QUEEN CARNIVAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2485, 11 June 1915, Page 3

QUEEN CARNIVAL

YESTERDAY'S VOTING HUTT VALLEY CANDIDATE LEADS The. result of the count of the, votes for tho Queen of the Carnival, which took place last evening, places tne candidates in the following positions:— Miss A. M. Senior (11), Hutt Valley .... 1 Misa Low (2), Combined Drapers 2 Miss A. 11. Palmer (13), Public SerTice 8 Mrs. Algar Williams (1), St. John Ambulance i Miss M'Enroe (7), West Coasters 5 Dr. Platts-Mills (10), Tramway Bora ... 6 Miss K. Doughty (8), Commercial Travellers 7 Miss Doris M'Cormack (15), Trentham Boys 8 Nurse Everitt (j) Combined Sports 9 Miss Jessie Lewis (1), Young Boys' Society 10 Mrs. W. H. Smith (3), Overseas Club ... 11 Miss M. E. Roseingrove (12), Trades and Labour 12 Mrs. A. M'Vicar (6), Highland Society... 13 Mrs. S. Hempton (5), Te Aro Residents 11 Miss M'Kegg (11), Manawatu 15 FIVE-ROOMED HOUSE FOR FIVE SHILLINGS. The limit of prizes to be distributed in connection with the Queen Carnival competition is apparently the sky. It commenced mildly, then the Travellers sprang a runabout motor-car for half a crown on to the public, which was promptly followed by "four-seater cars for a shilling." From that a jump was made to sections of land and trips to Australia. The latest prize to be offered by the Combined drapers is a five-roomed house and land in Glen Road, Kelburn. The house, which has already been secured, i 6 a mod- . ern dwelling, only eighteen months old, in a very desirable neighbourhood. Tickets to be sold at ss. eacii are to be ready for sale to-night, and already there are ' promises 9f a ready sale, The proceeds ' of this big money-raising scheme will naturally go to further Miss Low's canlidature. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' EFFORTS. : Tiie following donations to assist the canuidate of tne Commercial Travellers' ami Warehousemen's Association have been received.—Amount previously acknowledged, Xsio 19s. 6d.; Mr. Fowler (Australia), .El; Roberts (New Zealand), i Ltd., .£1(1; C. Begg and Co., £50; Smith j and Smith, £i 55.; George Pirie, .£SO; ( Rosenberg and Co., wgl Is.; Eraser, Ramsay, Ltd., .£25; "Anonymous," illOO; W. i A. Mowbray, £o 55.; J. Kingland, ,£1 os. < 6d.; G. W. Guthrie, iia; \V. and J. t Staples and Co., £.1 25.; Healing and Co., | ■£&>; staff of J. B. MacEwan and Co., t £5; Howard Hill, £1; Peter Dawson, .£2l; 1 J. B. MacEwan and Co., J23; Fulton and i Co., ,£lO 10a.; British Empire Trading • Co., £251 E. H. Hill, 55.; ISharland ana Co., XSO; George AVebb, ii; Vacuum Oil Company, ; B. R. Collins-and Co., £5 is.; G. Barnett, £1; W. W. Pilkington, £1 is.; Major A. A. Corrigan, £5 55.; t Symonds and Co., ,£l2 13s. 9d. Total, t iilOM 12s. 9d. c i PANTOMIME COMPANY'S EFFORT. { The matinee performance to be given by the members of the J. C. William son a Cinderella" Pantomime Company at the o Grand Opera House on Tuesday after- i noon next in aid of the above fund pro- t mises to be a big success both financially 1 and artistically. A special programme is v being prepared which will include, c amongst many novel and attractive r items, the representation of the famous t scene from Dickens, "The Bardell versus u Pickwick' Breach of Promise Case." Thi6 ii recently proved the star item at the big t Belgium Dav matinee in Sydney. Mr. e Jack M'Cardle will. beseen as Sergeant Buzfuz, Mi-. Barry Lupino as Sam Weller, Mr. Arthur Stigant as Mrs. D Cluppins, Mr. Leslie Gaze as Sergeant c, Snubbin, Mr. Charles Albert as the ?, Chemist, ,llr. Rupert Darrell as the ludge, Miss Dorothy Finnin as Mrs. Bardell, Miss Minnie Love, Miss Dolly Castles, Miss Celia Ghiloni, and Miss ® Thomas will furnish attractive items, tJ while Mr. Barry Lupino has promised l ' several specialties. Special prices will a be charged, the dress circle and orchestra stalls being 35., the stalls 25., and E gallery Is. These are for this perform- (J anco only. A box plan will be opened ■' at the Bristol on Friday, where seats may tl be reserved for Is. extra. a PATRIOTIC AUCTION MART. | The Patriotic Society is doing a lively ii auction business in a shop in the Windsor Hotel