SOCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21141, 26 March 1932, Page 16

SOCIAL NEWS

Ladv Myers hns left Wellington for a visit to Rotorua. .T. N. Lowry, of Hawke's Bay, is at tii© Grand Hotel. ] Mrs. J. A. Jenkins has returned to " Dunedin after a visit io Auckland. Miss Rona Kelly, of Heme Bay, is at - present on a visit to New Plymouth. Miss Ailsa Wilson, of Hamilton, is the ! guest of Miss L. Williamson, of Auck- ; land. i Mrs. L. C. Rathbone, of Waingaro, is visiting Auckland and is staying at Hotel Cargen. Mrs. R. V/. Tollock, of Mayfair Flats, Parneil, left yesterday by motor on a visit to Rotorua. Mrs. Valentino-Smith, of New Plymouth, is visiting Auckland and is staying at the Central Hotel. Mrs. 0. Iverson Bowater, of New Plymouth, is the guest of Madame Aileen Johns, Carlton Gore Road. Mrs. J. Dempster and Miss Dempster, of Wellington, are visiting Auckland and are staying at Hotel Cargen. Mrs. W. 11. Davis and Miss Davis, of Wanganui, are visiting Auckland and are staying at the Central Hotel. Mrs L A Sherwin and son left, with Commander-Gunner L. A. Sherwin by the Rangitiki on Thursday for England. Miss Helen Somerville, of Victoria Avenue, Remuera, has left, for Waingaro, •where she. is the guest of Mrs. F. Seavill .for the Easter holidays. Mrs. George Blooinfield has taken a flat at Brooklyn, where she will remain for some time. Her daughter. Miss Jocelyn Bloomfield, is staying with. her. Mrs H. Y. Cameron and family, of Remuera Jtoad, accompanied by Miss Lesley Jackson and Miss Joan Abel, left on Thursday to spend a holiday at Kawau. Mr. and Mrs. H. Ulrich, of Takaka, Nelson, accompanied by Miss Sally Alderton, arrived in Auckland on Saturday night, after motoring through from Wellington. Mrs. A. P. F. Chapman, who arrived in New Zealand to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowry, of Hawke S Bay, left for England on Ihursday by the Rangitiki. Miss Ellen Melville left last evening for Wellington where she will attend the annual meeting of the Pan-Pacific Women s Union and a meeting of the Dominion executive of the National Council of Women. Among decent Auckland visitors to The Chateau were Mrs. Lye, Mrs. H. T- B ar " rett Mr. and Mrs. Gibson McMillan, Mr.', Mrs. and Miss Bray, Miss Horton, Miss Cooper, Mr. Roberson, Mr. M. Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. R. King, Mr , Mrs. and Miss Holloway, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leyland, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Tregear. The Women's Progress Club (inc.), held its weekly meeting at Iho Higher Thought Temple, Wellington Street, on Wednesday afternoon. The speaker was Mrs. Hyams, of the H-P.B. Lodge, Theosophical Society, and her subject, which was ably handled, was "Political Economics." The speaker advocated the Douglas system as a means of solving the present-day financial difficulties. During the afternoon a solo "Sunshine and Rain was sung by Airs. Wallace a n Ihe Temple Trio rendered " In Rose Time, " Berceuse" and " A Perfect Day." Tea was served at the close of the meeting. A very interesting lecture recital was given at the Penwomen's Club by Mr. Len. Barnes, his subject being " Interpretation in Song." The elements that went to make a singer—voice, naturalness, poise, technique, mentality and voice production were discussed and Mr. Barnes gave illustrations of the effects of f;tcial expression upon words and phrases. The importance of understanding the poem and the writer's meaning was also stressed and Mr. Barnes spoke, too, of the importance of the accompaniment. In conclusion Mr. Barnes sang ballads, Irish love songs, dramatic and modern songs, thus giving point, to his lecture.