WOMEN'S CLUB

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 203, 20 April 1932, Page 6

WOMEN'S CLUB

SOCIAL AFTERNOON AT KIOSK The first meeting this year of the Rotorua Women's Club was held at the Kiosk in the Government Gardl ens yesterday afternoon. There was a pleasing number of members present, and the president, Mrs. F. Davidson, in a few words* welcomed everybody back after the summer recess. At the conclusion of the remarks the president called upon Mrs. Green to read a paper she had prepared on "Choosing Our Friends." Mrs. Green | said that she had chosen this subject \ as it was one that had greatly impressed her, and hoped that it would appeal to her listeners in the same way. We should, she said, bear with and be sympathetic to each other, and correct in ourselves what we dislike in our fellows. To believe in the Creator and to live up to His teachings, to love one another was the ideal to which all should aspire. "Happiness," said Mr. Green, "is found in malcing others happy, and in trouble our true friends corpe to light." Throughout her paper sincerity, frankness, and devotion, were the predominant thoughts. At the conclusion of the address the president thanked Mrs. Green for her excellent paper, and the thought she had given to the preparation of it, and moved a hearty vote of thanks to her, which was earried by acclamation. Mrs. N. M. Keane then read a paper, "Old Mother England," which had, she, said, a bearing on the present depressing times, stressing the urgent need of employment for the young people of to-day. Mrs. Jones then delighted her audience with two well-chosen songs, the violen accompaniment by Mrs. Fleming giving added harmony to the item. Two recitations followed by Miss Gwenneth La Trobe Hill which were well received. After a dainty afternoon tea, Mrs. Davidson gave a brief outline of the club's position. She stated that she had received a generous offer from the Tauranga Dramatic Club to produce the play, "Tilly of Bloomsbury" in aid of the club's funds. This had been gratefully accepted and it had been decided to stage the play about the third week in May. The president stated that she, together with Miss Robinson, had been invited to attend a meeting called by the Mayor to further a land settlement scheme for the unemployed, and they as delegates of the Rotorua Women's Club had been aslced to forward the members of their club the Mayor 's sincere hope that they will endeavour to further his scheme by their influence in the town. It was unanimously decided that the club would do all in its power to help the scheme forward wi'thout delay. After further discussion relevant to the club's affairs the meeting tcrminated with a vote of thanks to the chair.