SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2142, 7 May 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Weliding in St.- Anne's Church. The marriage took pkee last week i *>t. Anne's Ciiuich, Newtown. of Mis Reta Haines, daughter of Mrs. Hftines Hiropi Street, Wellington, to Mi Thomas Pender, eldest son'of Mi Thomas Pender, of Linwood,' Christ church. lliy cinv'MTicHiv was perfosnie l uv the Rev. Father * Peoples. T'li. bvide. who <was given away by lie brother, Mr. A. liainos, of tvt>r "jry• pretty draped gown of i-ror, crepe tie chine, trimmed with siik lace a veil ; tfitli a coronet of orang, blossoms. gljo was attended hy tw, bridesmaids, Miss Elsie Haines (chief) flnd Miss-Minnie Pender, who both wor pretty frocks- of white voile with scar let hats. The bride carried a botique. of cream rpses and maiden-hair fern and the bouquets carried hy tie brkks maids were of scarlet cactus dahlias am autumn leaves. Mr. John Al'Aleer, o Christchurch, was the best man, am Mr. C. M'Hrlcaji .-tlio groomsman. reception was afterwards held M St AloYsius Hall, and later in' the after noon the bride and bridegroom loft m their wedding jawriioy, the former tr-av eliing in a. tdfoi-od costume of darl bronze cloth and a paime lint of tin •anus shade. With tori-elves of violet ai'u tango trimming. Wedding at To Hdro. A pretty wedding was qujetlv celebrated at tho Anglican Church, T< Horo, 011 iMonday, .May 4. nl.en Mis.' j M. Bradey, daughter of Air. J. W 1 Bradey, late of Umiiijrtliarpc, was married to Mr. Herbert Olive Chalk, soi; of the late Mr. Chalk, at Barking, Eiig, land. The Rev, G. 11.l l . Perriu officiated TII6 bride, who was given away by hei brother, Mr. G, Bradey, wore hw travelling costume. The bridesmaid was -Mia Nellie Briulc.v&isttir of il-jo bride, aiu Mr. Frank Chalk, brother w the bridegroom, was best man, The clransk was beautifully by girl friends oi the bride, who also- presented v-erj pretty bouquets. The service was ftillj choral, and Miss Prouse (organist) played tho "Wedding.March." Only relatives and intimate jrismds were present. Mr. and Mrs. Ciialk kft by the evening train, ejl route for Ifotonia, Wedding in Fiji. The "Fiji Times" of April 23 announces that tho wedding took plat?, on April 22 in Holy Trinity Church. Suva, ol .Air. Walter Sisaifi. <xi : the Iky' ol Islands, New JfealWl, ami Missßo.se Allen, only daughter'of Mr. and Mrs, L. J. Allen, of Sfasinu. Tiio bride, who was given away by her father, wot'c a - gown of white silk, draped with shadow and point-lace. The boffiice was trimmed with tiny pearl beads and {ace, tire fine I laco yoke being limslied at the neck with beads. The skirt was covered with j lace, and the point: of tlio train was •' finished with a- sprig of <>range blossom 5 fastened with a true lover's kn.«i of pearls. A beautiful veil -of lirussels net, i reaching to tho hem <rf the skirt, Was ; worn over tho wreath of the orange ! blossoms, and a shower bouquet of ; stephanotis, roses, and maiden-hair fern I was carried. The chief bridesmaid. Miss j Aggie Walker, ware <1 pretty dw»s of crcpo do chiiio and a large white hat trimmed with u;nk fevers and black velvet. Tho otnftr frricfeniaids, Alitses Dorothy and Helen Anderson, wore attired in white muslin dresses, -with mob caps. All_ the, tn-ictesri'iaids carried' bouquets of pink roses q.iid maidenhair farn, Tlio presents to tlio brides-maicls' wer-s gold curb bangles. The br'degioom was; attended by Air. Harry Alien, brother of the bride. Airs, Allen, mother of' the bride, was dressed' in - h.eiJotrbp&' silk, trimmed with black, and woro a black.liat with a white-ostrich bhuno. Jlrs. A. H. Allen, aunt of the bride, 'wore a grey sillc dress with liat to match. "' Richmond Free Klpdergai'tens. The ninct.y-lirsfc meeting of -the Richmond Free Kindergarten Council was held at 125 Alolesworth Street on JIOII-' day last. Airs. ®ifl was in the chair, : and among those presonfc Were Ales-' femes ' Burnett, Clark, tinelsay, : Al'Laren, Dixon, Misses England, Newton. and Hiscoclv. , . Accounts to tho amount of £4G Bs. Bd. wore passed for payment of salaries, etc. ■ -Tito four Sis* sociations, Wellington, Auckland, U.medin, and Ohristciiiirch. have now .federated. and a -colvferorioe will be held at Wellington at tlie end of June. Miss Riley, in her report, stated that the attendance had implored very much, and a piano had been purchased