SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1267, 24 October 1911, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Wedding at Wavsrley. An interestini: wedding took _ place al St. Stephen's Church, \\a\erlev, la si Thursday aften-.e.-.n, when Dr. i Simmon.-, el I'atw. was married to Jli«: li.ibv lirewer, youngest dam.'Mer of Jlr W. J3 rower, ft "Waihaii, A\ aito.nra. J!n clvurch was prettily decorated by thec:r friends Of the bride, and was we fillw with relatives and friends from all part: of Hie Xurth Island. The bride, w.i< entered the church on the arm of hoi father, wore a charming i;own of OTi"n tal salin, handsomely trimmed with pom laee, rcm-hiiis from the hem over tin ri;rlit shoulder, and forming a panel dowi (lie Iwclc of her corpse. 'J he yoke aiu left, shoulder were of tucked lv.non am chiffon, and .the :-'wu was finished wnh < Kiiiii plaited girdle. The toilette was completed with an worked veil, worn over a coronet of real orange bios sim. She also carried a ring <u wlnti ruses and ("lrnat'ons. (hushed with tiail crs.n'.ul white ribbouß. The bride was attended by throe brides maids, the Misses Brewer, Jt. .volan, am the first two lxinffsistw.and cous.il of the bride, respectively. their drones were of chiffon taffetas, with ycrv prcttj over-drcsscs of striped crystalline. Miss Brewer's was finished with deep silver insertion and sill: fringe, anil .Miss Jvoluii; ivith wide silk insertion and a corc.ec girdle. Hiss Esse wore a pretty trock ol whib satin charmeuse, the skirt jianellet front and back with wme insertion am the bodice'finished' with lace and net Tlicv all wore larjjc white hats, with t touch of scarlet, and carried very prettv bouquets of red and white flowers, with trailers of scarlet, ribbons. 111-. Simmons was attended by Mr. W. Dawn (Auckland) as best man, and Mr. J. Sinclair (Asli'ourton) and Jlr. 11. Brewer as groomsmen. The officiating cleniymen wore the l'cv. Mr. Deane and tho'liev. .Mr./ Franklin. ■ _ -

After the cercmonv -i reception was i held at "Wailiau," wliere the usual toasts were honoured. Mrs. Brewer was wearing a frock of mole brocade, witli Oriental and coral trimmings and black hat with plumes. Mrs. A. Symes, jrrey colienno j and v.-liite hat with blue chilton and blue (lowers; Mrs. Simmons, black charmeuso , relieved with white, black and white hat; Miss Simmons, grey coat and skirt, hat to match; Mrs. Ivo iloneylield, grey coat and skirt, relieved with black, hat en suite; .Mrs. 'Nolan (llawera), black elnnnetiso, trimmed with handsome black lace, black plutnod hat; Mrs. Maysmoro (Wellington), heliotrope costume, with black, black hat with jet trimmings and plumes; Mrs. W. Watt (Marton), black and grey striped eoat and skirt, black hat with plumes; Miss Durio (Sydney), violet costume, hat en suite, old rose scarf; Mrs. Payne (Auckland), stonc-eoloured charmeus-e with silver trimmings, black and white .bonnet; Miss Brewer (Wauganui), blackcostume, black and white hat; Mrs. H. Hunter (Dannevirke), grey poplin, grey hat with Oriental trimmings, blue scarf; Miss Nolan (llawera), black lace frock, cream hat with pink roses; Mrs. S. lirewer (Stratford), pale blue and white frock, trimmed with black, hat to match; Mis. Blair, black hailstone muslin, black hat; Miss Home, pink Moral voile dress, pink and white hat; Mrs. Esse, grey crystalline, over rose pink silk, black iofjue; Miss Sowerby, pink, trimmed with black satin, and black plumed hat; Mrs. JO. •Symes, brown silk crepe, pink floral toque, blue hat relieved with white; Mrs. I'\ Wilson, navy blue costume, and blue Lit; Mrs. J. "Wilson, champagne coloured costume, and toque relieved with pink; Ill's. Jloueyfield, black costume, and black and white "hat; Mrs. Booth, grey coat and skirt, and black hat; Mrs. Lan Johnson, navy blue serge, braided in black, blue and while hat; .Mrs. ilarvey, oyster gvccu frock, iiat en suite; Miss Hamilton, slate biuo costume, with Oriental trimmings, and black hat; Mrs. llamerton, cream costume, white hat; Mrs. Deanc, cream coat and skirt, black hat; Mrs. Morse, grey ami white striped costume, hat to match; Miss Morse, white muslin, white hat with pink roses; Miss Kennedy, navy

