FEMININE REFLECTIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 380, 14 June 1928, Page 5

FEMININE REFLECTIONS

HAMILTON NOTES (From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, Wednesday. Mrs. P. E. Cleary, formerly of Christchurch, Is now living' in Hamilton. * * * Mrs. A. H. Hopkins has returned from a holiday in Rotorua. Mrs. Anderson, of Auckland, is the guest of Mrs. P. RusseLl in Claude - | lands. Miss E. Sherer has left for a short j holiday in New Plymouth. i Mr. and Mrs. D. Jolly have returned ; to their home at Wharepuhanga. i Mrs. T. O’Callaghan, who has been i in Rotorua for a short visit, lias rej turned to Claudelands. Miss Nell Blair, of Wellington, is visiting friends in Hamilton. Miss Marion Shaw left yesterday for a holiday in New Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Peppercorn and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Entwistle, of Cambridge, are at present in Rotorua. * ■* * Mrs. Frank Jolly has returned to her home in Hamilton after a long stay at Wharepuhanga. * * * Mrs. B. Meek, of North Auckland, is in Hamilton at present and will later go to Te Aroha. BRIDGE PARTIES. On Tuesday night Miss Ruby ajid Miss Bessie Vickery gave a very jolly bridge party for some of their young friends.

Miss Ruby Vickery was dressed in a pretty frock of mist blue and beige, and Miss Bessie Vickery wore an attractive frock of scarlet embroidered creoe do chine and georgette. Those present were Misses D. Clark, C. Chitty, I. Hawkens. B. Manning, K. Oliver, T. Monckton, N. Monckton, N. Valder, G. Hammond, D. Wilson. There was a prize given for the one who came nearest to a hidden number, and this was won by Miss D. Clark, while the consolation prize was won by Miss D. Wilson. Last night Mrs. Noel Johnson gave a bridge party for Mrs. Melville Bell, who is leaving in a few days for Africa, where she will spend some months. The rooms were decorated with autumn leaves and early jonquils.

Mrs. Johnson was in a becoming frock of floral chiffon, and the guest of the evening wore a striking frock of beige lace, over which she wore a bridge coat of deep rose ring velvet. The other guests were Mrs. T. Fraser, Mrs. H. Valder, Mrs. T. Rogers, Mrs. A. Coventry, Mrs. E. Mears, Mrs. C. Reece, Mrs. Seymour, and Miss Moore.

Mrs. J. Oliphant, of Te Awamutu. entertained a number of her friends at a very jolly bridge afternoon on Tuesday. Her cosy drawing room was decorated with yellow chrysanthemums and autumn leaves, made bright with a blazing fire.

Mrs. Oliphant was wearing a frock of rose du barrie crepe de chine. Her guests were Mesdames Raymond Jones, McCurdie, K. Rickett, G. Teasdale, A. H. Storey, Reece, McKenzie, A. J. McGovern, C. T. Rickett, Dunn, Armstrong, Swarbrick, J. North, Layne, and Misses Elliot and Irwin. The prize for the highest score was won by Mrs. Raymond Jones, and the one for the hidden number by Mrs. Reece. FAREWELL MORNING TEA This morn ins Mrs. J. Page gave a delightful tea party for Mrs. Melville Bell in the Lyceum Lounge. Mrs. Bell is president of the Hamilton Ladies’ Golf Club, vice-president of the Plunket Society, and also vice-president of the Lyceum Club, so Mrs. Page had invited members of these clubs to bid farewell to Mrs. Bell. The lounge was artistically decorated with autumn foliage and shaded yellow flowers. The other guests included Mrs. C. Holloway, Mrs. A. M. Bisley, Mrs. H. Douglas, Mrs. H. J. Greenslade, Mrs. F. M. Spencer, Mrs. C. Fowler, Mrs. E. V. Stace, Mrs. IT. T. Gillies, Mrs. A, Whitehorn, Mrs. P. Steward, Mrsfl E. P. Cowles, Mrs. F. Vickery, Mrs. N. Johnson, Mrs. V. Chitty, Mrs. W. H. Stevens, Mrs. W. Steward, Mrs. E. P. Cowles, Mrs. F. Fraser, Mrs. 11. Valder.

An interesting visitor to New Zealand is Miss Prue Theobald, of London. Miss Theobald is the niece of the late Admiral Theobald, who, as a young officer, saw service in this country during the Maori wars. Miss Theobald has lived in countries as divided as Canada and Italy; she is enthusiastic in praise of all she has seen here, and likens our almost perpetual sunshine to the climate of the South of France. Although, during her six months sojourn, she lias made a comprehensive tour of both Islands, she intends to return at a future date. She has been staying in Hamilton with her aunt, Mrs. F. Brooke.