A CHARMING PARTY CHRISTMAS JOYS PRE-WEDDING PARTIES

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 140, 10 December 1935, Page 15

A CHARMING PARTY

CHRISTMAS JOYS

PRE-WEDDING PARTIES

In honour of their approaching'marriage, Miss Gladys Ferguson and Mr. G. Carpenter were guests at a delightful gift evening in the R.S.A. Hall, Brooklyn, last night, Mrs. Edith Gourley being the hostess. There was a very large attendance of guests and the bride-elect received some useful gifts. Mrs. Gourley was in sapphire blue velvet, and Miss Ferguson was in black velvet and sequins. Dancing was indulged in, musical items were given, and there were some amusing competitions. Mrs. E. Astill and Mrs. Gwen Clayton sang duets; Messrs. Ivan Smith and Quirk gave solos, and Miss A. Nolan contributed a tap dance in costume. A delicious home-made supper was served buffet fashion, and when the tables were cleared, Miss Ferguson and her ' fiance had the pleasant task of opening up the parcels ■ brought ■in their honour.

A special presentation was made by Mr. R. Dovey on behalf of some friends of the popular couple, this taking the form of a silver sugar basin and jug. Mrs. Carpenter, senior, and Mrs. S. H. Ferguson were specially honoured by the gathering, and Mrs. Ferguson made a neat little speech in reply. Miss Ferguson also- received some charming bouquets. ,Mr. Carpenter thanked the hostess and friends for the delightful evening, on behalf of himself and Miss Ferguson. Mr. E. Nolan made an efficient M.C. during the evening, and Mr. Quirk played the dance music.'

Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Cracknell, Mr. and Mrs. E. Nolan, Mr. and Mrs. Tracy, Mr. and Mrs. Watt, Senr., Mr. and Mrs. R. Dovey, Mr. and Mrs. Logan, sen., Mr. and Mrs. •L. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. E. Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. W. Glover, Mr. and Mrs. S. Watt, Mr. and Mrs. potter, Mr. land Mrs. Walters, Mr. and Mrs. Askew, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Gare; Mesdames Carpenter, sen., S. H. Ferguson, Overend, Tucker, Marsh, Cade, A. Aitken, Clayton, Astill, A. Hill, Thomson, Ella; Misses Marsh, A. Nolan, Griffiths, Darragh, H. Taylor, Cockroft, B. Ferguson, E. Shand, A. Jenkins, M. Chorley, A. Hill, Paddison; Messrs. Gourley, Quirk, Weekley, Griffiths, Haigh, J. Carpenter, Paton, Anderson, I. Smith.

On Saturday afternoon, at the Wentworth Cabaret, Miss Ferguson wSs the guest of Mrs. M. Shand and her daughter, Mrs. F. Malcolm, at a gift party. Afternoon tea was served in the balcony upstairs, and a pleasant afternoon was spent. Miss Ferguson received some charming gifts. Among those present were Mesdames G. Carpenter, sen., S. H. Ferguson, R. A. ;Judd, E., Carey, H. A. Finney, Blackman, H. F. Griffiths, H. W. Blinkhorn,-. McCune; Misses B. Ferguson, J. Claridge, R. •Tudd, N. Wareham, E. and M. Shand. H. Taylor,.M. Chorley, A. Hilliard, and H. Robertson.

MANY GUESTS ENTERTAINED

A charming party; was given, by Mrs. Horace Miller, of Wadestown, at the Hotel St. George yesterday afternoon to enable some of her many friends to meet her mother,' Mrs. Frank Fiebeger (U.S.A.), who arrived from America recently to visit her daughter.

