PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23685, 17 December 1938, Page 30

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Mrs Alex. Duncan has returned from a visit to her mother, Mrs J. Duncan, Park terrace. Christchurch.

Mrs D. Eardley Fenwick, of Wellington, is the guest of her sister-in-law. Mrs Edgar Hazlett, Essequibo.

Mrs F. M. Don, of Wellington, will arrive in Dunedin to-day to attend the opening of a new Labour Hall in South Dunedin.

Miss Diana Fitchett, whose marriage to Mr Graham McClymont will take place next week, was the guest of honour at a luncheon party given on Thursday at the Otago Women's Club, the hostess being Mrs Russell Ritchie The other guests were Mesdames Frank Fitchett. Stuart Armitage. James Fitzgerald, James Ritchie, and John Ritchie, and Misses Lorraine Orbell, Alary Reeves. Stella Fitchett, Molly Birch, Peggy Brewer. Diana Abraham, and Joan Ritchie.

Mr and Mrs E. J. Smith gave a dinner party last evening at the City Hotel, when the guests—the members of a small bridge club—included Mr and Mrs R. H. Stevenson, Mr and Mrs Warren Boyd, Mr and Mrs R. Sloan Brown, and Mrs Keith Mitchell.

Mrs G. A. Coughlan entertained the ladies of the Otago Bowling Association at their green on Monday last. The afternoon was spent in progressive Doubles, and the winners were Mesdames Paterson (president of. the centre) and Lowry. The runners-up were Mesdames Thompson and Bolt. Mrs Cook, secretary of the Ladies* Bowling Association, was also present.

¥ * * Mrs George Black gave a s.o'clock party on Thursday at her home in Littlebourne, when the guests, most of whom attended the Officers' Club's ball that evening, included Mr and Mrs Oliver Cox, Mr and Mrs Winston Brinsley Mr and Mrs Neville Murdoch. Mi and Mrs Arthur Laing, Mr and Mrs Leslie Dun, Mr and Mrs Wilson Johnson, Mr and Mrs Warren Johnstone, Mr and Mrs W. Robertson, and Messrs P. O. ■ Vallange, K. Morrison, and B. Mackenzie.

Roses and Iceland poppies formed the attractive table decoration at a supper party given last evening by Mrs E. T. Moller at her home in Pitt street. The guest of honour was Miss Alma Browne, who will be a December bride. The hostess wore a becoming gown of black velvet, and Miss Browne's frock was of cherry-coloured silk, figured in white and green The guests included Mesdames Ralph Paterson, Maurice Joel, Lyndon Macassey, and Misses Joan Tasman-Smith, Barbara Dodgshun, Mary Lysaght, Isobel Newlands, and Pat Hanlon.

Miss Wyn Henderson celebrated her twenty-first birthday on Tuesday last at the residence of Mrs Todd, Oakland street, Anderson's Bay. A programme of games and competitions was enjoyed. Some handsome gifts were received by the guest of the evening, to whom a toast was proposed at supper by Mr W. Gwynne. This was responded to by her father, Mr W Petrie Henderson, who presented his daughter with the customary key. Among those present were Mesdames Todd, Henderson, Ganderton (2), Lawrence, Gwynne, Trebilcock, Misses Winnie Todd, Stella Johnston, Shirley Croy, Mayda Sinclair, Doris Lawrence, Vera Smyth, and Messrs Duncan Todd, A. Ganderton, A. Trebilcock, F. Ganderton, H. Homan, W. Morrison, and A. Muir.

Miss C. E. Goodall, who has resigned from her position as matron of Knox College, and who will leave for the north on Tuesday, was hostess at a delightful afternoon tea party on Thursday in the Somerset Lounge of the Savoy, when her guests were the friends she has made during her six years' sojourn here. The tables were covered with pretty pink cloths to match the vases of roses. Miss Goodall wore a suit of navy and white spotted silk, a lacy white posy, and a navy straw hat finished with a gold buckle. The guests included Mesdames C. M. Bruce; J. Dickie, R. Fulton. Cattanach, Cogan, Noble, Iverach. Salmond. Le Cogan, Vivian, W.J.Porteous Taylor, Tannock. Falconer, Ewinf, Every, Dick, and O. K Tennent and Misses Hutchison <2), Mollisoni (2). Macassey, Hurst Lett, Barr (2) Whitehead, Torrance (2). Watt (2), Morton. Angus (2). Barron, West, Low, Beckett. Ferguson, Fairbairn, and Sisters Nora Dick. Spillman, and Wicks. A stale egg can always be recognised by its glossy shell. v * * A bit of cheesecloth is handy to have in the kitchen. When you have well washed the leaves of a lettuce to make a salad lay them on a piece of cheesecloth, pick up the cloth by the four corners and shake the leaves until all the water is out of them. The salad, whether you put dressing over it or not, is much nicer to eat when well dried than it is when the leaves are served wringing wet.