LONDON PERSONALS

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 3, 3 July 1940, Page 12

LONDON PERSONALS

(By Air Mail from "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, June 4. The engagement is announced of Lord Barnby, the Yorkshire woollen manufacturer, and Miss Banning Grange, of Brynmawr, Pennsylvania. Miss Fooks (New Plymouth and Dunedin) is .Sister in the X-ray Department of Tidworth Military Hospital. Miss D. M. Howie (Wanganui) is still on V.A.D. duty at Tidworth Military Hospital.

How annoying it is, when you're knitting.. an. intricate pattern, to have to leave your work! It is a good plan to knit the same number of stitches of the next row as the line of pattern you've reached. For example, if starting on the fourth pattern row, when next you pick up the work knit the first four stitches of the row before you put it away. Then, when you pick up the work again you have only to count the stitches working to know which row you are commencing.

For wedding parties, receptions, bridge afternoons, club luncheons, and dinners. ring 47-747—the Boronia Lounge, 220 Lambton Quay, now open for luncheons and evening meals.— P.B.A.

£36 for the Appeal Fund,

Thirty-six pound was raised for the Sick, Wounded, and Distress Appeal Fund as a result of a number of bridge and man jong parties held on Monday night by members of the Mardsen School Old Girls' Association. One party was 'held at the home of the president, Miss Constance Morice, Hill Street, the conveners being Mrs. W. G. Turnbull and Miss Valmai Richardson. Mrs. C. Q. Pope, Mrs. I. Jennings, Mrs. J. Stewart, and Mrs. H. Turner were the organisers of another party held at Marsden School, a room having been lent for the purpose by the principal, Miss Mayhew, and at Lower Hutt a party organised by Mrs. Murchison took place at Mrs. J. Zohrab's home.

Cycle of War Work,

Six new members were welcomed at the July meeting of the Lower Hutt branch of the New Zealand Union of Townswomen's Guilds (Inc.) on Mon-

Soldiers at National Club,

Soldiers on leave at the weekends and who have nothing to do and nowhere to go are welcome at the National Club, where all facilities are available to men of his Majesty's Forces. The hours between five and eight in the evening, before parties, dances, and cinemas begin are hardest to fill, but the National Club have solved the difficulty and each week are holding tea dances between those hours at the National Club. On Saturday the first such function was held, girl members entertaining large crowds of soldiers, the total number being over 200. A buffet tea was served, but for the men who wanted more substantial fare a three-course dinner was available in the .dining-room for the modest sum of ninepence. Many stayed on after the dance to read or talk in the library, where a big fire was burning, others using the comfortable lounges. . Miss Shirley Craig played

While Knitting Needles Clicked.

Mrs. English, the Dominion president of the League of Mothers, and Mrs. L. Wall, Dominion secretary, recently visited the Karori branch. Delightful singing was a feature of the afternoon, and created an - atmosphere of happiness and calm,-even with knitting needles flying. The opening hymn was sung by all members, the choir sang two favourite numbers, and Mrs. P. Wilson and her sister, Mrs. Carter, gave two duets accompanied by Mrs. Cable. Mrs. R. W. Gunn, president, thanked those members who had donated goods and lent cars to collect them for sale for the Red Cross fund. Mrs. Wall mentioned that the League of Mothers' Day at the Red Cross shop had been a great success. Mrs. English gave a splendid talk on what mothers can do and be. Hostesses at Soldiers' Tea. Members of the Wellington branch of the Woodford House Old Girls' Association, under the leadership of Mrs. Hamilton J. H. Gilmer, were the hostesses at the soldiers' tea at the V.M.C.A. on Sunday. The lounge was crowded with men and they were entertained with solos sung by Mrs. W. Duncan and Mrs. A. Downer, and a community sing led by Mr. H. Hindle and accompanied by Mr. Mann. Tea was served by the hostesses. Sir James Elliott was chairman and he gave a short address, in which he referred to the traditions of the British Empire which had been worthily upheld by successive generations of British soldiers. The wearing of the King's uniform should be regarded as the highest honour that could be conferred on any man or woman, he said. j To Live in Wellington. The wedding was solemnised at St. j Paul's Presbyterian Church of Dorothy, third daughter of Mrs. R. M. Sims, and James, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Alexander, Wanganui, states "The Post's" representative. The . bride wore embossed satin, and was attended by Miss M. Kendrick and Mrs. A. Penberthy. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander will make their home in Wellington. Three Presidents at Meeting. ; Visitors from the Seatoun, Brooklyn, and Lyall Bay branches of the League of Mothers were welcomed at the recent fourth birthday celebrations of the Melrose-Houghton Valley branch, j Mrs. S. O. English, Dominion president, and Mrs. H. H. Cornish, provincial president, each gave talks, the former on the objects of the league, and the latter on the league's war work. Members were asked to make garments in their own homes for refugees overseas. The speakers, Mrs. W. R. B. Oliver, who sang, and Mrs. Rogan, who | played incidental music, were given sprays in appreciation. The birthday cake, made by the president, Mrs. Mexted, and iced by Mrs. Johnston, was cut at afternoon tea. Domesticity. Two Australian bachelors have gone into partnership in a room-letting establishment, with remarkable results. They run a house for business men only, serve tray-breakfasts at times specified by their tenants, and serve dinner and weekend meals if sufficient notice is given. This service became so popular that the young men had to curtail it to secure a night off and an occasional weekend free. One of the, partners has a job and goes into the city daily, but helps . with the breakfast, weekend meals, and chores, The stay-at-home does everything that is necessary except the heavy washing.! This young man did all the tasteful furnishing and himself made the bed covers, the loose chair covers, cushions, and curtains. The place is harmonious and restful, and meticulously clean.The young man does any mending of