SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 22893, 26 February 1938, Page 24

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. Mrs F. Stables left to-day on a long visit to Australia. Mr and Mrs Robert Hudson left on Thursday by car, on a visit to Hanmer. Mrs C. Stanley Smith returned yesterday from a visit to the North Island. Mr and Mrs J. R. Laidlaw are visitors to Wellington for the Barr-Pea-cock wedding. ' Miss Margaret Buth, ,of North Otago, who has been spending some weeks in Australia, returned to Auckland today. Mir and Mrs J. B. E. Grave (Oamaru) are paying a holiday visit to their daughter, Mrs Frank Mangos , (Auckland), ✓ Miss Doris Kennedy, of Sydney, who is spending several weeks in Dunedin, is the guest of Miss Eileen Simpson, of St. Clair. Miss Lexie Mathieson has been appointed the elocution adjudicator at the Eisteddfod to be held in Wellington in May. , Mr and Mrs W F. Edmond, accompanied by Mr and Mrs W. 0. M‘Kellar, left on Thursday on a visit to Hanmer. Judge Bilaram, a member of the Rotary Club, of Karachi, India, was a visitor to Christchurch for tho Rotary Conference this week. Mrs J, Hislop and Miss Patricia Hislop, who were the guests of Miss Pat Hanlon, returned on Wednesday to their home in Auckland. Mr and Mrs J. D. Watt, of Alexandra, were the guests of Mrs R. J. Comrie, Maori Hill, while in Dunedin for the Engineers’ Conference. The engagement is announced of Joy Ellen, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Barnett, of Dunedin, to Edgar Charles, youngest son of Mr and Mrs C. Stanley Smith, of Dunedin. Mrs O. F. Williams. Palmerston North, and Mrs J. F. Page, Christchurch, are the guests of their mother, Mrs A. Dohonham, 36 Kenmure road. Mrs Gr.eg. Nicholas, Manurewa, Auckland, and Miss Dorothy Nicholas are visiting the former’s mother, Mrs J. Johnson, George street. Mr and Mrs W. Gray, of Melbourne, who are visiting relatives in New Zealand, are at present staying at Karitane. They will return to Dunedin on Wednesday. Mr and Mi's Thomas Corson, Gisborne, who have been the guests of their daughter, Mrs S. F. Innes-Jones, Christchurch, arrived yesterday on a visit to Dunedin,

Mrs J. Power, of Auckland, and Miss I. Damgaard, of Copenhagen, Denmark. who are touring the South Island, are the guests of Mrs H. P. Stevens, of Oamaru.

Mrs J. G. Macdonald, of Invercargill, has arrived in Auckland to attend a conference of Girt Guide commissioners. Mrs Macdonald is provincial commissioner in Southland.

Recent Dunedin visitors to New Zealand House. London, were Miss L. Lawson, Miss B. Thomson. Mr Kevin Dun, and Mr P. G. M'Millan.

Miss Ruth Phillips will leave on Monday to join the Akaroa in Wellington' on a trip to England. She will be accompanied by her brother, Mr R. Phillips.

Mr and Mrs G. A. Martin, of 11maru, Mr and Mrs Charles Piper, of Oaniaru, and Mr and Mrs Hugh Knubley, of Ma Ware, were tho guests of Mrs T. G. Secular, York Place, for the Maunsell—Secular wedding.

Mrs H. Emmett Shiel, of St. Clair, will leave on Monday by the Maunganui for Melbourne, later going on to Sydney. A trip to New Guinea, where Mrs Shiel has four brothers, is also on her programme. The engagement is announced of Merrin Sleeman, third son of Mr and Mrs ’W. E. Can er, “ Biokleigh,” Eltham, Taranaki, to Jessie Winifred, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Watson, 27 Dick street, Dunedin.

Miss Patience Reeves, of Christchurch, who is leaving next week on a visit to England, intends entering for a year the London School of Citizenship, which is directed by Miss M. Godley, a kinswoman of John Robert Godley, the founder of Canterbury.

