SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2794, 12 June 1916, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding In St. Thomas's. A very quiet wedding, attended only by relative?, wus celebrated in St. Thomas's Church, Newtown, on Juns 2, when Private L. E, Barltrop, of tho 15th Bemtorcements, and youngest sou of lir and Mrs. Of. AV. Barltrop, of Newtown' was ninrricd to Miss Ada Wells, of prahran, Melbourne. '.L'ho ceremony was performed by the Eflv. W. Fancourt. The bride, who was given away by' Mr. j? Caterer, woro a cream gabardine costume with a cream velvet hat to match and carried a white prayer-book. The best man was Mr. H. Barltrop. Later 111 the day, after their health had been toasted, the bride and bridegroom left by motor for the country.'. The Blue Cross Fund. Efforts to assist the Bine Cross Fund are being made in Auckland bv the Ladies Committee of the Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Collecting box.es, -with a distinctive blue cross, have been placed in many shops and ofhees, and subscriptions ale also being solicited by personal canvass. is long ago as the Balkan war the Blue U'oss J; unci had its origin, but it has been developed into an important and valuable organisation by the necessities 01 the present war. It was recently estimated that 5,000,000 horses are employed by the belligerents; tho Blue Oross organisation is .working in Prance in association with the Army Base hosl pitala, With the approval of the French War Council. It has established four hospitals, where wounded and sick horses are treated, and the value of the work has been proved by the large' number ot war-horses which have been returned nt for further service.

Red Cross Acknowledgments, The St. John Ambulance Brigade and Ked Cross Society, Nathan's Buildings wisehs to acknowledge the following?— Mrs. Parrot (Johnsonville), old linen butter for tho Red Cross Shop; W.S., donation, ss. Gd.; lluahine Sunday Sciioo! 6 pairs pyjamas; Erie Bavret'(aged M) 1 knitted pyjama girdle; .Graceßarrett' 1 girdle; Nellie King, 1 girdle; Dorothy ■pines, 7 eye bandages; Hamua School, 23 jug < covers, 8 eye bandages, 8 swabs, G fomentation packs; Jlrs. Moaglevy, 3 pairs socks; "A Mother," 2s. Gd.; 0.8., 2s. 6d.; E.M., 1 packet absorbent cotton' 1 tin adhesive plaster, 13 triangular bandages, butter cloth, old-linen; Mrs Seamon, 2 pairs socks, old linen; Halcombe and Stanway Red Cross Guild, 20 scarves, 25 balaclavas, 2 pairs bed socks, 203 triangular bandages, 5 pairs bed socks, 1 dressing gown, 30 pairs underpants, 6 singlets, 6 pillow slips, 113 roller bandages, 25G swabs, 10 sheets, G7 handkerchiefs, 15 treasure bags, 20 shirts, 2G pairs pyjamas, 1 extra coat, 3 extra pants, 178 towels, 10 face washers, 9 pairs.mittens, 2 notebooks, old linen; Piliama Sewing Guild, 11 under-flannels, 1 flannel shirt, 21 cotton shirts, 1 pair pyjamas, 10 flannel hospital suits, i face cloths, 9 fomentation cloths, 13 body belts,. 5 dusters; Miss AVallcer, 8 pairs slipper tops, i undershirts; Annie Stanton, 1 girdle; Ella Corby;-1 girdle; Ha-intia-Hukanui Red Cross Society, 50 eye bandages, 12 head bandages, 8 jug-covers, i flannel shirts, 3 flannel bedjackets, pairs pyjamas, 1 pair socks, 3G fomentation cloths; Mrs. C. R. Chapman, 2 pairs bed socks; Mangaweka Red Cross Society, 3 dressing gowns,- 3. nightshirts, 1G pairs pyjamas, 7 singlets, 1 fracture jacket, 1 bed jackets, 10 day shirts, 3 pairs under pants, 2 balaclavas, 2 cholera belts, 2 pairs bed socks, 28 pairs socks, 9 pairs towels, : 10 sheets, G draw-sheets, 1 fever parcel, 2 dozon handkerchiefs, 2 face cloths, books, 154 calico roller bandages, 17 flannel roller - bnndages, 18 flannelette bandages, 2 many-tailed bandages, 24 triangular bandages, 12'.. eye bandages, •< U roller bandages, 13 treasure tings, '4 restcushions, 8 tins Glaxo. 9 bottles Bovril, 8 bottles Gear Meat Extract. 12 cakes Lifebuoy soap, 24 soup packets, 3 tins cocoa, G tubes tooth-paste, 2 dozen tins milk, 12 tooth-brushes, 4 packets writingpads, 24 cijikes camphor.

The wedding took place in St. Andrew's Church, lnglewood last week of Sergt.-llajor J. N. Dullard, to Miss Ruby Curtis. The ltev. E. L. Harvie (vicar) performed the ceremony. Miss Bu'llnr<l was. bridesmaid dncl. Mr. D. Grant the best man..

Mrs. Atkinson Brown and Miss Jones, two Christcluirch nurses, who aro. also members of tho Volunteer Sisterhood, are, states a Clirislchtircli paper, leaving for the front. They will work under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A.

The Women's Mutual Aid Society (Auckland) took a party of fifty returned soldiers out oil a motor run f o Manurewiv on Thursday, at the invitation of tho Manurewa Road Board. ''

.Nurse Purccll (Napier) is leaving for England shortly, where she intends .offering her services for tho benefit of sick and wounded soldiers.

Members of the Victoria League, and also of tho Council, are asked to attend the meeting which is to bo held this afternoon in Messrs. Bethuue and Co.'s rooms in Brandon Street, in connection with the appeal for funds whicli is to be made on behalf of those who have suffered losses in tho rccent naval battle.

At the Paul Dufault concert which took place in the Grand Opera House on Saturday night. Miss Pauline Bindley, who contributed several times to the programme, appeared in a gown of iianiepink cvope de chine, the bodice and skirt being bordered with brown fur. Mi« Seapini, the young violinist, wore ' a frock of dafi'odil-coloured silk made witii a flounced skirt. It is not often that concert-goers in Wellington exhibit such enthusiasm iii the cause of music as they did on this occasion. It was a foregone conclusion to those who have heard Mr. Dufault sing before that he would meet ivith a very warm welcome, biit that H would have ended with such an ovation was almost surprising. To conclude his splendid .performances with tho siu"in« of the Marseillaise, sung as onlv a R raa"t artist and a Frenchman could possiblv sing it, was the climax, and it w a s nu iionder that tho groat audience thu filled every corncr of the Opera Hn ,■, '.Ms electrified. It was great! ■ 1

A very pleasant evening was snent ifjdrs. llempton s, Thompson Street on Friday last, wlien members of the Vow /ealaud Ivatives' Association Indies' (amid entertained a iinmber of returned Hounded soldiers. Instrumental and vocal music, ns well as fortune-tell,C piouded lunch enjoyment, as well billiards, a match having been arranged between Mrs. Bull and one of the of honour. ° sls