SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2270, 2 October 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Vice-Regal. Yesterday afternoon Her Excellency tho Countess of Liverpool gave a small afternoon tea at Government House at wliich the guests'-were given an opportunity of hearing 'Mr. liirkby, the wellknown tenor, smg. Beautiful spring (lowers were everywhere to be seen in the drawing-room, and in the ballroom, where tea was set, were more flowers and pot plants. Her Excellency wore a gown of' soft brown charmeuso with cream lace'collar and cull's. Mrs. Ber T nurd \voqd also sang, and played tho accompaniments for Mr. liirkby. Among those present were Miss lihodes, who is a guest at Government Mouso, Mrs. W. F. Massey, Mrs. Lawrence Taylor, Miss .iUassey, Lady Stout, Lady AVard, Mrs. H-. D. Bell, Mrs: Pomare, Mrs. J?, M. B. Fisher, the Bishop of Wellington,, Mr. and Mrs. Coleridge, Mr. and Miss Harcourt, the Mayoress, Mrs. J. P. Luke and Miss Luke, Mrs. Algar Williams, Mrs." M. Myers, Mrs. A. Crawford, Mrs." and Miss Seddon, Mr. Tolhurst, 'Miss Wilford, and Miss Hosking. A Breaklng-up Dance. j The breaking-up dance of Miss Barbara Putnam's dancing cla-sses foir tho season took place last , evening in thu Goring Street Hall, and somo delightful, performances were given by her puput both in solo dancing and in numbers. Some-of the children were very small, and one of the prettiest of the dances was a Quaker 'dance, which was fjiven , by four little ones—Kathleen Kwght, Nora Sidfordl' Nancy Wheeler, and Betty Barclay. Miss Enid Ramsay and Miss' Beryl Earl danced very gracefully two solo dances,' and- among the fancy daiices given by tho children were a gavotte, a. minuet, a Russian ballet, a Highland Fling, a cherry dance, and an Irish jig. The Highland Fling was daubed oy four girls and four boys; also tW minuet, both of which were most gracefully performed. Miss Ruth Putnam played the dance music. Supper was set in the adjoining room, where illtables were decorated with pink rhodendrons. Among the many parents aim friends who were present were: Mrs. Putnam, Mrs. Barclay, Mrs. Whcoler, Miss Coates, Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. Mantell, Mrs.., Langdon, Mrs. Ramsay, Mrs. M'Oallum, Mrs. Trongrove, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Janish. Miss Putnam wore a gown of white satin and lace, and .was presented with a beautiful, , bouquet . by her Newtown pupils. Miss lluth Putnam woro pale blue crepe de chine.

Newtown, Bowling Club. 1 The last of tho winter card pajties in connection with tho Neil'town BowlijiU Club '-was held at the Bowling Club's pavilion on Wednesday evening, when considerably ovor ono hundred members and h'iends attended and spent a most onjoyable evening. A progressive euchre tournament occupied the first part of tho evening and resulted in Mrs. Guise ' winning tho ladies' iirst prize. Miss Denhard tho ladies' sealed, prize, aud Mrs. G. Noblo tho "booby."' Messrs. Bert Warwick, Guise, and W. Wylio won tho gentlemen's liist, sealed, and "booby" prizes respectively. Upon tho finishing of tho cards a programme of interestiiij!; items was given. Tho Misses Ngaire Lemmon, 9'helma Crosby, and Davis, and Mrs. F. E. Godber contributed recitations which were encored, and Misses Den'hard and Melville, and Mr. A. J. ; Pollock gave , so-much pleasure with their singing that they each had to give an ciicore. After, supper Mrs. J. Trevor, the wife of the president, distributed tho prizes and Mr. Trevor gave those present a very hearty • invitation to attend the opening of the club's green on Saturday afternoon. The arrangements for the evening were carried out by a committee of ladies, of whom Mrs. A. L. Davies was the energetic convener.

