NOTES FROM CALCIUM.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 31, 15 October 1920, Page 6

NOTES FROM CALCIUM.

(Own Correspondent).

Bachelors' Baii.-The prfwa vited to this function but through the window revealedT^ PwI« arly gay assemblage of inWtjn ladies and interested-lookiria ^ case someone else is giving * ^ Ii f acts of the affair I leave it L ,. ie Explanatory. The etceter^ m a future issue of this journal' correspondent strained hig ^ ing foot trying to get a good%+ J! *lit" the window to see who was ha f most danc.es with his begt girl ** N.B.— Brevity is briefness. P.S.— How can people expect a iB]u to report a hall that he °* through the xvindow ! ^ BACHELORS 0F CALCIUM, (Special Correspondent), Delightful music, excefient fioor ^ some women, stalwart mein, de'lici edibles, squally wealher-^u'ch ^ JJ w«re conditions prevailing at CaI(!on Friday evening last when a large ber of young people from far and m gathered at the hall in response to ^7, vitation of the Calcium bachelors, DinrJ T. MacKenzie and ' Miss R, (Lorne), led off the grand march in ^ some fifty couples participated. etart to finish the function was carr^ out with a swing that reflects much cre4fc on all responsible. A feature of the night's enjoymentwaaft4 splendid music supplied by the orchesirv-. Miss Nuttall (piano), and Messrs Crooy (violin), and Hunter (corhet). Thehr harmony and choice of music delighted dancers and non-dancers alike. DnrinB the supper interval Mr Hunter played a cornet soio, "Bubhles," which will bt long remembered by those privileged tfl hear it. Miss K. McNeil kindly played several extra®. The office of M.C. wa3 capably filkd by Mr Wm. Mollison, and to him, al 'eonvenor of the fioor committee, nraii also be given a great measure of the credlt for the excellent da-ncing surfacA pro> • vided. Mr A. McWilliam, ably mkted by a committee of vouthfnl bachelors, mu responsible for the supper Mrangeiaenta and it is due to his organking the large gathering was catered iot Vrth thoroughness and despatch. Prominent amongst the articles oi rasle decoration shone out the badge oi tht R.S.A. Fully sixty per cent. oi tbl men ^present had seen active &ervtce, To» Digger is a very adaptable persori-tuiiiu the wind up Fritz; hewing a home out ® the wilderness, or circling to the swed strains of an orchestra — h© perfontw ew5 or all of these services as natnrally M a hen lays eggs. No account of this hall (or any other either) would be complete withont mentfoif of the ladies' raiment. . It can bt described adequately in two wordsgorgeous and snfflcient. To say more would betray the ignorance of your "sp«' ial" in matters of f eminine and kxtile. T« say less would betray his entire lach of ip» preciation of what is artistic and decop ous. A bolder spirit wouM inform ywT readers that the dresses were varitd ani various, but what I really want to maii clear is that they were more "more eo than "less so." One thing is certain, the male heart is as susceptible to f®* inine charm to-day as it was some ye»" ago, matured bachelors in Calcium are going to he a very scarcJ commodity. There are a few casefH hardened, old — but we must get hack 4 our dance. We have mentioned the Grand Mareh. There were others — new and old. fox-trot, new to these parts, the Pins, know to our ancestors (not 8 _ Darwin), "the Volnptnous "Waltz, with its haunting melody, La H-inka makes you wish you had rollers on y j shoes, the King's Own with its or regal pomp and military spb11 andsoon through a long and var'M' ^ gramme. It was two o'clock pe'°re^ thought of next day's duties, or u ^ matters of more or less important' the more timid spirits homeward* an hour later the last dance was ^ nounced, and thus concluded wliai » animously voted the most enjoya e of the year. (What do the Iad'es « (| The bachelors have asked your > P ^ to tha-nk all those who contributod success of the function, especi ^ "Digger" management for its promp efficient printing services.