SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1411, 11 April 1912, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

g Wedding in St. John's. !? At SI. .Tolui's Presbyterian C'litirc-h, Wellington, Hiss Clara Nichols, oldest * daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. Nichols, | of Austin Terrace, was married to 31 r. u W. Kemp, of Christchurch. 'I'll© Rev. Dr. 4 Gibb was the officiating miiiist-er. The 3 bride, who was given away by her father, 5 wore a handsomely embroidered Indian |f robe, and the usual veil and orange p blossoms, and carried a beautiful shower S bouquet of cream and white flowers. The | bridesmaids were Miss If. Nichols, sister a of the bride, and Miss Chappell. The Is former wore a pretty pale blue frock, and 5 black hat, and carried a bouquet of blue G hydrangea, with streamers to match, and J I lie lattcr's dress Vas cream lustre, willi I black hat, and her bouquet consisted of I shaded pink blossoms and pink .streamers, f Tho bridegroom was attended by Mr. • Randall, of Blenheim, and Mr. F. K j Chappell. After the ceremony a reception 3 was held at Godber's rooms. Cuba Street. ; The presents included a bronze clock " from St. John's Bible Class, of which the < bride had been a member for many years, f Tho travelling dress worn by Mrs. Kemp ? was a navy blue tailor-inade_ costume, and i grey hat. Mr. and Mrs. Kemp left the : same evening by the s.s. Mararoa for f their future home in Christchurch. 5 Mrs. Maurice Turrell is away on a visit ; to Mrs. Jill William?, "Manaku." Wedding at Karori, A pretty wedding was celebrated on Easter Monday in St. .Mary's, Karori. tho first one to take place in the beautiful little church newly erected there. The bride was Miss Kathleen Bellctt, eldest daughter of Mr. T. D. Bellett, of Karori, and tho bridegroom Mr. Geoffrey Withers, fourth son of Mr. W. Withers, of Wadestown. Miss Bellett wore a very dainty gown of embroidered Indian muslin, with a veil and wreath of orange blossoms. The bridesmaid, Miss Mnrjorie liellett, wore a frock of pale blue voile, with touches of black and white, and a largo Tnsol hat, with <i large soft blue chou. She | also wore the bridegroom's gift, a pretty gold bangle. To the bride he gave *a stole, 'muff, and toque of electric seal, - and which she wore with her travelling costume of'navy blue. IJer present to tho bridegroom was a gold sovereign case. Mrs. Withers (the bridegroom's mother) r was in black and white foulard, ami a black toqno with white osprey; Mrs. Bellett (mother of the bride) wore a gown of blue voile, with Oriental trimming and a pretty blue toque. A Woodville Wedding, A wedding in which a great deal of interest was centred took place in Holy Trinity Church, Woodville, yesterday, when .Miss Sophie Bolton, fourth daughter of Mr. S. Bolton, of "Oete," l'ahiatna, was married to Mr. Is. Trevor B. W. Bcctham, eldest son of Mr. Norman Beetham, of "Highmore," Masterton. The church was prettily decorated for tho occasion, and the service, which was choral, was conducted by Canon Eccles. The bride, who was given away by her father, more a graceful gown of ivory safin, with a beautiful oltl laco veil, and real orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of wliito flowers. There were three bridesmaids in attendance, the Misses L., M., and B. Bolton (sisters of the bride), all of whom woro frocks of white ninon over silk, trimmed with silk fringe and touches of saxe blue, and saxe blue Tagel 1 hats, trimmed with clusters of pink and snxo bhio satin fruit. They carried beau- ! tifully shaded bouquets of roses and autumn foliage. Mr. Ralph F..11. Beetham j (Brancepeth) was the best man, and Mr. 1 Andrew Sclanders (Masterton) and Mr. 1 Richard 1). W. Riddiford were the groomsmen. At the conclusion of the ceremony a reception was held at "Oete," and was attended by a large number of guests. Tho reception rooms were arranged with autumn foliage, cactus dahlias, and sweet peas, and the bride and bridegroom received the congratulations or their friends standing beneath a. prettily decorated archway. Mrs. Bolton, the bride's mother,

was weaving a gown of oyster grey satin, with a fringed tunic, trimmed with of black, and a grey velvet hat. Mrs. Norman Bcctham was in a fireen cloth costume, with black rovers, and hat en suite. Toasts were honoured and speeches were made bv Mr. JI. S. AVardell (Wellington), Mr. 'IT. Burnett (Woodville), Sir. ifinduvarsh (Napier), and Sir. S. Bolton. The bridegroom's present to (lie bride was a pearl pendant, and to the bridesmaids lie gave gold pendants and turquoise, earrings. Sir. and Sirs. Boetham left for the north later in the-day, the bride travelling in a tailored greyish mauve costume, with a large mauve hat, trimmed

