SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 6 September 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

[Notices of Engagements and Weddings - When reports U weddings nnd announcement? of ongagoinents aro sent to "Dominica {or publication, tho name and nddross of tni fender should be enclosed, not for publication but as an evidence of good faitli Otherwise the tunounceinoutb cannot be nublieheu J

■: ',':Mrs,;;Cathprjno^un arrived 'in -'Welling-" .'V. • ton", from jthe/-north.'pn.:'Saturday "morning, 1 :'■■,-.'■was 'accorded .a'publio'-reception^-in._ tho .after: :';.>;:npbn'-'at',,the'CoScert.'phambVr,;of-tho Toivn '■:■: ;'•'': -Hair,-when' people, chiefly; : ; -, vK'ladilsi;;wer'e-present.■''/,.Tho Mayor (Dr.: New-, )'r. '■'■-' manV:;pi'esided', : ', : .and;.oh .tho -platform, wero: r*-:' ; '.'Mrsy :^ye'nson;-, -Mrs.-iA.;Bl.'Atb'inson'(vice-' ■ ■■' '• : ,president ;of:;the'N.Z.W.aT.U.),'.Mrs.:Boxa)l -"": tpresident.;-'of -the Wellington .W.C.T.U.), 1 - • -.-Mrs'. - J. : - Pi Luke; ; Miss; Macky (secretary of Y:W.C;A.),::Mr. : J/ -Mr.' ;*«/R. ■Alright;: M:P.,Hhe''Eev. :Dewdiiey,' : 'i ; (secretary.of .tb.eY.AI.C-A.). , C :-■ :; 'Dr.'.N«wman'- : .mado ; ,a■:very .happy,- sympV : : ;vytbetic/speech-of welcome', and;referred;to.the '■'■ " '■' distinction.won .-by ,Mrs. : ; - -, ■: epeaker,' 1 and;;educationist. ': : -'Mrs. r Atkinson.'. .■:.,:.' speaking ..gn v ;:behalf' -of --.tho. -Ne,w.' Zealand .: '■ f- .',<;. : : .'coined : ; Mrs. sSteyensbh, to Wellington.; : It ■!■"-■ -',' had' for" years, been, her great ambition \to '<■:"•'. meotitoe .late':Frahce's;vWillk'd, : ,and.'.it was '■''■ '■■J-'.a greatTpleasure'.to:meet : dne who -had for "'•'■■" ; 'sd many; l years..been; a eoinrade andfollow- .;■'?'•: worker 'wit.b i that great,'leader... Mr...Aitken v'' : .extended > welcome ; ,to Mrs; : Stevenson on -' l "behalfi of ithe: Council; of the 'Churches,- and v> th6:-S;M.C.A;,': Mr, . :fc) iwelcome.of ; ; the (■!'.-.,'^NewvZealand>AJliance7 ; spoko of the .pleasuro :■'':.'.it'gave:'him':to-I'h'earjDr.■'Newmari's sympa- »,-: ... -thetiQi.speech,.and.:roferred:;to .the valuable .'}.'.'• -'assistance['"that; Dr.'.'Newmani'; , ;.had': given to >;^.-^the.'No^cense/paftyrSfor'inahy^years ; past, ;•'.;■'-.''..::jmehtibhing'-;' : .'especially; a;paper on.."Liquor ?h'- ' and ; Revenrie'.. , ■.-which i .had,:■ been ! - contributed '. '■■.' : '-' by ' : .hini'.,tp:,one:■ of; the; earlier, edflventions. >■.',', 'i'v'Prom' the speech' made-by JlrlVß.; A. Wright,! .v-;.V;:;-.who'.'..said that:'he!:cbuld convey'.;la ..very hearty, rs'.i-.gresting 'from 'many:,members,of .the.Legis-. ;. ; ':7'^::]ature ) ' : it;;;appeared: that ;iho>,WiC.T.U.'' ; hid .'. "-■■.: -secured , - ai valuable '''recruit.'-in'.. the* member i;' -^for;-Wellington iSouth.V;!He;*.had .taken "ad':':h /:-\yantage>"of:;.^he'?''faet v-:.tha.^'^m(to::/.werev']iot-■■:-;v:..^r;refasrf\adimMibn:iW'^thay',prgaiiisation,"';a'nd ; X-. ". had!-. : jqined'- its 'ranks. ■ • Miss '^MackyJ: in., a; \'v:'. >'very:(-gracefnl.;-.little.,spoech;v convoyed'.the ■: : .-' : ;< : :welcomov:of;,the;'YvW.C.A.-:to"vMrsv ':■■ V,;.son',' and /said of ■; the •co-operation i';\- 'that- should ; exist- between: .of the ,';. i. ■.■twq:^6nie^Js i -.■,:' ";i recitations fwe^Bi^en'.b'j-'iMrs^.-Martinyiyfil;' ■;.;..]iams.''and:'Miss Keith,'Ewcri? -and'-after-tho. ; --. ; ,.:.;-'Bpeeone'B 'of/welcomo.'.littlo '■■ Janet': Atkinson 1 , ;■ ;v ' V.'(Mri ;'Aj.'R:; Atkinson's little' daughter),:" pre-' ■.'.•';.■ ' : sentedia ■\bouqu.et!..io. : , : Mrs.' r Steven-;:,,-6dn,, murmuring a tiny'speech into her ear. :';';?:..