blue ci.wtume, blue hat wiUi pink trim- " mine's; Mrs. Horner, grey and biack striped cojtum'e, black hut. ■ ' The ■bridesreom's present to the bride s was a gold watch and chain, ami to the i l,'ride-siiuii(!s ;>e.irl necklets. The bride's present to the bridogroim was a silver c cigar caic. The bride's travelling dress i was of smoke blue silk crcpoline and a I smart hat to Dr. and Mrs. Sim- ] mons leit by motj'-car for J North, thence to Wellington, en route to £ Australia. . ; i Victoria League. ; A meeting of the "Wellington Victoria League Council was held at Miss Coates's rcoidence, llooson Street, on l'riday, Oc- I tober at 8 p.m. The half-yearly re- < jiort was read by (lie lien, secretary. The < question of starting a special branch of the I lwi-guo i'..u' chiiilro'.i was and ( iettar.s a , id reiiorti explaining 111: , great succo.-:s Iliat has been achieved in England , wero read. It w;i, (lc<:i<led to try to form j a commit toe aiki find workers who would ■ undertake this important branch of work. ; It was also decided that a garden j-arty should be held early in March, 1912. if pos-ib'e, to entortaia nil members of the league. The half-yearly report of the • k*ajne states that at the London conference the Wellington delegates were 1, ,, Ward, Mrs. C. Iza.rd, and Mr. J. W. Joynt. At the thrc-c iiKclings the whole, of the 1-oaine work w;is reviewed and fresh siissestions made. All branches are flourHiing, especially the school correspond; puce and the ??tt!<'rs' welcome scliome. in connection with the latter -72 casrs having been dealt with duriiis the year, and all c!n.'«« Ijonefiting by it. Ixiuis Jilundell, ?iir-. Corrican, Dr. Martin, and Mr. 'l'<)«'ios Jiavp kindly given their iiamcj in as willing to receive letters of introduction in the event of the socretarv's ab.*iico. Mr. Walton nl-o is assisting the society, and Mrs. Orady has done much to welcome and a<lvise new courts. The junior branch now numbers SO, and is doing good work, much of it being original; and considerable talent lins been discovered. The toininittec, fallowing the linos laid down by Jti--s Talbot,' is endeavouring to .spread the knowledge and interest of the Victoria League among the younger people, so that later on they may be ready and willing to carry on the work. Tho subscription is so small, only "s Cd. per annum, that the committee is rot able to offer tho senior members of tho league more thnn tho two enfcortainmoats o year, ono iu Maach' and one la

N'ovember, and also the privilege of mtroluctions to any part of the British limine, A large number of members hav« iva.ilcd themselves of these privi.!';.'-'--, and linvt! writ leu ami spoltvii flli !i u >1; i. 1 -11 o-ri 11 y ii' the pitM-ures ami they havo rtci'ivwl through the league 111 various [iarU of the world. Miss lallM writ*?, ill SI for tlif name of a delegate lor tne London .liino conference, and IV ; r suggesas l.i subjects for consideration. Mrs. liankine JJrown has accepted tlio ix-rtioii of vice-president, and Jlr». ••11has been appointed a member ol '.he council. ' Dance at Masterton. On Friday evening, in Masterton, a large nnniber of accepted the invitation of Miss Thoma, and the. pupils af Her dancing clones' to a p.ain "'Jf fancy drcs- dance in the Exclwmsrfl tlini, no a'wind-up to the season. It was liloft enjoyable for ever. one. ™d P al \ nt ,;' friends, mil older pupils heped n ] U" 1 "-" ins tlio affair an osrcuicilly clciii?nttnl ono for Die small children. A dainty supper was laid in an adjoining room, tin* .ab.o Iwing charmingly arranged with.'