SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 81, 31 December 1919, Page 4

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

For the fiist t.inc in history probably (comments the London "Daily" .\ews",| a Minister of War appears a,s portrait painter. At a recent exhibition of the liayal .Society of Portrait Painters and this Jioyiil Society of Miiniuturc l'a. liters, held in the Gratton Galleries, .Mr. Winston Churchill sent a rough, not unforeehil, picture of Sir John Luvery in a white overall at work. it is perhaps not a palitical lihei to ?av that a portrait of .Mr. Churchill by Sir John Lavery would have been more interesting, is the concluding remark of the critic'. Mr. and Mrs. I'. (j. A. Stuckev, of Jlasterton, left yesterday on a visit to Wanganui. Sister 'May Chulmers, D.K.C., -who has recently returned lo Neiv Zealand from four years of active service abroad, :'s ;\t present visiting Chrislehurcli. Sistar Chalmers was far some lime on the nursing staff of the Chrislchurch Hospital. Jill', ant! Mr. j . S. E. Gawitli (Jfasterton) are visiting Kotormi. Miss I'ugli, who is lo take charge of the jiishopcourt Hostel (Christelmrch), is arriving from England by the Bremen. The Kev. John Walker ( and 'Jfrs. Walker lllasterton) intend leafing shortly on a visit t:> Chi'is.tdiurch. Mrs. Hall (Martinbcrmigli) and Onp'tain ami Mrs. lord iPaliuerslon North) are visiting Eotorua. 'I'ho wedding took place in St. I'anll Church, Christcluirch, of Miss Edith Alice Ayson, only daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. J. Ay-on. of Limraod, to ilr. Tosswell 11. Pannell, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. IT. Pannell, of 'Wellington. ' Mrs. Mirrilees anil her daughter (Tnnranga) are the guests of Mrs. Mirrilecs's mother, Madame Cope-Dowsing, at Lyall Bay. Miss Jliorns and Miss Eleanor Hiorns. of Wanganui, "fire leaving for 'England by the s.s. Eualiine. Amongst the passengers who left England 011 November 15 by the Ormonde were Mrs. W. Carlile and her sister, Aliss E. Monckton. They are due to arrive in New Zealand by the Mceraki early next week. Mrs. Beetliam and Miss Hampton (Masterton) arc visiting Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. 1?. .T, Pope and Miss .Pone are spending the holidays in the Auckland district. Mrs. T>. W. Eovdhouse, of Carterlnn, is staying with' Mrs. James Prcndeville, of lloseneath. An Actor's Wedding. Mr. Charles liawtrey, the popular actor, was .married on November 10 to' the Hon. Mrs. I'etre, of Hertford Street, W., London, widow of the late Hon. Albert Potre, who died in 11117. Tho wedding, which took place at the Church of Ihe Assumption, Warwick- Street, Kegent Street., W., was kept a profound ■•iecret, even the fellow art sis oi the bridegrooin remaining in ignorance until the ceremony was over. Mr. llawlrey received a great welcome when lie appeared on the stage in the evening, and was 'ixiwing in response lo the applause for several minutes. In an interview, he told a Pre:s representative that his marriage was tho outcome of a strung friendship of 11") years. "There will be no honeymoon," said Mr. liawtrey. "1 phall be hen;- at the theatre every night ns usual, and wc shall continue our daily life, liko rone people." Mrs. liawtrey is described by her friend'; as one of the most witty and charming of women. 011 Pensioners Wed, The hundred old people who live in Whitclcy's model village at Walton-o'n-Thames were greatly excitcd recently (states the "Daily News") over the wedding of Iwo of their number, Ihe firsl io take place since Ihe village was opened two yearn ago. JicHi tho brititgioom, Mr. Harry Marsnu, who is 71, and the bride, Mi;= Emma linker, aged liH, hove lived in Ihe village since its opening and have from the first l;wn firm friends. The villagers turned out .11 full force to see their friends married, though it meant a two miles' walk to the Parish Church of llershani.' The chaplain of WhiteleyV village church, the .Rev. L. ft Creasey, officiated, while the best man was one of Ihe villagers. They looked a line couple f:<r their years as thev le!l the eluirch, the old man tall and erect., with snow-while beard and hs'r, and the bride smartly dressed in a bine costume and hat. The wedding party drove to the church in tho private ear in which the villagers do their weekly shipping. Afterwards I hey gave a reception to thrr friends at the best hotel in the neighbourhood. The couple then left to f.pcml a 1 week's honeymoon I at Twickenham.