in Willis Street, where any e goods may be sent for disposal in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' and Sailors' u Fund. For the greater part of yesterday £ afternoon Mr. James Dykes acted as auctioneer, and succeeded in augmenting the fund considerably by the sale of pictures, Bower bowls, books, and a miscellaneous t lot of articles which had been forwarded u by generous donors. A live sheep is to s be sold at a convenient time, and on Safc- if urday evening there is to be a meat sale, a commencing at 7.30 o'clock. Mr. C. H. b Osmond-is the secretary of the auction sub-committee, and any telephone com- b munication to him will receive prompt at- tl tention. - — n SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY GIRL. 1 There is every reason to believe that m Wairarapa—the district that has done so f? much for patriotic funds—is quietly adopt- o ing the Trentham Boys' candidate (Miss Doris M'Cormick) ab its own* If this is si so some of the .fcity candidates will have fi to brush up then supporters, as the Wai- o rarapa has nevei* tailed to break re- f i cords whenever » puts Its mind to the J job. There are those in the Wairarapa ti who hold that the boys in camp have not a the necessary time to devote to active v "Queen" campaigning, and that they, a , above all others, deserve to see their colours at the top. It is understood that ti Masterton is to hold a carnival on its own S responsibility in favour of the "Khaki © Girl" on Wednesday next. S( S MRS. MENARD'S CONCERT. JJ Mrs. L. Menard has arranged an at- 1: tractivo programme for a children's con- tl aert to be given in the Town Hall (Con- " i'ert Chamber) to-morrow evening to for- d ward the candidature, of Nurse Everitt, e tho Sports' representative in the Queen contest. Mrs. Menard, who is skilled in e' the training of the young, has arranged a several novelties in which the children c; under her control will appear, including E a. grand sccna entitled "The Empire is s< Calling," in the working out of which a ii lot of charming youngsters will ap. ii peor in the costumes of the Allies, and will dance, sing, aiid march, in keeping u with the dominant characteristics of each J nation. A tiny dot aged three is to ap- d pear as Ireland and will sing "It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary." Miss Betty Menard will danco to the music of c ' "Coppeiii" and in a tableau entitled t j l Jessie's Dream" all the famous charac- " ters of nursery literature will make their _ appearance. Miss Janie Petrie will re- , cite "The Coward," Mr. O'Connor and fi Mrs. Mitchell will sing, and Mr. Frank i Pieot will recite. Such a programme r! should attract a largo audience. it HELP FROM RANGATAUA. a Rangataua, a city of to-morrow on the j Main -Trunk lino, is taking an active in- T terest m the big carnival that is obses- ir sing everyone in Wellington at the pre- n sent time. On behalf of the Commercial tl Traveller?' lund, Messrs. W. M. Sexton T and U. .Tordon, organised a little carni- ti val on sound lines which took the form tl «f a fancy dress skating carnival and o queen carnival election. Miss Palmer ci was elected amidst great enthusiasm, and a was congratulated on her success bv Mr. R. W. Smith, M.P. for the district, who K also complimented Rangataua on the very \ fine effort it had made in aid of the I fund for the relief of wounded soldiers t: and sailors. As the result of c tanas oft'ort the Commercial Trnvellors* Fund benefits to the (extent of JJIS9 o 12s. 6d. j, ELOCUTIONARY RECITAL. t To forward the interests of Miss I.ow, u "Quccu" candidate for the Combined rr Drapers, Miss Betty Purdom, Mr, J, Cul- p iord, Beit., & fBTC pf' fheir- elpcutjoft- C:

