LE CHAT BLANC CAFE CHANTANT

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 347, 20 March 1915, Page 6

LE CHAT BLANC CAFE CHANTANT

Those who attended the brilliantly successful Caf<3 Chantant in the Colosseum last evening must have given more than passing thought to the amount of work accomplished before the cafe was ready to be opened to the public. To turn a prosaic building into a fairyland of flowers, lights, music, Bong —to provide amusements for hundreds of people, to attend to the thous-and-and-one details, and overcome the thousand-and-one inevitable obstacles, and to make a paying proposition of it all is no light task. Yet it can be

done, and it was done last night, The united efforts of a number of ladies and gentlemen, all actuated by the same splendid desire to help the stricken Belgians, brought about a result of which they may well be proud. There were so many who cheerfully and unselfishly gave their services, time, and money towards making the function such a success that it is impossible to even guess at the identity of half of them. First and foremost there is Miss L. Y. Tabart, one of a family of fine public-spirited women who are always ready to devote them-

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selves to charitable and philanthropic work wherever the need exists. She is the organiser of the Cafe Chantant, and the way in which she marshalled her

forces and set them all at work was an example of good generalship indeed. Miss Tabart has not spared herself, and the way in which she has w T orked and organised has been an inspiration to all the other members. She prefers, however, to speak of the fine work of the committee, rather than of her own efforts. There is Mrs A. Boyle, of Riccarton, who, with Mrs C. G. Dalgety, managed the flower stall. Both gave valuable services during last evening, and also beforehand, and both are ladies of such capability that their

names at all times stand for success in their charitable undertakings. Mrs Beauchamp Lane was another indefatigable worker, while Mr W, H. L. Cooper, the honorary secretary, shouldered a considerable amount of responsibility in his own particular department, and shouldered it well. Others who gave valuable assistance included Mrs F. Scott (in charge of the cigarette stall), Mrs H. Harvey (sweet stall), Mrs C. W. Reid (chairman of the committee), Mr C. G. Dalgety, and very many others whom it is impossible to name.