SOCIAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17408, 22 May 1928, Page 5

SOCIAL NOTES.

Mrs Shaw, of Thames, is the guest •of Mrs H. J. Greensladc.

Miss Kathleen Gowie has returned from a visit to Auckland.

Miss Maude Royden is the guest of Mrs H. Valder, “Edingthorpe,” River Road, during her stay in Hamilton. • * * *

Mrs A. Scholes has returned to Te Kawa after a visit to Auckland.

Mrs Gohld of Sydney, who was the guest of Mrs W. J. Baxter at Te Kawa, is visiting Hamilton and Paeroa.

Mrs L. M. Shera, of Remuera, Auckland, who has been spending some weeks at Rotorua and Tauranga, spent the week-end in Hamilton, as the guest of Mrs L. and returned home to-day.

St. George’s Ladies’ Guild, who hope this year to do something big towards clearing off the debt on the church, are starting with a “Bring and Buy’’ afternoon on Wednesday ,and hope that all interested will do their utmost to make it a great success.

A delightful evening was given by Mrs G. E. Manson (Taumarunui) on Thursday last, in honour of Mrs G. W. Turner, of Matamata. A large number of old friends of Mrs Turner were present. Some very amusing competitions were held, the winners being Mrs Seddon Hills and Mrs Jones. Miss Joan Turner recited pleasingly, and Miss Bullions rendered a dainty pianoforte solo. Mrs Manson served a delicious supper to her guests.

An enjoyable musical party was held at the residence of Mr and Mrs T. Harker, fle Kawa, on Wednesday evening, when the time passed pleasantly in community singing and solo work. Mrs Harker received her guests in a handsome gown of jade green georgette relieved with gold. A dainty supper was served, and the party ended with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.’’ * * * *

New Zealanders who returned this week from the South of France (states our London correspondent, writing on April 21) included Mr and Mrs Moss Davis and Miss Davis, Auckland; Mr and Mrs S. G. Raymond, Christchurch; and Mrs M. E. Fulton, Wellington. Mr and Mrs Raymond are about to leave for Rome, where the former is to represent New Zealand at an International Conference. Mr Moss Davis celebrated his 81st birthday on the Riviera early this month, and he has returqed looking wonderfully fit and active.

Miss Enid Stoddard, who will be remembered in Sydney art circles, has resided for the last four years in the United States, where she has made a success with her miniatures. Her studio is in Chicago, but she visits England each year and executes a few commissions. She has painted Princess Mary's youngest son, and has also done a miniature of the Duchess of York.

v It takes more than weight of years to bow some heads in idleness. Mrs A. ll'. MacKie, of Malvern (Vic.), though in her seventies, is still engaged in the unusual feminine occupation of carrier. One of the pioneers in her line, she is carrying on a business which was run by her husband and her father-in-law before her. * * * * j In a plebiscite taken by the Parisian paper Quotidien to determine the woman held in the highest esteem Madame Curie, the famous scientist, I was placed at the head of the list, with I Sara Bernhardt second and Evangeline i Booth (Salvationist) third. Nurse : Cavell was placed eighth and Suzanne ! Lenglen ninth. • * * * I Women of the United States are not alone in seizing opportunity. Less | than four years ago Miss Winn Albury, an Australian and a cousin of the late Henry Lawson, landed in San Francisco very little better off financially than Miss Gletzen, but she “made good” and eventually became designer for a big San Francisco firm. Miss Albury recently returned to Sydney, where she expected to spend an extended holiday, but she received a cable from her firm requesting her to return immediately.