The Countess of Liverpool's local committco 'has recently been enlarged, and now consists of the following:— Mrs. J. P. Luko (Mayoress), .Mrs. W. F. Massey, Lady Stout, Lady. Ward, Mesdaines Bunny, Crump, W. A.'Evans, Dymock, Hildreth, M'Ewan, M. Myers, K. Preston, Sanders, Townsend, Algar, Williams, Tilly,' Tripp, Hosking, A. Crawford (hon. secretary), Dr. PlattsMills, ; and Miss P. Myers.

. Further contributions to the Countess of Liverpool I'und are as follow: —Miss Janet Russell, i balaclava; Mrs. Arden (New Plymouth), 8 hospital towels, 2 balaclavas; Foatherston Branch Lady Liverpool Fund, per H. Card 15 caps; Etuuterville, 1 pillow-slip; Mrs. Lillicrap, 2s.- 6d.; Mrs. Barnes, 2 pairs socks; flowers for the Envercargill Fund are acknowledged from Miss Marden, Mrs. Spilman, Mrs. J. Ball, .Miss Copeland, Mrs. S. S. Mason (Lower Hutt), Mrs. John Valentine, Mrs. Holdsworth, aud Miss .M'Dougall. \ In response to the letters of inquiry which have been sent by Committee at tho Town Hall as to the circumstances of Reservists' families many appreciative replies have been received thanking the committee for its interest and 'expressing relief at the knowledge that some practical interest will be taken in regard to the families [eft behind. "Somo letters from Reservists expressed tlib deepest regret that they had no wife to leave behind them, but one aud all wero grateful for the thought wliich had been exercised on their belialf. Nurse Wilson, well-known in Dunedin, left -for England within the last few days, with the idea-of going to the front as a Red Cross nurse, if possible. Mrs. Blair, who ha-s been spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Hyde (T'imaru), has left Now Zealand on her return to her homo in Vancouver. Rev. A; L. Hansell, of St. James's, Lower Hutt, tendered a .musical evening to tho choir, at his residence, Woburn Road, last evening, a veo-y pleasant time being spent. . Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon (U.S.A.) are slaying at tho Windsor Hotel. Captain and Mrs. Marshall are staying at Rawhiti, Golder's Hill.

Women's Christian Tomperance Union. Yesterday afternoon tho usual monthly meeting of the W.C.T.U. was held in th& rooms in Constablo Street, and was presided over by Mrs. AY. Evans, M.A. The report of the proceedings at tile convention which was held at Palmerston North recently was rcaxl, including tho following resolutions, which were passed at that meeting, and which wore as follow: — (1) That this convention, wliile feeling proud to tho best traditions of her past, and while gratefully recognising tho patriotic service rendered to the Empire by all classes of tho community, would respectfully urge the men and women of the Dominion, especially the members of tho Temperance Party, to show similar .patriotism by continuing with unabated energy tho warfare against the liquor traffic. (2) -That this Conned of White Ribboners of the Wellington Province express their hearty appreciation of the statement inado by the Defence Department that no liquor is to be allowed on tho outgoing troopships, except for medicinal purposes. The women of tho Dominion consider the result of drinking in the Expeditionary Forco is worse than war, and many of tho mothers who have willingly given thoir sons for tho defence of the Empire dread drunkenness so unutterably that they would rather have them fall by German bullets than become victims of the liquor traffic. _

(3) That this convention urge upon the Defence Department the desirability of locating all future encampments of the Expeditionary forces and other camps in No-License districts, or else that the hotel bars should all be closed at 6 o'clock each night during the encampment.

A dance organised by the members of tho Newtown Tennis Club, was held in tho New Century Hall last evening for tho benofit of the Patriotic Fund, and was very successful. Notwithstanding tho many calls elsewhere that are made just now ; the hall was comfortably tilled for dancing, and tho committee exerted themselves to secure the pleasure of; thoir visiters. Among those present was the Mayoress. Miss Glasgow, who has been'visiting Mrs. Glasgow in Wellington, left for Dunedin last evening. For Face Massage, Shamijooing, all Hair Treatments, and Electrolysis, Mrs. Eollest.on's is recommended; Spacious Private iiooms, Qualified Assistants, and Personal Attention. Switches and Transformations of every shade a speciality. Hair guaranteed to kepp its colour. 256 Lainbton Quay,* ■ ,