NOTES AND NEWS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 132, 10 July 1914, Page 4

NOTES AND NEWS.

Dr and Mrs Thacker returned to Christchurch from a trip to Sydney yesterday. Dr and Mrs Bamford left for Wellington last evening. Mr and Mrs Joynt, late of Temuka, •were passengers to the north last night. Hon. H. T. Wigram and Mrs Wigram vent north by the ferry steamer last evening. Mr and Mrs Duncan Rutherford, of Leslie Hills, who have been staying at "Warwick House for a few days, returned home this morning.

i Mr and Mrs Horning and family, f t 'who have been staying at the Clarendon for the past fortnight, Jeft for Welling- « ton last night, on their way to Australia.

Mr and Mrs Harris, Pleasant Valley, Waimate, arrived in town yesterday, and will return home to-day.

1 Mr and Miss Rutherford, Auckland, •arrived in Christchurch this morning, and are staying at the Clarendon. Colonel the Hon. R. H. Collins and : :Mrs Collins and their family leave for England by the lonic on July 16. Miss Dennistoun, of Dunedin, returned -home by the Ulimaroa this week from Sydney.

Mrs van der Velden and her little daughter sail from Wellington for Sydney to-day.

•? Yesterday afternoon the mothers of tie scholars attending the Sydenham Kindergarten, assembled at the school to bid farewell to' Miss Dorothy Bull, late head mistress t&ere, prior to her departure for Bulawayo, Rhodesia. There was a very large attendance of mothers, seholars, and students, Miss Hull . (trainer ,of the students) being also present. After afternoon tea had been served, Mrs Copplestone, on behalf of the mothers and students, presented

Miss Bull with a handsome dressing bag, fully fitted and appropriately engraved. ' She accompanied the gift with a short ■ speech expressive of the affection and esteem in which the recipient was held, both by mothers, students, and scholars, and she wished her every good fortune in Rhodesia. Miss Bull suitably ' acknowledged the gift, and reciprocated the kindly sentiments expressed towards

ller. - - Misff in warm appreciation of Miss Bull's work, and said •that although she was going far away, her work in connection with the Sydenham ISihdergarten would never, be forgotten, and the thoughts of her late assoeiates would often follow her out to Africa, Miss Bull, who sails on August 8 -for her new home, will take up public school teaching in Bulawayo, in eonnec- • tion with a mission station. Her work will be amongst the natives chiefly, and Blie will be called upon to teach '' boys'' up to forty-two years of age, as well as those of ordinary school age. The life promises to be full of strange and new experiences, and Miss Bull is prepared to give a vivid appreciation to all of /them.

Clara Butt and Kennerley Rumford art in London again, after their 100,000mile tour, during "which 200 concerts were given, and the two artists sang no fewer than 4000 songs apiece, says an exchange. Touring in such different places- as the United States, Canada, Honolulu, and Australia, the popular pair had many quaint adventures. In Sydney it *was so hot that Mr Rum- ■ ford was forced to change his collar five times during the concert. At Montreal, oin the contrary, it was so cold that the musicians sat in a motor ear throughout the concert, enveloped in , furs, and only left the vehicle to sing or play. In an interview Madame Clara Butt has said that she detected a marked advance in musical appreciation in Australia, the betterclass items on the programme being the most applauded. Canadian musiclovers, on the other hand, still prefer the old-time ballads, "Annie Laurie," for example, being in great demand. The most popular song of the tour was Di Herbert Brewer's "Airy, Fairy Pipers,'' though '' The Lost Chord'' and "Abide, with Me" still have a high place in public estimation. Perhaps the most telling criticism received during the tour came from the Melbourne lady, who sought to express the pleasure she felt at Clara Butt's singing, and ended by saying that "it made her feel if ants were crawling \ip and down lier back." Mr and Mrs Kennerley Rumford make their London reappearance at the Albert Hall on June 6.

The Duke of Teck has been appointed governor and constable of Windsor Castle. This position has been held by :■ member of the Royal Family for many years, the Prince Consort holding it for a long time. The constable at Windsor lias many special privileges, and one of these is a salary of £I2OO which is attached to the office.

Previous to the marriage of Hiss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, second daughter of the President and Mrs Wilson, And Mr William M 'Adoo, Secretary to the United States Treasury, a full-dress rehearsal of the ceremony was held at the White House. It is stated that the desire of the bride to have a wedding with '' fuss and feathers'' was realised in only a limited degree, for President Wilson had insisted that the affair should be of a semi-private character. The wedding was to be a hatless one, the bride having decided that, as the gentlemen would be in evening clothes, the ladies should discard their hats.

There was no more beautiful woman at the recent coming-of-age celebrations in honour of the twenty-first birthday ©f the Marquess of Titchfield than his mother, the Duchess of Portland. Everybody remarked how youthful she still looks, her extraordinary height and

slimness being set off by a most gorgeaus gown (says an English writer). But I heard one or two remarks regarding the Duchess's pallor, it being thought that hejf health was perhaps not quite what it should be. The. Duchess's clear, white complexion, however, is due to the fact that she is a strict vegetarian, and has been so for a number of years. Indeed sho set the fashion of vegetarianism in society some years ago.