SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 922, 15 September 1910, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Golden Tree and Sale of Work. ; ;On Wednesday, afternoon, in Weslny' Hall,'Taranaki Street, the "golden,, tree" function . and : sale ; of 'work ■ held for' the '•purpose., of aiding -the funds'"of tho. Central . Mission v.was .opened.;by Mr\ :T. 'Buxton, M.P.". .The Rev.vE. Blnihires, in introducing-'..Mr. Buxton •to those present,'.' remarked, that no mission can be self-supporting; there wore times when an appeal to tho outside public was-.'absolutely-, necessary. Although much symputhy had been shown with the object, : the- public was. like Heaven in : this- particular,, that it helped those who helped .themselves. Mr. Buxton, ( in declaring the sale of work. open,said that,;:he was pleased to see, . thatthere were'no raffles-neout.' He was so struck.by .their frequency.that tho idea had occurred, to him' of inquiring into their statistics for the purpose ot learning how, niany /were : granted.during tho ; year, and. how, many : lor; each denomina-tion.-'There, would certainly, be a largo computation of- figures.,' The "golden tree," which was.' the' object of general attention,, has a- most valuable ,; harvest,hbthing less-at the! present inomont than, Ji7o,;,representing:''tfo'.contributions, ofthoso.who have given-towards the.Central Mission. .This evening all the proceeds from.the sales of the. various .stall's 1 and the tea-room will be added to it, : aiid Dr;-'"'Platts- Mills ;.willhavo .the task, of 'annouheing the total harvest.: The. stalls were 'most, attractivelyVarranged, and .'had'somo really, beautiful work, displayed :One' lady,-,Mrs'.' Millington,. had provided-and furnished a. fancy stall as a gift towards .'the cause, and herself took charge of-it. .Otheri stalls and their holders ! were :■, as . fbllow 1 :—-The refreshlhbnt/stall,. the Taranaki- Street Bible Class .members; lollie stall, Mrs/ O." ;-H. Jones and members of tho Karori Bible •'Classy fancy vwork stall, ,rdone. Ijy' ' tho .Central 'Ladies'.'Mission, in charge of . Mrs'/.Houldcr; and Mrs.' Cocksedgß,- Mrs. Drew,' and' Mrs. Helyer'. Tliere - was some beautiful Indian work--displayed, -upon this stalLv Pot.-plants -and flowers, the .Newtown'Biblo.Cliisi;.plniii..work stsJl (Central.'Mission Guild); Mrs. Baker, Mrs.: •Parkei • and'-Mrs! Ainies.: This evening a ; juvenile,: choir; under the .baton.of Mr.\ Howe; .*ill.sing special,glees,' and amus-, .ing competitions, -will -be .held. .'The various ■'; Bible -Classes i .'had .been : most ehergetic"in -hclpihS' ih:.v.urioiis ways. .