■ Mrs.;. Stevenson,: l after; thanking ..the pre- ■': ,' ; yi6us speakers" for:,tboir. kindly -nreliome, -gayo .r', :: ;' : ",tt Jvery : interesting on -tho objecta '-■:.'■ of the -.union': Mrs:'. Stevenson" is. a/middlef ; ■'■V^■■Vaged : ■'■la6^ l^■,;dreßses'ivvi^(i•vβeyl β^e^;■'Bim l plieity ) ■ K';i, iaand' speaksVquietly,, arid ,effectiyely} ; with .-few ':;.■!;■■ "gestures;■ ;'During'all.her.speech she"stood. making .just; an-Occasional ;.'::"■;. of: her;,hands .to; emphasise : what she was : eaying , .'; , . ;She : has'.' the'-^American ''_.', tone, -or i,; ; ;',rather that .no.'One who- lives in (:.,;.,.■■:' the States.'seems ' able?to'. : avpid,':but, after /; ■;■. : :.her. first,two' or-three■■'sentences one'forgets' ;:;,;; ;.to';;noticb':,this ;in : ,.the:;.interest , '.of'.".what', she ~'. .":| i ßays.': : Shous' a-womanoffine/educatioc, and :' ■;. .;■;., -that -showed. feielf. in-, her "speech; which: was v.';'..- --full -of.-'tersely:: put .things that-, were well ':.-■;'■/'.".'worth'nearirig;-fLargely, -it'was a : defence of ■; r :...' a.woman's;right to interest affairs : .;; : "'.;;outside;her-:Tibmo,:.tb 'carry, into ;a,; larger . '5;;.:; .life.the"desire J ,to" protect the. weak,- to'make. '.;;.' 'folks'.happy, : '.and to'keep''them sound-and ;.:;;,: ; : -wcll, ; :that I characterises : , the-'--' best ;home- ;.:;: makers.-; .'A; delicate .).yoinvo4: ran }\s.\£ through'■!,'her )speech, '.and;' sio; quoted/.with .;' ;:',some effect X>rV Anna ShaVe .-word picture, of 'of^^'a', town; drawing'.'a'cordon:, across i; Jftf ,''B'- street, i arid,; when;:,.the. children;, tried -to ;,"f;; -.'walk "buti-of ■■their- homes, 'saying; to them:' ';-.-;''''' : 'G.o back,,children; go .back l fathers' ':': ;v .:"'streets, .into 1 your 'ihomes.":- "That. 1 V : ;:;j.:; state'.of ■■'-. things, said :;Mrs.:-Stevenson,. was ;:;;V..absurd, and women'were beginning to realise-'' ;■ ;-.:;that they : ;.were,.concerned,with the welfare :. ! ~; -of.'.the streets and''the;city ■as -well as with rooms of:jtheir own homes^ ■-'A.'person's =■-.'. 'J.-,':- concept of ; a home,' varied; -with ; =her ■ -geo- .; position.■■.-;:Anyon6'-asking a.JWel- ■:.. "■■ ■ ' ./lington person here Vwhero/she lived,'would ';, : -.be ;teld.: 'Tin 'such and'; suph a street,", but •.;;.;, :nieet ; a iand ,Vt •,'-.>: ask-iier.'where;,she.; > liy'es, and .she will,.say. r'i- /(''ln-Wellingtp'n,"- ißeot:.her in England and ~,,;. ;;,ask;.her"where; her';'Koine:-'is;iand- she"-will .flew.'Zealand;"; I . t lt',was thin larger .'.'.'•;■-'. idea of..thb-h6me,'that : men'and women must ::':: '■■;■; lealisp,- .and'-rwith' it ?the; need-;of Scaring 'for .-, -the -happiness..of; all pebplo: , ; The. men who :.;;:> ; :told;a:,woman^that ; sho ;must"stay at-homo ;■ ■ :'■ ■ and rock : the : .cradle,' forgot: that 'tho child ,; ;■ - ■ -.■:■'■ would grow out .of the cradle.. l It was absurd ~';to tell-a.wpman'to'rock;the cradle when thV '•';■: baby was.six feet higa, : arid it was a.mistako : ''' : '■ ' "r? ■< ".-,''. world, which/.no woman rocked:.:, ; A 'woman ;..; mast; care ,for the; friohdless'cradlo'a's well as' ;.._.; tor; and she'miistpay .attention'to' ;.,; , the influences which ; would ;■ surround her v:,.;: child when it letfc her care and went'out."into ■i; '-■ ;.the;:,world. ;., On-V'.-fthe;/' conclusion of -Mrs ', :.: Stevenson's'.:address,.. ' afternoon :' teav : was ■--'■;, '•■.'■ Berved. - and ' guests had -.an .opportunity ;,: : ;;;of making..the; visitor's,acquaintance. , .

