SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

y jTNoticea of-Engagements and Weddings.— i ; .reports of weddings and announce- <". r .ments .:of ■ engagements . are - Bent to . ; . r v".Dominica" for publication, the name and • ■■ V . address -of the sender should be enclosed, not for publication, but as .an'-, evidence of s » good faith. . Otherwise the announcements | - ' cannot be published.] ■ . ,1 1 iTha Races at Trentham. . - v .'i' Lie weatherdurnigtheweek.hasb?€n so ( : '..-.unsatisfactory and prankish; ■ that when/on ] ■; Saturday morning; the'aun : smiled brightly J :- • through ;the rain;' people-,were more inclined j to believe in tho prophecy of the .rain than .j of the sun. The usual salutation was: "I 1 ' v ;suppose you - are going' to the races:" ; "1 f . don't think I 'will," and those who did go,; ; . . \ : srrayed themselves in wintry garments; Out ? at Trentham tho • wind was bitingly cold, , ! 1 , and one had to chooso whether to stay >' . in tho wind on tho grandstand, and look at; the ; racds, <br wander -' about rbehind out '■ ii. of. wind ;and - out;'.of "sight, with'.!the least ,! : i possible chance of!a of sunshine. A 1 ■ great -many largo hats wore to be seen,: in ,;. : fact' nearly' all .hats were large, and many ] of., them - black and' plumed, also; a variety ' , of;busbies,.which:did not compol.admiration. • : ';;One or. two-of; the-new composite - costumes were to bo seen," but, whole, it -could ! ij not bo.considered;.that' there -was anything ' - i v;: likei a complete; exposition of the■new sea- -j ~: . vßon's fashions-on'thoilawn. Lady Ward wore j v ' a smart costumo of'pastel bluo cloth, and ; ..i :largo black,-hat with Miss Eileen : .. - Wajd, navy bluo (lirectoiro costumo, and ~, i- ( black hat; Mrs., Riddiford, petunia' coloured i ' • cloth, over, a lace bodice, hat coveredwith ' ■: black ; plumM,: and a black- ostrioh' feather , :■. ■.boa; Mrs. Herbert, 1 ■ violet cloth costume ' . with long trained skirt, and very - long dircc- ; - . - .toire coat, ''large .merry : widow hat covered ; : with plumes of'tho same shade; -Miss Harcourt, costume of.bright bluo faced-cloth, and large white felt hat; Mrs. Dalziell, : cream cloth empire coat and skirt, and: large • white felt • hat with a palisade of -goose . . .feathers; Miss 0. Beauchamp • wore brown, . her frock,. hat, largo feather'.boa, -and Burberry hat, with a pheasant's wing, being all : v.' ra the prettiest brown shade; Mrs. G. Phara- • zyn f cloth costumo of pastel •-blue, - with ;'i'■ toque' to ■- - matoh ;. Mrs. W'. ' Tunibull, grc-y | ! costumo of chevron: striped'twecd; : arid small : :. ■ toque.-with 'bright bluo;. quills; Mrs. W. Bid-: ' .wyi,.black.:coat'and:skirt,'.and'hat to.match; - v -': Mrs. Geo. Pearce, .navy 'l)luo costumo,'-and navy-,, blue .hat; trimmed •■with - green; "Mrs. ; - : y- '■ Enox.Gilitiei;, -j with ;long' J .- directoire ,;coat,; and ' black -hat ; Miss Flor- ■ , enco Young (who accompanied* Mrs. Gilmer), black costume, with large, white," many'ta.iled ;'fox;_ furs, : r and-' bladk '■ velvet toque : ,;' , - trimmed 1 with; sable, and white -foxtails, fitted 10w,,,0n the head; Mrs; Gotz; oream vel- •" V . vet.directoire coat and skirt, trimmed with braid, and a largo black hat with black and ■ r'yfi: whito wings, and ..touches of emerald: green; . : - .' jMrs;,' Ai.\-Abbott,v,green costume, and largo. . ■ hat trimmed; with green.feathers, clasped by ' . a. large; buckle; Miss Scully, navy bluo tailor- ., ■ made, and-black hat trimmed ■ with emerald green; ,Mrs.» K. : Duncan, brown' tweed 'Nor- : ; ; folk. costume;'and.;black.volvot;toqiio ; .with'a largo black osprey in. front; .Mrs; J3iss, ,navy ■ ( . blue ;costume,. .and ' large -vmerry; widow-'hat with vari-coloured hydrangeas; Mrs. Tweed, black and white costume, and black hat; Mrs. . Buchanan, brown coat. and skirt, - and largo black hat with'plumes; iMiss E. O'Con- ' ' - "or,; costumo '.of ' J nattier '/blue', faced:; cloth j .. : .... and .hat.