SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 21721, 16 May 1934, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Will correspondents please note that items intended for Wednesday’s ‘ Star ’ must be in the office by Tuesday afternoon. and those intended for insertion on Saturday by Thursday afternoon, or at the latest Friday morning. In the latter case they must be brief.

Lady Ferguson lias returned from Waimatc.

Mrs Koy Symes (Christchurch) is a visitor to Dunedin.

Miss Joachim left yesterday on a trip io Sydney.

Mrs Morgan (Christchurch) is the guest of Mrs X. Manhire, Highgate.

Miss Isobel Macdonald (Waimate) is a visitor to Dunedin.

Airs S. Batchelor has returned from Timaru

AI iss Alargaret Cook left yesterday en route to England.

Airs Allen (Christchurch) is the guest of Airs Alax Scherek.

Mrs Frank Ball. Wyndlmm, is the guest of Airs Wolfram Pcnselcr, Stafford street.

Aliss Elinor Jones (Invercargill) is the guest of Airs Holden Alirams, Anderson’s Bay, for Capping Week.

Airs Norman Buchanan was hostess at her home, St. Leonards, on Alonday night at a delightful young people’s dance.

A number of friends assembled on Dunedin station to say, good-.hyo to Air and Airs Hill, on Wednesday, when they left to join the Rangitata oil their way to Scotland.

The annual party of the Society of Women Alusicians was held on Alonday evening at the Otago Women’s Club, and the large number of members who attended thoroughly enjoyed the programme arranged. Airs Campbell (president) was in the chair, and gave all a warm welcome, and proceedings began with a hat guessing competition, each member having to wear one representing a song. The prize for the most original bat was won by Airs Roberts, and for guessing the most by Aliss Nancy Hobson. Then followed two items lay the orchestra, conducted by Miss Alary Martin. The choir, conducted by Aliss Meda' Paine, sang (1) ‘Love, the Pedlar’ (Lee Williams), (2) ‘ The Tw-o Clocks ’ (Rodgers, unaccompanied). Charades illustrating names of composers, musicians, etc., caused great amusement, and were greatly enjoyed. The prize for this was w-on by Aliss Alarna Service, and Misses Afarjorie and Mary Allen. Supper brought a very delightful evening to a dose.

The following were among the guests at Wanaka Hotel, Pembroke, for the week ended Alay 12:— Air L. W. 11 inchley (New York), Mr A. Cottam (Bombay), Air and Airs A. Wells (Auckland), Air and Airs APPhcrson (Christchurch), Aliss B. Garland, Air J. Aletliven (Timaru), Air H. B. S. Johnstone, Air E, S. Johnstone (Otaio), Air H. B. L. Johnstone (Hook), Air and Airs A. Grant (Waimatc), Airs A. B. Haggitt, Miss Joyce Haggitt, Air 'J. C. Shand, Air D. C. Shand, Aliss I. Alacßae, Air H. Henderson, Aliss Lydia Henderson, Air Jas. Secular, Miss K. Glendining, Mrs H. S. Guthrie, Mr A. C. Browett, Air E. T. Ross (Dunedin), Aliss Langford, Aliss APKay, Air George Hewton, Mr Farnie, Air M'Laren, Aliss Camp-, bell, Aliss Dick, Air Haining (Invercargill), Mrs Do"yle, Aliss Doyle, Aliss Woods (Bluff), Aliss Aloore, Aliss Bailey, Air R. Abercrombie, Air S. Benidtson, Air, A. Fanelon (Riverton), Airs Fox, Miss Fox (Fortrose), Air and Airs Darragh (Underwood), Air I. I. Beilin (Cromwell), Airs Rata Spedding, Air E. A. Ansell, Air F. S. Aitchison (Pembroke), Air W. Jolly and Air D. Anderson (Alonnt Burke).

Dr Sylvia Chapman’s address on Monday afternoon as president of the V.W.C.A. of New Zealand was a remarkably able and inspiring one. Guest of honour at a tea party given by the president and Hoard of Directors of the Y.W.C.A. in tin* association’s rooms, Moray place, she faced a large audience, and spoke with clarity and conviction, her remarks about the two great responsibilities of the V.W.C.A—first, as regards women and girls in New Zealand, and second as regards the dominion’s contact with the women and girls of other nations—being sound and sensible. The first responsibility dealt chiefly with the problem of how to use tho leisure hours enforced by the present mechanisation of industry, and could be mot only by remembering that a human being was a compound of body, soul, and spirit, each of which must have due recognition. The second—the international problem—was definitely a Y.W.C.A. one, for one of the Y.W.C.A. ideals was that of world peace, the association realising that if women thought on tho right lines they might have great influence, in preventing war. She suggested the study of -international problems for people unable to travel, and spoke of the proposal to send Miss Jean Stevenson to Geneva as New Zealand delegate to the Y.W.ChA. World Council meeting in order that she might glean from Denmark experience dealing with Y.W.C.A. help for women and girls in rural areas. Dr Chapman was warmly thanked for her address by Mrs Mackic Begg, president of the Dunedin Association, and then taken round to meet the guests. The afternoon, which was a social one, was made more enjoyable by songs from Miss Mackay and Miss M'Millan, accompanied by Mrs Walmsley.

Lady Alyers, of Wellington, is the guest of her daughter-in-law, Mrs Maurice Myers.

M iss Winifred Stenhousc, who lias been in America for a year, has arrived in Auckland, and is expected in Dunedin to-morrow.

Madame 'Winnie Fraser left yesterday for Balclntha, where she will be the guest of Mrs Copland during her judging of the fourteen plays to be produced by the Otago District Federation of the Women’s Institute in connection with the British Drama League festival.