SOCIAL" AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 991, 5 December 1910, Page 11

SOCIAL" AND PERSONAL.

A Wellington Wedding. . A' pretty wedding took place last Wednesday, after'uoou at St. Mark's -Church, when Sir.-A. C.'-Fry was married to Miss Fanny . Braid, youngest daughter of Mrs.', Braid, Wilson Street; Wellington, tho.Von.,Arclideitcpri Fancourt offi- ' ciating. Tho bride, who - was given away ' by . her brother,- Mr. F._ Braid, wore a handsoniely-braided cream neolienns gown with a pretty hand-worked veil, and carried-, a - beautiful, showerbouquet. She'was attended by Misses E. ierguson and Ei MacFarlane, who wore pretty dresses of cream crystalino, with , hats to' riiatch, and little Miss Dorothy MacFa'rlano. 1 and Miss Eileen : Overton (nieces of tlite bride), who loolh ! ed. charming in their dainty palo blue silk, frocks with bonnets to match. Mr. ! P.-Ellis, acted as best man, and Mr. H. j Braid l as groomsman. Mrs. Braid \ (motlier' .of the bride) woro black silk voile and lace',, and black hat with featli- ' crs ; Mrs. MacFarlane, navy.'blue tailor- j made costume with saxe blue liat j' and Mrs; Parnell- (sisters . of ' the bride), ' cream silk-voilo with cream hat and j feathers. A . reception was afterwards ueld-in" the:; Masonic Hall. Mr..'and Mrs. Fry left the samo ovening for the j south, ■. where the honeymoon 'is to ' be spent. . Tho bride's going-away dress' ' ivas' a palo grey tailor-made costume ' iVit-li eream feather bo.i and vieux rose, ] iat.; ■ Tlicy were the recipients of many Joaut-iful presents,, including a number ! )l cheques. ' A - - ' ■ ' VJothcr Mary Atibort.. < ; It was a .most enthusiastic and , ;yinpathetio audience that had: gathered l n, the Town Hall on Saturday-, ovening, - lpon tho* occasion of tho ■ presentation'- I o the Rev. Mother. Mary, Aubert of ihe sum of money that had been" col- ■ ectod during, tlio past few.months for ! ho pui'jiose of assisting,'her-, in her iplendid • work for 'tho destitute and'. 1 i? ]ncura hle. iThero are very fow, c fho do. not know tho'-littlo blue figurtf 0 hat'makes-its way over every , part if 1 i\eliington on countless errands of iclp and succour. ■ Nobody present upon i he .occasion of' Saturday night could mt help, feeling'moved on "seeing her i eceive tljo presentation;--and had it j een three-times as much it .would notin any degrco too. much? \ hei Eey. Mother has had so'much to' + ontend,. against, and ,iho work' is sa ery. dear to , her it i§ S •pcauso of it that she,has kept her t igour of mind and body, and, by no leans-leastj■ ofi.her heart. .Wellington:, ] nd , not . ' Wellington, but very I luoh of New Zealand, is very proud t ndeed of owning Mother Mary Aubert" • nd Recognises her as one of their ] who ,will "always be remembered; J V Golden Wedding. , 1 ] , On-Monday, November 28, the golden redding was celebrated of Mr. and Mrs. ". , Bennett at their-residence; Bruns- f nek Road,- Lower Hutt, both; of , them eceiving many congratulations upon he event from their many friends 'and i •olatives- Although living at tho Hutt, t he largest part,of their lives.has .been ; :pent in tho, Featliers.ton,-district. Mr: ' iennett came to the Dominion in tho 1 larly part-of 1859, walking with other , ir his shipmates to Fea'tlierston, -search-' :! ng for work. p At this': time it was ' iracttcally a. wilderness covered, with lax and scrub,-with only a few' tracks; l . Rom which it was only too easy to '.'ander. After some time spent in hard ) rork and litfclo gain, the gold'diggings iroko out, and Mr. Bennett decided to c ;o there, but -after meeting with' fair 1 ;uccess returned, again to Featherston, c ''here; as one of the Fea,therston High- S ray Board, Mr. Bennett has. helped iii ? ilio formation of most' : of tho roads ! ibout the town., ire had charge of the oads on -No. 2. ward,- for many/years, £ orming ! streets through' swamps with • lie' Scandinavian emigrants, whom the c jovernment - were bringing out at the 1 ime. On Noveniber 28; 1860, Mr: Ben- '1 tett was. married to Miss Amelia Lucas, ' rom Nelson, bv the Rev.-Mr. Ronald- s oil, who in still alive at Dunedin. At he golden, wedding on Monday .last the r S'hole of tho family'was : present, tho l nembers, being Mrs., Euutson, Carter- L on; -Mrs. Gadsby and -Mrs. W. Prydc, s if the-Lower: Hutt; Mrs.'-Gollines, of a reatherston; Mrs. A, Pryde, of Nire- 1 iliaand Mr. G. W. Bennett, of El- f ham. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett's preEent , omfortablo surroundings • in their • leautiful home at the 'Lower Hutt is 1 he outcome of years of hard manual v rork, and their friends hope tliey mav T ong bo spared to enjoy the fruit of 0 ■heir early struggles. . - 1 : ' s \ Pupils' Concert at Palmsrston. 