SOCIAL GOSSIP

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 73, 23 November 1901, Page 10

SOCIAL GOSSIP

By Christabel

At-: Societ\ failed to pioMcle us with .untiling m the wa\ ot excitement tins week, the pouei- that be lining to the occasion lwue tieated us to a soii.-s of earthquakes which did inme 01 less damage and ga\e us somethin~ to talk about Nothing is so conduce c to otigmaht\ in attne as an oaii\ moiiung earthquake, and at a ta^hionable hotel on Saturda\ moiiung there was a splendid displax of fanc\ di esses Much fun was caused latei m the day fo one of the guests describing the ehaiacters" represented io oui Southern tnends, however the shake" lias pro\od no joke and «i>raa} congratulate our<=ch es that we luuo no £800 bills to pa\ as the lesult ot one minute's excitement • * * The entertainment gn en at the W elhnaton College on Fuda-s night. No\embei loth, was a \er\ successful affair in evei \w a\ The room uas crow ded with an audience that thoroughk P"]oved even item on the programme, and did not mind sawng so encores, therefore bonier fiequent The College Orchestra played an overture and latei gave some prett\ selections from that bright opera The Yeomen of the Guard " Songs b; Mis B Wilson and Mi Barter were much enioved Then came a recitation How the De la Re\ Stakes weio Lost " splendidly given bv Mi«s Ruble Richardson To an imperatne encoie she responded with a quaint little selection ficm Biet Haite'" which al«o won great applause • ♦ * Miss Henry waseneoied foi lier \iohn solo and Mr Newton caused much mernment with his cle\er comic A feature of the e\enmg was the physical dull bv a squad of boys, who peifomied the mo\ements yen neath Of course they were heart ih encored but did not seem altogether to appreciate this kind attention as much as the audience did Miss Geraldine Henn and Messis Robison Wilkinson Stout and Raw son took nut in Af*-ei Dinnei " the entertainmc little pla-s that followed Mi=s Hemv woiea black lac< dinnoi-gown and actou snlendidh The make-up of Messrs Stout and Raw son was \ei\ Funm and their appearance wa^ eieeted w l^h 'auehtoi . » * * Amongst the large audience I noticed Mrs Firth \\earnig a pale heliotrope gown ot corduro\ with a point lace collar, and heliotrope silk at the waist Mrs. Ward's blue and white silk hlouse was finished with soft fichu Mis* Henn wore a white silk blouse with a Maltese lace collar and a black sknt Miss R Richaidson's prett\ white frilled muehn was <=hghth trained and a chou of deep lose satin gave a touch of roloui to it Mrs Quick woie black Miss Quick also woie black with pink chiffon and lace • • ♦ Miss Drnmmond wore a tucked uhitf silk blouse with a transpaient collai Mrs Harrison black and white Mis J3ile\ in black Miss Grace Rile\ , wlute with red ribbons Mrs Butts woie black and white Miss B. Miles pae blue silk blouse Miss Macintosh pink glace blouse and black skirt Miss Waldegrave, w lute silk blouse black skirt. Miss Richaidson's silk blouse was of pale pink and cream lace Misb Smith, black tucked blouse and skirt Miss Raw son light silk blouse and lace cellar Miss Newton black satin with transparent lace slee\es and a white opera coat embroideied m cold Miss Prouse woie a prett\ silk blouse and sk irt • • • On the same evening a laige nunibei of people journeyed to the Skating Rink the attraction being the excellent entertainment organised bv the Mi.sses Youmans. The tableaux were the most ponuJar items on the programme each picture" being remarkable for the excellence of the grouping and effectn c colouring of the \ anous dresses etc • • • As usual, at this time of the >ear e\ervone is bus's preparing for the general rush to the sea-sade that comes with the 'breaking-up" of schools Fortunate is he who possesses a cottage 'all his own " and does not have to hunt inund after landlords, onJy to discover when at last you choose your house, that for the very w eeks you would like it it i« ongrnged.

