SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1987, 18 February 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Entertaining Mrs. Hatman. Yesterday aftei'tiooii Mrs. Helinan, wifo of tlio ]'remicr of New South Wales, was the guest of tli<i Pionecf Club at an afteruoou tea jjivoii in her honour. Owing_ to the imnroidubly short notice which v.'as all that c-oulil he given in the circumstances, thofo was not such a lnrgc asscßitilaga •o£ members as would otherwise have been the case, but the afternoon was, nevertheless, one of tho pl&nsantest nivd most■iii. formal -which the club has yet helil. Tho guest of hoMOtir was received by Mrs. Mackenzie, Miss Kane, ;ina Uliss Hothenberg (vice-presidents), and most, if not all of those attending tho tea were presented-to Jicr in due course.' During the time that she lias been in New Zealand Mrs. Holman has certainly soon as much as she possibly could, anil has been keen iii th« pursuit of knowledge concerning the ways' of this country. As in the <?ase of many visitors,* the Maori names of places were some* what of a stumbling-block, although Mrs. Holman thought there was-a gwat resemblance to be found in many of the names. An altogether -unlooked-for delight was met with in the smgiiig of Miss Grosholtz, yet another .visitor'to the club. Curiotisly enojtgh, Miss Grosholtz was born in Wellington? but has not .seen it since the time ste left with her .mother to study singing in.'England. It was not surprising that those who i heard here were desirous fot more. Hardiiige-Jlaitby also gave, pleasure with recitations. Howls of roses and hydrangeas, amj numbers of vases with gaillardias decorated the enmtnon room, and also the tea-room, ifrs. Hnlnian wore a coat and skirt of .white brocaded silk, ajttl a white tulle, hat lined ivitli viol«>b txiih, nud swathed on the outside with tulle of a paler colcur, ending in u|jstiiiulilig aeroplane bows. A cluster of violets worn at the. wai.'it was the. completing touch to her toilettp. Mrs. Miioketme 'wore a very dark navy eoat anil skirt, ami small black bat. .Miss Kane was hi a coat and skirt of black clinrau'iise, and wide white hat with whi.te feathers, and Miss Rothcnberg ffofo a clismiiiiwijocoloured coat and skirt, iiitcj large btaiik feathered hat. Amont th-bse present wore: Mrs. Corliss, Mm. F. Samuei, Mrs. Davics, Mrs. tiill, Mrs. CdtizMis, Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Montgomery, Mrs. Shirtcliffe, Mrs. Corrigaii, Miss Grofi- , holfe, Miss Hardin<jo-Mjittby t Mra.' Atkins, Mrs. Armstfong, Mrs. Lefeester, ]\liss King, Miss Hardy, Miss Nash, and others.

Colonel and Mrs. "Woifc are staying at Mrs. Poters , , on 'file Terrace. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Rishworth, who have been spending'a' holiday at OteJki, for the benefit of M.i\ ltislnrortjiV health, have returned to their home atLower Hutt. - ". • • '' —,— ■ : :) : ' Dr. and Mrs. Bariiett, who hate been attending the Medical ConJereire'e . m Auckland, arrived in Wellington on- ■ Monday on their return to the-', south. Mr. and Mrs. J. G'. Swan (Wanganui) have booked passages for England by the Mahva, whiijh leaves Sydney on April-11. . : ■ ' . ■. Mr..and. Mrs. Miles, of Monte,Vkleo, are touring New Zealand, and ate at present visiting Wellington. s Mrs. Massey a.ftd Miss Mass«y left Wellington; '.lnst f eveuins tor Ajiekhud,, wliere they join tl'to premier.';. 'Jfjicj , . will. in all pibbaMity btt .aWay 1 foi a Veek.•.'•:.. .'■ '■■', ..".". '~'.' ;. ■•.';: ' Dr.. and Mrs. E:- A. Sehley "liaVe returned to Napier, from their visit to Auckland. . ' ' ■ ' , Mrs. Holman left with Mr. Hohnnn for Christchurch last evening; . • Mrs. and Miss Hai.»i Mrs. 'afid -Miss Tink, and Miss Jones.are members of n party of Queensland ladips who aro touring' Kew; Zealand. They uro at present visiting Mount Cook. Mr. and Mrs. 11, (J. Hftskitf? Mid Mr.. V. A. Hnskins, of Cliicago, arc toiiriwg New Zealand,, and are ..at present stayin',; in Christchurclt. ' ,Miss Barnes, general secretary of the National Y.W.C.A., arrives in Wolling l ton to-day from Sydney, unsl will be .entertained by the Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke, at a tea given this afternoon in the Mayor's room of the Town Half. Mrs. Ijlamlford. L.R.A.M., a. nnisi-' eian of high standing, arrived in Auckland on Monday, from Diruedinj liy the s.s. Victoria, under engagement) * i»s imisic'rnistrcss at thf Muunt Eden C'ollesiate School for Girls. ■

Visiting Sydney at present (stater, the "Sydney Sim") is Airs. Mamie Knight, who spent several months in Now Zealand, ami h now totifiug this part of tho'world'with the idea of collecting information for personal interest and journalistic purposes. ■ Mrs, Knight is u member of the Society of Women Journalists of Great Britain, a member of the Society of ..Authors,,ami a' representative of tliß London Lyceum iClub. . She is a clc.ro? convt'fsatioii.nl-. ,'ist, much travelled, and intends to visit Queensland and the Islands before sho returns to' Kiiglnud. Sirs. Knight is particularly keen upon collecting infer* mation concerning Urn domestic problem of Australia, being anxious,-when, she .row back to Loiulon, to give soine of the correct Australian details of that evtfr-grecn trouble.