WOMENFOLK

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18644, 22 December 1928, Page 8

WOMENFOLK

A CHRONICLE OF SOCIAL EVENTS.

By

“STELLA.”

Mr and Mrs F. Ilalligan (Dunedin) are guests at the Clarendon Hotel. Mrs T. Wooler is at present staying at Hanmer Springs. Mrs R. Carey is spending a holiday at Timaru. Mrs Haynes. Page’s Road, is going to the North Island for a holiday. Miss M’lnman, who has been the the guest of Mrs D. Elliott, Tengawai, Albury, has returned to Christchurch. Mr and Mrs Paul H. Simpson and their daughter, Valerie, arrived from Sydney on Thursday on a holiday visit. Mr and Mrs W. H. Cartwright have left Leeston by car for Timaru to spend their holidays. . Mr and Mrs Stanley Binns. Shrewsbury Street, will spend the Christmas holidays at Tekapo. Mrs Leslie Dougall and her children, Cashmere, are visitors to Timaru, where they will spend the holidays. Mrs Norman E. Tingey, St Andrews Square, is spending the holidays at Hanmer Springs. Mr and Mrs Walter Raymond (Timaru) are guests at the United Service Hotel. Mr and Mrs C. 11. van Hise (New York), Mrs M. Cleghorn (Dunedin), and Mr and Mrs Springhall (Wellington) are staying at Warner’s Hotel. Mr and Mrs Edward Milnes, Fendalton, will leave on Sunday for Tekapo, where they will spend the holidays. Mrs H. Rosanowski, with her son, Mr Cecil Rosanowski, and Mrs A. Phillips, has returned to Christchurch after a motor tour of the West Coast. Miss Nora Flynn, of Lynnford School, has accepted an appointment to Dromore School, and will take up her duties after the vacation holidays. Mr and Mrs W. Bayliss, Jeffrey’s Road. Bryndwr, have returned from a three weeks’ trip to Nelson and the West Coast.

Misses Dorothy and Iris Vogel have left by motor-car to spend their holidays with Mr and Mrs J. Cartwright, Mill Farm, Pleasant Point.

A recently-announced engagement is that of Olive Hazel, only daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Hight, Fendalton, to Selwyn Roy, youngest son of Mrs and the late Mr W. Morrish, St Albans. Miss L. A. Brown, who has been a valued member of the teaching staff of the Spreydon School for twelve years, and who is leaving on promotion to the Waimairi School, was made the recipient of a district presentation of a travelling rug and of an attache case at 'the break-up ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. The chairman of the School Committee (Mr J. M’Ken7.ie), in making the presentation, spoke in very high terms of the sterling qualities of Miss Brown, and wished her every success in her new sphere of labour. Hearty cheers were given, and Miss Brown suitably responded. Latest arrivals at the Hotel Federal include:—Mr R. J. Meek (Oamaru), Mr R. M’Pherson,. Mr James Macalister, Miss Vera Brookes (Invercargill), Miss M. Christie (Sydney), Mr and Mrs A. W. Fawcett, Misses Fawcett (Timaru), Miss M. Low (Nelson), Mr J. Nixon (Leeston), Mr T. D. Scott (Timaru), Mr C. A. M’Connell (Mataura), Mrs Muir, Master Charlie Muir (Timaru), Misses T. and M. Cowan (Ashburton), Mr and Mrs 11. F. North (Blackball), Mr and Mrs G. A. Calder (Timaru), Mr W. P. Gregory (Melbourne), Mr A. Taine (Marlborough), Mr O. R. Smith, Miss Pauline Smith (Fairlie), and Mr A. H. Hancock (Wellington).

Mr and Mrs George Aitlcen and I family (Fendalton) are leaving next week to spend a holiday in Timaru. Dr Elizabeth Gunn is spending a holiday with her mother, Mrs W. Gunn, Aikman’s Road. Mr and Mrs George Pascoe and family, and Miss Blundell, left to-day for a month’s holiday at Timaru. Mr and Mrs George Hartshorn are leaving next week for a holiday in Timaru. Miss Pratt (Christchurch) is the guest of Mrs F. F. A. Ulrich, Elizabeth Street, Timaru. Mrs 11. D. Acland and the Misses Acland (Christchurch) left Timaru yesterday for Mount Peel. Air and Mrs Leonard Clark have returned home after their trip to England and the Continent. Mr and Mrs F. John Needham and family will leave to-day to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays at Queenstown. Mr and Mrs Gladstone Ward (Bristol Street) will spend Christmas with Sir Joseph Ward at Heretaunga, and will later visit Rotorua. Mrs H. Spence Clark and Miss Joan Spence Clark (Oxford Terrace) left to-day for three weeks’ holiday at Diamond Harbour. Mr and Mrs Derek Gould (Christchurch), who were staying at the Grosvenor Hotel, Timaru, returned to Christchurch yesterday. Mrs B. L. Lane and Airs J. H. Hall, who have been staying at the Grosvenor Hotel, Timaru, returned to Christchurch yesterday. Captain and Airs Brooke and family (Christchurch) left to-day to spend the holidays with Airs W. Elmslie, Craigie Street, Timaru. The Misses Winnie and Edna WhiteParsons left last night for Napier, where they will stay with Captain White-Parsons. They intend visiting Rotorua, Gisborne and Tolaga Bay. The engagement is announced of Ronald Leighton, eldest son of Air and Mrs H. E. Jarman, 41, Stafford Street, Riccarton, to Doreen, second daughter ' of Air and Airs S. B. Clark, 91, Riccarton Road, Christchurch. Aliss Diana Allen (Christchurch), and Aliss Peggie Williams (Woodbury), who were staying with Airs F. J. Rolleston (Le Cren’s Terrace, Timaru), returned to their homes yesterday. Aliss Kathleen Wood (Waimate) and Aliss Adrienne Acland (Christchurch), who were the guests of Airs Maurice Harper for the Bendyshe-Elworthy wedding, have returned to Christchurch.

