WOMEN’S WORLD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19881, 7 March 1939, Page 11

WOMEN’S WORLD

Engagement An engagement is announced between Davtd Giflin, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Doole, "Glenonc," Hastings, and Mollie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lund, Gisborne. Ninety-sixth Birthday A simple, homely life is advocated by Mrs. S. H. Clvatterton, Vogeltown. New Plymouth, who celebrated her ninety-sixth birthday on Wednesday. Mrs. ' Chatterton still gets up every day and makes her own bed and helps with little jobs about the house, and that, she contends, is “half the battle/’ Bridge at Gisborne Women’s Club A very enjoyable bridge party was held at the Gisborne Women's Club last Tuesday night, the players being members and some of their friends. Bridge was played at eight tables in the large reception room, which w?« effectively decorated with marigolds, dahlias and Michaelmas daisies. A number of interesting rubbers were played, the successful players being Mrs. J. McKee, who secured the highest score. Miss Adams, who won a hidden number contest, and Miss Sltone, who was awarded another prize, each receiving an attractive gift. A dainty supper was served informally while a social interval was enjoyed. The guests were received by Mrs. H. E. Hill, who acted as hostess in the absence of the president, Mrs. J. Pyke. Farewell Mah-jong Party On Saturday afternoon a very enjoyable farewell party was given by Miss June Irvine at her home in Riverside road in honour of Mrs. Hylton Smith, who is leaving Gisborne this month to make her home near Hastings. The guests were entertained with mah-jong, three of the tables being placed in the drawing-room, which was artistically decorated with hydrangeas, and the other two tables on the wide adjoining verandah. Yellow marigolds and other autumn flowers in lemon and golden tonings were used with charming effect, for the adornment of the dining-room, where a delicious tea was served during an interval between games. Mrs. W. Hamilton Irvine welcomed her daughter’s guests wearing a smart jumper suit comprising a black skirt and a striped jumper in black and bright contfasting colours. Miss Irvine received her guests in a pretty frock of floral crinkled Liberty silk in.puce,and blue tonings. A graceful frock of black georgette embroidered in a white sprigged design was worn by the guest of honour. “Bon Voyage” Party Mrs. A. Stoneham, who is leaving shortly on a holiday trip to England, was the guest of honour at a delightful farewell tea given on Saturday afternoon by Mrs. T. B. Pearson, Miss A. Crossland and the former’s daughter, Mrs. G. Long, Hastings, as joint hostesses at Mrs. Pearson’s home in Ormond road. Zinnias, carnations and guinea gold marigolds were used with charming effect for the decoration of the draw-ing-room, where the guests spent a pleasant social afternoon, during which a delicious tea was served. The guests took the opportunity of wishing Mrs. Stoneham a very happy and enjoyable holiday abroad. Mrs. Pearson received her guests wearing an attractive beige lace frock relieved with a violet velvet corsage posy.

Mrs. Long was daintily frocked in white flowered georgette printed with cherry and yellow roses. A smart frock of navy blue taffeta was worn by Miss Crossland. Mrs. Stoneham chose a becoming black ensemble, and a hat to match. Enjoyable Garden Party

Perfect weather conditions favoured the enjoyable garden party which was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Cooper, Wainui Beach, on Saturday afternoon, in aid of the Wainui Hall funds. The function was organised by the hall committee, and although successful, it was not so well patronised as on former occasions, owing to numerous counter-attrac-tions.

The spacious garden, with its wide lawns and wealth of old shady trees and gay flower beds, is an ideal site for such a function, the tennis court being an additional attraction and used throughout the afternoon by some of the younger guests. A delicious tea was served in the garden, and ice-cream and soft drinks were much in demand by the numerous children present. Stalls well-stocked with produce, meat, poultry, vegetables, cakes and other edible goods, and others with seedlings and flowers, were placed in various parts of the garden. The stallholders were:—Afternoon tea, Mesdames L. W. Cooper, Shanks, R. C. Branch, and Russell, and Miss Filch; ice-creams, Miss Ford; meat and poultry, Mrs. J. L. Cowan, produce and vegetables, Mesdames Cook, Stewart and G. M. Chnsp and Miss Butterworth; cakes, Mesdames O. R. Olsen and C. E. Robinson; seedlings, Misses N. Cowan and M. Mulligan.

Naval Wedding An atmosphere of old-world charm was created at Ft. Marks Church, Remuera, Auckland, on Satuida> afternoon, when Miss Anne-Claie Gaudin, younger daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. H. H. Gaudin, of Owens road, Epsom, was married to PaymasteiLieutenant Robert Stuart Patrick Marrs, R.N., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Marrs, of Knightsbridge, London, England. The Rev. C. •Blunden Ellis, R.N.. performed the ceremony. Tennis at Kaiti There was a large attendance of member.? and visitors at the Gisborne Lawn Tennis Club’s courts at Kaiti on Saturday afternoon. The main attractions were the championship and Other club matches in progress, and these, combined with the ideal weather conditions, assured spectators of a pleasant and interesting afternoon.

