NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11075, 5 December 1921, Page 9

NOTES FOR WOMEN

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. ■ Mrs O. “Webb is staying in Chriatchurcb. - Dr and Mrs Robertson, of Napier, have taken Mr Peacock’s house in Kelburn for tbs summer. Tbs engagement is announced (by an exchange). of Ida, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs-B. B. Orange, of St. Albans. Christchurch, to Gordon R. Tyrrell, son of Mivß. .Tyrrell, Wellington. Mr S.' W. James (Masterton) motored to Wellington .on Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Norman James. Miss Lucy . Takarangi, of Wanganui, and Miss Ada Kirkpatrick, of Gisborne. \v ho were recently . successful in ohta.niin j teachers’ certificates from Trinity College of London, are the first natives to ootairi , the high musical honour. Both, young ladies were former pupils of St. Joseph’s Convent, Napier. / Mrs Alex. Newton is visiting in Christchurch. A very pleasant afternoon was spent at the Pioneer Olub during the Week, when many Karori residents and friends met together to entertain Mrs Gooder to afternoon tea, ana to convey to her their good wishes in her new home across, the harbour. Music items were much enjoyed. Mrs F. W. Nicholson acted as hostess. - . A garden fete in aid of the Military Memorial Chapel was held in Mr J. B. Haroourt’s garden in Ha'vkestone crescent on Saturday afternoon. Stalls were stationed at different parts of the lawn, and tea was set out near the verandah. An ice cream stall did a good trade, and there was a bran tub with gifts for girls, and another for hoys. Beautiful flowers were sold.' The afternoon unfortunately did not fulfil its promise of sunshine and warmth, hut in spite of the rather cold wind which sprang up there' were many visitors, and the fete was most successful financially. Miss Harcourt. as well as placing the grounds at the disposal Of the committee. -provided afternoon tea. and- helped with the arrangements. and those in charge were:— Fancy stall.- Misses W-. Miles and Lucy .Brandon: dolls stall,' Misses Gardiner and M. Coleridge: ice cream. Mrs Coleridge: cakes, Mrs Hardwiek-Smi,th: afternoon tea. Mrs Shailer Weston; flowers, Mrs L&rnOoh and Miss Brandon: bran tub. Misses V. Gore and Off. Whyte; one Aunt Sally. Masters 6. Coleridge and Noel Gardiner. Mt 6 A. de, B Brandon was chairwoman'; and Miss Gladys Somerville secretary for the committee. ’ Mr J. B. -Harcourt assisted the ladies in'every way,' and Mr Coleridge- acted .as gatekeeper. Among those present 'were—Miss ; -S. Harcourt, Mrs Somerville, Mrs and ■ Miss Darling. Mts W. Turnbull, Mrs J. Cfhwford. "Mrs' Tilly.- Mrs- and-Mies Na- . then, Mrs Webster. Misses Coleridge. Mrs Rose, Mrs and Misß Joseph, Archdeacon Johnson, Sir John Luke, etc. The annual meeting of the Wellington District W.C.T.U. was held on Thursday afternoon "when Mrs Pinfold, presided m tflie absence: of. Mrs?- Johns-on • Jwmnt through, illness. Tteports _of. £ work were read from the Central, }Petope>.. Greytown, Carterton, and . Master to« branch unions, which we're very tory, also from the superintendents of. the following departments .of Flower Mission,. - Good Citizenship* Hygiene. Press, Bailway Boxes* CradleY o unjc Peopled The membership stands at 143 and 9 libnorary members. Rev. W. "Sh.irer was present; and read > the balance-sheet for...the property, in. . Constable street, for which toe was heartily thanked and unanimously ret elected.. The - following officers were re-- . elected:—President. Mrs Johnson Wright*-. corresponding and recording . secretary, Mrs Webb: treasurer, Mrs Effixall. ■ The wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew’s Church, Palmerston North,, of i Miss Myrtle Isabel Robinson, of Blen- i •heim, to Mr James Caithness, of Taihape, , and formerly ■of ■ Masterton. The Rev. i A. Doull, M.A-., was the-officiating, clergy- , man. J \ 1

The marriage took place at St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church,' Pbnsonhy, Auckland, • last Monday, vof Mist Margaret'. Isabel Morpeth, elder- daughter of Mr and Mis W, H.“ Morpeth, and Mr Harold .Percy Spencer, second -son .of Mr and Mrs P. Spencer, Remuera, ' Mrs Gathorne Hardy and her two. children are ooming to New Zealand on a visit to her mother, lady Johnston, at Karori. ’

