WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16858, 11 June 1920, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

! Miss Betty Northcote is in town, j Mrs Leicester Matson and Miss Valrsi;ti Matson have left on a trip to Aus- : tralia. i Mr and Mrs A. F. Smith (Cashmere Hills', arc spending a few days in Ash.burbon. , Mrs G. H. M. "Walton was a passenger to Sydnev last evening, per s.s. Mceraki, where she purposes spending a holiday. i A meeting of ladies was held last 1 night in the Y.M.C.A. rooms, to discuss a proposal to form a ladies' choir, Mr H. M. Johnson, who for 35 years ; was organist at Knox Church, presiding j over a fair attendanco. The chairman stated that the meeting had been call- ! Ed because it was felt that there was room for such a choir is' Christchurch, there having been nono in the city for a number of years. It was to form a choir to bo known as the Christ- , church Ladies' Choir, and the following officers were elected: Secretary, Mrs Roberts; trensurer, Mrs A. D. Houston; j committee, Mr H. M. Johnson, Mesdames Steele, Roberts, Houston, Owers, blisses Lorrimer, Overton, and Nelson. A DELIGHTFUL DANCE. A dance given in "the Art Gallery last niglib by the St. Margaret's Old Girls' Association will easiiy rank as one oE j the most successful dances of the season, in that the arrangements made by the committee for the enjoyment of all present were very completely_ carried out. The dance went with a swing from start to finish, and the committee, Misses "W. Hobbs, M. Wallace, and N. Tobin, and Messrs J. Donald, TV. Diamond, and J. Tobin, are to be congratulated upon the success which crowned their efforts. The gallery was most artistically decorated in the Association's colours, crimson and blue, muslin in the so I colours being carried across the ceiling | in alternating. stripes with big crimson I baskets massed with greenery hanging ! here and there. Round the walls were placed big mirrors in crimson frames, and the effect was enhanced by festoons of red and blue carried from basket to basket.. On the supper tables the decorative note was supplied by white daisies, and the comfortable lounge was also plentifully adorned with flowers. Miss Macdori.nld's Orchestra supplied th<i music. The chaperones were Mesdames Hobbs, Tobin, and Sandston. Mrs Hobbs was elegantly gowned in blade souple satin witii a pointed tunic of black net elaborately-embroidered in cut steel. Mrs Sandston was in turquoise blue crepe do r-hine, with crvstnl embroideries. Mrs Tobin wore T>!nck satin and C'hantilly lace. Mrs Morduo was in black satin profusely adorned with. jet. Mrs Taylor wore pale primrose satin and a" rose-coloured cloak. Miss Norah Tobin were a charmin"frock of pale maisp georgette cncrusi> ed with moonlight blue seyuinnod embroidery, and "finished with 'a belt of blue velvet. Miss Ilobbs, a pretty frock of black net. the flounces pined with emerald green, and the corsage adorned with gold lace, touched with emerald green. Miss Wallace, an uncommon flounced frock of b'aek net piped with cherry colour. Miss Buxton was in fawn satin and eeorgette. with a sash of pale rose silk. iYTiss Dorothy IMamond, striking frock of emerald green crepe georgette. Miss Peggy Norton, white c-harmeuse, trimmed with crystal, and finished with touches of crimson. Miss Eileen Coleman, midnight blue crepe georgette, finished with silver tissue. Miss T. Reading, white net fror-k over turquoise blue silk. Miss Dorothy Snndston, pretty frock of gold gauze over tango satin. Miss Morrish was in palo blue georgette, finished with silver, and

Mis:: Zoe Gray •srns also in blue and silver. 3li?s Hall, lovely frock of lotus blue crepe de chine, with a deep corsage of silver brocade. Miss L. Page, bla-k net over blue satin. Miss Alix Kirk, dainty frook of camco pink satin. Miss Fa Ike. dead rose chiffon taffetas, flounced frock. Miss Ruth Gocd. smart frock of canard blue shottaffetas, with silver sleeves, and a touch of cerise at the waist. Miss V. Smith, dark crimson pcorjrettc and satin. Miss Herdninn, black net frock, with a touch of floral ribbon on the corsage. Miss Owen Jones, black frilled net frock, with a pale blue ceinture. Miss JS'nncy Le Cren striking frock of finroe-colnur-ed crepe jjeorpette. Miss Helen R>h. pale yellow frock, with panniers of mauve jewelled ret. Miss Kathleen Lascelles. snxe blue crepe de chine, with n corsace of t ; «ue beaded by a trail of pink roses. IWss Poppy Muuro. daintv frock of palest blue crepe dc chino and georgette. Miss Cuph'ngham. v.-b ; te tulle, embroidered in silver and r>'vk, and posed en a foundation of cb'fiou toff etas. Miss T)nt Murrav. nioonlitrht blue georgette, finished with gold lace. Mi*s PecriTV "WooclrofTo, lovplv of saffron net over s-im. Mona Ppthune, smart Miss "Ep'd Miuty was r.i-jo in black. There we*'e also present:—Messrs Henderson ('-?>, Ford in on r?'i, "R. Orav, f}. IKr-h, A. Harris. S. Harris. V.Young. W Diamond. T. Po~>:ild. T). McDonald, "W. -Angus. P. Dnvis, Pr.i kiiison, P. Snooner I. T,ascclles, C. Clemens, L. W'vles W. .Tnmcson. A. .Tohrson. E. Menly', M. Warren. T >. Pool:, T,«»dl<>u-, A Hopk-n 5 :. Tl. B"van. Knight. Faswd, Tobin. Ger'fi'ev, Oehbin. Dr. G'nm. Dr. Bennett, Colonel Barton, and many others.

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