SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 509, 17 May 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

TNotiees of Engagements and Weddings.— when reports of weddings and announcemen la of engagements are sent to" "Dominica" for publication, the name and / tddreßS of the sender should be enclosed, . t ,oot for publication, but as an evidenco of good faith Otherwise the announcements ' cannot be published.] / ' Mrs. ElgaW Danco. , • ' The dance given at Saycs Court on Friday night by Mrs. Elgar, in honour of her daughter's coming-out, was one of the most charming that lias been given in Wellington for a vory ]ong tim 6. flowers had been

jjjVcejitiontrbomeiiand^with^most'-nrtistio-offeot;' ;=£V ; :traas>/ofJlyc6Md^^^^ : -;i.'-. froth -which'!S.£ung''.;.';gaily.-cploured,*4~;Qhincs6 '.;'■• lanterns';'arid ; :tajl -palms -aiid '.ferns /wereiri-l .;■;'-• ;:v;/■'r;BMMβmtfflasyapd:bl^β^d(rαl^^;;yTHβ',c'βll■:' • y--,;ing ; >:,of •'.the':-biUiard-rpbm-i.wbere^the-guests ai Aof; lycopodium, "Iwhiot-; drooped thp'height :.;■ .y-oV. the; r : ! /v/;V'?.fae>.inratdpiMo~wiv9',',ft'. : -4aniug'-niaßS'..bl'. , :red f;■;^ : cb^sinjbhβnln^i.V■^vb.βm^^l;al>d^vsc!^^]et : Vl;Jnaple. v cbVored: V;i;;wit!i;scar]ot^silk ; ,; . ; :j'vt)iMy^Tfie.'!r : A;^Mgft-;areh,Vcb7iere^7 ; i'with' r /'i? scarle&jleayes^d/flowers^]ed/thrpugh\ thp :;•;;. doorway :iitotan'bther'~room .lifc'-withi , golden- .;;;,;.' Bhaded^Jights,iwhioli^httd^b6en::taiiSoritied ; V'ebTered f; charming little -■ p /conversational :•: recesses;i; : ',The;'deopratibn v'p'f. ;•::: the jsupper'ropm^asViusi;'as<char«iDg, ; "ind V): ; hSe.eyerything;W,gold;:ana Gold .■: .r , v ß '/'Baskets ■ !i':;fiUM:mth'' ; ■r;\!i6f:jSmiKi;'aoMSß-" l ihe;!lftilge.;%mdoW''-' ; reoiess, , ;i l bronze -and'.goldloh'rysa^fclieinumsvin) silver ;, ;;;r.vases:.decorating\tlie-tablei;iw-li?re;also aspara- • '.;CE? S . maidenhair;: and trails of smi]ax ; : out'thb^ricK^goldenliritSj.in'di 'over : shades.;bf:vgoldV ! satin •:;':;teiled; i ;jrith?/chiffph;'';arid ; scattered -autumn' ./v^leayes.';^;':^';--:;/';:":;! ,^;/;;^:^-!:^'..^^;-^^,/-;'.-.: ..; : :i '.j Mrs. ! ;vElgar't.s7pre ;;-anv-"":ezr[iiisit^/:fr<ick-:.[6f "i I ; ye"o#:..chilipn--:pyer°::gold ;ti'saue. with -h«avy ■'. VEold'trimming■ohitho'-.bp3iqe,'a > ::-;.blui;silkVan:d)a:!palb;blujrribbon■ threaded ; >i;^:through;her';liair.V;;Stie:earried'a : . bouquet ''of; ;;;;:Eold;!and(bronze;rosesj ; ;and;ol^ysantheniums,! ,: -ji.anai autumn'leayes/'Miss Elgarfs chariningly-' ..'■..■ ■;eimpleienipireirTCk..Tyas: pfrwhiteUulle'over: jj crystal .bugle.' trimming,' and ; ;i;Oiliernixmquet^was , ■• of white i:\ yanfl .maidenhair.!f«rn/3:-Mris'.;?iWFßidwill:,wbra'' .-'■ .Jatfrook-'of .blue'/satih , charmeuse:; ,: .-Mrsi" : Tiii;eed;' j:- ;a;blabk, and whitp"fiwk : ;3-Miss' , Goafe's'l;'black• :; / n ; iw .itli'trimming 'of CharleJ : ;■;■;. .jHiarazyh;;; a :;frock';;<)f '< witli ,<f.v'sneath4ik^e:tunib : 'cbyerM:;withVgold'.embTO •.;' .'.-ie^j/Mrs^jKi'^Dnncari^whhe^chipni'rbblaVith' 1 V :^;SilTer.;sequinsY , J.v^bbbtt,' white' '. chiffonvi.i;;^k,^ha::skirt: ; adorned::with-:gfaceiul"|ap- ; Pl>quod-designiofvilelicatcly-shaded ,pink>and : ■■•; ■■:■, °\ a f> flowers, extendingu'upwards'.fr'om -the-heiri; ;■-:■;•- of .'.the;: skirt; ;Mis»;i Harcburt/ipalo ■bluei em^ ;-. : v pWfrbcK vMrsl; pymdcKianrijc-s'trigeil VnindnJ ; ' : •■'.> S .withfbandsjbf ;,briGrital-;embroidery;irivshade3. ~ y; ■of-:;brbwn^Mrs,*^thur. ; Buncan'>:blaok-frock. •": ■■■'■xW%: gpH-trimmihg jiMrX'.-BftJlplniesi- 'white'; 7.