SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

[Notices of. Engagements . anil' Weddings.— (Vheu . reports if ' weddiuKs and announcements of engagements dro fient tn "Dominica" for publication, the address of tin sender should be enclosed,'not for publication, but as an evidenco of good faitli, .Otliunvisotlii announcements cauuot lie uuklislied;]

Wadding.at Wainul-o-mata. -. > A very pretty wedding , took place' at the Wainuinj-niata, Church on • Wednesday last. The. bride, Miss Mary. Jensen, who wor? a pretty creani, nun's' veiling dress, trimmed with laco arid satin; was given away by her father.. He#, twoi'sistors,- Misses.. Minnio and Mabel. Jensen,' were .bridesmaids, and looked voiy. nice 'in white, frocks and hats. Mr. A. Hansen, brother of. tho ;bridcgroom, was best man., -The, wedding breakfast, was held.-in the/ schoolroom,- which . .was "decoratd - with, frns _arid roses: and bulbs;, and a dance was given .by .the .bride's parents'; to the many guests, in the', evening.. "Mr. and .Mrs. Hansen left, later-for Auckland. - .

Danco In Tinakorl Road, Mr. and Mrs. .-Nixon gave most enjoy-, able dance last , night at their homo in Tmakori Eoad, when over a.huridred,guests were •present, AH the rooms wore beautifully deoorated ■ with .flowers, .-.masses of/ which, were used in the -dining-room and drawing-room, The supper table decorated with yellow arid 1 whito'. narcissi, the., silver candelabra holdings coloured candles,. and round the walls wore branching, candelabra-' .with coloured " lights and- festoons of- , lycopodium. The ■ guests "•danced ■' in the drawing-room, which ;ww. decorated with .pot'plants, spring flowers, and festoons of lycopodium.' Mrs. Nixon received in -a fro'ck of black sequined net, over lvhite ; Miss''Nixon, was v in whiteninon,' with .silver trimming; Miss Rata, Nixon,* '■ whito, muslin; Miss Ngaia Nixon, ■ wliito. frock,; with- touches -, of- palo blue j Mrs. ;■ Halse, black ' velvet, ■; with scqumedtrimming;• Mrs.. Sievwright; blue silk; Miss Moult, pale bluo silk; Miss Halse, white silk and silver.'trimming; Miss /D." muslin with, lace; AtissDavies,, black silk'with rich lack; Miss Dcvine, cream mnon;;Mrs, -black silk;; Miss:; Westi white satin; ;Mrs.- Holmwood, white silk direcfoiro'. -froclf; Miss / Stavclcy,. black l sequined.frock; Mrs.'.'Munro, black sequined' -.net; Mrs. Pytt-Jackson. whito'. and •'■ silver froefcj .Miss Henry,'white ..silk;Miss "N. ; Carter; whito, silk.; Miss -S., Carter, white mnon;. Miss. Dall:' blue, silk; Mrs. tyiUiam:.son,; shell-pink • silk;Mr§. -.Parker, eau de nil .'satin; Miss Phipson, black sequined net: Mrs. Rftdcliffo, white satin. Others present wore Sir :Kennoth Douglas, ;■ arid. - Messrs, Suripsoh,.- Dcvine,. Barroii, Orombio, * Burnett, Holmwood,• Sievwright,Holland, Dall, Bad--'.cljife, : Anderson, aud Matthews. 5 : : ;. A Kitchen Tea. r i ' "Miss Nina Thomas,' who, lately, resigned hW positibiv'ori.;the;staff, of ,the -Mount.Cook Girls' 'School, . and, whoso marriage to MrNeil Stuart-Campbell takes place next month, Was entertained by a number- of her friends i . a t o Kitclien tea at 'Kirkcaldie and Staines's .'tea-rooms yesterdayi'.aftcrnoonj. wlien.-.'about lorty/peoplo- were' present .".- A portion of the Toom had been curtained'off for. the 'use of the and the tables : were; daintily decorated . with bulbs and .primroses: -A' numher of-cflmpetitions, sorne .of which were very' ingenious, created much interest and'amusement.'.': . Mri'.Wolshi who',.on,behalf .of-the hostesses, received' the guests', woro a dress !, of.mauvo,; poplin .with, of ; vieux roso silk, and ;a -large black hat with.:trimmiug. of vieux. rose, and jet. 1 Miss T&omas wore a pale ■pink mousseline de 'soie'and rose-coloured hat wreathed with black cherries. Among others - present -were, Miss Helyer, Mrs. Muller', • Mrs. Everton,'';M^S'.yKil^ipur;-lirid "the MisSek-'Holm lor. (2V, Bland, ':Jame's,;'Jam&ori,' Kelly; 'NashViind'O'Malley (3).

