WOMENFOLK

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18577, 27 September 1928, Page 13

WOMENFOLK

f| A CHRONICLE OF SOCIAL EVENTS. §4

By

“STELLA.”

Mr and Mrs J. W. Fair, have returned to Timaru from Christchurch. Miss Rutherford, Mendip Hills, is staying at Warner's Hotel. Miss -Edna Loader, of Spreydon, is leaving for Wellington to-morrow night. Mr and Mrs Bony than, London, and Miss/Marchment, are among the overseas visitors staying at Warner's Hotel. Amongst, those who arrived by this morning's ferry steamer from the north was Lad}' Hosking. Miss Mavis Green, Spreydon, is spending her . holidays at the Hermitage, j Mount Cook. Mrs Mark Armstrong is spending a few days’ holiday in the south. Mrs H. E. Button, Cashel Street west, is. spending a holiday at Geraldine. Miss May Hampton has returned to her home at Sumner, after spending a few days at. Arthur’s Pass. Mr and Mrs J. Scott, Cave, arrived in Christchurch yesterday and are staying. at Warner’s Hotel. Mr and Mrs J. I. M’Ewan (Oamaru), Mr and Mrs C. M’Kellar (Dunedin) and Miss Noone (Amberley) are staying at the Clarendon Hotel. The latest arrivals at the Hotel Federal include":—Mr A. Hume (Waimate), Mrs Wallace (Methveri), Mr Whyte, Mr W. Wright, Miss E. Given (Dunedin), Mr A. W. Clarke (Wellington). Mr and Mrs E. V. Bo veil (Wellington), Mr and Mrs H. H. Fisher (Albury), and Mr and Mrs R. Y. Sketch (England) are guests at the L T nited Service Hotel. Mrs H. T. Little, Misses Monica and Rona Little (Ilui Ilui), Miss Mary White (Hawarden) and LieutenantColonel E. H. Lascelles and Mrs Lascelles (India) are guests at Warner’s Hotel. The resignation of Miss Bascand as matron of the Rangiora Hospital was reported to a meeting of the North Canterbury Hospital Board yesterday. The resignation of Miss Pottinger, who was Sister at the same institution, was also received. The resignations were accepted, and Miss Pinkerton was approved as matron at Rangiora from October 1. Latest arrivals at Hotel Ambassadors:—Mr John Sullivan (Wellington), Mrs A. Richards (Hanmer), Miss Richards (Wellington), Mr and Mrs Wright (Kaikoura), Mr and Mrs L. C. Christie (Christchurch), Mr H. Hobson (Dunedin), Mrs E. Williams (Wellington), Messrs W. Be*rk, A. Hudson, F. Hudson, H. M’Kinlay (Dunedin), Mr and Mrs John Edmond (Auckland), Mr D.. Golightly (Wellington)} Mr Reg T. Carter (Palmerston North), Mr M. J. Collier (Parnassus), Mr H. Johansen (Sydney), Mr and Mrs H; Hobson (Dunedin), Mr J. Lockhead, Miss A. Jackman (Ashburton), Mr JI. L. Lucena, Miss N. Cook (Christchurch). A very pleasant evening was spent .at the home of Mr and Mrs R. Monk, Marshland Road, the occasion being Mrs Monk’s sixtieth birthday. * Cards and music made the time pass very quickly. The toast of the evening, proposed by Mr Waugh, was drunic with musical honours. Mr and Mrs Monk who lived in Kaikoura, have made many friends since coming to Marshland. Those present were: Mr and Mrs G. Chisnall, Mr and Mra D. Goode, Mr and Mrs Mintram, Mr and Mrs Hibbard, Mr and Mrs Sturgiss, Mr and Mrs Sibbald, Mr Horne, Mr and Mrs Les. Wilson, Mr and Mrs W. Waugh, .Miss Rhona Wilspn, Masters Jadk Wilson, Mintram, and Allan Crozier. The singing of Auld Lang Syne brought a successful party to a close. Lady Clarke, whose engagement to the young Earl of Bective has been announced, i§ very pretty and vivacious (states- an exchange). She is exceedingly fond of entertaining, and should be a great acquisition as a London hostess. After the millionaire, Mr Daniel Coats, died, his magnificent estate, Brockwood Park, in Hampshire, became the property of his near relative, Sir Stuart Coats, but he .sold it to" the late Sir Rupert Clarke. Sir Rupert and Lady Clarke had great alterations done to this already beautiful place... and entertained many shooting parties there. An entire suite was made into nurseries for the three children, two boys and a-little girl, and a large room was given up to them to play in. opening into the fine gardens. Lady Clarke has friends in South Canterbury, having stayed hi Temuka for the fishing .eason. Miss Merle Miller, a Christchurch linger who is studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, made what might lie termed her vocal debut on the evening of September 17, when she was introduced in recital to Sydney audiences to challenge, comment and criticism. To an audience wonderfully •arge and appreciative, she sang three solos, “O inio Fernando” C 4 La Favorita”), ‘‘Mon Coeur s’ouvre a ta voix” vSamson et Dalilah) and “Von ewiger Lie be” (Brahms), and duets from' ‘Aida.” “Norma” and “Samson and Delilah.” . Press criticism was unusually favourable and laudatory. ' “Miss Miller’s singing of ‘Mon Coeur s’ouvre a ta voix’ was an artistic achievement'’ (“Evening News”). “The outran ding- member of the trio of singers •vas Miss Miller, who gave an excelent rendering of ‘Softly Awakes’ and of AmneriS’s part in the scene and luet from ‘Aida’ ” (“Daily Telegraph”). ‘Miss Miller.sang with artistic finish rnd expression, manifesting smoothness cf legato, clarity of diction, in alliance with distinct waymth of tone” (“Sydney Morning Herald”). “Miss Miller has golden tones in her mezzo-soprano” (“Daily Guardian”).