SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 534, 15 June 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

.:> of(Eng»Eetnents.aiid Weddingi.— '. ■■■.': Wlieu^reportsL-ofiwe'cHiiija: , and .announoov . ,>";■:'■■■ lnents'; :• are sent >::,to. .- "'i'.-:.:" - D6niinica.".for.publication,'thb-name'ana >■ ''■y { V '■'. address of -/the.'/eender should;; be enclosed, ..-;-. ■i,', ;'not 'for publication, 'but.' o>'an evidence of y. :;. ; 'good •'faith/' , Otherwise' ' tho . aiiuounceiuentJ' : ■■:^.';.:;ii»onot i ';be ; ._BublJsHedl3'V•■?.-'.' "■ . h/'v/H'-'^/V ■;: : rpaimerston:^e^dlng^' ; --:,:V;.v,.: ; ;.:■.; : ■;■ ;v At'^Ali/'Saints' /ChurchY Palmerstonjvon γ-v Thursdayp.Miss ■■ Aniy l . Laura Tallott,' second- ■• ;.l ;datfghtor. -.of Mr. and; Mrs. ■'-. 5 . ;: Tallott, was Rangitikei. Lino, by tbo Rev; Cj. C;-Harper.; ;; ' Tho; bride.. wore' creani : crystalline 'silk), with., •/'.veil-and'orange blossoms.,'".The Misses Tal-' ; /../lott(2)Rand! Lovelock bridesmaids. , ;: Miss ;01iyaTaUqt\ wore: pink crepe -do chine,/ y. Miss' Daisy crystalline silk; ..: Miss;'Lovelock,;;bluecfeix! v do• chine;./.'• Miss : .'■•■!.'Liicy'yLoyelookj'/.lemon crystalline silki - Merry p .V.'Widqw: : hats:^ /; ■rWorer'afhandsohielcostunio of biscuitK:oloured : : ?'ctoth"and.lace;:Mrs.-Lovelock,, black merrcil-'-.':'.■'••■lenx-'sill?:; "About;" 160 , the /:.wedding;:breakfast at-the .residence^-of Sirs.' ; '■.'•. iLoyolbck senior',', when' toasts. were -proposed ':;■ by/'tlie^Rev/-C.-C."Harper;:Mr: H. Tallott; v ; j;\Mr i /:A.; i I Buchanan,-;and.Mr.; Tho • '■'■. -\ same'^.hrinibcr 1 of-, guests 'were-; entertained .in ■'i -the'Newbtify; HaiDin'/the, eveniiig/-;; t -:J- \.L. ■ .; : :;/.iV';Dannoylrkojifcddiiig^:; : SS v: : :^- ;;;.'• ■; v ' ;:. v -, I: iA;.wedding'.6f interest .to'Manawatu resi- ;':;; .'dents': took : place at Dannevirke on 'Wednea- ;,•;/ iday.'wben"; th'eEov.i Father, Cahill united Mr. ';•].'Laurence'Bourke; of Tiritea,',and.Miss Rose /-■.f.O'Eeilly.'.ypnngest'.-daughter .-: Mrs.' .T.:.'V\O!Reaiy y : of .College^Street;:.',The : bride','who. ; J'.was;.'g}vea-.away\:by,-Mri , .-.MartihVjPower, her. v. •;,-■ brbthe'r-in-lavr,; wore, a.becoming ".cream cloth' ''-,V '■'■. velvet ■■Merry } ,Widpw ■hat; and .white', plumes. ';.>,vThe.-bride's: hiec©, [ ■ Miss .Mplly '.Power,' .was :..;'. bridesmaid,-:and v woreJwhite ; 'mnslih trimmed ii.'-i/'.witht Valenciennes lace.and,embroidery inse'rX- ■ tion'.thre'adctl pale.blne.'ribbon, , ■ :w)iit&'"- em-'. !':}'•; broidered chiffon bonnet-.Tlievweddihg;break- .:'; ■■"'■ fast was Jveltb'ajl.Mr.' Power's'Residence'..' The. ;;■,!■(-bride's v : travelling^dress^wa"^ : ;'a. in'avy.bluo /■.■;' : '-.tailor-made'.'wjth:Mxe'.Wne/ , Merry-.'WJdow'hat",.' ; ; :'{&[ Letter from Constantinople, -v "'- 'f. .'■:.•'■.v> brie': ; wouid most eagerly avoid;just:, J'•.^■■•np^'■^M■'•;'βm^. :^{^nsJalitJn6pleJ..:■thβ;; i so ' whWe''tw'Cpritinente meet; •■":/. ■witb'-its .bistory of,a ithousand years 'of do- . ■ ■... minatiori, buried \ beneath;;- the'" liistory , that' :;";' : fihe .Turks ■jhave/'giveii' it,' th)e: centro : from: i ! Kuro'pe, ;the city -;:' \' which-'-' is ' fighting:-to absorb -.once more. the ; ;: &, |ea'rning : bf.the ; Atot;..thecity where Justin- ■'.