SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 220, 11 June 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Sister lewis (Otaki) is spending a few days with Mrs. A, >1. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Elder (Waikanae) have been making a short stay in Christchurch. Miss Dorothy Macandrew has left on a visit to Australia,' where she will he the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Collins, of,< Queensland. Part of the time will be spent in Sydney and JJelbounie. A discovery. has been made which may be of great value to mothers whose children are-highly "strung (savs the London "Daily Mail"). A boy baby two and a half years old could not be induced to take his bottles.' .Various foods were tried, find doctors consulted. Then the nurse hit on the idea of a gramophone. The baby had shown great fondness for music, particularly the pianola, but the pianola could not be brought into the nursery. The gramophone experiment .proved highly successful. _ Under the soothing influence of music the baby, who had previously taken only soz. of food, which was not enough, took lOoz. without a murmur. Every meal now the baby feeds to music,' and the bottle is invariably empty. Miss Isa L. M'Kenzie, of Kopuaranga (Masterton), has been appointed junior sister at tho .Masterton Hospital. Miss M'Kehzie received liefearly" training at the hospital, and. for some years was engaged in- private nursing. : The engagement is announced of Miss Ruby Lyford, second -daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. C. Lyford, of-Tauherenikau,: to Mr. Maxwell H. Wall, later chief motor, mechanic. R.N.P.H., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wall, pf.'Lyall Bay, ..Wellington, late of Grey town. • • ' - ' Miss Ivstolle ..Beere.. has ...returned .to. Wellington from the South Island. Miss Effie Chalmers is visiting Masterton. • Mrs. J. S. Evans (Nelson) is visiting Wellington. . A marriage in.whiqh much interest was taken was that of Captain Louis Botha, son- of General Botha, to Miss. Macdonald, daughter of Mr, and Mi's. Macdonald, of Ipley Manor; Dibden (England). The ceremony took place in All Saints' Church, Dibden, on March 27. Captain Botha had served in South-West Africa, and ,in. East Africt before he joined General Ilaig's Staff, and his decorations, includinp-the M.Or, were many; ■ CaptainDuncan, the chaplain to Guneral Headquarters, performed the ceremony, and the Royal Air Service sent its greetings by 'plane to the young couple as they left the church.. Major Leisk was the best.'.majj._;_ ..... Sister Crawford, who has been ActingMatron at tho Masterton Hospital for fwo or three months, has handed ill her ■resignation after eight years'-service with the Wairarapa Hospital and Charitable Aid Board. , Her resignation ' was accopted with regret l>y tho _ Central Committee, 'and .appreciative references to her work were made by those present. : Miss Freda Jennings, the oaly girl student at tho Wireless" College in Qhristchurch, has gained her first-class wireless certificate. Miss Jennings has passed in all threo branches—theory, practical. and telegraphy. ■ It is seldom that a student passes in all 'three branches at once, and Miss Jonnings was complimented by the- examiner. ■ Shei is tho second girl to pnss in New Zealand. . Mrs. Porter (organiser for the Women's National-Reserve)-'htis-returned' to Wellington from Auckland, wham. at the invitation: of; the Auckland-executive Mrs. Corliss-and Mrs;; Porter,■, "Svent . .to bepresent.;at the<annual-meeting'.of tho, W.N.E. The' meeting was- largely attended. -Mrs.--Corliss gavu an address upon the general work of the Ijto conr ference, awl tho aims and objects of the W.N.R. Mrs. Porter spoke upon the new nursing scheme, and how it has been organised in Wellington. Both visitors were,well received, and_ the members entered enthusiastically into nil the now work of tho organisation as suggested by both speakers. Wedding at Pahiatua.