The palm lounge was artistically decorated for. the occasion by Mrs. Bassant, who achieved some delightful effects with a generous use of summer flowers. All the tea tables' were centred with slender vases of deep rose carnations and delicate greenery. Long branches of deep red rhododendrons were massed at the end of the room, and near by was a large floating bowl of red and white roses with a redshaded lamp near by adding to the good effect. Wall brackets were adorned with cream and crimson rhododendrons, and a large bowl of shaded pink and white peonies and white irises stood on the end of the piano. . Tall green glass vases held long-stemmed red gladioli and Christmas lilies, while at the entrance of the lounge were Etruscan metal vases with

branches of, Japanese maple and red gladioli—altogether very effective.

- A delicious .tea. was served with ; many savouries,, these proving very popular. Then a. stand was wheeled in with a wonderfully decorated birthday, cake (made by.the chef at the [hotel) with seventy-one candles upon . it, it being" Mrs. Fiebeger's birthday.. She; was asked first of all to blow but the candies (which she did with much promptitude), and then to cut the cake. IA beautiful bouquet of ropes was also I handed td Mrs. Fiebeger, a gift from a friend. t. . •.' . •-■ . Mrs. Horace Miller was. in a reception gown of jewel blue siik crepe, the corsage having a shoulder cluster of cream and yellow roses. Mrs. Fiebeger, who received with her daughter, was in black crepe de chine, her black hat having' a rosette and trimming of black crepe silk. Her shoulder posy was of roses and carnations with maidenhair fern. . Mrs. J. G. Cbates, Mrs.. Erreld. Martin, and Mrs. David Moncur were at the table with the I hostess and the guest of honour.

Among those present were Mrs. G. A. Bucklin, Mme. A. Nihotte, Madame Tarbayeff, Mesdames J. B. MacEwan, Knox Gilmer, C. J.#B. Norwood, W. Norwood, Vaughan Morgan, J. A. Doctor, J. W. G. Brodie, Jl M. A. Ilott, Wm. Perry, H. F. O'Leary, Percy Thomson, Sinclair Thompson, A. Barnett, Gordon Forbes, F. Ward, E. T. Porter, T. P. Fotheringham, T. B. Cavaghan, A. D. Harris, G. H. Jackson, A. Springhall, P. Wrigley, G. Baillie, S. Craig, R. Nagle, W. Brown, A. Tyndall, W. Orebaugh, J. D. Birrell, L: A. Nuland, R. Scott, E. Spidy, H. Green, B. Hartman, W. M. Luke, W. Saunders, B. Rennie, T. Spears, R. MacDowell, L. George, C. Gray, F. Vickerman, A. R. Entrican, J. Payne, F. Bradley, Harley Brown, E. L. Mead, W. A. Fisher, >F. Picot.'D.vTodd, E. H. M. Luke, H. Button, G. F. Wilson, L. Williams, E. C. Carter, G. Magnus, J. Bennie, O. Benge, A. Hawley, C. Mitchell, D. Kean, T. Brodie, D. Bauchop, M. D. MacGoun, E. E. Gillon, J. C. Schneider, N. W. Stevens, A. Grundy, M. Spencer, M. G. Phelan, L. B. Campbell, H. D. Raphael, F. M. Seaton, R. Buhrer, Miss Helen Giovesi, Miss Mary Seaton, Miss E. M. Black, and Miss L. Buxton.

CITIZENS' DAY NURSERY

The very, young obviously do not consider a Christmas party a matter to be treated lightly if a full measure of pleasure is to be^derived from it and justice done to the unusually palatable fare provided on such an occasibn.

Intense and dignified concentration was the expression registered on the faces of the babies, who were entertained at the Cambridge Terrace Citizens' Day Nursery's party yesterday afternoon, as they sat in tiny chairs, with frivolous paper caps perched on their heads, at a long low table laden with good things and a Christmas tree as a centre-piece.. Having marched around the building singing and performing a "haka" for the entertainment of the grown-ups before tea, they no doubt considered that, pleasant as such entertainments usually are, it was rather a waste of time on such an occasion when the really important business of the party was waiting to be attended to. However, they spared time during the feast to sing a delightful Christmas greeting to the visitors. Paper streamers hung on the walls