IN TOWN AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 49, 20 May 1927, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

SOCIAL NEWS

NOTES

Mrs. Churcher, of Wellington, is among - the guests at the Grand Hotel. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Colin Taylor are Hamilton visitors to Auckland, and are staying at Cargen. * •■* * Miss Wynn Manning, of Hamilton, is staying at the Hotel Cargen. * * * Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Cook and Miss Leslie Cook, of Tauranga, are among the guests at the Hotel Cargen. * * * Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Dunett, of Pirongia, are guests at the Star Hotel. * * * Mr. and Mrs. A. Bayley, of Wanganui, are staying at the Central Hotel. * * * Mrs. ,S. G. Davidson, of Dargaville, is visiting town, and is staying at the Central Hotel. * * * Mrs. Moses and Mrs. Taylor, of Auckland, are in Wellington spending a holiday while their husbands are attending the Dental Conference. * * * Mrs. V. J. Larner is at present paying a visit to Wellington. * * * Mrs. Beattie, of Te Araroa, is staying with her mother, Mrs. D. S. Chapman, of Remuera. * * * The Misses Ballantyne and Lawson, of Christchurch, who have been the guests of Mrs. Mill, of Upland Road, Remuera, left to-day for a holiday visit to Rotorua. * * * Miss N. Grant, of Auckland, who has been visiting Christchurch as the guest of Mrs. C. L. Hart, has left for the North. * * * Mrs. George Coats presided at a meeting of the women’s committee of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, when arrangements were made for the street collection, which will take place on Friday, May 27. * * * Mrs. C. Best, wife of Captain 'C. Best, M.C., Pahang, Malay, arrived in Sydney in April. She will later visit Auckland, staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Mcßride, Gladstone Road, Mount Albert. Captain Best, who has been appointed >' to headquarters staff, will arrive about October on furlough. * * * On the arrival of the Tofua at Apia Sir George and Lady Richardson were given a most enthusiastic welcome. Not only the faipules, a strong body of fetu and the representative men greeted Sir George on his return, but most of the ladies of Apia were there to give personal welcome to Lady Richardson after her holiday. A group of the fetu lads had to carry the bouquets to her car. * » * Mrs. Hubberfleld and Miss Myrtle Cbrdner are on an extended holiday in the North Island, visiting Auckland, Hamilton, Waitomo Caves and Cambridge. They will return to Christchurch next month. * * * It is not generally known that there is a big film studio in Shanghai It belongs to one of the members of a big tobacco combine, and a production made there will be shown in this country shortly. It is a full-length Chinese drama, called “Willow Pattern,” and it will be played by Chinese in picturesque period costume. * * * A rather amusing, but quite pertinent letter from “A Bachelor Woman” is addressed to a London editor, as follows: In these days of sex equality is not the married women’s trade union a trifle out of date? “Married women first” savours too much of the erstwhile sli'ghted “old maid.” It is surely a trifle ludicrous to see some hostesses place a nonentity of a wife at the host’s right and a professional woman of standing at his left, because she happens to be a pinster Why do married men never give themselves matrimonial airs over bachelors? Of ourse, the good type of matron is quite free from this nose of superiority. * * * Mrs. of Sydney, was welcomed back from an extendt I ur by fifty of her fellow women Justice and in responding to her welcome Mr* Glanville spoke of her visit to < don, where she had i. d • time l< : Hf* seeing, but had found her work completely satisfying, and of her * >urney through Near East. particularly Gallipoli, where the red, white and blue of poppies, the daisies and bluebells covered the graves. The people in Constantinople did not now wear fez caps, said Mrs. Glanville —they said they had reformed—but changing the hat does not change the heart, and everywhere there were still evidences of the cruelty of the Turk. Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, the former woman lawn tennis champion, has signed a contract with Mr. Charies B. Cochran to play in six exhibition matches in England during the three weeks beginning July 28. One match will be played at Blackpool, one at Manchester (if a suitable ground can be decided on), and three or four in London. Eight first-class professional 1 layf's will be engaged as her opponents. The prices at the London matches will range from 12s 6d to ss, but the provincial prices will be lower. The first match will be played at the Albert Hall at night, and will oe illuminated by a special daylight la ;o used to light up the Rodeo at Wembley. It will be played on a canvas court, which Mile. Lenglen has used in the United States. ST. JUDE’S, AVONDALE ANNUAL MEETING There was a large attendance of parishioners at the annual meeting of St. Jude’s Anglican Church, which was held on Wednesday evening. The Rev. A. V. Grace presided. The report and balance-sheet showed the parish to be in a sound financial position, and all-round progress was recorded. Following are the officers for the year:—Vicar’s warden, Mr. J. Brookes: people's warden, Mr. F. H. Walker: vestry. Messrs. H. Bollard, A, Gifford. Amos. A. Costello and Black. A social evening was held, songs being contributed by Mrs. Proctor and Mr. G. Hoyle, and a pianoforte duet by Misses Bollard and Costello.

