NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL

Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1930, Page 22 (Supplement)

NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL

Mrs. Cyril Blundell entertained at ■bridge on Thursday afternoon. ft * ft .>» ■ Mrs. Alleman ' entertained at bridge yesterday’afternoon is honour, of Mrs.T. Perry. - ft * . ' «. Mrs. F. Simpson left yesterday for Te Awamutu, where she is .the guest of Mrs. Lacey Peake. •-. : - ft Miss Marjorie’ Smith and Miss Mar-' garet Fookes spent Tuesday in Wanganui. ‘ • « # * , . Miss Ethel Harrison, Whangarci, is the guest of Miss Jean Collins. # •. ft ‘ • ft ft Miss Claudia Weeton was hostess at bridge on Wednesday evening in honour of Miss Ua ' Blair, Wellington, j: ;--a * ' B? ft , ft’ Mrs.' T. Simpson was entertained at bridge this week by Mrs. W. H. Skinner on Monday evening and Mrs. Penny Brown on Wednesday evening. Mrs. B. H. Chaney returned yesterday from a short visit to Auckland. ' ft - ft" ft ' * ' Mrs. K. G. Smith returned to New Plymouth on Thursday from visiting Christchurch. s # • # # . ft '_ . Mrs. A. ,M. Mac Diarmid entertained at’bridge on Saturday-evening. j. . ’ * -. w ■ * ft • • Mrs. Butchart is the guest of Mrs. Buckeridge, Hawcra. . ft ft * * Mrs. Solway, Waitoitoi, is yisitirig Auckland. . / " . * * • ft . ft - ; ■ Mrs. Cecil Granger is visiting Auck- • land. . ft # # ■ # . Mrs. Harold. Grey, Otakij s<g the guest of Mrs. J. Scanlon. ft ft • i Miss George returned from Welling- ’ ton last night; Miss Schicb from Otago; J Mies Falkner from Eketahuna, and Miss ■ O’Higgoy from Wanganui, j V? ; 'A* * .’# \ lire. McPherson, who has been the guest of Mre. 8. Allen, returned tp Wellington on Thursday. 1 ft ■ ft , ft ft • Miss Mildred Alleman, who is visiting - Auckland, attended the viec-Regal ball I 1 on Wednesday evening. ■ . 1 ft ft • ft ft Mre. Hall, Christchurch, is visiting Mew Plymouth and is staying at the Criterion, as is Mre. Blair, Wellington. r ft ft ft ft v Mre. A. B. Gibson, who has been visit- v lug her daughter, Mre. T. G, Mitchell (Waimate West), has returned to New

Plymouth. # * ♦ « Mrs. Albert A. Newell has returned to New Plymouth from a trip to Australia. ##. # # : Mi'fi; AV. N. Ackland has left- on a visit to Wellington, where she is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Me Arthur. # # * # Mrs. Marshall Gray (Auckland) has been the gu -t of Mrs. 11. P. Gray. « ■ * * * Mrs. D. K. Morrison visited Stratford this week to attend a combined Brownie Kild Girl Guide birthday party. # # # * Mies McLean, Hawera, and ' Miss Laishley, Wellington, have been staying »t the Criterion. * # # * Miss Muriel Williams, who lias been dh the staff of St. Helen’s Hospital, Auckland, for 12 months, motored from Auckland to spend a holiday with her parents. # # * *. Mrs. J. G. Bredin has returned to Warea after a visit to Auckland and Hamilton. #"# # # . Central Croquet Club members will be hostesses at a floral tea in the Victoria League Club room next week. *•. * * Miss Leslie AfacDiarmid entertained at her home last evening. # . * « * Mrs. Waterston, accompanied by Mrs. W. N. Stephenson, Mrs. J. Wilson and Mrs. Hamilton, Christchurch, returned ffrom Auckland yesterday. # # * Mrs. T. Simpson, who has been the guest of her sister, Misis C. Leatham, returned to Auckland yesterday, accompanied by Miss Dorothy Simpson, who will -be her guest for several week*?. * # A very pleacant afternoon was spent at the Women’s Club on Wednesday, when Mrs. McPherson entertained her New Plymouth friends at tea. Musical items were given and recitations by ,Mr<s. Evans and Mrs. Hughes. • # # # ' A successful bridge evening was held at the Taranaki Women’s Club on Thursday, when G 4 members were present. They have decided to "break up into eight ’bridge teams, with a captain at the head of each. An inter-team tournament has been arranged. On Tuesday evening the Play Beading Club entertained and on Wednesday the committee was entertained by the needle class branch. j # '# >s # [ A very enjoyable party was held at the residence of Mr. and Airs. Cosbrook, Smart Road, last Saturday, it. being the occasion of the 21st birthday of their son Laurie. About 24 young people were present and a very happy time was spent in games. Air. Laurie Cosbrook received many presents. ENGAGEMENTS. The engagement is announced of Kathleen Alyra, youngest daughter of Mr. and Airs. E. J. Hill, To Kiri, to Arthur Ronald, fourth son of Mr. ami Airs. W. J. Prentice, New Plymouth. 4? # * # The engagement is announced of Edith Norma, elder daughter of Air. and Mrs. T. Drake, Fitzroy, to William Norman, eldest son of the late Air. W. 11. ami Aire. Leech, Waitara. ,

Waitara entertainment.

