SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2507, 7 July 1915, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding in St. Paul's. ; The wedding took place in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral last Wednesday of Mr. Henry Thomas O'Neill, second son of Captain' O'Neill, of Wellington, to Miss liouise Ellen Smith-Phillips, eldest daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. E. SmithPhillips, of Oriental Crescent, Koseneath. The llev. A. 31. Johnson performed the ceremony. The .bride, who was given away by her father, wore I a gown of .ivory pailetto satin trimmed with silk guipure, tulle and true-lovers' knots in pearls, and a veil with orange blossoms. She wore lier gift from the bridegroom of a necklet of pearls and carried a . shower ■ bouquet of ' white cyclamen and snowllakes. Tho bridesmaids were Miss Dorothy Phillips (sister), Miss' Nettie O'Neill (sister of tho bridegroom), and little Nettie Hampton. All wore frocks of white lawn trimmed with Valenciennes laco and insertion, and Juliet caps of white satin, arid pearls. Miss Dorothy Phillips carried a bouquet of golden chrysanthemums and narcissi, and the latter two bridesmaids shower .'bouquets of pink chrysanthemums, roses, and pink heath.. Many guests were present at the reception which was held at Godber'sj-Courtenay Place. Among ,thorn was Miss A, 1 E. Martin, from Auckland (aunt of the bride). Various toasts were honoured, among them'-being that of "The King," proposed by Mr. J. S. Dickson,.ALP;, of' Auckland, who, is an uncle of the bride. Three cousins of the bride!s from Auckland were also present in uniform, as they'are leaving with tho Sixth Reinforcements for the front." Tlie'relatives were entertained in the -evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. SmithPhillips, ..... Wedding at Turakina. n On June v 2, at the' Presbyterian Church, Turakina, .Mr. Arthiir Ihrnest Norton, manager of the local cheese factory,: Tvas married to Miss Marion Francis (Pansy) Cater, second daughter, of Mr. and Mrs!. Thomas Cater, of Turakina. The. bride, who, was given. away by her father, wore a gown of white I satin, trimniied with ..ninqn and silver net, and a with orange blossoms. : She, was attended by her younger sister (Miss' Clara Cater), who was in white silk, trimmed with silk lace and braid, arid a black velvot hat with ostrich feather,' and her cousin (Miss Ellen Love,; of Pqrt Chalmers) in ,crepe de chine, trimmed with'lace and black velvet hat with ostrich plume.' Both the brides and her bridesmaids -carried handsome bouquets, the gift of Mr. T.,Evans,of I*>wer Hutt. Mr. C. Cater (brother of the bride) wps. best man, and Mr. Leu Morris groomsman, The ceremony was performed by . the' Rev. Mi-. Gardner, of Woodvillo (iinolo'of the bridal assisted by the Rov. J. Wilson, of Turakina.' The ladies .of the choir (of which both the brido and bridegrooin are members) had the church beautifully decorated for the occasion.- Mrs, Cater wore a blue tailored costtirae .with black hat and purple ostrich plume, and Mrs..,JY Norton, of Tangiwai (mother of the groom), was in a dress of silver grey gabardine, and a-black velvet hat with black and white tips. _ A very pleasing interlude took place inirnediately after.the ceremony in "the Church grounds, the bride : and' bridegroom being ' presented with a pair of handsome Maori mats by Mr. and-.-Mrsit. James Retter,. of Turakina, one of .the mats being fastened round' the bridegroom's shoulders by, Mrs. Retter, who is one of the Maori friends of the;.family..-; The.wed-. ding breakfast was ser.ved. hi'the Public Hall, at which 80' guests.were present, the usual toastß being proposed, and duly responded to. Tho wedding presents were displayed in the hall, and were a handsome and useful collection. The groom's gift. to. the bride was a set of squirrel furs, and to the bridesmaids he gave gold, brooches set with [amethysts, while thfe bride's gift to the bridegroom was a gold-mounfed ribbon

