PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22630, 23 July 1935, Page 15

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Miss Doris Ramsay, who has been staying in Hawke’s Bay. is the guest of Mrs Charles White, Wellington.

Mrs H. D. Cooksley and Mrs R. Dunlop, of Clydevale, left on Friday for Auckland, to attend the annual conference of the New Zealand Women’s Institutes.

The engagement is announced of Edith, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Gorton, of Papatowai, and Alexander, second son of Mr and Mrs William M'Ghee. of Kaitangata.

■ Mrs T. Tidswell. of Auckland, who is the guest of Mrs W. A. Scott. 54 Heriot row, will be pleased to interview anybody interested in Krishnamurti who, during his visit to New Zealand last year, was Mrs Tidswell’s guest.

Mis? Dorothy M'Kay, who was soloist at the Dunedin Royal Male Choir concert last evening, was a charming figure in a frock of black silk marocain cut on severe lines, and having a slight train and long sleeves. A pink velvet rose afforded a becoming note of relief.

At the Theosophical Hall on Saturday afternoon Miss Florence A. Saker, principal of Brahms Girls’ College, Calcutta, gave an interesting address on “ Indian \Vomen,” comparing their social and domestic life with that of their Western sisters. The musical programme consisted of songs by Miss Phyllis West, Mrs R. Hastie. Mr Harold Laidlaw and Mrs Norman Ellis, with violin obbligato by Mr Ritchie Hanna. The accompanist was Mr Frank Cawley, who also contributed piano solos. The chairwoman (Mrs S. R. Pollard) moved a vote of thanks to the speaker and musicians.

There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Maori Hill League of Mothers ah Thursday, Mrs Cree Brown nresiding. An array of flowers added brightness to the meeting, and these were afterwards taken to the Public Hospital. Miss Roseveare gave an interesting account of her w r ork among the Maori wopien and children. It was decided to send greetings to the Maori branch of the League of Mothers in Te Bay of Plenty. Songs by Mrs Ellis were greatly enjoyed. A hearty vote of thanks, proposed by Mrs Lilly, was accorded to Miss Roseveare and Mrs Ellis.

A pleasant social evening was held in the Shag Point Schoolroom on Friday to bid farewell to Miss Christina M'Diaripid, who has left and taken up the position of assistant teacher at Seacliff. The evening began with progressive euchre. Mrs James Wilde winning the ladies’ prize and Mr Alex. Gray the men’s prize. After supper, Mr A. K. M'Lean presented Miss M'Diarmid with a brush, comb, and mirror. Miss M'Diarmid, suitably responded. The second part of the evening was spent in dancing. The lucky spot waltz was won by Miss Ellen Burt and Mr W. M'Lean. During the dance intervals, Mr J. Wilde and Mr A. Wilson delighted the company with songs. Mr George Barber, assisted by Mr F. Carrington,' carried out the duties of M.C. The singing of "Auld Lang Syne ” brought a happy and memorable evening to a close.

The Port Chalmers branch of the League of Mothers held its annual church parade at the Congregational Church on Sunday evening. There was a large attendance and the Rev. T. Flowgr gave an address on "The Sanctity of Marriage,” basing his remarks on the words of the marriage service, " That families may be trained in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." He ‘laid stress on the fact that the home, the foundation of our communal life, must be built up on goodness, .truth, and beauty, in order to provide the most favourable soil for the growth of fine personality, and to enable it to contribute its proper influence to the community in general through it contacts with outsiders. Complete frankness and mutual understanding were essential between husband and wife . m order to avoid the small causes of friction which so often developed into the major causes of the wreck of a home. The essentials of married life—truth, beauty, unselfishness and frankness—were simply the fruits of love, and the causes of failure were one and all due to people being too self-centred. The making of a home was one of the greatest ideals in the world, and yet how many set out on this task and never asked the assistance of God. Although to give a child health and education w-as important, to develop a character was the greatest thing of all, and in this the home had the supreme advantage over every other institution. In This matter example was much more powerful than precept. The early formation of religious habits would stand everyone in good stead. The receptive mind of the child would take and hold impressions from its immediate environment, and so it behoved the parents to see to it that such impressions were the best possible, and that the ideals to be striven for by the child were the highest The world would never become Christian until the cradle was a sanctuary and the mother a minister. Children were generally what their parents made them, and if the mothers wanted their children to live moral and upright lives, it could not be dsne apart from Christ. The parents must live 'the Christian life themselves, and the children would be sure to follow in their path.

