SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 793, 16 April 1910, Page 10

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Social in Concert Chamber. The women's branch of the N.Z. Political Reform Leagiio gave a "social" and darico last night in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall. The decorations were simple and pretty, and the music was good. During the evening songs were sung by Mr. 11. B. Williams and Miss Firth. ' One of the committee rooms was set aside for card players, aiid all tho tables wore- occupied throughout the evening.. Among the guests present were: Dr. and Mrs. Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Dymock, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. B. Fishes and Mr. Herdman, M.P.

Mrs. Newman, who wore a frock of pale fawn, striped ninon with tasselled trimming and yoke of jewelled lace, was' presented with an , exquisite bouquet. Mrs. Fisher wore, a frock of white satin;. Miss Anson, white crepe frock, with pale blue girdle; .Mrs. Dymock, maize striped silk with brown trimming; Mrs. Hawson, mauve silk; Mrs. Sohoch, black velvet with jet sequined trimming; Mrs. Pike, blue silk draped with blue chiffon, with ■ silver sequin trimming; Mrs. Pollock,'- black silk; Mrs. Midlane, black silk and cream lace;' Mrs. Gibson (Gisborne), amber satin; Mrs. Joseph, cream silk; Mrs. Grumar, black silk; Miss Stace, pale blue charmeuse. Tea In Boulcott Street: Mrs. T.. G. Macarthy gave a most enjoyablo "at home" at her home in Boulcott Street, yesterday afternoon, when a great many guests were present. Tea was .served in the dining-room, where the table was decorated with shaded pink cosmoas and dahlias, and aspttragua ferns. The drawing-room was filled with scarlet dahlias, salvias, and autumn' foliage, and the study was decorated with great masses of/hydrangea. Music was supplied by a string band stationed in the conservatory, and in the study a fortune-teller read.the fortunes of.many of the guests.'- Mrs. Macarthy. received in' a frock of rose pink corded liberty silk trimmed with white lace worked in. pale-coloured silk, with swathed bodice and draped skirt, the sleeves finished with pink crystal fringe. Mrs.. Rutter wore a shautung frock braided with lotus blue tubular' braid, and a big black hat lined with gjold and trimmed with gold leaves; Miss Alcock, white silk empire frock with lace insertion. Among other quests present were: Mrs. Findlay, Mrs. (Dr.) Gihner; Mrs. Olay, Mrs. J. Findlay, Mrs. (Dr.) Gilmer. Mrs. Clay, Mrs. and Miss Macintosh, Mrs. Tripp, Mrs. Kriox Gil'ner, Mrs. and Miss Wylie, Miss Hellaby, Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Maepherson (Dunedin), Mrs. Stafford, Mrs. Sydney Stafford, Mrs. Bateson, Mrs. Tripp, Mrs. Tringhani, Mrs. Fulton, Mrs. C. Plimmer, Mrs. Kennedy Macdonald, Mrs. Parker. Mrs. and. Miss Kember, Mrs. Tuckey, Mrs. and Miss' Geddes, Miss Seddon, Miss. A. Payne r Miss M. Macintosh, Mrs. C. Izard, Mrs. and' Miss Prouse, Miss Coates, Mrs.'E Blundell, Mrs. Focke, Mrs. Eichelbaum, Miss • Bochardt, Miss Richardson, Mrs. Tewsley, Mrs. Corliss, and Mrs. David Findlay. W.C.T.U. Yesterday afternoon there was a very well attended meeting of the combined branches of the. Women's Christian Temperance Union at the Y.M.C.A. rooms, when Mrs. Henry, wife of, Dr. Henry, the evangelist, gave a most interesting address, on her personal knowledge of the initiation of the W.C.T.U. As a. little'gir], -Mrs. Henry accompanied her, mother, who was one of the band of crusaders who formed . the union in America, and Mrs. Henry's account was listened to with great ■interest. Miss Henry gave an appropriate recitation, and a vote of thanks to both ladies was carried.. Several new members joined the nnion, and the initiation service- was read by Mtb. A. R. Atkinson. ■■■"'- '■■'■_. An Interesting Life.' . Tho late Mrs. Annie Anderson, who passed away on Thursday at the advanced age of 95, was' bom in North America, of -English parentage. . Her father held a position in the commissariat department of the British Army, and after seeing active service in the States.wont to India during the most perilous period of its history. There within the brief period of , twelve months sho became an orphan, her father, mother, sisters, and brothers all being swept away with cholera. She was then adopted by Colonel 8011, of the;regiment. She was educated iu India, and having great aptitude for ■ acquiring languages, spoke with the greatest flu-1 ency in four or five Indian dialects and also ■in French. She married at an early age, and after living in India eighteen years went to Ireland, the birthplace of her husband. There things were in a bad way, as the great potato famine, was at its height, and there was widespread misery and star-, vation. Her recollections and reminiscences, of this unhappy time were highly interesting. At the time of her father's death, amongst her inheritance was some English railway scrip, which she retained until she reached England, and on realising it sold at an extraordinarily high _figure. Her husband thereupon determined to go to New Zealand, and embark in sheep fanning. Oh reaching here, however, the Native difficulty was at its height, and storekeeping was adopted instead, with favourable results. Mrs. Anderson was a deeply religious woman" of the old Puritan type, and in all her struggles through life ascribed all' her successes to the comforts of religion.

, Street Free Kindergarten moved its quarters yesterday from St. Peter's Mission Hall, where it has long been settled, to its own now home, four nice largo rooms, on the other side of the street. . ■• •

"One-fifth of the husband's salary is wasted by the average wife through, ignorance of what and how to ••buy' when she goes to.market." Such was the statement made before t the marketing class of the School of Domestic Arts and Sciences by Dr. Harrison SmaJloy of the University of Michigan. Dr. Smalley also presented statistics to show that stimulants in most cases were taken because of tho lack of the right kind of food. Proper study by the housekeeper, he asserted, would reduce intoxication. The marketing class is composed of _ students assembled, to study the position of woman as the spender in tho household. WEATHER AND THE SKIN. Don't get it into your head that only dry hot weather is trying to the c»mplexion. All outdoor conditions are trying: wet or dry, hot or cold. The winter is sometimes harsher in its effects on tho skin than the summer is. The thing to do is to bo stimulate and feed and fortify the skin that it can stand any conditions without danger of injury. To obtain that perfect skin health you must use John Strango Winter's inimitable s)vin "■■ lotion, "Lalcshmi." In bottles 33. 6d. from all dealers in highclass toilot requisites, or 3s. 9d. post free, plainly wrapped, from the John Strango Winter Company, 228 Nathan's Buildjng, Wellington.—Advt.