GREAT SUCCESS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 99, 29 April 1938, Page 14

GREAT SUCCESS

KINDERGARTEN CABARET

FROCKS AND FLOWERS

All the newest and smartest of the dance frock fashions were seen at the Mayfair last night, when the Wellington Free Kindergarten Associa- j tion's annual cabaret, in aid of the association's funds, was held. The varieties of materials, colours, and styles were a revelation, and they were ■ seen at their best in the indirect lighting with the dance room's cream walls and vivid green curtains as a back-1 ground. There were slinky satins, flowing chiffons, tartan, striped, and floral taffetas in every colour of the rainbow, but there was hardly. a colour that was not repeated, at least in a toning shade, in the glorious flowers that were displayed everywhere. The masses of deep lined hydrangeas and the yellow chrysanthemums were especially lovely. Hundreds of orange Iceland poppies were also used to decorate the tables in the supper-room. All the flowers, which had been supplied by friends of the Kindergarten ' and [arranged by Miss M. Cooper, were sold [at the conclusion of the dance. The I excellent home-made supper, provided by the council members and auxiliary, was supplemented by savouries supplied by the Gas Company and other well-wishers. It was probably one of the most successful cabaret dances that has taken place at the . Mayfair. Both dance-rooms were crowded and in an adjoining room about eighty people played bridge. Mrs. J. A. Doctor, president of the association, was the dancers' official hostess, and Mrs. Didsbury, vice-president, was hostess for the bridge players. ■ Those who made up bridge fours were Lady Frazer, Miss Wallace, Miss Preese, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Kessell, Mrs. Wardell, Mrs. A. H. lioby, Mrs. Phelan, Mrs. A. A. Cramond, Jifirs. H. Thodey, Mrs. Mac Lean, Mrs. Didsbury, Miss Hackworth, Mrs. R. Caughley, Miss Samson, Miss yon Dadelszen, Mrs. A. Longmore, and Mrs. Smith. A bridge party in aid of the funds was also held, by Mrs. Mac Donald Wilson at her own home in Aurora Terrace. :

Cabaret tables! in the dance room were booked by Lady Myers, Mrs. ,J. A. Doctor, Mrs. Seers, Mr. and Mrs. David Perry, Miss T.# Scott and Mrs. Edward Bell, Mrs. J. Batchelor, Mrs. Morton' Paterson, Dr. and Mrs. Sutch, Mrs. Rose,' Miss Seed, -Mrs. Charles Levin, Miss Vickery, Miss Kessell, Miss Nance Jones, Miss Moya Hempton' and Mrs. Desmond White, Mrs. Campbell, Miss June Luckie, Miss Claridge, Miss Mollic Rodie, ' Mr. Bell, Miss Nancy Olphert, Miss Aldred, Mrs. C. Cosson, Mr. Victor and Mrs. Lloyd, Miss Marjorie Gibbons, Miss Mac Lean, Miss Hoby, Miss Nolan, Mrs. H. H. Newtown. "...

Also present among the dancers were Mr. and Mrs. Martin Luckie, Mrs. E. Dowsett, Miss Edna Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Morrish, Mrs. R. Gibbons, Dr. and I Mrs. Krondfeldt, Mr. and ' Mrs: lan Macarthur, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Waddell, Mr. and' Mrs. Athol Millward, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Mazengarb, Mr. and Mrs. Lan Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell 1 Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Miller, 'Mr. and Mrs;.iT. Haycock, Mr. and' Mrs. Charles Whitman, Mr. and Mrs. Guy ; Leatham, Dr. and Mrs. Mac Donald, 'Mr. and Mrs.-Andrew Todd, Mr. and iMrs. Bryan Todd, Mr. Charles Marth--1 banks, Mr. and Mrs. Ft. Peacock, Mr. , and Mrs. W. Longuet, Mr. and Mrs. B. Paterson, Mr. and Mrs. Russsll Young, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Pritchard,. Mr. and Mrs. Wjlfrcd' Airey; the Misses-Margot Peacock, 'Pixie Morris, Kathe'rine Andrew, Freddie Whatley, Ruth Wheeler, Patsy Ashbolt, Betty Reading, Geraldine Miller, Pamela Fell, Helen Ward, Nancy Springhall, Francis Norman, June Luckie, Barbara' Gray Young, Meg Stott, Judy Allen, Alison Bradmore. Valmai Maudsley, Betty Ellingham, Annette Gunn, Paddy Burke, Marjorie Hutton, Beverley Luke, Ruth Skerraan;' and Messrs. F. Dougall, Desmond White, John. Macdonald, Peter.■ Lux, ford, R. Morpcth, R. Carnsy, R. and M. Watson. Charles Todd, lan'Kirkcaldie, B. Gibbons, Selwyn Toogood, Mervyn lElias, Hollybone (England), R. Car- ' ney, W. Zander, John Watson, B. Wylic, i Richard Andrew, Charles E\ :ii • 3:ott, 1 and Geoffrey. Colledga.