BAND ENTERTAINS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 932, 27 March 1930, Page 4

BAND ENTERTAINS

! DANCING. CARDS AND MUSIC DEVONPORT FUNCTION Resplendent in handsome new Ullj forms with sold braid and national blue facings, the members of the Devonport United Band entertained in tt, ; Masonic Hall, last evening, to ; brate the acquisition of the new uni I forms; tho money to provide was raised by a recent queen carnival Mr. E. Bull, chairman of the fc,„t I committee, presided over the gather ; ;ng and guests were entertained bv cards concert, items and dancing * I The Mayor and Mavoress M r ' , ' -Mrs. K. A. Aldridge, attended' d'uri£~ the evening and congratulated S? out its p 1 aycrL‘i n pmk‘ r, n | terms. am- ; The band played a selection »iv Ballon in Mascliera.” as a sneciai „„ n : tribution to the evening's 'Vnto'rUin " ! Breda l.etHerland and M r ~ McMichael supplied songs. Bailee Music was in the hands of Mr. Hiii? lottons orchestra. WUui Among those present were:—Mrs \ xx- | Tat ton. in cigar brown crenc r • • j relieved by a scarlet ro s '™Mrjßmw“ j tord, Mack crepe de chine: Mrs. J Hail : «r k^ton«^i vet; Mrs. tiasson. (due georgette v.f‘ Melville, figured ninon; Mi.-i T lb.tw lord idle green crepe de , hinw. M.. p Kntherford. pink t.-u Teat; Miss M n-V dock, cherry georgette; blue crepe de chine. -Atoll, The women’s committee -\IV« Mrs. Elder. Mrs. G„h"“knd SSSSr^tSS? ,he hau ta • —ffiWOMEN AS BUTLERS MEN BEING REPLACED IN WEALTHY MAYFAIR HOMES "Women are taking the place of the old-fashioned butler in the homes of ! wealthier English families, j “The butler is fast dying out,” said . the manageress of a leading domestic j employment agency in Mayfair. “He is ; being replaced by a woman, j “Butlers have great difficulty in ob- ; tabling new posts nowadays, "and the majority of them have to" seek other ; types of work as they fall out of emi ployment. i “Many wealthy people, although they j keep much smaller homes than before ; the war, cannot afford to keep a butler i nowadays. “Not only does she take the place of ; the male butler, but the footman, who • formerly assisted the butler, has I ceased to exist. One woman is thus ! employed to do the work that two I men did in a larger house."