SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 874, 21 July 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Frocks at Trentham. In-spite of the gloomy, damp skies and the prophecy of a storm,.crowds.of pooplo went out to Trentham yesterday; many more in fact than were present on Saturday.- ! The afternoon was grey and bitterly /cold, and towards-the end tile threatened tain came. Turs were a necessity; cvery•orie who possessed a sealskin coat donned . lit for the occasion. Among:' those pre- .- sentwere:—Miss- Harcourt, who wore a .costume of saxe blue- cloth, arid a black; ipluined' hat; Miss Vavasour, navy .blue braided costume, and l'.at wr.eathed with ' -small flowers; Mrs. C. J. ■ Jolinstoii, seal-Bkin-.coat,'black skirt, and-black-sequiriod ;' toque with white aigrette; Mrs. Walter Johnston, ail black, with long seal coat; . Mrs. Elgar,- black ve! pet, with sealskincoat and sables, '-hat ■ with saxe -blue, plumes Mrs. V. Eiddiford, long ermine . coat over a. cream frock,, and ermine toque with large pink roses; Mrs. M'Lean, dark tailor-made, and. largo plumed hat; . Mrs. Lan Duncan, green frieze costume, and hat.to match; Mrs.-Algar Williams, dress of purple velvet, and large hat trimmed with a chou of .shaded heliotrope tulle and w;heat-ears; Mrs. Erie Johnston, rough frieze costume, and hat wreathed ' with leaves; Mrs. W. - Bidwill, brown cloth'with' seal coat'and tricorne.black hat. with ermine crown; Mrs. .Chapman, faille costume of .vieux rose, and black hat with..large cream aigrette;. Mrs,. " Fisher, grey costume and green hat; Miss Beatrice Day,. navy blue braided costume, and black .tricorne hat with gold quill; Mrs. Webster, mole. ' cloth, and bluo plumed hat; Mrs. Jacob Joseph, long, seal coat, and'toque trimmed with, iridescent wings; Mrs. C. Crawford, purple ' cloth costume, and black hat; Miss Miller, French.grey cloth, and flowered hat; Mrs. ■ Goring Johnston, dark -blue, with black v li?„t; Miss D. Webb (Nelson),, green frieze costume, with squirrel furs; Mrs. Newbiggen (Hastings), black braided costume, and shiart black hat; Mrs. Rathboiie, dark . coat and skirt, and black; toque; .Mrs. West/ purple cloth,, and hat to match; Mrs. Kiss,, sase.: blue-".costume;' Mrs. Tweed, black, with sealskin coat; Mrs. W. Turnbull, nattier blue.cloth I , : and plumed hat; Mrs'. H. Holmes, dark costume," seal ■ coat, and toque of emerald-green velvet and fur; . Mrs. -Nelson, dark;.dress,. seal - "coat, .-aid straw-coloured toque; . Mrs. Louisson (Auckland.), heliotrope , charmeuse costume; braided and niolp hat, trimmed with . marabout, plumes;' . Mrs. •Sinclair, grey tailor-made, ami . flowered hat; Miss Ha.vbittle, dov.e ( : grey j costume, and hat to match'; 1 Mrs.'H.' Nathan, mole' cloth, and hat with cerise wings,; Mrs.' F. Nathan, long seal coat over a black velvet gown,, and toque of red velvet .and Klacfc ' feathers; Mrs. Clay, "navy blue braided costame.audmolc liat. lined withpale.blue.. Wedding'at the Basilica. At the Basilica, yesterday- afternoon Miss Violet Wiffen, daughter of llr. Wiffen of St. Mary- Street, was married to Mr. John DufEey. tho , Rev. FatliWr Peoples officiating. The-brido was attended by the Misses Duifey (2)', .sisters of the bridegroom, and by two flower girls. The bridegroom was attended by hiii brother and the brother of the bride. After the wedding a reception, attended by'a large number of guests, was held iii the Goring Street Hall, Where a dance also took place in the evening. Wedding at Johnsonville. . A wedding that' caused a great deal of interest took .place yesterday afternoon' at- St. Columba, Presbyterian Church. Johnsonville, when Miss Chrissie Orr, youngest daughter of' Mrs. Orr and the late Mr. -' John Forbes Orr was: married to Mr. William Thow Munro,.."second son' of ilr. William . Munro, of Restibrig, Edinburgh. The church was beautifully , decorated • for tile occasion with flowers and foliage, floral ' arches, and wedding bells. The - Rev. T. Inglis, M.A., officiated,' assisted by the Eev. Jas. Patterson, and the service was fully choral. