SOCIAL NEWS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2768, 28 August 1931, Page 2

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs L. A. Doolan, of Paeroa, is spending a holiday in Auckland. \ Miss I. Jesen, of Waitakaniru. is spending a short holiday in Auckland. Misses Marion and Nancy Waters, of Auckland, are spending a holiday with their uncle, Mr A. Otter, of Waitakaruru. The friends of Miss Beryl Sutton, Huirau Road, Turua, will be sorry to hear that she' is in the Thames Hospital suffering from appendicitis. The Girls’-Bridge Club met on Wednesday evening at the residence of Miss Jessie Ellis. The first prize was won by Miss Freda Surrey and the hidden number by Miss Ruby Tierney. There was a very good attendance at the Library Social, held in the Turua Hall on Wednesday evening. Mesdames Mules and Walker supplied the music and Mr R. Muller acted as M.C. A very dainty supper was provided by subscribers of the Library. The Paeroa Ladies’ Bridge Club met on Tuesday evening at the residence of Mrs Bain. Mrs L. S. Davis and Mrs Bain were hostesses. The first prize was won by Mrs E. Edwards and the second by Mrs W. Barclay. The winners of the 500 tournaments held in the Netherton Hall last Sat-, urday were: Mrs Goonan, first, and Mrs W. Harold, second, in the ladies’ section; and Mr R. Heappey, first, and Mr W. Heappey, second, in the gentlemen’s section. The series of Cinderella dances that have been running for some weeks in the Hikutaia Hall, concluded on Saturday evening. Winners of the euchre competition were Misfs Hadley and Mrs W. Alley/and Messrs E. Bax and L. Mcßae. The music was by the Rooney Boys’ Orchestra. Misses J. Peters and A. Peters, of the Waitakaruru Hockey Club, are to be congratulated upon their inclusion in the Auckland country team to compete for the Provincial Championships, which begin in Auckland on Saturday. Miss Ethel Candy, of the Kopuarahi Club, who has been selected as an emergency, is also to be congratulated on the fine effort she made to obtain a place in the team. In the will of a 30-year-old woman was found the perfect tribute to a husband. “I earnestly request,” wrote Mrs Naoma Hartford Ashbeck (Chicago) just before she died on May 2nd, “that at the earliest moment possible my husband re-marry some good woman, and that he shall make her life as happy as he has made mine.” The husband. . William L. Ashbeck, was left an estate worth ten thousand dollars (£2,000). A daughter, Lois, six years of age, was bequeathed 4.000 dollars worth .of jewellery. One of the show girls in ;{ Proadway musical comedy was a famous beauty. Her pale, Madonna-like face, framed in long, raven-black hair, made her sought after by producers and arists. She always wore her hair rolled into a knot, low on the back of her neck. Her companions in the dressing room noticed that never did she comb or brush it at the theatre; it was always dressed when she arrived. Besides appearing in the show, she posed for several artists. She was courted by wealthy men. and frequently was seen at gathering of celebrities. One day she disappeared from Broadway, and it was announced that she had gone to Europe. She has never been seen since. The real story is that the coil of hair concealed the first ravages of leprosy. When it was discovered, she was taken away from her career and her luxurious life and exiled in a leper colony.

Each ring in a pair of ear-rings for day or evening wear is made c.f a cluster of tiny china flowers. Each blossom is in a different colour, and the circular clusters are attached to a. thin gold chain which hangs from the ear.