SOCIAL NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 18

SOCIAL NEWS.

Mrs. R. H. Goodwin, of Kaikolie, is visiting Auckland and is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. J. Bain and Mrs, T. F, Relling, of I'almerston North, are visiting Auckland and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. E. F. B. Waters, Kowliai Terrace, Epsom, returned this week from a visit to Wellington, where she was the guest of Lady Beauchamp. Mrs. John Hampton left by the Ulimaroa yesterday. Site is a through passenger to Brisbane, where she will spend a short holiday. Miss Molly Heard, of Armidalc Road, Remuera, is visiting New Plymouth and will stay at Wanganui and Palmerslon North before returning to Auckland. The Misses M. and N. Newton, who lately returned to Now Zealand from a (wo years' tour of Great Brftain and the Continent., arc visiting Christchurch prior to making their homo in Auckland. "Bolshevism or Christianity—Which ?" was tho subject of an address given by tho Rev. W. W. Averill at the weekly meeting of tho Mothers' Club of the Y.W.C.A. Mrs. Mann prosided. Afternoon tea was served by the hostesses. Tho only woman competitor in the yacht race from Newport to Plymouth, which was held last month, was Mis. William Roos, of New York, who shared control of tho Lismore with her husband. The Lismoro was tho largest craft in tho raco and Mrs. Roos was said to handle it with uncanny skill. The Women's Progress Club (Inc.) held its weekly meeting ou Thursday afternoon at tho Higher Thought Temple, Wellington Str«ct. A continuation of the scries of talks on "Myths and Legends" was given by the president, Mrs. Grace Silcock, who dealt with the Greek legend of "Prometheus and Pandora." A party of about 16 school children will be entertained on board tho steamer City of Ivimborley this afternoon by Captain A. W. Wooster, tho commander of tho vessel. Mrs. Elsie Pollard will be tho hostess. The children will bo entertained with afternoon tea, as well as sports and games. The monthly meeting of the Otahuhu : Women's Christian Temperance Union j was held in the Methodist schoolroom I on Thursday afternoon. Tho president, Mrs. Eccorsn]!, presided. A full report of tho recent district convention was given by Mrs. Burman, Mrs. Eccersall and Mrs. Muir. A paper on "Franchise" was read l>y Mrs. Eccersall. In aid of the Mount Eden branch of the Auckland Hospital Auxiliary, Mrs. T. McNali, Mayoress of Mount Eden, and Mrs. F. Roget were hostesses at a successful bridge and five hundred afternoon on Thursday. Mrs. Potter outlined the work of the auxiliary and thanked the hostesses and those present for their assistance. Afternoon tea was served and at the close of the play Mrs. McNab presented prizes for the highest scores. A programme of .Shakespearean dialogues and speeches was presented by Mrs. Helen Griffiths and Mrs. CarteLloyd, and Shakespearean songs by Miss F. Walker, at a meeting of the Auckland branch of the British Shakespeare Society held on Thursday evening. Many extracts from the. more well-known works of Shakespeare were included in tho programme and at the conclusion a vote of thanks was passed by tho members to those who contributed the programme. A meeting of the, Kumeu Ladies' Auxiliary Reform League was held in the Kumeu Ilall on September 16. Keen interest was shown by the many ladies present in the. speeches of Colonel R. H. Marryatt, Reform candidate for Auckland Suburbs, and Mr. R. G. Edwards, branch secretary of the Reform League, who outlined the aims of the party, and tho assistance which could be rendered by tho women of the country. A hearty vote of thanks was tendored to tho speakers, after which afternoon tea was served. The bridge circlo of the women's committee of the Reform League held its weekly meeting on Thursday. Tho proceeds will be used for current expenses i and for assisting in the work of investigating the remedies for unemployment among women and girls of Auckland. Among those who had tables were: —Sir George and Lady Richardson, Mrs. P. J. Crump, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Eccles, Mrs. Stewart Masson, Mrs. Jamieson, Mrs. Frith, Mrs. Jeffc, Mrs. Tremain, Mrs. Rennick, Mrs. Skene, Mrs. E. A. Smythe, Dr. Buckley Turkington, Miss Ross, Miss Ellis, Miss Wilson, Dr. J. llardie Neil, Dr. Bruce Mackenzie, Dr. McCormick and Dr. Patorson. "Garden furniture has to be gay nowadays, but you need not rush out and buy orange chairs and tables or bright blue ones. You can paint any plain wickerwork or dye it with hot dye, well scrubbed in," writes an Englishwoman. "The other day I found a famous peeress hard at work painting some ordinary deckchairs she had bought in a sale. She gave one wooden side a coat of blue paint, and the other one of orange, and painted the : rungs half and half. And tho plain canI vas seats she had dyed by the simple process of pouring orange dye over it and catching the liquid that dripped through it in a bath for further use! This is a method any amateur might venture upon i without qualms!"