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Kindergarten Sale of Work,

The annual sale of work by the South Wellington Kindergarten Mothers' Club was held recently at the Kindergarten, Owen Street, in beautiful sunshine. Mrs. Longhurst, president of the Mothers' Club, introduced Mrs.; Gibbons, who opened the function and spoke very highly of the amount of work done by the committee to make such a wonderful display and wished tht club every success in their future functions. The hall was gaily decorated with the kindergarten colours. a large number of members and friends helped to make the afternoon and evening a splendid success. Wellington Girl's Success. Advice has been received from England that Miss Honor Fry, at one time head prefect of Marsden School,. has received her Diploma in Physical Education, having completed a three years' course at Chelsea College of | Physical Education, London. Her last j subject, psychology, was passed with honours this month. The entire col-j ! lege is spending the last three weeks | of the term in camp, all students being taught the technique of correct camping as part of their training. Miss Fry intends to gain as much experience as possible in English teaching methods during the rest of the year by visiting well-known girls' schools that make a feature of physical culture. Citizens' Day Nursery. Mrs. Norman presided over a recent meeting of the Citizens' Day Nursery committees. Arrangements were finalised for the holding of a bridge party early in August. It was reported that the number of children cared for during the month at the nursery had4otalled 509, proving that the nursery was fulfilling a very useful purpose in the community. Gifts were gratefully acknowledged from J. Rod and Co., N.Z. Trawling Co., Aitken's Arcade, Mesdames Norman, Cornish. Addison, Misses Low and Townsend. and monetary donations from Lady Myers, Mesdames A. de B. Brandon, T. Young, J. D. Gray, Sir George Shirtcliffe, Mr. J. M. A. Ilott, and the Minister of Internal Affairs (allocation from art union), and Mr. W. M. Kingi (for services rendered), were also acknowledged. New Zealand Croquet Players. Two Wellington women are included in the personnel of the presentative croquet team which will leave this evening by the Awatea for Sydney and will compete in the Queensland cham- | pionships next month. Members of the team are representative of the South as well as the North Island, and comprise Mr. R. W. McCreath (president of the New Zealand Croquet Council) and Mrs. McCreath, Gore; Mr. J. Thompson, Ashburton; Mrs, J. Palmer, Christchurch; Mrs. W. Lowery, Wellington; Mrs. D. C. Henderson, Wellington; Mrs. Pickard, Ngaroma; Mrs. Clark, New Plymouth; Mrs. Gambrill (vice-president New Zealand Croquet Council), Palmerston North; Mrs.] Brown, Palmerston North; Mrs. Nicholson, Levin; Mrs. Bagrie,l Levin; Mrs. Bryant, • Manakau; Mrs. Griffin, Mata- j mata, Auckland. Successful Play Reading. The Windsor Club last night read "Isabel, Edward, and Ann," a comedy in three acts by Gertrude Jennings. It proved to' be cleverly cast, parts being taken by Mrs. Eileen Toward, Mrs. Zara Wolfsohn, Mrs. Topp, Misses Shirley King and Nancy McGuirys, and Messrs. Eric North, John Foster, and Vernon Avery- Mrs. Topp's interpretation of Mrs. Buckett was one of the j cleverest ever seen in the club. In' the (audience were Mrs. Ellison Porter, Mr. land Mrs. G. R. Scott, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. I Gordon Hooper, Misses Rita McCarthy, ! Molly Frame, Edna Pedersen, Thelma I Burling, Cath Carsons, Elsie Cox, ; Hazel McNatty, Constance Kelly, and ! Messrs. Leo Wolfsohn, Fred Swannick, ! Ronald Child, and John Lobley. There were over thirty in all present. Party Given for Daughter. The spacious drawing-room of Mr. ! and Mrs. W. S. Kerswell's home at Island Bay was decorated with varicoloured streamers and shaded lights recently for the party which was given in honour of their, daughter, Enid, to celebrate her birthday. The varied programme included dancing, and at 10.30 p.m. a home-made supper was served, toasts being proposed by Mr. I. Garnett and Mr. L. Cosgrove. A streamer and confetti dance was hold at"the conclusion of the parly. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kerswel'l and their' five daughters, Marie, Amy, Enid, Phyllis, and Monica, Misses M. Sutherland, B. Laurenson, V. Wiren, T. Watt, A. Hester, A. Hamilton, N. Douglas, V. Luff, B. Chudly, B. Emmett, D. Luff, J. Wakelin, G. LufT, B. Knowsley, J. Allen, J. Bernasconi, M. Barrowlough, and Messrs. J. Gillitzer, R. Dunwoodie (Napier), N. Ja#k (Napier), L. Cosgrove (Napier), I. Garnett (Napier), S.. Richards, F. Barneo, J. Barneo, D. Rochel, L. Cropp, J. Geraldo, J. Rabone, N. Smith, R. Wakelin, M. Lawton, A. Douglas, B. j McNought, H. Butler, and T. Wiren. Defence League Branch Entertains. The Mount Victoria branch of the New Zealand Defence League held a successful dance at the Mokoia Hall on Wednesday night. There was an excellent attendance of young people who were greatly interested when MivH. L. Green, vice-president of the Wellington branch, spoke briefly on the international situation, stressing the need for people to join the defence force of New Zealand. Excellent dance

music was played, and the "Hill Billies," Messrs. F. Horn, S. Mills, D. Wheeler, A, Copeland, and K. Howard,

