at I Cowes. . He has had both legs broken while ballooning, several ribs while steepleehasing, and three fingers whiles boxing. He married in 1872 Georgiaua, daughter of the late Mr. E. McKerrell. Of their five sons, two survive, one was killed in the war and two have died. He has. four daughters. PUBLIC NOTICES.