Arnold Boys'/ panceVvvr -f'■'■:'; ''s v :/.;' ; . A: Very; evening, was .spent at tJio; Ale.\anara,:Han. l on. l rriday;rJiight, /whb : the .Wellington • Old Boys'. Branch of tho Palraerston North.HigJi.r.Schbol-Ex-Pupils' Association ■: gave an informal, dance. The hall. : was prettily ■■decorated:- with :flags and arum:;Uicß. /Among tho,visitors were: Mr. J.; E.; Vcrnon. present rector, ■'• and v; Mr ■ .Murray,-;of i.fche/.staff; v Mr./Gray,-:the first Miss Rbwloy,; formerly- ; of'-the •staff; also- Mr., Flitt, /of .the. r Napier'■. High Sohool. staff. Mesdames' Rhodes, Williams Hogbcn, l Dβ; la Mare, arid Thornton were the chapeions; and;the committee consisted of Misses M. ; West,;;T. ■KDTslake.-E.iCook,. and ,H: Park; Messrs. E. Finlayson, J; H. .Channiani L. Loarv; D, Vernon, E. '.lnder, and ■J. :•!£."''/Spear. ,(hon, : sooVetary/and treasurer)/ Messrs. lnder and Eiiilayspn' capably .filledtho positions, of : M.().!s. •■/'•'.!'■■';.'."■. ~y-'■'.'. ■'■■:.. ' Fanoy /Dress Danes at Palmcrstpni ; : :,.The juvenile;fancy dress ball organised by Mrs. .'W./.T.'Woodin aid of tlie proposed old men's-homo, held/at"--tho; Opera :.Houso on Saturduy , -night, .was .largely attended,, over 400 children being in fancy ■■■■". cqs;tume.,;Thoreceipts .at; the door totalled over £100, and this will bear a Government subeidy of!24s, in the £.., The ball, will'le re- ; .peated vto-iiight, hundreds ' \of people being turned/away ; on .■ Saturday , , night) after :the police had prohibited any. mote people'entering the. .Opera" Hoiiso. Tlie;fuhd r hao made a . most - anspicions and if is Mrs. .Wood s intention, to organise another .' juvenile ball, with the, same, object at the end ,of f ;"the. : year.. The total! funds now, in .hand/ , 'including Saturday 'night's amount, and its subsidy, aggregate about "'£3oo, the result of-five weeks': work.: : .. ,; : ../■■■•....

A Sydney.Carnival. ; : : : :,-A.correspondent sends tho following.,interesting account, pf a fancy ..dress -.carnival 4at tho Glaciarum in Sydney, which'took place tho other day:—"l must tell.yoirabout tho carnival. It was gorgeous. I never dreamed it would *be so:lovely, iliss Doht (instructress from Princo's, London) '.Bays, sho has liovor seen such lα display.liivEngland, .rfnd she has -been teaching 17 years'. To begin with, the decorations, flags, lanterns, 'many coloured shades over tho electric lights, and tho mirrors all draped with purple • wisteria, and.;air filled with-, snowflakes, endless bits of cotton wool hung on very fmo cotton from tho .roof. _: : You ■'could not seo tho threads,, 'and the air just, waved the Hakes 'to'and.fro,, and ono scerneu to bo in the middle of a enow-storm;'. 'The mirror at tho end reflected the wholo room, -and,-; of course, .made,it .twice as largo. Some, of the fancy dresses werp" wonderful; specially tho •' nieii's, • -and must have cost a lot of money—jesters,, cavaliers, .Roundheads, . Indians, ■:< Maories, Turks,.doyils, Moors, Bomans, Greeks."Lots, of tho >ome>h ;; only woro evening.; frocks coveredwith ribbons, bells,' flowers,:ctc., but itliey all. made for-colour and effect, an'd; ; of course,' others wore 'every, bit.as well got up as the men.. All tho instructors, were got up as toreadors, aiid after, half-an-hpur's general skating' they : cleared , : tho floor- and made? a double line, for tho teams to pass .'through. Ypu-'never saw. anything so-lovely. There' wero ovor'twonty teams, first side in tinsel and white; satin, driven by a.cavalier. Then i scarlet:dominos, .Geisha,iFrench maids,' rainibows,., roses,.huntress;* but .the pick of. the. lot' were