SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1933, 16 December 1913, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Cisborne Wedding. ( On Wednesday last the wedding took ■ place quietly .at "Heathedea," Kaiii, ■-. the town residence .of Mr. and Mrs. G. Powell, late of Tokoniaru Bay, of their eldest daughter, Miss Muriel Powell, to t Mr. 11. Mummery, ]of j Thames, England. ■. The bride, who was j given away by her father, wore white silk with lace coatee and white hat j with lancer plumes. She carried a' j beautiful shower bouquet of white roses j and asparagus ferns. The three little j sisters were bridesmaids, and wore , pretty white embroidered dresses and white silk sashes. They carried bouquets of pale pink and mauve sweet, pea, and wore pretty gold', forget-me-not brooches, the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr, C. A. de Lautour acted as best ! man.: Afternoon tea was served in the' ; dining-room, which was beautifully de-. : coroted with pale pink roses and white 1 sweet poas, with- a large wedding-bell in the centre of the room, Mr. and ■ Mrs. Mummery left for Muriwai, amidst showers of rose leaves, for a few days ; before proceeding to their future honie in Buenos Ayres.' _ Mrs, Powell wore a ' pretty pale grey silk dress, , arid carried a beautiful[ bouquet of pile pink roses. " An Australian Artl9t. Miss Gristina Asquifch Baker, a clever Australian-painter, lias been making her bow to London art lovers during the last three weeks, at the Baillie Gailory. Her Australian landscapes caused much interest. The largest pictures were: "A Quiet Morning" and a summer scene called "Dead Timber." Somo of the most successful pictures, ■ were - flower studies, a difficult art, in. which Miss Baker showed herself an adf-pi". 1 It. is, no easy thing; for a lady artist to"estali-'' lish herself in London, but Miss Baker . has gifts which shosdd carry her far, writes a London correspondent. Still a Keen Golfer. One of the most remarkable c-f the many foreign visitors to England, lately is Mme. Deschamps, a Frenchwoman, who concluded a two. months', stay at Frensham Place, near Farniiam, Surrey. Though 82 years old, sire has. engaged in golf, lawn tennis, and other strenuous games every day she has been : at Frensham, exhibiting as'much zest and activity as tho younger members of her family with whom she lias played. Tho Mardl Cras Quoen., / The crown ivhich thn ■ Queen, of the Mardi Gras Festival at Xapfer ii'ill wear is-a beautiful piece of work in gold, executed by ilr. H. J. Bailey... The dc-' . sign'-'w.lsi taken from the 'pattern of Queen: Victoria's; The cap" portion, is of ermine mounted' on white. ; There is a broad gold band between tile-two, which is prettily decorated with two rows of pear!?. .12. coloured stones, and 12 dmiiioiuls.. A scroll over the orb bears the . inscription "-Napier Carnival'. Queen.''' The design is attractive and the work Very -■neat."-"'' The annual ' athletic spoHs of'' the Croydon Preparatory .School take' place at Day's Hay-this H'hejnoofl, not at Kel-biu-iie l'ark."' Mr. and Mrs.'E.,J. Kilputriuk arrived ill Wellington-frbirv; the south on Bunday. Mr. and-MrSi-'Moore, of Give, have taken passages by the Corinthie for ■London. - ,- ■■ ■ ... Miss Beatrice Horton is expected to : arrivo in : -Wellington .this , week from' lJawk6 I .s:l3a>',;'-i- : An interesting .wedding took wlacb recently in-tho Methodist -Clihrcii, Blenheim, when, the Mayor, Mr. lvjward Stone Parker, eldest son of the late Mr. \V. B. i'arkcr, was married to .Mii-s Mil- . licenL C!irliiiL!,. second daughter of tiie late Mr. .W\ .B.' Ciirliri«. Tlsc Bcv. ,T.l{. H ichards j' performed. ..the pereinony. It was tiie licst occasion. om which a Jfayoi had lit-eii married uuring his term | of olfccc in that township. / Mrs. Feiiton (Jlaatcrt'on) ' has iieen staying 'with "her mother) All's. fritalierbert, in New. 1 Plymouth. "Miss Glasgow (Wa.ngamii) is visiting . Mrs..Brewster., in New Plymouth, •Mr, and Mrs. Stanley Shaw came down from New Plymouth hisit week to sue; tho last of their; son before lie leaves lor .England.--Mrs. Hursthousc 'eft yesterday by the • Patcena for Picton. : , . Mrs. M'Allum (New Plymouth) leaves. | for England this week. On Friday, at Tayforth, the marriage took place of Mr. Hamilton Mackenzie' Douglas, second son of Mr, W. S. Douglas, of Dmiedinj and Miss Coiistansc Frankish, youngest daughter of the late J. D..Frankish', M.D., of Chrjstchurch. The Key. 11. Reeve, M.A., was tho officiating clergyman,.' Mrs.; .Wilson, and Mrs.- H. Brett, of Auckland, are visiting Napier. Mrs. Hayes : (Nelson) 'and'her; two daughters .are. arriving in .Wellington' shortly, and will spend some time at Karaka Bay. Miss Myra'Smith, of the nursing st-if? :q[ the'.Napier Hospital, has resigned licr position, "and intends doing private work in Wellington. ■ The engagement is.annouiiced of Miss Doris Steadman; daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. T. H. - Steadman, Whangarai, North' Auckland. .td j ?ilr: F. M. Vcalc, Piirakab, ..iiephew'of Mr J. B. Veale.", Brooklands, Woodvifle. • - - • , Tlio annual break-up of .Mrs. Alfred Hill's pupils was held on Saturday evening 'at St. Hilda's social room, Island Bay. A varied programme of vocal and instrumental items was. given.•: Games i'pr "the children and dancing brought an ■ enjoyable ovening to a clasc.... A telegram received from our i Pal:merston correspondent yesterday stated thjt candidates who 1 passed in the examinations of tho Hoy a! Academy of Music and Royal Collego of Music, held there last-month, arenas followßudiments, Miss C. M. M'Kenzie; lower - division, schools, Miss Annip.Miller; i primary-theory, Miss Olive. Hunt.