0 On Thursday, evening an. interesting \ pupils concert" was given by tho f lupus of Mrs. (Captain) Brown in tho 1. impiro Hall, Palmerston North, and t ras very much enjoyed- by. those pre- - ent. iho Mayor opened the proceed- t ngs, and announced tlie items of a irogramme that reflected' great credit 1 ip'on the tuition given by- Mrs. Brown, t erhaps tho number most. appreciated I ras that of tho doublo duct, "Danso t olanaiso; for two pianos, which was Ilayed by. the Missos Cruntp, Bott, and ° irown (2). Another enjoyable item ras the "Lullaby of .tlio Night," sung y : Miss Brown. Tlie "Valso "Brillinte' (Moskowski) was performed on wo pianos by tho Misses Brown, and ecitations. woro given by 'tho Misse3 vatsori and Tonks, all-meeting with A voto of thaiiks. was pro- r losed by tho . Mayor to Mrs. Brown for roviding everyone with such an enjoyblo time, and tlio singing of "Auld a jang Syiio" brought tho evening to a 41 lose. . ' i- — — ■. ii If you' want to discovor' tho truth S bout, a -thing, tbo surest way is to go o tho people who know, Do. that with '? egard to John Strango Winter's famous ti emedies, and you will speedily be con- " inced. They aro in every respect highly P enefieial, and they never fail of thoir ef- i' act. If you aro a woman, you' want a r «autiful skin and luxuriant hair. John A trango Winter can show you an easy c ray to get both. Isn't it worth while? J rou know it is. Writo in to us for a 1, opv of tho famous novelist's striking 1 ooklet; "Comely Woman." 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An Inglorious Ending. • ■ Tho session of 1910 has indeed ended not in a blaze of glory, but amid storms of venomous attacks, of slander, of . dust-throwing, and of tho most unmitigated and barefaced misrepresentation, tho grossnoss of which has surely never before been equalled. In reviewing recent happenings, no man or woman with tho ordinary sense of honest and fair dealing can fail , to' sympathise with tho resolution passed at a mooting, of-the Women's Reform -League, in which it expressed its deep sympathy with Mr. Massey and the Reform Party in Parliament in tho scurrilous and underhand attempt made .by innuendo and inference to fasten on -them some sharo of responsibility for the publication of tho Black pamphlet. { 'Wouihers of the league felt, in faco of tho .facts, disclosed during the dis-' cussion in_ Parliament as to tUo authorship of this publication, that the aspersions sought to bo cast on the Reform 1 arty aro wholly contemptible,' and without the slightest justification or' the slightest warrant. And there must b® few. 'peoplo who do not agrco with /them. Iho apathy with which so many people regard Parliamentary proceedings must surely havo been considerably shaken by the events that havo followed ono another so rapidly within the last few weeks of Parliamentary life, and, if never before, they have had f 1610 revealing of tlio standard held by sorao of those who represent them -in tho. House. Wo havo had in tlio. history of tho "Hine Charges'.' a revelation, of doings that havo - been given tho somewhat kindly name of "impropriety" on the part of certain .members, and. others havo spent their timo m quibbling about whether theyore guilty, of "Tamnianyism" or not, apparently oblivious of 'the fact that Tammanyism and - dishonesty and abuse of power aro all one and the samo thing. All this, however, has been xomplotcly cclipsed by later .Parliamentary events, in which,- by innuendo, by - malice, by grossest slander,- tho attempt has b'een made. to fix ujwn the Reform Party tho odium of' writing the Black pamphiet—iipdri men whoso Parliamentary actions halve hitherto never been called into question. - People havo begun to interest thcmselvos moro and moro in public life, aild"to many matters in connection' with the public well-being, but surely, than any other, the political life of the country lieeds purifying through ,-mid through, • and . the lethargy into .which people have'sunk regarding an ordinary decent standard .? f ,.Political life to bo .thoroughly dispelled.' Otherwiso New Zealand will become a country to be pitied, and to be, alas, aslWd of. Our clergymen hold fortli_ about tlio elFcots of. a play, but here is a matter in which their onergios might, indeed, t bear fruit-. Now, moro than evor before, do women neod to justify „the placing in their hands of; tho power of. voting. A Pupils' Concert. Saturda y afternoon, at her home '- Grant Road, , a most enjovable p-upds concert" was given by' Miss Muriel Prtngle; L.A.B. Tlie pupils acquitted themselves' very- well indeed, and reflected a great' 'deal of credit upon tho teaching of Miss Pringle. A very dainty afternoon tea was served during an interval, making a pleasant little break in'the proceedings. 