Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12285, 6 April 1918, Page 6

Women Folk

6y " STELLA."

Horne is the guest of Mrs seiy Oamaru. loadloy (Napier) is visiting roh. rna Tie an is visiting Mrs Turnmberley. ; Parsons is spending a short i Akaroa with her aunt. Mrs have returned to rch from Invercargill, iaffey Ims boon visiting Mrs n Oamaru. , Mr and Mrs Donald Macdonald aro ; the guests of Mrs Burry, Oamaru. V / Mr and E. Lewisham (Auckland) are visitnig Clirlstchurch. -Mr and Mrs H. D. Bates CWanga,/ntii) aro staying at the Clarendon. ;-Miss Stuart Smith (Melbourne) is farjsiting Christchurch. _ ' y Mrs' Thomas (Timaru), who has been yVisiting Mrs Cordner at Feudal ton, has ! . returned home. /- Mrs’Leslie Orbell, who has been staying with Mrs Ehvorthy, has returned to -Timaru. * rl| Misii Hfty i(Dunedin), who has been .!ii%iiV:'Ghristchnrch ■ for. a> week, left for her ' home to-day. '* y Mr-and Mrs and Miss James (DunM'edln) have returned to their home after y ft, holiday in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs Menzies (Menzies Bay) s&ftrriveddn town yesterday and are staybslngi at AVarner’Si Bnd, Heaton Street, ig a holiday in Naikleigh Greenwood Cheviot, Miss Edith ,ng them. ley Rankin (Riccara short holiday in n' Ohristehurch on • * a holiday,' 'prior ‘to’’ ‘leaving- New Zea■Kilend!,on , active service abroad. : y, ‘Miss Dunoon (Invercargill), who has' j»Deen in town for Easter, has returned |!vto'the south. ' ’Miss Dorothy Parsonson will leave i:%thia evening for Hawera, where she inlihtends to reside for some time. During •■the week Miss' Dorothy Parsonson has if. had several farewell teas given in her '■^honour. Lady Ward, who has been staying £&withvMr and Mrs Cyril Ward, MeriH'vale Lane, for the'past week, will leave L for Wellington this evening, accompahied by'her daughter, Mrs Bernard vWood. Gabledadvice - has been received in i.k,Christchurch’of the marriage, ’on April s,M.! in England, of Captain Douglas An*sderson; N. Z.M.0., son of Dr and Mrs ?«v Morton Anderson, of Christchurch, to h-Miss,' Kathleen Tatterson of Belfast, ih Ireland. . i ! '-On Thursday evening at tho Young Women’s Christian Association, Lati- . .mer Square, jMrs W. M. Hamilton gave . - the’‘first of two addresses on the “ Pilfv grim Is v Progress,” which proved of interest to members. Mrs Hamilton ‘dealt in her address mainly with Mthe lifo of the Tinker poet, who wrote «^his ‘masterpiece under such unpromising V conditions. ') ,1A most successful ending to the Refyturried: Soldiers’ Dav appeal'was the p'flp.en-aijr-...concert hold in Cathedral ) ‘ Square .last evening, organised, by Mrs NBurnes Loughnan. There was a large of listeners, and over £SO was cpllewed in the', immediate vicinity of , the platform. Those contributing musi■vcal items were Mrs Bernard Wood, Mrs yjayor, Miss Ethel Johnson, Mr Arthur • Macdonald, all of whom sang solos, and ..Mr Percy Reeves, who gave several •elections on the- cornet. ; , v>.Mra E. J, Cordner, at her home in " Giifdoh’ Road, Fcndalton, gave a chil- ' ,dten s party in honour of her voungest daughter’s birthdav. Little* Sheila Ojrdiidr’s* own small friends had beep. *■■ Wyitod,-and a .happy, afternoon was . spent. Amongst.those present were Mrs .Gbdby and her two hoys, Mrs Firth and h|r'Children, Mrs Gresson with her hey Mrs Killian and her son, Mrs ■; NMwill and her children, Mrs Vernon, and l lier son. Mrs Powrio and her child, •Mrs' Eric Harper, Mrs Cuthhort Harper,’ Mrs Ronald, Mrs Stevenson and x rico.