Hie Spinsters* Club held a jumble sale in the Ponsonby Hall on Saturday; which resulted in abo'ut .£l7 being raised-. The money is intended to provide Christmas cheer for the men at the Returned Sob diers* Hostel. t A garden fete and sale of work wee held at tne residence of Mrs H.' W,' Duff. in Sutherland road, Melrose, on Saturday afternoon. The Mayoress, Mrs R. A. Wright, opened the fete,'which was given in aid of the- Plunket Home appeal. BOWLING GReln FETE. MILITARY MATRON WELCOMED. The central committee of .the National Memorial Military Chapel at the garden party held at- the Wellington howling green / on, Saturday afternoon, took the opportunity to welcome home Mies Mary Early, matron of Aotea Hospital, Cairo, who has just returned from England, The good work done by the Aotea hospital for the conralesctent New Zealand soldiers will never be forgotten by those most vitally interested—the soldiers themselves. The committee, on the soldiers behalf, were specially pleased to he able to welcome Miss Early back, after • the' strenuous work, performed in a desert country. Since her furlough in England Mies Early, has taken a course in massage in. London, and will most probably practice in K ew Zealand. She was welcomed by the president, Mrs Neil McLean, and' aH the members of the committee, and was presented with a beautiful bouquet of lavender, rose carnations and maidenhair, tied with lavender ribbon,' by Mrs J. W. Brown. . The afternoon was most successful, the committee having several stalls, flowers in great profusion, as well as cakes and sweets. Afternoon tea was served upstairs, the tables being beautifully decorated with flowers. Matches were in progress during the afternoon, but afterwards the bowlers bought freely, and lady visitors attended in numbers, so the results should he very good.

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NGAROMA CROQUET CLUB. MILITARY MEMORIAL CHAPEL DAY. Ideal weather prevailed on Saturday, when the Ngaroma Croquet Club held an afternoon to raise funds for the above object. The Rev. C. F. Askew was present, and gave a most interesting description of the chapel which is proposed to be erected. Various competitions were, held, and were well patronised by the visitors, as were the ffbwer and produce stalls, practically .everything finding a ready sale. The competitions were won by Mesdames Parker, Davis, Cleland, Warner and Naughton. A lamb was presented by the Gear Company, innd- Mr. Hancock 'gave a .box of soap. These were won by Mrs Elvines, Mr Thompson, Mr Fleet and Miss T. ( Walters. The cake and d’oyley competition was won by Mr Woodhead and Mr Hancock. The prir.es 'for \ the croquet competitions were given by Mtesdam'es Marsden, Wilkinson,' Gower, Matthews, and McKenzie. - The sum realised amounted to .£2O. TAIHAPE NOTES. A large and appreciative audience greeted the second public appearance of the Taihape Male Choir at" the “Town Hall last Friday. The performance showed a decided improvement,' displaying the careful training bestowed by the conductor, Mr W. McClellan. The programme Was varied, Dudley Buck’s “King Olaf’s Christmas’’ , being particularly fine. Other items by the choir were: “Who Sails With Drake,” “When Evening’s Twilight,” “Brothers In Song,” “Laughing, “Lull Me To Sleep,” “Haymaking,’* and others. The soloists for “King Olaf’s Christmas" were Messrs Heightdh and Venner, Mr Thompson and Mr . Hindman each . hav>ittg. a.eolo in “Brothers In Song,” and Mr R. B. Smith being the soloist 'in “Recompense." Miss Natalina McCall um, Auckland’s - premier soprano, made her first appearance in Taihape, and delighted the audience in “Spring’s Awakening-” - In the second half, she sang Gome’s “Mia FiooiTella,” For this item she Teoeived a double encore,' singing “The Little . Brown Owl” and “The Lass With the Delicate Air." The other artist was Mr J'. F. De Berry, of Palmerston North, who contributed vignettes from Dickens. He had to respond to an encore, and explained to Mie audience how he had his “First Kiss on the Stairs." His other pieces Were “The Clown,’’., “The Student,” and “The Flapper." Mrs Webb was the pianist.. She was the recipient of a, beautiful tjouquet of flowers during the evening. A ceremony took place at the Public Hospital on November 25th, When Mr Sidney .Dash, of the local railway staff, was married. to MisS Myrtle White, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs W. J. White, of Taihape. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked, charming in a bridal gown of white chiffon and pearls, -with the usual 'veil and orange blossom, a handsome bouquet of. white peony roses and maidenhair fern completing a charming toilette. The /bridesmaid was. Miss A. Palmer; who "wore a' dress of lemon crepe-de-Chine, and. a . black picture hat; she also carried a bouquet of the eopie colours. Masters Cyril- and Ralph Garrick attended the bride as page boys. .The bridegroom was attended by Mr W. J. White, junior, as best, man, and) the ceremony, was performed by the Rev. W. F. Stent. After the wedding cerer mony, on behalf of .Mr and: Mrs Dash, Mr Johlin presented Mr. Allan Martin with a gold albert chain, for saying Mr. Dash’s life at the time of the accident. A most enoyable dance was held in the evening, the matron again placing the' new ward at their disposal. Gut of consideration for -the patients, the, evening broke up shortly before 11 o’clock, the visiting guests, before departing, ■ most heartily thanking the matron and nursing staff for their very kind Con-, sideratabn. Mrs Oldham has returned from New Plymouth, Miss Natalina - McCaUum, who has been the guest of Mr and) Mr« Webb,has returned, to Auckland. Mrs Sinclair, and, Mrs Ongley are down, south.

Mr J. F- de Berry was the guest of Mr and Mrs Henricks Vhtle'here.