for Brooklyn. The students are jiow working hard to got one for Tarimaki. Street. The rules of incorporation were als& read and discussed. Sale of Work. i A sale of work, was opened i.ll St., Peter's Mission-Halt m CHiwice Street yesterday afternoo-a f the proceeds -of which are to go TOWartb tho Grand Lodge reception fund. The Mayoress, Airs. J. P. Luke, performed the opening ceremony, and satisfactory business was The hull had been .decorated for the- occasion with quantities of flags, and the stalk were laden, with a very attractive displa.y o.f sewing, flowers, sweets, homo produce, etc. In chargo of them we're th-e Mowing, with a number of assistants :—Kain sewing, Airs. Ledbroofeis; proi'.ueo aiid flowors, Alessr-s. Miller and Atkinson; toy stall, Aliss Bidinesd; fancy stall, Airs. Diggle; sweets, Airs. Mißan; brail tub, Airs. Dallas; refreshments., Airs. Aliller; competitions, Bros, Price and Gardner. A musical programmo wiis arranged for tho evening's entertainment by Mr. Petherick.' Sir. Thoinson, Grand Chief Templar, opejied .the salfi in tho evening. This jvfternoon Jlrs. F. Al. B. Fisher will perform the opening ceremony, and in the evening tho District Chief Templar will open it. Mrs, A. L. Rigarlsford. of Nort-iiiaiM, is the! lon. secretary. At the regular muting of the Dortmimrt Branch of tlio W.C.T.U., Auckland Province, a resolution was passed ailirming. their support of the Bihle-in-iStato-schools platform, with only one dissentient. Aliss Beatrice Prime, whs has beeii staying with Aliss Booth, Hawanieu, aud with her sister, Mrs. L. Aplhi, Carterton, returned {o Wc-IliJigton en Tuesday afternooi, Airs. J. D. Sievwright, who hps been having a prolonged holiday in the south, returned to Wellington yesterday •UKAir. aiuhMrs. Alfred Bnnz (Christclnireh), Airs. R. 0, Dun-eaii, and Dr. and Airs. Alonk are leaving vTelSngton to-day by the itemnera for England.. Aliss Aitkon, wh.o was a member of tho nursing staff o?f tho CliristchuTch Hospital for some years, is a passenger by the Remuera for England. She will be away, for two years. Airs. Logan,' wife of Colonel Logan, officer commanding tlm Auckland Military' District-, has been presented h.v the staff corps officers of the Auckland Garrison with a solid silvra- eaktv-dish in commemoration of Iter recent marriage to Colonel Logan. ■ Before applying any hair tonic, it is ndvisabln to have treatment, for the scalp — if only one—lo stimulate the aireitlatton anil revive tho life of the hair follicles, thus cfl'ectiiiE -immediate results. It also serves to teach ladies how to massaßo Mid to care for their hair. Mrs. .fio!3e.ston Hair Specialist, Larubto'tt Quay.* '

Women's Reform League. Members -of tlie Women's Blanch the Ne«r Zealand Political Jiefor League, are reminded of the rtwfii n which is ita lie held in the TJtt'eponliic is ' Rooms in Ballauco Street- this attain '» At tlio last meeting of the league !'• was decided that all members might f- future bring. with'them to the month e- meotings uue friend Bach, vrjio .is d sympathy with the aims and objects ■o tlio league. It is hoped ;■•.«,!; itiembe ; r mi.fdit liiid ranch that is instructive a.i e interesting in the address which is y he given this evening by Mr. J. Bari«n, accountant ami solicitor, np< ;e cooperation and profit-sharing. Tito a who- are desirous of becoming ificmbc ), of the league are again reminded ill •o all that is necessary is to send in tire '* names to the secretary (Miss F'itchi-tt t or to a member of the committee. i, i. The Fivepcnriy Milk. d Recently tbe milk suppliers of \Y if ngaiiui raised the price of milk d sii. pin- quart (says the Do3HMok'« Igc V correspondent), and this, pressing liar >, ly as it does on persons of smalt un-ar ■- lias given considerable concern to nie.i « tors of the local braneli of the Sod© for the. Protoetkiti of the Health k Women and Children. The matte w e discussed at the society's annual mec J iiig yesterday when this Pluekot nuniij tlio course of her report) remarket '"j'ltß difficulty of procuring a whol some and nourishing milk supply f, - babies at various times of tl-wi vear s almost insurmountable. The dafrv i'a s lories do their utmost to preserve tl . milk, and to put it out to tlio publ • in a wholesome 'condition, and' also .1 meeting our requirements for H-ilvio - Yet the fact remains that they a . chiefly instituted for export purpose i