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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1916, Page 6

BY EILEEN." v Eileen " will be glad to receive items of interest and { value to women for publication or reference in this column. j

NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL NEWS. | Mrs. Claude Weston is the guest of Mrs. E. A. Walker. ! I Miss Good (Hawera) is the guest of Mrs. F. G. Evans. I * * * Mrs. Colson is on a visit to Auckland. ♦ » » Mrs. G. Kebbell is on a visit to Wellington. • • * I Miss B. George (Auckland) is the i guest of Mrs. R. George. I Mrs. Paget (Stratford) is spending the week-end with Mrs. R. Cock (Vogeltown). J • * * Mr. and Mrs, A, C. Fookes, who are at present in Wanganui, return by toniglit's express. » • • Miss Warren and Miss Hardy (Xapier) ar e at present staying at the' Mountain House. « » * Misses Stephens (2), who have been staying at the Mountain House, have returned to Auckland. * * * Miss D. Bedford, who has been holi-day-making in Wellington, returns to New Plymouth on Monday. i♦« " » Mrs. F. Firth, who has been on a visit to Auckland, has returned to Xew Ply- . mouth. ' | * • i Mrs. H. Brookman, who has been spending a week at the Mountain House, lias returned. • . I Miss .7. Curtis, who is "at present visiting friends at Stratford, le(tVe 9 shortly for Bulls. J. • , | Rev. M. Devenish and Mrs. Devenish, j Tasmania, who have been the guests of •Mrs. Devenish, New Plymouth, have left ! for Auckland i I » • • | ! Mrs. Paseoe. formerly of Xew Ply- j i mouth, was in town this Week, but has ; I now returned to Wellington. | * I Mrs. Adams, of Renniera, who has been visiting Mrs. F. G. Evans, has returned to Auckland. i Mesdames Miriams and Burrows (Dunedin), who have been staying at the Mountain Rouse, have returned. ', Mrs. P. A. Hadlcy, who has been on ja visit to New Plymouth, has returned Ito Auckland, but hopes to leave Wellington shortly with Mr. Hadlcy by the Nii>!ra>a for America. j • • j •Mrs. Brown (Wellington), who i? on I p. visit to Auckland, was the of | Miss Wade during her short stay in New I Plymouth. '

Mrs. and Miss Seddon. who have been on a short visit to New Plymouth, have returned to Wellington. Mrs. Lundius, who has been acting as wardrobe mistress to the Fete of Nations (a patriotic performance), returns to Wanganui on Monday. *t * * Miss Gwen Pellew left by the mail train yesterday morning to take up her duties on the nursing staff of the Christchurch Hospital. » # « Mrs. R. George, who has been staying in Auckland for several weeks, .where she was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Devore, of Parnell, has returned. Mrs. Quilliam, with her daughter, Mrs. L Horroeks (Feilding) and Miss Horrocks (Auckland), who have been staying at the Dawson's Falls House, have returned to Xew Plymouth. The engagement is announced of Miss Ella Hursthouse, of Wellington, to Mr. Robert Dowker. Mr. Dowker is attached to the A.S.C., and left with the 10th Reinforcements, * * * Miss Joyce Wilson and Miss Airini Pope, both having gained scholarships at the Xew Plymouth Girls' High School, which will enable them to attend the Victoria College for the next four years, left on Tuesday by the express for Wellington * • • On Thursday tyst Mrs. E. A. Walker gave a jolly little tennis party, and each guest was requested to bring a khaki handkerchief, which will be forwarded, with other comforts, to the boys at the front. A dainty afternoon tea was served. Amongst those present were: Rev. Richards and Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Crooke and .Misses Crooke (3). Misses Leatham and B. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Weston, Mrs. C. Weston, Mrs. R. Quilliah, Miss Wade and Miss Simpson. *• • , Sister Bernstein occupies the unique position of being the second lady delegate to attend the district meeting of the Taranaki Oddfellows, which was held at Manaia last week, and is in addition the Noble' Grand of tlie Waitara Lodge. To mark the occasion, she was the recipient at tlie hands of the retiring Grand Master, Fro. E. H. Bellringer. o? a handsome sold brooch on behalf of the delegate- assemb'ed, NOTES I wished to see how two bachelorgirls of my acquaintance managed in a flat, and now my opportunity had come, as I had been invited to dinner (says a writer In the Sydney, Morning Herald). When I had removed my outdoor things in a small room, which held wardrobe, trunks, and toilet table, I was taken into a larger room —the bed-sitting room —and given a footstool and comfortable chair in which to rest whilst the two girls brought in dinner. The floor was of dark stained wood, and on it was laid a few good rugs, whilst the walls were plain colored with but one or two water colors—a fact I appreciated as being more artistic and "restful" to tired nerves than a lumber of small "objets d'art." Against one wall was a couch covered with an Oriental material in purple and gold, and at the back three large cushions rested against the wall, and were covered with' dark purple silk, matching the couch.' The wliole "Jfair IT maYTvlrUvDer) wa» really '•>- —•