SOCIAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17413, 28 May 1928, Page 5

SOCIAL NOTES.

Mrs T. Harper is a Hamilton visitor to Auckland.

Mrs Isitt of Christchurch, has left for Hobsonville after spending the week-end as the guest of Mrs A. B. Collier. • * » •

Mrs D. Dillon, of Roto-o-rangi, is the guest of Mrs Annette, Hamilton. tt * * *

Mrs E. H. O’Meara is visiting Rotorua.

* * * * Mrs K. Wright of Ngaruawahia, is visiting Auckland. * * * *

Miss Ofa Wernham has been spending a few days in Hamilton. ■s * w * *

Mrs L. Cupples of Cambridge, is visiting Auckland.

* « « « Mrs C. Lamb of Te Aroha has been staying in Auckland. ; * • •

Mrs G. Bruce of Hamilton is staying in Auckland. * * * *

Miss Brann of Cambridge, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs W. Brabant of Auckland, has returned to her home accompanied by Miss Kitty Brabant.

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On Wednesday the Reading Circle of the Lyceum Club had a very bright evening. Three one-act plays were read- “The Rehearsal,” by John Baring; “The Camberley Triangle,” by A. A. Milne.; and “Followers,” an adaptation from Mrs Gaskell’s Cranford, by Brighouse. All the members present thoroughly appreciated the entertainment. « • * * It is said that Queen Mary inherits her good complexion from her maternal grandmother, the Princess Rhedey, memories of whom have been recalled by the will of the late Marquis of Cambridge. The Marquis, who was, of course Oueen Mary’s brother, left the famous "Rhedey pearl earrings as an heirloom in the family of his eldest son. The earrings were among other heirlooms which Queen Mary used to admire when she was a girl at White Lodge. These .jewels, which had come down through Count Rhedey’s ancestors in Hungary were carefully preserved by the Queen’s father, the Duke of Teck. —“Daily Mirror.” * * * * Mr Henry Clay Folger is the millionaire president of the vast Standard Oil Company. His great hobby, when not conducting tremendous business enterprises, is collecting Shakespeare folios. He has as many as eighty.. His priceless library is stored, not in a palatial mansion on Fifth Avenue, but in packing cases, stored in warehouses in many parts of America. His intention to establish a Shakespeare Library at Washington was announced recently. At one time Mr and Mrs Folger lived in a small, shabby house, and kept only one servant. Mrs Folger acted as her husband’s secretary*