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr.. Alec.' Forbes Orr, wore a charming gown of white satin charmeuse draped with nirion and trimmed-with old lace. She wore a bridal wreath and veil and carried a.sheaf of lilies with streamers of silver tissue. The chief brides-, maid was Miss Evelyn.Lodder, who wore a frock of pale .blue . ninoii with 'pearl ornaments, and a large "blue and black hat wreathed with forget-me-nots. She carried a bouquet of friesias and forget-me-nots. The three smaller bridesmaids— the Misses Dorothy and Carrie Davips, and Molly Orr (nieces of the bride)— wore dainty muslin frocks with coats of pale blue cloth and blue hats, and they carried small posies of friesias and for-get-me-nots. After the wedding, a reception was held at "Killarchan," the residence of the bride's mother, where over 200_ guests were entertained. Jlrs. Orr-received in a gown of black brocade,: trimmed with Pcuiton" lace, and slio carried a large bouquet, of violets. All the bouquet's were .the work of. Miss-Cooper, of Manners Street. The bridegroom's present to the, chief bridesmaid was a dainty pair of pearl ear-rings and to tho smaller bridesmaids pretty gold brooches. Among the guests .. presents were Mrs. Moore,' Mr; and Mrs. Clapham, Mr. and Mrs. J. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. D. Orr, Mr and Mrs. Bethune, Mr. and Jllrs. G. E. Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar Sloane, Mr. , and Mrs. G. Wallis,, Mrs. A. Willis and Miss Willis, Mr. and Mrs. M IT Moriarty,- Mr and Airs. Kirk, Jtiss' Orr (Martmborough), Mr. and Jrrs. Davies (Melbourne), Miss Lodder, Mrs. Tuckwell Brown, Miss Jackson, Mrs. Inglis, Miss Mouat, Mr and Jlrs. Alf. Jloore, Mr.' and Miss Mansan, Miss .Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Bould, .Air. and Mrs. and Miss Cook, Misses Ogborne, Miss F,venson. Misses The bride s travelling dross was a . l Y ll !r e £ loth toiler-made violet, and with it she. wore a beaver hat wreathed with cerise. Mr. and-Sirs. Munro left.for the north by the afternoon, train,,where they stay for a short- time, then leave' New Zealand on Augnst 5 to connect with the P. and 0. liner Marmora for Edinburgh, where they are to' live.

Obituary. Another pioneer settler has passed away (writes our- Paliuerston correspondent) in the .person of Mrs. Robinson, Hot of. the late Captain Eobinson, of "Harrington," Foxton. 'l'he ■•deceased lady arrived in the Colony.in the ship .London in. 1810. ..She was married in ISI6 in "Wellington to Captain Bolmiion; and they shortly afterwards took up their residence at Foxton, where Mrs. Robinson's genial nature'and kindly disposition won ail hearts. She was the soul of hospitality, and 111 the early days had the pleasure of entertaining many distinguished guests, including Lord Cecil as he was then, afterwards the Marquis of Salisbury (late Prime Minis,er of England), Sir George Grey, Bishop Hadfield, and Sir Donalu M'Lean. She was Si years of age, f and lived practically the whole of her life at Herrington. For the past two or three years' tlie deceased lady had not been in the best of health. Of her eleven children, eight survive her, five . sons, and three daughters, the sons are Messrs. Francis, James, John, Charles, and Octavius Robinson,' and the daughters are Mrs.: Thynne', wife.of the late Mr. F. Thynne, at' one time proprietor of the Foxton '-'Herald," Mrs. Hadfield, W-anganni, • and Mrs. W. Robinson, Napier. The interment will tako .place on Friday.

The Misses Baber : and Richmond have taken the house No. 32 Fitzherbert Terrace to accommodate the increasing number of boarders and day girls. The. ground floor of this house is being given up t'o class-rooms for the lojver school and kindergarten. , Mrs. Milne, who, has been spending threo or four weeks in Sydney, returned by the Sydney boat, on Wednesday and will be leaving'for her home in Masterton on Saturday., . Mr. and Mrs. ■ J." Ewart are returning to Masterton to-day: Mrs. Jack Rose gave a large tea at her home a.t,the llutt for her sister, Mrs. V. Boughtomfrom Auckland,,when among the guests were' a. number who had gone out from town. •'.... : After hearing accounts of the weather that Sydney people are. enjoying, or rather, have been enjoying till ; -th« last few days, one's heart is filled with envy of their good. fortune. Warm sunny days which they are able to enjoy to the full by picnicing on green shady lawns .or upon the river banks have been their lot, while in Sydney sweet peas and roses were simply rioting in the gardens. In front of the Post Office quantities of. violets and spring bulbs were being sold daily for almost nothing. To a . New Zealander the flowers were almost overwhelming in their 'profusion, but in- Sydney it was considered, so far, to be rather a poor year for them. "IDne cannot help thinking, however, when reading of the stormy visitor that descended upon them the other day. that there is something to be said for. the, New Zealand climate after all.