PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23931, 5 October 1939, Page 14

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Mrs J. E. Galbraith left on a trip to the North Island last week.

Mrs R. Littlejohn, who has been the guest of Mrs Holden Mirams, has returned to Invercargill.

Miss Whitson will leave to-day on a six weeks' visit to her sister, Mrs Edgar Elliott, of Remuera, Auckland.

Mrs M. E. Ringland will return today from England, and will stay at Leith House.

Mrs G. W. Ayton, of Epoh, Malay States, is staying with her mother, Mrs E. Aslin, of Littlebourne.

Mrs H. Douglas Guthrie, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, is staying with her daughter, Mrs H. C. Sidford. of Rewa street, Sunshine.

Mrs George Bell and Miss lona Irwin were joint hostesses at a picture party on Tuesday evening, the guest of honour being Miss Beth Whitelaw, who will leave on Saturday en route for England. A supper party was afterwards held at the Savoy, where an artistically decorated table held a "Bon Voyage" cake. Among those present were Mesdames G. Bell and C. Lewis and Misses P. Ibbotson, I. Irwin, Peti Evans, L. Whitelaw, Connie Lee, N. Stevens, and Pat Duncan.

Mrs A. W. Triggs, the retiring leader of the Literary Circle of the St. Clair Women's Club, was the guest of honour at an afternoon tea party held at the Vedic on September 27 Mrs C. Roberts, the present leader, congratulated Mrs Triggs on her successful year. Among those present were Mesdames A. Tnggs, C. Roberts. A. Walker, G. Palmer, H. Archibald. D. Young, E. Ombler, T. Smith, P. Bardsley, J. McNaughton, J. Bode, I. Sutherland, and J. Rutherford.

"N. Z." makes comparison, in The Oldham Standard, between two New Zealand writers—Katherine Mansfield and Robin Hyde (writes our London correspondent on September 15. "The writings of these two women (it is have more than a little in common, especially in, the realm of the short story. Like Katherine Mansfield, Iris Wilkinson can vividly suggest, by the creation of atmosphere and by delicately sketched incident, the strange New Zealand background that has eluded so many other writers."

The Council of the Home Economics Association held its final meeting for the year on Thursday afternoon. The president, Mrs Glue, was in the chair, and thanked members for their generous help and happy co-operation in making the recent display such a success. A letter was received from Miss Keilor asking the association to appoint Mesdames Glue and Keith Cameron, and Miss Stevenson to the Women's Committee of the Otago Territorial Association. The appointments were made, and the association also decided to act as a body in assisting with war work. Letters acknowledging donations were read from the Chinese Relief Committee, the A.C.E. Office, Professor Strong (for the Home Science School), and the Citizens* Day Nursery, which also invited a representative from the council to become a member of its committee. Mrs Glue was elected. New members elected to the executive were Mesdames Poison and McConnell, with Mrs H. Wilson as delegate to the National Council of Women in place of Mrs Reilly, who wished to be relieved.

The engagement is announced between Camille Enright Malfroy, younger son of Mr and Mrs C. M. Malfroy, of Wellington, and Sybil Gordon, second daughter of Mr and Mrs C. W, Gordon, of Bordersmead. Loughton, Essex (writes our London correspondent on September 15). The announcement of this engagement has inspired "Twelfth Man," the Sports Gossip writer of the Evening News, to tell his readers something about the man who has been "a great personality in English lawn tennis for several seasons." "Learning his lawn tennis at Cambridge, and residing in this country nearly ever since, Malfroy has come to be regarded almost as a home player. The only time we think of him as a New Zealander is when Davis Cup ties come along. Then he is New Zealand's captain. A most determined, clever player, Malfroy has had many successes on the lawn tennis courts. ... At one time in his Cambridge days Malfroy. as a typical New Zealander, seemed to have a good chance of a Rugger blue. He played for the University fifteen on several occasions as a three-quarter, but competition was very keen for a place in the University fifteen and Malfroy had to be content with his tennis blue. I am told that in one or two scratch matches, at soccer, in which Malfroy has played since coming down, he showed that he knew how to keep goal as well as the next man."