- to .match, with shaded feathers; ■ ■i.' Mrs. J. Abbott; coat and-skirt.of pale blue Borge, and largo white hat; Mrs. Bunny, ; . brown coat'and skirt, and hat with blue and ; brown dahlias; Miss Duncan, brown cos':J- > tume, long seal . coaty-. aiid ' seal' toquo with ( bright red and green wings; Mrs. Chaso- .: Morris, brown, checked skirt, • and coat of - Plain,;cloth, with:'brown-merry widow hat; . i Mrs. Elgar, brown coat and skirt, with black plumed hat, and handsome set of ~ J sables. hiX' Saturday Afternoon Tea. . *■' .j.ft . -Miss. Dorothy 'Catley;: who has -been since : - .' r . .. its-beginning, secretary of tho; Free ;Kinder- - garten-Union, and. who 'is.shortly to. be mar- '. : • ried, -, was..the guest of ; honour, at . a very ' . pleasant afternoon tea ©v'en by Miss Bur- . .nett, at, hor;bome on Moana Eoad, on Satur- . day. ; .The roonisiivere filled with flowers, one decoratocl . with tho white Michaelmas daisies,.' ■ ~> and the. other, with cosmoas. the afy;;;K- ... tern'oohsbrigsworo-given by ...the Misses-Ifcli-o (2) . and .Burnett,;>and Miss "Winder recited. 1 .: : . - • -1 ; Among the guesta: wero. included- nearly all .-. 'the members of the council,' and' on their . behalf Miss Richmond, who made a very pleasant appreciative little' spcech, presented . Miss Catlev, with a silver cream and sugar basin. ' ' Hutt Committee Women. At the annual convention of the W.C.T.U. . ; ; members were advised t-o - try to secure the , • , , . election of . women as moitibers of school com- - • -.Following; out - t iHe •suggestion,. - at : w n m meeting of tho Lower Hutt ; , two well-known ladies were nomin?r candidates for a seat on the Lower Jlutt. School Committee'. Tho names of :these ladies (Mrs. Koay and Mrs. Eeade), held bv .' .' their friends to bo of sufficient- Guarantee that -' .- 6hould."they be electcd, their, work would be r . carried-but officieiitly and to. the satisfaction: ■ ; . of parents.'' -With this proposal' in view,''- ah , ' enthusiastic and ivcll-attended' meetiiif;' was hold, in tho Alicetown 'Church .on: Friday af-' ' • .- ternoon,'to hoar;those ladies. Mrs. Jan'senoecupied .t-ho i chair, and 'gave a short address,'introducing tho proposed candidates.' Their ■ speeches ■ wero warmly applauded, and '■: t '. ;-a ■,hearty :vote;;'of . thanks';was 'accorded .'themr , ; The meeting nominated Mrs. Maulo as a third candidate. - Somo of tho parents asked ques--i .;... tions, and; said they wero .-satisfied-'to havo.i ladies on the school committoc, layins stress on the .fact -that they would bo able to; bring certain matters before a woman that ...,they would not bring before a man; Afteri noon tea was provided-by the ladies. • ; . '•>.!-i : v." vii' : i' rc6 s Association telegram from Wakapuaka anriounces'the death of Mrs. Martin, • well-known; as tho Grace" Darling- of Na\v ■ ' ( V;: Zealand- who died, .on' iSaturdny at Waka- '. . puaka..; Mr._ Martin, was at Kapiti at the time, and 'his 'nephew, Mr, H. W. Parata, travelled oiit .there, to. break the news to ; •. . him. • 'I'ogethcr they came back to town last night, ; and leave to-dny for; Nelson, where a largo taugi will be held oil Wednesday .and, : : -Nureo Culcinai, who has been -connected with the Otaki Hospital for some-time, says ■ ■' severed her con- ;:. ' . noctioii with .tfi? institution, : and left lor " Wellington on Saturday. , . '.-J Misj Seal.Vi. tnatron of tho Otaki Hospital, . . . ha s.iTsmnwl lior duties, after a holiday,-spont: - ; in tbo South Island.; " .'■