'Those who took pnrtjri tlio pi<sgramme woro Miss Milne, Miss Paterson, Miss Ira Carroll, Miss White (who- afterwards played, a duet,as..well); Miss Reading, j\ llss - White, : Miss -'Mollie Pliminer thei Misses Fenton, tho Misses Kathleen and -and tho''.j\lnsters : Harold and' Horace Dumbell. Miss lrmglo also played.,a -brilliant, solo, which:.was greatly enjoyed. Miss Lorna Donne wou the first prize given by Miss Irmglo for senior pupils, and Master iiarold Dumbell the prize given for the junior ones. Miss M'Lean, T.trs. Tuckey, Miss Myrtlo Barber, and Itliss Tiu--5-y were among thoso present. Tho Sunshlno Guild. Th », Ijjtje band of "Sunshiners" greeted Saturday s cloudv skies with ooks farfroni ''Sunshiny. 1 ' They,ivondered if the sun himself, disapproved oK his namesakes and considered the littio. guiid presumed in . using such a title. However, the girls.; worked hard all tlio morning and early part of the afternoon carrying* over baskets of good things to; 81 Daniel Street. Even the wind made sport of. their efforts', forthe work was blown' off tho fancy-work stall, .-'and the vases were upset' on tho afternoon tea ; tables-. Undaunted, howover, tho girls replaced tho .cloths and weighed tho vases down with stones and oven put a stone or two on tho cloths to keep them from upsetting the pretty arrangement, of flowers, that carried out the guild colours of white and_ gold. Just a little, before tliree, as Mrs. Wilford was "iiv her way' up to open'tho sale, the wind dropped, and the sun smiled approvingly on his .namesakes. - ■ ■ ' • . . Tho afternoon tea tables looked very dainty .and fresh, with tlieir whito vases and yellow flowers:.. All tho members .woro the yellow and whito badges, but their faces were a surer sign of the sunshine ■ within. . Mrs.,, Wilford gave a 'very nice! address,, and congratulated the girls on-their Success,: saying that though the/Wellington branch of tho Sunshine Guild was 'three years old, she liad only heard of, it three weeks ago, hut she was most interested and glad, to bo able to open the sale of work for .so good. a', cause. In. tho' course : of' tho afternoon a "Sunshiner" ;.from'"tho mother branch in England camo' in,, and had a talk with' some, of the members. Tho sale was most successful,, and exceeded all expectations. Probably the happie6t members \rtrei those who brought the sick- and afflicted,' 1 for there were four or five invalids,, looking so bright and happy; three were blind, and one both blind and deaf. Great interest was taken in Miss Philips when sho very kindly gave an illustration of braille work on the'modern braille machine, and tho old-fashioned "frame," as used in the blind institutes. Some texts in braillo were sold for '"Channels of Blessing," a religious paper published and circulated free of charge amongst tho poor blind. 'When the Victoria Boy Scouts were' passing they sow tlio guild notice oil the gate, and sent in a subscription, which was most gratefully received. ' Mrs.'.Wilford was presented by Miss Essio Hollis, ono of the members. who has riot been absent from tho meetings of the guild once, with a. bouquet of yellow and whito flowers. Carden Party at Rosonoath. On Saturday afternoon a most enjoyable garden party organised by tho • teaching staff of the Roscneath School t-ook place in tho school grounds, having for its .object -the raising of funds for the school. It was a delightful ] day, and Itoseneatli looked its very best , with tho blue sea dimpling away down below, 'bluo sky above, and tho''blue i hills - all around. A great many peo- : plo were present, and a most entertain- j ing and enjoyablo programme was ar- ■ ranged, for tlio afternoon's amusement. An exhibition of club and various other exercises was given by tho pupils of Mr. Doyey, a Japanese song and dance by a number , of girls who havo been specially trained, and somo very pretty dancing by. somo of Miss Beero's pupils, and by. Miss Campbell's. Competitions had been arranged for. sweets, cakes, and flowers, and somo exceedingly good exhibits wcro the result. Afternoon tea was handed round by a num- ]

hereof attentive helpers. Mrs. John , Sinithj. wifo of tho chairman of the school comnwttee, being in charge of the tea-room, assisted, by several of the wives of the committee members. "The .Coming of Queen Mary" was sung hy a number of pupils, tho composer *of which, Mrs. Baiubridge, has just received word from tho Queen, through Lady Islington, that she has been pleased to accept it. Mr. Aitken and Mr. Allen were among those who wero present. Mrs. R. C. Kirk returned from Auckland and Rotorua on Friday to her homo in Petone. Mrs. and Miss Haggitt passed , through Wellington at tho end of tho week oil their way to Duncdin, after a fortnight. spent in Nelson. Dr. and Mrs. Fitchett intend leaving Wellington on Tuesday for Napier and Auckland, and will probably bo away until early in January. Christmas and New Year will be spent with their son at Kawhia. >