Feminine Interests

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 423, 3 August 1928, Page 5

Feminine Interests

Picturesque Springtime Brides In Piquant Gowns and Laces

CARTER—PEARCE

THOMAS—WARNER St. Paul’s Church, Symonds Street, was the scene of the wedding yesterday afternoon of Miss Irene "Winifred Warner, second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. "Warner, of Auckland, to Mr. Llewellyn (Lyn) Mahara Thomas, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas, of Mount Eden. The Rev. C. B. "Watson performed the ceremony. Mr. Lionel Elder gave the bride away. Fur her wedding dress she had chosen a gown of ivory embossed chenille georgette fashioned with a slightly flared skirt and trimmed with narrow bands of pearl. The veil, which was of embroidered brussels net, was held in place by the head being made in the form of a swathed cap caught with a coronet of pearls ending in an orange blossom cluster over each ear. The bridal bouquet was of white roses, lily of the valley, and sweet peas. Miss Kathleen Regan and Miss Enid Thomas attended the bride, wearing frocks of taffeta with georgette skirts ending in a hem of taffeta. The former’s frock was of mauve, and she wore a hat of mauve taffeta and carried a mauve floral bouquet. The latter was attired in blush rose pink, and she wore ♦ Dutch cap of tulle and ribbon, and carried a bouquet of cyclamen and pink roses. Mr. Trevor Warner attended the bridegroom as best man. HENDERSON—WILSON A wedding gown of brocaded ivory crepe de chine was chosen by May, the youngest daughter of Mr. James Wilson, of Mount Eden, for her recent marriage to Jack, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henderson, of Auckland. The ceremony was performed in St. James’s Church by the Rev. E. Harries. The bride’s brother, Mr. I. Wilson, gave her away, and the bridegroom was attended by Mr. R. Henderson as best man. A circlet of orange blossom and silver leaves and flowers held the bridal veil in place, allowing it to fall in pretty folds over the bride’s frock, and she carried a showed bouquet of white flowers. Miss Vera Martin followed the bride, wearing a dainty frock of ceil blue taffeta and a bandeau of blue tulle caught with silver flowers and foliage. Her posy was of apricot shading. After the wedding a reception was held at the residence of Mrs. Martin, in Leamington Avenue, where the bride’s sister, Mrs. A. Halcrow, received the guests. The hostess wore a fock of nankin blue brocaded crepe with a hat to tone. GUSSEY—McKIBBIN A trail of silver flowers and fragrant orange blossom fell from one shoulder of the dainty bridal gown of ivory satin, which was of the fashionable uneven length, and hemmed with silver lace, worn by Olivia Mary McKibbin, the youngest daughter of Mrs. G. H". Katterns, of Ponsonby, when she was married on Wednesday afternoon at All Saints’ Church, to James, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Gussey, of Grey Lynn. The Rev. W. W. Averill conducted the service, and the bride was given away by her stepfather, Mr. G. H. Katterns. Over her pretty gown fell a veil of delicately broidered tulle and she carried a sheaf of white flowers. Miss Alice McKibbin, the bride’s sister, was bridesmaid, and wore a frock of chartreuse green georgette, flounced of skirt and opening over panels of golden lace. A single rose caught her bandeau of green tulle, and she carried a bronze and gold bouquet. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. George Gussey as best man. morning at precisely twelve-thirty. Evidently, Mr. Mazaroff had already given certain instructions about me, for as soon as I inquired for him I, in my turn, was asked if I was Mr. Mervyn Holt, and on my assenting, was handed over to an attendant who whisked me off to a private—and palatial—suite of rooms. He installed me in an ante-cliamber, tapped at an inner door, murmured my name to somebody within, closed the door, informed me that Mr. Mazaroff wouldn’t keep me one minute, and went away. And I discovered at once that Mr. Mararoff was really a man of his w'ord, for before a minute had gone the door opened again, and he stood there with outstretched hand. I took a good look at him as I went forward. He was certainly a man worth looking at, a notable man, who would have been singled out of a crowd of other men. I judged him to be just about six feet in height; his breadth corresponded; altogether he gave one the impression of bigness and solidity. His age it was difficult to estimate; his brown hair and beard were grizzled, and between his eyes and his moustache there was a good deal of seam and wrinkle; he looked like a man who has weathered storms, and been under fierce suns and drying winds. There was a distinctive air of good nature, good humour, even of benevolence about him, but it was somewhat discounted by a long, sharp nose and close-set, small eyes, and further by a cast in the left eye. But his smile was pleasant enough; so was the twinkle of his eyes, and there was nothing cold nor formal about his handshake.

