IN Town AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 218, 3 December 1927, Page 18

IN Town AND OUT

SOCIAL NEWS

NOTES Mrs. Alex, de Greenlaw, of Auckland, Is visiting relatives in Poverty Bay. Miss Jean Begg is visiting Dunedin, and is the guest of her brother at North-east Valley. * » » Mrs. P. Webb Jones, of Wanganui, is on a visit to Auckland. Mrs. H. M. Didsbury left last evening on a brief visit to Masterton. Miss Cecily Russell, who has been the guest of Mrs. D. G. Speedy Danncvirke, has returned to Auckland. * * * Mrs. Quigley has returned to Wanganui after a visit to Auckland, where she was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Kenderdine. * ♦ * Miss Bridgeman is a visitor to Hanmer Springs. * * * Miss M. Clark, of Auckland, is visiting Wellington. * * » Mrs. R. Davies, Lower Hutt, is a visitor to Auckland. Mrs. S. J. Stokes, of Auckland, left yesterday by the Ulimaroa en route to Perth, where she will make her future home. She was accompanied by her mother and sister, Mrs. M. Bennett and Miss E. P. Bennett. AN ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced of Olive, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Pond, Elierslie, to Walter Edgar, eldest son of Mr. and the late Mrs. W. E. Bpriggs, of Morrinsville.

OLD THAMES GIRLS GIFTS FOR THE NEEDY A meeting of members and friends of the Old Thames Girls’ Association will bo held in the Methodist Hall, Pitt Street, next Tuesday, at 2 p.m. A musical programme will be submitted, and afternoon tea will be served. Social workers will address the meeting. Each member of the association is giving one new garment, and friends are providing Christmas gifts for the needy.

TINNED-FRUIT DISHES

GY das© a fireproof dish with butter or margarine, arrange the peaches or apricots from a tin neatly in the dish, cut side up. Fill up the hollows in the fruit with bread or cake crumbs. Mix the syrup of the fruit with a teaspoonful of lemon juice, sugar to taste, and a spoonful of sherry. Pour this over the peaches, cover with more breadcrumbs, put a few small pieces of butter here and there over the top, and pour over Joz of oiled butter. Brown in a quick oven. Serve with custard or cream. Apricot and Peach Fritters Open a tin of peaches or apricots, drain the syrup from the fruit, sprinkle the pieces of fruit with caster sugar, and roll them in cake or biscuit crumbs. Dip in frying batter and fry in hot fat. Drain on soft paper, and pile on a d’oyley on a hot dish Sprinkle with caster sugar and finely chopped almonds.

A FAREWELL PARTY Miss Vera Ziman, who leaves Auckland on December 9, en route for a visit to Palestine, gave a delightful little farewell party to a number of her friends in the lounge of the Lyceum Club yesterday afternoon. The room was attractively decorated with bright flowers, and made a very charming setting for the pretty frocks worn by Miss Ziman’s guests. Miss Ziman was in a dainty frock of flower patterned wistaria and white crepe de chine with a hat of wistaria tone to match.

Her guests included:— Mrs. Caselberg, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. J. Hayman, Mrs. R. Ziman, Mrs. H. E. Gillespie, Mrs. Cranwell, Mrs. M. McCallum, Mrs. Bramble, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. H. Walton. Mrs C. Trevithick, Mrs. Alva Bartley, Mrs. C. Tucker, Mrs. R. Newcombe, Mrs. Eastgate, Mrs. Ernest Alison, Mrs. C. Prime, Mrs. R. Isaacs, Miss R. Coleman. Mrs. R. Palmer, Miss O. Paykel, Miss B. Paykel, Miss M. Gaudin, Miss M. Early. Miss M. Ballantyne, Miss R. Rogers, Miss Joy Bartley, Miss M. Hay, Miss H. Bews, Miss I. Cranwell, Miss M. Webster.

Princess Astrid and the Stork

••BABIES’ BIRD" PRO- ! TECTED BY ROYAL DECREE I BIRTHDAY ORDER 8.15 a.m.—Princess Astrid, Duchess of Brabant, wife of the Belgian Crown Prince, gave birth to a daughter. 12 Noon—The Belgian Government promulgated a decree declaring the stork to be a protected bird. THE decree was not intended to be a Royal tribute to the queer bird that is reputed to carry babies In its mouth. It is, says an English paper, the outcome of efforts which have been made to acclimatise the birds by several people in Belgium. It is now forbidden to shoot or capture storks or to place them in cages. Princess Astrid, “the prettiest princess in Europe,” and her baby, are both doing well. The names chosen Cor the newly-born princess are Josephine Charlotte Ingeborg Elizabeth Marie Jose Marguerite Astrid. Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, mother of Princess Astrid, and the King and Queen of the Belgians, were at the palace when the child wag born. The formal registration of the birth, at which the members of the Government, the presidents of the two Chambers of Parliament, and the first president of the High Court of Appeal, were present, took place at the Bellevue Palace. King Albert was godfather. A salvo of 51 guns announced the birth, and the burgomaster had posters affixed to the city walls recording the joy of the citizens.