Among those present were Mesdames R, P. Baigent, D. E. Clin.sp, W. Neal, R. A. Phillpotts, C. 11. Wells, Coghill (Wanganui), B. Hacche, C. J. Rigg, Allen, R. J. Surgenor, Stcevens, C. C. Scanned (Tokomaru Bay), and G. E. Law; (Misses P. Burke, N. Allen. C. Mead, A Slight, N. Broadhursl, J. Scott, B. Grumitt, E. Doyle, N. Mitford, M. Smith, D. Barton and T. Utling.

THF DAILY ROUND s

Tennis at Whataupoko French marigolds adorned the tea table in the pavilion at the Whataupoko tennis courts on Saturday afternoon, when a large number oi members took advantage of the good weather by attending the courts. Those present included Mesdames R. Weston, M. Alclred, R. Webb, R. Hamson, W. Kennedy and A. Wilson; Misses Johnstone, M. Simpson, . . MeMurray, P. Leslie, M. Haisman, Ritchie, and A. Pitcher. Coming-of-age Tea A very enjoyable evening was spent at, the home of Mr. J. Tome, Waerenga-a-hika, to celebrate the coming-of-age of bis Iv/m gtan daughter and grandson Miss Edna Smart and Mr. Douglas Smart, Rakauron. , , A few friends of the guests ot honour were entertained to tea and supper, after which they visited the •Regent Theatre for the midnight session of “The Adventures of Robin Hood.”

Metropolitan Tennis Club The perfect summer weather on Saturday attracted a good attendance to the Metropolitan Tennis Club s courts, where some enjoyable sets were played. A dainty tea was served from tables tastefully decorated with autumn flowers. Those present included Mesdames W. Dunphy, T. Hill, A. Thom, G. Waple, R. Herival, W. Han key, A. Tove and W. Allen; Misses E. Scott, J Alley, L. Linton, M. Dunioy, J. Williamson, R. Robinson, M. Walker, and M. Henshaw. Te Hapara Tennis Club Misses M. McKinley and A. Thomson were hostesses at the - P Tennis Club’s courts on Satuiday afternoon, serving a dainty and much auDieciated tea" to the numerous members .present. The tea table was tastefully decorated with mango and Michaelmas daisies. The weather being ideal for tennis the afternoon was greatly enjoyed, a number of good sets being played and the courts being occupied so long as the light held. Those present included Mesdames A. Clark and G. Langhorne Misses M. McKinley, A. Thomson, B. Dunbar, V. iLandon-Lane, D. Beiry, B. Royds, N. Weeks and M. Hopps. “Linen” Gift Party for Brideelect A delightful, party was given on Saturday afternoon by Mesdames Gordon Heighway, J. Slipper and A. Allen as joint hostess in honour oi Miss Molly Park, whose marriage to Mr R. Mann will take place in Auckland on Easter Saturday. The party was held at Mrs. Heighway s home in Rutene road, the guests being entertained on a large front verandah, which was an ideal setting for such a gathering, the weather being beautifully fine and warm. Lovely mixed autumn flowers were artistically arranged for the decoration of the verandah. Throughout the afternoon music was provided by Mrs. Winnie Thomson. Several interesting competitions were held, the winners including Mesdames F. Mason, D. W. McKeague, A. Allen and W. Mason, each of whom received a dainty prize. A vocal solo by Mrs. R. Alley was much appreciated, and community singing was enjoyed by all the guests. After a delicious tea had been served the bride-elect was presented with numerous charming and useful gifts of linen for her future home, and after opening the parcels she thanked the donors. Among the guests were Mesdames J. Robinson, K. Everett, W. Hart, K. Burr, H. Kayes, F. Mason, D. W. McKeague, S. Lewis, A. Fisher, C. Burton, W. Newtii, W. Mason, M. Tccce, and R. A. Whitley; Misses B. Kinder. J. Kirkbride, E. Whitley and G. McKenzie.

Pre-nuptial Gift Party

Miss Barbara Kinder, who left Gisborne yesterday lor Auckland, where she is to be married to Mr. Gavin 'Brown at Easter, was the guest of honour at an enjoyable gift party given on Friday night by Miss Edith 'Baker at her home in Childers road.

The guests were entertained with mah-jong and bridge, the room in which the tables were placed being prettily decorated with verbena and carnations in cyclamen tonings.

A dainty supper was served and the health of the bride-elect honoured, Miss Kinder being tendered good wishes by all present. After supper the guest of honour was given a number of useful gifts for the pantry in her future home. Labour Party Dance

The weekly dance of the Labour Party, held in the Selvyn Hall last Friday night, again proved very popular. Mr. T. Goodall made an efficient M.C., whilst Mr. Wreford Wade and Mr. Pritchard supplied the music. A dainty supper was served by the lady members of the committee.

