SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1036, 27 January 1911, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

'.Wedding at Pahialua, ,--■ A,quiet wedding was celebrated in tho Presbyterian Church, Pnhiatua, ou Wednesday, when Miss Janet Kiddle, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Riddle (Pahiatua, and formerly of Mastertou) was married to.Mr..Edmont(_ M'Cord, of Masterton. The. Rev.. Mr. Nules. performed the ceremony. Tho bride, who was given away by her' father, wore ''a-navy blue tailorj made. costume, hnd a < pretty •■ white hat. Her sister, Miss Annie Kiddle, attended her as bridesmaid, wearing a'cream chiffon taffetas silk dress, with hat: to match. Mr. P. Smith,'of Masterton, acted as best man. A,reception was subsequently held at tho home of the'bride's parents, when a large Dumber; of guests were, entertained, and the usual toasts-honoured, '''.". Domestic Help from Home. -Yesterday, the fifteen, girls brought • out to New Zealand in,tho Athenio by 'the. Christchurch syndicate, of sheepowners, sailed for that city by the .Moeraki, where, after o period of some forty odd hours spent at the Y.W.C.A'., they will finally enter upon their duties in the families who have secured their ' Eervices. They, together with the other girls sent out by the London Mmigratio'ri Society, were, during the voyage, in the. charge of the matron,' Miss Black, and all are looking forward with interest to their life in New Zealand. Yesterday, during their brief stay in ■ Wellington, they, were. shown some of the sites of the. city, and, ttiough they enjoyed the voyage■ they are very . glad to be once more on land. Mrs. Kaye, the president of ..the. Christchurch 'branch of the Y.W.C.A., on behalf of the syndicate, came,up to meet the. girls,;and to take charge: of-them till'their employers arupon tho scene at the Y.W.C.A. in Christchurch. It would surely be a good thing if a similar syndicate were formed in'.Wellington for the purpose of securing English domestics. .. Wile. Dolores. _ The long, tour in which Mile. ; . Dolores brings so..' much delight to thousands ■constitute >-no light undertaking for her, Bays.tho "Daily Telegraph," one of-whose representatives interviewed her'-while in Sydney.. They necessarily involve a close attention to duty, and social amenities are, as, a rule,- more or less rigidly excluded from the,daily roniid of duty of'one bound to., the exacting '.life of the concert platform.' .

For example, the task, of keeping self posted in all the newest music is in itself quite considerable. A star singer must keep watch for the new songs of tho -standard, composers, and Mile. Dolores is no t exception to this rule. Already she has a,-.wonderfully varied repertory"; but it is continually being added to. Debussy is one of the .modern composers represented in the list. Mile. Dolores'finds, as may be-.imagined, that his music is riot readily accepted by the public, and the experiment of including it in her concert programmes, therefore,'has not yet passed beyond the experimental stage. In her NewZealand tour, as in. Australia, she. will, with, that universality of taste for which her concerts are distinguished, include the old composers with the new—those who wrote their; messages.to humanity in tho lGth century .with/those who are now writing. theirs 3n the twentieth. | She will/: return from New Zealand in time to fujfil to sing one song at th-B;RoyaTPhilharmonio Society'staisceKlaneous.concertfin May—a graceful coriipli-' ment-highly appreciated. by the society. Another/Australian tour..managed, as before,.by- Mr. H. N. Southwell, will begin in ..Victoria, and continue in New South Wales, where it will include the Northern Rivers district, which the distinguished soprano will.thus.visit for.the first time..

A-Garden Fete to Come. 'A-:garde-mtf«t«.- in'-aid-of-'-the-funds.of . the Society for the Health of Women aud Children is to be held at "Kennoway," Karori, on Saturday, February: 11. There will, be all 'manner of attractions provided.' ; as well as seVeral , "'s'talls~wn"ere i sweets,, flowers, and home produce may bo obtained. '.",...' : ...'-_... .'. i The Y.w.C.A. Entertainment. The. arrangements in connection with the. entertainment which is to be held in the'Town-Hall on Wednesday, February- . 8, for the purpose of aiding the Y.W.C.a'. funds, are, well in hand, and .there is every indication ...that .a ye.rv enjoyable evening will be provided'. An'effective feature of the evening .will be a grand inarch, iii which numbers of girls, dressed in the.national costume of the countries in which the Y:W.C.A. -is'to '.lisfound willitake part. This will open tho evening s performance, and after the girls have gone through their evolutions they will occuDy tho gallery scats, forming, one would think, .an effective background. His Excellency-" lord 'Islington . ivillv preside, .and lady Islington will For Theological Students. , Sirs. Nisbct, of First Church Manse, sH nedln A, ha . s kindly given to the Knox College Theological Library, in memory of her late husband, the volumes of tho Piilpit.Commcntary and the Expositor's Bible which belonged-to him. These volumes (says the ■' Outlook") are a decided accession to the library, and'will serve at'tho ■same time as a reminder of.-Mr. Nisbefs keen lntoreit in TCnov. College and his eagerness at all tunes,to help the theological students. Mr and Mrs. Elliott" Wyett are visiting Blenheim and have let-their home to Mr. and Miss Fowler (Masterton) and Airs. U. Fowler. ' ■■'.-.. Mr. J. P. Luke, M.P., and Mrs. Luke, are-spending some time in the south.

Bishop and Sirs. Wallis are the guests ' !SJ 1 f V? dn J" s of Mr - aud Mrs. Marshall,' luta lotara," Martoji. . . . ' Miss Amy Gertrude Blow, fecund daugh- ***■<£ Mr. f. J H. Blow, .Under-Secretiry for Public Works, is to be married at St. Mark s Church, on Fcbv-uarv 1, to Mr - Leonard. Clarke (Napier),. ,•".■■.. ." Captain Bolmwood, Miss . Holniwood, and Miss Moore (Mnsterton), are. stayini* at beatoun,:wbere they have taken a'cottage for two or three-weks. : - ■ Didsbiiry returned last evenin" • from a visit.to Pirinoa,. where she was tho guest of Miss.M'Dougall. „ Mr - P-J;'..Caiiici'qii,'Miss Cameron, and Miss A. Gawitlr returned to Masterton yestcnlay...aftev--t4ire e _weefe- spent- in Chnstchurcb and in Nelson. Mrs Kaye, president of-the Christchurch branch of, the Y.TV.C.A., leave, witbin an hour or two. of her return to Christchurch for Hobart for the pirpo o the-Y.W.C.A. Conference, which' is to open there on February V Mrs. Kaye attended the conference which was ■Heid at Berlin not so very lone when debates were present from all over the world. Miss TV. L. Boys-Smith, recently appointed an Otago Imiversity lecturer, arrived in Wellington by tho Athenic on TVednes. day, and left the same evening f or the eouth. Miss Jenkins, who accompanied her to the Dominion, left Wellington ] ns t even ing by the Mocraki for Dunedin. Mr. .and'.Mrs. ''A. W. Rutherford (Amnri), and tho Misses Rutherford, who have been-doing a great amount of sight, peeing while in England, intend Icavhi" for the.. Continent-at the end of this month, and not 'returning to England mi. til the Coronation events b?gin. They. «will visit ■ most of the European cities ; while there. They expect to be back in tthe Dominion some, time in September.