SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2284, 19 October 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

P The Thorndon Tennis Club. |; There was a large attendance of memI ber's and friends at the opening for the I season of tho Thorndon Tennis Club.' | Tea was served in tho pavilion, the g: tables having been decorated with late B spring ilowors. Among those who were h present wero Mrs. Taylor, Miss Massoy, Ej Mrs. Holmes, tho Hon. V. M. B. Fisher, U Mrs. Finlay, Mrs. Gillon, Mrs. Pharjt azyn, tho Misses Putnam (2), Miss MarE chant, Miss Litchfield, Miss Miles, Miss p Von Dadolszen, Miss Mautell, Mrs. SalK mond,'Miss Elder, Miss' Ward, Miss E. g|j Simpson, Miss Knox. I Sale of Work. I A large meeting of stallholders and 1 others interested was held in tho SydRi ncy Street. Schoolroom on Friday afterPi noon, to make arrangements for tho tf annual salo of work in connection with | St. Paul's parish. The Rev. C. H. f-' Harvey presided. It.was decided that t , the sale bo held on November 4 and 5. f Mr. Harvey and the members of St. | Paul's i branch of the C.E.M.S. have | undertaken to furnish tho kitchen stall. k and Mr. Harvey is giving a "kitchen" m ovening to tho men of the parish, with L the object of getting together the aril tides needed to make the stall an atp tractive one. Judging hy the ons ihusiasm which is being thrown into the pi 'preparatory work, tho sale promises to | bo a very successful one. £i | Reception for Mrs. Snowden. £ 'On Saturday afternoon Lady Stout * gave a reception at her residence on The I Terrace for Mrs. Philip Snowden. Mr. j? Snowden unfortunately was not able '! te bo present. Very lovely flowers deP corated the rooms—purple irises, hya- % cinths, tulips, and narcissi, and tho ? tea-table .in the dining room, where the | folding doors had been thrown back, was l arranged with scarlet ranunculi and i; white hyacinths. Mrs. Snowden, as is | well'known, is keenly interested in all ■■■ women's matters, and among the guests | were many of Wellington's reprcsentas tivo women. Lady Stout wore a gown 5 of grey moiro silk, draped with lace, (( and Miss Stout wore a pajo blue chiffon iS blouse, with touches of black velvet and f a black skirt. Mrs. Snowden wore a !; costume of black silk-with-a medici colfe lar of white lace and small black hat |. with upstanding bows in the front. The 'f Chief ' Justice was present, and Dr. Stout, and among the guests were Mrs. W. F. Massey, who was wearing a lightbrown costume, furs, and a small vieux ;rose and brown lint; Mrs. A. L. Herdman, in saxo blue, with a small flowered hat, tho Hon. James Allen and - Mrs. Montgomery, the latter wearing -a limo coloured crepo do chine, and n j black hat, tho Hon. R. 11. Rhodes, the I Mayer and Mayoress, the latter wearing j Src.V) w't' l a ruffle and small flowered | hat; Mr. Justice Donniston, Mrs. Hosikijig, Mrs. Deans (Ghrislchurcli), Mrs. and Miss Edwin, Mrs. and Miss Medley, Mrs. .Henry Smith, the Rev. J. Dawson, Mrs. Von. Haast, Mr. Ilarcourt, tho Hon. T. Hislop, Mrs. W. Evans, Dr. I'latts Mills, Mrs. M. Myers, Mr. ] J. Mills, Mr. M'Combs, Mr. Webb, Mr. j and Mrs. Mogben, Mrs. Larnach, Miss j Cooper, Mrs. Hadfield, Miss Myj ers, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Luke, tho Rev. j J. Paterson and Mi'sg Patorson, Mrs. D. J. Gray, Mrs. Watson and Miss Watj son, Miss S'eaton, Mrs. A. R. Atkinson, ■ tho Misses M'Gregor (2), Mr. and Mrs. M'Larcn, Mr. and Mrs. Hursthouse,' j Mr. and Mrs. Firth, Professor Rankinc Brown and Mjs. Brown, and the Rev. J J. Kennody-Euiott. Miss Watson, Mrs. M. J'yors, and Miss M'Gregor assisted | with tho tea.

Mrs. Long, Who has been spending >ome time in Wellington, left on Saturday on her return to Wanganui. Mrs. Deans (Christchurch) is visiting Wellington. Miss Cowlishaw (Christchuroh) it taking part in the ladios'. golf championship nieoting at Horetaunga. this week. Mrs. G. Dennistoun and Miss' Pyno liave returned to Cbrisichurch from Wellington. Miss Bell has returned to Wellington from Dunedin. • ■ Dr. Cowio and Dr. Helon Oowie, Mas-Ix-rton, are visiting Napier. An announcement is' made in the "Uritish Australasian" that on August 4, at St. Alban's Church, Windleshani (Kiigland), Thomas Arthur Jolmston, eon Sf W. E. Johnston, Wellington (N.Z.), was married to Doris Verona .Reeve, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Reeve,.lSunningdale. Also thai' on August 10, at Holy Trinity, Aldershot, Dr. Guy Hallwright (N.Z.), son of Dr. M. Hallwright, of Edgbaston, Birmingliam, was married to Ethel Mary l'ieremont, daughter of Mr. Herman Fieremont, of Sydney. ' For Face Massage, Shampooing, all Hair Treatments, and iSlectroly&is, Mrs. Eolleston's is recommended. Spacious Private Booms, Qualified Assistants, and Pergonal Attention, Switches and Transformations of every shade a- speciality. Hair guaranteed to keop its colour. 256 Lambton Quay.*.

A lady residing near the Clsrle, in Scotland, writing to her daugther in Now Zealand, gives a description of she intense naval and military activity prevailing all over the United Kingdom. The Dover-Calais- steamers now run on Sundays, she says, and Sunday newspapers have now made their appearance everywhere. Every liner that leaves port is hold up and rigorously examined by busy little war vessels, while people who live near the coasts are frequently awakened at nights by tho sudden glare of searchlights sweeping in from the sea. Sentries and military posts are met with in all directions. While the writer of the letter and her daughter wore out driving, their carriage was stopped by a, military party. A veterinarian examined the horses, and decided that they "would do." The animals were unharnessed, tho old lady' was handed the equivalent of their value in coin of the realm, and tho soldiers departed with tho horses, leaving the carriage and harness on the road. The ladies walked home, and no one seemed to mind—"it was al in a good cause."