SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 876, 23 July 1910, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

fjoyal, Artillery Ball. ■' Tho fifteenth annual ball of the Royal jArtillery was given last night" at the' !Tqwn Hall. The beautiful decorations •of • tbe previous night were left intact, with this difference: 'that the bands of nvhite and pale .blue' forming a canopy fabove the hall. were. 1 drawn apart so ••that, the .large company of people in; fthe gallery could look/down at the'bril•iiant scene.' So many of the men were ijn smart uniforms .of blue aud gold, *>r .scarlet—some of them in the picrturesque Highland costume—that tie (effect was, if anything,, even more gorgeous, than; at the;race ball, aud. tlio Brocks _■ worn, wure as pretty and effective as the, decorations deserved. Of the officers' wives present, Mrs. O'Sullivan wore a black satin frock with corselet bodice of black lace, worked -with gold; Mrs. Simeon, white satin •with, silver and crystal embroidery; Airs. ■ Withers, black silk, with red roses. Miss O'Sulliyan wore white satin with crystal . trimming;. Miss, Withers, green silk, and her sister, white, satin with pink roses.,, - . .'■... . ..■;• : The . decorations in the eupper-room were.; much, the ..same as,on the. night before, but the- long centre table, was brilliantly/ decorated with . crimson rhododendrons, long- crimson streamers finished at each corner with large bows, and crimson bonbons, most effectively arranged ; ■ : : .'•":.'..'. ; . Bie /committee responsible, for the . «veriiiig's arrangements were Regimen-tal-Sergeant Withers, Sergeant- Taylor, Corporal Walker, Bombadier Johnson, . and, Gunners Slattery, Gillespio, Klee,, Nisbet, ■ Rapson, Kivqli, M'Mahon,'.and Watson,'the last being 'the honorary, secretary. " "Rebellious Susan." •The revival here after 16 years of the case of "Rebellious Susan" corresponds-, with its revival in London at ■the.present time by Sir Charles Wynd2ham and Miss. Mary. Moore. / ' As in "l'ho Hypocrites,", so in "Re■bellious Susan," Miss -Day wears some >yery handsome frocks. Her frock in the first act is a beautifiilly-eut white cloth, •with., sleeveless' bolero ■ effcot - finished with crystal-buttoned straps, under' which is a gold embroidered net blouse. With this she wears a black tricorne that with gold feather. I'n the second act she wears a white panne, velvet evening gown, the skirt .trimmed with deep flounce of embroidered ■ lissc, and the bodice embroidered to match. A simple frock of pink striped chiffon over white silk, with-cream'lace yoke and sleeves, is worn ,in the last actj and: later- a dress of irory satin cut •low, and embroidered with pink roses and pale blue design edged with crystal' beads. The bodico is handsomely embroidered in pale blue and pink,-and ikished with small sleeves of real lace. Over this Miss Day wears a handsome daffodil yellow velvet coat with slashed effect, and design' in braid of self colour. ; ■ . ■ ... '" , ■ ** At Home" In Hobson Street. .A most enjoyable' "at home" was given , yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Jacob Joseph,' at her-home in Hobson Street..: Among the guests preseut were: Lady Ward and Miss Ward, Lady H!Leari, Mrs. Wilford, Mrs. David Nathan, Mrs. and Miss Collins, Mrs. and* Miss Pearce, Mrs. Brandon, Miss Holmes, Mrs. and Miss Beere, Mrs Tuekey, Mrs. Chatfield, Mrs. and the Misses Miles, , ; Mrs. Nowmari, Mrs Dymock, Mrs. Earl Johnston, Mrs! Pharazyn, Mrs. W. Turnbull, Mrs. Fitchett, Miss M'Gregor, Mrs. Finch, Mrs. Litchfield, Mrs. Izard, Mrs., and iliss VsnStaveren, Mrs. Denniston ■Mrs:, and Miss Bristow, Mrs. Myers, Aiiss Harcourt, Mrs. Vavasour, Mrs. C Crawford, Mrs. Dyer, Miss Payne, Mrs. H. Holmes, Mrs. ■■ Larnach, Mrs. and Miss Ban-on, .Mrs. Hume, Mrs. Lan Duncan,'Mrs. H. J,ohnston, Miss Duncan, Mis.■■'■ Vernoh : Read,' Miss ' Alice Biddiford, Mrs. Bunny (Wairarapa). During the afternoon, music was supplied by a string band stationed on the landing.. In the drawing-room, where chocolate:was served, masses of yellow •wattle, daffodils,' friesias, and violets •were set about the mantelpiece, being massed with.the flowers. Coffee was iserved in/the breakfast-room, and tea on .the dining-room, where the' table was decorated with, crimson anemones. Mrs. Joseph- received in a,frock of ciaret-coloured panne, trimmed with racked chiffon.of the same- shade over net, finished with heavy- cream lace; Miss Joseph-wore pink moire, the bodico ■draped with grey chiffon; Mrs. ' F Nathan wore: royal blue panne,, draped wth charmeu-se of the same rich:shade ■ Mrs. Joseph Joseph, dark blue ninon ■with white 'lace,- and big black, hat • Mrs..-.Walter Nathan, mole-coloured striped chiffon, with toque trimmed with black plumes. The. Misses Nathan and Mrs. Joseph Joseph's little girls helped to serve the tea.

