SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 297, 15 December 1919, Page 10

SOCIAL JOTTINGS.

Mr. Anthony Hor&eni and party nre , expected to arrive in Auckland by the j Niagara. ; Mr. and Mr.-. Winslow, American : CoEsn!. expect to reach Auckland by * the Xiamra this week. ' Mr-. K. r'- Isaacs and family have; i taken up their residence at Takapnna i for the iujnrncr months. ! Joan Caringt-00. of Christchurch. I if now in residence at St. Hilda's, the well-known women's i-ollege at Oxford- ■ Mrs. A. R. D- Watson, who has been I tisiting Auckland from Sydney, left osain for Australia by the iDaheno on Thursday. Mrs. Wtit-on intends to return again in a few months. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shorter, of Wellington. Mr. and Mr?. VC. M. Shand, of itSiristchurch, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Bridgeinan. of Dunedin. and Mr. and Mrs. H. JBaker. of Philadelphia, are amongst the <mests staying at the Grand. Mis? Craig-Roberton, ol Glasgow, who visiting relatives in New Zealand, left Wellington for Chxistrfmrch on "Wednesday. While there she will visit | the headquarters of tf ivomen's National Council (she is a member of the British Council >, and deliver messages irbm Lady Aberdeen, the world president, and will later go on to Dunedin- Miss Oraig-ttobertou intended ! visiting Japan, btit as she has just been re-elected to the Parish Council of Glasgow she will have to return to Scotland as soon as possible, and leaves by the next Trisco boat, en route to England. Women are free and equal with men in Burma. They have the highest social postion among Asiatic women. They cave a voice in all matters and incidentally control the household purse. They ' do not even lose their surnames when : they marry, for there are no surnames in Burma. By every test of form or epirit the Burmese are a remarkable, democratic people (states a writer in the ""Manchester Guardian.") i There-was a pleasant addition .to the ordinary ireaking-Tip ceremonies at the Technical College on Friday afternoon, when, sixer the prize-giving, "the pupils of the senior domestic science classes entertained the lady teachers and the director at afternoon tea. The girlsl had transformed the dressmaking room into a bower of beauty, with flags, ferns, and climbing roses. Red carnations gave the keynote to the table decorations, te"hich did much credit to the girls* taste and skill in housewifery. During the afternoon Miss Iris Piatt, who acted as hostess, delivered a graceful little : speech, in which, in wishing them the compliments of the season, she voiced the girls' appreciation of the work of the teachers, ar.d expressed regret at the departure of Miss Marsdon (who is to join the staff of the Wellington Girls' College), and Miss Barriball. Mr. George replied on behalf of the staff, and an informal programme of songs, recitations, and pianoforte select-ions was given, concuding with "Auld Lang BysuF in. thrre-iononred style. So successful was the little gathering that it ia hoped to make it an annual event. A very quiet but pretty wedding took piece at the Spreydon Baptist Church, Qrristchnrch, on Monday afternoon, December S, when Miss Hose HeileweU, youngest daughter of Mrs. J. H. Eelleof Spreydon. was married to Mr. -Will Appleton, of Wellington. The bride, who was charmingly dressed in eupple satin embroidered in pink, was given away hy her brother, Mr. Harry HellewelL from Hobart. The bride was attended hy her sister. Miss Ivy HeEewell, who wore a beautiful frock of mole and rose crepe-de-chene, with hat to .match: and by her niece, Miss Eileen Bines, who was dressed in cream silk, W3th pink crepe-de-chme hat. Mr. J. A. Harrison was best man. The church was prettily decorated and the ceremony toes performed by the Rev. O. ATaeBkttde. Afterwards the mother of the hade entertained a few guests at the residence of the bride's uncle. Mr. Q. Dixon, when the customary toasts were ispnoured The bride and bridegroom subsequently left for the South by motor. The wedding took place in the Presbyterian Church, Takapuna. on Wednesday last of Miss >*>ra Mary Boak, daughter of Mr. William Boak," Hauraki .Boad. Takapuna. and Mr. Maurice Wynne Allom. son of Mr- Albert Allom, of Epsom. The church was prettily decorated for the occasion with floral arcs and a wedding bell of flower?. The Eev. D. J. Albert performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given away D.y her father, wore a charming gown of ivory georgette, flounced to" the -wa2ii, the bodice being embroidered, with seed pearls, and, the usual wreath and yen. She was attended by two bridesmaids, Miss Ella Western, Takapuna and Miss Eileen Geddis, Wellington, who wore very dainty dresses of pink credo de chine with fichus ■ : pink georgette, aud pink nats wit! floral wreaths. The bouquets ,-arr- i by the bride and bridesmaids we - a of quite unusual beauty Mr. George Poi n-k was best man and Mr S. Fairchlld <rr -ms-man. Mr. Ered Weston preside*! at the organ, playing VM mar.-h from Lohengrin and MendcllsBOan 5 Wedding March. After the ceremony tba wedding party was taken by motor cars to the home of the bride's ■parens, -p r-ere :t s, lm pt,: 0113 vreddin" Oreakiast awaited them. The bride^ '• T d "- r^ 1 " of * he «,;,"• I?* suitably re-iTt-tC ?, Ir - and ifa " AB-n intend -o take ur, tb«r at Takapuna. St. Col leg, mark,-,! the f osmg ~t the year by a y VT v pretty the „f y si^ "»**• when under Mrs. Emily Sutherland presented "The Fa,rr Shoemaker." a musLi rtorv in two episodes. The concert ehambe*r was filled Tdth « very appreciative audience, and the various concerted numbers met with hearty applause. The story of how the shepherd boys, too .-", to " >r °rf-- went lookine for unearned gold. had quite a modern touch in these nays of the totalisator, and •*«et-rich-quick" methods. The tale opens with lazy shepherds asleep on a flower? ban*, to whom appears the fairy troupe, whicn provided a very pretty spectacle " s , lJle young dancers moved to and fro under coloured lights. The wakinsr of W i/ a J e?h^ rdS " a chorus. : r ,val of the Easte *-" who had mystic secrets to eel! *«v L^n P***—*** to display a «on With ' rood enu a«aTor a. y TO * of the character »d runrfS f " Jsic "* ras P ret^

ing it might be pointed out that perhaps more concerted action should be striven for. The stage is the land of beautiful illusion, and if it fails in beauty it loses the reason, of its being. To reach this requires as much practice and training in the chorus, who just walk across the stage, as in the principals who stand in the spot light, a fact that is hard to impress on young minds, but arms that ail go up at different angles and at different times do not lend themselves to the illusion of beauty, even when they are charmingly rounded and dimpled. The musical episodes were so charmingly given that it is hoped that more of these little morality plays will be seen in future.