ary pupils gave a capital recital in tho Concert Chamber last ovening. The hall was practically filled, and tae intereating programme provided was thoroughly enjoyed, Both Mr, Bell and Miss Purdom aro admittedly clever entertainers in the sphere of elocution and the items in which they were concerned were capital expositions of one of the most difficult arts. _ They were both very much at home in a scene (acted in costume), from Sheridan Knowles's aged classio drama "The Hunchback," the scene in which the backward Modus is persuaded by the guile of his charming cousin to forgo the study of Ovid's "Art of Love" in favour of the real thing. The burden of the scene practically rested on Miss Purdom, acted the love-smitten maiden with dainty aplomb and ripe intelligence. Mr. Bell was properly dull and backward as Modus. In that excellent little one-act play, "The Man in the Street," the honours fell to Mr. Bell, whose representation of a sordid drunken old London street musician was depicted with strength and intuition. Capital support was accorded by Miss Purdom as the drunkard's daughter, and Mr. H. G. Shakes as her artist husband. Mr. Bell and Miss Purdom lapsed int<j the purest farce in "A Burlesque Melodrama," which raised plenty of hearty laughter. Miss Low recitcd "The Yukon Trail," and Miss Josie Bailey "A Rat- or a Mouse." Precocious talent blossomed in little Ngaire Lemmon, who described the qualities essential to the equipment of "The Lady Reciter Up-to-Date." Keith Thomson, a lad in khaki, recited "The Son of a Soldier" with spirit, and Miss Vera Petherick attired as a very formidable cowboy, even to th 4 "shaps" and the "lead-spill" recited "Pickett's Nell," and Maria Milesi, displaying the colours of her native Italia, showed promising temperamental qualities in the stirring poem entitled "Bravo." . Keith Rid'deli submitted a negro character sketch, to which his tender years were hardly suited, and Miss Mabel Gallichan, who has many natural charms, recited "How?" "The Yogi's Curse," recitcd by Miss Magill, is a musical monologue th'nt presents fine opportunities for dramatic subtlety, and is a composition quite out of the usual rut. Miss Freda Beale was ambitious enough to essay the potion scene from "Romeo and Juliet," a very trying one even to nn oxnerienced actress, and acquitted herself with credit. Her daring lead was followed by Mr. H. G. Shakes, who selected the oft-recitcd dream speech of Clarence from Shakespeare's "Richard IIT." Miss E. Warburton contributed "The Song in the Market Place," being an episode in the life of Mario, the great 1 tenor. Miss Myrtle Bouttoll played the accompanying music wherever that aid was summoned. BARRY LUPINO AS A WINDOW- ' OfiESSER. On Monday atternoon next Mr. Barry Lupinu, tuu clever comedian oi tiie "Cinderella" Pantomime Company, i 6 to give a display oi up-to-date winuow dressing iu , lurkcaldie and Stains', 1/ainbton Quay, , snow windows. Mhen in Melbourne re- j cently tne comedian created a block in the ( trainc when engaged in his exhibition, but tne result was mat i2OOO was colleoted for tiie patriotic fund. TJie dressings will take place at 1.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.—all , pioceeus in aid ol uie Combined Drapers' £ "yucen" canuidate, , ] MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. j Notes from "Queen" Carnival commit- ,• tees sent in ior puuncation must be brief . and. to the point. Suck notes snuuid in. J elude mention ot wnat. is to take piace i on the succeeding day in order tuat tne : public may be posteu on wnat is going , to happen. The Public Service masked ball (plain and fancy oress) in support of mo candiuature ol Miss ±1. M. Palmer (No. 13) will be neld in tne Town iiati tiiis_ evening, commencing at S.3U o'clocic. Air. ii'Laugn- j lin's orcliescra ol eight players will pro- r vide the latest music tor tho uances. Spe- j cial arrangements have been made ior the t running oi late cars to Ivarori tunnel, Hataitai, and Newtown. Masks may be worn until mioniglit, wiien programmes will be issued, 'ine public will be admitted to tiie gallery from S p.m. to 10 p.m. at a charge of one snilling. J At 2.30 p.m. to-day there will be an 0 auction sale of valuable surubs and pot I] plants at F. Cooper and Co.'s, Willis j! Dtreet. The proceeds will be donated to '■ Ine Wellington Commercial Travellers' v fund, s Members of all committees and sup- ® porters of Miss Jessie Lewis (No. 4) lor tne Queen of the Carnival contest are , requested to meet at Miss Lewis's resiilence, 331 Willis Street, at 1.30 p.m. g A Darkies' Procession, in support of b Dr. Platts-Mills (No. IU) for the Carnival