SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

- .''[Notices of . Engagements and. Weddings.- • ■•'When reports of weddings and announcements of engagements .are 'sent :to , "Dominica" for publication, tho name and address of the. sender should'• be enclosed, not for publication,'but as'an evidence of . good faith. Otherwise the announcements cannot bs oublished.i Tho Royal Welsh Choir Entertained. ' yesterday, afternoon Dr. Tudor Jones and Mrs. Jones ■ entertained the members, of; the Eoyal Welsh' Choir and their friends' at 'a ; pleasant afternoon, tea '• at. their own home.- A number of people were present', during/the'afternoon; and they.'were- delighted with.;the singing of two songs ,by : the choir.' . Among .other ;guests ..were; the Misses Richmond. (2), .Mrs.i and . Miss Geddes. Miss.-Nowton, Professor:,and. Mrs..Macthe - Misses Kennedy (2),;:r°MrsiGreen-' shield,' Miss Richardson, Dr. Fell, Mr.' -Williams. Wedding at Perth. . ■ A quiet, but pretty wedding took; place in Claremorit, Western' Australia, on; January 14, at the, residence of Mrs. Holt—for a long time resident of Tinakori, Road, Wellington—when her'youngest son,. Mr. Bernard. Molineux Holt, .was Carried to Miss Davinia Riggs, only daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. A.' H. Biggs, of Claremont. The', ceremony .was performed by . the Rev. : W. :J. ,'M'Ciemaus' at Christ Church. The "bride, who was . given .away by her brother,. Mr.. Donald Riggs, wore a.pretty dress of ivory chiffon taffetas, .with veil and.orange blossoms,' and she carried a. shower .bouquet.' She;wasJat-; tended by Miss .Winifred Holt, sister of the bridegroom; and Miss "Blanch Pettard, of . .St: Kilda,' Melbourne, , who . both wore, frocks of white silk muslin. .and white. Merry. Widow hats. -Mr. Lionel Preston aoted as best; men. The; wedding breakfast was held at : "Muritai," Mrs.; Holt's residence,-after which the newlymarried pair left for the.'Claremont jetty,.where a\ private, launch,', gaily', decorated" with buht'ing/awaited and took : them .; up the river ,to Applecross/ There they spent the 'first 'few days of their honeymoon. Tho Main Trunk Train. . The departure , and. arrival of tho Main Trunk .through .trains yesterday, .were utterly lacking' in incident. . .Considering the significance of 1 the occasions .'one: .would have liked • them 'to be 1 marked-: by - something ■ out. of the. ordinary,- say,a.racing procession of late, arrivals trying vainly to catch the'out-going train,,or an uniisiial crowd to meet th"e : one'that came in 'from r Auc'lc-. ' land; . but. instead: of [this there was •not I .even the ' usual. crowd'.of..well T wi'shersand loafers ' either. in the, morning. or i the. afternoon.,, Some of. those who 1 did : go down, peered into' the sleeping:cars ,'and . were ; undisguisedly disappointed, to find, that the through passengers had .'not obligingly'gone to bed-before, the' train'left in bright morning sunshine, , jiist to. let . them , see how it ivas done; but 'most of them affected, to: believe that this'was ;ari old experience/that .the. trains, had always gone through to . Auckland;; ih: double, .quiok, time,: and I ', gazed,'with languid-interest, as '.iria'oftt;.ii^;.fu»'"the ! peat'big engines crept away'- like mice. //'.V • Masterton Notes. ... . - . ' On Monday afternoon Mrs Noble-Campbell entertained a few:;friends at tea. to welcome her 'sister; Mrs.- Cooper, .Mrs -'F;'•Daniel,- of ..Wellington; -is visiting Masterton. . . ■ -7,'''/,../ ;- ■■ . . Mhs H. ..Collington-Swan has: gon6 to Plimmerton for a few weeks..' ' .'