MONSTER BRIDGE PARTY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20366, 25 July 1934, Page 10

MONSTER BRIDGE PARTY.

Karitane Funds Will Benefit. OUTSTANDING SUCCESS. Bridge parties in Christchurch have a way of assuming large proportions, but that held last evening at Ballantjme’s was second to none, both for size and enjoyment. Given a worthy object, such as the Karitane Baby Hospital, on behalf of which a big campaign has been in progress throughout Canterbury during the last few months, and capable organisers such as Mrs Kenneth Ballantyne and her committee, an outstandingly successful party is bound to result. There were nearly 400 guests, who were received by Mrs Ballantyne and the members of her committee, Mesdames W. G. Scannell, Lionel Cooke, F. S. Grant, Misses Kathleen Hoare and Helen Thomson. Mrs Ballantyne wore a striking gown of black georgette. The uncommonly designed bodice was inset with bands of gold sequins and fine black net, and a gold buckle clasped the wide swathed black belt. Mrs Cooke’s attractive gown of date-brown windswept velvet had long-fitting sleeves, open at the shoulder. The neckline was edged with gold lame, and the long cowl at the back showed a lame lining. Mrs Grant wore a dainty frock of white chiffon, run with silver thread and patterned in Persian rust and black. With this she wore a fuchsia-purple satin coatee. Miss Hoare wore a smart patterned tunic of silver and black over a satin skirt. Miss Thomson's dainty frock of forget-me-not blue crepe ninon, with floral design in lemon and rose, was worn under a blue and silver shot lan\e coatee. Most of the guests played bridge in the two larger rooms, which were beautifully decorated with a profusion of foliage and flowers, in which Iceland poppies and lemon daisies predominated. Others found entertainment in a vareity of table games in the smaller room. All three rooms were warmed by large cheery-looking fires, and the tables were covered with dainty cloths of jade and pale rose. Object of the Party.

The urgent need of funds for the hospital was explained by Mrs Cecil Wood, secretary of the Christchurch branch of the Plunket Society, who deputised for Mrs J. Cracroft Wilson, the president, in officially opening the party. Mr Kenneth Ballantyne, in introducing Mrs Wood, said that unfortunately Mrs Cracroft Wilson, through indisposition, was unable to be present. A dainty bouquet of pink sweet peas was presented to Mrs Wood by Mrs Ballantyne. The funds of Karitane had been sadly depleted, mainly through the reduction of the Government grant, said Mrs Wood, who also explained the working of the hospital and its importance to the community. A special guinea appeal had been launched by the Plunket Society Committee, which had realised £350, and to this would be added the results of the bridge party, to which the large number of people present had given their support. In thanking Mrs Ballantyne and her committee, - Mrs Wood paid a special tribute to her wonderful effort in organising such a large party. Thanks were due also to Messrs Ballantyne and Co., who year by year had helped the society so generously, and also to those firms who had donated the prizes. At the conclusion of play a dainty ( supper was served. Tlte Players. Those present were:—Dr and Mrs P. A. Ardagh, Captain and Mrs F. Farthing, Mr and Mrs George Cowie. Mr and Mrs E. L. Siddall, Mr and Mrs A. E. Talbot, Major and Mrs W. 1. K. Jennings, Flight-Lieutenant and Mrs V. J. Sonier-set-Thomas, Dr and Mrs H. L. Widdowson, Mr and Mrs Alan Nicholls, Mr and Mrs Rawei Hill. Mr and Mrs Ralph Stringer, Mr and Mrs C. Welsford, Mr and Mrs S. Long, Mr and Mrs C. E. Kay. Mr and Mrs C. G. M. Boyce, Mr and Mrs C. L. Meredith Kaye, Dr and Mrs Edgar Reay, Mr and Mrs Jack Stevenson (New Plymouth), Mr and Mrs J. Boyd Clark, Mr and Mrs J. Dolph. Dr and Mrs Keith Davidson, Dr and Mrs Malcolm Cray. Mr and Mrs M. James, Mr and Mrs H. Ronaldson, Mr and Mrs Guy Nicoll, Mr and Mrs Ernest Boulton, Dr and Mrs Arthur Thomson, Mr and Mrs George Francis, Mr and Mrs Maurice Johnston, Mr and Mrs James Morrison, Mr and Mrs J. A. Redpath, Mr and Mrs Vernon Mathews, Mr and Mrs R. L. Ronaldson, Mr and Mrs Maurice Warren.

