OVERSEAS CLUB

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17634, 26 May 1919, Page 7

OVERSEAS CLUB

The members of the Overseas and kindred Clubs held a dance in commemoration of • Empire Day in the club rooms in Lower . Stuarfc street on Saturday night.. This is the first dance that has been held in the . . ; - new club rooms, and it was fitting- that rfc *" should bo in honour of Empire Day. About v- '■ . 75 couples were present, and the music was supplied by Messrs Yates and Beafch, while Masa V. Balk rendered several solos - during the evening. ' \ .•

—In Alberta, Canada, there is a -village •' the houses of which have been constructed - without nails. Theso were built by Ru • thenian immigrants, and are of the typical • Ruthenian style—long, pitch-roofed, thatched, and wide in the caves. Even- - i the door, an affair of slender twigs, woven - • and laced together, swings on' home-made'. hinges, and is latched with a wooden hasp. The floor is of hewn logs_ unnailed. The roof is. a wonderful fabric of poles and cross-woven wheat straw, lOin thick, packed- . • tiirhtljr and solidly, and laid with such care that it will endure any weather for 20 years.

Afternoon tea is an important function - with most ladies! What to give visitors is \ often a question! But the hostess who serves dainty sandwiches spread with delici-• ' ous St George sandwich paste mates no mistake. Guests will congratulate yon on your good taste! Get a soz tin from yonr ■ grocer. 'Tis delicious, -wholesome, and an- ■ ; nntisiner 1 831