HERE AND THERE

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 61, 13 March 1934, Page 11

HERE AND THERE

Successful Evening. In honour of Monsieur Bouillet's eightieth birthday Mr. and Mrs. Otto Simpson, Lower Hutt, entertained a number of friends recently. Monsieur Bouillet is vice-president of the French Literary Club in Wellington, and still retains a very active interest ia it. Charming musical items were given hv the hostess and several of the guests, and dancing brought to a conclusion a very delightful evening. Invitations Issued. ; Invitations have been issued by the executive of the Wellington Show and Industrial Association for the official opening of their annual show at the Industrial Exhibition and Show Buildings, John Street. The Mayor will perform the opening ceremony Public Spirit. The Queen received at Sandringham House recently Miss Josephine Hamson now a student at London. University and handed to her the prize which she gives annually to the West Norfolk and Lynn: High School for Girls, states the "Daily Telegraph." The prize was a volume- of . Shakespeare with the Queen's monogram and the school aims in gold on the binding. Miss Uamson, who is the daughter of a King's Lynn jeweller, was presented to the Queen by Miss E, Williamson, the headmistress, who said that she had won. the prize by showing the most public spirit in the interest of : the school. Not Tempted. Miss Joyce Wethered has again, refused a tempting ' offer to go to the bmted States, states the "Daily Mail." A golf club in Florida recently . endeavoured to persuade her to take up an appointment as woman secretary to the club at a substantial salary. She would probably have been expected to act as hostess to women golfers and live in one of the big hotels which has an interest in the Miami course, in a suite furnished for millionaires. Such luxuries make no appeal to' • Miss nethered, even as a holiday, although the appointment was only for the short winter season in Florida. Gardening Enthusiast. There is no- greater flower lover than Queen Mary, who in summer time spends many half-hours in light duties in her rose gardens. She is frequently joined on these occasions by ' the Duchess of York, states an English exchange. As\a gardening enthusiast the Queen is delighted with a practical present that has been given her. It consists of a rubber apron in a beautiful ."hade of green thar clasps round the waist on the principle of a circular flexible steel girdle. It is an npron that can be slipped on or off at a moment's notice. Sometimes she cuts her favourite roses to send to old personal friends, who deeply appreciate this Royal courtesy. One thing that the Queen always does is to cut off the thorns before sending the blooms. Unlucky 13. A bride who arrived at Kensington Eegister Office recently, noticed that the total number of people in the room was 13. "I refuse to get married with 13 people in the room," she exclaimed. She and the bridegroom, with their nine guests, the superintendent registrar, and the registrar of marriages were all waiting for a tenth guest to arrive, and thus make the company 14. The guest, however, was held up by fog. At last in desperation, the registrar went out and commandeered the first person he could find to break the unlucky number. The couple were then married. Honorary Workers. Dams Margaret Lloyd George and Lady Dorothy DOyly Carte are among the recipients of awards which have just been made by the Eoyal National Lifeboat Institution to its honorary

vrorkers. Lady. Dorothy has heen appointed an honorary life governor in recognition of her work for the Ladies' Lifeboat Guild in London since 1923, states the "Manchester Guardian." The gold badge of the Institution, given only for distinguished service, has been presented to Lady Bearstead, chairman of the Central London women's committee of the guild; Lady Struthers, who has heen a member of the committee since it was formed in 1922; and Danie Margaret Lloyd George, who has been president of the Ladies' Lifeboat Gaild in South Caernarvonshire since 1922.