Hies Moroney, who has 'been, the guest of Mr' and Mrs Cullinane, is at present in- Taihape. staying with. Mrs' Webb. . ■ • ' Hr D. Hay, senior, who is under orders to transfer to Lyttelton as depot qhargeman, Was fatrewelled l by ;his railway comrades in the'Railway Hall. Mr G. Wilcher, secretary of the local branch of the E.F.C.A., called upon Mr HfTston. to make a ipreSentation. to Mr Hay,, which consisted of a' solid , leather 1 suitcase, and also a dozen stainless knives for Mrs Hay. Mr and Mrs Hay'left for, the south toy the, express on Saturday morning The Male Choir gave a concert at the Public Hospital - last Monday stoning. Songs were given by Messrs Venner, Heighten, Hindman, and- McClellan, and a recitation by the Rev. W.’.'E., Stent. On behalf of the matron and patienta, Mr Alldridge thanked the .. choir for giving the patients such .ia musical treat, - and hoped to see them all again during the festive week. ,' Mf Aldridge "congratulated the conductor, Mr W. McClellan, on -the rapid strides the choir had made v ". —i :- ■ WANGANUI NOTES. (By “Eileen.”) Mr and Mrs Harnshaw, of Wellington, are; staving with Mr and Mrs P. Barkman, Queen’s drive. They intend staying over the holidays. • ■■ ■ Mrs Dimness, of New Plymouth, is spending a few. days with her sister, Mrs M Pauli, of Gonyille. ■ The Girls’ College gave a very enjoyable musical evening on Thursday, the big assemblyhall being crowded.-With parents and friends. The newly-formed citizens’ committee, neve nominated five gentlemen on a ticket to fill the -vacancies made through five councillors resigning. The names of the new candidates are—'Messrs A. S. Burgess. A. T. Cavill, H. Robin, C. P. Brown, and EL M. 6Slk. The central war- memorial committee have nominated Mrs ’MiarV E. Ooni.vns for one of the vacancies on the. council. The members of 'the Hawera Tennis Club visited Wanganui this Week, when some good games were played, At the conclusion on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Canlin. captain of the visiting . team, thanked Wanganui for the splendid hospitality. and .extended to them a".hearty invitation to visit Hawera. Mr Lanipe, Wanganui captain, Said they would do

their best to play Hawera after the holidays. ? Th® newly-formed ■Orchestral Society gave .their second oonceirt of the season at the Opera House on Wednesday evening, "when there was a splendid audience. In some cases the orchestra had, to repeat parts of the numbers. The programme numbers were:—March, "Under Freedom's Flag”: overture, "Nozze de ■" Figaro.'; pizzicato from suite, "Sylvia”-, selections from "lolanthe”: and in the second half—Overtures, "Pique Dame”; pizzaeato, "Baby's Sweetheart” (by special request); quintette,- "The Trout”; piano, Mrs J C. Roe: violin, Mr I. L. Beck; viola, Miss Bringezu; 'cello, dr H. Collier; bass, Mr W. M. Beck. The final item was an, overture,' "Reymond.'* Miss Mae Officer, of Inglewood, was the .vocalist. Her numbers were, "The Call of the 'Maytime** and "One Morning very Early." Her encore numbers were "Eyes that Used to Gaze in Mine,” and a quaint little item," "The ‘Yello'w' Ham- , mer." The big audience were 'delighted . with the concert, and the secretv may 160 k forward cheerily to the : future. Among those present were —Mr and Mrs Harold. Mr and : Mrs Christie, Mr and Mrs W. Brown. Mrs B.assett-Rmith, Mr And Mrs Russell Stevenson, Mr and Mrs d’Arcy,' Mrs Wall, Mr and Mrs McLeod; Mr and Mrs W. Shepley, Mrs Ramsay, Mrs' and Miss A. K. Harris. Mrs and Miss. Greenwood.; Mr and Mrs H. I). Bates, Mrs and Miss IX Comyns, Mrs Doig, Mrs Hardies, Mts Brodie, X>r Katherly, Mrs Cleland. Mr and Miss Roe, •Mr.'uand-.- Mrs J. . Thorpe.,- Mrs Gibbons, Miss Gibbons, Mr Nettleship. Mrs Earn,shaw (Wellington'), Mrs T.D. Cummins land Miss B. Cummins,, Miss McLean. Mrs Moctgoinerle-Moore, ' Mrs WehhJones, and‘others. Mrs Johns, of Nelson, is staying with ' her/ daughter. ‘ Mrs H, -Collier, Burie town. , Mrs - Lane. Miss B- Alter, and Miss Caplin, of Hawera, were among the visi- ‘ tors to Wangamli during the' week. The St. John Ambulance-Committee held their monthly meeting on Thursday evening at the' Y.M.C.A. There were present Mesdames TUwse. Harle, Comyns, and Slater, and Messrs Brine, Slater, Slight end Harle, hon eeo. Mr Slight was voted to the chair. ■ The question of the war motor ambulance was gone Into, and after discussion it was decided not to meet. till February. Mr Harle congratulated Mrs Tawse, superintendent on the splendid result of the passes at the Girls’ College. Nineteen went up, and all passed. Hr B. Dunn was the lecturer, and Dr Hutson was the examiner. ' '