OPEN EVENING.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20264, 5 August 1937, Page 5

OPEN EVENING.

WAIKATO LYCEUM CLUB. PRESENTATION OF PLAYS. The presentation of three one-act plays was greatly enjoyed by the large number of members and their friends present last evening on the occasion of the open evening of the literary circle of the Lyceum Club. Incidental muslo between each play by Miss Annette Gillies was also much appreciated. BotfW -of Iceland popples,, wattle and peach blossom had been artistically arranged in the lounge, and later in the evening a delicious supper was served. The guests were received by the president of the club, Mrs Hugh Douglas, wearing a frock of black georgette, and fur cape. Miss M. Lovel, convener of the oircle, who was presented with a posy

ot violets and daphne, w-as -wearing a frock of mulberry ring velvet. The plays were read by the following:— “A Marriage Has Been Disarranged" (Muriel Box) —Mrs Barlow, Mrs W. J. Stevens; Clarice Holmes, Mrs F. Bullock; Klsie Freeman, Mrs J. Horton ; Ida Sewell, Miss M. Lovel; Adelaide Holt, Mrs S. N. Ziman; Mildred Sykes, Mrs B. Elphick; Gladys, Mrs J. Foreman; A Stranger, Mrs G. L. Mac Diarmid. ‘‘l Made You Possible" (Ivor Brown)—Ada Cottingham, Mrs Kaber Harrison; Betty, Mrs J. Horton; The Bather, Mrs J. Foreman; The Golfer, Mrs Elphick; The Rider, Mrs S. N. Zlman; The Tennis Player, Mrs C. W. Vennell (Cambridge). "Beauty for Sale" (Muriel Box) Madame G-.-raldlne, Miss M. Lovel; Laura, Mrs C. W. Vennell; Jane, Mrs Elphick; Mrs Royden-Lyle, Mrs F. Bullock; Audrey Lome, Mrs BarreV; Mrs Smithson, Mrs Stevens. Among those present were: Mesdames E. C. Day, A. R. Brown, W. G. Pountney, A. P. Speedy, 0. S. Ellis, St. L. 11. Gribben, G. P. Rogers, Frank Brewer, J. Taylor (Christchurch), O. Heerdegen, F. J. Barrett, A. W. Ward, 11. Livingstone, €.. L. Mac Diarmid, F. Bullock, F. Pratt, W. P. Aldridge, T. C. Reynolds, Howard Hammond. W. A. Schultz, C. W. Vennell (Cambridge). Mesdames J. McNicol, H. N. Hallett, A. Montgomerie, J. Dalziell, L. Waddel., S. Vickery, .1. Horlon, E. P. Cowles, J. Thompson, P. Hunter, J. if. Griffiths, R. S. A. Graham, B. Elphick, Hubert Hammond, L. Barton, J. Foreman, Kaber Harrison, S. N. Zinian, W. J. Stevens, H. T. Gillies. Misses G. Eggleston, E. Wilson, G. Wyatt, E. Eggleston. M. Bell, W. Nicholls, V. Gunn, S. Eastwood i) Grimths, E. Owen (Te Kauwhata),’ Nell Ward. Jeannette Ward, Bet»v Bisley, B. Sinclair, Thyra Lowes, Annette Gillies.