Arrangements are now complete for the dance to be given in Dixieland on New Year’s Eve in aid of St Saviour’s Orphanage. Bridge tables are being arranged and the Dixieland Band will supply the music for the dancing. Tickets are obtainable from the following committee members: —Mesdames E. J. Cordner, Guy Cotterill, Lionel Cooke, Ernest Boulton, Alisses Barbara Gould, Adrienne Acland, Alargaret Stevenson, Norah Hoare, Alessrs C. E. Jones and Terence Aliller.

“Saltaire,” North Beach, the beautiful home of Air and Mrs C. Dixon, has been lent for the Christchurch Keswick Convention on January 1 and 2. The speakers are to be Revs W. A. Orange and C. S. Alatthews, and Alessrs F. Varley and Wilson, a returned missionary. Owing to this being the inaugural convention, it has been thought wisest to ask friends to bring their own baskets, but tea, hot water and milk will be provided. Two tents have been hired for the meetings, which will be availbale for anyone wishing to stay overnight. In that case it will be necessary to bring blankets, pillows, towels, soap and candles.

After exhaustive tests of some eighty Christchurch aspirants to screen fame and the careful combing of the available amateur theatrical talent, Aliss Jane Kinsey has been chosen for the leading role in Mr Rudall Hayward’s new production, “ A Daughter of Christchurch.” No doubt Aliss Kinsey’s previous theatrical and screen experience influenced the producer in his final selection. Among the final choice were six ladies with very extensive experience on the amateur theatrical stage, but Miss Kinsey’s “ screen face ” was considered an important factor. The argus-eyed camera demands a face devoid of lines, and is “ kind ” to large, expressive eyes of a dark shade, of which Aliss Kinsey is the happy possessor. Her type can be described as “ petite brunette ” —a description which applies to many of the successful screen artists to-day. In the various dramatic testa undertaken by Aliss Kinsey on Thursday, she proved to have something more than screen beauty, and the Christchurch public w T ill soon be given an opportunity to confirm this opinion. Last night Air and Mrs 11. El worthy gave an enjoyable dance at “Craigmore.” Airs Elworthy received her guests wearing a beautiful frock of maroon crepe de chine, with an overdress of sequins of a brighter shade. Miss Rona Elworthy’s frock of seagreen crepe de chine was covered with opalescent sequins, and finished with a large bow at the side. Miss Cecil Elworthy wore shell-pink georgette, the skirt was heavily flared, and the neck and waist banded in diamente. Aliss Elizabeth Elworthy was in a frock of golden-coloured satin, with a very full skirt, and a flat bow at the back of the waist; and Aliss Josephine Elworthy wore a frock of rainbow-tinted floral georgette, the frills on the skirt being edged with fine lace. The rooms were arranged with deep pink peonies, delphiniums, and dark blue larkspur, while the marquee was transformed into a fairyland, with Chinese lanterns. Among those present were:— Air and Mrs W. N. Bond, Air and Airs W. T. Ritchie, Air and Airs C. H. Gresson, Air and Mrs H. Sinclair Thomson, Air and Mrs Gould and Aliss Cotteril, Alisses Joan Hargreaves, Alargaret and Rosa Tripp. Diana Allen (Christchurch), Helen Kinross-White, Janet Studholme, Scota Steward, Dendrah Rhodes, Betty and Nan Cossins, Mary Rolleston, Natalie and Vivienne Alorris, Betty Harper, Adrienne Acland (Christchurch), Nancy Orbell, Mary and Nancy Bond, and Kathleen Wood; Alessrs 11. Fenn, Af. Jamieson, E. Elworthy, P. Boyle, P. Gresson, D. Ormsby, G. Hargreaves, P. Kinross-White (Hawke’s Bay). D. Holden (England), C. Robinson, G. Chapman, K. de Castro, G. Innes-Jones, John Rolleston, AT. Gresson, G. Rhodes, B. Unwin, B. Shaw, J. Tripp, D. Young, R. and T. Alorris, and R. J. At'Laren, Captain R. Burden, Commander AI. Rhodes, Commander D. Boyle, Lieutenant de Jersey and Lieutenant Ilewson.