SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2264, 25 September 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Countess of Liverpool Fund. The honorary treasurer reports the fo Wowing donations: —Collections by ladies of Ross as under: —The Missos Roberts and Foletti, £27 10s. 6d.;'Mcs.dames Winchester and Bergman, £26 35.; Mesdames Norrie and White, £15 3s. 6d.; Mesdames Doctor and Roach, £G 4s. 6d.; Mesdames ' M'Nicol and Thomson, £1 17s. 6d.; proceeds of euchre tuornament, £9; total, £87 19s. Of this sum £30 has been remitted, and more is to follow. Per Miss Millie Broad, from school children of Otangiwi, proceeds of dance children had organised, £7 55.; and' per Mr. David Jones, Pobangiua, from ladies of Apiti, £8 3s.

Frocks in David GarrlcK. Brocades and satins, lace ruflles, and '. powdered wigs added very greatly to the appearance of the dandies of the ,r hitter Georgian period, but the drunken orgies to which they were sadly addicted, and which was suggested with vividness in ''David Garrick," played last evening by the Buckler-Paget . Company, must have sadly disorganised their bravery, Not even its pioturesqueneas and the elaborate courtesy of the period would have compensated for the ugliness and the coarseness that underlay so much of life in those days. Miss Paget as Ada lugot; the daughter of the old director 'of the Ea'st India Company (magical words), looked very charming and beautiful in the gown she wdfe on her first appearance on tho stage, a gown that was of rose piiik satin with panniers and bodice of oscpattorned brocade. Her golden lair, caught on one side with a cluster of roses, fell in long ringlets on her neck, with one that constantly crept to the front in the way one sees in some old miniatures. In the nest two acts her gown is of white satin, the full petticoat being edged with lace, and the brocaded gown falling in long, full panniers at the sides, with a looped up train behind. Mr. Buckler, as David Garrick, vied with her in beauty of attire, and with his long gold-trimmed coat of ivory brocade, white satin breeches, and pink flowored waistcoat, with lace at his throat and ruffles falling over his wrists, was a very gallant figure. Weird and wonderful were tho • garments worn by Miss Tempe Piggott and' Miss Lilian Lloyd, whose appearances upon the stage were but brief. Miss Piggot was in a gown of lavender satin, over a' petticoat of yellow satin striped with red, and Miss Lloyd, as Araminta Brown, wore pale green atin with panniers of flowered brocade. Her triumph, however, Jay' in the wonderful headdress with which she was crowned, and which consisted of brilliant violet and brown-red feathers waving wi'<d T ly on her head,, an irresistible lure to David Garrick in his make-believe drunken scene.

The Coates Coif Cup. Tho Coates ; Cup was 'played for by teams representing Wellington and Hutt Golf Clubs at the Hutt links yesterday, ' the Wellington team winning by one. stroke. ' The score was as fol-lows-—Wellington: Miss Bell, 84; Miss M. Brandon, 90; Mrs. Lees, 88: and Miss Calander, 106. Hutt: Mrs. Wagg, SO; Miss Foster, 88; Miss Mathews, 92; and Miss Hayward, 99. Wellington, 368; Hutt; 369. : Mrs. Erl Williams (Wairarapa) is visiting' Wellington. Miss Marry att (Opaki) is a visitor to Wellington for the week-end, and is staying at the Occidental Hotel. '.'■: Miss Gray (Taratahi) is visitingSWel-' iirigton. 'The wedding took place atCarterton on Wednesday of Mrs. James Fletcher to Mr. Pain, of Martiuborough. .'■ Mrs. J.' Grant (Woodville) and Miss Hindmarsh are visiting Wellington. General Sir Alexander Godley and . Lady Godley, Lieutenanl>Colonei .and Mrs. Braithwaite, and Colonel • and Mrs. I\ Earl Johnston are going by the Mauriganui, Lieutenant-Colonel'G. N. Johnston and Mrs. Johnston by the' .Arawa, and Colonel and Mrs. Moorq byone of the touthern boats. . ' '••' The officers of the Thorndon Croquet Club, which has been recently formed, are as follows: —President, ■', Mrs. T. Young; vice-president, Mrs. H.' Beauchamp; captain, Mrs. R. Triggs; committee, Mesdaines Fulton, C. Richardsou, L. Watkins, G. Richardson, and secretary "Mrs. G. Johnson. Mrs. Sykes, the wife of Major Sykes, was a passenger by the Remuera. for England. . i The opening for the season of the Karori oroquot lawns took place last Saturday afternoon, the Mayor, .Mr. Hildreth performing the opening ceremony. Mrs. A. Hamilton, in the absence of the president, Mrs. H. Cook, shot tho first ball. _ The grounds have greatly improved since lafet year. ' Mr. and Mrs. Short (Feilding) aro visiting Wellington, and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. J. Macrae (Weraiti, Masterton) is visiting Sydney. . Nearly every woman in South Canterbury is working for the poor of Groat Britain states an exohange, and every day large' cases of clothing are being sent to the shipping stores to await dispatch. Mrs. W. Dalzioll (Manawa Tenui) is visiting Wellington. The wristlet watch of blue enamel, set with diamonds and sapphires, which Miss Grace Palotta presented and raffled in aid of tho Sydney Girls' Patriotic Fund, was drawn for at St. Vincent's Hospital last week, and was won by Miss Constable. The rafflo was instrumental in raising not less than £100. Miss Palotta, in responding to the thanks of the Lord Mayor, said that although she was not a Britisher, many of her dearest friends were. She thought she would like to relieve in,some way. the sufferings that must bo the outcome of the war. She likewise thought of what she. owed tho people of Australia . for. their loyal support and encouragement.

