SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 49, 21 November 1907, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

. Tho lifo of the Wellington woman nowadays is not monotonous, for, though there are day 3 that are, from a social point of view, exceedingly slack, these arc interspersed with days when so many things happen that ono can scarcely remomber them. Yesterday was ono of those days. Tho Rose and Carnation Show in the Concert Room of the Town Hall was, in point of numbers, a very great success, and this was no do,ubt largely due to the efforts of tho Ladies' Committee, who had not only promised to provide afternoon tea; but had talked tho show up among their friends, until as many people camo as the hall could comfortably _ hold. That is a faint way of expressing it, for, as a matter of fact, the hall was uncomfortably crowded, and many wero tho people who wished that tho larger hall had been taken, or that somo iiso had beon 1 made of the wide corridor. It was difficult to 'get a clear view of the rose tables, and impossible to get a comparative view of the table decorations, somo of which were exceedingly pretty and efFective. Ono hardly knew how to vote, as there were several that seemed to deserve tho prize, but only ono vote Was allowed to oach visitor. ' Tea was served behind a. green barrier at the end of the hall, and the president's party occupied the platform. His guests were —Her Excellency Lady Plunket (who opened tho show), tho Hon. Kathleen Plunket, Lady Stout, Lady Ward, Mesdames Wallis, Hislop, Rhodes, T. C. Williams, Riddiford, Joseph, and Ross. Among the friends of the Ladies' Committee who helped to dispense the tea wero Misses . Ward, O'Connor, Harding (2), Stout, Stafford, Quick, and Dean.

Mr., and Mrs. W. A. Kennedy gave an afternoon tea on board the Union Company's new turbine the Maori, and a groat many of those who had been at the flower showwent on to see the beautiful new boat. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy stood at the head of the companion to receive their guests, who came to tho number of over a hundred. "Up the stairs and down and along the alley-ways tho guests went, admiring the airy cabins,- gay with flowered chintz hangings, tho burnished electric heaters adding a suggestion' of comfort for cold weather, the spacious musicroom, and tho saloon, with its white'' woodwork and artistic green upholstery. ' Among the guests were Lady Stout, Lady' "Ward, Lady Steward, Mesdames Beauchamp, Thorno, George, Pollen, Fisher, Trask, Ewen, Jones, Loughnan, Hogg, Christio, and Maearthy, Misses Ward, Watson, . Jones, and Beauchamp, and Sir Robert Stout, Sir William Steward, Dr. Pollen, Messrs;. Beauchamp, Hogg, Poolo, Hons. Loughnan and Trask, -Eraser, Fisher, Rutherl6rd, : and Sidoy. Lady Ward christqncd tho Masri at Dumbarton during her recent' visit' to the Old Country.

A wedding of great interest to many residents in Wellington and the Hutt took place yesterday at St. James's Church, Lower Hutt, when Mr. J. E. D. Spicer, chief clerk of the Auckland branch of tho Agricultural Department, was married to' Miss Ella Adams, only daughter of Mr. C. W.'rAdams, formorly" Commissioner of Lands and Oniif Surveyor'.for Marlborough. The ceremony was • performed' by the Rev. Joshua Jones. Mr. It. It. Percival acted as best' man, and Mr. . C. Hjorring as groomsman. The bridesmaids were Miss Moore, of Blenheim, and' Miss Lila Spicer, and two little nieces of the bride. The bride wore a charmingly simple gown of white, silk, trimmed witi> lace, and the bridesmaids wore in frocks of pale pink silk muslin and hats wreathed with roses. After tho ceromony a reception, attended by many guests, was held at the homo of the bride's parents. The bride and bridegroom reoeived a number, of beautiful presents, including much silver and china.

The sale of work in connection with the English Church, Brooklyn, was opened on Wednesday afternoon in Fulford's Hall oy Mr..Barber, M.H.R. Its object is to pay off the remainder of the church debt of £12it. and,, with fine weather and'a good attendance, there is every prospect of a large portion of the amount being elfaced. The stallholders are:—Guild stall, Mesdames E. Smith and Furniss; (lower stall, Misses Andersen, C l'robyn, E. Morris; lollie stall. Miss i>. Wright; girls' guild, Misses M. Wright and Pettengell; bran tub, Mesdames Matthews and Probyn; tea-room, Mrs. Fortune and the Misses Smith. Aunt Sallie and the Mysterious Talking Head also take an important part in the day's work. Yesterday afternoon at Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, the wedding took place of Mr. Frederick Arthur Baker, third son of Mr. W. Baker ,of Feilding, to Miss Mabel Louise Bennett, eldest daughter of Mr. A'. J. Bennett, of Woolcombe Street. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Gladys Bennett, her cousin, Miss Irene Bennett, and Miss Edith Murphy, niece of tho bridegroom. Mr. Victor R. Bennett, brother of the bride, was best man. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of the bride's parents. Mrs. Wallis and Mrs. C. W. Tanner and family, who leave to-day for England by the Rimutaka, will take with them the best wishes of their friends for a pleasant journey. Mrs. Findlay, who has been spending a few days at Waikanae, returned to town last evehing. Miss Gladys Anderson is engaged to Mr. Ferrar, of the Discovery. She. is now in England, where the wedding will take place at New Year. Dr. and Mrs. Mills will not return to tho Dominion before February nest. After their two disappointments, the members of the Kelburne Ladies' Bowling Club had an ideal afternoon for their official opening, which took place yesterday, when about two .hundred people were present. Among them were Mrs. Hjslop (president), Mesdames Dinnie, Devino, and Watkins • (vicepresidents), Mrs. M'Villy (secretary), and Mesdames Christio, Campbell, Munro, Donne Fulton, Hamerton, Gilmer, Macdonald, Price, and tho Misses Marks (2), and Seddon. Tho eldest daughter of Mr. W. M'Leah, of this city, who has left by the Moeraki en route for Canada, held a very nice reception at 13 Home Street, prior to her departure. Miss M'Lean was tho recipient of riiaiiy presents from her friends, and also' froin the binger Company, with which she lias been connccted for many years.