QUEEN CARNIVAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2472, 27 May 1915, Page 7

QUEEN CARNIVAL

TRAMWAY LEADING HUTT VALLEY'S SPURT Tho voting for t'lic various candidates i for royalty in coiuioctiou with tho 1 Queen Carnival proceeds merrily. On < last ovoning's count there was a tie- < cidod alteration ill the position ol somo i oi the candidates, as tiio latest report i of tiio returning officer (Mr. E. J. Col ley) shows. It is as follows: I 1. Dr. l'latts-Mills (Tramways). : 2. Miss A. M. Senior (Hutt and i Petone). , j 3. Nurse Everitt (Combined Sports). I 4. Miss A. M. Palmer (Civil Service). < o. Miss Low (Combined Drapers). 6. Miss Teresa M'Enroo (West Coast- l ers' Association). ; 7. Mrs. W. 11. Smith (Forget-Me- . Not Branch of Overseas C'lllh). 8. Miss K. Doughty (Commercial Travellers). 0. Mrs. A. M'Vicar (Highland Society) 10. Mrs. Algar Williams (St. John Am- ' bulance). 11. Miss Doris M'Cormack (Trentham Beys). j 12. Miss M. E. Roseingrave (Trades and Labour Council). ' 13. Miss Jessio Lewis (Young Boys Society). . 11. Mrs. S. Hempton (Te Aro Resi- j dents). 15. Miss M'Kegg (Manawatu district). < PATRIOTISM AT TELE FRUIT ( MARKETS. 1 An enthusiastic meeting of fruiterers 1 and market employees was held yes- f terday morning at the Fruit Exchange, I when Mr. F. Tojvnsend and Profes- i sor Cardston gave shoi't addresses ill j connection with the patriotic effort now f being made- A resolution to have ex- l tensive stalls or marquees at tlie Park, ' also space .at the Town Hall, met with ' unanimous approval, the cost of all the fruit disposed of being borne by the J Wellington European fruiterers and em- f ployees of the markets. Following tlie T approval of the resolution those assembled sang "God Save the King." A committee was immediately set up, and funds came forward fr?ely. It is also understood that the Chinese residents of Wellington will make an individual effort in a similar direction. POSTAGE CONCESSION REFUSED. f The Postmaster-General (the Hon. 11. • ileaton Rliodes) was on Tuesday interviewed by a deputation from tlie New c Zealand Patriotic Society with the suggestion that the Department should grant permission for a special stamp to be used for affixing to lotters with a view to the augmentation of die patriotic funds generally, and, in the t first instance, the funds of tiio forth- j. coining Wellington Carnival. The Min- s ister said that he had had several simi- „ lar applications since the war began, f and a concession to one organisation j would mean a concession to all. The j matter had already received tho con- a sideration of Cabinet. Mr. Rhodes also J, said that a further suggestion was that j the postage rates should bo increased j as a war tax, but that Cabinet on that point had not reached any decision. He j had just received a specimen of a Can- j adian onei cent stamp, over-printed c "War Tax," and this stamp was ap- o parently required to be affixed to every letter posted in addition to tho regular j, stamp. The members of the deputa- j tion representing the society were: j Messrs. H. G. Hill, J. Lewis, Collie, and s Carter, and tliey were introduced- by p Mr. R. Fletcher, M.P. ( ] HELP FROM EASTBOURNE. I Professor Cardston and Mr. D. r M'Laren addressed a large and enthus- t iastic meeting of Eastbourne residents t on Tuesday night, and wore accorded d a great reception. At tho conclusion I of the meeting Jlr. Press offered to f' donate £5 provided a further £25 was I subscribed, or £10, if a further £50 g was subscribed. The offer was respond- p ed to in a generous manner, £31 being q promptly subscribed in the hall. The t success of the Carnival to be held at F Rona Bay on June 12 is now assured c and it is fully anticipated that quite v £250 will be raised. It has been do a oided that each person paying for ad- t mission will be entitled to vote for any p one of the 15 candidates, and tho candidate the largest number of votes will receive the benefit of the whole of the money raised. Mrs. W. H. Stephens has presented a handsome hand-worked bed-spread, valued at £25, and it is intended, subject to the approval of the Minister of Internal Affairs, to dispose of it by art union, t A meeting of Eastbourne, Day's Bay, ii Lowry Bay and York Bay ladies is bo- b ing held on Monday next wlien the f. various committees will present their reports. t "CAFE CHANTANT." I At'the Town Hall to-night and two •> following evenings will be held an en- d tertainment quite new to Wellington— y viz., a "Continental Cafe Chantant." u This unusual effort is being put for- t ward by the combined retailers to swell £ tho funds of their Carnival Queeii, and 0 no eft'ort is being spared to mako it a P success.. The arrangement of the hall 11 will include a icentral stage, where !: orchestra , singers, and dancers will give •» a continual concert while at a hundred £ tables a. bevy of ladies in fancy cos- l 2 tume will serve refreshments at noni- '' Leal rates. The decorations of the hall will be quite a feature. Another in- 0 teresting item will be a lantern procession of all the 'helpers in fancy cos- s tume, who start from Lambton Sta- 0 tion at 7 o'clock to-night, and march to P tho Town Hall headed by Jupp's Band. 6 The names of some of the performers ? for to-night's programme include Mr. J; Meates, Mr. Oake.y, Mr. Hay, Mr, nCourtney Mohr, Miss Barry, and many • others, while an orchestra under the t baton of Mr. M'Laughlin will play at i intervals during the evening. ST. JOHN JUMBLE STALL. .j; A novel and original stall has been t arranged in connection with tho St. John Ambulance jumble stall lor the t forthcoming patriotic carnival in aid of u the wounded soldiers. This is a jewel- s lery stall,. and it is likely to be a t great success. Already some beautiful d articles have been promised, as well as s inexpensive things. It would be very a helpful if women who have any jewel- \ lery, dressing-table trinkets, silver- J mounted vases, photo frames, etc., laid aside (or even not. laid aside) would contribute to the stall. Many have articles such as these which they hardly ever use, which they would not miss, } and which would help to forward, no n matter in how small a degree, the v great cause. This not only applies to a the wealthy, but to all, for there Sb " scarcely a woman in or around the city who has not somo small article she C could send. Those who cannot spare d money can perhaps 'help in this way. t Each parcel should bo plainly marked J with tho donor's name, and tlie' com- d mittee guarantees that all articles _un- t sold shall bo returnod to tho original J owner. As the time is short, every- I ono who intends contributing to t'liis n interesting stall is asked to send their s contribution at an early date, as there Z may be little details of repairing and t cleaning to be attended to. Mrs. Moor- a houso will be pleased to receive par- s eels at 131 Upper Dixon Street. t - ■ A mooting in support of the "Mili- 1 tan' Candidate" for Queen Carnival _ will be held in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms at ]' "..10 o'clock to-night. ! A meeting of .lohnsonville ladies, pre- I' sided over by the Mayoress, was held s nn Tuesday, when if. was unanimously resolved to support Dr. PlatlvMills, the Tramways candidate for Ui9 Queen ~ ~