-.■ /:ian'-framed:the' luwb/that'now;gbvern ; Obrit; .. : tendomj'and where; the •rule; of an Asiatic re- ■ >;. ;'ligionist'-has since': checked all-'progress.;; Con- ,; \;V Btantinb'ple:-is; a. fascinating vplace - to; read of,. ;'.'. ;. a ; place ; to;'hope one may.'visit/in;times : of. ;,; ; : -"■: '(settled : peace'-'. 'Just '■; 'at -ipresent" though-one ■--:/J.tanciM:'a.tnp:-tpy^riey.;Would:'-be : ra'ther. i ill-' ''. ;; adyisedV vlt'. was < just/; before'; the' revolntion i' ; ,-''. that'qne:;of tho/great-liners for. : ;;;..'-;a' i oruise: to .Mediterraneansports from' Con-; '■'?'. -eiantinople.;to.'Algiers,- and/a ..; .vrirl-was/on board. ;)Writing';.to" : a .friend/, in ; '■•v^N'»wr.ZeMrad ) v,'wh^',\stiU'.-i.on. / the'-'-bb8l;i;-sb;e : ■:,t;.>eays4—v't'Ji';*:.,'-;; .?/:>■.?': ■■•V .j^o-gv 1 -,'/'-:;; -■;' ■'■'•;-'''.f.i-'"^ere^W;;p.eajfci«cil»inMit' : ai'Con8 l tan-; . ;. ; ,/ tinbplej when ..we were ; there.'' .heaf d just :/: ; /before -we left' .was;surrounded , . ;/ . : ;..by. soldiers, and that; before long .there .iwoiild ■]:'-■:. be'; 'oil ''butbrealc ; ,of/. some- -kincKV ; /Someone; "/■:'; i who i had • been /.conversing with; the {.English ; '■■':''■, CbnsTil- tdld : u3 : that -'three. o|f' tho/prominent ■ '".■■' i - Youiig ■ ■''■ Turks - had been invited.; up; to /- tho ;:'■ Palace.to ■havo./anJriferview-. with the Sultan V : .V'v.tte'.'-:"day : : - .b'efore'-w<^yamved; : (Sunday)'/';.and :, ;-;'■; .-i when w.e" loft',on v :,Tiibsday' nothing more' had ;•■;/ ;'l)een .heard of;tliemi';'/Except .'for', there : being ~.-; -al.tremehdbus.number':Of.isoldiers. everywhere ,- :;' : we,', : wbuldii't,:;havo;;; known;^tbat ''anything, ;,/; Special ..was v'gbing ''.phiv.-lTh'e;-;.whole.- ■:;.-. •'.■;!"-»eemei. , .to:be:betweeri'the;Young'Turks, the. .";*■../;'!spldiera,j',aiiii/..the-Goyerhment.' i.-Tho/.Sultan --.-■'•■''. ,had:bri&ed;someof tUe'regiments to.riso and .-'i./vkill. their ./pfficers,Viyh6-\were'':'id,'fa'ypur-'«r i the; ./; ~.;iiew^mbyement:;|;'A/ 'go6d.--'p^irt.-.-'of, the, army. ;';:;j was .'disanectedji'iso more troopVfrbm Salonika .■',' summoned, andthey'were just'closingiin v>:,;, on : /the• city'when';we'kf t. '• The Sultan V..- .?.■■ ;/ killed: or '/deposed;-/: There were ■'. ;Vi: wild: rumours about\him,-'.one'being that .'ho , . ■ -.'was.iconiirig pn board "-/ '■■■'- of .course; .was'abput-tho last'tbing'he" would ~.- one refuged:on'bo'ard. ■ Ho. was. ' '■~"•,' the''.'editor ;bf .oho '.of the:newspapers in;fav-; :'.- ; bur: , of the 'Turks... "/iHis' house-had .;./:; .teen burned;.dovni;the.;night before ho caraej .■/■'..■ "vnhd')He''jv;as'. beirig ...searched/for ./'/The editor :-.' ■ ;.; of another paper, had been killed, so no doubt ~ ■';!/.>h'e thought,it prudent ; tp;gbt out'/pf. the way.. ;; '•■ : -fHe left at- Girgehti;pii;. Saturday,-''and was' : ; : gbing up-to/Vienna for a' time.:'-, His small .: :Jrßoh'-was -syitlj'him.'■:■ : ';-Aj-.:- :: . :V; /Wo.'sailed about; ; ■.;;;: H- p!m.//jCpinin_g : down 'the : Dardanelles w:e ;,':'■'....met'-.threS"-British..^gunboats,and:/three de- ,;' .'.Btroye'rs'going up';.towards^Constantinople.'.'.