A Monte Carlo waltz was won by Miss Billings and Mr. Hillyard, whilst Mr. and Mrs. Scott were winners of Ihc lucky spot waltz.

Among those present were Mesdames Walworth, Elston, Greaves, Cameron, Agnew, Scott, Cudd and Saukana.

Misses O’Flynn, A. Elston, N. Harding. B. Billings, A. Maxwell, P. Swinton, Greaves, J. Doherty, P. Ratcliffe, P. Nelson, Monica, Davies. Gambirazzi, O. Isaacson, J. Harvey, E. Harvey, F. Halter and T. Callaghan. Messrs. D. Greaves, Callaghan, Outen, L. Ferris, F. Stanford, C. Hall, J. Smith, Coulter, A. and G. Elston, N. and O. Gregory, J. Symes, T. Goodall, P. Powell, E. Morris, E. Tucker, S. O'Neill. S. Breingan. PI. Croskery, E. Quinn, S. Warren, A. Normington, S. Bocock, R. Parsons, J. McMillan, I-ladwin, Cutts, C. Jackson, and T. I-loulahan. Victoria League

A book and magazine afternoon was held in conjunction with the monthly meeting of the Victoria League of Poverty Bay yesterday at the home of the president, Miss A. L. Rees, Russell street.

The meeting attracted a good attendance of members, and a large quantity of books, magazines and other types of reading matter was collected, each member having brought a contribution for dispatch to outback settlers, light-keepers, hospitals and other institutions by the book and magazine committee.

Miss Rees presided over the meeting, and before the commencement of business called for a vote of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mrs. Thomas Todd, who had been a member of the Victoria League for 25 years, and with the relatives of the late Mr. I. Mil-field. The vote was carried by all members standing for a few moments in respectful silence as a mark of sympathy. The following new members were elected, Mesdames H. J. Poole, J. Foster, France, Mellwain, and Berridge, and Misses Berridge and Bilham. The financial report for the month wag presented by the treasurer, Mrs T. Y. Cuthbert, and adopted. For the book and magazine committee Mrs. W. Baty, convener, re ported having sent parcels to all the addresses submitted in December, and having posted parcels of reading matter to the Cook Hospital, the Memorial Home and light-houses in February. It was proposed to ask Mr. and Mrs. T. Corson to represent the Poverty Bay Victoria League at the Vic* toria League conference in Canberra on April 19. The president urged members to attend the Red Cross Society’s meeting in the Abercorn Hall on Friday night, at which Mrs. T. C. Lowry, the Dominion president, and Miss Kin". Napier, would speak.

It was announced that the next monthly meeting would be held at the home* of Mrs. T. Utting, Haronga road, and would be combined with a social gathering. At the conclusion of business afternoon tea was served and a pleasant social hour* ensued. The large room in which the meeting was held was prettily decorated with bowls of mixed autumn flowers. Pre-nuptial Gift Party

The Oddfellows’ Hall, Mangapapa, was the scene of a very jolly gathering on Friday night, the occasion being a “miscellaneous” gift party and dance given by Mrs. N. Me Cab; in honour of Miss Eileen Warner and Mr. Fred Lyndon, whose marriage isle be' celebrated early next month. The greater part of the evening was spent in dancing, the music being provided by Mr. A. Pilkington. During (he supper interval extras were played by Mrs. Clements. The programme was interspersed with delightful musical and dance items, the artists being Miss Flora Grant and Mr. F. Foster, who rendered vocal solos, and Miss Mary Hume, who gave two Scottish dances. A Monte Carlo dance was won bv Miss Lentill and Mr. Worsnop. A delicious savoury supper was served informally in the hall, after which the guests of honour were presented with numerous gift parcels. These were found to contain a variety of attractive and useful gifts for both (he recipients. Miss Warner and Mr. Lyndon each thanked the donors for their much-appreciated presents, and all the guests joined in sinking “For Thev Arc Jolly Good Fellows.”

The hostess received her guests wearing a becoming frock of black georgette trimmed with touches of white. Miss Warner was wearing an attractive evening frock of gold silk velvet cut on princess lines, with short ruched sleeves, and fastened down the front with matching satin buttons and loops, these being released towards the hem to form a slit skirt which revealed an underdress of deep clover satin to match the corsage spray of violets adorning the bodice.

Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Clement, Mr. and Mrs. Mawson. Mr. and Mrs. Wil-

lB THE DAILY ROUND

Sidelights on the Russian Ballet

Miss Bobbie Scott, the talented young Gisborne dancer, who is a member of the Royal Academy of Dancing, has returned after a most enjoyable, instructive, and interesting visit to Wellington, the main object of which was to see the Covent Garden Russian Ballet and to take lessons from Anton Dolin, the instructor.

