WOMAN'S WORLD

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10318, 29 January 1927, Page 5

WOMAN'S WORLD

(By Sally.)

SOCIA-' AND PERSONAL. The Rev. and Mrs. Shardlow have returned to Wairoa. Miss Adams (Nga Tawa) is the guest of Mrs. Reeves, Tolaga Bay. Mrs’ J. R. Kirk is visiting Dunedin Mr. and Mrs. Toogood and lamily return to Wellington next week. Mrs. McLennan (Hangaroa) was in town for a few days last week. Miss Eve Gaddum is the guest of Mrs. R. J. Reynolds, Sandown.

Mrs. H. B. Lusk of Napier isspending a holiday.in Auckland.

Mr. F. Brabant i.s the geest of Mr.. and Mrs. Talbot, Whatatutu.

Mrs. A. J. Dixon, Russell St., has returned fropi a short visit to \\ ellington.

Mrs. and Miss Elsie Wallis (Hangaroa) paid a brief visit to town last week.

Miss Joan Crawford left Gisborne "yesterday to take up her training in Wellington Hospital.*

::: i t • Dr. and Mrs. Kahlenbcrg and family have returned from a holiday spent at Lake Rotoiti.

Mesdames Hamilton livine and A. Coleman were hostesses ibis week at farewell parties for the Misses Martin.

Mrs. Claud Williams invited a lew young people to her home at Murnvai lor tennis on Wednesday afternoon.

Mrs. Shand and Mrs. Blunden who have been the guests of Mrs. Nelson Foster have returned to Christchurch.

Dr. and Airs. Reeve and family of Havelock passed through Gisborne last week and were the guests of Mrs. E. M. Hutchinson,- Cheesman road.

Misses Beth Heaton (Hastings) and Rae Matthews (Masterton) are the guests of Mrs. S. E. Gillingham, “Remirhau" ’ Waerenga-o-kuri.

Miss Peggy Seymour returns to-day from a long holiday spent in Christchurch and other parts of (anterbury.

Air. R. F. Wood of the audit staff of the U.S.S. Coy Ltd., Wellington, spent a few days in Gisborne last week.

Airs. Thomson Bush arrives from the Coast on Tuesday and will be the guest of her mother Airs. T. A. Hookey at Wainui beach.

Airs. Smith who has been tbe guest of her sister Airs. Claud Williams, “Coventry,” Muriwni, leaves Wellington next week, by her two children, on route for England.

The Hon. Tv. S. Williams, Minister for Public Works, left Wellington lecently on a visit to Otamatea, Hobson, Whangarei, and Bay of Blands. He expects to return to Wellington about February 12.

Captain H. E. Hillman, ol the Chinese customs service at Hong Kong, arrived in Auckland by the Tofua on his Way back to China after 12 months’ furlough. Ho is accompanied by Airs. Hillman.

A BROWN PAPER PARCEL afternoon. A most enjoyable gilt tea was given bv Airs. Tlieo Field at her home at Alanutuko on Wednesday for Aliss Alice Pyke, whose marriage to Air. Roy Aluir takes place shortly. The drawing-room was beautifully decorated with howls of dahlias and scabias in pastel shades. Delightful music and a novel competition added to the enjoyment of the afternoon, the winner of the competition being Airs. Pyke. The parcels which were opened alter tea bv the guest of honor contained many useful and charming gifts. Some of those present included : Alesdames Pyke, S. King, AY. Livingstone, Read, G. Jobson, Preston, Grayson, Povnter, and Shanks. Misses Pyke, G. and L. King, A. Parker M. Livingstone and AI. and T. Miller.