Miss Rose Fanning, R.R.C., matron of the South African Mothercraft Training Centre, Claremont, Cape Town, is visiting New Zealand on six months’ leave. She is at present staying with her brother, Mr Leo Fanning, Kelburn, Wellington. Miss Vida Barron (Provincial Commissioner for Otago) and Mrs 11. G. C. M‘Nab (Divisional Commissioner), have returned from the Guide Commissioners’ Conference held in Auckland. Miss Marjory Knight, who is a Diploma’d Guider from England, arrived during the conference; she is _ travelling through New Zealand and will arrive in Dunedin in June. Mr and Mrs Herbert Maunsell, of Auckland, Mr and Mrs H. B. Maunscll, of Leo Stream, Mr and Mrs H.' Maude, of Oamaru, Mr and Mrs R. E. Nelson, of Shaftesbury, T© Aroha, and Dr James Maunsell, of Wellington, were visitors to Dunedin for the wedding of Miss Dorothy Scoular to Mr Eric Maunsell, which, took place on Thursday. Mrs W. H. P. Wiffen, of St. Clair. Blenheim, and her son, Mr Lester Wiffen, are at present the guests of Mrs H. S. Rtid, Peel street, Mornington. They are on a motoring tour of the South Island, prior to Airs Wiffen’s departure with her husband on a visit to England. A combining of the arts is notified in the announcement of the engagement between tho Dunedin artist, Eleanor Marguerite Cotton, only daughter of Mr and Mrs R. J. Cotton, of Waipnri, and the playwright-dramatist at 2YA, Wellington—Russell William Asquith Reid, son of Mr and Mrs W. Reid, of Invercargill.

Mrs Joseph Sparrow, of St. Clair, who celebrated her ninety-third birthday on Thursday last, entertained many of her friends at her home in the afternoon. The drawing room, where afternoon tea was served, was charmingly decorated with flowers in autumn tonings and red berries. Mrs Sparrow was tho recipient of many congratulatory telegrams and bouquets of lovely flowers.

Miss Nancy Hausmann, who has recently entered the ranks of Dunedin musicians, is a ’cellist of repute from the North Island. She studied in Wellington under Claude Tanner, and was fortunate to be in the orchestra which performed under the baton of Dr Malcolm Sargeant when a concert was given in Wellington in conjunction with Eileen Joyce, the famous pianist. Miss Hausmann also studied under Mischa Schneider, of the Budapest Quartet, when that artist was in Now Zealand. She is also known as a member of the British Musical Society, of which she was tho secretary in her home town of Feilding. Miss Hausmann has taken a studio in the A.M.P. Building 'in Princes street, and should _ prove a valued adjunct to local musical circles as a soloist on her chosen instrument-* the ’cello.

Mrs Guy Sinclair and Miss Gwen Gallaway were joint hostesses at a morning tea party to-day at the Savoy, given in honour of Mrs Kenneth Smellie, of Edinburgh. The guests were Mrs Gerald Fitzgerald, Mrs J. S. Monro, Mrs Norman Haggitt, Mrs R. Clapperton, Mrs Max Cameron, Mrs J. Sinclair, Mrs Gerald Ferguson, Mrs J. S. Sinclair, and the Misses Marjory Macandrew. Iso Hart, Winifred Johnstone, ahd Kathleen Olapperton. 1

As an illustration of the vast size of ostancias in South America, where area, is estimated, not in acres, hut in leagues, Miss Norah Nutt, who recently visited the Argentine Republic, told an interesting story at the Travel Club’s meeting in Christchurch. Travelling in Buenos Aires, she became friendly with the wife- of a settler in Patagonia, who told her that when her husband took over his cstancia he bought his' sheep in Northern Argentina. They had to be driven from Northern Argentina to Patagonia. It took the shepherd and his men two years to make the journey, and _ when the mob reached its new owner it was four times as large as when it loft Argentina.

