PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23352, 18 November 1937, Page 18

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Miss Noel McGeorgc, who has made a short visit to Christchurch, returned home yesterday.

Mrs G. P. Sise spent a week in Sydney before going on to Melbourne to attend the meeting of the Melbourne Cup. * £ *

Mrs Richard Hudson, Mrs Robert Hudson, and Mrs Dora Smeaton. who were in Christchurch for Cup Week, have returned to town.

Mr and Mrs W. E. Ferris, of “ BellaDista,” Oamaru, have returned from a trip to Auckland and the North Island.

A letter from Lady Ferguson, written from Bath, stales that Sir Lmdo and she had enjoyed a most interesting motor trip, in the course of which they had visited 14 cathedrals and rums.

A range of 300 travellers’ samples suitable for aprons and cushion lengths in silks at sixpence and one shilling each will be on sale on Friday at Dons Haworth, Lower Stuart street. —Advt.

Mrs E. Gumptazes was hostess at a morning tea party given at the Savoy on Saturday, when those present were; Mesdames James McDonald, John Robertson. Robert Shaw, Walter Hanger, and Ernest Frost, and Misses Dorothy Findlay, Nancy Jones and Doris Cardno.

Mrs Roland Fulton and Miss HunterWeston were joint hostesses at an enjoyable luncheon party at Miss HunterWeston’s house on Tuesday, in honour of four visitors from Timaru who had motored, down for the day—Mrs George Kerr. Mrs Sinclair Thomson, Mrs R. Ulrich, and Miss Ziesler. The others present were Mrs Cook, Mrs Fergus, Mrs McKibbin, Mrs Ivo Carr, Mrs Bundle and Miss D. Williams. After luncheon, bridge was played.

Mrs H. A. Newall, lady president of the Australian, Society, was hostess at a mornihg tea party held in the Tudor Hall on Saturday last. The guest of honour was Mrs F. Andrews, who is leaving Dunedin to reside in Wellington; Mrs Pywell, who has left for an extended holiday in Australia; and Mrs I. Newbold. a visitor to this city. Mrs Newall, on behalf of the members, Presented Mrs Andrews and Mrs ywell each with a small memento suitable to the occasion. Among those present were Mesdames A. A. Paape, F. G. Paape, J. H. Clements, A. Glue, A M. Myles, A. Morrison, J. Leith, L. Dunn, E. Clayton, A. Gallagher, G. A. Thompson, H. A. Newall, J. R. Sewell, and R. C. Connell, and Misses Muriel Hare, M. Napthine, Thelma Newall, and Ngaire Glue.

Queen Mary has already begun her Christmas shopping (says a London correspondent writing in October). She has over 700 names of relatives and friends on her list and. as she likes to choose every gift personally, it naturally requires many weeks to make all the purchases. Characteristically thorough. Queen Mary writes a little note of remembrance as she puts down each name. For instance, she might jot “pink sitting-room” against one woman friend and then select a gift of some china to fit in with that colourscheme. One of the disabled ex-ser-vicemen’s workshops, in which Queen Mary takes keen interest, has received an order for wooden tableware which she will distribute at Christmas time. Fruit bowls and bread platters and individual cruets and many other pretty yet still practical things are now handcarved from walnut rnd chestnut and similarly grained woods. Many of Queen Mary’s gifts were bought while she was spending her summer holidays at Sandringham and Harewood House. She would go for an afternoon’s motor run with her Christmas list in her handbag, and if she came across an attractive wayside shop she would pay it a visit. In the antique shops at Harrogate her Majesty, too. finds many a present, * * *

The Milton branch of the League of Mothers held its final meeting for the present year in the Miller Hall on Friday afternoon. The function took the form of a “ Day,” mothers being invited to bring their children aged six years and under. After an appropriate children’s hymn had been sung Mrs I. Sinclair, acting president, made reference to the sudden passing of Mrs Charles North, a much-beloved and prominent member of the league movement in Dunedm Mrs Thornton read the Scripture lesion, and Mrs R. Bowie gave the thought for the month: “If you cannot look up with hope, how can you look down with mercy? ” A delightful Christmas story was then told to the children by Mrs Sinclair, after which each child received a gift from the Christmas tree, these being given out by the Creche Committee. Mesdames L. Herbert and T. Todd. Afternoon tea, which was provided by the members, was served outdoors. The meeting was an enjoyable one, both for the mothers and the children, and was a fitting termination to a successful year's work. At the final fellowship meeting held at Mrs Sinclairs residence, Mrs Hugh Wilson, on behalf of the evening members, who had enjoyed many pleasant gatherings at the retiring president’s home, presented her with a small token of appreciation. Mrs Sinclair suitably replied.