„ The wedding was solemnised by tho Rev. Mr. Herman at St. Peter's Church, Pahiatua, on June 7, of Miss Boryl Gladys Chambers, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Chambers, "The i Willows," Pahiatua (formerly- of Wellington), to Mr. Herbert Thompson, only 6on of Mr.and Mrs.- W. .J. Thompson, of Wellington.' Tho bride, who was given away by her father, wore a tailored costume of cream gabardine, with fawn velour hat. She carried a bouquet of palest pink and white roses and u.aidenJiair fern. The chief bridesmaids, 'Miss May Carter, of Wellington, and Miss Hazel Chambers, sister of the bride, wore cream fcostiimes and black velour hats, with touches of gold. 'J'ho other bridesmaid, little Miss Stephanie Chambers, wore a. .quaint cream frock embroidered with gold, and a cream velour hat. All carried posies of gold chrysanthemums' ?iid ■ autumn-' tinted foliage. Tho bridegroom was attended by Lieutenant L. Nicholas, of Woodville. . Both . bridegroom .and best man have recently returned from active service, and ' were.- in. uniform. Aftor the ceremony the, wedding breakfast was. held at . the.residence of the bride's parents. 1 Fcildinfl Notes. The children' 6 fancy dress ball,- held at tho Drill Hall last week under .the auspices of the ladies of St. John's Guild, was a great success, The costumes were splendidly carried out, and great tasto and ingenuity were used. Among those present were: Misses -P. • Lightbourno i "Japanese Lady;" Innes-Jones, "Chrietmas Tree;'-' AV. Giller, "Autumn;" S. Cop way, "Poppy;" M. Shortall, "Dewdrop;" 0. Brock, "Prance;" B. Mason, "Quakeress;" H. Knvvett, "Dominion;" P. Manning, "Ballet Dancer;" Joan Moray, "bo-Peep;" E. Collins, ! "Dutch Girl;" L. Eliott "Belgium;" M. 'Bell, "Pierrette;'' -M. Knyvett, "Lady;" (J. Gorton, "Old English;" L. Waymouth, "Pierrette;" N. HocWng, "Court Lady;" Masters S. Mason, "Girlt" ■M. Guthrie. "Eton;" P. Webster, "Golliwog"; J. Farmer,-"Sailor"; J. Twigg,- "Tom the Piper's Son;" P. Mason, "Naval Officer;" — Balthrop, "Baker;"'and many 1 others. Mrs. Innes-J'ones has returned from tho south. Mi's. Wheeler has gone south. Mrs. Broadfoot has returned from' Wellington. ' Mrs. Fry i.a-5 returned from Wellington. : Mrs. Ward is file guest of Mrs. Waymouth. Mrs. MaflO'A has gone to Wellington. Mrs.'.L Gorton has returned fiom Wellington.■■ Flight-Commander Phil Gawler is now i at Dovei', in charge of transport aerial and otherwise, lie is expecting shortly, to loavo for Afghanistan. . Miss Haybittlo has returned from Taumarur.ui.

Life in Ceylon, Many in Wellington will remember Miss Ethel Smith (daughter of Captain G. Smith, shipping master), who is now Mrs. Trail, the wife of Mr. A. B. Trail, a tea planter in Ceylon. Writing to a Wellington friend, Mrs. Trail said; "Ceylon life is just lovely. I'm afraid it makes one very lazy and luxurious, with plenty of 'boys' at one's beck and cn'i. to do the most trivial things. However, I am keeping very fit, and am enjoying life very much. Our bungalow is situated* at' an elovation of 2200 feet above the sea, right abovo the estate, so is fairly cool. We have a magnificent i iew —in'fact, one of the best in Ceylonlooking for miles and' miles over- low country, with a glimpse of sea in the distance. There is no car road up to the bungalow, as it is too step, so l.rm carried up in a chair by. four. coolies from the' garage-nearly four miles! My husband rides up on Ins horse. Miss M'Lellon and her sister (of Wellington) were awfully amused when they saw liow they had to bo carried up. They love the life here, and find it teeming with interest-and novelty, and. I, of course, love having .:them.> We - are ,] ust getting iuto our hot season (end "of April), but are nil going away to Nowara Eluja/for a week or two, where we shall get cool weather. Newara 'Eiuja is 7000 feet high, and is the place where everyone goes to get away, from .the heat. Just now the hotels up there are full of. people, and .everything is very gay. As it is the season .there wo hope to have a good time." Tho Trail plantation is known as Alliawnttie. and is .in the Monaragala district,