watcli-guard; Later in. the day' Mr. and lire. Norton'left by motor-car for Marton, eii route to Auckland and Rotorua,, where the'honeymoon was to be spent. The bride travelled, in a blue tailor-made costume, with black, silk hat trimmed! with a handsome white ostrich plume, . A New York Impression. 'Mr. 'F. 'M. B. Fisher, who has,been! "travelling, among otlior places, in. ' America, gives, in the course of soma • vivid descriptive writing, a hasty sketch of shops and fashions in Now York. . "TJio New York shops," lie writes,, "are very fine, and most, jvomen would love to wander about and peep at all the ne\f fashions; and expensivo dresses. I cannot; with my limited knowledge of dress, tell anything very outstanding, but all I can say i s that if you- were to step into New a York to-morrow in your Wellington best dross you would ' attract considerable attention. You sea here tho really well-dressed women do not walk the streets at all. ; The famous "400,". as the- 'circle' is , dubbed, ~ is hard to. view".V-'.ltf'moves, about in.its ~ own, car, with mpiiograplied; doors,, Mid crested leathers, and c'haifeur and footman in claret livery, with silver; but', tons, and cookadraVin, their silk- hats—• very English-looking the Americans—the best; Americans—are not-os- - tentatious. I have speoially beeiSto' seo • the Rockofeller; Vanderbilt;. and Astor mansions, "'l'iiey/ are most' plain and solid, and display-excellently, good judgment. ■' . Acknowledgment. : He Matron of the.Hospital desires to-acknowledge' the following gifts:—! Box of oranges.for troopers,' Her Ex-/ cellency the Countess of~Liverpool; cases ; of apples for-troopers, HoiuT.W, His- ' lop; Mr. T. NeiU (Levin); papers and magazines, MrsY ; Masse.Vj Miss Myers, Sirs. "W- A. Cflio'te, -Mrs: Dunning (Vogeltown), Mts. H. D: Crawford, Mr. Foster, Mr.' Brisb.v, Mrs. .Poole (Owen ' Street), l Mrs.' E. -Hadfield, Mrs. .Evans • (Vivian Street), Mr. Baillie, for fever wards; flowers, Si. John. Amhulancd ' Association,; dolls and cradle for children's ward, "Alice" (Karaka Bay); ' V ' ■'■ ■' , V : ,'A' very : interesting and; instructive : lecture was delivered to the president' and members of the Wellington Nursing Division Kirk, in hia room at the Victoria College. The lecturer took'; for his subject "The Development of fho' Eye.". At the conclusion of the lecture a hearty, vote of thanks" to tha professor -was proposed -and' carried unanimously. . C Lady Bell- and the Misses'.Bell are leaving' for England .by the Remuera on Thursday week. The'latter intend-train- , ing-as nurses atitho Cheltenham Hos< ' pital. . v;'.'' . [A. correspondent writes-.ih'at the many • friends of Mrs: * and Miss M'Keiizie -will regret to leani>.Hhat-Miss^M'Kenzie, 1 , postmistress, of • has tendered her resignation to the Postal Department, and leaves Tokomaru at tho | end of July. ; Both will be much missed: a? by their , kindly and charitable dis« positions, they have ; won for themselves the esteem and regard of many of the resident's of the Manawatu district. Miss -M'Kenzit- bus been stationed at Toko. ; -tnaru Pos*. Oifice for over seven years',. - and iii'tl/at time her efficiency and kind- ' ness have. been greatly,-,appreciated, as,-,- j; well as her. mauy:charitable deeds, many.of which wefe done by stealth. l .Misa , M'Kenzie's marriage is to take place early in August. Tho Misses Hydo (2) are leaving by 'the-Remuera for England next week. . Mrs, Gawitli and Miss Alison Gawitli (Mastertbn) are visiting Wellington. : i Mrs. Elder (Waikana'e) is. visiting.-,; Wellington. ; - ' (Continued': on ; n«xt page.)*-

Sn the Gallery of the House. ' Tuesday afternoon promised to be of particular interest to the occupiers of -the galleries iii the House, but in ,the tantalising way which' so often prevails, all that was expected' did not entirely eventuate —at least, not in the afternoon. .The first matter to occupy tho attention of the House, and to the women. this was -of the greatest interest, v/as the outline' which - was 'given by ■ the Minister of Defence: of all that was being done for the "wounded at tho Dardanelles, Malta and Egypt, mid al-1 though as it was admitted matters were far from satisfactory at first owing to i the overwhelming number of wounded, | a number which far and away exceeded the worst anticipations of tho English authorities as well as of our. own, matters were, according to; the Minister's report, well in. hand now; Such a statement . will no doubt bring reassuranco to peojio in this country who have been suffering great anxiety-oil account . of .wounded relatives at the front, particularly, as the rejx>rt gave a .full outline , of.. what waS : being done'j and what; had already been -. accomplished" sinco that .parlier time!., ..