THE SOCIAL ROUND

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 222, 19 September 1928, Page 12

THE SOCIAL ROUND

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. V. Schischka. of Waiwera, aro at the Central Hotel. * * * * Miss Francis loft by motor for Hamilton and the Waikato this morning. ifr * *■ -;;- Mr. and Mrs. ii. A. Turner left for Chribtehurch by lust evening's express. a :;- * « "Murjorio Mucfax'laue has reJ.urned frntn a, visit to Mrs. T. Lowry, llawke's Buy. * * • • Guests afc C.argpri Include Mrs. A. T. ' 'hapinau and Miss Chapman, of Christthnrch. * • • « Miss Dorothy Chrystal, of Christ-i-hurch, is spending a holiday in Auckland. -Mr. and Mrs. T>. K. Garrick, of « hristtluircu, ure staying at the Central Hotel. * ■»:- * i:Tcj Awfimiitu guests at tho Grand Tfntel include Mr. and Mis. J\". Letlibridge. * ■* «• * Miss F. Dillon, of England, left to-day ~l>y motor for Hamilton and tho South Island. ■•» «■ • * 'Misses Sally and Etfa Hunt left by this morning's express for Hamilton and Kotorua. * * ♦ • Mise Jciniio Dnvye, of Epsom, left by lash evening's express for Christ•church and Qtago. "w -!I- ♦ 4t Miss Joyce Bcale, wlio haa been visiting her mother, Mrs. John Beale, •>f Remuera, left last evening for Masterton. * * * * Tho resignation of Miss Ada Taylor, la,dy superintendent of the Auckland .Hospital,, was accepted with regret at yesterday's meeting of the Auckland -Hospital Board. It was decided to call ior applications iu New Zealand. * * • * Mr. Bernard Sliaw wfte asked recently io write a foreword to tho biography of .Uaino Clara Butt, and replied with this: "My dear Clara Butt, — Goodness gracious, I'd never dare! You are a much bigger person than I. I should look liku ',i ridiculous little busybody -making a pretentious bow in your limelight. 1 cannot imagine anything more insufferably superfluous than an introduction, of. Clara Butt to the British I simply won't. And, anyihow, what could I eayr "Witnessed her debut as Orfeo. Loved her. Would have married her if she'd asked me. She tlidn't. Might actually have chosen Bernard Shaw, and chose a Mr. Rumford instead. What a woman!— Ever and ever, G. Bernard; Shaw."