<s; cmiton/taffotas;; : O: v Pearce/iwhito 'p'rin'.■::.;f gold'; Miss:Branddh, : V; i : 3:ellpw. .;,;■ ■:. : net;. ,eyer.: : .pa]e.\brne"i Miss" '& r wliite < .pver-dressvofAßilveKsequiris; Miss' \- l.ellpwhite.^mar^uisette" : with 'cerise- empire • grdle; ;Miss K.i FitEgerald;.'blueychiffpti jiMisa ... ... jslop.jfrockof -■blub iiinon .over'silktrinimed . - : ,with .filet. lace : 6f "the sarte-stia'cle, ; "and touches :,;,.>:6f;mauye^;Miss/N:,:Brandonvi'w.hite: : silk:>ith : ;s :;tonchee;pfvpink;. Miss ;Simpspn;-;paie"lielio-M /■ ; ::';*r?pe^satinj;VMise;-:Macken2iev> : ■■; i-;:MissjHumnhrey, ; cr6a%i'npti-.Miss Hcad;-pirik , r -:i' f ™K;;with;;:great'duster;: bf ;vip!ets;(--.Amprig >-. : otneivguests wfere. '■■- l e>Challeng6r I '":and.;Me3srs. :? A'.--Dlihban v -'G-'- • : ''-' ; '' ; s-?'"^"i'^ ; '' T^*t *w^ : - ?; ? , ''''P-"p™ i ?/ ;, A ,) . b ott'i i ; : -:.;Bead,rVßawspn;-Brandon, •Higginsbn'.'liimaiii- ■' •;. ■: M'Cosh,v Clark\ andKßel^^ThSjlbral'dccbr* , -)■;;,t;ona>.which were so:muchradmir<:d,' ; were'car'.viceregal.' florist?-/;' '■i S-^Tj l6 fgirls' ! at'«SVanganuf "■ have: been ;■ :fts:fascinated-:with the'.:charms l "of- their rivet .v.-"all-. seullera;--a-':!\ vthough ■thejr;.,seek;for'..thcir:'.amusenienfin ■>■ ''Thb'cbuncil ok the y-: >■ bwimining which/met: in '.'CSrist • i pn night, iniust have , been-■fl-;";;inncn';lmjiressed:,:when,':amo'tigi,a'number'of ,;'. .applications-'ior«proficiency■ certificates,/it >:;: ; jDUi:;(iirls'.pollege an application :for ; nbfpwer' ,v. than '86 -certificates\for igirls.; who ;had swum' i 1 from/ threb:miles ;;; W ; ; 220 : : :;.:. ;vyards;:: ;;3'he-;-obairinan i :: remarked :>'..;. temperature/of ; .waterr:ati'Wa'nganui: r iib' -.■.to! swim"' ■'';. a : raiJe'in : .Ghristch.urph,'!;:he said v as:good : ;/.:.: asiten ■ miles' in: '.Wang'ahuil".; -It ■ : ■;:, : .of J tho college,'-'coh- ■/■;■; gratulating:; her i'bn : ;the "excellent''progress i,.-madesin : girls ; of ;theinsti. } i'.;v:' : ■■■':'■ .-;-v;■■; "if OtJenlrtg Season' at;Heretaungai; ■ N ■ ■ '-l: .ToTthei ;inind vpf. ■ the /uninitiaicd' observer,' ;''>:-".'P*t u ™*f-'?iM : '»''.^^tly'-vdreadfnl :/ tla> ) ':'aii ■/:;;.;ateolutely.;impTO3jble'day;fbr.'ah excursion:to ; .:-;. .'.tlft.'country,' arid it-seemed .certain'that the of^tbe lor 'the' ; : .--' seaton;woUld : be.r«3tponcdtill.'a more'' pleas- ■:;';: ant ■: day.^-Bu^ib;tiink: ; tn'is-was "to ; forget - '/%'f birthplace .:of;;golf, ; -the . ::. v wildness.;of-:Caledbnia; and',tho'burning en- ,'.':■;;':■ thuisiasm..of,"gqlf-players. : :JTd ; .be'.'sure they : ''. woiild.ihaye'their opening; : 'that day,, and -they : .';*;did, - ;-and a,:very::successful- opening : it : . was] ;:' ; : too';;.. :;A:; groat ; :of '.people: went out ■.■vr.^oarly. : in: 'tb.© ' afternoon,. :and 'as! the; train ] '"< :;2:«tred' Trentham the •'■ son; Bhpne but'. ; so l ' '.- % : : : %htly : ;that'it'iseemed:likelyi to bb ; a sort : ;•;V?;?;ftuminer.;afternoon.::fßutj -after aU,. : the :;■:' continued, at'intervals 'all'-the time, , ; V -.iiough; they ' did^not^in/Uio:-least interfere 5 ! ■ •j>«th.'the.pleasure of those went to ~>;.. orithose;.who:foilowccl,them found l to watch.' '■';'.• ■: 'sLittle/cltisters-'of: interested spectators might' ~:.;be;seen here land thcro/'stan'ding on.tho.turf- 1 : v-\V'. : Urfl , *'i , 4°™B''Bbowers,-\'diK!a6sinß''-the-.play : ;