When Adeline Daisy, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Pearce, of Remuera, was married to Phillip Charles, eldest son of Mr. C. Carter, of Matamata, she wore a frock of shell pink crepe de chine with an overdress of ivory georgette. The skirt was finished, with a band of silver lame, and buckles of diamante ornamented the waist at the front. A spray of orange blossom finished the frock at the shoulder. An embossed tulle veil, which formed a train, was caught to the head by a coronet of lilies of the valley, and a wide pleated tulle halo at the back. A shower bouquet of white flowers finished with silver streamers was carried. The ceremony was performed in St. Mark’s Church last evening by the Rev. Cruickshank. The bride was given away by her father. The Misses Vera Rose and Mavis Pearce, sisters of the bride, were bridesmaids. The former was wearing a frock of alice blue georgette, the hem of blue lame being vandyked and finished with diamante true lovers’ knots. The latter’s frock was of pale pink trimmed with silver lace. In both gowns the uneven hemline was introduced by largo bows with hanging ends at the back of the frocks. Silver yokes reached to the waistline at the back, and head-dresses of silver leaves were worn. Both carried bouquets of irises, cyclamen, roses and maidenhair fern finished with ribbons of blue and silver. Mr. Arthur Carter attended the bridegroom as best man. SPRAGGON—NICHOLSON Roses of pale pink and creamy white, tints composed the beautiful bouquet carried by Eva, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Nicholson, of Pine Street, Remuera, when she was married yesterday afternoon at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Percy AVilliam, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Spraggon. of Devonport. The Rev. Dr. Buxton performed the ceremony. Crepe de chine in a delicate nuance of pink was combined with rose pink lace in the bride’s gown, which was made with a slender corsage, and a lace-inset bouffant skirt. A veil of embroidered net fell over the bridal train of peach pink ninon which hung gracefully from her shoulders. Two maids attended the bride —the Misses Doris Nicholson and Madge Spraggon, the former frocked in hyacinth blue crepe de chine, hemmed with silver lace, and finished with an appliqued hem of rose georgette, outlined with silver embroidery. A foundation of rose georgette showed prettily through the blue. Her bandeau was of gold and silver foliage and tulle, and she carried a shower bouquet. Miss Spraggon’s frock was of primrose crepe de chine, with a finelypleated tiered skirt. The bodice was given chic by richelieu embroidery. A dainty silver and gold head-dress, and a bouquet to tone, were effective accessories, ,-,7 nr The bridegroom was attended by Mr. John Plunket as best man, and Mr. John Nicholson as groomsman. FAIRWEATHER—WILSON On Wednesday afternoon a wedding was quietly celebrated at St. Patrick s Cathedral between Myrtle, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Wilson, of Auckland, and James, the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Fairweather, of Mount Albert. The Rev. Dr. Buxton conducted the service. A smartly flared frock of Venetian blue sedan cloth was worn by the bride and was complemented by a close-fit-ting hat of blue felt. She carried a vellum-bound Prayer Book. The bridesmaid, Miss Freda Fairweather, was wearing a frock of finely pleated opal blue crepe faille and a small hat of beige toning. Mr. George Fitzpatrick acted as best man.

“Gl~d to see you,” he said, almost brusquely. “I,” he stopped there, as ii! at a loss for further words, and leading me into the sitting-room from which he had just emerged, offered me a cigarette from a box that lay on the table. “Glass of sherry?” he went on, pointing to a decanter and glasses. “Join me—just going to have one myself —before lunch.” I was certain by that time that wherever or however Mr. Mazaroff bad come by his un-English name, be himself was a Scotsman; there was no mistaking his accent. I felt more at home with him after making this discovery, and accepting his offer of hospitality I sat down in the easy chair he drew forward. We looked at each other.