The Babies'. Party. . _. . " - A-baby . party'was given 'on . Thursday afternoon ,by fh© "-Nurses:.Murphy at their foatqrnity, home,' ."Waimarie,"' in >Abel Smith Street.:: This was tho first:birthday of 'tlie Home, and- to celebrate. ,it " all .. the babies who had. been born in tlie homo during, the year were;;irivited,'with. their 'mothera to a party...The infants.ranged .in age from one year to. ten. days, "and it is recorded that the tiniest, ones behaved perfectly. The rooms .where . the quests: were : entertained were' decorated with arum/liliesj peacji blossom,.,and.quantities of,narcissi and daffodils, and/ tho tea-table wascharmingly decorated with' yellow , and white ;bulbs. . . '

A Tea at Klrkcaldie's, - Mrs. Percy'M'Quade • gave a-. delightful little tea yesterday-afternoon at Kirkealdie's tea-rooms.Among' thoso present. were Captain M'Quado, Dr. and - -Mrs. Webster. -Miss Gastelle, Miss/Atkinson,;Mr T.\S. Weston and Mr. S. Seddon. ' ■ V 1 -- ■

~::,Mrs.' : Strung, .from". Masterton, :is: staying at the.Hotel Windsor.. / .;'/:*- .

Mr. .and Mrs. A. Poison, from Napier, are staying-at Hotel .'Windsor. ■Mrs.; C. H. Izard, who has been in England for some time past, leaves for New Zealand next month'. V • Mrs. Glendming, from Dunedin, is visiting Wellington, and' is- staying, at the Empire Hotel. Miss M'Lean, Principal of tho Wellington Girls' College, and her sister have returned from, a' visit to ( Christchurch. Sister Avabamia, who has for the past few months been lecturing in different Neiv Zea-' land towns'.ori 'Yedanta, left for Sydney, by the. Mceraki yesterday. ' ■ . Miss .Grotel :Krull, from Wanganui,- was a passenger :by tho-.'Moeraki for . Sydney- eri route to England, where she intends to spend sev.eral months. . '. , ./'Miss Gladys, Coolpy, tha. Spiritualist lecturer, left for Sydney by the Moerabi. . . -Miss Runciman,'/from' Auckland, is.'the' guest of Miss Skerrett at Lowry Bay.. . 'Miss Scully, is leaving" for a. trip to Sydnoy' withher brother and sister on October 1.- - .Mrs. R. B. Ross, from Pahiatua, with her daughter, is .staying :at; the Hotel Cpcil.. • Tho Misses Mimi :and.*'J.ean Smith, 1 with MissHjlilly . Churchwafd, ' arc spending tbeir school' holidays with Mrs. Reynolds,. "Tlie Oaks," T'aita. . - - . . v: Mrs. Hunter Macandrewj who has been spending several days with . her sisters-inJaw on tho Terrace, returned to, her home in'the south yesterday.' ' .

"Aren't you going. homo?" asked a fellow club member. "Not for several days," answered Mr. Cumrox. "I'm going to give my faniily a chanco to forgot. - You sbe, motherl and the girls ..have been/ trying to educate mo to an appreciation of classical music. . This afternoon I heard, a terrific racket on. the piano,, so, being anxious to, please, .1 half-closed ,my eyes and said, 'Isn't' it perfectly, beautiful?'" "Wasn't that all . right?" "No, it was tho pianotuner."

. His won't you ' bo when/your baby brother begins to grow-up?" Willie—"Yes, It'll be a pleasure to seo somebody else got licked around this hoci.