SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dance In St. Peter's. A very successful danco was given in 6t.;Petor's Hall last night by the Wellington Harrier Club. The hall was very simply but . effectively ..decorated; wreaths of lycopodium shaded * each lamp, !'and bands of pale blue muslin oarried across,, the room gave a curi-ously-pretty misty effect. A number of very pretty frocks were worn, and in every ,way the dance was . a success. Mr 6 . :;. Bennett and Mrs.- Pollock were the • chaperones, Mrs. Bennett .wearing ■ a frock of white embroidered silk, anil Mrs. Pollock black' silk with pretty liglit coat.' The committee were Messrs. H.' J. Pollock, F. Wilton, H. A. Lamb,' W. Bennett, P.. Dement, C. Johnson, . Music, was supplied by :^lliSs!'Hawthorn's •' band. : Among others jpreseint were Miss Pollock, who wore:pink satin; the Misses Bennett, in white; Miss Townsend, pale.blue silk: ■ Hiss ! .with, sequined trimming; Miss Smith, heliotrope silk; Miss'iLambj : cream frock with pearl trimming; Miss C. Lamb, cream frock; Mrs. Hume Lindsay, pale blue; Miss > Elskill; pale green silk, draped with more vivid shade; Miss E.. Wilton, blue silk; ;"Miss Roadiey, heliotrope silk; Miss Henry, green silk; Miss Wilton, pale mauve; Miss Leslie, white -silk; Miss-Dement/ pale heliotrope. Petitions for Domestlo Help. Several members have presented to the House the petitions signed, by medical; practitioners urging that there is pressing need for more domestic workers to ' relieve the . over-burdened mothers of.the community, and,seconding- the request made by . a ladies' committee that facilities for the importation . of suitable girls' ®3y be granted. These petitions point out that the lack of "'help-:.in necessary household-'-work las a very injurious result oil tile mothers-of the Dominion, a-result that-re-acts on the children;

A Surprise Party. Mr. and Mrs., _J. lYßqbertson,. of Lower impromptu hosts, at .a very gay,'little surprise party; on Wednesday _nigHt,~wheii 'between thirty, and forty people "arrived at their liome laden' with irr tt® way of • •ferns : and "all kinds of flowers. The guests danced in the study,, and another room was. set aside for card-playing, and many.of.'those-present played or. sang. -Mrs, Davis was the originator of the idea, and others of the party, were Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. Davidson, Misses Davis (2),. Waters (2), M'Elligot, and: Messrs. Dolling, and O'ComiolL

Tuesday , afternoon _ will be members' afternoon at the Pioneer Club, next week. Mrs. Humo Lindsay will give an address 011 her work for the British .Women's Emigration'. Association.

The trophies presented by Mrs. Macarthy were played for at the Miramar links yesterday afternoon, when Mrs.Holmes came, first and Miss Didsburv second in; the senior division, and Miss Seed first, and Miss M. Doughty second in; the junior division.

Tho; first annual "social" ,of the Ausi tralasian Institute of Marine Engineers will be held in their rooms on. Wednesday, July 27. . During the' evening; Lieutenant Ernest' Sydenham, R.N., will give a limelight exhibition of views of tho ships ot tho British Navy. Music and dancing will also form part of what promises to be a very pleasantBvening's entertainment.

Mother Mary Joseph Apbert, of the Home:,of Compassion,-Island Bay, desires .to acknowledge 'indebtedness to Mrs. Moynihan, of the Club Hotel, Shannon, and the people of that township, for the assistance given to. the home by tho proceeds of a bazaar which was held there recently. The net result of tho good-natured efforts of the Shannon.people on behalf of the homo was a cheque for £IG6.

"Arrived, well, coming Warrimoo," was the .text of a cable message received by the'-Mayor (Mr. T.-M. Wilford. iM.P.) yesterday-from Mrs. Wilford, announcing her arrival at Sydney. '

Mrs. Sidney Nathan, sister of the late Mr. Baume, has como down from Auckland to iuneb Mrs. Baume, who airives to-day by the Tainui from England. b