SOCIAL' AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 11

SOCIAL' AND PERSONAL.

t' v On Tuesday a delightful-little impromptu expedition^to,Somes Island'was got up by Mrs. W; Kennedy. Half/the. charm of thci i 'excursions 'is their unexpcctaclness; .for with a Wellington 1 climate it is never . safe, -to arrange thorn long beforehand, so that the \ usually^.become, matters of invitation;by . telephone/- The..: visitors went across in.the Natqne, and had afternoon tea.on the.lsland. Both going and coining tho.weat.hor ivas per? ; {fct, and , tlio'water clear as glass. -.'Among-' those present- were Mesdames Izard, Fitchett. Fishcr. Ewen. Bcanchamp, Ross, and ..Fulton, and Misses .' Ewen, Miles, Beaucliamp, ! and Stafford.' / '' .- • The committee of the Victoria League hope togive a; garden-party at the. homo of the 'President,-/ Lady Ward, on Friday, in' honour of, Madamo' Clara ' Butt.- They aro .waiting at present-,to know,whether that date would suit Madame' Butt. . ' > ■; • :Thb Rev. W. Harper, of. Edinburgh,, has been staying; with'.his wife;and daughter, at tha; Arcadia-Hotel since their arrival in the Dominion last-week. Dr.-~ and' Mrs. Cowie, of Mastcrton, whose wedding wo recorded recently,-arid who'■ have been staying in, Wellington, for several days, left' for Mastcrton yesterday. . Mrs.:.' Bey, of Greytowii, and her .daughter nro staying-ill Wellington..' ,' Miss Fulton is staying at- Waikanae, where I slic...is tji'o" guest of Mrs. Elder./ . . Mr. and Mrs. .T. Mac Gibbon, of Gore, with their two daughters arc staying at-'the ..Arcadia Hotel.;.' ... • ; ' •' . • V ■ TheMatest- English mail brings lieW of thfe death-'of'-MissTjluyd-George, eldest daughter of tlio : Right Hon. I). Lloyd-George, M.P.. .President of- tho Board of Trade. ' .Miss Lloyd-George, who - was- -only fifteen, died shortly-after an operation for appendicitis. -4- pretty aiid -new, idea-for: winter/ house decoration' has 'lately , come from-Home in the shape of dark green glazed earthenware pots,-in which bulb? packed in moss fibre are grown witliout earth, simply by' keeping the moss, damp. . Narcissi, daffodils, hyacinths, etc., can all he grown in"this way, and in the larger pots clumps of bulbs can. be.grown," so j-that .'the. llQWers would' last for quitje a, ,long-;thne. s -. -• v . Mrs. - Fabian, who has the newly-opened tea-rooin? at. Seatpun, ajlows customers : to tako''''thoir Innoho'oii; or tea-trays' out on.-to the b.each,'..wHich is a really excellent idea, 'as many people:want to spend all their time out-of'do.ors when they go'for. an. excursion l tb the bays,-, and this is sure to be a popular innoratitm; ■ .vMry.'ajiC}? rs ' Campboll, pf "Tinakori -Rpad,'are staying .jit-Babingt'on House, Seatoun. •; Mr. and'.Sirs, '.fiawitlit, of Masj#rton,'''.aro staying at Sjeatoun with't-heir.-twd'danght.'ers.'.