CLARKE MEMORIAL HOSTEL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 November 1920, Page 4

CLARKE MEMORIAL HOSTEL.

ENTERTAINMENT IN AID OF' : FUNDS. To-morrow evening and on Friday evening at the Workers' Social Hnli, New Plymouth, a concert and entertainment will be given in aid of the girls' hostel. Tennyson's ''Dream of Fair Women" is known to nearly everyone: The poet represents a man who, reading Chancer'* "Legend of Oood Women" in some old library, falls asleep, and in a dream sees the famous heroines of old legend and history, who pass before him and toll-him their stories of love and war and death and sacrifice. Helen of Troy (Miss Dew), Iphigenia, her victim (Miss D. Bradbury), Cleopatra (Miss D. Watkins), who'ruled in Egypt with beauty and display worthy the Queen of Slieba, .Tcphthah's'daughter (Miss Olive Palmer), who died to save her father's vow, our own English Fair Rosamond (Miss F. Winfield), St. Joan of Are (Miss Bennoch), latest canonised of all the saints—these will all be seen in appropriate costumes, with special music (which Mrs. A. W. Webster is playing) and dances as they recount their tragic tales to the dreamer (Mr. Ethcrington). The second part of the programme on Thursday will consist of" a. concert, with orchestral items by Mrs. Movcrley's orchestra, and songs by Mrs. A. B.'MaoDonald (Del Riego's "Waking of Spring," and Mallinson's "Sing, Break into Song"), violin solo by Mr, R Murphy, and songs by Mr. A. L North, "Lolita," (BuzziPecia), and "To-morrow" (F. Ne.tlc). On Friday evening the second part will include a piano solo by Mr. Arnold Stnrrock, and Mrs. ,1. Eraser, formerly Miss Winnie Nixon, who is known to many in New Plymouth, has consented to sing at this,concert.

As this is the first public effort in aid of the funds of the girls' hostel, now to be associated with the name of the late Mr. James Clarke, a large attendance is hoped for.