LYCEUM CLUB NEWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 2, 24 March 1927, Page 4

LYCEUM CLUB NEWS

The concert and old world dress parade to be given in aid of the Plunket Funds by the Lyceum Club, in the Town Hall Concert Chamber on Thursday, March 31, promises to be unusually interesting. Some of the wonderful gowns to be worn in the parade are more than 400 years old. and when one thinks of their long journey down those years, one is amazed at their exquisite beauty and state of preservation. What memories each silken fold and cascade of lace must hold—could they but whisper their secrets —stories of the longdead grandes dam es, whose beauty they have served to emphasise, and hundred other fragrant fancies consigned centuries ago to the limbo of forgotten things! Box plans for the concert are at the E. and F. Piano Agency, and tickets may also be obtained at the Lyceum Club office. On Thursday, March 31, the annual conference of the Federated Women’s Clubs of New Zealand will take place in the Lyceum rooms. The delegates will be entertained at morning tea and luncheon at the club, and will be taken during the afternoon for an interesting motor drive round Auckland. CLUB FIXTURES THURSDAY, MARCH 31.—Conference of Federated Women’s Clubs, in Lyceum Rooms. Old World Dress Parade, Town Hall Concert Chamber, 8 p.m. MONDAY, APRIL 4.—Musical Circle, Open Evening. Vocal and instrumental concert, 8 p.m. THURSDAY, APRIL 7. Quarterly meeting, 8 p.m. THURSDAY. APRIL 14.—Luncheon Talk by the Rev. W. Jellie. Subject: “Books.” _______________ Miss Craighead, of Havelock North, who has been in various countries of Europe during the last five years, will return to New Zealand this month. Captain Owen Mead, who marries Mrs. Wilson, formerly Miss Barbara Loughnan of Palmerston North, is at present taking a course at Camberley Staff College, England. I Miss lva McEldowney. of Wellington. ! who is at present on the Continent. intends to have an exhibition of her i paintings in the near future.