"Ladies' Night." Thp "Wellington Savage Club's "Ladies' Night" has come to bo regarded as one of the chief, as well. as the jolliost, social functions of the winter season, and the Town Hall will bo taxed to its fullest extent to accommodate all thbso who have mado arrangements to bo present this evening. The secretary (Mr. J. Dykes) ! states that 800 ladies' and over 400 gentlemen's tickets have been issued, so that the assemblage should bo a brilliant one. The guests will include Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, a number of the Ministers, Captain Blunt and the officers of H.M.S. Pioneer. Departing from the usual methods, the entertainment Will be given in the big Town Hall, where the guests will be accommodated in groups round small tables a la cafe chantant, which should make for sociability and comfort. The great hall has been magnificently decorated, and the programme prepared is said to be in.keeping with the glittering environment. The entertainment is announced to commence at 7.55 p.m.

The Pioneer Club. * The Pioneer Club has now moved from its pretty rooms in Winder's Buildings to its new home in Hannah's Building, Lambton Quay. There it has three rooms, the largest of them overlooking Lambton Quay will serve for receptions. This is papered in cream and brown with a touch of pink in the frieze, ■ to match tho rose-col-oured carpets. Tho room, behind is the reading-room, and a sriialler one behind that is furnished as a sittingroom. The Reading ■ Circle will Hold its meeting in tho new room this evening. Terrace High School Dance. It St. Peter's. Hall last night tho Terrace High School ex-pupils gave their second annual dauce. The bull was decorated with lycopodiuin, and the stage furnished and decorated, while special attention had been'given to the decoration of the supper table with scarlet and yellow, the school colours. There was a very good attendance of ex-pupils and their friends. Tho committee were: Misses I. and H. Gooder, M. Brown, R. Moxhani, M. Siovwright, and P.. Gordon, and Messrs. P. Winchcomb, G. Burr, R. Ross, C. Dunne, and C. Smith. Mesdames Dinnie, Kerr, Gooder, Thompson, and M'Coll were the chapcrones.

Miss Warathy Winmill is now returning to her home in Lawrence, after a long holiday in Wellington. Invitations have been issued to the Star Boating Club Ball which is to be held in the Concert Room at the Town Hall on Tuesday, August 9. Our Mastorton correspondent states that a.'memorial tablet to the lato Miss Sutherland is to bo publicly unveiled at the Masterton Hospital to-, day. Mrs. Bunny and Miss Alice Riddiford from Mnsterton are staying at the Royal Oak. Mrs. Bunny returns to Masterton on Monday and Miss Riddiford goes down to Christchurch tonight. Miss May Hall is the cnest of Mr. and Mrs. Mawley, of Diltnn, Masterton. The beautiful decorations of the sup-per-room which were so much admired at the race ball were the work of Miss Cooper of Manners Street. Mrs. Roberts, from Duuedin, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Rhodes, at the Grange. Mrs. Stanton Harcourt leaves nest Friday to visit her sister in Sydney. Mrs..H. B. Mason is giving the second of a series of winter dances for her pupils on Monday, August 1. It will be a fancy dress and masque ball. Our Masterton correspondent records tho death of another pioneer of tho Wairarapa district, Mrs. Matthews, relict of the late Mr. Jacob Matthews. Dficeased, who was in her 80th year, arrived in the Dominion in 1856, and came to Masterton with her husband shortly afterwards. ■ The late Mr. Matthews was one of the original settlers who took up the Masterton. small farm block. Deceased leaves two sons (Messrs. Alfred and Charles Matthews), and one daughter (Mrs. 0. P. Wilton).