SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1731, 23 April 1913, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

An Aftornoon Tea, Mt3. James Ames gave a very pleasant tea party at ICirkcaWio and tearooms yesterday afternoon for her daughter, Mrs. Foster, of Wanganui. The tables had beea prettily decorated with chrysanthemums, and among the guests woro Mrs. Joseph Ames, Mrs. Bothainley, Mrs. Henrys, Ilrs. Brooke, Mrs. O'Shea, Mrs. 11. PlimmcT\ Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Chalmers Mrs, Talbot, Mrs. Kennedy, tho Misses Maginnity, Davis, Sheridan, Henrys, and others. Last, but. not bv any means least, was Miss Betty Ames Foster, Mrs. Ames's little granddaughter. Tyltyl off tho iitafle. Miss Gertrude Kathleen Cremer who takes the part of Tyltyl tin "The Blue Bird." and who is professionally known as "Baby Cremor," has reached the great ago of ten years. Iu that short space of time she has managed to crowd in quite 11 great deal of professional experience, starting her career upon the stage when four and a half at the Tivoli Theatre, Adelaide, then undsr tho management of her father, Mr. A. Brandon Cremer. Her mother, professionally known as Miss Kathleen Arno'ld, is at present playing iu Perth in her husband's company, and her small daughter is travelling with her grandmother, Mrs. Gray. V>'hen five years old tho "Babv Cremer" was engaged by Mr. Harry Rickards, and appeared for three months at tho Melbourne Opera Houss, and also for. tlireo months at tho Tivoli Theatre in Sydney, her boy impersonations in songs aiid dances quito captivating her audience. Later when six years of age, she waa engaged by Mr. J. C. Williamson to play "Small Simon" in the pantomime "Jack and Jill," and her performance of the Dutch song and dance "Moggie Schneider," was a feature of tho whole performance. She has recently finished a starring engagement with Edwin Geaeh in tho title role of "Little Lord Fountleroy," commencing it when only seven and a quarter years of age. | •111 spito of all her achievements upon tho stage, "Baby" would appear to. have tho same weakness that ordinary children are prone to, and at tho time of meeting, was cherishing'a most amiable looking Billikeus, vho luul not tho slightest objection to bfring carried head 1 downwards in moments of animation or absentmindedness. With her short curly hair, steady, yet meiry, grey eyes, anil open face, she was 11 very attractive little figure and with something boyish' looking about her, even away from the stage. She was with the English companv that first played "Tho Bluo Bird" in Australia and has already travelled through all the Australian States. This, however, is her first visit to New Zealand. It is rather astonishing to realise, after seeing her performances, that the little actress has never 'gone - through tho ordinary training for the stage. Hor knowledge is, apparently, largely instinctive and points to the fact that in hor case her vocation is plainly to bo seen. Education, however, is to bo thought of and in a little while, the stage will be relegated entirely to the shades—till the other is completed.'

Mission Scrvice for Women. At the sen-ire for womeu, conducted last evening ill SI.. .Mark's Church by the Rev. M!\ Askew, the text chosen was from Ecelesiasti's, 11. Hith verse: " Whatever thy lunnd fin (let h to do, do it with thy Tlio speaker pointed out that the tendency nowadays was to puss by the things that were close, at hand as being thitifts that were of 110 account, and were not worth doinj. Throiißhoiit the Bible it was shown, that it was the apparently little unimportant tilings and iwrsons that were weighted with mighty results. Ho instanced the.ease of Samuel, who went to the house of Jesse seeking for the ruler who was to fill the place of SanJ. All the sons werr brought before him but the unimportant David, who was working in the lipids, and yet it was David whom he summoned and who became the ruler of Israel. There wera three great lessons to be learnt—that of the Brotherhood of Christ, the friendship of Christ, and the truth of Immortality. The life of Christ was spent in doing things that apparently wero hot worth while.