SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1678, 19 February 1913, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Kindergarten Tea. .' . ! A very welcome relief to .everyone from tho discussion of finance, and other necessary subjects in connection with'the Dominion Free Kindergarten Conference, held in Wellington yesterday, was the afternoon tea with which Mrs. Grady.entertained the delegates and the members of the Kindergarten' Council. Tea was served in tho Sining-rooni, .tho table having been, most prettily decorafed with pink, ivy geranium, and foliage. Mrs. Grady; wore a gown of black brocaded satiiij and-Miss Grady.was in cream, with soft'touches of blue ; on the bodice. Generous indeed has Mrs.. Grady's hos- , pitality been, to tho Kindergarten Council at all times, and the last two days' liractical assistance on her part'has but added to its indebtedness. ; . Tho Young Women's Christian • Asso-; , ciation is holdinff' a garden fete this afternoon at the residence of Mrs.'J. P. Luke, Hiropi Street, and.it is hoped that tho public will attend.it in large numbers. An excellent programme of entertainment--has been, provided, .'.-. -v :.

The engagement is announced of Miss May Pilmcr, daughter of Mr. and.' Mrs'. A. Pilmer, of Masterton,' to Mr, Harold H. Pavitt, of 'Masterton: '".'■'■ Miss Gibson, who has ■ been attending the conference of kindorgaTten 'delegates in Wellington, returned to Auckland last evening! •;■'■■ I. Mrs. T. E. Taylor, another delegate to' the Kindergarten'. Conference, returns- to | Christchurch this evening. Mrs. Langford returns'a little later. / ■ ~ Miss Stulpnagel, who has been ar* pointed a teacher in the Diocesan School .for Girls at Mnrton, arrived from England by the Arawa yesterday. J Miss Hewlett;'who has come out, from England to take charge of the School for tho Mentally Deficient at Otekaieke, was a' passehger-bytlfb A'fawa, which arrived in 'Wellington yesterday. :'■ A- great many assisted emigrants came out to the Dominion by,the Arawa, which arrived in' Wellington yesterday, and the> medical, officer reports that they are the' finest types that have yet come out'to New Zealand. ; \ . ' .