The Town Hall was a scene of much gaiety when the first movie ball to be held in Dunedin was in progress. The hall was effectively decorated in orange and tango, with a large pocket of flags containing coloured balloons suspended from the ceiling to form a centrepiece. At a given signal the flags were drawn back and a shower of colour fell to the floor. Many spectators were present in the dress circle, and the dancers seemed to enjoy a rollicking evening. Much amusement was caused by the various competitions, the judges being the Mayor (the Rev. E. T. Cox), Mrs Richard Hudson, and Miss Bessie Thomson. The screen impersonalities were judged by Mr Jack Welsh through his movie camera. The prize winners were:—Miss Mary Malaghan as Norma Shearer for the best female screen star representative and Mr Fred Mowatt in male rep. The other winners were Miss Collins, Miss Smith, Miss Kennedy and Mr .Kennedy. Among those present were: the Mayoress (Mrs Cox) in a gown of brown and gold velvet, with a cape of white fur; Mrs Richard Hudson in black velvet and pink georgette under a black velvet coat; Miss Bessie Thomson in midnight blue beaded marocain; Mrs Dora Smeaton, wearing black and white figured georgette, and a black coat with white collar; Miss M'Pherson in brown satin and beige’ice; Miss Helen Abraham who. with Mr Kevin Dun, gave exhibitions of the 1935 quickstep and tango, in an attractive gown of lemon georgette with feathered trimmings; and Miss Rosaleen Creagh, wearing black lacquered skirt, slightly trained, with pink satin coatee under black quilted taffeta coat. Some of those in costume were; Mrs Tano Fama, as Dolores del Rio; Mrs I. N. Calvert, as “Don Cossock”; Miss Hazel Mein, as Pat Patterson; Mrs Young, as Doris Kenyon; Miss H. Stewart, as Anna Sten; Miss J. M'Cartney. as Raquel Torres; Mies Gwen Douglas, as Jessie Matthews; Miss Nancy Best, as Edna Best; Messrs Calvert and Thomson, as Laurel and Hardy; Mr R. H. Simpson, as Henry the Eighth; Mr J. W. Winefield, as Maurice Chevalier; and Mr G. Douglas, as Wallace Beery. Other dancers were: Mr. and Mrs Harrould, Mr and Mrs Hogg, Mr and Mrs Slyfield, Mr and Mrs W. A. Mitson, Mr and Mrs Couglan, Misses G. Pike, Mabel Watt, Natalie Grey. Violet Foote, Lucy Robinson, Rosalie Proctor, Thelma M'Leod, V. Walker, Ila Walton, Betty Blackblock, Joan Couglan, Freda Venn, Doreen O’Gorman, and Kathleen Feathers, and Messrs Brenden Finlayson, Alan Howie, J. G. Barnes, L. K. Neil, Alan Smith, George Walker, G. Douglas, Massey, G. Morgan, H. L. Steadman, L. M. Hill, and G. Hughes.

Mrs I. W. Raymond, of London, who has been paying a round of visits in the South Island, is spending a few weeks in Wellington.

Misses M. Walker and L. Carter, of Hillgrove, who have been spending an extended holiday in the south, have returned home.

Mr and Mrs E. T. Moller returned on Saturday after a short visit to Auckland, where they said good-bye ty their son. Mr L. F. Moller, prior to his departure for Oxford University to continue his studies as a Rhodes scholar.

