SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

(Notices of Engagements and :;Weddings.V .When; reports • of : weddings and announce^' • menfcs of > engagements are ' sent . to v. ■ "Dominica" for publication, the name and address of the ecndcr 6hould be enclosed,;not for publication, but -as an evidence .of .. good; faith.- Otherwise the announcements cannot be published.] •. Masterton Notes. A. delightful children's party was . given tKe other, day by Mrs.' Orinond Cooper, at her home "Solway." Tea -was served out on,the lawn, and'a- most enjoyable afternoon was spent- in games. - Among the little cuestß present, were Doreen Wrigntsori, ; ,. Pat. Wriglitson, D. Parkinson, M. Donald,Nina ■ Boddington, Cooper (2)', Una -James, K. 1 Swanj; Blsa Hirehborg, ; A." Macrao, M: Cruickshank, Kathleen Cruickshank, Mace (2)/ ;Lewis/(2)i' iorna Cox, Major (3), Mary Lewis, Lillah Lamb, 01a Ross, Masters Meredith (3), Cooper (2), Gordon Donaldj Jock Swan, Gathowcn Williams;. Frank Ewart; - Guy. Ramsden, Roy Lewis, Major Eton, Jack Eton,- Traile, Ross, Nigel,..Wriglitston, 'Allan Wardell, J. Macrao, eto., ; , />.■!>'; -v'. ;;- ■ Mrs. Cotterell (Fcildincj is -the" guest -ofiffs. W. B. Chennells. ■ Mr; Charles ; Beetha'ni is l visiting'Mas'te!?- . -tonV accompanied,: ;by''. Mr. ; and Ks.-/AlberV Besthsm (Pahiatua). Dance at Lowry Bay. . The dance given by the hostesses at'Lowry.' Bay... 0n Thursday'.- -was- a .veryenjoy-'' I able one.; It.was held at Mrs. Harold Johii- |- stem's; house, * whero the -robins had been de-' cor'ated'. ; wit%' bright]y-cblpured: f sweet; ; peas,, and ..the.\.supper-table.,' decorated - with .pink: hydrangea and delicate foliage; Mrs. Harold Johnston \woroi a .frock " of ; ftamo-coloured . gold; trimming;, Mrs. Rollestoh,* .white satin;- 1 touches of- ■■ black j'; Mrs.; a'.frock', of'emerald; greeii' satin- withgold,.. embroidery;; MTss Joan His!op,' 'white , net ,witte;silrer- trimming Miss B.' Nathan, frock of; pile -pink': 'silk;,' Miss' Violet Bell, primrose: satin';'-Msb',!E. Bell, white frock; Mrs: Bell, flowered, chine' silk ; Lady Camp-bellj-jpale'grey --nifion-'^Mrs^ white..? frock;;: Mrs,; Algay ; WiUiaiiis,- a .frock-. 1 of -tpliiter l 3ire<^ire'-'.frooic-\bf:' pale blub . silk, with; draped: sash of -yihe same shade fastened^atione'/side; church):pale, blue.--frock; Miss.'-. Ida -Russell; white silk irook : with? polonaise:; of pale' pink :silk; Miss Brandon, black silk,;relieved with white } Miss Duncan, black; frock.-- Among' other guests - were' Maj or Hughes,' Dr.; .Murphy, Messrs.; Campbell, (3),-, Bell,- Grace, Turn.bull, Williams,•-.and. Itolleston... ..-- >

■'•; ..Mr.'yarid ■ Mrs/'yLancelot yHickson/'/iwhose wedding.-,w;as-reported' oh'iThursday, - England .-yesterday by 'the' : Wafri- ; .mpo'.Vfv.;:.v.y •;;-/■ y. : Vf ,:'-:'V;:-*-- '■' -.:,'.:' '-yyy! v.; -A;;number- 1 of';Miss./May :were.dbwnfat to' sayviarewell^ . the. ;Warrimbo.:.;foryj Sydney/' /en'iy-routß/fpr' ■ the; nest; few/years;,;/; /yy y :'.;'.;;y: ::'y/:/'yy:;:vy'' | y.'Ainorig'thaS!^ - went'.; by 'the ' 'Warrimo'bi-yesterday, ; . -wefe'iD.ry ("a n;dv:Mrs. ; :vChapplei:rwhb , :':a're I .:takini' !i :'their' daughtersi'Hbme.td'.com'lete ? their educationV. r J s ,^^'^^ o ?4istiiiguished-:.themselvesi . at."Sports// especially•jswimmirig;.' and'"'teniusj--during:their:.sch'ooldays here, :that: they-'day' be'^deperidedCubon.:worthily. uphold'i.the i credit of .the- New-.Zealand..girl among their new:'school-mates^. i";'.'":. J'*-ic'ii".;" : - H"'■ ■'*"''•■'' - - :.-!-■:.;: ; ~ -iJT.'i. ,H'.l». 70 .urns',' *tll- ..srjucu . • 'Mrs;-: T. ;C, #illiaih's, is-jexpebted to« afrive' f rom: Au'ckland", .':"P' : y \-]rK:r'^; ■;: iMf.':Maninsori;;arrivedrlast /night/ ■■;'ana*is' now ■'sfayirig.;with.,Mr.: l arid'Clifton...<Ter.race,^ pected;-searly ,;:next :.:weekv';-•-;;;;The-'recitals which-. they-:are ; tb .give- next. Priday;.and : 'ori ■the/Tuesday'., following are/being."looked if or-: ward/to, -.with much, pleasure; by.,the many people ..who'.attended their.last..concerts;','.ln : addition ; • to; Mrs.- / Mallinson; Mr." .'John Prouseyis'■ going-tb/sing/zand/he /also '■Vwill"confine himself to Mr. Mallinson's delightful compositions.-.;,/.:yV -';'':(■;, 7 y. ; . ;./-.. -■;;- /yMrsiyFraneis;,Stevens,-.; of: Oriental". gave-.a e :very v enibyable. children's! pitrtyXori : ,Wednesday:.to .celebrate ;the ninth-birthday' of : her; littlegrand-daughijeriDoris. •■'■'■' MrsivW.Steveris, andvMiss ~Toler-Crir'ti'-.-played■• -the ' dance., music,-.: and,otherwise; took: care - that the; children; Had:a ; .very good 'time. ' '-••■-