Miss Scott was fortunate in having the opportunity of meeting the majority of the dancers in the company, and incidentally securing their signatures in her autograph book, and doubly fortunate in having the experience of appearing twice on the stage during the performances of

•'Cinderella.” She also has Anton Dolin’s autograph on a photograph taken of one of his classes in Wellington in which she is one of the pupils, and the autographs of Victor Dandre, the late Madame Pavlova’s husband, and of Heleh Wolska (Bessie Forbes-Jones), one of the two English girls in the ballet, on one of the programmes.

While in New Zealand Anton Dolin conducted open classes as well as special classes for members of the Royal Acamedy of Dancing, and as Miss Scott was eligible for the latter, she attended all the classes held in Wellington and also took private lessons from Mr. Dolin. In addition, she saw every performance staged by the ballet in Wellington, two from the stage and behind the scenes as already mentioned and the remainder from the auditorium. Hard Work and Long Hours

Miss Scott was impressed with the hard work and long hours requiied of the members of the company. While a performance is going on those not engaged on the stage fill in the time off-stage by practising at the bars and in other ways. In the day-time they start work about nine in the morning, the clay being filled ,n with regular hours for .practise and rehearsals, only short intervals being allowed for rest and meals. At present the company is practising two new ballets for the London

season. In the course of her lessons Miss Scott learned a dance performed by Baranova in “Swan Lake, and another from “Auroras Wedding, and variations from Vanda Grossin who was a premiere ballerina in the previous visit of the Russian Ballet to New Zealand.

A Supper Party During her visit Miss Scott attended a supper party given by the Wellington branch of the - newly-formed Australian Society of Operatic Dancers in honour of Mr. Dolin, at which a number of the leading members ot the company were guests. In a speech at the function, Mr. Dolin remarked that he noticed at the table representatives of three great epochs of the dance, namely Victor Dandre, representing the Pavlova epoch, Tchinarova, of the Dlagnilefl epoch, and Madame Baranova, of the present-day epoch, and said it was marvellous to have three such epochs represented at one gathering. Madame Baranova also spoke as the occasion was the third anniversary of her wedding, and in charming broken English told her audience that it was the first speech she had made. . _

A message from Madeleine Gencc, the head of the Royal Academy of Dancing in London, was conveyed to the New Zealand members, in which the great dancer tendered her best wishes.

As well, as giving practical lessons, Mr. Bolin gave lectures to his pupils, and tendered advice on various aspects ot operatic dancing. He said he had noticed that the shoes worn by llie New Zealand dancers were outrageously heavy, as some of his own specially made footwear weighed only 2oz. He made eulogistic reference to the A.5.0.D., and advised members that their only means of progress was to keep together arid work, in unison. Dancing in New Zealand

Speaking of dancing in New Zealand, Mr. Dolin said he had seen some young dancers of great promise, and lie was very pleased with the young Auckland girl, Rowena Jackson.

in regard to the latter, Miss Scott mentioned that various branches are organising concerts to assist her in her career, hoping eventually to send her abroad for further tuition and experience. Miss Scott said she was fortunate in seeing Lichine, the chireographer of the company, who makes up ballets of his own, on the two occasions he appeared on the stage, as he was prevented from giving his usual performances in New Zealand owing to an injury. While taking part in “Cinderella,” Miss Scott and the Wellington dancer, Miss A. Daniels, received their instructions from Serge GrigoriefT. Miss Scott also mentioned that the attractive English dancer, Helen Wolska, was the member of the ballet chosen by Anton Dolin to pick out faults in his dancing while he practices.

The iirst violinist in the ballet orchestra of 20 is a New Zealander, formerly a boy prodigy of Wanganui, now known as Grisha Goluboff, who receives a tremendous ovation from New Zealand audiences.

The Covent Garden Russian Ballet is going to America next year, and hopes, on a future visit to New Zealand to include the world-famous Alicia Markova, in the company.

Ramson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Vette and Mr. and Mrs. Findlay; Mesdnmes King, Ilurne, Lentill, Cain, Redstone, Findlay and W. Wade.

Misses Hollamby, Grogan (2). Young, Wilson, Burnett, Warner (2), Bates, Dale, Hume (2), Forbes, Green, Ratcliffe, Gillis, Grant. Carter, Graham, Manson, Pascoe, Lee. Lentill, Clark and Knight.

Messrs. Glover, Lyndon, Waterhouse, Post, Finn. Prince, Wallace, Gordon, Ilurne, Wilson, LeQuesne, Foster, Hair, Scott, McFadyen, Hazell. Varley, 'Stokes, Hopldnson (2), Pilkington, Kane, Pritchard, Fredericks, and Costello (Invercargill).