SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 79, 28 December 1920, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Aria Zona Vallancc (Master ton) liaiJ gone to Auckland for llio Davis Cup. Mrs. and Miss Willis are spending Christmas holidays .wilt Mr. and Aim. Hubbard in" Mastertuu. Mrs. Georgo Didsbury. and Misb' Eileen Didsbury aro visiting Mr., and Mrs. J. Didsbury at Eketahuna. ....' . . '.Pli« engagement is announcedof ;Mla Myrl !o Luscombo, youngest daughter of the late _Mr. and Mrs. I'. H, B. Luseonilie, of Timaru, with Mr. Harold Gray, youngest sou of Mr. and Mf6. S. Gray, of i'ellding. ' • Advantage was taken, at the annual, house luncheon given by lbs Goldberg Advertising Agency, Ltd., to its staff on. Friday last to present Miss Isy Hughes ■ vi[ 11 tokens of esteem. Miss Hughes has been with the Goldberg Agency since its inception, and is about to make a trip fo Britain. Slio was presented by tho VtniT with a travelling manicure set; by tho directorate slio was presented with a substantial cheque, and from Mr. Frank Goldberg, the managing director, she roccivcd a gold wristlet watch suitably engraved. • Mr. and Mrs. W, Nathan aro visiting tho Wairarapa. Miss Batham (Ivhandallah). is spending a few days at Paekakariki. Miss 1 ? . A. Duff and Miss Kennedy, of the Wellington Girls' College staff, aro leaving by the lonio on a visit to linglaud. Tho marriage took place iu Trinity Methodist Church, Newtown, on December 21 of Misß Winifred Olive Richards, eldest daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richards, of Sutton, Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, to .Mr. John Andrew Gordon Mackay, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Joh'u Mackay, of Wellington. Tho ceremony ; was performed by the Rev. 14. Drake. Tho brido wore a very pretty l'rock of croani orupo de chine, to which the trimming, carried out in wool, gave a quaint and distinctive touch. Her veil was arranged in mob cap fashion with clusters of orange blossom, and she carried a beautiful shower bouquet of whito roses and pink heath. The bridesmaids were tho Misses 13. and J. Mackay; who wore pretty cream, frocks with black hats and carried bouquets, of shaded (lowers. The best man was ..Mr. 11. Mackay, of Wellington, and Mr. D. A. Mackay, of Napier, was .groomsman,"both being brothel's of the bridegroom. A reception was subsequently held at Scott's, in Manners Street, and later Mr. and Mrs. Mackay left for the north oil their wedding, tour, the latter wearing an oystor grey costume with a pink hat. Miss Newman, of the Girls' College staff, and Miss Hodges have left f6r t'i« south* the former for Christchdrch an* tho latter for Dunedin. 1 Early settlers will "be interested in the marriage of Miss Phyllis C. L. Ruwell to Mr. Walter H. i'urniss, which ws celebrated by tho Rev. A. 31. Johnson at St, Paul's Pro-Cathedral yesterday. Miss' Russell is the only daughter of Mr. John Blatchford Russell and Mrs. Russell, of Wellington, and the granddaughter of Mr. Henry Russell, ouo of the first white men born in the Ilutt Valley. There aro now four generations of tho Russell family, natives of New Zealand, all descended from, Henry Russell, one of tho pioneer band who laid the foundations of Wellington's history in' the Hutt Valley. The bridegroom is tho fourth son of Mr. Walter I'urniss, of Broofejj-.n, one who has also shared Wel-lington's/pi-ogress for tfc.b last forty years. For the marriage. .ceremony 'tho brido-wore a' white crepa de.chine. 'dress . with veil and orange blossom,' and carried' a bouquet of Christmas lilies and maiden 'hair .fern. The bridesmaid was Miss Mario Jotansen, of Hamua, a cousin of the bride, who wore a pole blue crepe de chine dress with l black picture hat, and carried a bouquet of pink sweet peas. Mr. Fred Furness was best man. Among tho wedding presents were a substantial chequo to the bride from the firm of Messrs. A, S. Peterson and Co., and a complete set of table cutlery from the head office staff of the same.firm. Tho bride and bridegroom left for Timaru for their honeymoon. The bride's travelling costume was navy blue with saxe blue hat. Mrs. C. .T. Willis and Dr. Hannah Irving have returned to Christchurch from a visit to tho North Island. Mrs. Ellen M. Kerr, who lias died at Stepgatcs, Chertsey, at the ago of 112, took part in Bevcral historic events. Dur- ( ing tho Crimean War sho was in Con. stantinople, and saw Florence Nightingale among the wounded,, herself making clothes for the hospital. In 1851 she inspected tho first sewing machine, and in her youth she travelled from Bristol to York '.in a train with roofless carriages, and remembered the passengers using 'umbrellas on tho journey. A double wedding took place at ''St. Mary's Church, Merivale,' Christchurch, last week. The brides were Misa Freda Moore and Miss Gwen Moore, eldest and youngest daughter respectively of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore, of St. Albans. . Tho church was artistically decorated, and Archdeacon Unggitt officiated. Miss Freda Moore, wlw was escorted to tho ' altar by her father, was married to Mr. Phillip Keddell, third son of the lato Major Keddell, of Oainaru, and Miss Gwen Mooro was married to Mr.. John Francis Mills, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mills, of Auckland. Apropos of gifts, an English writer has some amusing comments to make on the question of toy buying for children in thoso days of critical tastes. It seems that not long ago some thoughtful.souls, evidently endowed with resource as well as imagination, and stirred to heartfelt sympatliv for tho woes of the modern parent, "called together a jury of infants in Paris to decide which of the new, toys was likely to catch on in nurseryland!" The writer was uncertain whether n verdict was readied when tho majority showed a disposition to snatch at one particular article in preference to antthing else; oivwhether tears decidcd the matter! If the verdict depended on the number of children who wept bitterly bceausc they nil wanted the same thing, or who quarrelled violently with each other over the coveted article,_ the ordeal must liiive been somewhat trying for tiio iud»c9. But no doubt they were upheld by a higli sense of duty, and euconraged to continue thciv noble task, by .the inspiring thought of the jjmtiliu c with which the relieved parents would o\crwhelm them when they handed over; the results of their labours ill the form of written notes or suggestions! ,