SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

of .-Engagements'; Whenv.reports -weddings ;-and announcement to "Dominica" for. publication tho narab' and address of the '6€nder, shquld' b&-enolo€ed, riot, for publication, but-aa evidence of good" faith.' Otherwise the bo' publislied.].

. The; Navy League. : . - • • - 'At .a'-meetihg of' the Section of the' Navy'League,'held at','the Chamber of Commerce .last.week, Mrs. : Findlay' took the chair, and various matters of'routine were dealt frith.. A-.discussion took place as to-whether a com- 1 mitteo of the ; lady members should be formed. ...It was eventually, decided not .to elect a special, , 'bnt-."thdt : :-Mrs.' Algar Williams ■ ■-:;!should v 'nctVas/secretary.; of .the women-s sec-' tion. 1 ■ When 'occasion requires, ; it is proposed ■ that all lady members may be cilled together- ' to ( assist > 'in-; furthering. ■ the >' interests ■ of - the .' league. ■: ilt was intimated that-the names of new lady subscribers should be handed either . to' Mrs. Williams'or. to Mr. C. W. Palmer, and that.-thero '.were!; no restrictions..as to .en-' ; .rolment.!f!r;? ; : : yA,-;!!;';r ; ■ Should Men -Apply? i. ; : : 'bn9;. , TOU4?n6t' ,i lhinlc i '''that''-th«"pbdtioix 6P. , secretary. to : ,-a.'. Young /Women's "Christian' 'Aseociation, was. one'to which a man might reaeonably hope to ba appointed. A And jret' itis: 6aid that among,: the many applications re-. : ceiyedi by' tlre'commitfee ,of' the ,T.W<C;A..- in : answGT to.'their advertisement for. a; scicretary, to,'fill ,the,place-left' Vacant by. Miss.Macky's no fewer than eight applications . have cfimfl from men. -The committeo had not ■;-i thought :,it-necessary, when; advertising, to'stateeiphoitly that they wanted a'lady secretary. The Baby Show. Tho -baby show, to be hold at the Town Hall to-morrow.afterhoon.'promises to be a success. Already a' number, of entries,i.have been re-. \ oeived, and it is expected -that a large number: will; bo received -at 'the ■ door on the afternoon itself. -' The promoters wish it'-to bo un-' " derjtoo'd that all mothers will have' to pay for', admission to *th-o' hall. Each, baby; as it. comes : ;h'ay«,. a ' ; ticket Bearing,'-its hame and: aga .'pinied' to' its frock, and - tho' public will .receive, ballot forms, .and be allowed to walk up ithe divisions iff the middle' of the hali -'an'd inspect the,babies .before voting. : .There will bjino ;weighing.;pfthe .infants.■: ' '

