SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2503, 2 July 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

.Tribute to Patriotic Work. Mrs. L. M. C. Kit to, who has done sue'll good service in connection with the collection of kits for local volunteers, was made ail honorary-major of the Napier Company of the National Reserve. The/ ceremony took place afc tlie Brill Hall, and Major Chicken, V.D., iu presenting Mrs. Kitto with the gold badge of her office, referred to the high esteem in which that ladv was held by all classes, and especially by members of the Besorvo. Mrs. Kitto suitably acknowledged the compliment. As Major Chicken's call tho Nationals gavo threo hearty cheers for their new major, aiid the jjublic joined in hearty applause. A Red Cross Tea. Mrs. Foss (Hukanui), assisted by her daughters, was hostess at an enjoyable Red Cross tea on Wednesday afternoon; The dining-room, which was prettily decorated with spring flowers, was quite filled with guests, many of them busily knitting. Mrs. Hobbs, who will be the hostess on Wednesday of next week, was the winner of interesting competition during the afternoon. These Red Cross teas, it will be remembered, are for' the benefit of the soldiers' requirements. Farewell Afternoon at Eketahuna. A very pleasant afternoon, given in honour of Mrs. (Dr.) Jamieson, who leaves next month to resido in Nelson, was spent' in St. Ciithbert's Schoolroom ou Wednosday. Mesdames Turnor, Cameron, Page, and I'rendeviile acted as hostesses. The Mayoress (Mrs. Turnor), presented Mrs. jamieson with a handsome silver hot water jug, subscribed. by friends. Mrs. Jamieson suitably responded, and, in thanking tho donors for their handsome gift, said she would always remember the kindness shown her during hor residence in Eketahuna. Dainty refreshmentii were handed round, and the contribution of songs by. Mesdames-Jamieson, Hannah, M'Bean, and Miss Hare brought a very enjoyable time to a close. Mrs. E. J. Burt acted as accompanist. Finding an Unknown Cousin. The curious meeting of two cousins brought' about by the war is told in the Wanganui "Herald." Corporal J. Thorp, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Thorp, of Wanganui, wounded at the; Dardanelles, was removed in a hospital ship to England, where he was removed to Timberhurst Hospital in Manchester. During tho day 011 which h6 arrived 1300 wounded from France and the Dardanelles were also conveyed there. On being taken to a convalescent home he was asked by one of the men around him where lie came from, and. he created something of a sensation, the story goes, when he replied that lie was a New Zealander from the Dardanelles. One of the nurses standing near remarked that she had a cousin there, and another, looking hard at the New Zealander, said: "Ho looks rather like his photograph. Ask him his name." On .hearing the reply "Thorp," the nurse'exclaimed, "Then you're my cousin," and so it was actually proved when family histories , came to be compared. ■ ■

Pahiatua Weddings. Our . Pahiatua </jrrespoJidont writes that a wedding; in which considerable interest was manifested in the Pahiatua district, was celebrated at the Pahiatua Roman Catholic Ghurch on Wednesday, when Miss Aileen Marion Sullivan, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs, E. Sullivan, of Pahiatua, was married to Mr. Harold S. Moxted, third son ol Mr. and Mrs. T. Mexted, of "Rilsdalo," Pahiatua. .The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white channeuse, with overdress of. Brussels lace, and pearl trimmings, the court train being lined with pale pink. Tho veil formed a mob cap • fastened with orange blossoiiis, and alio carried a shower bouquet of freesias and maiden hair fern, \ with white streamers. Sho was attended by Miss Emily Sullivan (chiof bridesmaid) and Miss Gellateley, of Wangamn, both wearing pale pink crepe-de-chine dresses, trimmed with lace, and black velvet hats. Their shower bouquets were composed of pale pink chrysanthemums, with pink streamers. Two little flower girls, Kathleen and Agnes Sullivan, sisters of the bride, were in cream lace dresses, with pale blue sashes, and pearl moo caps, each carrying baskets of flowers. Mr. W. J. Sullivan, brother' of the bride; was best man, and Mr. Gordon Mexted, brother of the bridegroom, groomsman. The Rev. • Father T. MTlenna officiated, and the service was fully choral, the bride being a member of the choir. The ceremony was witnessed t>y a very large number of relatives and friends. The church was decorated with, orange blossom and maiden hair fern,, and in front of tho altar were streamefs of white ribbon. The bride's mother wore black crepe-de-chine. and black and white velvet military hat. The bridegroom's mother was in grey satin, with overdress of black lace, A large number of guests_ were present at the wedding breakfast in the Foresters' Hall. Several speeches were made, and the health of the bride and brideCTOom and that of their parents was honoured with enthusiasm. The wedding of Miss Ivy .Mariana Parkes, youngest daughter of Mrs. W. Parkes, of Pahiatua, and Sir. James Eugene Kelly, youngest son of Mr. Hugh Kelly, cf Pahiatua, was celebrated in the Pahiatua Roman Catholio CJhurch on Wednesday. Miss Dorothy (Dot) M'Leod, eldest daughter of Mr. Win. M'Leod, of Makomako (Pahiatua), was married to Mr.George W. Eddie, fourth son of Mr. A; Eddie, of Mangahao, on Wednesday. The ceremony was performed at the Pahiatua Presbyterian Church. At Wellington recently, Miss Alma Biggs, daughter of Mr. H. Biggs* of Pahiatua, was married to Mr. George H. Baucke, of Alfredton, _ and formerly of Pahiatua. A twin sister of the bride. Miss Jessie Biggs, was also married at Wellington to Mr. A. (Bert.) M'Cardle, of Pahiatua. The wedding took place in the Danish' Lutheran Church on Wednesday of Miss Inger M. Petersen, eldest daughter of Mrs. A. Petersen, Aokautere, and Mr. Douglas Gordon Pearson, of Feilding. .The Rev. Pastor Christensen "performed the ceremony. Miss Katrina Petersen was bridesmaid, and Mr. Jena Petersen best man. ■ 1 - (Continued on next page.)

