SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 207, 27 May 1920, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Yesterday was the fifty-third birthday of Hor'Majcsty Queen Mary. ■■• ••..• Miss Clara Rogers, who .has been 'P.er-, ; forming Y.M.C.A. work at Hanmor, -will, arrive in Wellington next Sunday, .<jnorn-(. ing and will stay at "Donbank.'.',,.Mi63! -~ Rogers will leave on Monday.'or. Tues-j,.,; day for Woipukurau to continue,. I.M.C.A. work there. '.•..,•.•-.'.■ Mies Dora Murch, who has .beoiupor*'■',, forming Y.M.C.A. work at Waipukurau, 1 ,.,.. has boon appointed matron at Donbank Y.M.C.A. Boys' Hostel. A lecture-of vital interest to all girla and voung women .will be delivered ?nfctheY.W.C.A. club room to-night at;B-' p.m. on tho ■ subject of ■ health. • ■ All,-; young women'and girls are-cordially in- .• vited : to attend. - - ' ■. ; . The fortnightly meeting of tho Wek;\, lington South Nursing Division was hcldjv in tho-Newtown Library on, Tuesday* ■ evening, with Mrs. Barltrop in charged The reading of- tho thermometer wnai practised, qnd first aid problems worked out. . Weddinfl In the Church of Christ. • The wedding took • pla«< in ~the Church of Christ, Vivian Street, yester-,. day afternoon,. of Miss Pearl Wrigut,-. < elder daughter, of Mr. R- A.,, Wright,"--M.P., and. Mrs. Wright (Wellington) L . to Mr. Noel Cole, 6on of Mr. and; jii's. James Cole, of Auckland. rhe< ceremony was 'performed by the 'Rev/ Paternoster, and tho church had been char niimrly decorated for the occasion - • with yellow and dull red. chrysanthemums and foliage by the Girls," of whioh little band. the. bride, had been one of the few remaining original members. The bridesmaid was.; Miss Mavis Read,' niece of tho bride-; groom; and tho. best man .Mr.. Frank; Bstchley. The bride, who was given . awaY by her father, wove a very pretty frock of pale blue georgette abandopo, : made tunic fashion, and finished with a swathed wa.i6t.bott and ends bordered : with fringe. : Her picturesque Jiat of •• black panno was trimnied with'a black';, 'ostrich feather, and she carried a lovely bouquet' of deep pink roses and begonias - fastened with long streamers, of pint ribbon.' The bridesmaid's -dainty.frock tos of pale pink crepe dc chine with; the upper part ■ of the corsage of laco, and the skirt and -waistbolt outlined ■ witlK touches of mauve; r She also wore n' pichiTO hat of black panne and, oar-.:. ried a bouquet of violets fastened with'., mauve ribbons. After the _ ceremony a reception was held at Dustins,-Cuba. . Street, where, in honouring the toast of.. tho bride and • bridegroom., . exceedingly, -,- happy and appropriate speeches were made". The proposer of this toast- was. the Mayor, Mr. J. P. Luke, M.P., who, after congratulating the bridegroom upon'his good fortune, referred to his -\ services during the war and spoke of ■. the high civic qualities of the bride a parents. Dr; A. K. Newman, M.P... ako made a speech, his crisp remarks • elicitini; much laughter and approval; • from his Hearers. That mamaee was a lottery'he refused to admit, his.de- , finition.'of it.being that it was purely....-"common-sense."... Mr. G. Mitchell,,. M.P., was another speaker, and as. a • ■.. rmst comrade-in-arms of the, bridegroom,.; he was sure that the qualities that tho . latter "displayed in the war would ,ho|d. goodin his married life. Mr. Wright.,,. the father of the bride, was also called upon, to speak, and his remarks concerning the bridegroom: were very appreciative and exhressive of the best possible wishes for their future happiness. Mr.' Paternoster proposed the health of the. bridesmaid, to which the Iwst man replied. The "Cheer-oh Girls" were also. . tcasted, and their services in providing . entertainment for the men in camp dnr- . ing tho war period and alsoan the mill- - tarv hospitals then and now, were spe- ■ cinilv-. mentioned, by Mr. Paternoster. , Chrysanthemums-in all.shades decorated. tho tables,-and..Fuller's. Orchestra:.pKK.,, vided music during, the afternoon* 'Among tho ..relatives who were, present were two sisters of. the bridegroom,;: Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Read, of Auckland, . Mr. and Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Huggins ■ fount of the' bfidol.. Miss M'lnnes (cousini), Mrs; H. ( Wright, A. . Wight, the Misses G. and E. Coulter, and Mrs. Wallstrom. Later in theafternoon Mr. and Mrs. Cole left • on their wedding tour, the latter travelling in a black and white check tailored costume.. bla#k' and - white hat. and.' a sot of black fox furs, the gift of the • bridegroom. The bridesmaids present was'ft.pearl ring,, and to the bridegroom' the bride gave a gold, watch. Mr, Cole was a captain in the New Zealand Engineers, and the pest man. had'also seen service during the war. • , '..'.■■