SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2153, 20 May 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Restrained Enthusiasm 7 In the course of an interview with a representative of the "Ijyttcllon Times," jtfiss Allan was asked if she found New Zealand audiences uiiappreciative. The answer was decisively giren. "New Zealand is a youne, tiountry. and, situated far from the art centres, your people are naturally backward in the artistic sense. You are too .easy-going,' and your attention to polities and to the fact, of being contented may lead you to cojdiiess, but the New 55ea!amler is enthusiastic when lie is pleased, and I liavq found this: that at the conclusion of my, dances I can hold m.v audience, which tells me that, they are interested. The coldest audience I have ever met, .however,- was in Mastcrton. I couldfeel it,.-,and- it affects me, Christ-church, I haver-.pcen told, is very musical, and for that reason I am looking forward to the recitals here, because., it is the musicians .and the lovers of music who understand me best."

Mrs. Patrick Campbell. It is-not to be expected of London uiat London would be unmoved by Mrs. Patrick Campbell's marriage (writers tlto London correspondent of the. Sydney "Jelecraph). Theatre-going. London, indeed, lias been far more surprised by it than by Mr. George Edwan'Ws proposal to turn tho Gaiety into a smoking theatre; and that, in.ordinary circumstances, would have shaken us. But oven a. resolution at the Gaiety is a spiall tiling compared with this surprise '.wedding of Mrs. Patrick Campbell. For thero is more than one. departure from tho accustomed in it. Mis. Campbell, for instance, marries Mr. •Co'mvaliisWest, a man well known in high society and until recently the husband of Lady Randolph Churchill. Indeed, Mrs. Patrick Campbell' ' marries Mr. Cormrajlis-Wost at an obscure registry offico within one hour of the pronouncement of the decree absolute in tiro divorco suit of Lady Randolph ChnrehiH against Mr. Cormvallis-West. Thus, as will bo seen, .piquancy is added unto piquancy, to say nothing'of tho ether piquant fact that the town is all agog lor Mrs. Campbell's appearance nest week with .Sir- Herbert Treo -in Mr. Bernard Shaw's new piay, "Pygmalion." But, high' above and wholly transcending those piquancies is Mrs.Patrick Campbell herself, ;t woman of estraordijiary fascination-~as seem in every role she a woman who, if one is to believe the things one hears, outdistances even the accepted prima dninas in those'temperamental vagaries which are believed to bo the chief ty of opera houses.' But, liowevertha't may be, tho gifts amL-graces of 51rs, Patrick Campbell are such an asset of tho British stage, and she 'sq stands alone in respect of roles dflma-ii'ling. distinction of manner, a vivid personality, and tragic power, that theatreland 'is bound to bo interested, in most things she docs. And- when she gets married, in .circumstances bo . unusual, theatreland, even while it knows that nothing, would be impossible to her, is wholly surprised.. And what a happy preliminary to''.Mr. Shaw's new plarj and Mrs. Campbell's -evolution therein fr«m the, ?ank of a Covent Garden flower seller to that of;a' duchess!

• .Mrs, "Heatori, "Ridg'eskTo," Ijowsr Hutt, is visiting frieniH :1 ill 'Hastings and -Napier. ' •••• '- w '-• 'Mrs. J. D." Cameron andrherdatiElK .tor, ;Mrs." Thompson (Ma'Sterton) 'are visiting Wellington. Wellington' College Old Girls' Association are holding an "at home" «n Friday, Juiio 5, in tlife Girls'' Colloße, There will bo cards and dancing. Miss Dixon is the secretary. 1 Mrs. Har't'y' is visiting Auckland. Miss Harty'is-spending a few days ill. Wellington on her way iSrough to Dun* cdin from a visit to ltotonia., ■ Miss Ida Eraser and Mrs, Warmiford "(Murchisoii) intend, leaving next Friday on a visit to Sydney. The. engagement is announced of Miss Mary Heaton, eldest, daughter of tho late Mr. A. M. Heaton, C.E,, iind -Mrs. Heaton,- "Ridgesidc," Lower, Hutt, to Mr. Harold Godfrey' HtJath, of Herefordshire, England. •' Mrs. .Campbell, a sister of fto -lateCaptain Scott, arrived at Dunedin on Saturday, and in tho afternoon drove' down to Port Chalmers with Mrs. Liixlo Ferguson, states a southern exchange. The chairman and members of. the Seoit Memorial Committee received her there, and she was shown the Scot-t memorial cairn, which constitutes a striking feature of the landscape. Mrs. Campbell left by the Moerald the- following day (Sunday) for Hobart. Miss M 'Lagan, matron of tho Palmerston Hospital,' has been granted, twelve months' leave of absence, and will leave on a visit to Great Britain, Tlie graduates of the year of Victoria College .will be the centre of interest at tho evening which has l>eo« arranged hi their honour by tho coiii'ieil, thft Pro-.' fessorial Board, and the Students' Association. Thursday lifixt is tho dato which has been fixed for the function, and no doubt tho Town Hall will bo filled by friends, and well-wisheifs of tho students. " Tlie chief feature of . the', evening will be the nublic presentation, of tho The Trimn Minister will be present and will speak, also tlie chairman of tho College Council, and additional' interest will be given to 'proceedings by the fact .thai General Sir lan Hamilton, G.C.8., D.5.0., will address tlie gathering. The women st.u-. dents have evidently distinguished themselves, as a considerable number of them arc,included among tio.graduates j of t!io rear. Mrs. Dciiniston has returned to Christchurch fropi a visit to Woiiiagtai. Tho -Misses M'Dougall fOhristehurcb) .aro guests of Miss Archibald, Boulcott Terrace.

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