■ Miss Ada Nichoils (Thames) is the: guest of Mrs. s.G. ,'C. Monroe,. .Manaia,: : :- : - . ' A great . deal of anxiety .was . expressed' .in town yesterday : as 'to ,the health of Mrs: Han»ndm,- the: hsroine ,of. A 'represehta : ;tive'6flTHE v Mrs! Hannam yesterday found her .looking' more ..'worn'; than she; had been on Sunday; but able to. dress' and carry out the task she. had. set of visiting the' Drill Hall. Mrs., Hanham: hopes 'to, be able soon'to,return to Picton, whero herparentslive. She had been looking-forward to a. visit : from tho bpy Matthews, .whose life she-had. ..saved, but: he was too unwell to go out. ': •': Mrs. and' Miss Hamilton returned last: week from a visit to' Auckland,- and: Miss ■Hamilton: is going. in.' a: few days to Napier. ~ -v: : - ' Miss. Vera Fujton, 'who/has! been' away for ■five months, returned .yesterday by tho through train from Auckland. ' ' •; Miss' Bayloy; the American 1 : journalist, who has:• been' iburing . through ; the' South ; Island, ; left Wellington : yesterday morning ' by, the thr.ough train for Auckland, arid, will go on to Kotorua'. • ; :' '■ 'V/':■. -:, ; .Announcement is made of the engagement of' Miss Frieda.Martin, daughter of Mr. John Mar- . tiii;' of -Puruapanga, to Mr. Horace; Reid, : of tho Pathological Laboratory. • • ; " Mrs.j.Oscar'; Kember . andi.her:.' childrenhave returned to town after some months spent at the 8ay5..... .v...;-.. The London Times" r of January 6 announces tho engagement of Mr. Walter Leopold Bulier, eldest son of tho : late ' Sir Walter! 'Buller, K.C.M.G., D.Sc.,. F.R.S., of Papaitonga, New Zealand,''and Miss Alice' Bridget Ridley, eldest daughter:, of the. late' John Hilton, Ridley, of Park End, Northumberland,; and Mrs: Ridley, Tho Manor House, Grafton Regis. :J7 NEW FANCY WORK. It is interesting, to visit some of tho big wholesale houses' and. see the -new . /goods which will •be on show in February, when the January .-sales ai'o over : and .people's, thoughts,turn to spring, writes-.tho London correspondent of ■an Australian paper. This obtains all round. I was; buying; ribbons for niy. work last week at. a wholesale- house, the' bedrock of . the fancy work •: trade; the : Smartest, of.- all-;the houses, for'the work'is designed in :,Frarice and worked.; in ' British:Workrooms. ~I was shown . siune exquisite I white work,. traced and; head-drawn, ready to work, which the trade will not see or buy till February.. .Amongst, them • were white circular .mats, to: be- embroidered in white silk,' with, scalloped,edgeSj and.used instead of > ,white tablecloth at dinner. It had long been a fashion in Paris and other,, Continental' towns, but ive cling to our large spread of snoivy damask, covering' : ,..up beau-, tiful tables as wellas ordinary:ones. I : hear,' however, 'several young, married jtfiflsle are going- in for this kind of. nappery. •; osed:on a carved oak table they look;.charming, .the. centre'being covered, with' flowers and, silver .dishes.':/' After diiiiier,;tlie whit© mats' are, removed,' the .finger glasses .and dessert:plates being put on the wood; 'and something';of the old-fasbiohed idea of drinking port'wine and cracking nuts on an/jinclothed .table prevails.- These mats aro ."just. a ;piice-sized piece of work, and are easily carried about* in an . ordinary workbag. • I . think 'if tliey pome ./traced to Australia; j'ou , would like them, unless/ indeed, : , they . are already' with yoiiV'-ior Australians,, like American ladies, to say nothing of the French, are, adepts; at all kinds of work. Tho . French excol in broderie blanc, and whan was white work so much in demand? It is used in sofa cushion covers,; for teacloths, : and, sets of serviettes, to - match, dressing-table covers,, lamp. and' 1 candle shades, also, mounted on some delicate colour. : . .