MUSIC AND TEA
A PLEASANT AFTERNOON
Madame Merlin was "at home"' tv many friends yesterday afternoorti-whea a particularly pleasant time was spent by^alL-« Met ..-home; in- Oriental- Bay; Jias a charming vi_ew_oj[ thjs^arbour, "which" was" "in ijarKci3ar"beauty yesterday, and enjoyed by, many present. The hall and .drawing-room were decorated with long-stemmed bronze chrysanthemums and other winter blossoms! In the dining-room, where delicious tea -and refreshments were, served, the oaken table was arranged With lace mats and a central bowl'of, yellow,,poppies.,'ajnd. narcissi, :the .effect, being,very artistic. ~ ::
: "MadaineMerlin was wearing a prune* .tjii'tjed woollen, .'.piarocaih. one-piece frock', with' a , corded' fee^t;,,to match. •Some delightful.jnusic was enjoyed by all. Miss Monica ,'Malfroy, Mrs. L. Hunt,, arid "Maciame Merlin sang, and Miss Irene Spidy . was . accompanist, and also-played some piano solos. Among the guests were Lady. Myers, Lady Pomare, Lady Gray, Madame Formichella, . Madame Feng-Wang, Madame Nihotte, Mesdames Gordon Forbes, J. Payne, Horace Miller, F. Bradley, Brandon, . Eichelbaum, B. Mills, C. Malfroy, Fotheringham, Sol. Myers, B. Hartman, Orebaugh, Whatley, Burney, G. H. P. Davidson, Johnson, Luke, MacGregor, Crowe, Grundy, Wilson, B. Hume, Miss Ruth Miller, and others. . ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1935, Page 18
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183MUSIC AND TEA Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1935, Page 18
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