SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 577, 4 August 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

[Notifccs of-> Engagements, and- Weddings.— When ! reports ct weddings and ■ ■ announce' '. monts of .engagements are sent-to ''Dominica . for publication, tlio nanio and . audi essi of tlie Bender should be enclosed, not for publication, bur as an evidence ot gbod faith.-Otherwise the announcements : ean'not:be'iJublisUedJ "' Dance In Sytinoy StreotHaii. ■ ■ A'deliglitful ..dance . was'- given- last iiiglit : . by,. llrs;,:ivlilM : 'in,'t)ie;..Sydney -Street,' Hall, ■ at wliich,between.';two;iid; three, hundred guests . 'werb; present. TKo -hall, itself had .been decor- * a ted-.in* green'. and.white.-.. ; all .the • y'winddws'ia^d' ! ovißrieachv*^r^hu?g;.di^pMi6s ■ -of :hung across' ;t!so windows;' .large niirror3 draped .-.:vatji- !, g^^and. trails .of .lyco- -: podium '■ werti \piac ed. .round : the; walls', and'the ;:; i -^ole^of::thß;tK6& ? of,'tbe-stage:>as^coVered ■ with;'.fest-oori3 : ; of-grceh'and .white 'drapery-, ■ -while acrcss the' ceiling wreaths : of lycdpodiuin ' ■ were'festijb'ned;'-/ "The'; stage' was carpeted 'and -fnrai'sHed'.-^:'&mf6iija6ly:'~.*withyJc6uches' and chairs, and 'palmS'/aHd -pot'plants were set all 'about. .. •rhe rooms: opening off the hall were ■: luxuriously -furnished. :for- ; sitting-out, •:and of ;tbe walhran an' which;.- was -.'enclosed with-canvas, carpeted,vandwhung i.wilh-flags, ■ dividing .the .long; space - into':sociable.-little .sections.: ..lhe .... supper-root?!?;looked;,beautiful. -.Huge flags f. were' hung right round tho .. room,. and ; f rom ' ;the ceiling hung -'scores' df'^dark.. .blue, and : briglltly-cblfljured pehiwnS, ;while;;the.floor w ■ carpeted,- and-- eftcct or ■warmth The cenr! '-' tra.r'tableVwas done 'impink. tod 'white,; a tall ' silver'-'centre-pieco '. was • filled- with, Cnristmas . : roses, -'and- round-'it and' l -;at:'-each -end ■ stood ' silver - vases filled? with large pinkmagnolia " blossoms: - From- .-the', centre,lran -diagonal bands-of pale pink silk, eaqh streamer ; ; the-:cprnersH-With-.':bow:'. and , long streamer . and Vono '.i.large, magnolia - flower, while .branching silver candlesticks with .[ialo - pink shades- each- side of •the_.ta ( jle, completed -a very charming effect. . Supper ■ ; ,was served at .-many;-small tables, and each ' tad a •differeht'iScheme of-floral decoration, : being idone jwith'lviolets,; primroses,, freesias, geraniums,;-.rhpd6dendrons,,-aiid -flowers, of. a dozen, other-varieties.-. j-Mrsd.Miles .received in a handsome frock of. -.black;-lace; over::wiute taffetas silk,- Miss Miles wore a frock- of ' white rieV embroidered with gold, and_emer- : aid' green'-:beetles' .-wings.- TiiiacKS I tfiterS* 'pa e green chiifon;-Miss;Bortha.Miles,."Pinkvtulle 'f'v.einß»ide^, , .Tqth'--/pj^J^.>jos^'and';?pii^ed .with, crystal JVitli iheavy 'Pjet^Ctrimming .cream-, " satiny,;. fi;ocl\,/; '.witlvof. cream > lace • worked with .gold-,-sequins, present were':;-.Mrs.-.;Pindlay, ; in pale blue-silk-with i silver , sequins; Mrs, .NeLon, . lotus./blue.; satin, with'.cliiSoa _sle'oycs and ■silver(.trimming:;;.,Mrs. .Head,.. pink .silk, -with black: emlyoidered., net Mrs ■■ C.