SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 107, 29 January 1908, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Yesterday . afternoon,',, at' .St, ?;''Peter's Church; Miss . Mabol■ Price?, 7 eldest 'daughter of Mr. H. Price, of -Upper AVillis Street, was married , Frederick G. I). Gill, youngost,. son 0f,.: Mr., W» Gill, "manager,.of tlio Wrillirigtoh branch.of the Alliaiific Assurance Company. The bridesmaids were Miss E. Prjcoj of : the bride,- and- Mies ; , E. Gill,'sister of tlio; bridegroom.. -Mr, G.i Oswin acted as'best''man,-and'Mr. S. J. TO > Gift'as groomsman". /The-ceremony wao- performed by the Rev. Mr. M'Laverty. After. tliio/wodding a V'recOp'tioii was held at the' homo -of the bride's pareuts in Upper- Willis; S|reet.' ; ■The competition fete in connection with the opening,'of the Home of GompMsion' at Island Bay/was to have taken place towards the: end of February, ibu't' as their/Exo'elleribibs the Governor and Lady.Plunketa wild are to open the Home, cannot be; »in'')Vellingioh till . M&rch '14,, that 'date : has been fixed '>for the opening ceremony.>, L , ;' .„ 'V A Wellington lady who was at . thav. time in San - Francisco heard Tetrazzini .wKe'tvshe mado her first, appearance ,in : 'that-.city ;in 1905. The great singer was tively unknown, but her San. Francisco,audiences were miost enthusiastic over heir, and'it was difficult to get seats at Kor performances. Tlio Opera Company were not performing, in the big Opera House, but in the little Tivoli, and there they gave "Lucia di L'ammermoor," !Maiion.-Lescaut," and the "ISarbiero de Seville." 1 "As Lucia," says an old issue of the San Francisco "Argonaut'," which my friend haS lent mo, " Tetrazzini .was nothing short of aniarfnn;. After . lior .ringing, of -the mad scene* tho house soemed to quiver, and, rock with applause.' . And : this iir !Lucia! Think of it." " She was not' emotional and hysterical, as some of the London , critics .have said/; but.far' from that her/acting ttas easy and full of charm. .... .V"