IN TOWN AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 108, 28 July 1927, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

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Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Smithers, of Dunedin. are among the guests at the Commercial Hotel. Mrs. W. B. Hooper and Miss Hooper and Miss J. Donovan, of Hamilton, are visiting Auckland and are staying at the Commercial Hotel. * * * Mrs. B. B. Wood and son. from Christchruch, are staying at the Hotel Cargen. * * * At the Star Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Ross, of Masterton. Guests at the Grand Hotel include Mrs. John Rennie and her daughter, Miss Aileen Rennie, of Christchurch. * * * At the Star Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Ludbrook, from the Bay' of Islands. • • • Miss D. Brady, of Whangarei, is staying at the Royal Hotel. Guests at the Central Hotel include Mr. and Mrs. J. Banks, of Cambridge. Miss -Ethel Robinson. of Christ church, is visiting Auckland and is the guest of Mrs. Waters, Remuera. Mr. and Mrs. Digby Reed, of Dunedin, are at present in Auckland and are staying with friends in Parnell. THE VICTORIA LEAGUE QUARTERLY REPORT The Victoria Deague held a successful At Home last evening in the Lyceum Club rooms, when a large number of members were received by the president, Miss J. Mowbray. A number of visitors from the South were also present and in a charming little speech Miss Mowbray welcomed the- • to the function. Miss Mowbray then gave a short outline of the activities of the league during the past few months. MANY NEW MEMBERS During the past year 100 new members had been elected. Fifty-three letters had been sent to English Public School Boys settled in the Auckland district and many were receiving regular parcels of books and magazines from the Diterature Committee. The recently enlarged league rooms were a source of great help and comfort to the workers on the various committees and a large number of useful gifts had been received from members toward the furnishing of the rooms. The Ever Ready Committee had handed in a cheque for the very substantial amount of £ 53, the result of a jumble sale, while three large mirrors, twenty-four chairs and manyother things had been received. IMPERIAL POLICY A cause of great gratification to the members of the league was the fact that its work was rapidly extending among the younger members, and this was very pleasing and in keeping with the Imperial policy of the league, as it helped to strengthen the bonds of unity among the young people who would be the future citizens and workers of the Empire. A portion of the league’s annual Daffodil Day collection had been regularly donated toward the various young people’s organisations in the city and this distribution would be continued this year when Daffodil Day was held. The date for this day was hot yet definitely fixed, but it would occur eariy in September, and the hope was expressed that all would work to make it an unqualified success. The series of lectures arranged by Mrs. D. Dawes and held in the league rooms each month, had proved a great success and were much appreciated by all who attended them. Mrs. D. S. Rickerby, chairman of the ever-ready sub-committee, spoke of the work of the girls in visiting the hospital every week distributing fruit and sweets to the children. It was announced that a concert had been arranged by this committee and would be held in fcst. Mark’s Hall, Remuera, next Tuesday evening, with the object of raising funds with which to supply and maintain a Victoria Deague cot in the children’s hospital. A dainty supper was served, under the supervision of the hospitality committee. in the lounge that had been attractively decorated with spring flowers by Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Somers. A most enjoyable musical programme, arranged by Mr. W. Crowther, was given, including the following items: Songs, “Hills of Donegal,” Miss Martha Williamson; “Invitation” and •Brown Birds Singing,” Miss Vera Mac Kay; “Spring’s Awakening” and "Little Bunch of Snowdrops,” Mrs. Gatenby; pianoforte solo, Schubert’s “Impromptu in A Flat,” Miss Dillian Quinn, who also acted as accompanist.