ROYALTY IN PICCADILLY. The Duke and Duchess of York will not be the first Royalties to have a town house in Piccadilly. The old Duke of Cambridge, uncle of Queen Victoria and brother of George IV., lived at Cambridge House, now the Naval and Military Club (familiarly called the “In and Out”), which was afterwards Lord Palmerston’s town house when Prime Minister. The late Duke of Cambridge lived many years also in Gloucester House, Piccadilly, at the corner of Park Lane, now pulled down and turned into flats and shops. That part of Piccadilly from there to' Apsley House was formerly known as Piccadilly Terrace. 'Lord Allendale’s house in this terrace was built by the brothers Adam, but subsequently much enlarged. The situation is one of the finest in London, as, facing the Green Park and the wide space where Hyde Park Corner opens out into the large quadrangular stretch between the gates of the Park and those at the head of Constitution Hill, these houses are not “overlooked” and stand back high anti airy above the traffic. The house will be just plain 145. PLUNKET SOCIETY. Our local Plunlcet Society .is at present extending its work in several directions in Poverty Day; and its latest centre is Manutuke. The mothers of Manutuke and Te Arai will now be able to consult -Nurse Wall in a room kindly put at the Society’s disposal by the Manutuke Memorial Hall committee, every alternative Wednesday, between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m.. and it is hoped that full advantage will be taken of tiie nurse’s services, which are free to all who care to consult her. Quite ar romantic love affair had its happy consummation in the Dannevirke Town Hall on Saturday evening, when Miss Marion Elizabeth Rice, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs' John Ri.ce, of '“Kent Lodge,” Dannevirke, was married to Mr. Alexander Francis Smith only son oi Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Smith “Willesden,” Chester road, Brisbane, and secretary to the Australian Commonwealth' Silver Band, which has been on a world toair. Jt was when the band paid a previous visit to i>annevirke that Mr.. Smith met his: bride to be and though the band left on tour shortly afterwards and lias since made a tour of the world, romance stood the 1 strain 'and this, the second visit of the band, saw the wedding of the pair. ; - .

AIISS ZILLAII BATEMAN. A CLEVER AND VERSATILE ' ARTIST. From grand opera to musical comedy— from “Trilby” to “Polly” in “The Beggar’s Opera’ is a range of achievement to which few theatrical artists could lay claim. -Such, however, is the record of Aliss Zillali Bateman, who will take the leading feminine role in the clever comedy “The Unfair Sex” which will open at the Opera House this evening. Aliss Bateman is slim and willowy with long golden hair, which gleams under the light. She does not dislike the shingle, but thinks that for an actress it is a mistake. “There are many parts, for which It Is; quite tinsuited” she said, “and artificial leeks do not produce the same effect.” Aliss Bateman is English by birth, and! before adopting a theatrical career had intended following the art of music. The possessor of a fine dramatic soprano voice, she received a thorough musical training in Germany before the war studying all branches of her art at the Frankfurt Conservatorium. After the war, she was engaged to sing in grand opera in Alilan, the Alecca of all vocalists of quality. Later she returned to England, where she was for a while engaged in concert work, singing at all the principal centres in England and Wales. In Manchester she sang at one of the celebrated

Halle concerts on an occasion when AT. Henri -Verbruggheu was a guest, having been invited over from Belgium to conduct the performance. Returning to London, Aliss Bateman was offered the part of “Trilby” as successor to Aliss Phyllis NeilsonTerry, the “Svengali” of the cast being the well-known actor, Charles Garry. Later, Aliss Bateman tooX musical comedy roles, among them being Polly in “The Beggar’s Upera.” Subsequently the young actress toured South Africa, and then accepted an engagement tor an Australian tour. Speaking of Australian audiences., Miss Bateman said that she found them keenly critical, but very warm admirers once they had decided in any one’s favour, in Melbourne the gallery girls used to attend the theatre in large parties every Wednesday and Saturday matinee, and would scramble outside the stage after the performance to have a word with her or give her flowers. After the departure from Alelbourne some of these ingenuous admirers sent telegrams of farewell, expressing their good wishes ior her present tour. “That is just an example of what I have experienced all through my Australian and New Zealand tour,” said Aliss Bateman, “and it i.s so encourasrimr to find that both .Australians and New Zealanders like me as much as I like them. ”