PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24347, 11 July 1940, Page 10

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

A cablegram from England states that Miss Patsy Stephens left recently on her return■ to New Zealand. '. ... ■/'*<• .'. :"■, y. ■■■#- Mrs Sutherland Ross-; president of the Otago branch of. the British Drama League, entertained the members of i tljp council and executive of the league on Tuesday at a delightful afternoon tea party given at her residence, "Broomhill," in honour of Miss Ngaio Marsh. v- # .;*. Mr Fraser, or the . South Dunedin Fire Station, gave an instructive tali? on "The Prevention of Fire" recently to the Musselburgh Rise branch of the Home Economics Association. A large parcel of balaclava caps was prepared for-forwarding to the men on the minesweepers. •• •y- * . ■ '-*';. A meeting is called for Friday, July 12, at 2.30 p.m. in. the Mornington Tramway Hall and all women in the Morningtcn and Belleknowes . districts who are interested in the formation of the Lady Galway Patriotic Guild are asked to attend. The Mayoress (Mrs A. H. Allen) will be. present.

The Dunedin friends of Miss Betty Hilliard, late of New Zealand, and ; mow a resident of Wolseley road, Point '• Peter, Sydney will be interested to ■ hear of her successful appearance in Sydney recently at a chamber music concert held at the Conservatorium, Sydney. : Miss Hilliard presented a group of dramatic'Russian songs and received,.an ovation,;; * : » Mrs F. Laycock was the . speaker at the‘Dunedin Business and Professional Women’s Club tea held in the Tudor Hall of the Savoy on Monday. Her talk was a delightful and amusing account of her trip across America, beginning at California. The road journey from Los Angeles to ’Frisco was over, a marvellous highway with a bright landscape of productive gardens, showing citrus fruits, olives,-and figs. The grandeur of Yosemite Valley was pictured, and also the vastness and beauty' of , Niagara Falls. There was much to tell in a brief time, and the end of the talk came .all too soon for, the listeners. Miss M. Hensley proposed a vote, of thanks on behalf of the club. * * v Mrs McLeod presided at the July meeting of the Tmpeka Mouth Institute, when the motto was, "We are master of the unspoken word; the spoken word is master of us,” and the roll call, “ Quickest and easiest recipe.” Mrs. Blair read two poems by Ella Willcox and Barbara Corneck. A com- . petition for the best bahclava for a soldier was won by Mrs Latimer. The hostesses were Mesdames McLeod and Mackie. X- * n-Pain-relieving powders and tablets give only passing benefit—but R.U.R. gets at the cause and. by removing the cause, clears up the trouble itself! Take R.U.R. because it puts the blood and body in an alkaline and germresisting condition. —11