-/ [ Another; matter which:', occupied: ' the Earnest attention, of the House ' was the Aion-exportation ,of butter, and housewives would have been keenly interested in the different views which'were ex-' , )pressed regarding, the high,price'of huttor, and, still -more interested in. the (cheering fact that in a short time, ac-. cording to .the Prime .Minister's/state-ment,-tho , usual increase in the. output •will. be;at hand and would induce the high pricos., Tho pessimistic view, however; was put forward the discussion: that owing to the greit-demand of- chetee for the 1 Army 'in Europe .-the prico of the latter was: likely to increase and' might possibly"havo" an ef- ■ feet' upon • quite! a' domestic afternoon, but one .that,. in [view of the protests of .the increased cost of. living, was very.-instructive.:

v 'Nurse Longman, .who is leaving ,for Siursing duty by the: Hospital Ship, arrived from Auckland on Monday j- aaid is etajing with her brother, Mr. J. AV--•Jjongraan, 15 Shannon Street, .City; Nurse' Longman received her. training 5n the Christchurch- Public Hospital, and'rose to the position of senior sister. Resigning from that • institution, '• she was appointed a sister in the Auckland 'Public Hospital,'and shortly: after,joining was appointed by the board to the, f position: of.: night superintendent., v':. ; >', V 'At the monthly, meeting of !'tsie. Moral' Physical Health .. Society,which' is \to be held .oii^Thursday-evening'in the Esperanto- Rooms. Mr.Hindmarsh, M.P.y will give an ;nddress, entitled' '"Measure for Measure." On 'Saturday last, the children of ICarori School held a bazaar and dance in the Parochial Hall for the benefit •of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. • ilt proved ■ quite a. success./ They were ably assisted by' Mesdames England, . Lessington, Dean, Hodge, Miss Edward,-- and Miss Eaudell; • A&s- Lulco was to havo opened the bazaar in the afternoon, but owing to unforseen circumstances was unable :to be present at the opening, but ar-> rived later and. gave a short address,' 'which was greatly appreciated. After \tho bazaar was opened. by Mr. Burn, the Mayor of Karon,'little Miss .Wood'ward presented Mrs. Burn with a handr .some bouquet. Thanks were due to Mrs. Kilminster for the gift, ofi a lamb, and .to Mrs. Dean for Samoan;mats.- The lamb, won by Mr. Bnrn, and.a; tongue r <bv Mrs. Luke, were auctioned again in aid-of the fund. Two girls,-.Vera. Les- < sington and ' Marie' Hargreaves. • gave a doll's push cart and baby doll, which (were also -auctioned, . and • realised tho fsum of' 25 s.- The-net* proceeds in- aid l of tfie Wound'ed Soldier»'' fund amountjed to'the sum of £23 10s. - I The Victoria' League Girls' Concert EParty gave another of, their . very, en- ■ Vjoyable entorfcaixiinenl/S at. iiho .Troivfchaiii | Camp on Monday evening tho Salvation llArmy 'having lent its hall : -.'for.'.'the,; pur-, tpose; There was' a larger and most l apr ipreciativs audience, who joined in the choruses with zest, and encored many of the , items. Motor-cars lent .by friends convoyed t-ho party there and hack againj one. having beenJentby tho Salvation Army. Mrs. Massev was one of the guests who accompanied the girls to tho camp. ' Mr. and Mrs. D. Cameron (Mofrraki, •Hinakura')ar9 staying at,• the.. Windsor Hotel; also Mr.: and Mrs.; Sutherland, pf Martinborough. Dr. : and' Mrs. Bey- are -Visiting Wellington, and are Btaying )ib the Empire Hotel. • • .' ' Our Greytown correspondent writes ■ Stliat tho death occurred -; on . Sunday afternoon of. Mrs. Nancy. Bridge, mother of Mr. W. Bridge, of Carterton, . which occurred'at the residence of her son, Rhodes Street." The deceased Jady who ' bad been in feeble health, for. ,somo tirno had resided in the -Wairarapa for many years.

