SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 109, 31 January 1908, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The ball given by Mrs. W. IT.-.Levin, on Wednesday evening in Sydney . Street schoolroom was a great success. The .hall was beautifully'decorated with flowers. On the platform were palms and other plants, and many mirrors and cohjured lights added to the charm of tho scene. Flowers ■ - decorated the sitting out rooms and the supper 'room, where the large centre table'_ was 'adorned )vith silver candlesticks and crimson ribbons! \ Among the--guests 1 wero a' great many of the naval officers, from the ships in port. Mrs. Levin wore a dress of black sequined lace over wliito cliiffon; Miss Levin was, in a charming frock of palest pink riinon do.soie ; Mrs. Lindsay, pale grey chiffon; Mrs. Riddiford, in black and white; Mrs. 11.. Levjii, pale blue chiffon taffetas; Mrs. Wi, Levin, white chiffon covered with 'sequins; Miss K. Fitzgerald, pink chiffon, the. bodice trimmed with floral ribbon; Miss K. Duncim,! pink taffetas, with- panel of handsome lace on 'the skirt; 'Miss Harcourt, white satin with' pink roses; Miss Graco Harcourt, pale blue-silk; Miss Simpson, in heliotrope; Mis.yG. Reid, frock of emerald green chiffon'over White silk, with band'.of gold on the hem; Miss B. Miles, pink crepe do. chine, trimnled with lace picked-out with gold; Miss Hi .Miles, apricot taffetas,"with gold omhroidercd lace; Miss E. F«ll, pale,blue silk :• MiSs G. ■Beanchamp, ' pale. yellow; Miss R-. Se'dclon,'- 'pale blue- silk. .'. . '-. V;

While 'the professors and ot-hei' -members of the University Senate are living l&borious 'days, their wives are being ■ entertained by tho Wellington ladies, and one ' hears of afternoon'teas, morning teas, and suppers in their honour,. here, and there.,'" Yesterday afternoon Mrs.'.W. Shaiid had an-afternoon-tea at her home in Vivian Street, when many of the. visitors from other towns ! wero present. The pretty rooms were decorated with sweet peas, sunflowers, and magnificent dahlias, which had come from the- garden of Mr.- H. Fox. Mrs. Shand received-her guests in .a frock of white embroidered' muslin; Mrs. Shand (Dunedin) was'in black brocade, with cream lace front; Lady Stout in costume of-cream Sicilian, with small black hat; Mrs. T. W. Hislop, in dork bluo cos-, tume; Mrs. Fitchct-t, in black marquisette, with' hem of black silk and trimming-• of coloured ' embroidery; Mrs. Tole,, puce ..silk and hat to' match; Miss Macdonald,. cream dress and hat with pink roses; Mrs. Muriro, white muslin, with heliotropo hat; Miss Shand, white- muslin, and pink , hat.;.. Mrs. Gore ; black chiffon taffetas; Miss Gore, white muslin, and floral hat; Mrs. Grace, dress of black corded silk; black silk coat; , Mrs. Kendall, costume of jgrey. and white, striped Sicilian. Among others. prescnt ; :.,were • Mesdames Maurice Richmond, Watepn," Biss, W. Hislop,. and Hamilton, and Miss M'Lean.

Yesterday afternoon and ; evening ; "Mrs. Gyles entertained a number of friends'at her homo in Abel.Smith Street to. welcome'her daughter Miss Ethel Gyles, who has'just returned "from a prolonged visit." , A fortuneteller was'present, who read the'fortunes of such guests 'as wero curious. Miss 1 Gyles'is ono of tho most successful pupils at the Technical School, whore sho lately won' a sliip, : and the , guests had the opportunity of 'inspecting' .her clever work. Ambhg.'tlibsp present wero Mefdaih.es Hislop, .'Fisher, Uodber, '.arid Macintosh, Messrs. :;Hislop, Macintosh; Fisher, and Godber, and Misses Perry and Compton. - Miss O'Sullivan, who lias been cashier for Messrs. Macdonald, Wilson and Co. for tho past eight years, was entertained at a social gathering of the staff at ''Somerled " (tho residence of the Hon. T. K. Macdonald), on Wednesday \ovening, in honour of hor approaching marriago to Mr. Moran, During tho evening -Miss O'Sullivan was, presented with a cheq'Uo bysth'ojiir'nij.'.aisaladtbowliirom, tho staff, and two entre'e clishcs by Mrs;: Macdonald. • v; ■ •'' ■■■,■'. At St. Luko's Church,- Greytown, on Wednesday, January 29, Miss Annie ,Gray, daughter of Mr. H. I. Gray, of that town, was married to Mr. Henry Rooks,, of Mastcrton. The brido wore a frock of : groy moiro, trimmod. with silk net and laco, and a picture hat. Miss Lila Gray, who acted as bridesmaid ( wore a frock of whito figured muslin trimmed with bluo. Mr. H. A. Beckett was best man, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Wynde,..Bond.. A reception was held after thowetfding;

Yesterday Sir Robert and Lady Stout, the Hon. Dr. Findlay and Mrs. Findlay, Mr. J. B. Harcourt, and the Misses Harcourt were the guests of the Admiral at lunch on the flagship. Lady Fawkes, whose sprained anldo still renders her quite helpless, had arrived from Lyttelton in the morning. Sho wore a frock of tussoro silk trimmed with Paris lace; Mrs. Bramley, a costume of cream sorgo checked with lines of pink and green, and a hat with pink flowers; Lady Stout was in cream with black hat and white boa; ' Mrs.' Findlay,. grey striped- tweed, feather boa, and hat trimmed with deep purple roses; Miss Harcourt was in white, and Miss Grace Harcourt in white' serge with rose-trimmed hat. " The death has occurred in Sydney of-Mrs: Brigadier Cain, of- the Salvation Army. Brigadier Cain was stationed for somosyears iri Is T ew Zealand, being not many years, ago a divisional officer in Wellington;' .The; late Mrs. Cain was therefore well known here. ;' '■ A social was held in the schoolroom of Trinity Methodist Church, Newtown;' von Wednesday evening, to accord a welcomo-'.to-the Rev.. W. J. Williams and-Mrs: Williams.