SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 867, 13 July 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

\ Wellington Wedding. A quiet wedding, attended by only A few intimate friends/took place yesterday morning at the residence of the bride's father, Northland's, when Miss Clara Newall,.' second daughter of Colonel Newall, was married to Mr. Williams, of Waihi, the Rev. J. Gibson Smith officiating. The bride, who wore a pretty frock of white silk, was ather' sister, Atiss T. Newall, as bridesmaid: Mr. and Mrs. Williams afterwards left by the Main Trunk for Auckland. They will live at Waihi.

Wedding at Palmerston. St. Andrew's Church, Palmerston, was crowded yesterday afternoon, writes our 'Palmerston. correspondent, when Miss Annie Martin, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs; W; 11. Martin, of Palmerston, was married to Mr. A. V. Burnard, of. Palmerston, second son of Mr. T. G. Burnard, of Dunedin, The Rev, A. Doutl, M.A., officiated at the ceremony. The bride, who wore a charming dress of white satin charmcuse, with .veil and orange .blossoms, was. given away by her father, and was attended by'her two sisters, Misses Jean and Olivfe Martin, as bridesmaids. They wore pretty frocks of champagne ninon and black hats. Mr. L. T.' Burnard, of Gisborne" brother.of the bridegroom, acted'as best man, and Mr. J. ,Murray, of Palmerston North, was the. groomsman. The wedding . breakfast was served in St. Andrew's Hall, where a large number of relatives and friends were entertained. . Mr. and Mrs. Burnard left for Wangahui by the 5 o'clock train.

Mrs, Lindsay's Scheme. v , : A. number of - ladies■-. met at the Pioneer Club yesterday ■ afternoon to hear Mrs. Hume' Lindsay's talk on her work for the Emigration' Society. :Mrs. .Lindsay, is an excellent and- effective speaker, and she has carefully thought • out her scheme. for importing young girls for domestic service herefrom the bettqr-cla-ss. orphanages of .• England. *" She was introduced by Mrs. Fitckett, who-emphasised the,,necessity, for,. ,im- - porting domestic help.. .' At Home,-said-Mrs. Lindsay, • there is a great, feeling of unrest, and many of the servants pass oil from one hometo another, not because they aro dissatisfied, but•because they long for change, a'longing that leads-hundreds of them to'emigrate to Canada every, year. Canada has. about 80 touts .at work in England, searching for suitable girls, and urging them .to emigrate,; ■-while- New Zealand has only eighteen • agents on the same errand,-and these do not get nearly enough to supply the 'wants of.the Dominion; , Mrs. Lindsay proceeded to elaborate her- scheme.. The English Government, the. guardian of the orphanage girls, ■would not - consent to their wards coming (u New Zealand, except as wards of the New-Zealand Government, and this would mean that suitable accommodation must be provided for them onboard ship, where they would be sale: from any interference ,by the other passengers,.- that suitable homes must be found for them in New Zealand, and. : a constant watch kept on their welfare. •Mrs. Lindsay's suggestion is that she should interview, the committees of English orphanages, and herself person* ' ally select the young girls who are to i corho out, and that on arrival with them-in New Zealand she should take an equal number to each of the four centres., It -would not do in the early, days of the venture to send any of the girls to the back-blocks, fai" front the influence and supervision of the women appointed as Government inspectors. The . girls woidd already be trained in a certain amount of domestic work, and in methodical hab'its,. hut their mistresses would still require to teach them a groat deal, which would partly compensate for the law wage. They would be wards of the State until the age 'of- twenty-one, and it would be understood that they remained in domestic service unless. they -wished to many or to take up some other work for which they were especially fitted, in which case the Government might grant them a discharge. Various. other details Mrs. Lindsay explained, and at the conclusion of her address she, was accorded a vote of thanks,, ou the w.ot'on of Mrs. M'Gaviu. '

Savage Club's "LatJios' Night." One of the social events of the year is ' the" Wellington . Savage Club's "ladies' night," which i.5 to take place on Saturday evening til next, week. The committee of the club has on this occasion, decided to depart from the usual arrangement of holding the entertainment in the Concert ' Chamber, and will submit the product of their li"ht and airy fancies in the big Town Hall, which will be arranged for the night a la cafe chantanb, each group of guests beiiig accommodated at a small table. The idea is novel, and should help to- prevent the inconvenient. crush at supper-time. It is understood that, a capita) programme in being arranged by the clever-heads of the club.