“I hope you’re feeling quite well again after your wounds?” he asked. “Quite fit, thank you,” I answered. “Fit for light work, anyway.” “Aye, well,” he said nodding, “as I said in my letter, I think you and 1 11 get on very pleasantly, if you care to come with an old fellow like me. I’d —I forget exactly how many applications—two or three hundred anyway. I picked out half a dozen, and went thoroughly into their references—and

BRIDGE PARTY FOR COMMUNITY CLUB Tiger lilies and orchids made effective decoration in Lewis Eady’s Hall yesterday afternoon, when another very successful bridge party, arranged by the Bridge Circle of the Play and Recreation Association, was held there for the purpose of raising funds for the children’s Community Club. Committee members present were: —Mrs. F. E. N. Gaudin, Mrs. F. M. Rainger, Mrs. E. J. Taylor, Mrs. G. Gresham, Mrs. John Fuller, Mrs. Prior Williams, Mrs. Alfred Eady, Mrs. S. 11. Brown, Mrs. R. F. Featherstone, Miss V. A. D’Arcy-Jones. Among the players were:—Mrs. Tiarks, Mrs. Donald Plumley, Mrs. JB. Pezaro, Mrs. M. A. Miller, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Fowler, Miss V. Moses, Mrs. Somerville, Mrs. Babbington, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hanna, Mrs. Grimwade, Miss Keesing, Mrs. Coutts, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Wilkie, Mrs. B. A. White, Mrs. Wann, Mrs. Bearsley, Mrs. Coulter, Mrs. Dixon, Mvs. McDougal, Mrs. V. Kirk, Mrs. Worth, Mrs. Peake, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Broadbent, Mrs. Garliek, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. Cockroft, Mrs. L. Atkinson, Mrs. E. Armitage, Mrs. Tattersfield, Mrs. Harold Moses. Mrs. Yock, Mrs. Bloomfield, Mrs. Vaile, Mrs. Scheele, Mrs. Osmond.

HAMILTON NOTES t (From Our Own Correspondent) f HAMILTON, Wednseday. t Miss R. Johnstone is visiting Roto- j rua. Mrs. G. Elliott, of Masterton, and * Mrs. Bates, of New Plymouth, are at 1 the Hamilton Hotel. i Mrs. H. H. Sterling left last night for a short visit to Wellington. * * * Mrs. Cotterill, of Matamata, is visit- r ing her niece, Mrs. J. H. Herrold, in Rotorua. ] Mrs. W. A. Oliver has returned to < her home in Matangi, after a visit to New Plymouth. ** * I Mrs. A. E. Kenyon, of Featherston, 3 is visiting the Waikato. Mrs. U. C. Ross leaves to-night for ] Wanganui. * * * Y.M.C.A. DANCE A very jolly little dance was ar- ] ranged by the Auxiliary Committee of 1 the Y.M.C.A. on Saturday night. The J gymnasium was transformed into a ] very gay hall, with its gaily-coloured 5 streamers, and excellent music was supplied by the Collegians’ Orchestra. The committee members present were: Mrs. Graham, in black panne velvet. Mrs. Elmsley, japonica pink georgette. Mrs. Clough, black satin and ninon. Mrs. Andrews, black cliarmeuse with bands of shell pink taffeta. Others present were:—Misses S. Wright, F. Lightbourne, K. Turner, V. Bile, A. Graham, E. Bliss, F. White- J house, A. Walkinson, T. Scotney, G. ] Graham, R. McNally, D. Sweeney, S. * Wrigrht, V. Cann, C. Buckland, D. Stevens. N. Madill, M. Jones, D. Perham, M. Zellman, O. Locke, M. Tot- ! man, M. Barber, M. Johns, E. Wilson, - A. Howe, E. Bourne, G. Ormsby. BRIDGE PARTIES Miss Frances Jolly gave a small bridge party at her home, Windermere, on Saturday evening. The draw-ing-room looked charming with spring blossoms and a blazing fire. Miss Jolly was wearing a frock of alice bUie georgette, with godets of ecru lace. Her guests were Mr. and Mrs. A. English, Mr. and Mrs. B. Worley, Mr. and Mrs. Lance Tompkins, Miss Ethel Hammond, Miss Helen Heywood, Mr. U. Hammond, Mr. E. Eggleston and Mr. N. S. Johnston. Last evening Mrs. W. A. Green entertained a number of her friends at bridge, in her home in Seddon Road. Her drawing-room was fragrant with bowls of violets and gay with pink camellias. She was in a gown of fawn and rose crepe de chine. Her guests were Mesdames B. Garrett, Sinclair Arthur, F. W. Burley Murchie, T. A. Burtenshaw, H. Burrell, J. Griffiths, E. Reeves, R. P. Hazard, D. G. Meredith, Henderson, G. Seifert, L. H. Clapham, Cheeseman, Staples, Miss Morris. The prize-winners were Mrs. Henderson, who secured the highest score. Miss Morris the hidden number, and Mrs. Meredith the consolation. SALE OF WORK Mrs. G. S. Hobbs yesterday arranged a very enjoyable and profitable “Bring-and-Buv” afternoon at her home in Millcrest. The object of the afternoon was to raise funds for the Hamilton East Guild. The time passed busily in buying, friendly chat, afternoon tea and in making plans for the Guild’s Daffodil Day, to be held on August 16. Those present were: Mesdames Hobbs, Harlow, Sell, Hodgson, Forster, Oakden, Parker, Ross, Short, Powell, Reid, Lock, Shaw Waye, Winter, Kidd, Ramsay, McKenzie, Masters, Misses Williamson, Fitzgerald and Dodd. * * * GUILD CONCERT St. Peter’s Hall was crowded last evening, as a good concert programme you were the result. I heard about you just what I wanted to hear—so there we are. What do you say, now?” “I shall be pleased to go with you,” I answered. “I hope I shall be able to do all you want. You think I shall?” He twirled his glass in his fingers and laughed. “It’s little I want but company,” he replied. “I’m a lone man —neither kith, kin or friends. I’ve been out of this country many years, and now I’m back I just want to dander round a bit, seeing places. An idle time, eh?” “You’ve no fixed plan” I inquired. “No more than that we’ll just get into my car and go North,” he answered. “Stopping where we like and when we like. I’ll tell you I've a fancy for old towns, anything old and grey and cool. I’ve been twenty years in hot climates, and the thought of an old English town makes my mouth water. Cathedral cities, and the like —ruins —grey walls —green trees, eh? You take me?” “The Great North Road, then, will be a good route to follow?” I said. “There are places along that—” “And that’s just what I was thinking!” he broke in, almost with boyish eagerness, reaching for a folding map that lay on a side-table, and spreading it out between us. “I’ve been studying this chart. Places like Huntingdon, Stamford, Grantham, Newark, York, Durham —” “And lots of others, a bit off the road, one side or the other,” I put in. “I know that road and its surroundings well!” “That’s it!” he exclaimed, joyfully. “We’ll do very well —just progressing northward. I’ve no particular object —except that when we get far north there’s a place I want to turn aside to —Marrasdale Moor —just to renew acquaintance. But that’s in the future: there’ll be a lot of country to cover before we get that far.” He folded up his map, tossed it aside, and gave me a queerly shy sort of glance. “What about terms, now?” he asked, diffidently. “I think I ought to leave that to you, Mr. Mazaroft*,” I answered. “I’d prefer to.” He gave a sigh of what, it was plain, was sheer relief. “That’s just what I’d like you to do,” he said simply. “That’s a thing that gentlemen shouldn’t bargain about. Leave it to me—you’ll not regret it.< I’m a rich man, laddie, and rich meia/ are entitled to have their little gamer; and fancies, eh? Very well, now*— and when can you be ready to stai&?”

