SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1068, 6 March 1911, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dannevirko Wedding. ■ - <■ . On Tuesday the wedding took place in Dannevirkfi of Mr. L. I. Sherman, oi Danuevirke, and Miss Margaret Hughes, of Napier, the ceremony being perlormecl by the Rev. E. Robcrtshaw. The bruie, who was given away by her brother, Mr. E. Hughes, wore a dress of grey blue ninon, with a toouo to match, and carried a boiuiuet of nink and white phlox, tied with pink ribbon, the gift oi Miss Mollis Cowner. Miss Connie Mason, niece of tho'bridegroom, attended her as bridesmaid, and wore a very pretty irocK of pale blue Shantung silk, with mushroom hat. of Paisley blue silk. She carried a shower boucmet of pink and white sweet peas. Mr. Guv Sherman was the best man, and Major J. o>. Hughe.-, Toimsman. The Wedding March was played at the conclusion of the service by the organist, Mr. Kerr. The Amy Castles Concert. There was a large audience in tho Town Hall on Saturday evening, when the Amy Castles Concert Company gave, their first concert in AVellington, and no domic many of them will be regretting that the season is so short. Encores were the order of the evening, and were responded to most generously, both Miss Castles and Herr Louis Hnttenbach coming back again and again. Miss Castles wore a dress of white crepe de chine, the corsage shimmering with crystal embroideries, tho skirt having a panel at the back edged with crystal fringe. Tho first of the encores with which HenLouis Hattcnbach responded to the demands of the audience was composed by himself, and dedicated to Mr. Frank Johnstone, of Wellington, a former pupil of his. Two Nurses Farewelled.

Sisters M. B. Bell and M. G. Williams, who are leaving tho Auckland Hospital with the intention of visiting the Old Country, wero on Monday night tho recipients of tokens of esteem from the nursing staff, Miss Bell being presented with a lady's suit case, and Miss Williams with a gold pendant. In the courso of the remarks made concerning their departure, expression was given to the cordial feeling which existed between the sisters and the other members of the staff. Sister Bell has been in the service of tho board for fifteen years, and Sister Williams for thirteen years. It is their intention to take the special course of nursing -which is provided at the Rotunda, Dublin. In view of their long and excellent service to the hospital, the board has granted the retiring sisters three months' leave on full pay, accompanied, by letters expressing..warm apprfc ciation o'f their work. They will leave on March 29 for Sydney, there to join the Grosser Kurfurst 'for Southampton. •.

Becoming Tragic. There is no relief for the unmet demand for domestic servants in New Zealand. The question is an urgent one all over the Dominion, and is particularly difficult in Auckland, says the "Herald." The report of the Department iof Labour for February shows that during the month 104 employers applied to the Women's Employment Bureau for servants, but only 61 applications were received from women desiring employment, and 52 engagements resulted. Tho report states that the dearth of domestics is being most acutely felt throughout the whole of the' province, and in the city itself a great scarcity of women workers for factories is i bohi? experienced. One employer. is offering a bonus for each hand supplied. The position in other centres is almost as bad, but in Wellington, for instance, a number of immigrants arrive periodically and relievo the strain. That is not the case in Auckland. In this city, it would appear from inquiries irad-9- bv a reporter, the largest proportion of the wonld-be employers need general servants, and that class of help is in the smallest supply. Presumably that is because tho young ladies sought after can get just as good wages in shops, or offices, working' during definitely fixed hours, and prefer knowing when their day is done to working at an employment whore the evenings end with a delightful uncertainty as to time. That the unsatisfied demand for household servants is greater in Auckland than in the other proviuces is no doubt due to the fact that during the summer the many tourist resorts in the province attract the available free servants.

Miss Boyes-Smith, Professor of Domestic Scienco and Home Arts in the Otago University, is losing 110 time in visiting the beauty spots of New Zealand. On Thursday sho left Dunedin for a fortnight's visit to Paradise, Lake Wakatipu, Mrs. Ponsonby and Miss ledger have returned from a visit to Christcliurch, and Jliss Ledger is the guest of Mrs. Ward for a few days before leaving for Nelson. > Miss Hindmarsh (Napier) is visiting Mrs. Tweed. Miss B. Vallance and Miss Nora Bennett (Masterton), who have been spending several months in England, are expected to leave for New Zealand some time this month. Mrs. Denman, who has recently arrived in Wellington from England, is staying at the Friends' Hostel on the Terrace. Mrs. Denman is tJif sister-in-law of Lord Denman, the newly-appointed GovernorGeneral ef the Commonwealth. Mrs. Rolleston, Hair Physician, Qualified London and Paris, is recommended for all Treatments of the Hair and Scalp, Shampooing, Hairdressing, Clipping, Faco Massage. Highest diploma U.S.A. for Removing Superfluous Hair. Advice Gratis. 4 Willis Street (over Carroll's). 'Phono 1599.—Ad vt. Wife: "I came across a bundle of your old love-letters to-day." Husband: "Did you read them over?" AVife: "Yes." Husband: "And what was tile effect of that perusal?" AVife: "I wondered which was the bigger fool—you for writing them, or I for marrying you after receiving them." For Up-to-date Costumes, FeasonabU find well cat, go lo W. S. Bedford, 42a Willis Street, over Shop occupied by !•'. Cohen, Mercer.—*