St. Mary's Home. A meeting of St. Mary's Guild was held yesterday, Mrs. AVallis presiding. The monthly report stated that all the children at, St. Mary's Homo at Karori were well and happy. A donation of £5 fronr Mrs.' Watson, and one'of £(5 from St. Mark's Girls' Club have been received, for which the guild is very thankful. Appreciation was expressed of the kindness of St. Thomas's Mothers' Union in inviting tho girls lo a Sunday school tea and display of, pictures. The- entertainment was much c-iijoyed. . • A Presentation. During the meeting, of the Diocesan Synod, which has just .closed, as at those of previous years, Mrs. 'Sprott has been unsparing in her kindness to tho visitors. Every afternoon sho 'has provided afternoon tea for them, and tea later on for those, whoso homes were far out of town. It was in recognition of this kindness that the members of synod, both clergy and laity, made a presentation to Mrs Sprott yesterday afternoon of a. handsome sot of carvers and a beautiful Donlton vase. Archdeacon Fancourt, who made the presentation, expressed tho synod's appreciation "of llrs. Sprotl's kindness. Afterwards, en the motion of Archdeacon' Harper, a vote of thanks to the young ladies who waited on them was carried. "Mothers' Day." Never anywhere else in tho world were there such people as' the Americans for oapturing and materialising sentiment. It ssems e-s though," much more than other nations, the sensitive volatile Americans thirsted for pomp and panoply and pageantry, for insignia and emblems that have in tho course of centuries been provided by Church and State in older lands, but .proud of their emancipation from the hoary old institutions that have blossomed into such colour, young America is dotermined to invent her own emblems and pageants and festivals.

■• So far the star-spangled banner and the' drum have loomed largely in her national celebrations, and there has been too much insistence on the glor.v of the two or.three wars that have made.most noise in the marvellous history of the States. . .

.'lt will Ije remembered that it wan during the Cuban War that the Department stores discovered for the first time what a profit might be made out of patriotic . feelings by ' the sale of buttons with the portraits of famous generals, and toy flags. England, to whom these diversions in. time of anxious war were unknown, looked on in amazement.; not- dreaming that when her next war came,her shops' would do a flourishing, trade in Baden-Powell buttons, and toy Union Jacks. America had taught them how to materialise a sentiment.

Popular patriotism is, however, a noisy 'sentiment most times, and that materialisation'- was not as bad as the latest sort. Who in all the wide world but an American-would have conceived of a scheme for "celebrating," "popularising," shouting to the winds of heaven, -a man's adoration for his mother?

Tin's is what America sets out complacently, to do, to-wear a white flower on a certain day in the year "in memory of mother." The. idea is.only four years old, but it lias appeflled>Jn, : some extraordinary way to the American mind. "The strongest men," we, are told, "are p'ro'ud^O'Mlvaheo^'ific' 1 movement. Last year Mayors issued proclamations urging its observance, corporations and' large employers bought . white carnations .by ■ the thousands for their employees."

An attempt is being made to introduce the idea into New Zealand, andthe third Sunday in July, . been selected as. the day this year. Will the corporation ; and large employers buy white carnations here, and will each motorman, each conductor smile that day above a white flower, will the lads and lasses who stroll along Kent Terrace bloom with the white carnations provided with large sentiment by their employers;' or will everyone stoutly refuse to ticket himself in such a way for such a cause. at anyone's suggestion? It is always unsafe to prophesy, but one does not imagine somehow that New Zealand will ever rush- with enthusiasm into such a blatant celebration.

The Rev. Mother Mary Joseph Aubert is at present on a visit to Auckland.

1 Miss Harris, of the Education Board's" offico staff, is at present on leave of absence, granted on account of illhealth.

Miss Tolhurst gave a very enjoyable little dance last night at her. home iii Grant Road.

The Victoria College Ladies' Hockey Club is giving its annual dance in the college gymnasium on Tuesday, July 19.

Mr. and Mrs. Jc':h Kcbbell, who have been in Wellington for the Synod, ■return to Ohau to-day.

The bachelors of Pahiatiia are giving a ball there on Friday,-July 29.