SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 647, 26 October 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

. :.: JNottcea':of ..Engagements . .and WeckUnca.— :; whenimports.-'if and, announce- , toonta of enpagemonts-arc ncnt tu "Dominica" ■ lor publication, the name and address of tin r>i-f. lender should be enclosed; not lor/publication, ■ but as an evidence of-good faith. Otherwiso tlx announcements cauuot be yublished.] ~..-... f ~i A.Charity Bridge.Party. -bridge party givenlast' night at' Kirkoaldie sand Stains tea-room was -a highly sue- ; oessful affair, and the fund for the St. John ■ Ambulance nurses : will : profit >. exceedingly - thereby. Two-'hundred,- players were present, • all of .them strenuously engaged, and at the height) of the playing positively "not a sound i 'was .heard." .'By ten m the evening: the first ■: of, thenv.i fittiShed, :>and from 1 that , time .on - graduajly the' games ended' and tables were . i:. deserted; till at soine -.time past; eleven the last y v: :-fe>v?'fiiiished.;^The'large;room .presented., a ver/-. §a j- appearance.'All the ' palm 'pots, had been resssea iflfpalei. pink'/'for ~-the' .occasion,.' and' :ißincenthero.. are many-'of .'them :this; alone ( : gavei ■.&! pleasantibrightness' tb .the rooms. : The' ;" lights vwere. allashadcd with . large/ shades 'oi, the . same colour, and- if there had. been- need for' further -decoration it was "supplied by fhe - :;y'...charin'iiie.;;frocks. worn. 1 V There.were., so- in any. - J: feautiful:frocks : that7it was impossible to note ■ more than-a.very few, and oven those who. came . ... i;inblack ? had,./generally.-: speaking, .brought., a y pretty-coloured; coat \or scarf that added to: tho ti'.' .whole'bright'appearance...;The:'first - prizes we're won by Mrs; Ci Pearoe and -Mr. M'Cosh Clarke, -. .■' arid'the, second-by, Mre J Kane: and Mrs. Albert Abbott. The first .two: reoeive .£3 3s. each, the sum ito be expended at the bazaar,-and the ■:'-^;v ; ';otKOTV'faroJiie<^ve,;ea9li':^flß'.n' I The!largß, room' >' - was leht. 'for :the occasion by 'Messrs. Kirkoaldter who'.putut' at! the' disposal. of .the or- . gaftisers free of 1 charge..--.Mrsi-C:-B, Monson, '•••.-With'- Mrs. '-.-Tweed: and ..Mrn. ■ Ako. .Crawford, was responsible for. th6i,-initiation.- ( .'of-* ; the; en!tfertainment'ahd its-success. Mrs. Monson -wore a : frock of blacfcseqmhed/net./with^greeri-crepe. . --.•■/ de-chine..scarf ; Tweed, /black chantilly ' ; laceVover/white silk, striped - r with - black-'-vel-vet j ./Mrs.' Alee.'. Crawford; blue- chine, silk, with -pink: roses; and silver., sequined. scarf ; Mfft • ;Ne\nnaii,-.-'-'chtopagne? striped; ninon, with ) tnmming. .of "jewelled,-.-lace; : "Miss :>V;:Wa^d^Pale;;.\blue'>^hirm^uSe; , :fwith "silver; : tH™ing;;Mr3.'G.'P^a'rce,,w i hite 'sotin:witli gold ■ em oraidered panel; Mrs* Louisson, black and gold. . .. net-over'pink. trimming 'of 'black and gold embroidory;, Mr,i. Fitzgerald;;, black net With jet .-sMuius -Over,-.white - silk; - Mrs.: !A.; '.-Young:"--sale pink silk; Mrs. Dymock; ■ white ' 1 v • spotted*, net "with . to'tlches- of' pale ''-blue; .'Mis.- • : D4vid-'Nathan,.- black beaded .inet- with; trirj-: ming of. deep T)lack?bended Mrs.- Cliffe.i blue oharmense directoire robe with-wide pan-. els.-'of--cream :-lao8; ,'Mrs. Dalziell, -pale pink t J .'it^/.'S^^Mw'ft^th^tyroSTowsVbf'^n^r-. 1 , -■ raw, .brown-;TelVet; Miss Fraser^'-blflck' - / iV : nuiricinet v/itH largo paleplnk'To'so.andv/Mto : boai 'Mrsi . ArthuF •■Young, s rbse pink taffetas,; With- oream Uce; -iMrs.- 'Kichardson, f ivory satin • :,"scarfj - -. Mrs. --'.Baume/- . .. 'blaQtisatm .'aild./gold' '■/■ .■ h-er.-.-linir j : Mrs.::H. Crawford;- white- spotted-, net with • handsomedesign m black applied ; „>Mrsi ■ H. <-■ Nathan,twhite/spotted- net.iwith-.bands of.-pale . .. ' blue; and touches: of 'black; Miss-Kebbel, '.blackeh'a^eit^r/3ltftr.VCShaffw,'';:'l>laok'''''aatin Vfrookl; .. and- silver ; scarf ;. ;Dr., Gtinn,'. lotus, -blue /silk, ■; :-with : -ttimn)_ing.-.of spotted net;' Miss Skfei';.; . r«tt; -black' wtiuinedv.net . with, .touches' of iwhite'.' ■■■' Others; present-= were, Newmanj Mr. -and i Mrs. Lan Duncan.-Mr. Arthur. Dnncan;- Miss | '.'.'-■■ . Toltinrst.'llfr.-; and":Mr.<.:-Al(Tav 'Williams;- /Mr. • ! and Mrs. Lees,; Miss-: H-. Moorhouse, Mr. and: • Mrs. Bnnny, Dr. Pordv. Dr. and Mts.(Collins. : i Professor ;and '.-Mrs. ■' Adamson, Professor and :' -:'. jMrs/>Hankine Brown;''Mrs:.-'Fnjton,/ Mrs. •'Wal:-. ../.■i.ter.-.'Nathan/andHhe-Misses:'Nathan,:-Mrs.-, and: - •Miss'.CMil Jonfis. Mr. Jnstica/Denniston.'Jfiss : Payne. Mr. and Mrs./KirkcaUJie: Mr. and Mrs. J. Abbott, Mr.-. Ostler;. Mr.-: and '^rsi-;A; Ab-: i-;bott,' Miss Stafford,-the Misses Simpson. Miss . Watsonj Misa-Duncan: Mr. and Mr5..6.-Pearce, Mr A Cooper, Mr K Duncdn Wedding at Palmerston