OHAKUNE NOTES GIFT AFTERNOONS A gift afternoon rvas held in Dwyer’s Hall on Tuesday in support of the Junction Queen. An enjoyable programme consisted of competitions, games and musical items. Vocal items were contributed by Mrs. Hamlin and Mrs. McGregor. The competitions were won by Mrs. Veitch, Mrs. Fry and Mrs. E. P. Wood. In aid of the Catholic Church bazaar a confectionery and gift afternoon was held at Mrs. McCarthy’s, Ohakune Junction, the gifts being devoted to Mrs. Hamlin’s bazaar stall. DANCE PARTY On Tuesday evening Mrs. J. P. Cottier gave an evening in support of the Town Queen, at her residence. There were about 25 present, and an enjoyable evening was spent in community singing, competitions, games" and dancing. A good musical programme was presented as follows: Miss McDougall, song; Miss Dwyer, pianoforte solo: Mrs. Cottier, song and pianoforte solo: Miss Cranston, monologue: Mr. D. Cunningham and Mr. R. Blennerhassett, duet: Mr. R. Blennerhassett, song; Miss Moir, pianoforte solo. Competitions were won by Miss R. Pearce, Miss Hendry, Mr. B. Nation and Mr. B. Rankin. EUCHRE PARTY There was a very good attendance at the euchre party held in the Plunket rooms in aid of the Catholic Church building fund. Mrs. Williams won the first prize and Mrs. Fletcher the second. had been arranged by Mrs. G. R. Barnett to raise funds for improvements to St. Peter’s Hall. The main item on the programme was a two-act play by Mrs. W. G. Stevens, of Hamilton, “Two Sides to a Question,” the first act showing a grandmother of the old school, her depressed daughter, and her frank, up-to-date granddaughter. The second act—the grandmother is decidedly up-to-date—the granddaughter somewhat shocked a.t her advanced grand-parent. The grandmother was taken excellently by Mrs. Kober Harrison, the aunt by Mrs. Ballock, and the granddaughter by Miss Kathleen Gordon. Other items were songs by Mrs. McKinnon, Mrs. Pye, Miss Moule, Mr. George Wheeler and Mr. Braithwaite. Miss Beryl Higgott played a Chopin Ballade delightfully, and Mrs. Quilis’-s flute solos were likewise encored. Mrs. Barnett and Mrs. H. G. Sell were the accompanists.

