SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

It was the World and His Wifo. who went out on Saturday afternoon to the opening , £ . . Lniks at Silverstreani, and those celobrities' have probably never spent >. a moro-delightful /afternoon, y The sky was cloudless,' :all vegetation was fresh and vividly green after the rain, and it was a bright clear light that filled tho valley, and threw across'the grass long shadows of men, nilfl trees, and distant sheep.-' .There is a charming .'.view from verandah and, balcony -of the - pretty new Club-house, and the interior of the house- is quite' in'--keeping. have a fine smoking-room', with a window set crossways to get all the view there is, and 'the luncheon room, v.'ith its wood panelling and light .frieze," is ' .very attractive, but 'the upstairs, rooms, dedicated to the women, are the best in the' house. •They have a large dressing room, .with look-, ing glasses enough, and the niost cha'rming sitting room,- which is above the smoking room, and has a window,with the same wide viow. " The walls are. papered in cream, with"., a'.' pale-blue _ frieze, and there are lounges and easy chairs covered with flowered cretonne, artistic, stained-wood tables, a. gaily-coloured rug on the floor, and" flowered curtains at/the window. The fire-place here, as in all the' other rooms, is an open one, with'-..,a' high . shelved mantelpiece, . and everywhere were ,vases filled, with cos'nieas arid, chrysanthemums.' It was so pretty that it made one wish again that there could be a AVomen's Club in Wellington itself, with : jiist. such a comfortable room, where members could meet - their 'friends,- Perhaps this, which is the'' desire of' .many a Wellington wonjan, may be brought about soon. ■The lady members of . the Club ! did nobly on Saturday, for they not only decorated the rooms, but they also supplied., the. delicious cakes for the{ afternoon tea. Most .of. the visitors went out by' train, .though a; good many 'inotrfrs made their,, appearancei jand thei juu out on such a dayj' with,oiit dust or., wind,, must have, been ,a, rare pleasure.' /' At the end of the day Lady Ward . presented to the successful, competitors some handsome prizes,, which rmfeluded several articles in; stamped-leather work, and oii behalf of the members oh the Club {Mr.' M'Ewan presented her with a memento of the' occasion. : There weiro about five hundred guests present, so -that it would be easier to say who was not there than to name those ,\vho, were.. Lady Ward wore, a blue frock, with sealskin, coat and black hat.with plumes; Miss Eileen-Ward, .pale, grey .costume and, brown , hat; Mrs. green coat and , skirt;. Miss Coates, navy blue coat and skirt, hat trimmed with cornflowers,., and : white fur; . Mrs. .'AlgalWilliams, grey checked costume; Miss Duncan,- grey . coat., and skirt; Mrs. ,C. Izard, navy' blue; Miss Scddon, - black, coat and-skirt'and,';white furs; Mrs., K'.' Duncan,, black - and. blue striped Eton' costume, purple hat.with red roses; Mrs., A. Pearce, green coat'and skirt;' Miss Menteath, brown .costume, and ' hat to match; Mrs. Dymock; navy-blue? C.tailor-made- {Mrs. -T. Young, frock'of, wine-coloured cloth, and black hat; Mrs/: Firth, navy blue costume, white'.hat, and white furs; Miss Miles, brown coat' and skirt, and black hat with plumes; Mrs."Gil® ruth,/ cream costume,-, brown, liat- • witlr autumn leaves ; Miss V. Johnston, blue coat and skirt, hat with coquo's feathers; 'Mrs. Ward, green, tailor-made,; and green' -Hat; Mrs. F. Mi :B- .Fisher, dark'blue coat and skirt,' and.'pale blue hat; Miss M. Wilson, brow'n. coat aiid: skirt, brown' hat ; Miss O'Connor, grey coat and ski-t; -M'Lellari, blue. coat and skirt and pale blue hat ; Miss -Tolhurst, i dark ; grey coat and- skirt, I blue hat; Mrs. Fitzgerald,/ palo grey coat' alid skirt; Miss. Didsbury, brojvn, coat and Mrs. {Abbott, crcam serge, green hat trimmed with black; Miss Partridge, brown costume with cream vest; Mrs. Rose) green .coat- and skirt, green 1 and ■ blue , liat-, white • furs; . Miss Simpson, purple, costume; Miss Bodwin, in cream;, Miss Izard, grey coat and' skirt.- , \ 1 : ' .'I -Miss Beatrice Day's, Wellington friends will be sorry, to hear that owing, to tho injury to her. ankle -slid was unable to appear during: the iirst week of the company's performances <in Christchurch.:- Miss Quinn -took the parts; of. Lady 1 Liimley 'in the "Mummy and the Humming Bird,", and of Olivia.. .. . * - ' , Mrs.' Raukine'Brown' returned to Wellington last week i after ail absence of, six months, which she spent in Nelson, Rotoriia; and . Auckland. ' ; Miss M. Bailey, :of v the -'staff of ' tho Fedcral-Houlder Shire Shipping Company, who "is leaving-their office to be married, was, on,. Saturday ..presented, by the employees; of, the compauy. -with some pieces of . plate.' : .