SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1695, 11 March 1913, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Ladies' Swimming Race. The final distance of the Atkins Cud was decided at Te Aro Baths last evening under the auspices of tho ladies' branch of the' Swifts Swimming Club. The event (100 yds.) 1 resulted as follows: Jliss B. Gibbs, 1; Miss D. Webb, 2; Mis 9 H.' Jlurrell, 3. Misses F. Hicks and A. Cairns also competed. Miss Hicks is tho winner of tho Cup, having gained eight points, while Miss Murrell and Miss Gibbs are equal for second with six points each. An "At Home." Last evening Lady Stout entertained'a largo number of guests at an "At Home," held at her residence. The Terrace, for Miss Neweombe and Miss Hodge. Many have already met thes4 two ladies who have been working for women's suffrage in England, and last evening largely increased the latter's acquaintances in Wellington. Ladv Stout received her guests in tho library and from there they overflowed into'the hall and into the large drawing-room. In this room the suffragette colours, green, purple, and white were largely to be seen in the flowers with which it was decorated, vases and bowl's being filled with purple and white asters, sweet peas, and feathery foliage, the inantelpieco particularly being banked with these flowers. In the library were the anti-suffrago colours, red and white dahlias in largo bowl's'decorating tho mantelpiece—a graceful compliment to the "antis" on the part of tho hostess and her two visitors. .A band stationed at t'he top of tho. staircase played at intervals during tli© evening.' " Naturally much was said in the course of conversation about tho burning question of the hour, and tho badges of tho different women's societies in the world were examined with much interest. They aro certainly very decorative. Lady Stout wore a gown of brocaded grey satin, the corsage trimmed with beautiful cream lace and finished with touches of heliotrope satin. Tho long train also ended in a triangle >of heliotropo satin. Miss Janet Stout wore cream satin with tunic of ninon, bordered with diamante embroideries. Jliss Hodge wore blacknet with Oriental embroidery, and Jliss Neweombe was in black silk, relieved wiCh white lace. Among those present were : Mrs. G. Fell,, wearing black chnrmeuse, with ('ouches of white; Miss Fell, white satin, veiled with ninon; Jliss Blake, grey silk, with mauve em-' broidered overdress; Jlrg. A. B. Atkinson, black charmeuse; Jlrs. T. Young, blue silk, with cream lace veilod with gold Harding, white ' satin, with 'overdress of white net; Miss Brandon, saxo blue silk; Jliss 1 Patterson,'black vel-" vet and cream lace; Mrs. Mason, saxo blue ninon veiling, tho same shade of silk; Jliss Jenkins, deep blue charmouse, with overdress of sequined net; Jlrs. T. Ward, soft mole-coloured frock, with handsome laoo; Jliss Seddon, grey -silk, patterned with chine roses; Jlrs. F. Ward, Mack charmeuse, with heavily-embroidered overdress of ;net; Jlrs. Stafford, .black satin with black lace overdress; Jliss Wylie, soft pink frock; Mrs. Jr. Myers, gown of pale rose-coloured satin, with cream lace on t'he bodico; Jlrs. F. Samuel, black gowri with richly-embroidered overdress and gold-embroidered lace on the bodice; Jlrs. Corliss, peacock-shaded dress of green satin and blue ninon, with embroideries.; Jliss Corliss, white satin, with! Ninon overdress; Mrs. Wylie, black lace gown; Jlrs. W. Young, pale blue silk, with white lace; Jliss Coates, black satin gown, with lace overdress; Jliss Halse, black charmeuse and lace; Jlrs. Purdy, inoleicoloural silk gown, with laco and embroideries on • the corsage. Also nr&sent wer6: • The Rev. Kennedy Elliott, the Rov. J. Patterson, Dr. Young-, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Justicc Chapman, Mr. Brandon, Professor and Mrs. Rankine Brown, Miss M'Lean, Miss Wat.-on, Dr. Platts-Mills. Jfr. T. Younsr, Dr. Purdy, Mr. Corliss, Mr. F. Ward, Mr. Tolhurst. Dr. Edith Huntly, Jliss Reyi nolds, Miss Moss, and many others. Feilding Notes.

Our Feildiug correspondent writes that the children of the St. Paul's Presbyterian Sunday School were fortunate on Saturday in getting a perfect day for their annual picnic which was held on Dr. Peer's grounds down by the river. A "kitchen social" was given at tho Feilding Parsonage by Mrs. Sharp on Friday night for Miss Florae Gould, who is shortly to be married. Many. guests were present and games and music entertained them.. Ono of the events of the evening of especial interest to tlie recipient and to those present was the unfolding of the various parccis of useful articles presented by the guests to. Miss Gould who had. been a most consistent worker in connection with the local Primitive Methodist Church. .