A. Brooklyn Bazaar. A iSale af worfe arranged by tholadies'work--1 irig •: party.' of St; Matthew's Chmcli,. Brooklyn;. is-sio ;be vheld- in. Fnllford's 'Hall, 1 Cleveland■ Street, ,to-morrow, , and-the. following-day,. the • proceeds to- bo m aid'of the vicarage building fnnd. Wairarapa Notes. .was given by-the -Misses-Jackson- at their- residence,' '"Stonestead;" on;- Fridayanight, ■/ and,' as it was fully fine, moonlight evening, guests were enabled ■ to be'present fro.m .GarterV ton,-,- Grey.town, rand^iTeatherston. 1 " - ,I'ho' rooms I : were charmingly . decorated laburnum; maidenhair, and roses, and, after, play was . over, the visitors-were entertained with music, orf wandered about outside in the - ' pretty, grounds!- . Supper.was;served in-thereading- 1 loom. Miss Jackson received her guests rearing a black taffetas .silk trimnlcd with. > Honiton lace, Mi«s : S. . Jackson, nioss green- : velfret, with -Oriental: trimming; Miss 1 A. Jack- ) 'Eon. palo 'blue embroidered' silk;, Miss ;L. Jack-; son, a "white .Swisß; : embrbidor'ed' robe. Among those- present; wem Mrs/J; Cotter; wearing a- - oharniing dless of-ijjack silk, embroidered with ; Japanese cherry blossom; Mrs.-' Heggerty, black ;;; taffetas' aiK;?WmiMdr!w!tK' Honiton'■ lace Mrs. '■ Eoberts, black.satin,; Miss Eoberts,; pale green' •monssehno de, sole; Miss;Diddams,'cream;silk..trimmed with turqoise velvet; Hiss 11. ; Did- - dams, white silk; Mrs. (Dr.) Palmer, pale . bine silk,. .with' silver -. trimmings; ; Mrs. : Max . Macgoun, oream i mbroidered net over 'c^eairi bilk;., Miss, Macgonn, cream silk with touches , of.coral; pink .velvet; Miss I. Broadbent,'cream net over.-cream silk; Mrs. Ward-Tate; -'cream. -ulk, "trimmed with : tucked net;■ Mrs .: W.-Tate, iiblack silk, • trimmed; with white lace; Miss i Dftvies, pale green silk; with trimifling' of ■ .moss velvet;' Miss Cormaek,'dai'ity-white eilk, finished with tnrqoiso blue velvet ;• Miss Tate, black; hety- trimmed -.with.Awhite /chiffdn; Mis. Moss,"black satm and pink roses; Mrs. Mhrsh;. ohvo igi-eeh robe; Miss Young, cream eilk .muslin; Mrs. M'Cracken, pale 1 binei silk blouse . and black satin ekirt; Miss .- Drum-" mond, empire dress of-white silk; Mi?s Broad- .; bent,' white.silk with silver .trimming; Mrs. T.- '. ..blacksilk , >with ' floral trim' mings; Miss-Kingston (Christchurch), Jipale. blue silk ; Mrs. iHalse, black satin, trimmed with cream -lace and.< turquoise,blue- velvet; Mrs. Phillips, black silk; Miss Braithwaite,' black mousselino ?? , s ?J e , an| i! white chiffon, trimming; Mrs. Lightfeot, saie blue taffetas eilk; Mrs. H. V. HaJse, soft i.wHte .silk .and - pale pink roses; ,-Mrs.*(Dr.) Smith,!-black--.satin; -Miss* Stratford, -pa e pink taffetas silk; Mrs. Caldeis, black J. !; i?w;;JiCndding;.'-< blo-ek. : satin..{Others present-Were:-Messrs.- Jackson, Cotter, Cormaek,.Halse, Lightfoot, Wilson, E. WardTafe, W. Tate, Potts,' Stratford, T. MaunBell, Hutton,. .M'Cracken, Eoberts; Macgoun. - and. Dr.'M'Carthy. " ■ -. ■• ;of-Masterton,=is at present visiting Wellington, : ... Mrs. Foley and her 'littlo-son have returned ■ ;to Mas-terton from Wellington. -. ■ •, ' ,:» . (Mr. and Mrs. C. Somerville-Brown, of -Jtfas. lcavv for'-London - by :tho Osterly, whioh i .sails from Sydney on February 10. ■Mr.,,and Mrs. Alfred Coles, of Pctone, and Mr- and-Mrs., H. Palmer, of .the Empire Hotel, Petone, will , spend tho summer in England noil-year. They leave Sydney for London by the Orsova on March 30.

A Press .Association messogo from Dnnedin announces tho death of Mrs. btephenson, ivirlov/ of tho _late Mr..'John Stephenson; of the ,firm of Wright and 1 Stophenson. •" ' '••* * ; Mrs. A.r.Caielferg.V' of ' Masterton, - and her sons,- have booked .to leave Sydney, for London by, •.the Otranto on-March 16. "•■■•' ■ ,^ r * and Mrs. E. T. Taylor, of Kilburaie leave on a.. Visit to the Old Country by trie Otway, sailing from Sydney 'On April 13.' •' l Mr. and -llrs- Ji G.-Cobb,.of/Feilding, leave Aacklandior London by the P. and 0. steamer' Morea.'on April,l3. • < Mr. and Mrs. John-M'Eldowney; Accompanied by,,Mr„.A. .'and Miss Eileen :M'Elt'owney and Miss Marshall, haita booked passages 'for London by the Whit.o Starliacr Peinic,' which loaves Sydney on March 19. Miss Rawson is visiting Mrs. James J Hohnes of. the WairaVapaj i •Mr. and Joe Studholme, of Ruanui,' are, in. Wellington, i and Mrs. . Studholme is taking part,in the John Ambulance Fair., Miss Tarleton, from Christchurch, is staying, at (;ho. Grand Hotel. . ■■■,' Hiss Bertha Miles and Miss PearJ Hay, from Dunedin,; are. guests of Mr. and Mrs.'David Mills,'/Melbourne, for Cup Week. Mrs. Martin Kennedy has - gone to -Rotorua, accompanied by Mrs. Jnraes Kennedy, from Palmerston North.

