SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 20313, 23 October 1929, Page 13

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs Nisbet arrived on Tuesday from Brisbane, and is the guest of Mrs Watson Sherman, High street. Miss K. Mac Lean is the guest of Mrs M'Kenzie, Belleknowcs. t Mrs W. A. Crawford (now of Christchurch) is revisiting Dunedin, and is staying at St. Clair. Mesdaraes E. F. Duthie and Shiel and Miss Martin left on Tuesday morning for Fairlie to judge the railway stations gardens.

The Dunedin Free Kindergarten Association will have a stall at Jacobs’s Corner on Friday morning for'the sale of flowers, including a large number of late narcissi blooms from Lawerenco.

Mr and Mrs Winston N. Barron, of Hawke’s Bay, are the guests of Sir John Roberts, Littlebourne.

Mrs Thomas Gibeon (Christchurch) has returned home.

The Federation of University Women held its final meeting for the year at Archerfield College on Saturday evening, a welcome being extended to Miss Mary De Beer, who has just returned from a two years’ sojourn abroad. Miss Lambrevo, of Bulgaria, who was also a special guest, delighted her audience with an interesting talk on her country and its customs. Later in the evening much interest was evinced when letters sent by Mi's Wells, late dietitian at the Dunedin Hosnital, giving an account of the recent international conference of federated university women were read.

Mrs J Williams, Littlebourne, was hostess at a delightful party on Tuesday morning, all the guests being garden lovers. Tea was served in the drawing room, with its beautiful view of bush and harbour, and later the guests strolled through the picturesque garden with its wealth of bloom.

Mrs J. Malcolm was hostess on Saturday afternoon at the Women’s Club at a party given to the members of the Otago University Women Medical Students’ Association. During the afternoon musical items were given by Mrs Mason. Miss Watson (violin solo), and Miss F Craig (songs). Among the guests were Drs Grace Stevenson, V. Grater. D. M'Keefrie, and Bathgate, and Mesdames Marshal l Macdonald, A. Cameron, and Gordon Bell.

On Saturday afternoon members of the Gardening Circle of the Otago Women’s Club visited Mr Reilly’s garden at Opoho, which is at present looking very beautiful. Aubresias in every shade made a delightful splash of colour, with anemones, tulips, and other seasonable blooms. A Judas tree in full flower and a red broom were two very uncommon shrubs, and were much admired. Visits to such gardens are a great inspiration to members of the circle.

A very delightful evening was spent at the Otago Women’s Club on Saturday, when members of the North Otago Women’s Club visited and put on A. A. Milne’s charming and amusing play, ‘To Have the Honour.’ Miss Morton, as chairwoman, in a happy little speech welcomed the visitors, and said she hoped this would be only the jjrst of many exchange visits. The ladies had spared no pains to make the piny a success in cverv detail, and the cast was a particularly happy one. The inimitable dialogue and sparkling wit gave .full scope for the finished acting of Madame Winnie Fraser as Jennifer and Mrs F. Jones as Prince Michel Others in the cast were Mesdames E.

M'Diarmid. J. M. Scott, R. Orhell, Misses Darling, A. Darling, Romans, Davies. Harvey, and Fitzgerald. The whole was produced under the able supervision of Dr Elspetb Fitzgerald, who was asked by Mrs VVakefield Holmes to accept a beautiful bouquet from the Play-reading Circle of the Otago Women’s Club. Incidental music played by Mrs Mason was a very pleasant feature of the evening. Supper was served in the- dining room, and the visitors left later by motor on their returp journey home.

Tudor Hall looked very charming on Saturday 'evening, when Mr and Mrs L. Howard gave a delightful dance in honour of the coming of age of their daughter May. Mrs Howard received the guests looking very smart in a black 'crepe de chine frock and sequin coat to match. The guest of honour looked in a blue flora! taffeta frock, with shoes and stockings to tone. The table was decorated with bon-bons and balloons, and novelty hats added to the gaiety. During the evening, owing to the unavoidable absence of Mr Howard, Mr C. Sutherland presented May with a golden key. Mrs Barling gave a beautiful birthday cake with the usual twenty-one candles. The guests present included Misses N. Harwood, L. Do Clifford, N. Blaney, 0. Gregg, N. Hamer, R. ‘Ritchie, S. Jacobson, A. Gourlay, N. Afnott, E. Howard, and M. Fraser, Messrs Sutherland, Harris, Cullen, M'Millan, Wooton, Burt, Grieve, Fisher, Ritchie, Stoncham, and Wilkinson.

Mr and Mrs Peter Fraser, after spending a brief holiday in Auckland, sailed by the Ulimaroa on Friday for Sydney, where they will join the Orvieto for London. Prior to their departure from Dunedin Mr and Mrs Fraser were the recipients of many beautiful presents, and they were entertained by a number of personal friends, who took the opportunity of bidding them farewell and bon voyage. Mr and Mrs Fraser expect to meet their eldest son in Aberdeen, and from there will journey together to Wails, Shetland, their birthplace, where a_ cottage has been secured for an indefinite period, and there they will enjoy a prolonged rest.

On Friday evening Mesdames William Wright (president) and Forsyth Johnston (vice-president) entertained the members of the Maoandrew Road School branch of the Young Helpers’ League at a social in the school gymnasium. Mrs Lethbridge (vice-presi-dent of the branch) was unavoidably absent. Forty-four members collected for the year "fill 12s 4d towards the work instituted by the late Dr Barnardo. James Pctherick will qualify in May. 1930, for a badge for the amount of money collected during the last three years Minnie Burt and Freda Tombs qualified for and received each a silverhandled knife for regular collections over a number,of years. A programme of concert items, interspersed with games, was presented by the members, with choruses by pupils from the various standards. Among those present were Messrs M Indoe, Duff, and Finder (members of the school committee), Mr Bowie and Miss Green (of the school staff), and a number of ladies interested in the work of the league.

The annual meeting of the Motor Circle of the Otago Women’s Club was held on Monday afternoon, and was presided over by the president, Lady Ferguson. The following are the officebearers for the ensuing year:—President, Lady Ferguson; vice-president, Mrs R. S. Black; secretary, Miss Duke (Wallace street); committee—Mesdames Ambrose Hudson, W. T. Smellie, W. A. Ross, E, I. Halsted, W. Hudson, W. R Brugh, and Miss Begg. Miss Tennent (matron of the Dunedin Hospital! thanked members for the work they were doing in helping to cheer the patients who were convalescent after illness by taking them for drives, and also for giving a helping hand to take many to their homes after their stay in hospital and for giving an annual picnic to the children at the Convalescent Home, which was quite an event in the lives of the little ones. The nurses also had not been forgotten, and cars had been sent regularly to take the night nurses for drives. At the conclusion of Miss Tennent’s appreciative talk members were served with afternoon tea in the dining room, following which Mr A Winders, manager of Aaron Taxis, gave an instructive and practical lecture on ‘ Motor Driving.’ The interest evinced by those present was evidenced by the number of technical questions asked, and on the speaker concluding his talk a hearty vote of thanks was accorded him.