. ■ .v.At;; l, >the": : ' residence-:'of 'the bride's mother, :'Church .'Street .;rEast;;-;P'almerston : .-Nbrthi 'on :■''.Wednesday.'..Oetober ;20,' : Miss : i Annie'■ Powell, :eldeT.^;daughMr^ofi::-tHe..-.:late;\; : Mrv;^Edward' ■PoweU; ■of;'BuHnythdrpe,'; was'-.marfied to : . Mr. . James';.Donaldj";{ourth;- : .so'n".>f'of % the.., late' Mr. 'James .-Donald ; and i-Mrs.'-'Dohald.-East. Street; Palmerstnh-.:North.' ;.-■-.The' bride,,'-who,, wore.:a ..fXock- pf;reream:f;cloth,; ( - trimmed :,withVsilki.butaway by ..her brother,'Mr. 1 ..8er.t.-Pbwelli/ahd J was, attended ■by- : .Mii)stA'da-','P 1 0¥.'eli:i(her;-sister) ' and- : ;Miss . E,thel,.'l|ona}d i ;(s'isteri- of'.itha-•b.ridegr'ooEJ). -. ;.She ~garried->,ari bouquet -of-' Native 'spring ■'Bowers,' XThe.briflesniaids: wore -frocks of cream' j.nxouss.eline'.'-de'/'soie.'-.'and house - Spray's.,." The bridegroom. was'-supported ;'.by\ij.his;;-v-brotb;er, ;lMr^?:Beginald■'. JJpnald; {.The,.: '^bTidegrpom's'^btother,'.V-Mr.•: -Reginald Donald, i-was'.-best*man: '-r'Mhe mother ..wore;-a'■:dress; of ■'. black ..corded ■ .silk, • trimmed. 'thei'bridegrtom's mother princess {silk, trimmed, ; fWith' i biaokSlaco,,;iOid;:with. : ,vest. of!'.cream'/edel,'iweiss/lace.:' by- the - Eev:: tW...-J:-;:Spence I '. : Many guests- attended reception' I ;held' by..', the:.:.- bride's ~mother!. costume was'a ■ dark'i'green-^faUof.'ma'dei-jand, saxe..blue.:hat.. '-:.-;'.■■:' ' : '