-"Crawford, ■' white ;&atiii - with gold 'enibrpidery and hem of ' gold '.tissue ;■; Mrs./.J. Abbott, pale pink satin. . with silver sequins;. Mrs. IT. Jphnstpn, silk ■ with. gold, sequincd, trimming,. Mrsßo ; -, •i -Jestori,£palf> : pinkKsjt-in ;with 'trimming of pa e ■ ■ blue and' heliotrope chiffon ;! ; Mrs. ; E: ; Riddi•f I: 'ford, palo,blue', ; :with -graceful hanging.sleeves; Mrs. W- i' Kennedy,. black ..embroidered, net \ . orer.wjiit-e.silkij silk wiud. -' v ateel- tnmming wMiss silk; Miss Prouse, white brillnnti over pale green Cs; silk; "Miss-SimpsOT/;^ 1 Simpson, white.satin' withoverdress -ot - eequined -not ; Miss -G.. Ewen, pale m<iu\o satin^ywithvtisiic::of - dewdrop -net: :Miss It. ■ Simpson,-. pale pink silk, Mrs. A. Pearoe, l ; white satin, ;\7it.h ; "parieJ'tbfv gold ".embroia^ry; -Mrs^W^HTurnbullihwhite.; silver vsequined ? net;; Mrs,.N., ;Nelson, iriiite satin; • with honitonvlacc ,bertha, Mrs. R. Robertson,- white satnl; : ?satl]a n , p3lo, pinlv • satin, Miss E Nathan, pale pink frock wi h wreaths 6f chiffon loses, Miss L.Em to - Batihj' vi'ith "gold boler'p; -Miss K.. M Xenzie, pink silk, Mrs Walter Johrston, '•oieSowored chine silk, Miss Barmcw. 0\ angv nui)',' white laoe.'over white .silk; Miss - *. > . Harcourt, blue, tulle with , silver Mrs. A. Young, white satin; Mr 3. Matthew ' - Holmes, cherry satiri' with trimming of. satin ' buttons;. Miss Rawson, biscuit coloured alet net; Miss J. Hislop v; black froclrwitK pale , blue in her hair; Mrs. Shand,.wliite.net.over white silk; Dr. Gunn, white satin;,- to.: iYoung; white ' satin- , with black velvet and honiten lace; Mrs. T Young pale with .silver seqtims; Mrs. AV His op, mame satin; Miss Tolhurst, palo blue silk, Miso Y. - Kennedv,-white ;satin;:inset. with : sequmed ; lace - and and: sleeves, of silvered net; ' Miss E. Gray r ",white>. satin,; With peail .trim- -' miilg;' Mrs.' Herdman,' white'satin'and '110111- : C lace, wiihv7red'.rcse; Miss Dean, white satin i'-Wiss Beauchamp, grey tul o .over silver , ■ tissue; Miss', B." Fitzgerald, ,puik silk, ■■ Alus : . Belli'electric blue,''..'with cream.iietj Miss V. Bell;-'white' satih:'wilhoverdress' of .swumed ■' . xiet;.'Miss-'Stafford- -white satin, .with .'lace . panels, embroidered wjth'grfd,thread. Amwg other guests were- Dr Findhy, Dr. Bell, and .Messrs. Tumbull, Kmght. Tn™, Proase, V- {llills; Handysidoj-jHigKinson, Brandon, .Johnston, Denniston, and \\aid.. • r - , A Silver Wedding. ' - About : srity; guests,'.assembled at jNoad s, in Cuba Street, 011 Monday cvening. to dc honour to Mr.-and Mrs, K Willis, of Kol- . burne, ' onothe. occasipn 'pf: the..celebration, ol ; tho'twentym :an'niyfirsarv ot.-.thoir wed- ' dine-^' out:,oi: tl\e twenty-fave married life-havo.i.-been_ spent^-iu ,- ' Wellington,--and, in speaking to the toast ol ■ ! ' the: tiveiiing/' MrkQ;-B.'' Godber bore ,te.Umbny to t&e sterling service . done - by - Mr. and-'Mrs' "Willis as citizens and chuicli ■' workers, ;'.'spepial;,fmeßtiou being;, made, ot ; .thew?" connectioli. - with" > Taranaki ' otreet WesleySunday School,', .and „Aro Street Missibn." ''."After, tea, v.whicli was -tastefullj laid' ; o.ut in r thO; large-'dinirig-room, tho varions' toasts wero proposed , by, Messrs,. Liar- ' rardi Kershaw, > -Moxham, ' Stainnand, '.-U ' Emeny, W. H. Bennett,, and Tonks,. and a ■ pleasant: Uncial- evening was spoilt,, Madanu Muillier, MiSs Muilliei, Miss iomlinson the Misses Bnttani, Miss Luke, Mis Rcid '.'to "'.Sorpell,, and''Mrs.- Kersllaw contnblit ing to tho'ovening's; entertainment. . At Homo al the, Y.W.C.A.,,. .. ■ An at home, w'nich, was very .largely at- . • tended, was .held yesterday , afternoon , in • the''rooms-of tho : Young Women!s Chnstiar ; Association.:,-• by , the '. co.mnutteo of tin ' Y W C A The - afternoon was a very enioyablo'one, and the room .had been vcrj prettily decorated with quantities ot- sprint < lowers/ narcissij:daffodils,;, treo-lucerne, line '•://heath, whilo the tea/ table.was done entire ly' with spring bulbs, During-Iho ,after -noon -Miss Newman sang' several times, 1 - pianoforte; dust' was '; played . by Miss Dal end Miss M. Bclmondaon, a solo, was eon tributed by Miss Pringle, and Miss. Pascoi : ' cave a recitation. ..Miss iMacLean (presiden; of- the association) received • guests : >Amone the maiiv, ladies' present .were: Mrs