Miss Lily Stevens returned to Dunedin from Sydney on Thursday. While in Australia Miss Stevens studied extensively the art of the dauco. A very (■njovabic trip was made all the more pleasant by the fact that it coincided with the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebrations in Sydney. Miss Stevens described the pageant procession as very spectacular and beautiful.

“That, man is the .author of his own troubles” was the keynote of a talk o-iven 'by Sirs Brooks (president) at the Radiant Health Club last Monday afternoon. She said that right thinking, combined with right eating, induced a condition of health, sufficiency o£ supply, achievement, and happiness, all of which is tho normal state for man. This desirable condition is possible to all who will change their way of living and their habit of thought.' : In daily life it is quite evident that every word and every action is the result of a previous thought.

Hence the importance of allowing only tho right thoughts, helpful and uplifting, to pass through the mind. By doing so, man c.omes into harmony with the universal law which directs the life forces into tho right channels.

Mrs E. Aslin was hostess at 'a most delightful nine-table bridge party on Thursday evening in the Otago Women’s Club, given in honour of her daughter, Mrs W. .G. Ayton, of Ipoh, Malay States, who is at present her guest. Bridge tables were arranged in the card room, and later supper was served at a very long table, at -which all the guests sat down. The decorations, carried out in sweet peas, daintily arranged in crystal vases, were much admired. Mrs Aslin wore a gown of midnight blue moire taffeta in an Empire design, Mrs Ayton wore a very smart gown of leaf green rippled satin, and Miss Eva Aslin a frock of raisin velvet trimmed with gold lame. Prizes for hidden numbers were won by Mrs Summerill and Mrs Wallace Watson.' The guests were Mesdames F. Forrester, L, Barrett, A. Howes, S. Sparrow, Vernon Smith. R. Matheson, M'Millan, J. Williams, Roberts (Auckland), W. F. Smellie, C. Summerill, Walter Speight, Wallace Watson, Arthur Hudson, A.

Harris, L. E. Penrose, Benzoni, Renfrew Harris, G. W. Reid, R. H. Stevenson, Nevill Aslin, Arthur Pratt, A. H. Allen, W. R. Brown, and the Misses Doris Watson, E. Howe, Barth (2), Harvey (2), Lilian M'Carthy, Howe (Christchurch), and H. Sparrow.

The following is the guest list from White Star Hotel, Queenstown: —Col. and Mrs King, Miss Louise G errand, Nurse E. G. Robinson (England), Mr and Mrs E. C. Mitchell, Mrs Michie (London), Miss Janet L. Barries .(Scotland), Mr and Mrs C. W. Allen (Edinburgh, Scotland), Mr and Mrs F. L. Smith (Detroit, .Michigan, U.S.A.), Mr E. H. Higgs (Jersey City, U.S.A.), Miami Mrs L. I. Fletcher (Hennelbank, Maine, U.S.A.), Miss Eve Bollard (Montreal, Canada), Mr and Mrs J. H. Furlong, Mr and Mrs M. V. Bailey (Denver, Colorado), Mr and Mrs Stuart Lee, Mr and Mrs S. Langveldt (Toronto, Canada), Mr G. A. R. Wilson, Mr D .Anderson, Miss D. Blake, Mr G. W. Bousche (Sydney). Miss R. Mackav, Miss K. Mackay (Warialda, N.S.W.), Miss Edith Jago (Babinda, North Queensland), Mr and Mrs A. A. Henderson, Miss M. MacDonald (Brisbane), Mr N. F. Watchorn, Mrs E. Wiseman, Mr V. E. Masters, Mr A. Murdock-Smith, Mr A. K. M. Rhind. Mr J. M‘K. Wilson (Auckland), Mr and Mrs J. M'Lean (Wellington), Miss I. Hart (Palmerston North), Mr A. H. Lane, Mr A. T. Leigh, Mr J. Garrard, Miss M. E. Hodgson, Miss Kingston, Miss J. Hodgson, Mr Herbert, Miss W. Bowbyes (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs A. Parker (Balelutha), Mr and Mrs T. C. Con'll, Mr T. S. Coull. Mr R. D. Halstead. Mr F. Tyson, Mr G. H. Stewart, Mr A. G. Johnston, Mr and Mrs D. F. Wark (Dunedin).