and that the bulk of the in ilk supply - absorbed for such purposes. .For twa < 5 three of the hottest months in the yej ! the milk used for {rabies k not wit: it sliould be, It is, ftfteii bad, jf m I sour, before it can be delivered mt t also, for two days in the week, jut (• win only be dffllivprod once in 24 Imw f M !if?u one considers that, durinc tl I tot Weather, millc.has to travel smi • distance, fiftmi by train, without beii - eecled before it ;;tn bo stored in eo. : conditions for.some hours again until can bo delivered,, it k not' fit. for tl Why's .food for tlio following U Wirs. live meeting gave favourable consider • tioii to a su£ccestk>n by Mr. W. i Vertch. M,P., that a Housewives' Uuic r should be started to deal witlvthis ar r -oilier items of food supply, and he til i tidrteok to 'gather information • fro- • similar unions in Christcliurch and Ii \ jercittgill and to lay the same'ibefore i future meeting. I Acknowledgment. • The matron oaf the Hospital desires i ncJoio.ivlodKo the following gifts •- I'lowers 11,, 1 xeellency the Clounte; ri Liverj»»l Mrs. Hills (Daniel Street . Uelluu-'i'ii Girls College, Mrs. Pfesi Mrs. Pitts, Jfrs, Sydney KiiJsoaldi (Karon): sweets and cakes: Mrs. rail ' £v (Island Bay), Miss Luke (Siraj atreeg : large bos of grapes. Mrs. 5% hov Kirkcaidie. """ ,Miss T). Sutherland, who has hepvisiting her sister, Mrs. ,1. I'rendin-iih at hketahuna, returns to WeilintftO' tins weclt, . ■ P 3i ! r :.. a,1tl ? Irs ' J " S tr »»gi •'•(jlrmside,' Umerton. hav« bean visiting' I)aiino djy a "'"' I " e t'> u 'U. to tlie Wairarapa to' • Dr. and '• .(Wanganui liavo. been paying a brief visit to Wei lingtoa. Miss Alexander, mistress of the AVa Central Infants' School, left oi lyednesdav en rattle for Sydnev,- wfter< s 'i® «'ili study the latest Montessor sv si fin; ef infant instruction •under Mis: Simpson, an Australia.n ox|)orf, wiu lias iust returned from Romo, where s'lk studied the system under Madame Mon tessofi. " . ; it was a very cordial audience tl-uil creeted Mdlle. Dolores Iftst evciirj.ig at tl-io second o)' the series, of cßncertE which she is giving this Week in Wei. lingtoii, and ©ue that asked for many encores. Mdllo. Dolores appeared in a Kowii of pale groon crepe do ciiine. ffitli it tmic of jiiiioii, bordered with heavy Oriental embroidery; and she worn diamond CSV-rings,' with a beautifa-l rlLliiiond necklace. Miss da Cai.fos-J.lego wore a gmvii of maisic-coloftred uiuatij btirdered. with brown fur. Aij&thei Concert is to bo given ill the Opera House this evening. Mr', and Mrs. Errol Cotton Staplefe-i), of Danmn irko, and Mr. and Mrs.' Chas. Cotton Staploton, of Hastings, have booked their passages for Loiidoiia by the Cori.nthic. leaving \Pel.liligtoij en May ,31, states a Hawke's Bay eXchauge. The Messrs.'.Siapleton will be away for softie time, returning to the Dominian via the Suez Canal. Miss (Jreenstreet (Cluis-tclmtch) is exj.'cted iji Wellington this MVeek. ia.tul will stay with ker sister, Mrs. Ans.on. . Mrs. MacTavish, irlto has been spending the last year with her dati-gito, Mrs. Howard Eiehmsmd, in Auckland, is ftt pfeseiit renewing pleasant menwr-' ios in Wellington, and yesterday afternoon Lady Stout gave a tea in .her hoil<ur at her residenco on The Terrace. Tiio tolcling doors between the drawing niid iliniiig-roams were thrown back, and both were gay with chrysanthemums and ixiss. Lady' .Stout wore a gown of palest grey silk" and niiion, and Miss Stout wore a pink chiffon blouse. 1 with a biscu.it-edlotii'cd skirt. Mrs. MacTavish was in . bhtek crepe do chine, with a black ruffle, ami black ferflwfetl hat. Assisting with, the tea were Mrs. Napier M'Lca-n, and tho Misses M'Gve* gor, Ewart, and B. Watson. Miss Fitchctt, secretary of tho Wellington Women's Branch* of tlio New iSealalid .Political .Reform League, lias returned from her visit i-.i Australia Hair, like sswls. can nevw giw-unim tlio soil In; suited to it. Dispapud scalps have licni provpcl (o be nwueintcd aiwnj-s with the growth and devdojimcnt of nji-f-roliie lifts a iid they ato easily nvoiiUtjje by prompt ace of the latest sdentMe prepitrations as i-nhl by Miss Milson). All advice fciven free tin liiiir and skin, Khcli caso (liiijjntisetl, and clients taught their own home treatinent. Diiudruff pn«i-tke-lv cured. Mis-s llilsow, fl! Willis Street, (opposite Shortt's Picture Theatrt.'), Telcplieno Sit.*