Miss Mattie Edgar gave a little dance at her home. Pine Hill, on Saturday evening in honour of Miss Dorothy Breraner, who is shortly to be married. There were also present Misses Nancy Bremner, Molly Henderson, Lindlay Jeavons and Marv Watcher, and Messrs J. Bremner, A. Heath, B. Quennell, C. Pastier, S. Macdonald,, M. Nicol and J. and G. Edgar.

i . * # * An interesting evening was spent in the Otago Women*s Club on Friday last, when the Civic Circle held a meeting, the subject of which was “ How to Conduct a Meeting, with Practical Demonstration.” Mrs Mackie Begg gave an excellent paper on the topic for discussion, after which the audience was turned into a general meeting and entered wholeheartedly into the spirit of the proceedings. Mrs W. J. Porteous, chairwoman, presided.

The annual meeting of the St. Kilda Ladies’ Bowling Club was held in the club‘*pavilion. Mrs Adess presided over a large attendance of members. The following officers were elected for the ensuing .year:—President, Mrs Longworth; vice-president, Mrs M'Culloch; secretary, Mrs M'Culloch; General Committee —Mesdames Lister, Irvine, Jones, Hunt, and Pryde; Ties Committee-—Mesdames Falek, Jones, and Irvine; selectors, Mesdames Summerill and Irvine; delegate to 0.L.8.A., Mrs Lister. Mrs Longworth moved a vote of thanks to the retiring president. and executive.

(Another of its , pleasant evenings was given by the Dunedin Club in the rooms of the Catholic Women’s League, Auckland, on Thursday. The members and fuests were received by Mr and Mrs H. '. King, the host and hostess for the evening, the latter wearing a frock of vieiix rose velvet relieved with silver, and coatee to match. Dancing and cards provided the evening’s entertainment. The ladies present included:—Mesdames H. H. Wilson. M. W. Dodd, L. Piper, W. Faulkner, J. W. Gow, R. A. Cornish, Lindsay Anderson, J. Oliver, F. E. Horne, M'Nickle, D. R. MacDonald, E. A. /Allan, E. Johnston, H. E. Burton, E. Wickham, Miller, Roughs, J. W. Aldridge, J. S. Reid, and Mackay, and Misses Joy Oliver, Johnston, E. Johnston, M. Oram, W. Walton, Kerr. L. M. Skeels. Findlay,. A. Walton. J. Sherriff, Urquhart, E. King, Dawson, and Iggulden. Mrs Cornish and Mrs Dodd were the hostesses for the cardroom.

Among the recent guests at Wanaka Hotel, Pembroke, were: Mr C. J. M'Kay and Mr A. A. M'Kay (Gisborne), Mr G. C. Donnelly (Hamilton), Miss A. M. Turner (Wellington), Mrs C. Freeman, Messrs L. Mack, S. Muirhead, T. T. Cuddie, G. W. Anderson, D. Mitchell, V. Caley, John M. Casey, L. B. Dawson, E. N. Stewart, D. J. Brown, and G. H. Geeson (Dunedin), Mr C. Macdonald (Port Chalmers), Mr R. T. Short, Mr Russell Neville and Mr William Nicholson (Moa Creek), Mr Joseph Turner Griffith and Mr Alexander W. Nicholson (Poolburn), Mr B. C. M. Robson (Alexandra), Messrs L. Alexander, G. Robert-son,-A. Harvey, L. Harvey, C. Robertson and A. Robertson (Matakanui), and Messrs C. White, C. White, E. Hammond, J. Aitchisoii, N. White, J. Ford, I. Corrigall, C. Farley, G. Holden, W. Ford, F. J. Donnelly, J. White,'C. Webster, A. Webster,'A. Webster, James Stuart, L. Woods, and D. R. Neville (Oamaru), Mr James, Clouston (Lauder), Mr W. J. White (Ophir), Mr W. L. Hotop (Cromwell).

