HAPPENINGS IN THE CAPITAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1836, 17 August 1906, Page 3

HAPPENINGS IN THE CAPITAL.

TWO INTERESTING PEOPLE. (By Penelope.) Wellington. Since their return Lady and Miss Ward have been as busy in their own way as the now Premier, and ho scarcely gets time to eat and sleep. They have had hundreds of .callers at their luxurious house in Tinakori road that, but for one thing, is quite an ideal residence. That one drawback is its locality, It is under

tho high range ot"hills, and gets little sun, and is gloomy in the extreme, although a visitor unseriug the brairiful hull ablaze with lights would never r.-alise tho fact.

On Tuesday afternoon ti la-gs number of c-Hots were received by Lady .Ward and

Miss Ward. There can bo fow more charming hostesses thin fibo wife of our new Premier. She is as delightful to look at ns to ?peak to, and is tbs favorit: of evciyono who knows ho-. Miss Ward had her beautiful dark hair dresssd in a vety quaint and becoming mode. Without wavo or ripple, it was brushed back from hot face in a puff that was lower at tbs top than at the bHop. but not at all exaggerated, such as some Wellington women aro wonting. Tits b tek hair was brushed to the crown of tho brad, and made a soft horizontal coil on tho top of the other puff, rolled with such graceful ari that it merely sat mod a large etui eet across tha top of the hold. One tho new gold combs —a plain band of metal mounted on tortoiseshell—was set at tba back Her blouse, too, struck a now note. It was of Irish crochet, with no trimming, and the elbow sleeves sat a? close to tha arm as a glove, and with the same small wrinkles that a glovo is ap! to fall into. At the olbow there was no rclfl) or frill, and the belt was of draped pale-blue eiik, with « handsome oval gold buckle at tho back. A string cf tduo Venetian beads repeated tho touch of color. Tbtss same brads arc being worn by all our girls who have returned from Homo trips, and are a charming addition to a lace or silk blor.ss, Lady Ward is wearing ll.ck but her hats are V6ry small, very tilted, and with fea'hers at tho back. Ooe with graceful bird cf paradise piumc-s is particularly brooming. Her two sisters, Mra Boyes of Napier, and Mra Henderson of Invercatgill, have been staying with her this week. 3ho was a! both tho to is of

this- last work, lunched at B-llevuo Garden?, and dined wish Sir Joseph and his now Cabinet ot Govornmont Houso on Friday evening. Litt'e Pat looks much stronger lor his stay in the South. Weilo

there he wa3 immensely interested in a traction engine, and his first words when tho tender cimo alongulo the 'Frisco boat were, “ Have you brought mo a trac'.ion engine ?" However, a motor trioyo'o quite contented him. THE FEEDING OF INFANTS,

This u a question that is boiog couch discussed here just now, Dc Truby Kiog—who is an ovp’rt and an enthusiast — having lectured and demon, tratsd on the aukj r e< to la-go audiences. Mrs King, who is a very little, sweet faced woman, and as interesting as her husband, has also been in Wellington, a guest of Mrs Young, wife of Dr Young. Given tho impossibility of natural feeding, Dr Truby King advocates o particular method of preparing milk that makes it ar like mothers’ milk as possib e and that produces wondo-fol remits. Some tirno ago, Dr and Mrs King, who have no children of their own, took a very delicite-baby, and nurtured it on this food. Tho obild was almost a skeleton, and now it is the most beautiful baby, fat, rosy, and strong. Mrs King, she day after hsr husband’s lecture, showed bow to propare tho milk. Dr Truby King has promised, that if enough money is c dlected to keep a nurse for a month in Wellington, ho will send an experienced woman from Dunedin, Mrs Hisiop, the Mayoress, feels sure this will be done. Gnmalion is another topic of conversation at present, and it seems p/obablo tho scheme will shortly be put into operation. Mrs Ilhodes and Mr El, D. Bo’l have give large subscriptions nr.der obtain conditions. The moving spirit io the matter is Miss Studholmr, who, during a rcconi visit Home, mado many inquiries into tho reform. In an over crowded plico like Wellington tic system has manifest advantages, No one can pass through tho Sydney street cemetery, between the thickly-clustered graves, without feeling assured of the evil of such a place being si'uated in tho heart of a city. Oo the ereat of tho hill is Mr Ssddon’s grave, covired with a large tent iasido ; the wreaths still cover tho mound, only tho cverlaaiing flowers having survived,

SO: lAL DOINGS.

Mrs Cecil Jon-on’ jfa a very pleasant nff-yir, and czceiio j*!y arranged, the new notion of a t-ia-roora and - a coffeeroom pioventing nay undue ciowdiug. Tee fljwura wc-ro exq-mns, and arranged by a tl irish oud ttio Dikes were most beautiful, and olaborutsly decorated, even hodgchvgi me at realistically carried put

. in sugar and almond bristles figuring in > the scheme of orniuuont. A string baud ' played on tho olosed in verandah, and a I fot tune-teller. Wo arc groat on toocup 1 ladies j ii-t now and, after twiddling our 1 cups, listen with faith to what tho black specks signify—predicted various fates for guoets who desired to poop into tho future. Lady Ward, Mies Ward, aud her two nut t', Mrs lioyns and Mra Henderson, were present at tho ton. Tho second At Ilomo was at Mrs Nelson’s pretty houso in Portland Crescent. A large number came, but so many and spacious are the rooms that there was room for all. One tca-tablo was particularly pretty with branches of Japanese) (lowering, plum on silver vases, anti, on the white cloth, trails of Autumn I leaves, band painted on chilton. Thom I was delightful music, also, at litis, tea. The hostess’ lovely frock of prune taffetas, with tiny killings and b mil's of the same colored velvet, was much admired. A very interesting function takes place next Saturday—a lull Poudro and children's cotillion in the Town Hall, given by Mrs David Nil nan, There is great excitement over fancy dresses for the juveniles. Mrs Matson from Christchurch, left for Nelson where she is

staying some weeks ; Mrs Montgomerie ol Wanganui, i- a guest of Mrs Harding, and Mrs Wilford is staying with her parents, the lion. Geo. Me Lean, in Dunedin; Mrs Findlay returned with the doctor from the South lust week.