A BRIGHT PARTY

A number of friends were charmingly entertained by Mr. and M»rs. McGruer at their new home in Victoria Avenue, Remuera, this week, when Mrs. McGruer was hostess at a little housewarming party. Mrs. McGruer received her guests in a heavily beaded frock of black crepe de chine. Miss Rita McGruer wore a pretty frock of sequinned georgette, in tones of rose pink. Miss Loraa McGruer chose a frock of ecru lace over georgette. Flag bridge was played in the drawing room, which was prettily decorated with flowers. The prize-winners were Mrs. F. Wright, Mrs. J. Martin, and Mr. J. Gow. A dainty supper was served in the dining room, where the table was gay with sweet peas and asparagus fern. An informal little dance was afterwards held in the billiard room. Those present included Mesdames Mathews (Dunedin) Gow, Wright, Murdoch, J. Martin, Dowry, the Misses 13. Wright, M. Wright, K. Johnston (Christchurch), and Messrs. J. Martin, J. Gow, Bone, W. Martin, H. Martin, H. Mathews, J. Binning, and T. Hole. GYMNASTIC CLUB CHEERY DANCE The newly-formed Ho wick Gymnastic Club held a social and dance in the Howick Hall on Thursday evening. A programme of vocal and instrumental items and humorous recitations by Mr. Alan McElwain was thoroughly enjoyed by a large audience. The ladies of the club provided tea and refreshments during the latter part of the evening. The proceeds of the entertainment are to be devoted to the purchase of necessary equipment for the club, recently started in the new school hall of the Presbyterian Church, Uxbridge Street. The members are greatly indebted to th Rev. Thomas Scott for his kindly assistance in the initial success of this movement, and to the managers of the Presbyterian Church for placing their new hall at their disposal for this useful purpose. FROCKS FROM ISOBEL FOR “PYGMALION” Miss Dynda Murphy, the young woman wno is to poxy the part of "Eiza" in the presentation of Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion," to be given by tne Bittle Tueatre Society at the Town l-iail .concert chamber shortly, is a fortunate person indeed, for not only has she one of the “fattest” parts, to use a slang term, seen in any recent production, but she is to be dressed at no cost to herself. Isobel, the well known designer and importer of delightful frocks, is lending Miss Murphy all the gowns she will need to carry her successfully through a part that would have entailed very heavy expenditure were one to attempt to dress it, as Shaw intended it to be dressed, at one’s own expense. Some delightful frocks indeed will be worn by Miss Murphy, including an exquisite model of white georgette and crystal embroideries for her opera scene . . . fortunate person indeed to have escaped spending many, many guineas for such a thing. In other respects Miss Murphy would seem to be one of the gods’ favoured ones, for the part she has been given in Pygmalion is the one in which the Hon. Mrs. Pitt Rivers, the well-known daughter of Dord Foster, appeared with ! the Sydney Repertory Players when ' she was seen by J. C. Williamsons, who were so impressed with her interpretation of Diza’s wonderful part that they offered her an engagement with Boucicault, who was then in Australia. We wonder if Miss Murphy’s characterisation will also be so outstanding as to enamour some local representative of “The Firm” and send him post haste to the stage door with humble offers of a great engagement? | RESTORING THE COLOUR SOME SIMPLE HOME-CLEANING HINTS _ A Favourite Silk Jumper If you have a favourite coloured silk jumper that has faded with the sun or through injudicious washing you can restore it to its original colour — or something near it—in the following manner: Wash the jumper in a lather of soap flakes. Have ready a pennyworth of tartaric acid dissolved in enough cold water to rinse the jumper. Rinse thoroughly, and you will find the colour really well revived

ANNUAL MEETING

W.C.T.U. The annual meeting of the Otahuhu branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union was held on Thursday afternoon, in the Methodist School Hail, when there was a large attendance of members. The report submitted showed an active year just closed, and the balance sheet disclosed a sound financial position. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. F Greenwod; vice-presidents, Mesdames Paine and Hall; secretary, Mrs. W. Taylor; treasurer, Mrs. Hall; cradle

roll, Mrs. Handisides; white ribbon agent, Mrs. West; evangelistic; Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Paine, Mrs. Muir; home meetings, Mrs. Wheeler. During the meeting a dainty afternoon tea was provided, and a very enjoyable time was spent.

Their Majesties Entertain.—A new and less formal way of receiving their guests was begun lately by Their Majesties; they remained to welcome them at different ends of the room, instead of standing together.