PENWOMEN'S LEAGUE

“COMMERCIAL ART” LECTURE BY. MR. GOODWIN The members of the art section of the Deague of New Zealand Penwomen visited the Carlton Studios on Tuesday evening. Air. Goodwin gave an instructive and highly interesting lecture on commercial art, and explained the process of colour lithography from the preliminary sketch or camera study to the finished print. Art has always been more or less commercial in that most artists have had to earn their living by their work, but the present term, “commercial art,” dates back only to IS7O or ISSO, when tiny picture advertisements of the shipping companies began to appear in the London “Times.” We can imagine the conservative old Londoner of those days complaining of the jazz tendencies of journalism, and we wonder what he would have thought of the elaborate colour prints and motion picture slides of our time. Pictures have a most important ecect upon our lives—in fact, woman’s life particularly is governed by the picture presentations of furniture. home comforts, food etc- The merchant of to-day recognises the tremendous selling power of such advertisement. and it is mainly as a sales agent that commercial art has come into its own. Artists have long considered it the depth of degradation to lend their talents to commerce, but in commercial art a compromise between business and imagination has been made, whereby the artist is able to secure a wider market for his work and the manufacturer an increased trade. Mr. Goodwin said he considered a successful commercial artist must have 90 per cent salesmanship and 10 per cent ability to draw. It was absolutely necessary to know the full process of lithography and colour printing. for without that knowledge the artist was working in the dark. The method'of engraving was discovered at the end of the eighteenth century, and was the beginning of commercial art. Before that there were tradesmen’s cards, hanging signs (principally over inns), and woodcuts, but no one thought of taking up art advertisements seriously. Air. Goodwin illustrated his address with original posters, book covers, booklets, labels, and other striking examples of his work. The studio looked attractive with pink and grey curtains, bowls of violets, bits of statuary, and unfinished sketches about the room. Mrs. Goodwin acted as hostess, and served coffee to some 20 guests. COMING-OF-AGE PARTY AT DIXIELAND A delightful party was given at Dixieland last evening by Mrs. J. H. Naylor, of Rangitoto Avenue, Kemuera. in honour of the coming of a<-e of her daughter Phyllis. Mrs. Naylor received her guests in a charming gown of black and gold sequined georgette. Aliss Phyllis Naylor wore a pretty frock of ivory taffeta, with effective Indian embroidery. Among the guests were: lattson - wearing a frock of ejelamen taffeta, trimmed with silver lame. r Na >*lor, Wellington in a frock or mack satin and georgette. Mrs. Bigg, wearing a frock of ivorv georgette trimmed with lace. goidAeqmnfa H gown ton - in a black and f _ TLA' N ®, ylnt > frock of turquoise taff Mrs ta n m vf wi A h cameo P' nk flowers UiL oL Pansett, gown of black crepe faille and marocain. v Mrs. Duncan AlcDonald, green georgette frock, with gold lace. Mrs. R Cadness, frock of black georgette and satin carreau. Airs. R. Aston, frock of moonlight blue georgette, with panels of ecru lace and Indian shawl. AJrs. Southen, kingfisher blue frock of panne velvet, trimmed with gold tissue. Miss Joan Naylor, apricot crepe de chine frock, trimmed with swansdown. Miss Cutler, frock of crab apple satin romaine. Miss Clements, royal blue georgette frock, with silver beading. Aliss Peggy Middleton, frock of silver and white georgette. Aliss M. Joy, cyclamen georgette and silver lace frock. Miss Phyllis Pascoe. black georgette frock, with large blush pink flowers. Miss Irene Pascoe. delphinium blue georgette frock, with silver. Aliss Joyce Buchanan, frock of flame georgette, trimmed with gold lace. Aliss Margaret Widdicombe, black crepe de chine frock, and sequined shawl. Aliss Stonham, frock of ivory embossed crepe de chine, with diamante trimming. Miss Dufaur, apple green frock of taffeta. | Aliss Donn, cyclamen lace frock ovei