The annual dance of the Mosgiel District High School Ex-pupils’ Club was held in St. Luke’s Hall on Thursday, when there was a large attendance. Messrs J. Leith and A. Johnston acted as M.C.’si Among those, present were:—Misses 1. Allan, wearing figured organdie; P. Dyer, black tulip lace; A. Morgan, Marina blue lace: M. Morgan, jade green moss crepe; M, Swallow, lemon.lace and gold sequins; N. Taylor, scarlet crepe; Joyce Murray, pink silk velvet: Joan Murray, Marina blue crepe; H. Williamson, blue organdie; J. Wither, pink floral crepe; D. Wither, pink gporp-ette; N. Munro, red and white taffeta; M. Munro, black crepe; E. Meldrum, lemon crepe; N. Young, salmon satin; C. Young, green marocain; H Miller, brown lace; R. Anderson, red crepe; A. Pocock, blue lace; P. Johnston, blue crepe; E. Lambie, salmon and green organdie; V. Rutherford, yellow satin; A. Nichol, figured taffeta; N. Brown, figured georgette; and W. Gibson, red satin; Dr Foreman, and Messrs ,H. L, M'Kinnon, J. Young. R. Frew, M'Cuun (2), A. Drake, F. Carr, A. Johnston, I. Thomson. S. Dyer. J. Bedford, Nichol, A. Allan, Roberts; F. Beale. C. MelsJrum, J. Leith, Grant (2), W. Taylor. W. Cousins, T. Craig, Tourell. E. Kenrick, F. Murray, Sutherland, Kingan. Pauli (2), R. Smellie, T. Lindsay, M. C.assels, M. Livingstone, and K. Williamson.

Miss Jean Beattie, of “The Downs,” Lauder, left yesterday morning on a holiday visit to Australia.

A successful and enjoyable dance was held on Thursday night in the Moonshine Winter Gardens Cabaret, when the Public Service annual dance took place. Mr P. M‘Noe was a capable M.C. The lucky spot was won by Miss H. Andrews and Mr F. Waymouth, Monte Carlos being won by Miss A. Ross and, Mr H. Fountain and Miss 0. Abbott and Mr R. Davidson. Among those present were:— Mr and Mrs S. Frew, Mr and Mrs. H. Adams, Mr and Mrs, J. Berry, Mr and Mrs C. Sew Hoy, Mr and Mrs F. Simpson, Mr and Mrs T. Gallagher, Mr and Mrs A. Mackintosh, Mr and Mrs W. O. Twose, Missses A. Harty, N. Bell, E. Inglis, A. Ross, C. Hinehcliff, A. Bain, E. Hinehcliff, E. Milligan, T. Brundell, K. Hogan, A. Simpson, I. Brown, M. Bird, C. Bowmast, G. Pike, A. Bruce. V. Finlayson, G. Thompson, A. Thompson, I. Nelson. H. Andrews, J. Rait, W. Howell, R. Thompson, N. Phelan, L. MTntosh, 0. Reid, M. E. Cope, J. Wood, E. Dawson, E. Collins-Browne, E. M Kee, M. Driscoll, D. Ramsay, E. Brown, G. Smith, I. Armit, 0. Abbott, E. Binning, H. Abbott, N. Harraway, V. Overton, M. Carroll, M. Stuart, N. Young, Adams, and H. M’Nay and Messrsi C. de K. Andrews, D. Young, P. Mhoe, F. Ee Seur, D. Binning, F. Binning, B. Burns, S. Mayne, R. Davidson, D. Flint, K. Anderson, F. H. Salmon, A. L. M Cormick, T. G. Brooks. H. Hughson, A. C. Twose, E. Kelly, W. Isaac, A. Kennedy, D. Esplin, W. Bowmast, B. Finlayson, F. M'Qpeen, D. Mollison, A. Clouston, E. Munro, F. Waymouth, F. Cameron, W. M. Cunningham, R. M'Kinnon, A. J. Johnstone, N. Patehett, H. Saunders, J. E. Dawson, F. Richards, Hardy, J. Irvine, L. McDonnell, D. Campbell, d. Russell, C. J. Meade, A. T. Grandison, V. J. H. Pledger, W. J. Mathers, R. Williamson, W. White, H. Fountain. 0. Campbell, M. Sloan, J. Leask, and H. -N. Ballinger.