\ l.sitois die constantly passing through Wellington One da\ last week Mrs I usk of Napiei who lias been spending some months m Australia touched here hornet aid bound Mis Lmighna.ii (Wellington) is visitnm Mis Smcldii Thomson Tiansit Hou-( Punedin The engagement is announced ot Miss >Nus\ (iialiam daughtei ot Mi ( C Crialiam loimeiK official assignee ot Wellington to Di F Ratciifte Riley The annual sports of the Wellington Gnls High School come off in a week 01 so <md even mornuig earlj many iiiiK aie now to be seen practising every kind ot lace imaginable The obstacle lace aspecialh is being well reheaised The croquet lawn, before 9 a m pre.sents an animated scene pretty ndeis flitting heie and tlicie, on then bicycles, laug-hing maidens canning eggs in spoons, and moie energetic ones tiaining for the lOOvds " all piove that gieaf interest is being taken in the events. Let us hope that the girls will be fa^ouied with as perfect a day as w ere the College boys, and the success of their sporhs is assured. f Continued on Page 11. i

On November Oth, at the Wesley Church, Tai ana la-street, Mr Albert K. Tonks fifth son of W K. Tonks. Webbertreet, was, mained to Miss Minnie C'hvnoweth \oungest daughter of the late Mr Win Clnnoweth, of Lyttelton The oeiemonv was performed bv the Rev. WMine Bond, and was witnessed by a Jdicre niunbci ot mends The bride was given away bv her eldest biothei (Mi W Chvnoweth), and wore a ver% mettv gown of white china silk, with rows of Mlk lace inseition, the tucked bodice was trimmed with frilled lace, and 10-se-ttes of übbon She also wore the orthodox \ eil and oiange blosso7ii<- and carried a shower bouquet * * * Her foin bndesmauls weie Miss Hetnc Tonkb Isisto. ot the biidegioom) MissLucv C'rombio, Mis* Minnie Peteison .niece ot the bnde) and l Mis* Kathleen Tonks (mccc ot the bridegroom) The two elder maids woie iiotks o cream figured voile with white silk and lace hats of chiffon and the> earned shower bouquets The voungei onewere dressed in pretty cream Dutch trocks, and carried wands -«' n Tonks (Mother of the bndegroom acted as best man and Mi J Donald ag oomsman The bndepoom's present ?o his bnde was a handsome cold * ate and to the chief ma,uls he gave gold bird brooches The other two ma,*, received gold bangles Numerous al - able and eosth presents were received During the afternoon the haom rounlo left for Wa-irarapa wheie the honeymoon i« to he spent \ Wellington lady , who ha*s just leturned horn a tup to Melbourne, wheie he was on Cup' daj , gave me some ToJl about the dresses over afternoon tea, the other da> . She ,a> s the w eather was doubtful, but despite his act the dressing of the ladies was distmcth 'mart Ladj Hopetoun wore silk voile —a fine, lvorv, white, embroidered with *en beautiful lace guipure designs the tram was not yen long and the front of plain voile was finely tucked half-vvav down, and allowed to flare The bod cc had a deep square collar of the embroidered voile with the lacev design outlined m a nanovv non nbbon «" toque was of wlnte chiffon set with pink unmounted roses K\en moie admired was her gown on Derby Day"— a lace inserted muslin of a rich pink Oiade over a petticoat ot net the front yon fmeh tucked the train much frilled and edged with lace a long, black satin sash w as loosely knotted round the waist and the hat worn with this becoming frock was ot black chiffon raided on one side with pink roses „ Amongst the lucky New Zea landers who saw the Tup" run were Mrs. Baxter whose smart frock was ot black voile, with guipure insertion her ruffle was black and her toque pink and floral, and Mi<-s M Massey who also wore a beautiful gown of black silk voile, over IXte glace Mlk with wide accoidian pleated flounces, a lace-covered vokand black picture hat Miss C ecile Lorraine who was m Wellington along with Museroves Opera Company a tew months ago wore an Eton costume of pak blue Unen. A Parisian frock was of pink panne and had a triple fluted skirt in three shades of pink graduating from a dark to a delicate French lhade bolero made in the same mp e'stMe, turned back with a vest and revrr* ot point lace and crepe de chine with cold thread with this was wora a plateau to<,ue of gold gauze with bandeau of pink panne. * • Do any of you know a bride-elect 'i If bO give hei a kitchen tea." One ot these novel and entertaining afternoons, whTch are quite the latest thing out was eiven lecenth in Svdne^ . A sort ot Sr^u* party armed at the house of thebudetobe each one carrying an eo-centnc-lookmg parcel which, when opened proved to be a useful article having a poetical and piose effusion or recipe attached The, opening of these presents was productive of much ninth, and the fair iecipie.it seemed overwhelmed as they poured m «P°»,, her Some of the «nfts a 'Mrs Beeton eea poacher, patty pans, and k-llv moulds a tin opener and scrubbing-brush and saucepans enough to last a life-time Mi-s Robina Binue of Pahiatua was entertained on Monday Novembe. 11th at a farewell social in the Town Hall Pahiatua, on the eve of her departure for Wellington. For the last three years Miss Binue has a<ted .u, 01 ganist to the Presb\tenan Chuich and nei valuable services have been much appreciated bv both choir and congregation The Rev McCaw, in a short address, complimented Miss Birnie upon tho good work she had done and presented her with a cold bangle, the gift of thns" who had benefited bv her wOl k There was a large attendance at the social amontrst tho*e orient hoi not the Ma% or of Pahiatua and Messrs J D WiNon J Ti Graham, and To^will A veiv eniovable musical programme vvas con-tn^-torl hv Mrs Milne Mi« L Hall and M(«^ Mr (aw Manifold ami