c , Queen contest will leave the U.P.U. at tl i.30 o'clock this evening, proceeding £ thence to Newtown Park, wUere an open- Q air ontertainment will be given. „ In support of their candidate, Mies h M'Enroe (No. 7) the West Coasters are a irranging for a tableaux "Tho Crown- t ing of tne Soup King," to be shown in fi the streets on Saturday afternoon and si evening. A special meeting of the Ladies' Com- -A mittee and lady friends of the West C' Coasters' candidate, Miss M'Enroe (No. a 7) will be held n the Tea Tent, Lamb- h ton Quay, at 8 o'clock this evening. u The Commercial Travellers are to hold their big Floral Feast to-morrow (Satarday), when the ladies will sell in the streets (or anywhere else) posies, bttttonieres, bouquets, and armslul of (lowers at a reasonable cost. All the flowers will be fresh cut. A huge plain and fancy dress dance is being held on Saturday night next in y the Town Hall by supporters of Candi- - late No. 11, Miss A. M. Senior. Refresh- y ments and all expenses are covered by donations from the Wellington Clothing a ' Manufacturers. M'Laughlin's orchestra y will provide the music. All money taken goes to the Wounded Soldiers' aud Sailors' Fund. n Mrs. W. F. Massey has kindly con- t] sented to be present at the sale of the « first block of floor seats for the Maori 0 concert arranged by the Commercial V Travellers to take place in the Town ii Hall on June 22. The sale of 6eats will h take place at the Chamber of Commerce b at 3.30 p.m. on Monday. It was pre- e: viously stated that Mrs. Massey would t( act as auctioneer, but this is not correct, j) Those ladies engaged in the sale of j] tickets in the raffle for the valuable e Sevres china dinner set (which cost .£97 ti originally in Italy) have now f-ecured s | seats for use ou the sidewalk outside Stewart, Dawson and Co.'s window, where the china is displayed. Raffling is now recognised as legitimate employment for ladies by day and night. The duty of the men is to pay up. Probably there is nothing so magnetic than this beautiful dinner set, which probably no one will ever use for practical purposes. At the Petone Oddfellows' Hall last evening upwards of 200 persons attended a progressive euchre party to assist the candidature of Miss A. M. Senior, the Hutt Valley nominee. Messrs. Robertson and Warren acted as table-controllers, and during the evening several musical items were rendered. B The City Council have granted the free a use of the Newtown Park on Saturday, G Tune 12, to the Queen Carnival Sports can- ji didate, and also granted the use of the f Basin Reserve to the Wellington Football Association on June 19, with permission to :harge for admission, the proceeds to bo levoted to the New Zealand Wounded Sol- 61 iiers' Fund. The attendance at all sessions of the Palais d'Allies theatre yesterday was very N satisfactory, and those who patronised the S! theatre were highly delighted with the entertaimnent provided. The pictures of S the West Coast are of exceptional interest, B whilst the various vocal and instrumental S items are of a high order. There will be mother series of sessions to-day. 'I An enthusiastic meeting of supporters of Miss M. E. Roseingrave (No. 12) met at the Trades Hall last night. Various subcommittee reports were received, and arrange- C ments were made for a jumble stall in « the Carnival bazaar, to be held in the ii Town Hall next week. It nas decided that all supporters be requested to meet at the Trades Hall on Saturday night at S o'clock, meantime the secretary will receive any gifts forwarded to the Hall suitable for tne stall. The cream pony raffled on behalf of Nurse Everitt s candidature was won by Master Harry Foley, son of Mr. Frank Foley, of Newtown. The rabbits fell to ticket No. 1635, and have not yet bc-cn claimed. A monster sporls gathering will bo held on Newtown I'mk jo-morrow (Snturduv), including Rugby, sncccr, mid hockey, and ;i harriers' rare. A procession will leave the Post Office? at I.IS p.m., and Hi* sports commence with a ladies' hoekev inati-h, at '.'.in p.m., In be followed lir men's Rugby, soccer, and hockey, ladip*' Ktigbv, and a harriers' rac«. The public to A.oalttjsi? 4