SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

, The .Children's Pageant. ','■. v.; The'; howling wind ..and, beating, fain that .raged, through the: city of. Welling- . ton; oh. Saturday night had ho power to : ,quench. the;joyousness.,of: the multitude of flowers' that gathered together in tho Town Hall to once again .'repeat the performance of- the • Children's Pageant, it might ■ rain , and storm ,as much as it pleased .outside, but".."inside, 'all' was wafnith and gaiety: and; a feast : of.',vivid colouring:.that, was seen:.to more, advantage" than -at the previous, performances,. owing: to ..the fact; that, there were 'not, quite so; many;flowers taking ■part'in- the various dances, and ..marches. The''opening ..idea. of : .the Pageant was very .pretty 'and fanciful, all the sets' forming a landscape , garden with the flowers asleep. Presently the fairies, most ; charming little beings, came along waving their,-\yahds arid; set by. set. the flowers'awoke and '.commenced to. dance. One of .the. features of'the opening.grand march was the appearance of twenty little boys who', marched round, the .'.hall' with, thevlegend;.; worked .in, brilliant .letters upohVtheir persons: "Welcome Lady Islington."•••; One, felt sorry that Lady Islington wasn^t' present; to; see it., After they had played their little part and re-' tired -into obscurity a number of Hllics of the valleyf;(Miss Putiian's pupils) caino forward-carrying banners, iipon -which was. inscribed-"Wellington' Blesses Mother Aiibert;"'.each.; wprd : following., behind the other... As they inarched round the, hall,, evidently,.'fully appreciating/the ihonOur that,:was' placed, upon :. their, /shoulders, sounds ;6f. hearty ■ applause eame.from an audience.. that; thoroughly : endorsed the .sentiment. The Rev. Mother Aubert; who .sat in. the front of theYgalleryj .was'takon by ..storm and in response kissed her hand to -the' children several times., .It was a pretty .little compliment to nay her; especially when done by;thb children. The interest of the.; children- in' the 'dances and marches appeared to be quite as Keen as at- their .first performance.' A : now special ..dance; was, prettily performed, by; ; the.iJKelburnoi girls- (briarproses) .lidder .the.',tuitiph;of .Jliss Campbell, who also taught the .Oriental Bay ward. A varia-'. tion. of;the .thistle evolutions, which, were performed, with a magnificent piper in : front;, upon-, the other' occasions, was the , appearance: pf ■ a number of,'children representing . the shamrock as well."It"only needed the..rose to',completei the emblems, of the British-Isles. St. George and the Dragon mado their first appearance in public and were greatly appreciated, .especially.., by.,thfe.';children.;" -Tliel ;Df'agbh .waMa;' truly.} fbafs'ome>lo'oking' object i ; as it' paraded "the., hall"'whilb 'St;'-; George (Master Baldwin); ;who • duly and.. with great ..ceremony-cut off... its head,- looked ■almost gallant' and;'gorgeous, figure' with his' great sword and/shield. Mr. Harrison; was responsible for this item of the; programme, and judging by the result .must have found the boys most eager and-.'apt;pupils.' -Mr..Baldwin was ..re-' sponsible-for the fearsome; appearance, of .;the Dragon, After "God, Save the King" 'had ,bf ought . the .programme'.' ,to/ an, end ; thb 'reihainder'.of' the/.eyen'ing. till "clbso upon'-/twelve was spent.in ..dancing, - a great: many of the children remaining for

Many, people have worked most wholeheartedly for; the Causo of,the Pageant and have not spared themselves in pro'moting .its success, giving,up itime; labour, '{ and. thought in a most;.unsparing fashion.;; In,a big undertaking,.of thi6.kind there. are always people.>who. work-;quietly, unostentatiously, meeting .every.; emergency that; : always ready with -sugges-'; tidnsj and always with their, shoulder'toj the "wheel." as long; as there, is wbrk to be done.; MrsV J..Darling,-secretary to the Central Committeei, has- proved herself to be one'of these people, and it is to. her j powers, of organisation : that much of .the success of the Pageant is due. It was at her suggestion;that' the;undertaking took'' the form;: of pageant ivhen the .mafter was being discussed, and from the first;niqpting.of the idea to.the final,per- : formahce on, Saturday, everiihg her services have -been unfailingly andAuugrudg;ingly given..,;:; .-..,•'■.■.■'.: '.'.■..;._.'. Palrriorstbfj North News. ' Last week was a week of sales of work /and; bazaars. The large AH Nations' Fair, organised by.the ladies Of St.. Patrick's .Church, came to a very successful end on Wednesday; and;the same evening saw the opening of a liaval sale in the Army Barracks, where each stall was' named after oiie of his Majesty's battleships, and many tempting' articles were offered .for ;sale. ; ' !■■■'• .■ ■'.-,■■';: ' ;' ■ ■ ■:■.•'■..... . .', On Thursday a, most successful little sale of work', .was held in. All Saiiits' Schoolroom, in aid of; the Children's Home. The. whole thing, was planned and managed ■; by' a' small blind of children, and was most Creditable. During the afternoon an amusing little play' was given by.,.tbe Misses )¥arbu'rton,'Harper, and Diilcie .Fitzherbert, and Messrs. Eonald Owen Harper. ; On Friday. afternoon a very ' pleasant, tea wa's given by, Mrs.'Wallaco at her residence, Park Eoad, to bid farewell to Nurse Mander, who.leaves this-week to take up the position of matron of the Waimate Hospital. An amusing competition was won by Mrs; Harper. Others present were Nurse Mander,-wearing dark blue costume, with hat to match; Miss Hewer, in black,- with pretty heliotrope hat; Mrs. C. Snow, pretty pink,costuma and floral; toque; Mrs.;and; Miss Payward, Mrs. Eliott,' Mrs. Spencer, : and Misses Foley, .Wilson, and Blackiston (Otaki). •;., '; s A good many people, went through to tho Rangitikei races,at Bulls on Wednesday and Thursday, and.also on Wednesday to a very jolly little dance given by Mrs. Levett, 'while several other parties went, farther afield'to watch thb golf matches,in Wanganui. , .. Mrs. Kebbell'i.s visiting her sister, Mrs. Goring Johnston. ... Miss Spminerville is spending her holidays with Mrs. L. Abraham. . Miss Stanford has, returned, from, a short holiday ; in Napier. . ' Miss Hay ward has also returned from/ a visit to Hawke'B Bay. . : Much sympathy has been felt for Mr. and Mrs. Barnjcoat, who lost all their personal belongings in the Union, Bank lire on Friday morning.