'_'.[: .-.•■;H.M.S.' : '-Piohcer;.'wfts,:the-'scetie -.of a merry ■'-'party.'-.'on-Saturday;afternoon,, when a number yoi : .the:'. ; youßgerVchildrori -attending Miss - M. /Biohmond's;;school:;Were taken-oyer:, the war : : ship rand.: entertained::af.afternoon tea: : .Their hosts simply: laid: themselves'but for iheamuse,:rde.ht - of :thelr:-y.bung<. guests^arranging: all, sorts ofvgaraeß.:.ahdv'races, telling 'them stories ~of ; pets.-.thejr.had'hadi.at different.-times,.and; even 'lmpW'visingra.'iherry^o-rbund,for them. 'They ;.- fired foff some. of ,■ the.- small guns': to .please', the ::Wys--no:.doubt:'the .littleVprls.;.were ,just asimuoh'interestedy&nd; explained ■, many.,of the. ..mysterious-workingsthat tare. to. be-found on a';* arship,-: so'that.'humbers; of; the : boys' went home-with : the 'idea; firmly fixed in their heads that '.'nbthin^-.bttt; a sailor's - life"- ivas the life i6Y\them.'V,One f :cannot help,wondering if any permanent feeling, for .it-will remain, as some- , how.the-naval;spirit "does nbt'-'seom. very active ■ so \ far,in /New' ;Zealahclers.':;ln -. return;, the . chUdren-.'entertained-;theit ihdsts'-by .;singing ■ 'several-:-of: '.tlieirVschoolpongs'i'and;.cheering: ";them' ";b«fbre';, leaving'-. :for, .their ■ ; -•■';;.>'i;.;M-'i':'v Vl--- ; ', '-. ■- : ;::•■: '-V'-''V>; : .■'. : ;,. ;:! ■:•'■'-;M(is of ; ,Mr;; Eobert J Lee t :'; ; ;bf v= Hutt,- T is.;-a^y'passenger, /by; -the ■.. lonic'-from I-London.'--'Formerly, .a-student in : -the, ; Welli'ngtdn ; '/Schobl'.'of Art/;she -left New -Zealand in 1301,'-. travelling -with her sister, and .'theSlate:-Mr;-'Hugh Gully; .whom sho parted with :a'c',6enoa,':'and: proceeded to' London to ;,. enter:: Jthe -iStade-:. School: -of ,-Art/ r - After two ■iTears'-'rTesidence:'in. Alexandra: .home ; '-,.:forllady.'art students;:nani'cd after- our Queen; .'aiSd; yisiled.by-her bfl«i7a year—Miss Leo,be..;came a;'student:bf'special.subjects.in she;ob;tained'the , 'Ablett's,:art: I t«aoher's diploma;af- ■ iter;-' a ~'lflßgthy-. course ;of '/special study ', in the -■.'dlttssesfof:Mr. Ablotfc':.'Four years'ago-Miss.Lce .■re'eeifed "of-■ art - mistress 'in :,: tli'e '.'f a'mops. :; ; Heathfleld v.Girls' - School, .Ascot,. :;' -wher.e'.«h'or. > :;work:!'wa3 l .!muchVap'prcciatedvand ' whiro'sh'B;rema'iried;-uritil'her departure:'on. the

>A Pre'iS, Association telegram from PalmerBton North states 'that Mrs. Waterfield, wife of Mr. H. C. Waterfield, private secretary to his Exco'lenoy tho Governor, has given birth to a „ . i '

; Miss N.. Moore, returned last week from a ] visit to-Mrs. Gordon .Elliot, of "The Knoll," Poatherstqn. .. ' 1 ■ Mrs. F. Cameron, of Hastings, returned to. .her home yesterday, after' some, little time ■ spent in Masterton and„Wellington.', : - ; ■ j • Mrs. C. Kent-Johnstone, of'Featliereton, and , her ohildren are visiting at Se'atoun for a fortnight..- ; , . , t • Miss C. Butts and Miss N. MDougall are visiting Mrs. H. Hume at Lansdowne, Mas- 1 terton. ..y , 1 Mrs. Maekersey, of. Masterton,. has . been .] spending- some days in /Wellington. -? Mrs. Bolleston,. of. Willis Street, who., has , ■'been absent frbrn ''Wellington . for' some ■ time .on . account .of ; ill-health,.'has .now' recovered and' j has returned: to. town.. . , , I .'Mrs. AUo Bobcrts,'from "Tcviot," Central ' Otago.' is the. -guest of '-Mrs.-/ Rhodes at the. .• Grange. . ■!.. ,' Mr:' and/Mrs. Gerald Tolhurst, of Otaki, are '• visiting 'Wellington. .' -. .' ~- , ■ Sydney Nathan' and Miss' Nathan,, of Auckland, who have .been' for a .trip to Eng- . land, are expected to arrive back here by the lonio next week. ' ''Tlie'band'from -H.M.S; Challenger has con- , sented to play at the garden party- organised , by 'Mrs. 'and Mrs., Dawson -for', to-mor- ■ 1 row-'afternoonVat .Mrs. -. Dawson's home in Gentral Tet-race, .Kelbume.. . The: event -is in- aid . of the' St. John Ambulance Nursing Guild. .■> Mrs: Kol(ii, frbm Dunediu,. is visiting Wellington, and. is staying with her mother,-' Mrs. Louisson, at. the :KoyaL.pak' Hotel. ~ - The .funiral of' Mrs.' Collier, who -.died in Wellington,'took' place at Otaki on Saturday afternoon,- writes our : local 'correspondent; when . there was .a large attendance;--including a. following'/of. Druids, to, Mr. Collier. ' bel<\rigs. v The floral ■ tributes -were •numerous,' . and many were forwarded from Wellington. ' The'-'Rev. C. Smith, officiated.'' \ : ' Mr.' dnd :Mis. : ' T.' E. 'Donne • write that, they.:' liavS taken' a.flat-.nedr Westminster, London, so as to be' quite' close to ■ the "heart of: the nation." Mrs.-: Donne had-the., misfortune to sprain, her "ankle:-soon /after.',arriving,.Home;-, but at latest was /progressing' towards recovery.,