NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1929, Page 18

NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL

Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Walton have returned to New Plymouth from a motor trip to Rotorua and Auckland. r « *

Mrs. Grade, Wellington, is staying at the White Hart Hotel. #*‘ * *

Mrs. D. Christie and Miss Marshall, have left New Plymouth for Auckland. * • • • •

Mrs. Naylor, Cromwell, and Mrs. Maclure, ; Marton, are staying at the Criterion Hotel.

Miss Mildred Alleman entertained at bridge on Wednesday evening, for her guest, Miss ■ Joan . Carrick Robertson, Auckland. • • • •

Mrs. McQuade is visiting Auckland and expects to be away about a month.

Mrs. W. Larsen, Urenui, who has been staying in New’ Plymouth a few days, has returned, home.

#■’ # * * Miss S. McCleland entertained at bridge on Tuesday evening. 6 C# » *

Miss Marshall, who has been the guest of Mrs. A. R. Andrews, has returned.

Mrs. Hugh Baily is at present in Feilding.

Ten members of the Musical Club met last night at Miss Constance Leatham’s - home. ■"

# # # * Mrs. F. Blundell, Mrs. D’Arcy Robertson and Mrs. Medley, have been hostesses at bridge this week. PjW- • « • •

Mrs. ;H. Mace leaves. for Wellington vA? next Wednesday.. She will be the guest of her dauglitef-in-law, Mrs. G. Mace. * * * * was elected president fjg df-I the .Taranaki Croquet Association at: the, anpual, meeting this week. .

LU; (Miss-'Alison Wiggins, Wellington, is ■re. the; guest' -Ojf Mrs., A. Wiggins.. J . .■■ 'p' w . >■ 1 ;*’ , # ■.* iilttndell ' 'and <M. ■ Fookes motored through to the Hawera Assembly last night. # ® * . * ?' v . ;

Miss .Vela Bishop- was hostess at an afternoon for Miss,Mary Jeffries yesterday.-' ! • ./■ # # • , # Miss Higgins, Christchurch, is the guest of Mrs. C. Waterston. o * Of * The annual dance of the Old Girls’ Association will be held next Wednesday evenin" in the Workers’ Social Hall.

Mrs. W. Brodie, who has been visiting Auckland, returned on Wednesday. & >» # #

The Misses M. and C. Moyes were hostesses at a gift afternoon on Thursday, the guest of honour being Miss.M. Jeffries, who is shortly to be married. ;A competition was won by Miss Jeffries. # # # * Misses Rita and May Reynolds, Masterton, are,visiting Mrs. J. S. Church. « Miss B. Griffiths, Auckland, is the giiest of Mrs. Medley. -# * * *

uw U.i. *rwenty-four members of the Women’s i '■'."■'.Bridge Ciub. : entertained the bridge-play- j -meiiitiers of the Taranaki Gentle- { 1 ■ tneh’s Club on Thursday evening. The room was f delightfully decorated in ? golden wattle and'a dainty supper was ji-n-f; served in the lounge. Mrs. Le Cren MorCAi'ganf the secretary of the bridge circle, had very capably fulfilled her duties and • everybody present thoroughly enjoyed the evening. On behalf of the men, Mr. G. Fraser thanked the ladies for their invitation and the happy time they had spent, and Mrs. C. H. Weston, as president, responded. Those present were: Mrs. C. H. Weston, who wore a handsome .frock with bodice of black and pink brocade and skirt of long black 1 frills of tulle,, finished with large tulle bow at back; Mrs. Le Cren Morgan, black frock with figured ring velvet bridge coat; Mrs. R. Gray, beaded cyclamen evening frock, with black bridge coat; Mrs. L. C. Sladden, black georgette frock, with bridge coat of dark green and red floral silk, fur collar and cuffs; Mrs. W. Weston, golden brown chenille georgette, with plain georgette skirt draperies; Mrs. C. Nicholson, black and pink brocade with skirt of long draperies of black tulle; Mrs. V. Duff, black frock embroidered in gold; Mrs. Keeling, navy georgette frock, with bridge coat of grey and royal blue chenille georgette; Miss Brewster, vivid green velvet frock, with bridge coat to match; Mrs. A. L. Humphries, black chenille georgette; Mrs. F. Johns, golden brown figured crepe-de-chene; Mrs. Papps, black georgette frock and black bridge-coat, richly worked in coloured beads; Mrs. Percy Webster, brown georgette and gold lace; Miss D. Bedford, heavily beaded white crepe-de-chene and figured ring velvet bridge coat; Mrs. D. Blackley, black chenille georgette; Miss McKellar, red velvet frock, with red bridge-coat; Mrs. F. White, beige georgette and bridge coat of gold lace; Mrs. Courtney, black georgette; Mrs. A Bewley, deep rose satin; Mrs. Anderson, black frock with red fringes and black and gold bridge coat; Mrs. Matthews, black georgette and silver tissue bridgecoat; Mrs. A. C. H. Collins, black beaded georgette and black bridge coat; Mrs. Quilliam, pale green chenille, embroid- ■' cred in silver, with black bridge coat; Mrs. S. Allen, pink sequined georgette.

