WOMEN'S CORNER.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18414, 22 June 1925, Page 2

WOMEN'S CORNER.

The Lady Editor will be pleased to receive for publication in the "Women's Corner" items of social or personal mws. Such Items should be fully authenticated, and engagement notices must, bear the signatures' of both parties. Correspondence is Invited on any matters affecting, or of Interest to, women.

Mrs Alister Mackenzie _ (Pleasant Point), who has been spending a week in Christchurch, returned home yesterday.

Mr and Mrs Jack Fcrrier have returned from a trip to Marlborough and the "West Canst.

Air and Mrs Simon MacKenzie and Miss Jessie MacKenzie ("Rnincliff'M. who have been staying at Warner s, returned to Timaru yesterday. Mr and Mrs W. S. Brown (Spreyleft on Thursday last on a visit to the Islands.

Mr and Mm Cotton (Culverden) are at the Clarendon Hotel.

Mr and Mrs F. Peter (Mt. Somers) and Miss E. Hawthorne Ross (Dunedin) are at the United Service Hotel. To-morrow evening a plain and jazz long nieht dance will be held at the Grand Tea Rooms. Waltzing and foxtrot competitions will take place dunna., the evening. The Rosina Band will supply the music. The monthly meeting of the ShirleyRichmond Presbyterian Young People a Stociety was held in the church. Randall street, on Saturday evening. The meeting took the form of c.i debate, the subject being: ''Who is the more useful to the community, the boy or the girl?" The principal speakers were Mesdames Hyde and Whitehead. Miss Murray, Messrs August, Dingle and Wilkie. During the evening an item was given by the Shirley Quartet. One of the intei%sting novelties at the Dunedin Exhibition- is to be a

Dance Festival, about the end of January, a kind of dancing revue, to run for a short season. Miss Madeline

Vyner has been engaged by the Exhibition authorities as producer at the festival.

A golf match between the members of the Rangiora Ladies' Golf Club and a ■ team of eight players from the Christchurch Ladies' Golf Club played a match in perfect weather at the _ Rangiora, Links on Saturday. The visitors were most hospitably entertained by the Rangiora ladies, and a very enjoyable day- was spent, the party arriving back in Christchurch. about 5 p.m.; Tne match was plnyed on L.G.TJ, handicaps and resulted in a, win for the /town team by six games to five. The Christchurch players were Miss Dorothy Chry stall, Maberley Beadel, Kathleen I Bristed. Betty Cotter ill, May Newton, Rosamond Wood, Nonie Enright, and Cecil Trolove, and Rangiora was. represented by Miss Lynskey. Miss T. Fear, , Miss Leach, Miss Mnrrisli, -Mrs Tolmie, Mrs" MaeDonald, ■ Miss Ambrose, - and Mrs Keetley. " A '''surprise dance," organised by Mr ' Keith Brown, visited the home of Mr and Mrs G. D. Cameron,,Bealey street, on Friday evening. Da.ncing to the . gramophone took place and an enjny- ; able supper was served. Music was also supplied by the Misses Julie Lancaster end Alma Finerty and Mr Les.

Marsden. Among the dancers were: Mr and Mrs G. D. Cameron, Missesi Muriel and Edna Cameron, - Hemic® Thom, Julie Lancaster, Ngaire Brown, Olive Worthington, Ednai Harper, Alma Finerty, Grace Rout, Floe Whitelaw, and Anne Reid. and Messrs Billy Cameron, Keith Brown, Les. Marsden, Arthur O'Reilly, Les. Robinson, Ken Dobson, .Charlie Webster, Douglas Wilson, Billy Beaton and McEvedy.

DEATH OF MISS LUCY OVERTON.

Miss Lucy Overton, who died at her residence, Fendalton, oil Saturday, was the third daughter of Mr Henry Overton. Although' she had been in feeble 'health for some time past, her death from a sudden attack of pneumonia canle as a shock to her friends. Owing to a frail body, her 'life was perforce a quiet one, but she possessed in the highest degree the qualities that do most to uplift humanity, and her self-oblivion and love will long he remembered by those who were fortunate in knowing her. Great sympathy is extended to her father,' whose closa companion and comrade, she had been, especially since the' death of Mrs Overton. in 1918.

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' The Stage and Cabaret Classes now being conducted by the Peters-Gray School of Dancing and Dramatic Art, 98. Victoria street, are making excellent progress. Further pupils are advised to ring 'phone 3717 for appointment. P7006