SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 540, 22 June 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

i [Notices of Engagements and Weddings.— when reports ti and announcements of engagements are 6cnt to "Dominica" for publication, the name and address of tho BOndor.should,.bo r enclosed,"not for. publication, but as.ari eviden'co.of good faith. Otherwise the announcements cannot bo published.] "74, Not Out." s It was Mother Mary Aubort's birthday on Saturday, and tho wondorful old lady, who is still as full of energy and projects as a fortj-yoar-old general on active service, .is now seventy-four years old—a fact' that those who know the enormous amount of work she manages to get through every week find it very difficult to realise. Teaon Tho Torrape. ; '.' 'Yesterday: afternoon, .'at. her. home', on The Terrace, Mrs. O'Connor gave a pleasant little 'tea.. . .. was; decorated with masses of;holly<—great vases,of it across the mantelpiece, ; and large' -.vases '.filled with scarlet • holly '.branches;: set about the. room. Among -the guests present were: Mrs. and Miss M'Giegor, .Mrs. :luckey, .Mrs.; Chatfield,. Mrs. Matthew' Holmes, the , Misses Turner,-Mrs. G./. Campbell,; Miss.: Eattray; Mrs. >.You/ng,"' the Misses ': Kennedy,/ Mrs'. Myers, and Mrs. : Litchfield* ■'■•. Masterton Notes.. '■;/;/::>,//:■■ ;■;• •;•'. >/'■';'''. ..Major:and'Mrs: Bolton, of/Pahiatiia; are visiting their,'daughter,'Mrs. A. Beeth'am. , /Mrs. 0. 'Smith, who has been spending ■ a 'm'ont3i.-at' ; Eotoraa; has returned,,/to . her home.; .-■ :■..;■-*.■..■■-'/.■-. .' ; -•■:■'•. : .■■',-.- .-■•,■'.'.•. Mrs;. A. H. Wrigfctson, ■of is .'staying-,with Mrs;'. Albert Samuel; at, -the Lower.:Hutt.■ -/ -.■■":.'•■ . : ;'- ['■ '.''v/K""' , iMiss Mason, who''haS been paying X/ronrid of .visits ,'ih 'the. •'Wairarapa,'has/returned: to 'her homei at' 1 Hastings.. '. .• Great,' interest is being taken/by .the musi-cal-folk'/of Masterton' in the "Gipsy Camp" entertainment,- which^takes-place:/on. Wednesday next'in the Town Hall. ;The proceeds will.be. devoted to the St: Matthew's-Church buMding fund:'.' The wholo performance, etc:, will : be under the capable management'pf-'Mrs. Taplay- arid 'Miss' Wolff /ably assisted? i by.Mr. ; Stanson, .and shouldprove agreatVEMccess., : '.■'■■Mra;''.Endlay.left.yesterday with Dr. Findlay for -Palinerston: North■and'. Feilding.. \ ■ ■', ■ '/Sir Francis '.and vL'ady' Price' have' returned ..to /Hastings','.after their visit /'to .Auckland a'nd?Kot6rfla.:':'':!:./ '■[. /.'.; -: '. ■'/. : V' .;/ . ,Mrs. Winchester, who has been staying for.. several .'days -with Mrs. • Butts,'; at i Newtown • returned to Levin-on Saturday. : " '-..'. . Miss'Hattray,/•from IJtmedin,.; who';!} has been:'visiting''-.friends"in. Gisbprne,- is /now staying in Wellington with 'Mrs. G./Camp: bell./://' /:./' : .:■,■./:/'. v/v; '■-■

A very enjoyable little Cinderella dance was given on Saturday eyoning, by Mr,s Charles Glark, at her residence, '"Toorbhga," Kelburne. The sixth annual ball of the St. Patrick's Collego Old Bovs' Association, will be held in tho Sydney Street Schoolroom on Thursday, July 1 Madame Wielairt, who is to sing at all tho Choral Society's concprts, arrived from Auckland by tho Main Tru'hk line, and is staying at the Empire Hotel. Mrs Noel Nelson arrived from Japan laet week- on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Louis BlundelV and will probably remain ( in Wellington for i three' on four months.' Mrs. James Mandor, of Wellington, haa just roturnod from a trip to Auckland, where she. spent a pleasant time with her sister, Mrs Willougniby Kenny, of Parnell.