HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 2

HITHER AND THITHER

Lady Jellicoe Club. Seven tables were in play al the weekly bridge evening held by the members of the bridge circle of the Lady Jellicoe Club. The prize was won by Mrs. F. E. Everett. At last week’s gathering of close on 30 player the winner was Miss Seeker. Beautiful autumn flowers decorated the lounge for the occasion. Autumn Millinery. Invariably at the beginning of a new season we think first about millinery, for there is something about new hats that is very thrilling. A collection of the latest.models is on display at Miss Bathgate’s, Milliner, Guyton Street, (opposite McGruer’s). Miss Bathgate will make to order in any style, velvet, felt and tweed hats, and will also remodel last winter's millinery into flio newest styles.* School Orchestras. Miss Barcroft, an American visitor to New Zealand, recently outlined the steps taken in various cities of California to cultivate the love of music in the younger generation. She said that in practically all the secondary schools orchestras were formed, consisting of a number of the scholars under the direction of a trained conductor.

. These orchestras from trie schools met . at intervals and held a festival at which they competed. In addition to the school conductors, a head director travelled from school to school to link up the work so that a definite scheme of development could be followed. “It is interesting to see how racial characteristics are brought out,’’ said Miss Barcroft. “In one of the schools a percentage of the scholars are Russian by descent, and the orchestra has distinguished itself on several occasions by its musical achievements.’’