A TANGO TEA. The Ladies' Committee of the Wellington Commercial Travellers' Club had spared no troublo in providing a good programmo of ontortainfneiits for tho very huge gathering of people who attended tho Tango Tea which was held in tho Town llall yesterday afternoon and oven ing, and as a result the candidature of Miss Doughty for Carnival Queen should benefit to a considerable extent. The hall, which had been decorated with drapings of pink and white streamers arranged canopy-wise in tho centre of the ceiling and carried in (osteons round the outsido of the calleries, was practically fillod with tho audience, both upstairs and downstairs and the proceeds must have been added to very considerably by the salo of dowers and sweets from stalls placed on either side of tho stage downstairs. Her Rxeellencv the Countess of Liverpool attended the entertainment and was received bv Mrs. Manton, Mr. and Mrs. Phelps. Miss Doughty, and Mrs. Wilson (the secretary), and Mrs. Phelps's little daughter presented her with a bouquet. The programme which had been arranged by Mrs. Montague, opened with the National Anthem. Miss Freda Beale recited "The Call." and later on gave a musical monologue "Roses," with very good effect. Mr. Reginald Blow, L.R.A.M., sane "Sunshine and Rain" (Blumenthal); Mr. Norman Martin contributed a 'cello solo "Canzonetta" (D'Ambrosio), and Miss Helen Gardiner sang two delightful little songs of Liza Lehmann's. "Tlie Wood Pigeon" and "The Owl." To supply afternoon tea in the interval that followed, to so largo an audience, was an undertaking big enough to make tho stoutest hearts quail, but still afternoon tea there was, and no one need have nnssed it, for there were many helpers to assist in handing it around, and failing that there were urgent requests made to those who had not yet. obtained it to go downstairs where it would be easier to reach them. The second part of the programme was entirely of dances performed, save for the tango, by .some of Miss Becre's pupils. That the tango still commands a great amount of interest was shown bv the keen attention with which the audience watched the movements of tho slim girlish looking figure clad in a very .pretty blue charmeuse frock, slit well up<Hhe front to dispay to advantage a shapely, though not microscopic, foot and ankle, and her partner, Professor Cardston. In returning to receive a basket of flowers the very fashionable head-dress was snatched off and the surprise and amusement of the audience was great when it found out that the "girl" was not a girl, but a, man. It had taken close observers even somo time to see for themselves that such was tho case, so excellent was the make-up. The golden moment was straightway seized to auction the basket of flowers, which went for the sum sf £1. The remainder of tho programme \vas performed by the children, little Naaire Lemnion, Hazel Hardwick. Rona Chapman, Tliyrza Rodgers, Beli Pearson, Molly Madden and Betty Menard, who all danced charmingly, Tlie accompanists of the afternoon were Mrs. Montaguo, Mrs. Chapman, and Miss Ellwood. In cliargo of the flower stall were: Sirs. Longmore, Mrs. Macdonald,'Mrs. M Gudd, Mrs. Lovick, and Mrs. Howells, with a large number of girls to go among the audience and assist in selling. Sweets: Mrs. Rush, with numbers of girl assistants. Afternoon tea: Mesdames W. Smith, Jefferies; E A Phelps. O'Stillivan, Taylor, Kieff. Redstone, Scott, Pigeon, Butler, Baldy, and Miss M'Ginnity. Among tho audienco were the Mayoress (Mrs,. Luke), and Lady Kelbnm. Assisting the ladies committee in various ways were the members of the men's committees. In the evening tho samo programme, with tho exception of Miss Gard'ner, who did not sing, was given. Tiio Town Hal! was again well filled, and tho function was again a huge success. Miss Hazel I-lardwicke, who gave a very graceful exposition of La Ballernia, was presented with a bouquet. The bouquet was put up to auction, and came back to Miss Hardwicke, for the filial purchaser presented it to her. Great credit is due to Mrs. Fred Montague, who arranged the Tango programme, and the committee desire to especially thank Miss Bcere for allowing lie'r pupils to perform in the evening.