SOCIAL NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18616, 11 July 1930, Page 4

SOCIAL NOTES.

Mrs E. Vincent. Kingsdown, has returned from a visit to Christchurch. Miss Olive Stinson, Peel Forest, has left for Dunedin. Mr and Mrs G. L. Mathias, Cave, are visitors to Christchurch. Miss Strange and Miss Esther Seay, Christchurch, are the guests of Mrs E. Vincent, Kingsdown. Miss Winifred Gale, Christchurch, arrived yesterday to stay with Mrs Peter Mac Lean, Wai-iti Road. Miss Agnes Grant, Sydney, will arrive to-morrow to stay with Mrs Simon Mackenzie, Otumarama. Miss Inga Washbourn, Nelson, arrived yesterday to stay with Mrs F. I. Washbourn, Wichenford, Grant’s Road. Miss Agnes Mill, of Port Chalmers, who went to England in March, is returning to New Zealand by the next trip of the Rangitiki.' Mr and Mrs R. Temple, who were the guests of Mrs E. P. Chapman, Salisbury, have returned to “Dunglass,” Cattle Valley. Miss Greta Paterson, Sefton Street, will r ive from Dunedin to-day to stay wi* er parents, Dr and Mrs C. A. Paterson. An authoress, very modest about her gifts, Miss Olive Mercer, of Dunedin, is probably better known in England as a writer than in her own country. Her first three books were ail published at Home, the first one, “The Wings of Life,” coming out in 1923, and being followed by “Life Transcendent” the year after. Since then, she has written “The New Vision,” “The Poetry of Life,” “Affirmations for Daily Use,” and “A Fuller Life For You,” the last two being published for the use of Practical Psychology Clubs in New Zealand. Miss Mercer has contributed In various ways to the literature of New Zealand, having had poems, short stores and articles in different magazines in Australia, England and New Zealand. Her first story was published in “Everylady’s Journal,” in 1918. She is deeply interested in Psychology, as will be seen from her writings, and is a tower of strength to the local Psychology Club. She was a delegate to the Pan-Pacific Conference at Honolulu and met there writers from many lands. She was able on her return, again chiefly through the medium of her pen, to give other people the benefit of that interesting experience. Miss Mercer lives at the home of her father and mother at Macandrew’s Bay. a very 'keen gardener, her garden is a sheer delight all the year round. It has a generous share of native bush, which makes a very attractive background for the wealth of flowers that are to be seen in this spot at all times.