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St,-John Ambulance Fair. Tho much-talked-about fair-in aid of,the St.John Ambulance Nursing -Fund was opened yesterday afternoon at tho Town Hall, her Excellency Lady Plunket coming ail -the way from 1 almerston North by motor-car on purpose to perform that ceremony. She ■ was received by Mrs. Rhodes, president of the committee, the Mayor and Mayoress, and Miss.E. Nathan, acting secretary, and afterwards made a tour, of : the stalls,-each stall-holder being •presented to her. After" that;-: the party made their way to the platform, which was carpeted and- decorated very artistically with flowers Dr. Newman .mado , a brief speech, pointing out the'.importance of the. work which the fair was designed to aid, and commending it to the" sympathy of tho public. : Lady Plunkot, in the' course of her roeech, stated that if only; the people' of Wellington would take full advantage of the opportunity hero offered-them ,for spending 'money, 'and would, spend monoy at this fair persistently for a week, the fund would be as largo as viould bo desired, and the support of two permanent, district nurses for Wellington would be assured. The people of Wellington would then have "lost their vocation,,and would- have nothing to do but support the Plunket nurses; Lady. Plunket "also -congratulated Mrs. Rhodes and her assistants'' on the appearance .of the stalls, and! in''declaring the fair open, wished it every success. • It has been decided that nothing should be spent .'on the 'decoration ,of the. hall; .but. the general effect' was very good, and the simple but- vory effective decoration of the stalls was all that could be -wished, while the. assistants were certainly very decorative. Nearly all ot them. (ire in nurses'. uniform, light coloured or white frocks, with .white aprons, and caps, and on their arms they, wear the silver'cross of-.{ho Knights- of Malta 1 and' St. John. : The colours of the dresses and the frocks.-corres-pond. Those in charge, and in attendance at Mrs. Rhodes's special stall, wear butcher.blue frocks,' and the stall is draped with white and blue. . Mrs. Rhodes is associated- with Mrs. •Moorhdnse, and-'Mrs.' ; A. A.- Con-igan is in ohai-ge of the table; sub-section, -while Mrs. J: R. Gibbons has the very attractive toy section, where dolls and huge elephants keep, compaiiy with Teddy, bears and inonkeja, imij' a dozen varieties of < pots. The North Wellington j Stall' .is '' a. fancy one, and here the' ladies are in • pretty heliotrope frocks, while tho-decoration of their stall corresponds. . The stall pre6idents - are". Mesdames 'G. - ShirtolifFe; Herdman, W.. Nathan, and ; T. G. -Mac'arthy. Pale pink is the colour of the Wellington South Sfcilli ; .which ' has pretty, pale pink! .'floral decorations, - ;and in charge I of' Mesdames ;J. ■- P. Luke,'. Winder, I Mackin, Campbell,:,arid Pollock. The guild stall,' in'pale ;yellow, s is .attended by wnitef frocked iMies, frith' belts of 'pale yellow or white, and the "presidents' are Mesdames J. :D. Tripe, W. B. Fisher, Waters, Pearson, Balcombe Brown, and Miss Robieson. . The flower and produce stalls a're appropriately green arid white.:i The presidents .are Dr.. Platts-Mills,' with ilifesdames S. Kirkcaldie, W. J. Grey, Menzit/s, and Miss Lockie. - The tearoom, which, isVone end ;of;.the hall trellised . oS/jis particularly, pretty,'with its crimson carpet, its white ana scarlet walls, and bright-coldured lights. .The walls, draped 'with whit© and. crimson,;are -decorated, with: lycopodiam and 1 branches ; of japouica; very effectively! arranged. 1 At tho other side, of tho hall is a eipsy . encaapnient' (all'.green bowers and gaily-draped tents), where last evening no fewor than 1 seven seers .were in attendance to tell the fortunes of this visitors.' ' Tho gipsies are very becomingly an'd brilliantly attired:in more or less gipsvliko with scarlet and gold and sinking, ornaments.' - Mesdames. Preston, S. ; Richardson,' W, B. Bock, and Butts 'are in, charge-of. the tearoom, and Mesdames Kendall and 1 H. : Bethune are-supervising; the gipsy en"-' campment. ' In. addition to'the stall-presidents; there are a veryvlarge. number of. assistants, all looking Xcharming . in the' . demure;; costume chosen,' and,'" among';.them, are /.two .-'or- thrco, very tiny:''people arrayed in nurse's , costume,' whpse.'energy did.not seem .to flag-'all'-day. : , A ; ftreat';many articles.'wers raffled for, and these, included some .very beautiful. and! expensive things.', Anottier way to,', gain 'a was'-at' the treasure .ground', -where 20-.frenzied' seekers,at a,time hunted,.for. treasure,.which''fraa hidden in i piles'.of.' scented '.fragrant During. theiafternoon and.evenin.?.a ; splendid' selection 0f.,-music wasigiven' « '. The in the; afternoon ; :was ;ra{hfer disappointing';, owing to-the'raln'i but' the! result for .the wbolo day, lis;- -7id.,' was satisfactory. r " ,• , ' The fair will be opened again this afternoon, and,"in the, evening; Miss Estelle Beere's';pupils will give a pretty exhibition, of fancy dancing.