IN TOWN AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 671, 24 May 1929, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

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Miss Marie Roberts is a visitor to Auckland from Wellington. Mrs. W. X. Pharazyn, of Wellington. j is staying at the Albert Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Montgomery, of ! Wellington, are visiting Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McClintock, of j Wellington, are spending a holiday in i Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. J. 1). Smith, of Hamilton. and Mr. and Mrs. H. Langgutli, of Rotorua, are guests at the Royal. Miss Ethel Morrison, of Christchurch, is visiting Auckland and is staying with Mrs. P. Webster, Herne Bay. Miss R. Beckett, of Mar ton, who has been staying with Hr. Margaret Knight and is at present the guest of Mrs. Bruce McKenzie, will return home in about a week. Staying at the Grand Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Martin, of Sydney, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald and Miss Corson, of Gisborne, and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Govan and Miss D. Goran. of Te Anau. Cabled advice has been received that Mrs. Angus Gordon and Miss Jean Gordon, who left here on April 12, arrived in Durban on Thursday, en route to Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Congratulations ! Women Who Worked For Empire Ball I ROSES ALL THE WAY There were roses all the way at the Empire Ball last evening, worked in most delightful ways into a decorative scheme of unusual beauty. pOR weeks energetic committees of women of the Victoria League have been at work making thousands of beautiful artificial roses that the ballroom might present the effective background it did for the colourful daintiness of the dancers' gowns. Last evening they had their reward, when congratulations on their artistic success were showered upon the committee members. Mrs. Coleman was in charge of the committee which made the roses, and the other members of it were Mrs. W. Somers, Mrs. T. Leys, Mrs. Hope Lewis and the Misses C. and F. Murray and Ruby Coleman. Miss Marjorie Kirker also came and helped them often. The supper decorations, which excited much admiring comment, were arranged by Lady Sinclair Lockhart, Mrs. Harry Goldie. Mrs. C. R. Keeble. Mrs. Charles Kissling, Mrs. Donald Ogilvie and Miss Devore. BALL COMMITTEE Miss J. A. Mowbray, president of the Victoria League, worked hard for its success. The honorary secretaries for the bail committee were Miss Janet Murray, Miss K. Thomson and Mr. W. Crowther. Members of the ball committee were: Lady Sinclair Lockhart, Lady Nolan, Lady Carrick Robertson, Mesdames J. Alexander, Watson H. Airey. Anstiss, A. S. Bankart, G. R. Bloomfield, H. Bloom-fie-fl, Brown-Clayton, Preston Chambers, Stanley Chambers. W. B. Colbeck, Coleman, Cory Wright, Culling, E. Dargaville, Devore, Elliott Davis, Dransfield, Hugh Fenton, Furby, Fullerton, A. M. Ferguson, H. Gaudin, H. Goldie, LI. Gulliver. H. Horton, E. Hay. C. Heather, Hodgson, R. R. Hunt, W. C. Somers, Hugh Thomson, Hope Lewis, Hyde. R. E. Isaacs, Johnstone, Keeble, A. Kinder, King, H. Keesing*. C. Kissling, T Leys. P Luckie, J. B. Macfarlane. Mappm. Mll- - Moorhouse, McGuire, A. Nathan, W. J. Napier, Parkes, J. H. Rathbone, E. Russell, T. Russell Rickerbv, J. Reed, Sinel. Stride, Stokes, "V. Usher. H. E. Vaile, Claude White, Misses R. Coleman, Gerrard, Goldie, Keesmg, C. Murray, S. Murray. Slator, K. Thomson, Messrs. J. Alexander, W. Crowther, Dransfield. E. Dargaville, Hugh Fenton, A. M. Ferguson. Neville Sliayle George. - • Goldie, Harrison. Hyde Town ley Little, Dr. McGuire, L. Rickerby, Dr. Stride, 11. Thomson. _ DINNER PARTIES A party including Mrs. Mervyn Reid, Mrs. Baker Cresswell, Miss Dolly Vaile, Miss Marjorie Stewart, Lieut.-Com-mander Spencer, Surgeon-Lieut. M eldon, Lieut. Baker-Cresswell, SubLieut. Wade and Sub-Lieut. Tliew were entertained at the Grand Hotel last evening prior to attending the Empire Bali. On board H.M.S. Dunedin a gay little party was entertained at dinner prior to going on to the Empire ball. The fair guests present included Miss Leslie Waller, Miss Rosemary Waller and Miss Freda Rathbone. • * * This evening Miss Biddy Philcox Will celebrate her 21st birthday with a dinner party at the Grand Hotel. The pretty little blonde will have 21 guests, as she firmly believes that number on one's birthday is lucky. Another dinner party at the Grand Hotel last evening incUided Mr. and Mrs. H. Bull, Mr. and Mrs. Reid. Mr. and Mrs. Bagnall and Mrs. Valentine. POWER BOARD STAFF ARRANGE PARTY AS SURPRISE A surprise party was given to Mr. i and Mrs. J. Carter at their home in j Armadale Road. Remuera, by memi bers of the Waitemata Electric-Power | Board’s staff last evening. ; The musical items included a j humorous sketch by Mrs. Lovell and Mr. Hubball; songs by Mr. C. Mould and comic songs by Mr. H. W. Scott. The supper table was attractively decorated with violets and pink spider lilies. Among those present were Miss I. ; Hamilton, who acted as hostess, wear - | ing a nile green georgette and crepe i do chine frock: Mrs. J. R. Carter, in j shell-pink georgette, featuring an un- ' even hem and diamante trimming: ! Mrs. R. Carter, who chose a frock of | brown crepe de chine with oriental relief.

SOCIAL NEWS

Social Buds

Two Pretty Debutantes Make Their Bow AT EMPIRE BALL Stepping delicately in their charming gowns of gossamer weave two dainty little debutantes made their formal entry into the social world at the Empire Ball last evening. THEY were the Misses Edna Kissling. the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kissling, of Glanville Terrace. Parnell, and Keitha Mair. the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mair, of Kitchener Road, Takapuna. Ivory georgette was chosen for Miss ICissling’s frock, its charm expressed in simple fashion, with a softly-falling skirt of two flares. Pink and silver was prettily combined in a trail of flowers, caught at one shoulder of the slender bodice and the same colours appeared in the posy carried by the debutante. Miss Keitha Mair’s delightful little gown was fashioned of georgette in the palest nuance of lemon —deeper than old ivory—nearly as deep as the petal of a primrose. A silver girdle defined the waistline, where the closely-fitting plain corsage was attached to the long full skirt. A cluster of silver and lemon flowers was worn at the shoulder and found their gay tones repeated in Miss Mair’s piquant little posy. Between dances the little debutante countered the chill of the evening by wearing an attractive lemon and silver wrap.

NEW LYNN CHOIR ST. THOMAS’S CHURCH At a social event last evening, Mrs. Horridge was presented with an enlarged photograph of the St. Thomas’s Choir, where for the past 14 years she has been an active member. Members of the choir, including Mr. G. Gilliam, choirmaster, and numerous friends were present. A speech was delivered by the Rev. H. Jecks. Musical items were given by Mrs. E. McKenzie. Mrs. Winsome Shaw and Mr. T. Culpitt.