! ' S of lilac in tall Irom which lilac streamers trailed to tlie carriers, ornamented niidwav with bowls of deep purple pansies. Miss Thomas wore a pretty frock of lilac silk, and lier sister a f-'tt shade of green silk. The Seafield Estates. Something about tlie Dowager Lady Sea.ficld and lior immense lauded property all over Scotland may bo interesting to many (especially .New Zealand.-rs) who may not have grasped how; huge are .Ins 1)0v.a,-;cr Countess's |x,i;essioiis, also what a terrible blow came to her when her only son, the late Lord Seaficld, a tall, tinelooking young man of great promise, ir.ed. Baimaua'an lUust, in Inverness-shire, it perhaps the best ku .vn—that is to .-in, tile most heard of—ol' l>ady Svaiieid s b:g Scotch country house-', for the sinip.e riason that the immensely vea.tiiv Americans .Mr. aad Mis. Dradley .Martin have iyeen its tenants now tor quite t»«' '. l years, v, riles a e-Ji'Mpomlcut oi ".ilio IJue:.n," and they have renewed the itttso again for veral yoars. Bah.ia.aan itinise aione, ami the largo adjoining p:o----pei'ty, with its wouueriid grouse m'jors aad forests, where yearly cl Hie biggest stags in Scotland bite Uie du-t, is a great asset to possess, though wi.n all iier other places Lady herself has never made a home there. tt stands very high, with glorious views over the adjoining uike, with its romantic o.u castles, and the little steamers, lull t>: trippers, who eome to exp.ore the beauties of that part of Scotland. Largest of ali Caroline Lady Seafields (for so I believe, to be correct, she should be designated inroad of as Dowager.') landed castles and estates is the sp.enditl old fortified enstie Cullen House, as it is failed, overlooking the sea oil the const of Forfarshire. It is a marvellous old place, probably one of, it not the oldest, inhabited castle in Scotland. It is known to have been lived in as long ago as in the tlavs of the I'lantagcnet kings in aad tlie origin of its coming to the Grants was the marriage of an heiress of tlie Ogilvy (earls of Airlie) family, and ail Ogilvy ancestor married Mary Livingstone one of the celebrated Queen s Jlaries. The great stone bridge oyer which one drives into the great outer castle yard was pot up as long ago a.s 17-I], to replace the oid drawbridge and portcullis, and right over the still existent and quite tiny arched doorway into the castle itself one may see the horriblclooking apparatus which in former limes was used for pouring boiling oil on btv siegers. This is called the shoot hole, tlia castle still bears the marks of attacks in the tlavs of the CoimnouwoaUh, as woll as those in Jacobin risings. Like all smell very old castles, it lias inside been modernised from generation to generation, and line carvings from Orinhng Gibbons's hand, fine full-length portraits of ancestors, both Grant and Ogilvy, as well as quantities of valuable old china, lielp one to forget the grim outer fea-tures-of the place, where for so many months of the year, in spits of its exposed position (standing as it does liiglt above t'le sea, and with on one sido a deep ravine, through which rushes a turbulent river), lives Caroline Lady Seafield, vhc as the largest landed proprietor probab'j in tlio whole of Scotland, so fa.ithfullj adheres to the duties of her responsiblt position. Ono interesting detail of the tnterioi I must not forget to mention, namely, th< wonderful