SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 208, 28 May 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. Urqnhnrt (Toko) has come to Wellington to meet her husband. Major Uniuhart, M.C., who returns to; New Zealand to-day from service abroad, Sirs, Urquhart is staying at the 'Windsor 'Hotel, Airs. Ifino (Toko) has been visiting Wellington for a fe*- days, and intends returning, to Taraljaki 10-da,v, , ; Mis. Clara Bi/rnley has been appointed librarian to tho Lower Hutt Hoi'ough Council. There were sixteen applicants for the position. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hunt returned .to' Christehurch by the Miiraroa yesterday, Mrs. Hunt having arrived on '• Saturday by tho Paparoa from England, ivhcrß she had hecii engaged In htirsing £ the wounded. X ehai'Miiigly-arriinged' dance, partly for arown-ups mid partly lor children, Was given by the lion, .Uthur' Al'vers and Alrs,--Myers on .Monday cvenim,' at their residence in.Uob.sou Mtreeti .\iany guests were present, and excellent music Was provided tor the dancing. Autumn (lowers and foliage decorated the supper room and the sitting-out vuotn>, ' and very complete Arrangements wi-ie inade U) secure the enjoyment of all present. Mrs. Myers wore- u .rose-coloured gown, with touches-of" gold, and Miss' Lilee.i Myers, who with, .her., brother is home, for the holidays; andfornliom the-lance was given, 'was in. a lace frock Worn over pink. Among'those who nei.e present wore Captain and Alia. HulbThompson, Mrs. lladfleld, the Misses Wylie, Whyte, Blundell, Hislop, Atorice CI), Hadlield"(2), Hawkins, Maior Messrs. Hall, W'hyte,- Tos.-wcli, t'caree; Ewart, Turner, D, linrlc, i'. Brandon, and Hislop.

"Of tliis wonderful city one could write much," states a nurse at Constantinople. "Of special interest Was Hie Klbrpnce Nightingale ..Hospital..;it Scutari, "which we had an opportunity of visiting- on our second trip to Constantinople. The .-siioi--mous building,is now occupied bv .sick and wounded Turks. Immediately ' hehind it is the British cemetery, where-lie many Crimean heroes. A very fine monument has been erected to. their memory. Our patients, about. liflf) liberated prisoners of war, British, Serbians, and Indians, were a pathetic sight—ill, starved and poorly clad. These were curried to Salonika, biit unfortunately, El'lcr three years of hardship and'suffering, several of these men died within n -few hours uf reaching Salonika,"—"Kai ,'t'iaki." Mrs.Cowles, with her husband, Lieuten-ant-Colonel J. Coivlus.(Carterton), is visiting .Christchureh. The 'alter; is at-' tending the Kelurned Soidiers'.'Conference. Mrs. G. G. Stead is fct.iyiiig wilh llr. and Mrs. Wilfred Stead,. Flaxmere, ilastin^s. Miss Strang returned to the Wairarapa yesterday from Wellington. On Saturday last the members of :he Seatoun Croquet Club closed the season by holding'.'a..'twenty-minutes' tournament and break games. Trophies were won by Jlcsdames Kirclwr, Henderson, Munroe. and de'Toiiretles. and \me presented by Mis. Willoughby, of .Seatoun. Mrs. C. -A. Windsor, in old colonist born in Auckland (it years ago, 'end daugliter of the late well-known harbourmaster, ('"ntain IJllis, passed awav at Auckland Hospital on Saturday Morning. Mrs. Windsor liad been ailing for the lrst three years, and in addition .met wilh a serious accident nr,ar her "evidence ;,t Devonport some months i-go. Her husband, the Inlc-Mr. Tf. F. Windsor, awellknown dentist in Auckland, predeceased her 18 years ago. She is survived by :i son. Mr. Cecil Windsor, of the l'Jevflnnnrt Ferry Co., and a daughter, Mrs. Horner, both living at ' <■

Mri. Wills, matron of Iho John. M'Glashaiii College, Dunedin, has been" appointed matron of the, Boys' Institute in Wellington.

The engagement is announced of Miss Yinlct Tyer, -youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Tver, Fentherston, lo Mr. Harold S. Bergh, third son of .Iho late Mr. 1,. Bergh and Mrs. Bergh, Ferry. Bond, Christchureh.

Princess Patricia's wedding presents numbered 050. and they were on view nt St. James's Palace to invited guests two days before the wedding (states a London correspondent). The great mnjority of tho presents consisted of articles of household use, the articles of jewellery in number. This is accounted for by tho fact that it was known Princess Patricia has a large collection of jewellery, much of which was bequeathed to her by her mother. The gifts from the thirty royal personages invited to the wedditig were chiefly silverware and furniture. The published list of presents makes interesting reading, because of the light it. throws on the givers. It suggests that some wealthy people do not regard wedding presents as a profitable form of investment, and also that some old families of the. British peerage have not much to give. Umbrellas and cushions occur somewhat frequently in the list of presents." "Among the authors whose works were• included in the presents -were Shakespeare, Jano Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Chnrl.es Lamb, Kudyard Kipling, William Morris, Matthew Arnold, W. B," Yeats, and G. K. Chesterton. No'fewer than four copies of "Modes and Manners of tho Nineteenth Century" .were'' among the presents. Feildino Notes, . Mrs., Eobetts has gone to Manakini. Mis. limes-Jones has returned from the South Island. " V Mrs. Crawford (Timaru), who has been the guest of .Mrs. Thompson, has returned to her home.. •;' Mrs. Broadfoot has relumed from. Wellington. Mrs. i.'irani has returned from "Rotorua." Mr. and Mrs. Pish have come from Weslport to take up their residence here. Mr. Fish has been appointed manager of the Bank. of New South Wales, in place of Mr. Blaxall, who has retired.

Mr. and Mrs. Kelso (Te Kuiti) have also come to Peilding in place of Mr.and Mm. G.'Haggitr. The clients of the Bank of Australasia met and presented Mr. and Mrs. Ilaggitt with a silver salver, and rose bowl as a farewell gift on their, departure to Pnlmerston. -A. very jolly dance was held at Mrs. Bull's by thfi Misses Pitzherbert. Among the guests were Misses -Atkinson, Wuymoutli, Woollan, Fetch, Gorton, Walpole, Jones, Burrell, .Messrs. Neal, Waymouth, Le Cren, Green, Thompson, Meyriel;, Heed,,and others.. A French Heroine. There was a touching, scene icrxntly in the ollice of 'Mv.Ciemeni'ean when he pinned on the breast 'of a h'rciich girl,' Louise Thuliez, the Cross of the. Legion of Honour and the War Cross with pnlm. Mdllc. Thuliez -was accompanied by members of her family, and Ihe eyes of all shone with pleasure -■< they heard M. Clemencenii recall the circumstances of duty performed which had merited.l he decorations. The. girl lives at Valenciennes, where she was twice arreslcd un charges, of assisting Preach soldiers 1b escape. On the first occasion she' «ns sentenced to death as n, spy. On the intervention of the Spanish Ambassador the' sentence was commuted to one of life in> prisoument; but a fortnight later another court-marlial tried her on a charge of having assisted French soldiers who had rciniuned in the Morinal Forest afler the capitulation of Mnubergc and the battle of Charlerni. Again the girl was sentenced to death, and once more the sentence was commuted, 'ihe had served three yours' imprisonment ivhen Ihe fighting ended. .