Wairarapa Jottings.

Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 34, 23 February 1901, Page 15

Wairarapa Jottings.

THE social event oi last week w .us a garden pait^, given by 31is Win. liectham Oi coum', ovei^bouj who is anybody \\at> their It wa*> a real tieat to see and enjoy the delightful grounds. that leheci, marvellous ciedit on the patience, ta*>te, culture, and poi severance 01 the charming hostest.. iea and iigni ieIreshmenis weie served iiom an idoal pavilion on the lawn, w luie deltl^ , in a cosy deli, reposed coonng botties uestined to lelresh and exlulaiate Uio^e whose destinv leads not to tea • • • >\ hile some essayed to knociv about tlie tenis balls, otheis, wisely, chose 10 vvantiei through the giounus, vvJieio glimpses ol tairy liguies, decked out in giovwng, sweetly glowing, coiouis, lent a touch oi almost romance to the niLeiesting scene. One loseatc blouse especiaay was worthy to blend with the shades ot gieen abounding nglu add lelt. iviiss iVJereditli, ol (jppci Fiani, in white, set oil with interlacing bla( k velvet, looked particulaily chainung The hostess, in hgured saieen, tummed with lace, and hat to match, was all that a hostess should be. iVlrs. Keith Jackson wore a picturesque gov\n ol ture hat, and Mrs. Casseiberg's pongee grey cashmere and white lace. Mrs. A. iiunny's cream lace costume and picsilk, were, perhaps, the most ellective costumes on the ground. Wheie there were quite 150 guests, it is impossible to particularise much more , su&ce it to say everyone, even the men, looked, as they should, thoroughly satisfied, and at their best. • • * Unfortunately, the Town Clerk has been laid up. Whether the amount of extra work that the visit of the imperial troops entailed has proved too much, it is hard to say , but this may be safely affirmed that any work Mr. Brown undertakes he puts his whole soul into, and executes it with e^ual credit to the public and himsoli. It is to be hoped he will soon be about again, for, although Mr. Magrusson makes an admirable locum tenens, well able to fill m the gap, still Mr. Brown is of a disposition to worry till he gets the reins once again in his own hands. The recent appointment to the head mastership of Karon leaves Carterton vacant. The claims of Mr. Burns, the first assistant of Masterton, if he applies, certainly entitle him to the position. Mr. Burns's record will bear comparison with any in the service, and

Ins specul powers as a ''coach" aic too well known in the Wairarapa to call ioi a single woid fiom this scribe. Indeed, many considered Mr. JBurns's claims to Karon would almost certainly I(\H to Ins appointment — but you never know till ■fclic numbers are up — and even Kducation Boards are not infallible. * • * An enormous audience crowded the Tow n Hall last week to hear all about 'What Happened to Jones." Disappointment was the loudest note. So much was expected, that realisation sank below pai . After all, it altogether depends on the point of view . * * * Re pcisonai encounteis with the Imperial troops, wnter, in a chat with Captain Powell, Roval .Engineers, found lus particular inend w as a certain Captain Walpole, of the same regiment. The latter was writer's particular chum at school, and aftei wards at dear old Tiinity. Ciiptain Powoll spoke in waim teims of his biotliet ofticei. He is one of the finest athletes m the British Army As a bo,\ he was first in e\ erything At Tnnit.> he played m flic fnsh Fifteen, and though lie missed the Indian Civil bv a shadow lie took the highest percentage — 97 — at the examination for the Engineeis on record. Anyone conversant with army examinations will know what that means. Walpole gave writer the nickname of "Tim Bobbin." Why? Heaven knows' But Captain Powell has taken with him, to show to Walpole, a special number of the Free Lance, with a story over the nom de plume of which this gallant old comrade wa*, the creator.