tho Shackle-ton, four girls, in the .'softest white cloth, knee-breeches edged with' white fur,' and fur -and cloth tunica 'and hoods; also long white knee!boots. Thoy drew a' sleigh, with a, model, Discovery; a; •butterfly' team driven by a collector, net in/ hand, all. splendid skaters. The frocks wero taken':.from a. ballot'in one of the'panto-, mimes,; hand-painted, gauzo or' chiffon, from' pale pink up to red, with gold markings, and they floated along—there is no: other word— with waving: wings,, and got shout, after shout from' the audience. (The 'place was packed,@uo. standing room.). However, the ShackletonV got the prize, as "rnoro original.. '. '.iftor..the 'teams , came the sleighs,, covered ...with'--peach/ blossom,, westeria, violets -and:snowdropsj'tulipsj'i;oses, all. lit up. with,electriclight,, and the prettiest child tho owners: could find inside.;: A!n old Church of England ;Grammar ..Sphool team -got'., I tlie'.| prize. -After more- general skating came Mr.: Lahgley and Mis3-Dent's -, exhibition. Ho was. got up. on pale pink - edged with biaik,' cap to match; incidentally, he is the ■most';"graceful ■'skater' I have; 'ever seen';'■ Miss ■'Dent; in' green and they, skimmed, about, like-swallows. :She is a wonder. Pair Ekatingvwell'done..is tho_ most graceful.andcharming thing .you can'.:imagine. ■Undoubtedly the sensation ;of- the evemng; however, was the exhibition' by.Mr. Allender (he ;always looks like an - acrobat and wears .black tights). Ho is a splendid skater.VWhen tlie bell rang for.: their .exhibition, the.vcame.-on one from each.end/.with a tremendous.swoop,.dressed .as ; 'WilFon' Barrett was as Ch'udjan; white and gdld.tunic-te:the hips,: white aJid ■ gold. toga ; from tho .flesh-coloured tights. ■'.: They-had 'to.' discard the.togas, -,aa they.got in'the.way.: Their skating, -though.'. wonderful, is distinctly of the acrobatic type.

The Pioneer Club. .; .-;'... ;.;;■; ■ _ Last week Mrs; < Bengoiigh,' an ; 'interesting visitor from ; Canada, ;was-entertained':at tie ■Pioneer .Club. .'Advantage.!, bo -taken of Mrs.■■'Katherine; Lpnte Stevenson's, -.visit to te .entertain her.in the samo )w'a'y' fat.' ; the elub;' 'afternoon . ;'at : ; four :o'.clock,; when■.•membera..iyill.'hiV.e;..ah,.oppor'tunity<:'pf.: meeting>her.. '"; ■ ■'■■" .- '-'f . ■'■'..''/■"■ v '^." : yl-Hb-o-vfn Knnr n(fr.4rf zrio ; .i:'<'- ■■ Professor, and , ' leave"- on Friday:jfor a visit,to. Sydney.; ■.: ;- : ■■■■}:. '~-. ~. ,M rs.' Finch; -has : returned fromi , a visit, to Hawora'.'and •Palmerstou" North.' V.'/ -'»;*; '•'. .Mr., and Mrs.- .Palgrave, •'from the. Hutt;, left On 'Friday/ for' Sydney,; where, they. - :are going,.to : live.':'■;':.:' ', "■/>'■'/:., '..'.?■';■ : : :. '.:'■'. • .■■•:.Misß;'--Itoriine*, ; --,!Prin'eipar''of Nplson. Girls , !- College,, is!; visiting -Wellingtonj.and is' staying at the Royal' Oak .Hotel. .;. ' :- .'. \ ; /Miss .Elizabeth Kruse, who is leavingitho , employ, of -Messrs. George 'arid '^George: jn order, to take.up'-herresidence in Wangnnui, .was-presented on"Saturday.'.on.'behalf of the scaff .with a ; gold' pendant and.chain, as. a token-of, esteem.:-.'/....-' '. ■ . ..-■:•-', .

'-' A'very enjoyable dance was given on-.Fri-day night ;by.the Toreadors, Salmoud, Hull,- ■.Pearce,,- Aylwin,. .'ThomeGeorge, .With'eford, . Porter,. ' and.-Captain Stott, 'acting .as :hosts.;;.The garden ,■ was hung v ;with.■'Chinese'. lanterns,: and.. dancing took, place -.iiLtwo -rooms, connected. with ■ folding, doors, while supper was laid in an adjoining, room.;' .".-;■■.'.■■-:• - '•.,'.■,'•'•'•'■ : ;: -::;.;,. ■>■,'.■'■.