Homblow Refreshments were piovided by the ladies of the eongieeration. The Accompaniment*, were well pla'sed b\ Miss Lih Fakonei. • * * \ very pi em wedding was quieth celebrated .it the Wesley an Church. Dannevirke on Fiulav, Novembei l")th, when Mr Willam Vernon Stevens, eldost son of Mi W Stevens of Dunedin, was married to Miss Elizabeth Kofoed, eldest daughtei of Mr Robeit Kofoed. of Waitahuna. Otago The bride who li.ks many fnends in Wellington, was given a\\a\ b\ Mi G C Beckett and wok a handsome gown of cornflower blue with tmnmings ot white silk and ,i white straw hat with ostnch featheis and nbbon Tlie c-eremonv «<w, conducted b-\ the Rev G S Cook and Mi A T Claiebuit acted as best man The bnde was the recipient of man\ cc-th and handsome pi events f i om friends and relatives all over the colon\ and Austiaha included were a silver tea and coffee seivire marble clock travelling rugs etc The <-taff of the Danneviike Pie*-s of which Mi Stevens is a membei pif-f-ented him with a handsome Duchess pan # A wedding of mteiest to mam New Zealanders was celebiated in dnev on Monday November 17th when Mi»b Ada Ames eldest daughter ot Mr James Ames C it-*. Yaluoi Wellington, was marned to Mi Peicv Wheelei the popular purser of the s s Monowai and second son ot Captain Wheelei of Wellington The bnde wore a handsorru gown of white '.ilk Her sister (Miss Ann Ames) who aeUxl as bridesmaid, wore a pretty fioek of soft white' silk Mr and Mi^ Wheeler aie bpendine; their honeymoon at the JBule Mountains and will afterwards come o\ei to Wellington which l. to be then futuie home ... The PiesbUenan Chuich Tppci Tu. Taenui Rangitikei was the scene of^ a erv pretty w eddmg on Wednesday No\ember 13th. when Miss Ruth Kuphemia youngest daughter of Mr Chailes Meek GaJpin Sedgecombe was marned to Mr William John Yiles eldest yon of Mi Joseph Viles Featheiston Wairarapa Tlie bride was becomingly dressed m white silk with trimmings of satin ribbon chiffon, and peails S'.e also wore a "old bande set with tui(liioist^ and pearls the gift of the bnde-groo-m and cained a beautiful shower bou' uet arranged bv Mr Hunt of Maiton * • ■* Her attendants were Miss Kthelwm "\"il(>s (sifter of the bndesrroom) and a niece (Miss Olive Bainbridee) who weie Pttirod in white silk and lace frocks and hats to match Each bridesmaid wore a gold brooch set with pearls the mft of the bridegroom Mr Arthui Viles acted as best man and Mr W J Bow en as groomsman At the conclusion of the ceremouv which was performed bv the Rev David Gordon, the 'Weddino' Afarch" wi« nlaved bv Mi^s Small Ccousm of the bride) A iec-eption was afterwaids held bv the paients ot the bnde, the wedding bieakfast being served in a, large marquee erected for the occasion. After the usual toasts had been honoured, the happy couple left tor Auckland, via Wanganui, where the honeymoon will be spent, eairying with them the good wishes of a host of friends. Amongst the beautiful presents received were a valuabLe silver tea seivice presented bv the members of the congregation of the Prcsbvtenan Church, as a little return tor the services of the bride, as organist, and a handsome piano, the gift of the bride's parents. The church was beautiful lv decorated for the occasion bv friends of the bride who is very popular throughout the district. Tlie future home of Mr and Mrs Vilos will be at Kiwitea.^ Mrs. and Miss Blair have returned to Wellington, and are staving with Mis Tolhurst » - ♦ * Cards ha\e been issued bv Mis Higpinson for an At Home" on Fnda\ The engagement is announced of Mi«s Una Hitchings, Napier to Dr Edgar, of the same town