St. Mary's Church Social

Waipukurau Press, Volume I, 10 August 1906, Page 3

St. Mary ' s Church Social

The second winter social in connection with St. Mary s Church was held in the school hall on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance, and those present made the best of the time. The social took the form of the representation of a book, and concluded with the somewhat humourous charade, “ The Wearing o’ the Green.” .Eor those who had no book title ample provision was made in the form of parlour games of various kinds, and were entered into with great spirit. Miss Grosvener (piano) and Messrs Nicholson (violins) played a very acceptable selection during the early part of the evening. In the book representation, some of the efforts were decidedly good, some easy to guess, while others were so obscure that none could guess them. After a fair amount of time had been allowed in which the competitors were allowed to discover the book titles ot one another, and the totals having been compared. Mr Cook announced that Miss B. Winlove had guessed the greatest number, for which she received an ink bottle. Messrs Florance and Venables were appointed judges of the most original representation of a book title, and after careful scrutiny gave their verdict in favour of Mrs Nelson’s “ Talk of the Town,” being a representation of the Kitson and 20th Century Gas lights. Mr C J. Cook’s “ J. Chilcott, MP.”, and Miss Smart’s “ Footprints m the Snow,” were about the best of the others. The prize in this class was a picture frame. In the interval preceding the charade refreshments were handed round bv the ladies. t The eharade, “The Wearing o the Green,” kept the audiance in a simmer of laughter from start to finish. Mr D. J. Graham, in the character of Patrick O Halloran, had the lion’s share of the work, and maintained the character well to the end. The other characters were well sustained by Mr and Mrs Mackay, Misses Harding and Smith, Mr G. H. Graham, and Masters Grosvenor and McKenzie. To Mrs Grosvenor is due the credit for such a good performance. Had it not been that Patrick O Hal loran most distinctly enlightened the audience it is safe to say they would not have found the word which the charade was supposed to indicate, which was Patriot.” The humour of the situation, no doubt, caused them to forget what they were looking for. The ladies’ committee, which assisted so very materially in making the gathering a success, were; — Mesdames Chambers, Bogle, Martin, Smart, Grosvenor, Lomass, Young, and Miss Winlove. Ihe gross takings were £5 ss.