about his holidays than he was about this jaunt. “Good-—good!” he exclaimed. “Then I’ll just tell you what we’ll do, Holt. Bring your kit along this afternoon, and we’ll start about five o’clo*k, and run gently along as far-as we like t»sfore dinner time—there’ll be some aid town where we can spend a peaceful evening and a quiet night in an oldfashioned hotel. I’ve a fine IJSollsRoyce car in the garage, aped a thoroughly dependable chauffeur, Webster, a trusty, good, sensible fellow, and we’ll be right a,<% rain. Come by five o’clock. Thajpll suit you? Good! —and now we’ll just go down and take a bit of lxrnch together.” Mr. Mazaroff and,T spent a couple of hours over that .lunch and our cigars and coffee. ®.e proved himself a knowing and generous host, and a great talker. Hitj talk was worth listening to. I so<in discovered that he had seen many strange places and peoples—without giving me any definite information al*mt himself or his pursuits he let mp know that he had travelled extensively in various out-of-the-way parte, of Asia and Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, Burmah, Somaliland, Uganda,, Rhodesia, the Transvaal, the Cape—all these cropped up in his talk. And the more he talked, the more I was convinced that he was a native of somewhere nort’a of the Tweed—so much so that U. felt bold enough at last to plumb bdrm with it. “You’ve see’n a tremendous lot of the world,” I said. “But I should say you’re a Scotsman?”

He laughed!, as if the suggestion pleased him.. “Aye, we/7, and that’s a natural impression *you’d get, Holt,” he answered. “I’m not, though. I’m a Border 'mail. I was born on the English ,'fs.de of the Tweed, among the CheaiZots. But I spent the first fifteen years of my life on my grandfather’sj farm in Selkirk—and that accounts for what you’re thinking. We’ll perhaps take a look at the old place In our march—but they’re all my folk.” H® sighed, a little sadly at this reflection, but in the next instant recovered his spirits and began to talk of our journey. Presently I lej t him and went away to make ready for it; at five o’clock I was back at the hotel with my luggage, •and by a quarter past we were off, in the most luxurious car it had ever been my fortune to ride in, or ever to set eyes on.

There is no need to chronicle in detail the doings of the earlier stages of our tour. We followed out Mazaroff's line of going as far as we liked, and stopping where and when we chose. It was difficult to get him

“Any time, with a couple of hours’ notice,” I replied. He rubbed his hands at tUat —I never saw a schoolboy more .eager

away from towns like Stamford and Grantham. At York, after a preliminary inspection of the old city, he announced his intention of staying a week; we stopped ten days. It was during this pause in our peregrinations that I got my first instance of his Oriental-like generosity. Coming down to breakfast one morning, he found me busy with many letters and small parcels; asking the reason of my unusually large mail, he learnt that this was my birthday. He made

no remark on that except a joking one to the effect that he’d completely forgotten that he had one. But when I sat down to dinner that night and unfolded my napkin I found concealed there a crisp, new Bank of England note for five hundred pounds and when, after gazing at it, I looked at him i across the table, he blushed like a boy i detected in playing off a practical joke. 1 "Mr. Mazaroff!” said I. “You are too ! j princely in your generosity:.” He

looked round, fearfully, as if afraid . that the waiters should hear. "Hoots-toots, laddie!” he muttered. “No such thing! Put it in your pouch, and say no more about it—l'm sure 1 you merit a lot more than that wee l bit of a matter!” , (To bo continued/ i j ARE YOU FIT TO MARRY? j I ARE you fit to marry* are you fit to marry?