SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 283, 19 August 1918, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Afternoon Tea at Government House. On Saturday afternoon Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess of Liverpool entertained a number <if guests, including naval visitors, members of tho Ministry ami their wives, and members of tho naval and military staffs, at afternoon tea at Government House, Tho guests were received in the drawing', ■room, which was gay with poinsettias and other flowering plants, and from thero passed into the ballroom, where after-1 noon tea was served. Spring flowers decorated the long table, and at one end of the ballroom wero banked .glorious poinsettias and ferns, the crimson of the former making a gorgeous blaze of colour in the room. Iter Excellency tho Countess of Livorpool wore a dress of golden brown charmeuse, trimmed with touches of Oriental embwidory, and a largo -hat with brown leaves and shaded brown flowers. The Mayor and Mayoress (Sir. J. P. Lnko, C.M.G., and Mrs. Luke) were also among thoso who wero present. A Taranaki Wedding, "Crescent Falls," Whenuakura, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Q. F. Bremer, .whs the scene of a pretty military weddinj on Thursday, August 8, when Mi6S Lena Lennon, youngest daughter of the late Captain Lennon, Auckland, was married to Private Frederick Bidu'cll, only son of the late Frederick J. bidwell, "Abbey Estate," Cambridge, England. The bride was attended by Misses Dorothy Martin, Auckland, and Margaret Ryan, nioce of the bride. Lance-Corporal Lennon, brother of tho bride, was best man. The ceremony was performed by the Eev. Father Duffy, the brido being given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. A. J. Eyan. After the ceTcmony the guests wero entertained at breakfast, and later in the day the bride and bridegroom left by motor for Wanganui. Copper Trail Advances. Wellington is Hearing its first hundred miles along tho copper trail, which mean 6 the financial life-blood of tho Eed Cross. Fourteen miles' advance last week brought the trail head to Bunnythorpe, fli miles from the starting point. Auckland covered the same distance, and now stands at Ohakune, 225 miles. Thorndon Girls' Red Cross Dance. On Saturday cvoning a dance organised by tho Thorndon girls in aid of their day at tho Wellington Eed Cross Shop was hold in tho hall of the Marine Engineers' Institute. The ballroom was well filled with the dancers, and as there were several 6oldiers present from the camps there was no lack of partners, if anything a slight shortage of girls. A drapei'y of flags made an effective background for the room, one end of which was comfortably furnished for the chaperoncs, who consisted of Miss Coates, Mrs. Stott, Mrs. F. Dyor, and Mrs. Brown. In the supper room the tables wero arranged with violets and maidenhair fern, with a high centrepiece of cyclamens, and the sideboards were banked with vivid pink camellias. The committee responsible for the dance consisted of the Mis=°s .T».i" and Enth Shirtcliffe. Marjorio and Alison' Bnlcnmhe Brown, Kathleen nnd AH«nn Stott, Betty Bothamley, M. Brien, Marjorie Joseph, N, Mnrclilwiks, Mrs. Mnn.rr> and Miss Lulu Dyer (hon. secretary). Among those who wero present weVo Misses Mnssev. Wilfnrd. Baldwin. Doris Enssell. HawVius. Kirker. Clarke-John-ston, Trine, F''eld. M. Ward. TlowMv. Ti. do Laufnur, Nathan, Muir. Mantel (2). WiK-on. Clifford. TCnisrht. Montgomery (&. Clnvton. E. Smith. M'Olure. Macdonn'd. Mn\ Wi'liams «imnlied ihn nins'c fir dancing, and extrns were plnvefl by ■"-•„, M''«w TWlcins. and' Mr. Foster. The proceeds from the dance, "•'-l«l, wn q prentlv pnioyed by everyone, should odd materially it" the Thorndon Girls' Eed Cross Day on Friday last.

Mr. and Mrs. Korman Beothnm (Jlae. terton) are spending a lew dnye in Wellington.

There waa an exceptionally largo attendance at tho Ansae Club (Eeathorston) dance on Friday night, when Alesdames Q. Donald, A. C. Pearce, and A. Clark, with Miss Card, were the hostesses. Mr. V. Brabent, as usual, carried out the duties of M.C. In addition to tho mueio supplied by the Military Band pianoforte oxtras were played bv Mobdainea Ollivor and Wickens, and Missee Kilmartin, Toogood, and Olliver.