■.'^•■^6n'.iiat/mot6r;-:oar':'ranv'aWay.'.tHe r 6ther' eveningduring the performance «f one ofMn Bland .Holt's;-dramas! at Oamiru, it charged straight ..at dhe .seats'in; the , stalls',: where Mrs,. Bland Holt wassitting, with Miss Hilda I f ra .ser,'_of Anderson'syCbmpany.'-Avhoso .husband, ;Mr;:;GpdfreyrCass,':was' playing a;lead-ling.:part/atv-.the:tiihe.: '/Fortunately^Mrs; I ,W* pscapM.without injury, but: Miss Ffaser t.was bbth, frightened /and badly bruised. Hbw- ? /6Ver//by the .time she ■reached : .:Dunedin ; ' a dy,:.had'-recovered - sufficiently to", play her! bwn.part.in.a.way that earned the warmap-; prpvalof Dunedin papers/;:': '.!/;■'!>;'■ .y v ;•!:';'■); ■ f ;Mrsyi#i/Hislbpyi!whb/has''beM friends; in iDunedinV/Irivercargill/'arid'-Christ' church, leaves Lyttelton: to-night.: for •'Wei-' lingfori.;yy:yy;y v/;;y---yy..'-,:• ''■:."'■-. y-/:yyj' ././Miss 'Susie/Yaughari, 'of the Kolker-Tither-' . ed ge v Compaiiy;:.has;..returned.:.to "Australia;; and Miss; Emma 1 ; I'emple' haß -taken: her place ■withthe/.compaiiy v :y ,;/ -:■:, .';;.■/.!/--', y-In'.spite'.'of-.the:disagreeable -weather -in ; .town;yesterday: a,..'great, many',people went out tp.the,races/at-Tfentham,-;where 'there: wasyindeed:' a '■' record 'attendance, 'and the■ grandstan'd::is.'said.:to have, looked ljke!''a libwer : ; garden, for .".-though', ebats-and / skirts' were--yery.ypopular -.tho .'gayest hats were y°^^v- Am on|/'the/ visitors'.present wefe : Lady Ward,;,with;Mr.and Mrs., Oyril^'Wafd. ',;.Miss -'Andrews;;, .daughter' of , -'- Mr./ George Andrews,bf-Overton Tbrrac'e/Kilbirnie, who has.befen.'the-gtiestvof-Mr;' and Mfs/'Bertel-' sen/, of .-"RotoTO^Rangi,", Cambridge/-:is /leaving' for/a .short/visit to!;Auckland.y !. / ■■£ ':j'i ..'■TKeJ-marnage-'/of-viMisg -'Muriel' Hendersbri' to'-MnyGeorgeyGuthne': is .to take place,fat' St./■ Mary! s. Church,. Karpri. this - afternoon'.

THE MODERN /WOMAnI r.An American'■•.'author,- Mr. Geo. Harvey,, fias/written-an.entertaining book, in which, he indulges in soine: piquant criticism of'the ■beautiful sex,7 '.With.'-apparently a -light heart the' author,takes- upon. --.himself. •:the awfnl;responsibility:-of i ..counselling ,r "woman .what-'sho: may: or-may '/not do-in the -way' of- changmg-the: colour,; of her hair; /her' complexion; and other, mysteries of the boudoir. -'•:■'/.':.-:-':..'-.' ■':'■-■''. V: : y .'■ ' '"■-'." 'i'MCV-■N/Wiffi'.ygreat''-''bfaTery,--''ho-'':iniofms-''. women' that, in, spite, of,' the thousands •' of -generations in which- experience' ought to have been gathered they are still ignorant'of the management of men". '• -'-A'.;.: 1 ':. :.;r//,,/ : v ■■"-,■> ■ '.'Practically aH; the, average womanknows "■;that' > mi!k';is.-gpod'.'.f6r;babies, and. all she thinks, is that grown men must have - much ftpd.to feed the-furnaces of-their-physical organism.- .A 'failing appctitois to.her ! -a signal of.' danger,'; and forthwith anxious ahd ; well: meaning she-places' before him tempting viands, 'and pleads with' him to try and ..eat more,' if : only, to:please her, with/the inevitable; 'consequence » that he, being weak and chivalrous, and hating to ho hectored and wept' over, lugubriously yields, and add« fuel, olten fatal, to a lurking disorder. ■■'■■'- /.-'■'Wilful- ignorance is- at-the bottom of: all such .blundering;' while fatuously striving to save them, women kill good • providers by the score;:, and then hold themselves to be good objects >pf-"sympathy; because, forsooth of thoir self-imposed:widowhood. ■ ■'-: I -/'(Frankly; we /have -no, patience' with such persons./ 'There: is, ho' more occasion'for a woman sixty tbbea widow, than there is t for her,/'to., be .a spinster; the average man is ;i, tbughj'.'easily guided, and only 'too glad ;tb'''conform- to "any 'subtle. suggestions that ore not for his good ;■■ or too'contrary; to'; his inclinations, ■■-