I played and sang the latest "hits." Judy Cooper, a small pupil of Miss Hazel Martin, sang, and for an encore danced a toe tap, Mrs. G. 'Webb (secretary),! playing her accompaniments. A-home-made supper was served by the committee whjch comprised Mrs. M. I. Bunny (president), Mrs. G. Webb (hon. secretary), and Mesdames L. Mills, { Miller, A. Mack, and McGregor. Among I those present were Mesdames E. Hewitt, Dennistoun-Wood, S. H. Angus, Bance, W. L. Burgess, Martin, D. S. Craig, H. Bannister, Scammell, W. H. Barnard, L. B. C. Clark, R. Canning, Horn, Misses B. Shalders, B. Mack, %J. Mack, G. Cooper, Antrobus,' L. Moody, B. Herd, J. Hodges, B. Hazlett, D. Freeman, E. Bance, Graham, Issacs, McKenzie, A. Farley, and Messrs. P. Mills, A. Mack, K. Howard, W. Mills, W. Burgess, R. Smith, J. Allan, McGregor, D. S. Craig, R. Canning, L. Hunt, G. Pryor, M. Myers, A. L. Copeland J. Johnston, W. Andrews; L. H. Angus, McNamara, and Horn. ■ Music Society Piano Group. , ! The annual general meeting of the British Music Society's Piano Group took place on Wednesday night in thej Group's Studio, Lambton Quay. Miss Ngaire Murphy was in the chair. The j following officers were elected to office ] for the coming year:—Secretary, Miss Ngaire Murphy; assistant secretary, Miss Valeric Collins; committee, Misses Catherine Moncrieff, Eileen Watts, Patricia Inns, Lois Ramsey, Dorothy Downing, Dorothy Buck, and Messrs. Keith Picton, and Bryan McMillan. After the business meeting a programme of Schumann's works was presented in conjunction with the Song Group. There was a record attendance of members and friends. Miss Dorothy Downing and Mr. Clement Howe were joint leaders, and Mr. Karl Atkinson spoke for a few minutes on topics extremely interesting to both groups. The pianists during the.evening were Misses Francis Roberts, Helen Hardy, Dorothy Downing, and Lois Ramsey. Songs were presented by Mesdames Nicholls, Michell, and Smith, Misses Potter, Gilpin, Sell, M. Hitchings, K. Maciver, M. Atkinson, and J. Stirling, and Mr. Hopkins. Mrs. A. Gibson Foster and Mr. C. Howe were the accompanists. Large Dance at Johnsonville. j Gay streamers and shaded lights were used effectively to decorate the new Symonds Hall at Johnsonville recently, when the combined committees of the Johnsonville and Newlands j Plunket Society gave a dance. There were over 300 guests An interpretative dance of modern central Europe was demonstrated by Miss Lily Kettle,well, who later sang "Wai-ata Poi," and, as an encore, "I'm in Love With Vienna," which she combined with a dance. . Supper was served by the committee. Mr. Titshall made an efficient master of ceremonies. The untiring work of, the committee was largely responsible for the outstanding financial success of the dance. The following were thanked for donations: J Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Titshall, Mrs. Laurie, Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Reginald Collins, Mr. Kench, Mr. Sebire, and the Denhard Bakery. Among the visitors were Mrs. Harold Joweft (president of the Wellington branch), Mrs. Gray (president of the Coastal Towns branch) and Mr. Gray, Miss West (Plunket nurse) and party. , Birthday Celebrated. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Levick entertained over eighty guests recently at their home in Constable Street, at a party in honour of their daughter, Ngaire, who was celebrating her coming of age. Bowls of flaming Iceland poppies decorated the rooms in which cocktails were served, and a variety of coloured flags, bright Chinese lanterns, and bowls of sweet peas were arranged in the table tennis loft, where a sit-down supper was served. Dancing was held to the music of a rhythmic orchestra. During the evening toasts were proposed by Messrs. N. C. Haigh, R. Wilson, and J. R' Robertson. Miss Levick's lovely frock was of oyster satin featuring a ruched bodice and full, pleated skirt. Czecho-Slovak -Refugees. In a remote Derbyshire village, near the famous caverns of the Peak, a love story is nearing a happy-ever-after ending, states an exchange. It started in Czecho-Slovakia, when Franz Albert John fled from his mountain village before the German invaders. He did not have time to say farewell to his 19-year-old sweetheart, Hildegard Elizabeth Rohach. For weeks he roamed Europe. Eventually he arrived with 29 of his countrymen at Hp^lowford educational settlement at Castleton, Derbyshire, England. Months passed with not a word from Hildegard. He tried in vain to get a word to her. Then it was decided to receive more refugees at the settlement. It was said that a young woman would, be among them. As Franz and others went to meet the new party, the first person he saw walking down the village lane towards him was Hildegard. She told him that soon after he went, her family also took flight—to Denmark. From there, with her last money, she had caught a boat for England. Franz and Hildegard are now preparing for their wedding.