:, '.■:; . ; ;'Aiid eybn; 7 ;yet in this .year of .grace far. too ~ ' ,:.matiy.;Wpmen' ; find :, thought .of: , warlike ;> i '-'i'pregaratioM,.^O t ff^iye^or\ i '" , aefehsi i 7ey'V;-ihe y ;.: greatest' stimulant ; to '• patriotic thought.- ~ A .: '■_ pathetic , .,appeal .has.;;.'■ reached "Dominica" . v;':fromjthe 'Women's Patriotic: League of ■ Cam- ...'. Abridge,' designated "An earnest appeal , : to the :, :;.womeri'and girh of i Neiv'.. Zealand for the ":,' : ; protection of'a/highorMdeal-of'.national j)a-.' ■:'.':;:triptism;" ■•■;vNot;;.quifei;olear 'in.:thought; or! ';'.' eipressiori'i this ■appeal; states. that it /"aims' ' v '- ■: at -encouraging ',; a .form Vof .■ .patriotism: • more' ,' ; \r'eal'and^asting'.than'that caußcd by - national, yperil-or, tho bugle-calls'.fa arras '; : ,and 'that ■ ..■■ J is. 'the'. sincere and :nbble':spirit-:,of • patriotism 1 '■'v--'. which has /for', 'its /.foundations ;.the ':■ inßtinc- ■■.■: ';tiye love,oixedlintryV --.quite apart;.frbm-Ayhat, ~;, ;:for:a ; .betHr.,narao;.;ivo...niay':;ciill tho 'jingo ■ ' : v'-- Bpint/'Vlfis-'-tlie. cultivation-'of this .natural. ;.'.. ■■: feeling ..which .jV ; tho aimr. of.:- the- /Women's •'■,".•■■. Patriotic Jjcague/ The :questiori- i ;bf;'.the..wie- ; .• " ■.. ;d6m;'.or Dreadnought; pro- ... posaV ; lin:': no .Avay iepmes'into'tho ■ question j . , V'.tho. principle of. : tho ■ movement ,k in no ..v/ay ■;political ,-or with; .proposed '.do-. ,•' ■:■;■ fqnce or; other/ schemes! ■ •^Yβ.;feel that:.. this"j :''./■ "iriovemont, : ,this,-hour.of..tho.; giving ofVtlie :.;'. battleship,] .may . awaken .our-, perhaps/, dor- ;.:. itiant patriotism; 'cAt'least it is! an opportu- •■■;.: inly."-;\-'s:;, ! %ti:-.iZ''■'■'^ : Vs ;,: ■'...">", ; ; ; -; :: .'•• :"■" i-V ;■ . .But;: aU'-the. use'itho -Women's Patriotic ■'",.' ■■.-■ lieaguo can make of the .'■' 'opportunity.' 'is. ; to ' ■;;■ eliggost ; 'tho-/raiatiig of fl.subsoription "simply -■■■.'-. ■ intendedNas 'a..poncroto means of bringing •■. : .^;hoine\to/ ( aU v the'Hhfln!i;hV. : ttaVja-.littl6-.- , s(slfr •;' sacrifice is/needed. ''llie.sum collected.must : : W of prpportjonat«ly : small value, and, while . > : Ihe; money will .be:lian.dcd over, to the; Gov- '■'■'■ -, ernmcnt_: for'.: use.' in purchasing some suit- . ■ ohle fitting for the nhip, wo wish to empha- ,; /eise' the fact that this monetary subscription .:. ; is only.':.a • menns; to; an end,; tho.real objeefci ;,:.aff-stated earlier,'.being , , .to 'creato'in the. :.-;. minds.-aiid hokris of the .women and girls of ;'I this .-fair, land; that peaceful/Spirit of lovo.of :,.;/htim_e'.arid.'country..at.,.all;-tirnes, particularly . V in time of/peae'e." , ; .'■'.:;:'... . ' ''■■': Pathetic ? the , appeal -is pitiable! '..-■