Mesdames C. Crombie, C. W. Hervey, R. J. Stark. S. T. Cox. E. G. M’Cullough, E. E. Bailey, C. W. Coles, Sydney Jones. Floyd Sheppard, P. L. Mansell, Horace Suckling. R. B. Ward. H. Wyatt, H. L. Bowker, C. G. Crawford. W. E. Beale, VV. H. Bean land, H. J. Harriott, E. C. Taylor, E. V. Cbaffey, V. G. Cameron, W. E. Rogers, S. J. Russell, H. C. Rogers, S. Ritchie. J. A. Stables. E. W. Wade. H. B. Oakey, Drummond, W. Hoff, F. C. Seabrook, J. Church, K. J. Walker, L. W. Broadhead, J. Gilmour, C. Vowell, F. Salveson, R. Smith, Guy Scott, W. Day. Percy Wynn-Williams, J. W. K. Lawrence, Edric Wait. T. R. Smith, C. Hoskin, W. Broadway, R. Donald, M. Barnett, W. M’Clure, J. Roy Smith, L. S. Laycock, C. W. Roswell, E. G. Hartland, Osborne Smith, F. Grant. T. Cloudesly, Charles Taylor, IT. B. Burrell, N. Wilkes. R. I. Chamberlain, J. A. Mercer, C. S. Penlington. F. W. Deighton, P. J. Calvert, L. G. Osment, F. L. Sandrey, William Mach in. H. B. Whitt a, P. Barnett. Bryant, Jack Palmer, F. O. Schmidt, S. M. Steel, Alan Fisher, Lance Stevens. J. FT. Johnson, Alan Satherwaite, Arthur Stewart, IT. D. Acland, M. H. Godby, Cecil Wood, FT. S. Williams. Sheriff Hilton. Harold Studholme, F. W. W. Dawson, J. C. Westall, J. R. Foster. J. A. S. Waite. Arthur Edwards, G. B. Morgan, M. W. York, W. Fergus Paterson. John Ramsden. A. R. Bloxam. M. Cowing. E. D. Pullen, E. C. Hayes. C. L. Dearsley, Guy Cotterill and B. E. H. Whitcombe. Mesdames Arthur Rose. W. A. Erasmuson. L. J. Lewis. E. Wharton. J. Graham, B. Massey. A. Webb. A. Turner, V. TTassa 11. Horace Balfour. J. N. King. W. M. Wilson. H. E. H. White. W. Williamson. W. Blair, X. R. Belcher. H. S. Richards. Henrv Searle, Keith Newburgh. A. Vere Winchester. A. F. Wright, Dan Reese, p. G. Greenwood. S. J. Ellis. B. M. Gillespie. E. Caldwell. A. J. Derliidgc. J. G. ITawkins. W. H. Meddings, Alfred Bunz, W. Murphy. R. Malcolm. ('■ eorge Buchanan. E. T. Reece. Leslie MoPncaux. E. Anderson. James Mitchell. S. O. c wen. K. Lindsay. John Harris. Llewellyn Owen. Norman Ttngev. A H. Or veil. A. C. Macdonald. T. Milliken, Kernel Archer. O. Herbert Lawrence. G. D. M’Tlraith, O. T. J. Alners*. Ivan Seay. Gristed. PHehnrd Wallwork, C. J. Smith. Leslie Will. M. Dearsley. H. H. Wauchon. S. J. Fairmson. V. Stapp, Ger ro-e Cow per. A. C. MKillop. R. Cracroft. Wilson. Jack Hudson. Dennis Cotterm. i lvn Lawrence, T. F. M. Gibson. J. IT. Watherpton. W. H. Cowper. Harold Greenwood. Frank Wilding. Peter Hall, Derrick Gould, P. Hallows Wood, L. A.

