Women Folk

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16984, 7 March 1923, Page 10

Women Folk

By

"STELLA"

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Miss K. Roxburgh. of Timaru, staying at the Clarendon. •Tr and Mrs X. E. Hubbard came up from Invercarsrill yesterday. *■ : ciesjts at Warner’s include Miss fri’Lean. of Dunedin. Mrs J. F. Reid, oi Oamarn. is staving at Warner’s. Miss Sotnmerville, of Wellington. ?s staying with Mrs Deans. Riccarton. Dr and Mrs C. L. Xedwill are leaving for a six months’ trip to England. Mr and Mrs \V. J. Hyde, Kaikoura came into town yesterday. Mr and Mrs "Leslie Rutherford and Miss Betty Rutherford are in town. Mr and Mrs Pool more and Miss Po !- more arrived from London yesterday, en route to Melbourne. Mr and Mrs Herbert Hyde. “Langridge.” Blenheim, have come to town for Miss Bnllen's wedding. Mr and Mrs F. W. Bullen. “The Lakes.” Kaikoura are in town for Miss Gertrude BuHeivs wedding. Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes is visiting Captain and the Hon Mrs Tahu Rhodes. “ Meadowbank.” Mr and Mrs Paul White, of Melbourne. arrived from London by the Port Caroline yesterday. Miss Brenda Newman. “ Moana ” Timaru. is paying a short visit to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs W. H. Milligan, of Maronui. came up from the south yesterday, and are staying at the Clarendon. Mr and Mrs W. L. Moore, of Wellington. returned to town yesterday from a visit to Honmer. Dr and Mrs Parkes and Miss Eileen Parkes. of Auckland are going on to Geraldine to-day. Mr and Mrs W. J. Anderson Wood, or Sydney, are staying at the United Service. Mr and Mrs Russell Grace and Miss .-\ Duncan, of W ellington, arrived from the south yesterday. Visitors to town lor the Hugoma Billion wedding include Mr and Mrs W. R;. Bui leu, “ The. Elms,” Kaikoura. Dr and Mrs Whitton, who arc taking up residence in Christchurch, arrived ,at Lyttelton yesterday by the Port Caroline, from London. Mr and Mrs A. Collins, of Adelaide, who arrived from London by the Port Caroline, are spending a few days in Christchurch. Mr and Mrs C. C. Brown-Douglas and Miss Brown-Douglas. of Erwell, Surrey, England, arrived from Wellington this morning. Mrs E. J. Cordner who lias been staying with Mrs C P?. Thomas, will leave Timaru to-day for Wellington to join the A theme for England. Mr and Mrs Guy Belisano. of Hong Kong, accompanied by Miss Agnes Williamson and Mr P. Z. Williamson, rf Sydney, have returned to Christchurch, after visiting Mount Cook and the cold lakes. Mies Graham, who has recently left the staff of the Technical College Hostel to take up the position of domestic science teacher at the Technical School, was presented with a beautiful loathe: 1 purse, with silver-mounted accessories, by the girls of the hostel, who expressed their regret at her departuz'e from the hostel. Miss Joyce, New' Zealand, secretary of the Young Helpers’ League in connection with Dr Barnado's Homes, states that Mr G. S. Salter, son of the late Mr C. E. Salter, lias agreed to take the position of treasurer of the Canterbury branch of the. League in succession to bis father, who was treasurer of the branch for many years and who took a great personal inters-d i.i the League. Patricia Pamela, the infant daughter of Captain and the Hon Mrs Tahu Rhodes, was christened at St Mary’s Church, Irwell, yesterday afternoon. Lady Patricia Blackwood, cousin to the Hon Mrs Tahu Rhodes, and Mrs Neill Rattray, were the baby’s godmothers, and the Hon Brinsley Plunket and'Captain Pitt Rivers were godfathers. After the ceremony. Captain and Mrs Rhodes entertained a number of relatives at •Meadowbank.” Mrs Arthur Rhodes and Major and Mrs Hutton being the gpesrts. .Miss Evelyn Scotney, an Australian opera singer, who has been in America | for five years, returned to Sydney aboard the Niagara under engagement to Messrs J. and. N. Tait, and to visrt : her home in Melbourne. Miss Scotney was a participant in an unrehearsed tragedy when, as she was singing with Caruso in the second act of “ L’Elisir d’Amore.” he. burst a blood-vessel and : ended bis career. She was a member of '■ the Metropolitan Opera Company in America. After she has fulfilled her Australian obligations she will go to a London engagement. “ Many of us go out, but many fall by the wayside,” she said, epeaking of the fortune of Australian artists in America. “ We have pretty fresh voices—the sunshine has a lot t>o do with that—and the 1 American audiences are very appreciative of those who come before them.” J ANE LTD., 733 COLOMBO STREET The selection of your winter outfit j ratifies care and comparision—Madame Jane ip displaying many models of elegance and value in coats .suits, hats, end gowns, and you will be well-advis-ed and amply repaid for the time spent in her showrooms. There fashion’s latest, in infinite variety is displayed with infinite courtesy and patience. Particularly attractive are the new costs and amt* styles, materials and cut suggest quality, cosiness and comfort. 3031

Mr and Mrs Hold* worth. "Wellington arrived in Timaru yesterday, on ' ,i visit to Mrs Arthur Rhodes. “The- ! Cliffs.” Miss Kate Santley. a famous figiue on the music-hall of bygone days, died at Hove. England, in January. She had passed the age of eighty, and had been in ill-health for some time. She was the widow of Colonel Lockhart Kennedy, and had been living in retirement for some years at Hove. Visitors who left b v Tuesday’s car for Mount Cook included Mrs K. Slater (England). Mr CVJ.ver (Wellington). Mrs and Miss Niven (Johan.el- - Mr Nixon (London.' Mr and Mrs Dieke«>n (Timaru - ) went q? far as Tekapo. Mrs and Miss Same to Balmoral. Mr C. F Crosslcv (Timaru) ana Mrs Shack lock (Dunedin) to Pukaki.