old sloping stucco frieze in on< of the slate rooms. In this is worked, a' principal design, tlie Iroval crown anc arms of the three kingdoms, .with tilt monogram CJ.IL, date IG.iO, this comment orating tlio stay at Cullen llouso o Charles 11. Obituary. On Saturday another of tlie pioneer set tiers of tlio'Dominion passed away, ii the person of Mrs. Ellen Sampson, o "Coolville," Hobson Street,-widow cf tilt lato Mr. Gerard.de Thierry Sampson The deceased ladv was born in Ireland the daughter of 'Mr. William Mahoncy architect and civil engineer, and in 185 came with her husband to Auckland wltero she lived till" 18G5, when the sea lof Government being removed •to \\ el lington, she came to this city, and ha lived here ever since. At th.e timo o her death she had reached the age o eighty-six years. Mrs. Sampson nad tci children. five of whom survive her—Mr 6 W. Sampson (postmaster at Wanga nui). Mrs. 11. E. Nichoils (wife of the sec retarv of the Wellington Harbour Board) Jfr F Sampson (of the I'arlinmcntar; Librarv), Mr. K tie Thierry Sampson (o the w'estport Coal Company, Wanganui) and MisS E. I!. Sampson. Mrs. Iline and her children left Wei linglon for her home at Toko on Satin day. Miss Hayward (MasU'rton) has returno from a visit to Hastings. Mrs.- M'Gregor (Greytown), with Mis Yida Halse, is going on a motoring tou to liotorua, Auckland, Napier, and vari ous ouier places. They will be away fo onie weeks.

M.rs. Arndt and Miss Jennie Arndt, formerly of Wvlliugtou, who have been residing in England and Ciermany lor some years' past, are returning to New Zi-aland. They are due tu urrivo in Melbourne ou or about November 13. Miss Arndt, who will be remembered as a cultured elocutionist, will shortly after her arrival in Wellington, lw married to Mr. Phillip Nathan, of the firm of Joseph Nathan and Co., of this city. Miss Mima Arndt, who was an artist cf no mean capacity, is remaining at Home, to pursue her studies in nainting in England and on the Continent. A Press Association message states that the death of Mrs. W. 11. Frankpitt, wife of a well-known resident of Hokitika, occurred thero Inst night, after a protracted illness. Deceased leaves a family of two young children. The afternoon entertainment which is arranged by a large and inllucntial ladies' committee for Miss llardmgeMaltby on Friday next, October 'J7, at the Marine Engineers' Hall, starts at three o'clock, and the earlier portion of the varied programme includes a dialogue by Miss Amy Kane, by Miss Kola llay"little, and l.iciit. Stephens, a recitation by little Miss .Daphne Dryilen, a musical monologue by Miss Uertha Miles, a short scene from "Slialiojivarr's "Much Ado About Nothing" by Miw Hardingc-Mnltby and Mr. W. j). ijorbam, and a new and inlpreMing item bv little -Miss Kosalind Atkin.-.on, wlio will perform some fancy dunces. About 1 o'clock th«re will be an interval for tea, after which Mis< May Putnam and Mr. Cvril Blundell will sing, nn;l a bright little" ulnv will be acted by Mr. AV. D. fiorhani ninl Miss llaiilingoAlaltby. Lady \Vard has announced, her intention of being present at the function, which is under the patronage of her Excellency Lady Islington. THE ARTS OF. THE HAIRDRESSER. The artistic and effective Coiffeur triumphs, including transformations, switchc--, curls, etc.. on view nt .Miss M'Gee's Toilet Salon, 1 Willis Street, are the result o r long study and experience. These aids to beautv and fashion are constructed of finest first quality hair, and can !,>e arranged in half a" dozen different styles to hnrmoniso with the features of the wearer; All diseases of the scalp BkiUullj treated. Adviiai uratis.-Ad.vt

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