with long mauve plumes. St. Mary's Homes. The monthly meeting of St. Mary's (iitild nas held in the Anglican Diocesan Office, Jlulgrave Street, yesterday morning. There was a good attendance, .Miss Contes presiding. Business connected with the annual meeting of the guild, which is to lake place on April L' 4, was discussed. It is stated that the Bishop of Wellington (Dr. Sprott) will preside, and that Archdeacon Harper will give an addre.v Tho monthly reports from St. Mary's Home, Karori, snowing that everything was going on satisfactorily, were received. Obituary. The death occurred recently at Temuka, nt the ripe age of Si, of Mrs. W. Hornbrook, who arrived in Wellington by the ship Arab in 1841. Her husband, whom she married in New Zealand, wa.s the youngest son of the late Sir Richard and Lady Hornbrook. Mrs. Hornbrook is said to have been the first .white woman ill Timarii, and her eldest son tho first white child born in the district. After many years of farming pursuits and pioneering experiences, Mr. Hornbrook died in 1892, and in 1904 his widow leased hor farm and retired to spend her last years in Tennika. She leaves a. family of six, including Mrs. PArkerson, of this city, widow of tho lato Captain Parkcrson. WHAT EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW. That Miss Milstm for « short lime will treat and tench Ladies and Gentlemen the Scientific Treatment of the Head. She diagnoses all eases, either by letter or personally, slates the preparations to be used; because what suits one ease would be very harmful to another. This is the only successful way to make liair (■row. slop hair falling, to bring faded hair to t:ne mid colour, to restore and prevent grev hair. Treatments with instructions for home treatment from il Is. Delightful face treatment, to erase and prevent wrinkles, to make coarse skiu healthy, fine, and soft as velvet. Shampooing, Clipping, all treatments Electrolysis, latest methods i.iutiiifisii Mine. Barkley, Now York!, permanent and painle ; s. Mi s s Mil-oin, King's. Chambers (opp. Stewart Daw-on's), WidTelephone 14. —Ailvt. !

Archbishop Clarke, of Mdhournc, is on I lie side of the women. .At the aimiinl tcdival of the .Mother;' Virion ln-1: week lie made two .suggestions which he invited Hie members to convev to their husbands. The lirst was that there slimihl be financial confidence between husband ami wife. Many wives, he said, were led into extravagance under mistaken ide;is of their liusbaud's means. No good wife, if lalicn into financial conlidence early, would fail to respond, and to become a sharer -jf her husband's responsibilities. Secondly, a man should trust his wife with a certain definite sum for dome-die expenses. The sense of responsibility should be developed by the husband trusting her implicitly wilh the administration of that portion of the income, and she should be left to spend the money to the best advantage according to her own judgment. A New Zealand Singer at Home. Miss Mina Caldow, who went to London two years ago for vocal instruction, is making good progress in the profession she has adopted. After being under Madame Guy d'Hardelot for nearly a year for tuition in ballad singing, she has for a year past been under Madame Amy Shorwin. under whose direction she has been studying a repertoiro of oratorios and nrias. Miss Caldow was to have made her first, appearance at the Albert Hall on March 16 at an Irish concert, in companv with such distinguished artists as Mr." Walk-in Mills. Mr. Charles Saunders, and Madame Ada Crosslcy. Sho was also to sing the contralto rnlo in "The Messiah" at Gravescnd on Good Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. S. Killick, of Wellington, returned from a trip to Sydney by the Moeraki yesterday. The annual meeting of the Victoria Leaguo is to bo held on Friday evening, at 8 p.m., in the Sydney Street Schoolroom. Everyone who is in any degreo interested in the aims and work of the league is cordially invited to attend. Passengers wdio are travelling by the Maunganui on Friday for Sydney, "there to connect with thoOtrnnto for their various European ports, are: Mr., Mrs., and Miss Bett (Palmerston North), Mr. John llalsillio and Miss B. HalsiJlie, Mr. J. D. Batchelor, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Monrad and three children fl'almerslon North), and the Misses ,T. and 51. Evans. Mr. Justice Chapman, Mrs. Chapman, and Miss Chapman 'have returned to Wellington from Napier. The "British .Australasian" announces the engagement of Mr. Lewis Macclesfield Heath, 19th Punjabis, son of the late Colonel Lewis Forbes Heath, Indian Staff Corps, and Miss Katherine Alice Finch, second daughter of Mr. A. A. Finch, barrister, of Duncdin, New Zealand. Cln April 9, at St. Peter's Church, Pahiatua, the marriage took place of Miss Mabel May Allen, second daughter of Mr. W. P. Allen and Mr.' Joseph Morling, of Napier. Yesterday at Christclnireh Mr. Geoffrey Nye, generaljnanager for llayward's Picture Enterprises. Ltd., was married to Miss Lucie Marsh, of Liudfield, England. Mr. Nye is well known in the theatrical world, and has been located in Wellington for some mouths past. Mr., and Mrs. Nye will return from the south to-day.

Mr. and, Mrs. Barber (Ciisborne) an Miss Cooiier arrived in Wellington by Ui Sydney bont yesterday. A Press Association message from Syc ney states that Miss Katherine Piirnell, Sydney pianist, will uial;o her debut i London on April 16,-. Tho Berlin pres praised her ability. The wedding took place at Ngaio yes terduy at tlie Catholic Church of litis Ruddie and Mr. Levaston.