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A wedding took place at St Michaells Church on Tuesday last, when Mr Robert .Marshall Ray, of Gore (a t returned Anzac), was married to Miss ; Ruby Wratlinll, daughter of Mrs ; Wrath nil, “ Glenclg,” Richmond Terj race, Now Brighton. Tho Rev Mr Hol- , land, of Kaiapoi, performed tho ceremony. Tho bride, who was given away by Mr Gillandors, was attended by Miss Reno Wrathall and bliss J. Fraser ns I bridesmaids. Private J. Ray, nephew of the bridegroom, was best man, and | Private Roy Pculington was groomsman. After the wedding a small rccep- - tion was held. The guests included Mr and Mrs Withell, Mr and Mrs Sydes. Mr and Mrs H. L. Vincent, Mr and Mrs PonJington, Mr and Mrs Gillanders, Mrs Stafford and Mrs Pascoe. j A Farewell Dance, A delightful dance was given last evening in the Caledonian Hall hv Mrs H. D. Macdonald for her son. Trooper Donald Macdonald, who is at present in Christchurch on final leave. The hall was appropriately decorated with flags, and the stage was furnished with pink and black chintz covered chairs and cushions. The supper table was a perfect picture, the predominating colour being pink, and with the pink shaded lights the room looked lovely. Amongst those present were Mra Ledger, Mrs Andrews, Mrs Frank Graham, Mrs Henshaw, and Mrs Webb, the Misses Ailsa and Hilary Bullen, Judy Beckett, Esme Elliott, Daphne and Marjory Beadel, Boulnois, Olive and Violet Watkins, Esme A’Court, Marjorie M’Dougall, Maberlev Beadel, Marjory Bolton, Zoe Gray, Nancy Williams, Nancy Le Cren, Elsie and Sheela Ogilvie, Dulcie M’Credie, Isohel Mills, Janet Storey, Elsie Maine, Dorothy Hay. Joyce’ Andrews, Dorothy Diamond. Rosamond and Marian Wood, Dorothy Wardell. Ursula Tothill, Noeline Knight and Constance Ledger were also present. The gentlemen present included Messrs Bulnois, T. Tothill, B. Parsons, L. Henderson, K, Ollivier, , Fuller, Williamson. Wardell. Elliott, Hyde. Liley, Peunings, H. Hamilton, Alan Hopkins, B. Knight, Storey, Harman, Harris <(2), Maine, and Dr Gladstone. Miss Ada Reeve. concert at hospital. At the Christchurch Hospital yester- , day afternoon, the wounded and sick 'soldiers in the Chalmers Ward enjoved an hours brightness,'when Miss Ada Reeve and the other members of her talented company entertained them. Each item given by Miss Ada Reeve in her inimitable way, brought smiles and happiness to the men. Miss Lucie Linda. Miss Peggy Peate, Messrs Talleur Andrews, Louis Nikola, Kennedy Allen, Harry Jacobs, Rogero, Ashton Jarry and John Grant, contributed ex- , cellent items, which were heartily ap- , pmudod. At the conclusion of the enl tertamment three cheers were given for Miss Reeve and her company. Carried Away. A returned soldier in the stalls at Melbourne Her Majesty’s, during the performance of “ You’re in Love,” allowed his enthusiasm to get the better of him when Miss Maude Fane was singing “Dreaming” on the ship’s boom. The soldier had captured a slipper from Miss Fane’s foot, and wb(m the ship’s boom came around again he stood up and grasped the end of it I just as it was raised higher. The sciI dier hung on, and was lifted into th,q , air and carried a king with Miss Fane, who was quite startled at the unexpectedness of the incident. The staff on the stage who were controlling the boom immediately lowered it, and the adventurous traveller was returned to his seat in tho stalls amidst tremendous laughter and applause.

Art Gallery. The two prominent patriotic women’s societies in Christchurch take a mutual interest in one another, and Mrs Holland and members of the Lady Liverpool Depot proved this in a practical way yesterday by providing and managing tho afternoon tea and supper given in conjunction with tho Art Society’s exhibition. Yesterday afternoon Mrs Chisnall was in charge of the tea, assisted by a number of the younggr workers of the Liverpool-De-pot. The concert was an excellent one, Mr Ernest Empson being at tho piano. Tho programme included “Valse Impromptu” (Lizst), played by Miss Jean Burrowes; “Arm, Arm, Ye Brave” (Handel), sung by Mr Clarkson; “Valse Triste” (Sibelius); a violin solo, given by Miss Daisy Orossweil; “Gipsy Song” (Brahms), sung by Mrs Empson jmd “Scherzo Valse” (Moskowski), admirably played by Miss Alice Carter. Amongst those present were Mrs Holland, Mrs Blanch, Mrs Vernon, Mrs Cogan, Mrs Le Page, Mrs Way, Mrs Chilton Mr and Mrs Carey-Hill, and Mrs J. Nixon. In the evening the Pom Pom Pierrots gave a delightfully chosen programme of song, dance and story, which was thoroughly appreciated by a large audience. For Sailors. ,The monthly meeting of the Cashmere Ladies’ Guild of the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society was held yesterday afternoon, Lady Denniston presiding. The members have taken up the work of supplying ocean libraries, also songs for sailors on borne ships. The libraries are to be solely for the use of the sailors. It was decided to collect books by means of giving afternoon teas-and evening parties for the purpose, each guest to take a book or song. Mrs R. Hastie, the honorary secretary, was deputed to organise the work. Beet Root as a Vegetable. Take a large-sized beetroot, wash and cook well, cut into slices, after peeling, and put into a white sauce, season with one-eighth teaspoon pepper and one and a half tablespoon vinegar. This is delicious when served with roast mutton or beef.

Plain Cake.

One cup of sugar, half cup of sweet, milk, one teaspoon baking powder, mixed and sifted with flour, two eggs, pinch of salt, flavouring to taste (five or six drops vanilla, if desired), 2 cups of flour, half cup of butter. Cream the butler and sugar together, and the two well-beaten eggs, and beat thoroughly, (hen add (ho milk and flour, alternately. Beat all together thoroughly. Bake in a moderate oven for half an hour.