M'Clay, Mrs.. and Miss Hoby, Mrs.Easw nold, Mrs.'Denton, Mrs. C. M. Luke, Mi J. P. Luke, Mrs. Kendall, Mrs.' von .Haa* Mrs. Grroy, Mrs. Kreeft, Miss Lawson', Mi llott, Mrs. M'Ewan, Miss ,■ Coates, -Mr Kvans, Mrs. Baicombo Brown, Dr'. Beiinot Mrs. Corrigan, Mrs. Siovivnpht, Mrs. Gibb lrid Miss'.Gibbs, Mrs. :Cooper,,Mrs. Wiride Mrs.. Ilbith, 'Mrs. . ShirtclifFo, ■:Airs. Masse Mrs. Chapman, l Miss Blackburnei Miss Rei \lrs. Thompson. . Misses < Evans (2), Mr Reich, ■■ .Miss :?iiss Newman, .Mi Daily and Mrs. Keano. •; ...... >■ . St. Mary's Homos. Anyone: who lias been out to St./ Mary Somes, 0:1 tho eastern- side of Karor nid wholias been-.taken through the:rooir if the elder girls' home, must realise th: there' is very.grpat need for money-to Gpeii 311 it, both in extending the building and 1 providing a, better water supply. The ,hom< navo grown very -rapidly. It is. just-a. vei iew'year's ago that there was only the ,01 ioiise for tho: two classcs* of girls 'who wei jrought in-—the. tiny .girls_ who were, to t trained- and kept, from, evil, and tho old< prls who were -broughtin -to be recjaime :'rom harmful: conditions.. It wis v obvious! ludesirable that those two;. classes should t ;ept under ! one x roof, and'so.quite lately second l cottage: was built. ,Here j; . the lit-t iries now. live .under the care, of rMiss Mai ;in, while: the older girls remain, at the ol :iome undfcf the caro .of Miss'Parlano. Sine tho" addition' :so: man/ more girls have bee jrought .in . that the. home is; again' overflov ng. Every inch of space has been taken -a< vantage of, so 1 -that no .one is refuse l'dmission )vho : 'could. possibly bo - squeeze nto'somo corner, but those available. inch< lave no\v all been'taken up", and; any -lie' ipplieant .'mrib wait for an • enlnwroinent; ' ,he home .'before she can. he received—a-fat ;hat, of course;: very seritusly ' cnppltu --'.Vfi vork that' Miss Parlane desires to : do in tli :ity.' Another trouble is in connection wit ;he water siipply, ; whish'/at -present' is - ver nadequato, so that the lauridjy 'work whic ifiight--to'.'contributesomething- towards th sxpenses: of : the-home is done : under, som ldlficulty-j and in ■ a dry 'season water has -t >e brought-from a well-at a little .distant The aim of tho bazaar' .'which will "b ipened by' Mrs. J'indlay to-morrow aftei loou, is" to' : add rooms enough : to' th juilding' to take':in- at,least; ten .more girl: lttd to sink a well deeper than the one -no' iii-'t-tie grounds., . The people «who are .arrarif '.rig "the" bazaar are working With great, er thusiasm, in-hopes of. being abler,to raise th required fiunij and all sorts of devices a-r prepared to add entertainment to:the traffil Icing ..at .tho: stalls. Musical programme iiavo been arranged by Miss -Humphries' an Mists Beaucbamp, a dramatic-performance 1 to bo given: under tlie direction of Miss -"y Simpson,, and. on Saturday afternoon, til pupils of Slisses Baber and Richmond idhools ; are .giving a little, play.. 'Furthe particulars will be found in .our advertism .