On Thursday evening Mrs 6. J. Errington gave an enjoyable three-table “ trump whist ” party at her home in Stafford street, the guests being all members of the Austral-Girton Club, who came to bid their hostess farewell. The prize-winners were Mrs 6. Gregory and Miss Betty Allan. Miss Betty Allan gave a farewell party, at her home in Maitland street for Mrs Brrington, prior to her leavihg on a tour abroad. On ' Friday afternoon Mrs Alfred Ibbotson was hostess at a tea party at her home in Royal Terrace, also given in Mrs Errington’s honour. The other guests were Mesdames J. Malcolm, D. Rodgers, H. K. Wilkinson, Cattan, P. L. Ritchie, J. Shaw-Thomp-son, and the Misses Frances Ross, Thelma Cattan, Lovell-Smith, Blanche Errington, Permin (2), M. Rice, and Peggy Ibbotson. This afternoon the Misses Snowball and Macaulay were joint hostesses at a party at the Wilford Tea Garden, given as a farewell to Mrs Errington. The other guests were Mesdames Moss, Hall, Gregory, and the Misses Frances Ross, J. Jones, Barbara Stevenson, M. Dodd, R. Gray, B. Errington, Betty Allan, R. Given, J. Dickinson, and Marie Smith, The members of the Arts and Crafts Circle of the Otago Women’s Club were “ at home ” last evening in the club lounge, in honour of Mrs Murray Fuller, of Wellington, who is a visitor to Dunedin. Lady Sargopd, vice,president of the club, received Mrs Fuller and introduced her to the members and visitors present,- This lady, who is well known in art circlesj gave a most interesting talk on British art, with many references to the pictures in the loan collection, which is to be opened at the Art Gallery, Logan Park, on March 8. A vote of thanks to the speaker was proposed by Mrs L. 6. Pearse, and was heartily endorsed by those present. Supper, which was served in the dining room, concluded a most enjoyable function. Dunedin Travel Club. This very progressive, club has made a forward move, in taking an office in Rattray street above the Government Tourist Department. Miss Joyce Haggitt has bepn appointed organising secretary and will he at the office each morning from 10 a.m. until 1 o’clock. All business connected with the Travel Club will be conducted there and the office will be at the service of tourists and visitors who desire any information or wish to make contact with members regarding any special subject. Delegates to Engineers’ Conference Entertained. On Wednesday evening, delegates to the Engineers’ Conference and their wives were entertained by members of the local branch of the institute at a very enjoyable dance, held in the Savoy. Mr and Mrs J. M‘G. Wilkie received the guests, the latter wearing a becoming black frock with a black wrap, embroidered in silver. On Thursday delegates and their wives were the guests of the Otago Harbour Board on a trip to the Mole, and in the evening, were entertained at supper at the University as the guests' of Mr and Mrs Wilkie. Friday proved a lovely day for a trip by motor cars to Waipori. and in the evening the ladies attended a picture party at the Empire Theatre, followed by supper at the Savov, the hostesses being Mrs Wilkie and Mrs R. J. Comrie. To-day delegates were farewelled on the railway station on their return to their homes. A Harbour Cruise. A pleasure cruise to take advantage of the exceptional summer weather was arranged by Messrs S. D., G. 8., and E. C. Smith bn Thursday=t';eveninfc-; when they invited some of their friends to join in a run down the harbour on board s.s.c Tarewai. The passenger list exceeded 50, and the cruise proved a most unusual and enjoyable form of entertainment. A novelty supper was served on hoard, to the strains of an orchestra, which was engaged- for the evening. Many of the passengers had never realised" the beauty of Dunedin with its myriad twinkling lights as seen from the harbour at night. Ports of call included the Fish Hatcheries and Portobello, and the almost unique weather conditions gave the excursion a most realistic resemblance to a cruise in tropical waters.