LOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 4

LOCIAL AND PERSONAL

' [Notices o{ Eogogcmonts and Weddings — ;i i A\hen reports oF weddings and announce ' -" ' ments of engagoments are sent to "Dominica" ~ for publication, the -name and address of tho I ceudw should be oDclosod, not for publication, -, bin a*- au evidence of good faith. Otherwise the 1 announcements cannot be published]

I 1 A Wellington Wedding I i γ-iatcrday at St Mark's Church Miss Jessie Hodgson was mimed to Mr 1 G Porter, of ' fdJ this City, tho Ke\ K M Johnston officiating 1 Miss Brendn Stock was bridesmaid, and Mr , Leo Dans best man The bride wore an empire frock of white silk, Hid <i Yihito hat trimmed iiuth swathing and afioii of win to tulle, snd sho , .carried a jiabdsQnie bouqiiot of vhito floners ' Hoi bridesmaid how a hehotropo frock, with K <hat to match, trimmed *»th vdvet, and sho earned a boujuet of h°liotro£e flowers Among i the man) friends \ho assembled in the church vcro a number ofj'vrse , tnends of tho bride v After the ceremony" Mis St" \, mint of the ~' 1 bride, entertamrd tfci> bnrtijl party with a few W* , f ntriils at her home in Sussex Square Mrs stock J. ..vcro a hand e oiM d ess'of black silk and a \\ Ma" ,1 : bonnut witl whito leathers The wed [, ding bo(.qn"tS'Tverfl supppied. bj Miss Murray, f vice regal -Perist, Willis Street , \ The St John Ambulance Fair, ' JTho distinctive feature o£ tho fair yestir day was the bright little entertainment given us tho evening by several of Mi6s, Bcoro s pupils, who did a. vanotj of pretty dances, all of -which were much appreciated by the spec . ' / tators 'lA rose; dance and cake walk by little ; litiss Murjorier "Wilson rsbould I perhaps bo bmgied out for 'special '■mention, iuid> othor ltwas were an Irish ri done by threo chil drta in costume, Scotch dance by three chil dmn, military march, gavette by tllreo girls, a 'march trio, a statue clog dance and walls cloj, danco, each Riven as a solo with several graceful ,dances Tha articles on vf sale are of *-thp most .varied description, and include n handsome- silver /Wyahdotto, watches the gaj world scornfully from the birs of his box a beautiful 'curtain worked" \n fapaneso cm I, broidery, some beautiful 'liveware, and pic , ' tures, as well as the more ordinary bazaar godds 'Lhere h a /( ,stall 'for 1 the .sale of deli clot's ijonfc made sweetai and' this, by the viy, (w presided over by Walter Bislop, Mrs >. Branddn, Mrs Alunro, i»nd lira H D Crji\ jl forrt -sifrs His\op's little girl yesterday oar J nail a tray of sweets about the hull, and did , \ quite i, brisk trade In the ovomng. the hall I becomee very gay, when ft mimbcr or ritra l ntsittants ( in spccally bright'costumes and pic , tnro,q«or white caps -frith coloured ribbons ( t innko thrir appearance l and gert, tax prey Tliey ; are in their l efforts "and very success : ful One feels thit it would bo the very fin , est rest of the ability of a boy scout if he were sent (through the , hall with. shil UnRS and armed at the other side with those i v Bhllbngs intact, by,,reason of his sk 11 in ovad I lnj the fair But such a hoi could f hardly be imagined, oven by Baden Powell in tST raffle. I on Monday—Mrir'-TJavies (60) Hiss Danby I (15),. Mts Young (201), Urs Mackm. (<)), Mr \ (20) K Mi<!s Anson (408), Mr, I^athar ? ' (1) Mr A Pearce (8) The prire winners yes f tordaj Eichardson (&), Miss Dun (\ i can (8), Mrs Maxwell (16), Mr UacGretroi [I (1), Mrs M'Vidar (5) Mrs Phmmer (10) MisM' G Clnrke (18), AV C Buchnnin (15), Mr W ill (377), Mrs. Batten (415), Mr If S I Andrews (161), Miss G Nathan (17), Mrs [ n Dolby OH), Mr. Kyan (18), Jfr Bhcklov (7t) Miss (Jreenihields (Jls). Mr, C, Osmond (15) Mr T G M-icaTthv, (20) t/ r he. 1 '»'>y show to be held m the Town Hall this afternoon promises to ho a very interesting one and Steady o\or filty ontrie< hnve been received In the evening "Tbo Tollies" will entertain I \isitoT« and a musicil protrnmme will tilso be rendered bv Turner's Guitar, Mandoline, • and Btinjo Orchestra A Presantation Miss Jessie Hodgson, who e wedding took place TCsterday, is a member of the council Of tho Wellington Private Nurses' Association x. last wrok she was entertained at n morning tea at the Nurses' Hostel in Willis Street, when on Bchfllf of Hie council'and several members of tho association sho wns presented with a 'writing cabinet, stool to match Dance at Ponnaroa ' , A *ery successful fancy dress danco was held \ ai Pon?aroa on Friday by the (hurch of Eng ' land Ladie Guild About 160 adults and 50 j children nere present Forty of tho children J and a fair pronortion of tho adults vore in fancy drcs3 The first part of the evening was t'evoted to the children Tho ladies had been \ery busy in training thorn, and the httlo ones acquitted themselves verj creditably Soon after fl o'clock the children nere taken off to supper, and tho adults continued tho dancing Prize* had been offered for tho best Ijoy and best tirl ' in fancy dre-.s, A popular voto was taken, and \ Miss J'olly Yooman and Master Alan M'Giegor i were tha successful ones f v Mrs Smith, wife'of thef Hon G J Smith i is staying at the Hotel Windsor for a tevi j days t Miss Tarleton, from Sydnejf, \s staying at i tho Grand HoW $ Mr ind Mrs -van Mark', from Holland, art visiting Wellington) and are staying at the j Grand Hotel , , '- Mr aftd Mrs Williamson arrived in Welling [ ton "by motor car on Monday They are stay l lDj at tho Grand Hotel > Mrs Wilson, of Levin, is staying with Hisf Jlaclcan " 1 [ Miss Phoebe Myers left yesterday for Grey '■ town, whoro sho will spend some *ceks LiUly \\ard is very kindly lending tht ■' grounds of Anarua Honse to tho Tree Kinder ; b'irtcn Union on Saturday, December 4, whoi b they purpoeer giving a garden party in aid oi , their funds Theie wtobo a concert in con ' nection wjtll the fete L Vmong the pnssengers from England by the f lonic, iv ho nre ftiymg at the Grand Hotel, are i> Captain and Mm Campbell, tho Misses Tabart, of Chnstchorch, Mr, Mrs , , and Miss Townond of Chrlstchuroh, and Mrs Ttoso i * , Too annual Wellington Private (Kiir-ys* Assoc ation is to be held m tho Hotel Windsor on Thursday. November 18 Ihosc v fnends of tho association who wish to bo pre sent as asked to apply for invitations to Mis 1 Dunlop, the secretary, 182 Upper Willis Street