SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 610, 13 September 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

[Notices of "Engagements and Wcdtllnßa.— When reports .cf weddings and announce. dents of engagements are sent to "Dominica" for publication, the name and address of tin Bondor should: be enclosed, not for publication, .'but.as an' evidonce.'of good faith. Otfiertviso tlio • announcements' cinoot.be published.] , >

A Memorial Service. : . Every : seat.; in tho Unitarian ■ Church'; was | .;, fiUed-. last,-night, : when the Rev. Tudor -.Jones vconductedia memorial-.service ..for the late, Mrs.' wfcTA ; W. ::Hislop.;Dr. . j6nes, said' that-the," Unir tariaus did not wish to claim Mrs. Hislop as'a 'J- .'-.-member, of 'their.'.body; ; she did.riot belong to " : that ,Churoh ; - nioro'than - to v auy other. 1 He' .did' '''V'-.;;n6t' , i!Qte'nd; , .td.'beiand;''li'er/- bill he took her life : arid character las" text : for'a discourse on those virtues : w'hibhj:she-had' -been' known, to possess v ' .:' in ; large iuioasui-e, dwelling particularly on her : wide sympathy with all.classes and.conditions, • ;-her earnesticlevotion to ,'duty, .and her geUor-, : ous attitude'.; to .every, creed,-- Dr.- Jones dealt ': with several Viypes- of ;■ woiiien; :the; good .wife > and mothor who lives a,really nobloand selt- ; •; A sacrificing , life;,'carrying i 'burUens. that neither ;'-' the. world • nor her .husband dreams' of, doing her; Hin 'part-;for- tho.happiness, and ;well-being of ..the .world.Such a-' woman. was ,: to 'he held in the highest. honour: she was a creator of V'vprogress'. I^ With ■; her vDr.';Jones, contrasted the ; .wonian'who knew, nothing,.cared; nothing' for ' '-thje' realities of'lifewhose: whole - time was v.. given -,-to *; straining after trivial, objects of worldly ambition -that werp-riot worth . if,, ing, her life spent in; the ..-worship of. conven-' . ( : tionallties and shams. . Such a woman was:as, much :a menace ,-to the health -and well-being:: ; -of .the. world as the 'man who did . evil deeds. :;Men:had : the' same'tendency, though they did. • not perhaps'show it inisuch a superficial way. : ; Good and.'noblei'qimlUies grew slowly, and. ;: must: be planted early, and Dr.. Jones showed , /-how, very-early in Mrs... Hislop's life, she' had :' / : . interested : herself in . questions .{deeply effecting, - ,' the welfare of 'society, and had decided for her-- . self, .that though one .must be. puzzled by many r v : religious problems; still < one': .tiling "was clean . that there, was always/a, duty to .perform, and : the line : ofduty' ran ■ like a -silver . thread ' 1 . -through many a dim mysterious question - that must ' remain unanswered.' - People'wei-e'n'ot meant to live lives ,of ease and happiness, nor was Gcd's.work to bo done by God himself, -while:his people,on>earth .remained;.idle. ; .1 seemed .as- though ;He could .not, do tho work, alone; at any rate, it was not done - without , : u ;,- human-intervention, and. it was necessary .for v-:;-- inenandwomentofealiso this,' and act their part-in making the world better.; We required , : men;and women, who would -not float with the -' current,'-but swim-against, it, and it was-be-;':'vocalise/Mrs. i'Hislbp an one that her;in- .;. -' - fluehce, had'been so great, - She'was a practical ',idealist, - and she was' that rare : being; -a woman. - who conld sympathise.-with; the, work/done;'by ■ ;. inen of - every - creed.' 'Perhaps this was rarer ■ among women.:even t!iaH ainoiig;m6n, but Mrs. '£-Hislop ' found,,, herselfin.. .practical.. sympathy' '-. with: the':work':'tlono '.by'.' creeds, that -were very far. apart. -- » - •• •• A( C. ' ' -'vThe{foUo^)^ r 'ree^vti[diil^a». 4 c»nle.d" at ."tho : . Prate,ctioniiof. .v-r''.;-''!yKpinen/ißni--';.CJiilttr?s(-iißWvon'.']?ridaK'-.after|i, \ "jiQbii::7r"Tha-S6cie'tyjfor. thp /Protection .of, :Wo-, : men and Children dosires to. place on record,its .'V- .deep sense ~of ;.the. loss siistnined by ■ tbe.'