Miss Bowman, silver beaded frock of parma violet georgette. Aliss G. Horning, French embroidered I cream taffeta frock and dainty shawl, i Aliss Horning, violet-toned frock of i chenille georgette, and pervenche blue ! shawl. Aliss Hviand, frock of powder blue embossed taffeta, and shawl to tone i Aliss Mavis Wade, shaded frock of <rreen georgette, with gold beaded medal- | ! b °Miss V. Jamieson, salmon pink frock 1 i of georgette and lace. ! Aliss P Turner, shell pink crepe oe [chine frock, with beige lace paneis Aliss J. Wefrnham. primrose tinted frock ! of" georgette and hyacinth blue shawl, j A. large table was attractively ai - I ranged in the form of a horseshoe, i and' was delightfully decorated with I spring flowers and quaint little favours j for each guest. HARD-UP SOCLAL AND MOCK COURT : Last evening the Kereone Oddfellows held a hard-up social in the Kerel one hall, when the costumes worn ■ were most amusing. Bros. W. Norman and H. O. Neale ; very efficiently carried out the duties of M-C.’s. During the vening a mock court | was held. Air. J. Norman acted as ’judge, the clerk of court was Air. El O. Neale, the Crown prosecutor Mr. T. Cummins, the solicitor for the deI fence was Air- H. Osborne, and th€ i constable Air. C. Alanson. The finei i were readily paid.

WEDDING BELLS

RILEY—TROUGHEAR For her wedding at St. Columba Church last evening. Edith, the fifth daughter of the late Air. R. Troughear ; and Airs. Troughear. of Te Rerenga. chose a charming toilette of cream duchess satin, fashioned with dainty panels of silver lace and enhanced with a beautiful veil of Brussels lace. Sweet peas and Iceland poppies in delicately | pretty shades, composed her bouquet, j The groom was Edmund Riley, the | only son of Air. and Mrs. Riley, of | Richmond, and he was attended by Air. I Cyril Boles as best man and Mr. Robert : Ward, of Sydney, as groomsman. The f eremony was solemnised by the Rev. !R. H. Hobday, M.A., and appropriate nuptial music was played by Air. E. Joy. Two maids attended the bride wearing delightful frocks of petunia georgette prettily trimmed with Betty blue satin. Their quaint little head-dresses were composed of tiny hand-made flowers, and they each carried a bouquet of primroses, daffodils and golden wallflowers mingled with fern. They wer| the Atisses Maude Troughear. sister of the bride, and Audrey Troughear, a niece of the bride. After the ceremony a reception was held, when a large number of guests were received by the bride’s mother, who wore a handsome gown of black silk marocain with a black hat and furs to tone. She carried a dainty posy of violets. The . bridegroom's mother wore a smart black ensemble suit of repp, cloth with furs and a black hat, and carried a bouquet of violets. The bride’s going-away frock was of bois de rose charmeline, with a coat and hat to tone and a handsome platinum fox fur. Among those present at the reception were: Air. and Airs. Crowder. Air. and Airs. Redwood, Airs. Leslie Spicer, Air. and Airs. Watson, Aliss M. A J ills, Aliss Alillis, Aliss Dorothy Spicer. Aliss Redwood. Miss Edith Cloutt, Aliss Beverley Alills, and many others. WRIGHT—'GERAGHTY Last week an exceedingly pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church between James, son of Air. Agnes Wright, of Mauku, and Bessie, second daughter of Mrs. and the late Air. B. G. Geraghty, of Tuakau. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Lyons, assisted by the Rev. Father Taylor. Airs. Eric Baker, sister of the bride, officiated at the organ. Escorted to the church by her brother, Mr. J. R. Geraghty, the bride looked charming in a frock of white crepe de chine and panne velvet, with applique trimmings. Her veil was of silk tulle and was surmounted by a coronet of silver lace and orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of narcissi. white and pink rosebuds and maidenhair fern. Aliss A'era Geraghty. who attended her sister as bridesmaid, was dressed in shell pink crepe de chine and silk tulle, her head-dress being of silver leaves and flowers. Her bouquet was similar to that of the bride’s. The flower girl, little Aliss Alma Baker, niece of the bride, was wearing a frock of white crepe de chine and velvet, trimmed with tiny pink rosebuds, and her head-dress was of pale pink tulle. A dainty posy of pastel coloured flowers was carried by the flower girl. Mr. F. Geraghty attended in the capacity of best man. Subsequent to the wedding breakfast the happy couple left on their honeymoon tour, the bride’s travelling toilette being a smartly tailored dress of duchess blue and fawn, with a coat of grey velour and skunk, and a fur and hat to tone. The bridegroom’s gift to the bridesmaid was a pearl ring, and to the flower girl a gold bangle. FOR THE NAVY LEAGUE THREE-ACT COMEDY