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The Women's Part. No one who was present in Newtown Park yosterday afternoon to attend tlie official farewell to the various 6ections 3 of tho Expeditionary Force that is leaving from Wellington to take its part ' in tho dei'enco of the Empire, is likely ; to forget tho occasion for very many ! years, if at all. The tension and the ' suspense in which so many people all over tho Dominion have been living of ; late had been getting altogether too acute and now that defimto action lias • loomed much nearer a certain sense of ' relief makes itself felt both with those > who are going and those who are being left behind,; perhaps mom particularly ' in regard to the women. Very early in tho afternoon people wero to be seen making,their way to Newtown Park, in which the ceremony was held, and by the time that halfpast two struck, the hour at which His Excellency the Governor was to arrive, the hanks, and the hillside that ringed . the parade ground .were nothing but a mosaic of men, women, and children that-extended itself far into and under the shelter of the trees and 6hrubs that fringed their heights. Everywhere were people, and below them'upon tho smooth freen sward, the centre of all eyes, stood the knaki-clad force that is to carry the dredit of New Zealand upon their shoulders in this great war that ia convulsing the world and causing unspeakable desolation wherever its great artillery thunders. Not for anything would the women of Wellington and tho country districts have missed this final sight of those for whom they have sacrificed themselves so splendidly before they take their final departure from the country. Tears there were, surreptitious tears, sometimes, but then those for wliom they were shed were down below and could not be troubled by them, and tli'ere comes a. 'imit to self-control. While New Zealaud may be proud of the men who iaro leaving to join the British troops, with their fine traditions of long service for their country, it may equally be proud of the; women who wrote the most pathetic letters to Hie Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence, praying that their sons may lie given a chance to fight for their country, who hid their sorrow and their fears, and who would sooner have been mute- for ever than have said one word to hold them back or to cost a shadow upon their enthusiasm. From the beginning to the end they have held to the best traditions of the race, and with mothers like that no country need be afraid to face whatever the future might hold. . The distant farewell of the paradt ground was not the only one ' 'ihey took of their soldiers, and the march past of the troops through the streets was too pathetic for .words, and very broken. Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool was present at tho farewell, the Prime Minister (tho Hon. W. F. Massoy), Mrs. and Miss Massey, and Mrs. Lawrence, as well as the member's . of the Ministry.

The wedding took place in Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London', of Miss Phyliss Pockloy, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Antill Pockley, of Greystanes, Wahroonga, Sydney, to LieutenantCommander Clinton Denby, R.N. A double interest, .although a sad, one,.,is lent.> to tho announcement by the' fact' that the bride is a sister of Dr. Brian Antill, Pockley,' who met such a iioblo death in the action at Simpsonhafen, New .'Britain;. ' The sale of "flowers from the Lower Hutt Show realised £34, Mr. W. Mowbray buying Mr. T. Waug'h's stand of cut blooms for £4 10s., and generously handing it over for resale. Fifteen ladies,. under Mr. 0. Trevethick's direction, sold flowers in Wellington. For Weddings.—Approbate Bouquets for either large or small weddings are beinff and embody tho unique distinction of all Hiss'Mur; ray's creations. , Flowers for nil occasions forwarded to any part of the Dominion by Miss Murray, Vice-Kegal Florist, 3G Willis Street.-Advt.