Mrs. GTeen and Mrs. Kircher, of Scatoun, will be in charge of tho Woodward Street Eed Cross Shop on Wednesday. They expect .to havo a ?uod supply of cakes, sweets, flowers, etc.

The monthly meeting of tho committee of tho Sydney Street Soldiers' Club is announced for Wednesday mornin" next, at 11.30 o'clock.

Tho engngemerit ie announced of Mr. T. L. Craiffie, son of tho late Mr. T. Craigie, of Timaru, to Miss Clara Barry, daughter of Mr. William Barry, of Trent ham.

The engagement ie announced qf Miss Vera Hutching, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Hutching, of Maku, to StaffSergeant M. Lawless, of the Thirty-ninth Reinforcements, second son of Mr. ,T. Lawless, of Dnnedin.

Miss Hnzel Elmelie, daughter of the late Eev. Dr. Elmslie. of Cbnstcnuroh, is 'Irivins? a motor for the War Office in England; '*

An indication of the large increase in the price of commodities iu England is furnished in a letter just received by Mrs. J. A. Dupreq, of Eden Terraco, Auckland. Tho writer states that most articles have nioro than doubled in price. A covert coating costume, Which would havo cost £2 2s. before the war, is now sold at about .£8 Bs., and a poor-er-quality material is obtained. Cnlico, which used to cost 53d. a yard, is now Is. 9id., and wool for socks, which four jears Vigo was retailed at from 3s. Gd. to 4s. per lb., is now 10s. 6d. Ladies' boots now cost 28s: a pair, as against \2n. 6d. A tin of salmon, formerly sold for 7:Jd., now costs 2s. 2d., and tins of apricots, that nai'd to cost lOid.. are eold at the present time for 3s. 3d. Starch is 2s. per lb., and furniture, iron and tin liavo 'increased in prico fourfold. Kc»ardinst the women comprising England's- land army, the writer states that many have declared their intention of emigrating to the colonies after the war. Almost every yonng or middle-aged person of both foxes is in uniform. The writer refers to a great scarcity of school tecchersr'

On Friday morning one of i'almerston North's oltlest pioneers, Mrs. T. Eoiigcrs, died at her'residence on Eangitikei Line. Born in County Down, Ireland, over 80 years ago, the late Mn>, ilodgers cauio to Now Zealand in 1863. A few years later she married Mr. Thomas liodgerE, of the Ifutt, who was the first white child born in the AVollington district. Coming to Pahneraton North -Iti years iigo, they took up llioir residency on Eangitikei Line, near the .M:ingaouc Bridge, where they have iosided ever since. Mrs. Eodge"rs is survived by her husband, four daughters and two sons, who nre as follow:—Mrs. J. ."'uiich, Kactihi; Mrs. T. C. Covnford, TaihapejMrs. E. Adams, Dannovirke; Miss S. Eodgers, Messrs. A. and T. J. Eodgors, Pahnorston North; ate 41 grandchildren.

W.CT.U. The monthly meeting of the 'Wellington Central Union was held in the Y.M.C.A.. rooms on Friday lost, Mrs. A. 11. Atkinson presiding. A committee was set up to take charge of the Y.M.C.A. Triangle Cake Boom on September 2S. Mrs. Jl'Donald and Mrs. S. Evans were appointed delegates to the Dis'-ict Convention tu l)e held at Mastnrton early in September. Mrs. Don, Dominion president of the W.C.T.U., gave an inspiriting address on the necessity of winning Prohibition before tlio close of the war. She stated that the path of true patriotism lay along the path of Prohibition. During her short stay in this city sho had seen in the public streets groups of young moil rendered inqfficient owing to the- open bare. To see- numbers of Maori soldiers under the influence of liquor was a. crying Bhame. The women of the Dominion must see that the petition for the olosing of hotels was largely signed. The men not at the war were too busy to take np the work. Mrs. Don urged women not only to work, but to pray unceasingly that the great evil of the drink traffic should be removed from the Dominion.

A London correspondent of June 25 states that Miss Pixie Laing, after her arrival in England, stayed for some time with her sister, Mrs. Herbert Eose, at Eastbourne, and afterwards spent eome months in Paris.. On returning to England she served as a V.A.D.. at No. 2 New. Zealand General Hospital at Walton, and eho is now driving a motor ambulance iu London. Ono of her regular occupations at present is .meeting trains to convey repatriated prisoners to tho railway stations.