:The/Htitt/Fiower',;Show..;/,'/;'/ *:'-/,:' ; i.The Hutt Flower Show;has.,taken -place thisVy'ear. in-most perfect-weather' and itreally'seemed: as j though the .flowers .had ;detefmihed to .tdb-fit.tihg honour "to the :cccasion:and. look-, their; very- best. •'■ Wherever/one; looked: nothing, but a- blaze' 'of fcolour met one's eyes; and r ani,o)ig v sb_.njany., 'beautiful things''it ; seenied"inipbsSible < .'*to' individualise, asi'i'tb '.which one liked-the "best.-;. There .'were'.wonderful varieties of naroissi— who were _. acquainted .with them- :.long /years "ago : would,~r'ub'"thein eyes in amazement/could they/revisit the earth and: see'into .what, varieties theyhave/been; develbped.'iA flower of special interest was that displayed by.Mr.-Booth of: ■:.'. Carterton;/: one; seedling, of which, brought, the sum of Jl4 last year.-There were some magnificent pot plants and. out flowers; ;,The: oyclamens,: exhibited by Mr.Harvey, were. : most beautiful; :, The ladies present,-,almost rivalled' the - flowers , in -their/dainty- colouring,, the perfect, day ■haying:induced 7 a: very/'-large, "attendance of;,them. His Excellency, the'v Governor and lady.Tslington were,present, and Mrs. :Chapnian's • little girl presented, LadyAlslington with- abeautif ul bouquet of mauve flowers;: Mr. Joliffe-spoke :a -few; words in :regard'to the; show and his' Excellency then. formally.'opened/it./■ Lady Islington wore a,black chiffon velvet, coat and skirt and 'a -large black- hat' with; sweeping plumes.:; Some of those prcsent.'were lady Ward,; Wearing ablack coat and skirt and big black hat with ostrich plumes.; Mrs. Findlay, .'black voile.over-white silk; and Hack -hat; Mrs. "Joliffe, heliotrope. coat ■aiid skirt and black hat -, Mrs., Woodward, ■aii. oyster-coloured silk dress,, a white- lace coat,.and black hat. - There were also, to ib'e,seen: Mrs.. Purdy, Mrs. : Masbn,'-- ; Mrs.-. ~Q'i Foil, : Mrs..'Dymock."Mrs. ! "'Erl'- Johnson, Mrs..Y. Eid'diford, Mrs".- Tweed, Mrs. G; Treadwell;: Mrs. (Dr.)'.,Mirams, Mrs. Bar- ' thprpe/ Mrs. (Dr.) Be'gg, Mrs.- Turnbull,' :M,rs. Elder, Mrs..C. Izard,,Mrs; C. Pharasyn.Mrs. .Tringham, Mrs. ; ;Costello, Miss -Skerrett,: Mrs. Harvey, Mrs.'Sinclair, Mrs. • , Malcolmson, Mrs. A. Pearce, and; very .many otbers.. Tea was. servedby a number of Hutt ladies.',. .'- ~ ' ;.-' ~ ;"At;Home" at 'Pafiiatiia./ A.n..enjoyable "at.home" was hold. i>ii Tuesday afternoon at; Hire Maie, Pahiatua/ the' pretty home of Mrs. J. D. C. Crewe,: when tho:tadies of Pahiatua inct to farewell Mrs. C. J. .and .'Miss Norton, who hare, leaving, shortly for Wellington, after' a residence 'of 19; years.. Mrs. Crevre, assisted by .Mesdames Eames and' Wak'eman, received,her guests-.in a handsome; gown of brown, taffetas, relieved with, eroain lace. 'The .reception rooms were/ gay. with spring .'flowers, the room where; tea was" served :being a . veritable -bower of. camelias and-narcissi.': During the afternoon- soiigs : were ; sung by Mrs, Osborne-Jjilly and Miss Burgess; musical. .items: given by Miss M. Allen (violin) ami; Miss Kansom (piano); and recitations by Miss 'O'Meara(Masterton). ..With a few well-chosen.'words, Mrs. Wakeman, on be--' half, ot.'thiv Indies, presented'-Alw. Nortuit with' a very, beautiful pearl and tourma-. line pendant, and Miss Hughes, on beha.ll of the girls, handed JlissNorton an exquisite silver manicure set. Mrs. Norton wore a navy tailored costume, with a handsome; black and white-Gainsborough hat j.Mrs.EariieS,,saxe blue,costume and black plumed hat; Mrs. Wakeman, black satin, with' smart_toqile;. Mrs. -. Tulloch, grey _.i costume ;and black hat; Mrs. O'Meara, brown, striped costume,. green hat; Miss Gregory, black costume, violet toque; Miss Norton. wore a' cream - costume and an\ aeroplane blue hat; and Miss Hughes, a brown costume and hat to match.; Other guests wcro Mesdames .Avery, Burgess, Cornelius (Mangahao), Cowlam. (Hukanui), Dunning, De Guet, Hart, Hare, Herbert, Harkiiess, Isaacson, Lilly, G. C. ■Miller, H. H. Miller (Nga,turi);''M'Slierry, Mexted, Nathan, Philips, Ransom, Swainson, Sharman, J. Thomas, Tosswill, and Weston, and Misses Avery, Allen (2), Burgess (3), Dunning, Hare, Kerr; Mexted, O'Meaia, ljansom, Stone, Taylor, Tiilloch; and Warren (2). Obituary. .'■/■/ • Jfrs.; Watt, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel John Pi Watt, of Wanganui, died yesterday afternoon. The deceased lady was 62 years of age.—Press Association.