of various meraberSj'arid it'.was ; only,when afternoon- tea was served that they came back to. the shelter, of the'; clubliousc.\ The view fromi.tho wide verandah over 'the- level turf; little stretch:of• river, and' the wooded terraces and hills was.very fine, and,' to_ add to' ! tho'shara of;.the : scone) a- coy rainbow/ which kept appearing in littlo short patches across, the: clouds, occasionally, shone : out radiantly in a perfect span with a pale reflection hear-by. , . ' "'Among the: many guests : ; who went. out were Lady. Ward and Miss Ward, Miss Duncan,\Miss Tolhurst, '.Mrs.' .Young, Miss Brandon, Miss Harcourt, Mrs. and Miss; Watson, Mrs. ■ and' Miss ; Ewen, -Mrs. and Miss Cecil Jones, Mrs/Firth, Mrs. and Miss; Kane, Miss Edwin, Mrs. :ahd'Miss. Elgar, Mrs. and Miss. Elder, Mrs. Stott,'the,-Misses Simpson, Miss Carter,' Mrs. 'and-Miss Burus, the Misses Nathan,' Mrs. Martin,. Mrs. Dymock, Mrs. Biss,Miss Dean, and the Misses.-Miles.; -...'■'■:. Mastertoh: Notes. 1 '' ; iOn -Thursday .-.ovenin'g; at the Foresters' Hall; Miss Pickering'.held the first of .her assembly,-dances, 'i It 'was ,an - ideal .evening for-,dailcihg,--owiiigtp. the wintry state of the';weather.' ■. A: few. of those .present wero Mosdames';:Ewart .'and Taplay, ■•. the '. ;Mißses Bennett' (3)j Mace, dickering,; V.Vallance, Wolfe, Russell, Whitcpmbe, Baird,'. Morri-son,-AVyett,-: Humphries, Sellar; and Young; .'Messrs.- Elcoate,. .Schlandc'rs,, Westmorland, 'Atkiri,, Ewart,Taplay, Mirams, Hutchinson, Vallance, ! Williams, : -Rishworth,' .Payitt, Mawley, Winter, Brown, and Dr. Gunn.'. .;Mr3.;H.;N.; Kevins andher. little soninave gone::to'-Plimmerton,;'where they- intend staying for the nest three weeks.'- : Mrs.; Meredith,.- of■'; "Llandaf," who \ has been- visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. Sladden, at .Hutt,:-has returned to her home.'■ .'Mrs.';Christie, of is the .guest of Mrs.!.W. Car,ey, ,at;.jjansdowne; ~';. and Mrs. Findiay have gone up' to Auckland. .;'-.'-' "\- '>;'■■"'! ...V'- : : . '■■■<--■ : - ,}::.'■■ ;/Miss; Harty, of iDunedin; is staying with her-brother, Dr. ~Hartyr.;,'.'V. '■'■; Mrs:'A. S. Wright returned to Seatoun.on Saturday "after an 'enjoyable visit. to.Mrs.. ■ Jil- ;;,-'-,; ' \ Miss Madolme Knight, Auckland's .. iwellknown mezzo-soprano, has come to Wellington to join Pollard's Opera Company. Miss Agnes Davies has returned to Wellington, after spending a most enjoyable holiday with her'sister, ! Mrs. W. G. Russell; of Napier. N Mrs. Nixon (wife of the Collector of Customs) 'and family have arrived m Wellington , Mr. Nixon has taken the residence of the late Mr. W. H. Levin, in Tinakon Koad. Madame Melba, who is to arrive ln'Rotorua on May 22, will be entertained that evening by the Whakarewarewa poi and haka dancers in the Assembly Hall. Mrs. T. W." Stace, of Palmerstou North, who is at present m Mrs.' Freeman's Hospital, where she recently had to undergo a severe operation, is now on the way to re.covery. ' Mrs Hodgkin and Miss Hodgkin, wife and daughter of Dr. T. Hodgldn, from England, will leave by this afternoon's boat for Napier, en route to Havelock North, where they will be the guests of Mrs. J. Holds.worth. < Mrs. Chace, who died in Palmerston North on Saturday, was much respected by a large circle of friends in that town. She leaves a husband and four children, the youngest only three weeks old. Mrs. E. Carroll, of this city, was a sister of Mrs. Chase. ' A reception is to be given on Tuesday, May 25, to Miss Macky, the general secretary of Young Women's Christian Association „ This.wdl bo held at the Y.M.C.A'. Rooms in Willis Street, and the reception will bo followed by a public meeting, at which Dr. Newman has promised to preside. ' ,