Tribute to the Matron-in-Chlef of the Army. In "Behind tlie Firing Line," a vivid picture of , the workshops of destruction at tlie front, written by tlie well-known author, Harold Begbie—a book which everyone should read for tho picture tliat it gives of the driving force that is'.making tlie French and the English fight so magnificently—a "splendid tribute is paid to the work that is being doiie by women, and. of one woman in •particular. That woman is Aliss Alaud M'Cartliy. the A[atron-in-Chief of the Army,, and . the tribute was. paid by one of tlie British generals. . "I was clean against the franchise for woman before, the war," he told Air. Begbie, "but if a woman was now to ask me to support that movement I should not be able to find -it in my conscience to refuse. Woman's work out here (France) is magnificent.' 1 don't mean merely their courage and devotion, I mean their discipline, tlieir courage, their common sense, tlieir brganisation. Take the Alatrcn-in-Chief of the Army. She's perfectly'splendid, she's wonderful, she's—sho's—well, she's a soldier." That was his highest praise and the lady's apotheosis. He went on to say: "If. she were made QuartermasterGeneral she'd work .it; she'd run the whole Army, and she'd never get flustered, never make a mistake. That ■woman's a genius. We couldn't get on without her. And yet if she'went away I'm pretty certain another, woman would bo found to fill her place. Oh, they're wonderful.. The whole thing has been an eye-opener for me. Women! —they're angels!" London Without a Season. May is almost half over, and there is scarcely anything to mark the fact •in London beyong the green of - the trees, states a writer in the ' 'Manchester' Guardian." There is no question of a "season." One of the few signs of the advent of early summer and the existence of a class of people . who in other years would have been "up for the season" is the fact that ; the park, is once more a meeting place. There is nothing doing in London outside nursing and good works generally, and in the odd: times , people foregather in Hyde .Park. The very young girls who are unable to do much to help their elders in Bed Cross or other! work meet forlornly'enough to ride, or sit about near Stanhope Gate or Hyde Park Corner. 'There are, of course, no young men except those back for a day or two from the trenches or those really working in the Civil. Service., The only form of amusement thatljxists is. oddly enough, that of dancing, but not at private houses. At two. or; three of the biggest hotels one can dance every evening, as also of course at the night •clubs. But society scarcely countenances this form ofdiversion. Occasionally a few people left \yho are not in mourning will get up a small party tin' honour of some returning warrior, hut as a rule the company at the dancing resorts can scarcely be said to represent what was once London society. Narrow Skirts Still Seen. Many -very narrow 'skirts-are still ' seen, even' among the 'women of the smart world, if one may still fpeak of a : smart world here , in "France, 1 , writes a French correspondent. That is duo in numerous cases to '■ wearing out of list season's clothes. Often one sees th>3 narrow skirt, a little shortened, its edge, renovated, showing below'the loose long military sort' of coat bo generally worn. But one notices, too, hot a few narrow skirts evidently quite newly made, chiefly worn by very young Women. These a.re shorter than the tight skirts'of last year, and are ; beautifully' cut and made. ; 'Among Wairarapa people staying at the Hotel Cecil are -'. Air, and Mrs. Cockburn Hood, Airs, and the Jlisseß M'Rae (Masterton), Mr. and Mrs. Hornsby (Carterton), and Mr. and Mrs. iA. Beetham (Alasterton). . i The many friends of Mr. F. G. Shields,'for many years master at the iWanganui Collegiate School, will learn with great regret of the death of Mrs. Shields/which took place in London at the end of Alay, as the result of injuries sustained through the over-setting of a spirit stove. Dr. and Airs. Innes are' leaving Wa: Eganui very shortly for England. • The wedding took place in the Methodist Church, Alasterton, on Wednesday, of Miss Alarian Patricia Hayes, only daughter of Air. J. Gv Hayes, of' Alasteirton, to Air. William Marigold, of Belfast, South Island. " Aliss Dorothy Al'Kenzie was bridesmaid, and Mr. Henry Hayes best man. The Rev. S. J. Serpell performed the ceremony. • Mr. and Airs. W.. Glendinning left Napier on Wednesday en route for Sydney, where they" will in future make their home.