MUNDANE MUSINGS

JUST SHOPPING I do not wish to hear the word “Stores” for some time to come; neither at the moment do I wish to see Nellie Frobisher again—she was the cause of all my misery. She caught me at a moment when I was in the defenceless position of guest in her country house and, by making a low use of the rights of friendship, made me promise to do some shopping for her when I got back to town. Now if she had commissioned me to choose a grand piano or a motor-car, or even a paltry dining-room suite, I should not have minded; in fact, I should have enjoyed it. I should have been able to go into one of those large and expensive shops where I have before been slighted. As it was, I found myself pledged to get 25 yards of dress material at 9id a yard! “You’ll have to get it at Parkley’s Stores,” Nellie said. “I got the last length there. I am afraid I can’t give you a pattern, but 1 want the same stuff! as this, only in a sort of flame colour. You will find a sample of what I want on the top left-hand corner of Parkley’s last country catalogue. I’m afraid I’ve lost my copy.” In town it was very cold, and Parkley’s Stores were crowded. Having stormed the entrance and won a precarious standing alongside a shopwalker, I grasped him by the coat lest I should be swept away. It seemed he had never heard of a country catalogue, but Mr. Jinks —forward, please—would show me some very fine material at 9s lid. I allowed myself to be rocked in the cradle of the crowd down to the other end of the shop, where the tide of shoppers left me stranded on a staircase. Here a kindly shopwalker discovered me; he picked me up and dusted me, and set me once more on my search which led me, half an hour later, to the basement whither I had been directed by a large woman dressed in black silk who though purporting to distribute catalogues, in reality dealt in tickets for Japan, Switzerland, Portugal and other seasonable countries. Badly bent, but still breathing, I sleuthed round the basement. Even here, presumably among the Great Brains of a Great Business, a catalogue was unobtainable. Had I wanted a Nubian page, a couple of buffaloes, an extra guest for dinner, I gather I could have been supplied at once, but a catalogue—oh, dearie me, no! says an English writer. I did, however, glean a rumour that what I wanted might be found on the top floor. Excelsior! A lift which I sat In tenaciously, resisting all the lift girl’s efforts to throw me out into the “gents’ lounge suiting,” finally left me . in a room full of people smiling at each other in what struck me as a silly way, and eating prodigious quantities of food. All passage between the tables was solidly blocked with more people. Another quarter of an hour brought me to “the kill,” after a “run” of two hours. I gave the assistant Nellie’s address and paid for the stuff and the postage. If she can find the effrontery to tell me the colour is not right, I shall tell her I chose the particular shade of flame that best matched my feelings, and if she has any tact she will let sleeping dogs lie. ORANGE BLOSSOMS HOLDER—DRAKE A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Luke’s Church, Te Kuiti, on Wednesday, May 18, when Edna, the only daughter of the Rev. A. and Mrs. Drake, was married by her father to Mr. Francis Alleyne Holder, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Holder, of Kaitaia, North Auckland. The bride, ho was given away by the Rev. F. B. Dobson, vicar of Manurewa, a very old friend of the family, wore a dainty frock of white silk georgette trimmed with accordeon pl-eating and silver lace. Silver shoes were worn and an exquisite veil of filmy tulle fell from a chaplet of orange blossoms. The bridal bouquet was of delicate pink chrysanthemums and tiny white flowers, mingled with asparagus fern. Miss Margaret G. Young attended as bridesmaid, wearing a pretty frock of powder blue crepe de chine, with a dainty hat to match. Miss Mavis Rouse, the second bridesmaid, wore a coral pink crepe de chine frock and a hat to tone. Miss Ina Harrisan, another atendant, wore a frock of lettuce green crepe de chine, trimmed with silver lace, and a picture hat. Each bridesmaid carried a delightful bouquet of chrysanthemums and fern in tones to harmonise with their frocks. Mr. Edward Beatson, of Nelson, a cousin of the bridegroom, acted as best man. The church had been beautifully decorated with masses of autumn flowers by a number of friends of the bride, and made an exquisite setting for the delicate beauty of the gowns worn by the pretty group who assembled at the altar. . The service was a fully choral one, Mr. A. Morath presiding at the organ. After the ceremony a reception was held at the Vicarage, when a large number of guests were received by Mrs. Drake. Among those present were the following:—Miss Drake, aunt of the bride; Miss C. Holder, sister of the bridegroom; Lieutenant-Colonel C. B. Brereton and Miss Brereton, uncle and aunt of the bridegroom; Mrs Mitford and Mr Brereton, of Nelson, cousins of the bridegroom; Miss Hamlin, and a number of members of St. Luke’s Vestry and their wives. When Mr. and Mrs. Holder left later by the Northern train the bride donned a charming gown of bronze-gold colouring with a reseda green egat trimmed with fur. A QUIET WEDDING MORRIS—SMEDLEY A quiet wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Te Awamutu. recently, when Miss Mildred Smedley was married by the Rev. W. Butterworth to Mr. Ernest A. Morris The bride was attended by her sister. Miss Eva Smedley, as bridesmaid, while the duties of best man were carried out by Mr. R. Smedley. To remove peach stains from materials rub the stained part with pure glycerine, then wash with water.