Compulsory Military Training. The coriimilteo set up at tho women's meeting; .oil Julio 2 in i'ayouv of universal military trainiifg has been making arrangements .for/circulating Jiho petition to tho Government which was originally laid before tho meeting for signature. Steps have been taken' towards effecting amalgamation with tho men's committee,' • and this should shortly bb accomplished. The following ladies havo consented to act on tho committee in addition to those whose names havo already been 'published:—Mesdames J. ':■'• P. Lnko, Robert M'Kenzio; and W. A. Evans. Palm'erston, North Now!).-.' ';. . -.- '' The ■ GomiSchte Abend of the Palmerston North .LiedorUfel.was held in" tho Opera House on Thursday evening, and was a great success.;.' The part ; songs, rendered by the choir -of malo voices under, the. conductorship of' Mr. F. Mason, were much enjoyed, .bind twoV'cello solos by Mr. Frank Johinstone gained a double encore/ Among_the : largo audieucd were:. Rev. and Mrs. TEC^pe l ) On and Mrs. Stowe, Dr. , and Mi3s O'Brien, Mrs. iind;Miss,;Ra:iidolph, ; Mrs. Beck, Mr:' and Misses ■■'•Gardner, , Mrs.; Mason; Mrs. Broad, Mrs. Waddy,' Misses Ayilson, Beswick, Kirkby (New; Plymouth), Sim, and Porter. Miss Kirkby (New Plymouth) is visiting :Mfs.';;Pickott.. "'[J ';{'■ '. '.:"■■ : : ■ ■ ■ Mrs. AVaiidy is ' staying with her daugther, Mrs. 8r0ad.'.;..;.' .•/.;■: '..'■_ ■'''■■. Mies I Fentori, "-''.who.'. has ,been 'staying .for ' some'months' with Mrs. to her hoino in Auckland yesterday. Miss -Fen- . ton Has' made many, friends' in ' Palmerstoh, and takes with her their, best wishes for uer '.future happiness.'■.:';'. . . ; ; ..: ..' ';• : : -Mrs..'White. (Pobangina): is 'visiting .Mrs. Goldingham for.a few days. . ..: ■ • ... . Wairarapa Notes.'■: , .: • '■> Mrs.' A: H. Wrightson is spending a.week in Wellington;; .■ \ •■ '\. ■Miss Weva Beetbam, who has been visiting Auckland and Rotorua, has returned to her home: ■'■■ ■.'■'' "■■;'■" ~v ' ;•'.■:'■ '.' •'"■'''" ; '■'".:.'■'■' '■" ■ '\; Mr. and Mrs. 0. Bunny, "To Await©," are paying'a'short visit 'WManawa/' ■ ' ■ Miss Mason; of Hastings, .is the guest of Mr 3. ,H.,'Williams at.Lansdownc. '..:>• : i.', - ; Miss Pickering ' held the second of her assemblies last Thursday evening. .;■' It was ,&. ,gieat'-BUccessi'.;■.'■<'.":..\,-" ,/.• t'.'"'■.', . .'„'.■ '■';Mrs; -.J. 'M'bosK Clark, of' : Auckland is' on Wellington, and is. staying at Miss Malcolm's. ■; >!_■■-.■;'■.-■■■,-'...■'■■-:■ ■.•; ■ 'I';, : J-.-.:■';■■•.''