District Nursing Cutld. The monthly committee meeting of tho District Nursing Guild of St. John was lield' at tho residence of Mrs. W. H. Sefton Moorhous& on. Monday. Mrs. Sefton Moorhouse presided, and there wore also present Mesdames Corrigan, Griffiths, Hadfield, and Peareon, and Miss Robieson. An apology for absence' was received from Mrs. Tripe. Nurse Walton (senior district nurse) attended, and presented her report, showing that 15 new patients were registered during Juno, while 32 remained on the register,' .making-.a' total of 47-treated during the month.;.; 2; patients wero discharged, while 450 visits were, paid by tho nurses. Gifts were gratefully acknowledged from Mesdames Denniston, Kent, Mason, and Moorhouse, The Terrace Young Women's. Guild, iMr. Ewing (2 tons of coal), the Gear Co., and an anonymous donor. The secretary was instructed „to write to. Mrs./.Tripe expressing the regret of the committee on hearing of herunfortunate accident. , ■ . A, Dickens Recital. A second Dickens recital was given last evening in tho Theosophical Hall in Ballanco Street. by Mr. Gilbert Emery, ; the; Loudon character act-or. Tho .programme, which was greatly appreciated by the audience, comprised scenes from tile "Pickwick Papers,," "Dombey and, .Soli," ' ."Christmas . Stories," '"David Copperficld," iand others of- the famous writer's works. Mr. Emery is very satile,:-andean .-his? sketches he represented Dickens in many moods, with admirable! sympathy and understanding. ' Mr/ and Mrs.. Harold Smith' (Pahia--1 tua) are staying at the Empire Hotel. The Hon. James Millar and Mrs. Mili lar are staying at the New Occidental i Hotel. I Three bundles .of fiction for the Trenihara Camp . Library, have, been. received i at this office from the Vivian Street Baptist Church Christian . Endeavour Society.:/ Miss Jessie. Milne (Masterton) is I visiting friends in Palmerston North.. Mrs. Lionel Rhodes is visiting her | aunt, Mrs: St. -George, in Mastorton. ■, The death occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. Wilton, Palmerston North, on Saturday, June 26, of Mrs. Anno Potter, one of Wellington's: earliest' settlers,"who came: to, Wellington in. 1845), arriving by H.M.S. Havana. The deceased' lady possessed a keen, memory .-until : 4 .he last, and her; death,; which was - duo to a 'sharp : attack of bronohitis, took place within a week of her97tli{birthday. : .Mrs./ Potter has ; left:;i 'family;consisting' of.:Mesdames.: Morgan (Joimsonville). Frederick Sill and G. Warwick (Wellington), J. Cappei" (Paraparaumu), W. Wilton (Palmerston North), and one son, j Mr. Michael: Green, of Wellington, besides 53 grandchildren, ' 122 great-grandcliiMren, / and 25' great-great-grandchildren- ; : Miss Doris Schattke, well; known in operatic alid musical circles at' Hast-' ings and Napier, has received an' :engagement '.with, "The. Glad 'Eye" Company, who.;'recently, toured New Zealand. Miss Schattke will make her finil appearance in this' district with the, Hastings Operatic Society at.' Waipawa this evening.: ; She' will leave the following morning for .Sydney direct , to • take! up her new appointment.; This makes the society's second lady .joining professional ranks during,the ipast 18, months, Miss Hopkins ("Princess of Bhong" in "The 1 Country, Girl") being the first.