-fliiolo. community in th'e : death of 'Mrs.' T. .W..' Hislop,", • and";J-respectfully;.offers; its.,-sincere.', sympathy. .'toth!'' , ;, , Girls' Realm Guild. ;,:In .order-toVjraisoi'funds for;their '.work,'/the ■, -members' of*the Kia Ora .Centre ; of'the Girls' .. Realm: Guild -held ,-a'/little. sale of -flowers ■ and - swcety'at -the-Congregational Scho'olrbdmi Cour-tehay-Place,.pn Saturday.-iiftei-nooh. They had decorated the stage with foliage. and with; the' colours.of tho. guild, andfthe long iabje that ran . : do.wn ;.the side of; tlie.i room wag :-a .decoration: in itself, for' it was. covered/with beautiful . ..' flowerß,'most: of which ;had been.sent;by friends '" . r lin'hg ; : ih the'doimtr}v.-;.They|spld very rapidly, l and'by the .end of the afternoon J not:'a Sower :.v waiS j.left...; , Dnriag-t'he.. afternoon;'. an-, oiccllent' ~ concertTwas : given, when .Miss |Toung and Miss ' M'ilwraith- •' sang',- recitations - were.: given by" ' Mrs. Satellite, Misses Sybil. Kapler, Has-. s 'i - tings, Belle 'tuke,aid'" Carte,-, and pianoforte ■. juets. and soloskby Miss- Scott' and the "Misses I'oung. 'I.'' Wedding at i.Wainui-o-mata. , i, : Wairiui-o-mata took a holiday on Wednes- ■■ day, when Miss .Mary.; Jensen, second daughter of- Mr.: and Mrs.' 0.; Jensen,''two' of '"VVainui's, '•'•>'V-oMerf''»Jtler^ : ''''iwi ; jowrried;-.io Mr. ' .'. Hansen, son' of. ,51r. A. - HansSii, keeper. of the 1 , lighthouse at Tiri Tiri, •''Auckland. ' The : cere-' .' nlony .took: place iii.;tho\Wesleyan 'Churoh,' the. clergyman;being ! ,the Eev. r| B..F. Both-; -. will, bf,-Lower Hutt.- Attending the bridc„who , was given- away ,-by : her : father,were her two ■ ,- sisters, Minnie and Mabel, while the bride- ■ groom was supported,by Messrs A.\ Hansen and 11.. Jensen. . .;:At' the: conclusion of the : -service about, fifty. 4 guests were enter Wined at a breakfast at the 8 house -of the brido's paj'ents, and in .the even- .;' * ing.there, was 'ii dance inithe old -Wainui school-, "-rooin,;when" about pne, hundred ,peojjlc, old and young,, spent a most enjoyable time. : The' . : ' - noheyMoop is; being spent: at, the homo of tho - : bridegroom's parents, Tiri'i'iri. • • :: ' Palmerston North Nsws. ' ! - , V .: A' very:-enjoyable-.'dance;.was'.given by Mrs.' Goring Johnston at : her 'residence,: .Oakhurst,. I -on, Thursday.evening..evening. 'It was tho close of tho■ • Manawatu'golf..tournament,: and many, visiting' ~ golfers'/were , ainong ,'the guests.' 1 : ,; r l'h'e largo " ballrcom, and also the drawing-room and hall, '.wen't' mass.of lovely spring bulbs, and the :V : : suppor-ropm was v effectively - decorated .with - rose-coloured .'camellias.': ,■ Mrs. . Johnston- : re--ceived her guests; in a lovely'gown of .pale bluo . satin charmeuse, with soft laco and'tulle on the,bodice,..embroidered:in : pearls. -Mrs.'- Joliri-. :' "- stop .:.(Highdon)- .wore.' a. -vory - handspm'e; black ~ gown,vdth lovely diamonds; Mrs. -Walter John-: ' :,ston, grey satin,-with lovely laco; "Mrs.'G. N. .' ; Pharaoh '(Haivko's ,Bay),' ivory" laco';;, Miss .Gorihgrwhit'o'3atiri;j';Mrs, A;' Russell,' brocaded. - gown;of amethyst'satlhy'-with'deep velvet hem;. ■Hiss- Brandon .'(Wellington),'.black satin, with •.. white laco-' liodice:;- Miss''Miles, : '■ ("Wellington), . very - handsome. white, satin, -with r green embroideries;- Mrs; H; ..Cooper, palo blue - satin, with handsome ,-laco; . Miss' Hewitt,, rose silk. . . Others present-.were; Misses-Beswick, -Wilson, Abraham;- Monro, Snow, .Clark ;{Nelson), Ccmeron, hnd . Messrs. Bell- (Wellington);' Hieginson,' Kennedy (Hawke's. Bay), Captiam Shan- ,. non, and Colonel Tuson. v ,'- Palmcrston Musical Students. ~: Mr.: A." J. Graham, local> secretary .of the' lWnity:College of Music (Lohdon), has'received - tho .'-results 'of. 'tho examinations in : musical v-knowledge .held ' iii the: Municipal - Hall, Pal-- . merston, in June la?t.. j. ;; It is worthy,of noto that the.whole of the candidatps presented at this examination sue-, ceeiled in" satisfying tho oxaminer. 'ono young ■ ' -.lady—Mis;i'lda Knight—scoring tho - possible . marks (100) in the ■ preparatory division, while her 'sister 'Dora- was, only ono mark behind .: .; ':hdr.:,v. :'"V.?:,-.... Jlrs. C. M. Nelson, from. Auckland,'is stay-' ir.g .with Misa C'oatcs. ' • ■