The brilliant three-act comedy, “Ariadne, or Business First,” by A. A. Alilne. will be presented on Friday and Saturday evenings in the Unity Hall by *a band of talented amateurs. The performances should arouse considerable interest and attract large audiences. The proceeds will be donated toward the Navy League funds. Those taking part in the comedy will include Mrs. Alexander Kinder, Airs. C. Hugh Fenton, Aliss Aleg Kisslir>~ Aliss Audrie Bay ley, Air. Fryer-Raisher, Air. J. E. Alackie and Commander Aliddleton. BOWLERS ENTERTAINED The members of the Dominion Road Bowling Club were entertained last evening by Mr. and Mrs. Balderson at their residence in Grange Road, when the evening was spent in playing 500. After supper, which was served at the cessation of play, Mr. Kelly, president of the Bowling Club, thanked the host and hostess on behalf of the company for their hospitality. A BRIDGE AFTERNOON Airs. Balderson, of Grange Road. Alount Eden, was the hostess yesterday at a delightful bridge arternoon when a large number of tables were arranged. The rooms were attractively decorated with bowls of roses, Iceland poppies and narcissi. The winners at bridge were Airs. Penn. Airs. AlcXicholl and Airs. Kearney, while at 500, which was also played, the winners were Airs. Harry Clarke, Mrs. Ramsay ani Mrs. Cannon. Afternoon tea was served in the billiard room. Mrs. Balderson wore a charming frock of Betty blue crepe de chine trimmed with ecru lace.

SOCIAL AND DANCE BRISTOL CLUB A most enjoyable social and dance was held last evening - in the Forester’s Hall by the Bristol Social Club. During the evening several appreciable items were given by the McAnney sisters and Mr. Cameron’s troupe of Highland dancers. Dance music was provided by a huge electrically amplified gramophone, which was ideal to say the least. Above and around the dancing floor decorations of multi-coloured stream- | ers and paper flowers, artistically arranged, provided a pleasing atmos- | phere. j Among those present were: Mrs. C. Hughes, wearing a frock of i powder blue beaded georgette, i Mrs. H. Buchanan in a turquoise blue ! and gold brocaded georgette frock. ! Mrs. M. Kerr, oriental and black satin J frock. ) Mrs. S. Ward, frock of emerald green ! satin and cream lace. j Mrs. J. McAneany, black georgette I frock with royal blue trimmings. Mrs. G. Maxwell, black and cerise georj gette frock. Mrs. A. McCarr, apricot crepe de chine frock. Miss Brokenshire, emerald green panne velvet frock. ! Miss K. Pauli, apricot satin frock, j Miss K. Fox. apricot crepe de chine I frock with beading. Miss Pennycooke, amethyst taffeta j frock. Miss I. Chitty, rose de bois crepe de ! chine frock. | Miss X. Gaw, mauve taffeta frock with : cerise trimmings. Miss Bran, light green and silver tissue frock. Miss Ashdown, shot mauve taffeta frock. Miss McAneany. black georgette frock with oriental trimmings. • Miss Allison, pink crepe de chine and ! lace frock. Miss E. Sheen, blue and sil\ er shot taffeta frock. Miss L. Watkins, royal blue satin gown. Miss Gwillian, lavender taffeta frock. Miss Hargreaves, pale green figured satin frock. Miss E. Keenan, white georgette with silver trimmings. Miss Williams, frock of green crepe de chine. Miss D. Chitty, cyclamen figured frock of georgette. Miss M. Reid, blue taffeta frock. Miss Stewart, frock of coral pink crepe de chine. Miss Melville, black satin frock. Miss M. Sheen, frock of apricot taffeta. Miss Smith, blue georgette and silver lace frock. Miss Monaghan, henna crepe de chine and gold lace frock. Miss Wyngrave, frock of orange taffeta.

AN ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Vera May, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Naylor, 37 Rangitoto Avenue, Remuera, to Richard Graham, only son of Mrs. K. Fansett, of Carrick Place, Mount Eden.