-olumns. : ' ; .. Ylastartcn Notes. : • -t' : Mrs. Nelson, of Woodville, is visiting he mnt, Mrs. W. H. Galwaj , Mr. and'■ Mrs. H., P.- Wynn-Williams hav -eturned from < their Island tour.' . • ,Mrs. .Dodgshun, who ' -has:' been visitin Wends in ■ Wairarapa, ' has gone ■ t Auckland. '. ■ , •'. [ : Mrs..' C; F. -Vallance, of "Kahumingi, . 1 mending a few days'in. - ;.. Mr. and Mrs. W. Kebbcll, .of Alfrcdtoi ire. visiting.: Masterton. -... The - many.'■-■friends '.of Mr. and .Mrs. 1 kloore be-pleased :to hear that the foi ner is now. on the high road to recover ifter. a'-, ilo'ngi-.and - distressing -illness.'; ■ Mrs. arid Miss Glacken, of "The Totaras/ r«;Horo,I, visiting/ Mrs. l- .Ii Tories, . : CHILDREN WARMLY, CLOTHED. The following J paragraph ' comos ' i vlelbourr.e pai>cr, and one can well beueyi ihat if the nints arb valuable .warn !\imat-e,. they are ' much.more.' neccsaar; iere:—: .'./' v. ''■'•■ 1 ; J . ■•' j.i; In a recent, report it. was .good to. seel tha ;ho Director,'.of Education has ■ made adversi 'omment on the dress of .a teacher, whom, hi : ound doing heriworlt witlrher coat on-and,'l nuff in. her hand. - If. tlio'room - was cok moufli' to necessitate that sort of thing 01 iho' pai-lr of a' presumably hcalthy,\and' "well :ed- l woni'an,vhpw.''did-' , a.;largo!pe'r«ntago'_'a i-oungsters' with .. wet" feet, • insufficjerit cloth ng, arid : ill-riourishecl; bo'diea eel?;.. ari loping -for medical,,irispection.,in.:our schools iiut on /the gro.urids. that prevention'.is , bctte: ilian curei might we ,not ; well -a bin irom; Tasmania,'where, mothers', meetings 0: I- riow: ; variety, have:Jiad-, most Satisfactory results .within tho .last • few years? Dr jertrudo' Halley';,' who * does ,the school 111 ;pe6t-ion, alsi).-pride's, over these 'meetiiigs indshe maintains'that the interest '.taken 11 t'hem .is - great: . :-No ; .one :.whoX£ecGschildrei 'oing to school iri'Sofrie,,df:6uf ;more densely and neighbourhoods can at irm that are adequately cloth<fc 'or sitting' still. If mothers. could be. in luced to let-both- their boys and girls wea; ilip-over, woollen, jerseys and woollen stock irigs the ' percentage iof sound health ampiif rro wn-up •-. folk, . would - speedily,,increase Ejlooiriors and short, stout-skirts for-the girl! and strong serge, knickerbockers for the. hoy: :ost li.ttlo niore than a multiplicity, of les: useful' garments. Th 6 Use of-woollen . cuu: acts like,a charm in case of chilblains, ant woollen leggings, even if ;tkey cover littl. more'than the ankles, have a Wondertul»; sf maintaining tho circulation.;, • LOVE BIRDS. "Wo tried to keep the railway carriagi to. ourselves,''- said.-;tlid '. girl who' cair appre :iato a ■ joke 'agairist:.herself, even wliep- 01 her hoiieymoou. "At' tIN: fuard opened'; tho '.'dour, and ' : in ,f spite 0 U'alter's scowls, lifted a small girl :.into ou so'mpartniont, making rather enibajrassiuj apologies, fciic .was a little .girl, of a Don seven and;she sat on -the edge of tlie sea and stared about Her. ; ..'AVliat is- the mat terf said Walter'. 'I'don't see tbe birds, said the i small girl _ plaintively._ 'Birds-:-what birds?' asked Walter. 'When I cairn from the other,.train ' your- vguard , said { t« iriy' giiardy ■/', 'Oh, .shove her along 'with th< love-birds." '" '' ■ '' : 'Mark Twain, speaking at the breaking 11] ceremony of -a girls' college, Baltimore said: "There'are: three things, young ladies I want to 'adviso you -not to do. The firs is" don't smoke,, that is, don't srrioke ti excess The second is, don't drink,- tha is,' don't drink, to excess. The third is, don marry,' I'mean to .excess." ■ :