SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Wedding. '; . , On Wednesday, ot the Webb Street Primitive Methodist Church, Miss Margaret Lambert, youngest daughter of Mr. T. S. Lambert," was married to Mr. Henry Stewartson Irvine, youngest son of Captain Irvine,' harbourmaster at Wanganui. The Rev. Mr. Potter was the 'officiating clergyman. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore'a dross of creani'colienne, with veil i',nd orange' blossoms,' , "and carried ' a showei, wraqu'et. , Sho'woro a pendant--the gift'of the bridegroom. ' The two eld,Qr bridesmaids—Miss 'Jessie Lambert, BJsterVt'f'ihe 'bride,, and Miss'Cecilia Irvme, eister'cf the, bridegroom—wore cream frocks and carried bouquets of yellow and/ white i jooquili'. They were the' recipients' of pearl spraye' rrorn the bridegroom. The two younger bridesmaids—-the little Misses Nellie ttnd LUy Simpson, nieces of the bride —wore white embroidered muslin, and carried bou- ' quets. Their gifts' were gold name brooches. i Mr Dugald M'Donaid was best man, and Mr. Tom Lambert, brother of the bride, was groomsman. 'A reception and breakfast' was held afterwards at Noad's, about sixty guests being present. Mr,'and Mrs. Irvine will live at Wangaaoi. ' - ' ' ''''' ' ' ' , v Her Early Memories. ~ > - v , /X,Up at tie ,top of .Brown, Street—that Kttle climbing street which rune up off the bottom of Adelaide Road—there is a long, rambling honeo that stood thore in tho very early days, when th<s Basin Reserve was a mass of ■ ,ti-tree and flax; when the stream Rowing on 'the cast side of Adelaido Road was bridged only by three or four, planks nailed together; when there were.only two other tiny houses in , tho valley near by, and 'the from the barracks at Buckle Street, riding to the butts (over Nowtown way), used to take a short cut across tho waste paddock-land half covered with ti-tree, now Tasman Street and the little crowded streets opening there-off, Tho view from the house in Brown Street ftiust have been charming in those days. BeEind the house the scrubby'bush that has been, cut'away' to make'room. f6r the' Boys' i ( College and the Town Belt, and in front were tho hills rising-np to Brooklyn—.the,outlines > ; that are now so bare' and scarred, softened "irith occasioail patches of the left-over bush. Emco'thoso days the viertf has gained in interest, and, perhaps, a lover of his kind may find more poetry in the sight of the Mores of - home-lights that gleam through tho dark of a Wo'lington night, than in all the untouched beauty of Nature. Still, it is interesting to hear of those days that have gone. / Mr. Wali«r Christie, who has just been honoured with the Imperial Service Medal, has lived there for thirty-threo years with his wifo. There his family havo been brought up, and , though they love the old homo they do begin to feel that it is too shut in, now that other people's houses have climbed'up almost to their walls. It is interesting to hear Mrs. Christie talk of those early Wellington days, but her earliest memories are more interost- . ing still, and she tells how (in her childhood) her father kept the Half-way House, a wayside hotel half wav between Johnsonvillo and Tawa Flat. In.those daya there were barTaoks at Pahautanui, and tho troops going haokwards and forwards between the barraoks . and the town used to'create a great impression on the minds of the little people at the hotel. They were frightened cf tho soldiers. No, never frightened of the Maoris. The Natives were always very good to us," says Mrs. 0. Christie; "I love them, and I cannot bear to hear anyone,say,a word against them. Wβ were never frightened of them. Cm, yes; they did do some dreadful things. There was one family living at Tawa Flat whom they murdered. They did it ono night when the family wore at prayers. Tho father pf the family was a very good old man, and he was reading tho Bible to his family, when the Maoris ruehed in and tomahawked them all—the old man, his wife, and five of the children. One son, a boy ot seventeen-, made a big struggle for hie 'life, but they killed him. Only one child escaped, a boy of about eleven, who had gone to bed before the Maoris came. He looked through a crack in the bedroom door and saw what was happening and then he climbed through the little four-' paned window, ran. to-a neighbour's house/ where he got a horse, and then rode off to the troops at Pahautanui,, ten miles awav They came at once/but the Maoris had escaped." And yet the children living at that Half-way House, bearing thie terrible etory do not seem to have been afraid'that any' , thing, would happen to-them, or that the s Maoris would harm them. What thev were ' a wt! f ? as * at the En S liA soldiers would m r*'- a ? d i* hwi Peep'* would be killed. Mrs. Christie's memory of those old days is vory clear, and she says that many W f TVJfi™ ° f which have found'their way into books do not at oil accord with what she and her husband can remember quite well. After tho Maori war (when T« Whit, and a party of his followers worn exiled to the Chatham Islands) Mrs Christie's husband was one of the guard sent with them, and she accompanied her husband to the islands, where they remained for eleven months. Then they came back to Wei- - Jington, and here they have been ever since

Children's Entertainment at St. Mark's. A very ■successful entcrtainmont, taking the torm of an operetta called 'the "Magic Cup,' and produced by Miss -Vara, took place in St. Mark's Schoolroom lost evening Judging by the number of people present, tho Sunday School Library, in aid o f which ' the performance- was given, should benefit Tl I!' ■ n sl ? T l of tho °P crett a is that tho Magio Uip (which appears to have been on heirloom in tho family of tho King of Carnbee, bringing prosperity to tljo royal family and kingdom generally) disappears atid untold disasters N and .sorrows follow' However, m the end, it is regained, and peace and nappmoes once more roi"n over all. Mr. W. S , . 'Thompson ably sustained his part 'as the King of Carribeo, Mr J Rogan, as Courage, Mr. Barnes, as Mr. Fidfad (the Agitator, and the Astrologer as well), Miss Eileen Haskell, as tho Fairy Queen, and Miss C. Francis, as' Princess 'Mabel. Tho chorus singing by the children showed 'ovidence of very careful 1 training by Miss Vare. Flower girls, reapers, gardeners, Bailors, agitators, fairies, sol- „ diers, in costume, etc., gavo variety to the scenes. Miss Vare, as mosical director, Mr Charles Ettienno as stago manager, and.Mies M. Robinson as accompanist, should bo very "vi+.ii the result of their efforts.,

An Afternoon Tea. Miaa Wordsworth, from Auckland, who has been spending somo months with her sister, Mrs. Standish, and who returns to Auckland to-day, was yesterday the guest of honour at a delightful, Jittle tea given by Mrs. W. Lawson, at her homo in. Grant lioad, tho object being to afford many of hor friends an opportunity of saying fare* well. The tea table was charmingly decorated with pmk rosos, which had contrived to bloom in Wellington oven in June, and with dark red foliage. Among tho guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Willis, Miss Wright (Nelson), Mr. and Miss Loe, Mrs. de la Maro, the Misses Turner, Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Hacon, Mrs. Stowe, Mrs. and Miss Fulton, Mrs. Standish, Miss Campbell (Nelson), Mrs Mowat (Blenheim), Miss Seed, Miss M'Kollar, Miss Esmo Ward, and Miss Jameson. Mrs. de la Mare and Miss I. Jameson both gave recitations, and the guests were much interested with tho clevor way in which fortunes wcto read from tea cups and from hands. The PloneSr Club. Mrs: T< W. Hislop is still so unwell that she is confined to her bed, and will probably have to remain there for. anoiher two or three weeks 'It is particularly unfortunate that she Cannot be present at the first general meeting of members of the new Pioneer Club, which is to be held in the club's onn looms this afternoon, for, evoi smeo there was first talk of establishing this women's club in Wellington, Mis Hislop'has been greatly in favour, of the suggestion, and her name has been associated with it, from tho, first meeting of tho committee Thoro are now nearlv a hundred and fifty members of the club.

A Farewell Tea. On Wednesday a pleasant afternoon tea was given by Mrs. Hervey for her cousin, Miss' Kathleen Webb, who left,yesterday for Dunedrn to be married. Thero Here about thirty guests. Music and songs wero contnbnted by Mis:Kendall, Mrs. Melville, Miss Darling, and Miss Doris Webb, 'and a recitation by Mrs. Kreeft. An amusing competition concluded the afternoon's i proceedings the prizes being won by Miss'Kathleeu Webb and/Miss Freeman-Potts, 1 Palmorston North Nows. . > , , A very 'pleasant little danco was h'eld in the Foresters', Hall on Wednesday ovening. The chaperons were: Mesdames Warburtou, Watson, and Broad, and Misses Waldegrave and Watson were the energetic (promoters. Among those present were: Mrs. Warburton, in a handsome black eequin robe; Mrs. liroad, pretty white frock of soft satin; Mra. A. N. Gibbons, black* robe, trimmed with exquisite lace; Miss Warburton, blue glace silk; Miss T. Waldegrave, empire, frock of blue satin: Miss D. Vkilson, pink silk muslin iwith lace berthe; Miss Beswick,-yellow satin gown; Miss, O'Brien, frock of shell pink glace. Others present were: Misses Bell, I Hayward, .Preece, Mawhinay, and 'Messrs. Wilson, Waldegrave, ,Watson, Gardiner, Keeble, and Grant Sim. ' | The Choral Society's production of Mendelssohn's "St. Paul,"' on Thursday evening, was a great treat, though tho audience\was not as largo as it should have been.' 