SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

& ■ •■ • f, ' T~~ r A "Kitchen Tea." t A plcusant "kitelieii tea" was given f on Saturday last by Mrs. William H. I Suckling and Mrs. V. Gordon Webb, at 5 "Naumai," Coromandoi Street, for ; lliss Vera Grevillc, whose irinrria.jjo j takes place shortly, The weather j being lino, enabled the guests to wanj tier round the pretty garden. Music j and competitions entertained the gijests., i tlio prizes being won by Jlrs. Botrcn i and Mrs. Buckley. Afternoon tea was '~ arranged in the. dining-room, the table ; being artistically decorated wtth tfiaiivo ! and pink sweet peas, asters, and asparii- [ gus fern. Mrs. Suckling wore lavender > silk; Mrs. Webb/ bke foulard aiid black • satin; and the guest of Hie afternoon, i wliito crepe.de chine with clun'y lace, \ aiid whito tulle hat. Among the-tpiests I was Mrs. Phil Suckling (of Hunter* ! villo), wearing white ninon. j A Famous Dancer. ; Miss Maud Allan, tbe dancer, whose j tour of Australia iyill .shortly camj mence, is probably the most original i dancer on the English stagey states an ■ English writer. .Slid seldom uses the ! scenery\by which siie.h artists as Geiiee I and Pavlova contrive a pictorial fl.lu- ( sion, but gets her effects by an artistic i arrangement of curtains changing in ! Colour according to flie mood of the j dance. Her dances vary wonderfully [ in character, for just so much as the i "Spring Song" dance my be expfes- | sivo of innocent gaiety, so is the 3 "Salome Daiice" tho Epitome of tragic J remorse. Every nioo'cl and every cmoi <inn is cleverly described by Maud AJJnii. Although her repertoire is already considerable, Miss Allan is eotitinuiitly adding new items t<? this list. jtfos't of them are inspired by faihbus pieces of music, and she is ijidcbtMl to the composition of siich artists as Cliopiit, Mendelssohn, aiid Debussy for the material for.lief most fascinating ciitioejjtions. Her avowed object is to reveal the spirit of Ihe music A Women's Memorial A hostel iii London, specially intended for journalists and actresses, is to be the, women's memorial to Sir. Stead (states a London, iyrite'r}. Tlie lato hours kept by'actresses often interfere wjtli tho comfort; of bidders in other a employments; but they tVi'fl ptoWbly not ' trouble wonien journalists', wlio do iiuieli of their work by w'gM, i'*| iiiii.v, oii occasion, have to sit up writing an aecount of aii actress's |>err'oriTtaijee after the stage lady lias gofte to bed Acknowledgment.. I The matron of the Hospital desires 16 i acknowledge the folio-vying gifts:—ltyoft*- . ers, Mrs.'Hamilton Giliher, Mrs. Hills, Mr. Bnillie: toys, Mrs, V. S. Tyler; i flower pots nild vases, Sits. Ales. Ctunp- ,' boll (Stoke Street); fruit, Mr, Baillio; magazines and illustrated jiapers. "A Friend," Mr. Raillie, Mrs. Hills, Miss Burton (Petone). l)r. aiid Mrs. Cooper,' of Atjn-laide, passed through Wellington oil tlieir way to attend the Medical Congress in Auckland. Mrs. Paget, who has been visiting friends in' Wellington,: and in.Masterton, returned to Auckland on Friday, Miss Davis (Greytowii) has gone,on a visit to Rotonia. . ' • Mrs. Monkman Dempster, formerly of Dunediiv; has now taken up lier iestdehec at. tho Lower Hutt. ' . ' " ' Mrs. Myer. Caselberg (Mastertort) 13 visiting Wellington. • . I Mis. H..8. Wood (Napier) and her sister, Miss St. Getwg'e (Mastertoji) liavo gone to Auckland. Miss Peat, and her sister were j-as-Seniors for Wellington by froni Nelson on Saturday. Mrs. Andrews has returned to Wcliligtoii from a visit to her people at Waverloy. Miss Speed was a passenger by the, Pateena from Pictoii oir Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F. Whito (GrSytown) are visiting Auckland. Miss Sara Jackson, of "Stonesteiid" (Woodsitle), is visiting Mrs. F. Arbon (Ashhurst). . Miss Mary Falla (W'estport) has been staying, with Lady Whitmore (Napje'r). Mrs. Joseph Caselberg and Mrs, Alfred Caselberg (Master-ton) have come to Wellington for Miss Nathan's wedding, and are staying at the Royal Gak. Dr. Howe and Mrs. jEowe (Kew Plymouth) left last week on a tiiotarhlg trip to tlie north, and -nil! arrive m Auckland in time to attend the Itedical Conference. Dr. Elliott and Mis. Elliott lpft bjr motor for Auckland at the end of last week. On January 10, at St. John's. Clrarcli, Glebo Point, Sydney: the marriage took place of Mr. Charles Davies, youngest son of tlie lato Thomas Davieß, of pier, and Miss Amy V. G. MaTshall, youngest daughter of the late Walter J. Marshall, of Camperdowii, Neff Zealand. Miss Kettle (Napier) is visiting Sydney. . - Mrs. Glendinning, sen., of Wailvau, Hawko's Bay, intends leaving for England this toonth. Dr. Henley and Mrs. Heitley (Napier) and Dr. P. Barcroft and. Mrs. Barcroft (Hastings) left on Friday for Auckland. . Dr. Adeney and Mrs. Aderey leave Pahnerston to-day for Auckland- to at-i tend the annual meetings of tlie Congregational' Union which are being held there. »■ ' For all Hair Treatments, .Face Massage, Haird«ssin£, Shauipooing, \tc, lire. Eollsston is recommenclJ'i.. Having qualified iii Lopden and Paris, Ladies may rely on receiving the latest aud most seientifte mithods pj treatment. Haii ; of the best quality in switches, transformations, etc.; guaranteed to wash and keep original colour, at English prices. 250 Lambfoji Quay, Wellington.*