HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 18

HERE AND THERE

Kindergarten Outing.

Arrangements have been completed for the Kindergarten party tomorrow, when a number of gardens at the Lower Hutt will be visited. The organisers are anticipating a fine day, but in the event,of the weather being jvery unsettled and ,'■■■■. the iparty being i postponed until the following Wednesday, an announcement will be made over the air just' after 10 a.m. tomorrow. ■'■ .■■•;.. '■■ ..... - - E.S.U. Garden Party; .. A delightful^time is promised those who attend the English-speaking;' Union garden. party, 'which: is io ■■be - held at Mrs. Hope Gibbohs's-home '. atv Lyall I Bay next Saturday. >;■ Arrangements have been made for a 'bus to: leave, Courten'ay Place at 2.30 p.m. . There will be fortune telling and "Aunt Sallys" and all/the usual affairs that make garden parties successful. ..;Mrs. L. Jacobsen has arranged .a vyaltz ballet on the lawn during:;t% afternoon. In the eventrpf; wet "the ballroom '-' arid-receptioniroorris will be open.1' tin advertisement; gives further details.;' A Hunting Empress.^; V y In the nineteenth-century a woman, to look well;'upon, a ■horse, was expected to be-"moulded into her habit." To ensure that, effect/a.beautiful and tragic Empress,' Elizabeth.'.of Austria, was sewn into.hers. Her toilet on huntIng mornings-took two!hours. Often she dressed in some house near the meet. Her hairdresser and her tailor accompanied her. When at length her heavy braids of hair-had been coiled closely round her head the sewing of her habit would, begin. 'It is said that for riding she wore always three pairs of gloves. Her saddle was so small that it was out of sight from behind her. Sometimes her dressing, lasted so long that hounds'/ moying-off ,was,. delayed. Then; if ingenious, the .Master would upbraid Bay ;Middietori> in the Empress's hearing.." ,;■;■- '■> Boys' Institute. ;; -; : A meeting of the Boys'. Institute Ladies' Auxiliary held recently :was presided over by Mrs. L.' T. -Watkins. The resignation of the president of,the ladies' auxiliary was received with very deep regret. Mrs. Hislop has held office as president since its inauguration in 1913, and her untiring efforts and interest'in all that concerned the Boys' Institute, and its boarding lishment in particular, have earned the gratitude of all connected • with the work. The. following , were unanimously elected to hold office: Honorary president, Mrs..W. Stewart; president, Mrs. L. T. Watkins. The secretary reported that the boarding establishment had been filled to capacity throughout the month and at the present, time there' were ten boys awaiting admission. A vote of thanks was passed to Mrs. Yule, of Featherston, for a gift of fruit and vegetables. Nurse Beckett Memorial. The Nurse Beckett memorial committee has received, and has in sight, £81 towards itsi objective,of £100. The following,"further., subscriptions have conic to hand:— Mornirigtbri Golf Club (promised), £5 ss; collections by Mr. Youles, £5; by Miss Marsh, 7s 6d; "Denaby^" Levin, £2 2s; Mrs. H. Jowett, 10s 6d; Mrs. Douglas Whyte, £1; Ethel F. Wood, Oxford, £1. The latter, in sending her donation, writes: "I am very interested in the splendid idea you;:have of raising a fund -to' endow a cotiand bed in the: Karitahe Hospital as a: perpetual" memorial'for. tKe'-.- late Nurse, Beckett. • ,?-Th> j : world/ is-certainly poorer- for her;passing, but those who .were fortunate enough to know, her will always, have the memory, of her happy 'personality to carry them through stormy times—it is'beautiful to know that she was .so.much, beloved." A few more subscriptions like this are earnestly solicited-so that the well-merited memorial may be established. \A. list, is open 'at this office andany amounts will be acknowledged through these-columns.: