SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 880, 28 July 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

rublic,Trust' Social,

The staff of the Public , Trust OSicb held their annual "social" Inst night in St. Peter's Schoolroom, when they gave • a'euchre party and dance. The hall was hnng with "flags, and. the stage was draped -with'flags atHhe back and'sides,, and decorated with palms;- The committee in : charge of tho arrangements were: Mrs. llastors and Miss Nash, and Messrs. M'Gowan,' Brogan, King, and Mulholland (secretary). The first ladies' prize; a , beautiful • little enamelled watch and bracelet, was won by- Miss. Nash, and the • second, an" enamelled ...bangle, * by Hiss Higgle.' Among., others present ' were: Liidy Ward, who wore a.frock of black ninon with'jet trimming; Miss, Ward, in chino silk; Mrs. Poynton, mauve ninon; Mrs. .Kendall, while satin; Mrs. Mtirrell, pompadour silk; Mrs. Eonaldson, black satin;.- Mrs; Masters, 'white' frock'; Miss Nash,, cream silk with coat' of scarlet velvet;' Mrs. Fordham, "black lace over 1 white; Mrs. Easson,.' purple .silk; Miss Martelli,- pink silk; Miss " Morris,- pink , Gilk;'Mrs.., Gibbons, . cream, luce; Mrs. Bretherton, V white; Mrs. Sievwrighfc, green silk; Miss Tresize,. white frock with ■ pinb roses'; . Miss -Barnard,. cream crepe : de chine; Mr 3. Ferkins, black silk; Miss Downes,. pale:blue;, Miss. Cray, heliotrope ; eilk; -.Mrs,''O'Sullivan,' black velvet with, !. white tulle sleeves;-.-and 1 Miss Morris, • pale pink. ' Farewell Tea and Presentation. .A.'contributori writes:—Yesterday afternoon' the members - of ! the. Pioneer Club . sntertained Miss Isitt at a farewell tea in their, newsrooms on' Lambton Quay. The ; Common Eoom was decorated' with shaded pink .caineliias, . and the reading-room, i where tea was. sorved, with white aid yellow narcissi ana red geranium' ..During the'afternoon Miss Richmond, the prc'sident, '.presented'' Miss Isitt,.! on behalf, ! of. the committee of the club,', with a deck chair; travelling cushion,. and. hand-bag, a£ parting. gifts./ Miss Eichiuond,, iui the course of her remarks, said tho committee, aadt.in fact, all the members realised h'ow . inuch'. they owed • to -Miss Isitt's persistent work, not oily in starting the.club,' but also' .since ; its .foundation,. and that now ©veu-'/the, .most -.dubious that - it had t justified its, existence,' and■ -concluded By wishing the guest of honour'all sue-' cess and happiness, in the-Old World to' ' which, she was .going. ' Miss Isitt, in ' thanking . the members, referred to the. pleasure the-club had--given >to many people in a : sociali wav, and ,-to," the. apprreiation; which had r t?een felt by- many visitors-to Wellington, who .had .been entertained by. the 'members. :The members of. theccommittee; present • -were,Mies Richroond. -Mrs. Newman, .Mrs. Findlay, 'Mrs. Winded, Mrs. Fitchett", ;Jlrs. Salmond, Miis'P. Myers, and-Miss A. Kaul. HalK -- ■ -

' Tile Concert Chamber at the Town Hall was-'firowdedi-'witli dancers- last night, when ; tho Gregg Institute-'..combined' Hockey Clubs gave the third of their annual dances. Tho hall was decorated with festoons of .lycopodium,the stage furnished and prettily decorated, and the corridor draped with flags. Music was supplied by Mrs. Hawthorne. Supper ,was served inthe corridor, where several tables were decorated with . wattle and laden with good things. ' Mrs. Seaton and' Mrs. Fisher acted as: ch.iporons, and the' l committee, were: Misses'!' O'Neill, Kevell, Ryan,' Sexton,. Tregeu," Walker, arid Ward,' arid Messrs.' Baillie, Boiige, Krobs, .'Lawrence;' .Smith, Scliiilenberg,. and Tinney., Mrs. Sexton wore black silk,' anda grey co'at; Mrs. F.' M..0., Fisher, cream sntin'; Miss 'O'Noill, pulo blue silk; Miss'Kovell, blue; 'Miss Tregea, cream charraeuse; Miss Walker,.white satin with' chiffon;'. Miss Ward, rose : coloured velvet, with'lace' bertha; and. oriental' trimming; Miss .'Sexton,'. green , velvet • with laco bertha; Miss Sinclair, crimson ; velvet with jet trimmings; Mrs. 1). Ifyan, heliotropo'charmeuse; Miss C. Ryan, sky blue silk; Miss Smith, black 'lac* over- white; ■Mrs. : Milligan,' black silk and jet trim-' nring. ' -. ■ -Tea on'the .Terrace. . , Mrs. -Tewsloy , gave an afternoon tea yesterday, at Tier houso . on. Wellington Terrace- in ' honour ..of Mrs. Houghton, of Auckland. Camellias' decorated - the rooms, the tea-table being prettily arranged an two .shades-of jpinir, tho iongetemined flowers .mixed with rose leaves,, in, tall silver; vas?s. • ". Mrs:' Tewsley'received in a frock of pale,blue crepe 'de chine, with Oriental trimming; : Miss Tewsley wore reseda green cashmere, and Mrs. Houghton was in fawn cloth, with a'toque of emerald green.'' Many of the guests either came from or went on to the tea at the Pioneer Club.- Among them wore:' Mrs. Seddon, Mrs. J. G. Firidlay, Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. and Miss Quick, Mrs. T. G-. Macarthy, Mrs. Wylie, Mrs. Kert-Hislop, Mrs. Tuckey, Mrs. Chatfield, 1 Mrs. Larthorp, Mrs. BarMrs. Rose, Mrs.. Kennedy, Mrs. C. B. .Russell, Mrs. Cecil Jones and Miss Jones; Mrs. Liechfield, Miss Seddon, Mrs. and - Miss M'Gregor, Mrs. M'Ewan, Mrs. ?pd- Miss D-'Oyley,. Mrs. and Miss Cooper, Mrs. Firth, Mrs. F. Ward, ' Mrs. -T. Ward, Mrs. -Ponsonby, and Mrs. Arthur .Myers (Auckland). . ' "