Y.W.C.A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

The Board of Directors of the Y.W.C.A., New Plymouth, held its monthly meeting on Wednesday. The secretary reported that clubs had been meeting as usual and that a community gathering would be held on Saturday evening. A successful dance had been held. The matron reported there were still vacancies for permanent boarders. Preparations for a bazaar to be held in August were set on foot, the ladies present undertaking to give special help to certain stalls. Convenors, were appointed to two committees in connection with the work, Mrs. Nisbet Smith for the hostel and Miss Harrison for the membership.

The Duchess Mobbed. The Duchess of York was so tumultuously received by 6500 Edinburgh school children whom slip had invited to a garden party at Holyrood, Palace that she was forced to run for safety (states an exchange). .... The Duchess gave explicit instructions that the children should have the utmost freedom, and even be permitted to do somersaults on the lawn if they wished. Their behaviour was at first most restrained, and they formed in sections to receive refreshments, yieldin" to the marshalling of a detachment of° Edinburgh high constables, a picked body of business men assisting at such functions. ■ . When the Duke and Duchess of York appeared the children abandoned themselves wholeheartedly to their hero worship, broke their ranks and dashed across the lawn, chased by their teachers and the morning-coated high constables. , The Duchess was immediately swallowed up in the huge crowd, and the ladies’ suite was also lost. The Court officials were frantic. The Duke and Duchess temporarily escaped by climbing the wall surrounding the garden, but the children rushed on, sweeping away the band of the Scots Greys and tho kilted Cameron pipers. They clambered over the rock garden in an effort to follow the Royal pair, but officials finally forced a path through the cheering mass, along which? the Duchess ran, smiling and waving her hand. She dived in the palace door as the young loyalists overcame the escort. Woman’s Motor Record.

Advice has come from France that Mrs. Victor Bruce, the English motorist, has established a motoring record for a woman. She drove a car alone for 24 hours, covering a distance of 2200 miles, and averaging a speed of about 90 miles an hour. This was at Montlhery, where in December three years ago Mrs. Bruce and her husband, assisted by thhree reserve drivers, completed 15,000. miles on the speed track in 226 hours. They averaged a speed of 68 miles an hour, and thus covered the distance in record time. Tne Newest Necklet,.

A necklace of tinsel'glass is the latest word in London, for wear with chiffon dance frocks, says a correspondent. It may not replace in favour the i crystal which has been fashionable for so long, as it is rather too garish for most women. It is as bright as the silver tinsel used to decorate Christmas trees! Chiffon dresses form a delightful background for brilliant jewels (artificial or real), and another popular bead necklet is that composed of many strands of tiny, clear glass beads in different colours twisted into a loose rope. They I are fastened- with a jewelled clasp, and somewhat resemble ropes of coloured seed pearls. A new way of wearing a single strand necklace of brilliants is to pass it through a brooch worn in the centre of the bodice. The end of the necklet thus hangs straightly, and gives to the figure length of line so much admired. Secret of Perfume.

The secret of extracting perfume from flowers is unfolded by Jean Butt, writing in the Woman’s Journal. The perfume begins its life away up in the Maritime Alps, behind Nice, in the little town of Grasse. There, looking down upon the glorious Cote d’Azur, under a blue, blue sky, amid bright sunshine, millions of flowers bloom and then die to give it birth. The fascinating industry of perfumery dates back to the’Sixteenth century. It was introduced in Grasse by a M. Tombarelli, sent there by Catherine de Medici to found a laboratory. This spot was chosen owing to the excellent quality of the earth and the warm, temperate climate. Grasse stands, as it were, in a chaplet of flower gardens. All the hillsides are covered with floral gardens, covering about 50,000 acres, and changing colour from month to month —a sight of indescribable beauty. There are several-methods of extracting scent, and they vary according to the flowers. One of the most usual consists in putting fresh flowers in contact with grease. First, beef and pork grease are melted together, and then very carefully purified. When the mixture has hardened it is laid on both sides of glass frames about an inch thick. Every morning the petals of fresh flowers are laid on ■ the grease, which absorbs the scent. This takes from twenty-four to forty-eight hours, after which the petals are taken away and replaced by fresh ones. This process is repeated over and over again until 11b of grease has absorbed the essence of 31b of flowers. The per--fumed fat is then called pomade.

Bridge Fiends. “I do not know the total number of bridge players in England, nor, indeed, how that figure can be accurately ascertained, but, judging from some card statistics recently published in New York, I conclude that bridge is still more widely played in the United States than in the British Isles,” gays a London . writer. “During 1927 approximately 45,000,000 packs of cards were sold in the United States, the card tax yielding the State a revenue pf nearly £l,000?000. In Great Britain I understand the annual sale of cards is less than 5,000,000, while the revenue to the Government for 1920 was approximately £70,000. If these figures be correct, it would seem that in America one person in three buys a pack of cards as against one in nine in Great Britain. The American statistics to which I have referred fix the number of bridge players at 6,000,000. Not less than 300,000 persons earn their living by teaching bridge, while in 1927 the sale of books on bridge exceeded 480,000 copies!”