The Arts Club. ' A very interesting lecture was given by Miss Myrtle Lee at the Arts Club Inst evening upon Florentine and Venetian art; illustrated by some very fine lantern slides. Those that pictured the root of the Sistiue Chapel (Michael Augelo) and some sculptured groups of Raphael's were very beautiful. There were also slides of Titian's "Bacchus," others of Tintorelli, two that reproduced. "M'onna Li fa" and '■The Madonna of the Bocks," and several others of the great masterpieces. - The lantern -which was used belonged to Mr. Harclie Shaw and waVa complete j success. Miss' Myrtle Lee is a lecturer that one wishes' could be oftener heard, and certainly last evening her discourse was particularly interesting. '"•'-.'

Mr. and Mre. Wilford loft for Dun edin last week, and their many friends will regret to learn that Mrs. Wilford has not been at all '-we 11,..'.

Mrs. Robert Richmond , has, returned from.a three months' visit tn Auckland. Now Plymouth, and Vfangimui,

The juvenile pupils of Miss Violet Warburton aro holding ft fnricy dress ball in Miss Warburton's private hall on Friday,. September 23.';

A meeting of the Wellington College Old Girls' Association Committee is to n» held on. Monday, September 19, to make necessary arrangements for tho garden fete, which is to be held on October 29.

,-Miss J.'Hardy,, of. Wadostowii, left .for Napier yesterday, and will be present at the wedding of Miss Nelson, which, takes place very, shortly. Miss Hardy r is staying with her' sister, Mrs. 'Warren.

-, Miss E;;LV- Anderson,'- the national organising secretary for Australasia of thii X.W.C.A., was - ientertained : at - tho Y.M.C.A. rooms at a luncheon'by several of.: the. business men''of the city and a number of ladies yesterday. Tho chair was occupied by.Mr. J. G. W. Aitken: Mrs. Rhodes wris' also present. M.is 9 Anderson spoke of ; the need for cooperation on the part of. business men in connection .with -the, Y.W.C.A.; and 'stated that in America- and Britain, the association found that'it was, necessary to have buildings of ■■ its own, precisely as the Y.M.C.&., ■'■'

-' carnival .which' is toeing'.arranged^by the committee who. aro! working for the celebration of-the golden '.jubilee' of Mother Mary Aubert has been.arranged to take place in-; the Olympia Skating ,Rihk on September. 2G, .aiid should prove, to be. a brilliant and enjoyable affair. His.Excellency the-. Governor,.- although *he will hot be' able; to be present, is interested in.tho object of it all, and has bestowed his patronage <upon it. 'A great amount of /trouble; and ingenuity is being - ex-, pended over-the arrangements in conneetio with it.,.-.):'' - ■

' The Golden, Tree Function and Sale of Work: is to .be oontinucd this afternoon in 'the -Wesley Hall in. Taranaki Street, as -.well asin.tlie evening, '.', ■'.■■' : ,

'The/children' taking;part in ;tlie final; performance of - the. Children's Flower Pageant have been busily rehearsing seval Inew; items for the ■ programme, which ■promise? to be even,-bettor than those presented, on; the previous, occasions. A special:'.feature will be a, representation 6f ..' the .fight, between St. George 'and the Dragon. Mr;'Stewart, of the Pantomime Company,-has prepared the dragon to be , used on the occasion, giving his services free for the purpose. .A final-, rehearsal will take place in the Town Hall tomorrow, Friday, at 4 o'clock. By special t.requestiarrangements have-been made for. a,door sale' at Is.;: in order that all persons interested may have an opportunity of; witnessing the; last performance' -of, /nis novel-affair..-The management'has ari'announcement in another column to which, the. attention- of : our: readers' is directed. V - ■; /