Mrs. C. Browning, Waitara, on Wednesday gave a gift afternoon in honour of Mrs. Toutts to a few of her friends. The guest Of honour was presented by Miss IL. Browning’ with a posy of violets, freesias. and . maidenhair fern. After musical’ items■ .rendered Mesdames Blair rand Middleton, the guests sat down to afternoon tea served on tables decorated with Iceland poppies and maidenhair fern.. Mrs. Browning then requested Mrs. A. M. Purdie to present the gifts, which she did after saying a few words of regret that Mrs. Toutts. was. leaving ‘the jdistrict. All then sang “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” Mrs. Toutts suitably replied and opened her gift parcels, which created much interest. -Several competitions were held in which all joined, the prizewinners being Mesdames Middleton and Dunbar, and Miss Muir. The singing •of “Auld Lang ’ Syne”, closed an enjoyable afternoon. . , ' NEW PLYMOUTH CROQUET CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS. ’ The annual- meeting of the New Plymouth Croquet Club was held in the pavilion on Wednesday, when there was a large’attendance of members. The annual report- was read and the balancesheet approved. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:— Patron, Mrs.., Morrison; president, Miss Payitt; vice-president, Mrs. Johnson; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Griffin; committee, Mesdames Eberlet,. Dinniss, Grover, Valentine and L. Brown; honorary auditor, Mr? G. E. Dinniss.

. INGLEWOOD ITEMS. The committee of the Inglewood Women" 6 Institute on Thursday held a gift afternoon at Mrs. Ki veil’s residence, Rata Street, in honour df Miss Burgess, Durham Road, who is to be married shortly. . A very pleasant afternoon- was" spent with games and competitions, *** v * ,'The.engagement is announced of Miss Ivy. R. Frewin, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Frewin, Inglewood, to Mr. Will jam Jefferies-eldest son of the late Mr. arid Mrs. Jefferies, Petone, AVelliiigton.. sfc # # # Mrs. C. O'Carroll returned on Wednesday afternoon from Auckland. She arrived there on Monday from Sydney, where she had been for throe weeks visiting her son, Mr. Pat O’Carroll. > PUBLIC' SERVICE BALL.

The combined Public Service ball held at the Stratford Town Hall on Tuesday was entirely successful and a very pleasant evening was spent by the 300 dancers. Although the attendance was not as large as last year the floor was comfortably filled throughout the evening and a programme of popular dances was maintained.

The ball committee had arranged pleasing decorations, which had involved a considerable amount of effort. From a central latticework of coloured streamers and balloons suspended from the ceiling, bright coloured ribbons radiated to the surrounding walls and the royal emblem in electric light over the stage created an appropriate setting for a King’s Birthday function.

The snowball dance caused considerable merriment, and jollity reigned as the dancers dodged the flying pellets of coloured cotton wool. Coburn’s orchestra played popular , dance music. Among those present were Mesdames Whittle, Petrie, Crabtree, Dunbar, Siddells and Fryday, Misses Masters (2), Stevens, Grant, Vickers, Fisher, Keitliley, Tunbridge,. Grant, Harper, Sanderson, Fitzgerald, .Kivell, Melville, Childs, Lindop, Curd, Sinith, McKenzie, O’Hagen, Clare, Gibb, Henry, Sait, Harrison, Rushton and Pople.

Expensive Changes. The advanced set in society had got used, more or less, to the cubist idea in furnishing (writes a London correspondent). Ample chairs had given place to metal ones of severe type, and ornaments and pictures had either gone altogether or had been adapted to blend into the modern scheme. Now the mandate has gone forth that the severe type of furnishing docs ' not belong with dresses that are long and graceful, and that the feminine note in clothes demands a picturesque setting. All severe things "must go, say the dressmaker, If you are to .do frocks credit you must wear them against the right background! To go to China, or to Spain, for inspiration is apparently the thing-to do. At any rate, there must bo comfort and cushions, lounges draped with fringed hangings, curtains with frills —anything and everything to suggest the feminine atmosphere for the feminine frock. Unlucky Days.

They say in Shropshire: “If you hear anything new on a Friday, it will add a wi’inkle°to your face.” Some folk even go so far as to say that Eve tempted Adam on a Friday. Magyar peoples never begin day fresh work on a I'ridav; Napoleon also distrusted this day. However, despite a universal dread of Friday, it is a lucky day for lovers, and was once the favourite wedding day of the Jews, says an English writer. Friday is dedicated to the. Goddess of Love, and was originally Freya’s day in Nonse folk lore, In the beginning it was a day of youthful mirth, and maids and men made merry as they danced and decked with garlands the altar of the goddess whom they all 'served. But ao time went on people began to abuse the privileges allowed at these feasts—they degenerated into' orgies and became a byword among the respectable, who refused to partake in any event connected with FrcyaT; day. And so, because of things that happened along, long ago in Scandinavia, Pamela Jones prefers to hold her engagement party rm a Thursday in 19301 /’ . / , ■; : .