'The soloists, and. 'all the, ladies' in the'chorus, wore white. A party 'from Government House included Lady Plunket, in a handsome rose pink brocaded opera coat, lover white satin gown; Mrs. WaterfioM, in white; and Mise Hill, in long green coat, over a black satin gown. Among the 1 audience wero Mrs. Thomson, Miss Wilson, Captain and Mrs. Hewitt, Dr. and Mrs. O'Brien, Miss Glendinning, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Scpttj r , .Misses rv Gardner, Dpwn'es, H'Lagan,'"'Hcnderson, artd'MlLennan'.' ' \ L Mr. S. Wilson is spending'a short holiday in Palmorstpn. • i " Mrs. and Miss'F/O. B. 'Loughnan leave i to-day to join Loughnan in Hamilton. ', I

Masterton Notes. ' ' The engagement is announced of Miss tforis Gawith, second daughter/ of Mr. and Mrs. Gawdth, of the Upper Plain, to Mr. Bert Skeate, of Masterton. ' Mra. Gray, who has been spending some time in Masterton, has returned to her home. On Tuesday tho members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade held a successful social evening. The large Drill was artistically decorated with greenery and flags, and huge silver Maltese crosses mounted on black were interspersed with other decorations. Supper was served in a large room adjoining, the tables being decorated with huge bowls of holly. Music was rendered by Messrs. Inns and Goddard's Orchestra, and over three-hundred guests were present. During the evening Mr. A. W. Hogg, M.P., presented certificates to those members of the Nursing Guild who wore successful in passing the recent annual examinations. The proceeds of this social will be" devoted to that excellent cause, the District Nurse Fund. \_ Miss >■ Dorothy Wright, from Nelson, v is staying with' Mrs. W. Lawson. ' Mrs. Mowat, from Blenheim, is the gnest of Mrs. Willis, at Island Bay. ' Miss Alioo Turner roturns to-day from a visit of several weeks to Taranaki Mr. D. Buick, M.P., with his, wife and daughter, is visiting 'Auckland. '[ Mr., and Mrs. G. Shirtchffe, who have been visiting Rotoma, 'are now staying in .Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. F. Baume and Mrs. and Miss Moss-Davis, of Auckland, left for Sydney jesterday by the Mooraki. Miss Emily Street, of "Summerlea," St. Helens, Westport, loaves Wellington to-day for Auckland, where she picks up the Navua for Suva, from which,port she sails for Vancouver in the Marama. She will return to Now Zealand via Suez. Madame Bouteau, of 'Hobson left for Sydney by the Moeraki yesterday, to connect there with the Messageries Maritimes , liner <Ville. de la Ciotat for Marseilles. Madame Bouteau was entertained ,this 'weekat a farewell ..evening by tho French Club, when sho was presented with a handsome souvenir. Sister Frances Xavior is staying with Mrs. J. T. Kent, Roikorangi, for a few days prior to her departure for England. She leaves by the Wakanm on July 8. Miss G. Kent, who has been so long associated with Sister Frances, leaves by the samo boat. Announcement is mado of the engagement of Miss Adeline Edith Toler-Curtis, only daughter of Mr. and Mre. Tolor-Curtis, of "Arawa," Devon Street Extension, Kelbumo, grand-daughter of the lato Colonel J. R. L. Curtjs, of the Indian Army, and cousin of William Brabanson T. GrahamToler (Earl of Norbury), to Mr. Septimus Walker, R.N., paymaster and secretary to j the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. For those who find difficulty in featberstitching evenly, a piece of baby ribbon marked at intervals by an accurate ruler is a great help. Baste where you wish tho centre of theifeather-stitching to be, using a piece of ribbon perhaps nine inches ldng. When feathor-stitched pull out the basting, slip along and baste again. TREATMENT OF THE HAIE. Docfi the condition of your hair worry yon? Iβ it lifeless, dull, falling out.i or grey. MISS MILSOM'S preparations are unrivalled. The Lubricants " and Tonics for Dry and Greasy Hair,; Shampoo Jlixtnre and Hair Cream are unsurpassed for nourishing the ecalp and producing healthy, glossy hair. Each .case'diagnosed, and •' scientifically treated: Patients taught, their own treatment, which renders the hair more luxuriant every year Call at once for:advice. :.Do you Uso CULTENE? It is absolutely perfect :for.-feeding-and nonrishiiiK the elan and faded tissues.. Shampooing, Clip l ping;" Manicuring, Electrolysis, Hair Dressing, Hair Work of all descriptions. Natural Hygienic Hair Pads. .. : ,"■: :'\ ■■'•■'■ .- ,; king's chambees, Wellington, - : -BM.-. .;...:; ..... '....-... ".-..01235