Bennett, Owen Baker, M. E. Allen, L. H. Perry, H. J. Quarrell, R. E. Macdougall, E. R. Webb, M’Rae Peacock, Mervyn Stevenson, E. Hartley Smith and M. Pierce. Misses E. Hamilton, W. Pettit, Maberley Beadel, Halmai Lough nan, Betty Rutherford, Barbara Gould, Dorothy Loughnan, Relda Duncan, Theresa Ward, Jean Gebbie. E. Burnet, R. Wallace, P. Lawrence, Joyce Badham, Wildermoth, Flora Stark, Ivy Butterick, Kathleen Lascelles, Marjorie Bassett, Agnes Richardson, Carmen G undersen, J. Seager, J. Matheson, T. Sharman, 1. Merry, K. Hampton, Rana Redpath, M’Leod, M. Page, R.’ Webb, B. Hanna, Mabel Reynolds. D. Kay, E. A. Kay, V. Weaver, Cherry Smith, Eileen Holmes. M. E. Holmes, Lesley James, Shirley James, Evelyn Sweet, Egidea Menzies, Peggy Norton, Wisha Ardagh, Ngalr«# Smith, Lilian Beaumont, E. Bull, S. Wright, B. Iv. Merton, E. Dunsford. M. Westall, E. Westall, Bromley Cox, E. Aitken, Barbara Bloxam, Flna Fleetwood Jane Donnelly, Joyce Watt (Dunedin). Gertrude Browne, Betty Webb and Meudail Smith, Betty Guthrie, Gendie Maling, J. B. Colyn, H. Burnett. Sagar, Lyndsey Thomson, Nora Frith, Lesley Hay, Nancy Gard’ner, Joan Cooper, Betty Nancarrow, Elisabeth Morris, Joyce Mac Gibbon, Margaret Fowler, Anne Cooper, M. Caughley (Wellington), Hazel Evans, Eunoe Thompson, Eleanor Denniston, Katrine Loughnan, Joan Browne, M. G. Gow, N. Duffy, J. Musker, R. Harris. Lesley Milnes, Peggy Gunn (Gisborne). Nancy Salmond and Prue Wynn-Williams. Dr W. G. Scannell, Dr J. P. M’Quilkin, Dr J. Talbot. Messrs Kenneth Ballantyne, Arthur Donnelly, F. Grant, Lionel Cooke, A. E. Kincaid, Herbert Black, Basil Smyth, Leslie LeCren, Rex Morrow. W. Donovan, Lex Robb, John Rhind, B. Boulton, J. W. Heinemann, Bernhard Wilkes, George Milne, Guy Cotterill, R. David, John Laing, D. H. Yolland, Owen Johnston, Ralph Beadel, Alan and Dennis Smith, Stuart Taylor and Roger Clifford. Donations and Prizes. Those who assisted by donation were: Mesdames J. Cracroft Wilson, T. J. Edmonds, J. Ballantyne, W. Ballantyne, F. M. Warren, J. C. Clarkson, G. Helinore. F. Graham, R. C. Jamieson. K. W. Robinson, J. L. Will, W\ J. Hudson, H. C. van Asch, W. S. Newburgh, T. H. Reynolds, W. Fox, Russell Beals, B. Lane, Basil Whitcombe, J. G. L. Vernon. F. G. Gibson, Denys Hoare, J. Middleton, Peter Wood. John Moore, D. E. Wanklyn, J. W. Woodhouse, Eric M niton. Misses Molly Bean, B. Cresswell and Rose Reynolds, Messrs IT. Helmore, A. L. Croup, and prizes from Messrs Eras and Co., Messrs Aulsebrooks, Ltd., Messrs \Vhitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., and Messrs T. J. Edmonds, Ltd.