SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 229, 20 June 1908, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Invitations hp.ve been issued by Mrs. Wylio ror-a Cinderella dance, which she is giving m the Goring Street Hall on Monday,. Juno . St. i Patrick's Collego Old Bovs' dance is to be given in Sydney Street Schoolroom on . .Tuesday, Juuo 20. Mrs. W. Bunny, of Glenburn, Wairarapa, iis at present on a visit to Miss Eileen Shannon, or _Clift6n . Terrace. : On Thursday evening, Mrs. Fulton- gave a very enjoyable birthday dance for her daughter in the Masonic Hall, Boulcott Street. Tho.colours chosen for decoration were scarlet and white, and the hall was decorated with holly, and tho supper tables adorned with holly, autumn leaves,' spring flowers, and scarlet streamers. Mrs. Fulton received in a handsomo frock of black net over whito . silk, with hem of black chiffon velvet. Miss Fulton > woro a striped floral taftetas; Miss Ward 'pink taffetas; Miss E,us?sr> cream liet, with bands of pale blue; Miss iiisie Simpson ; pink messaline; Miss G. Keid, pale.eau-dc-nil silk: Miss Stafford, pale Pi? ,^' ss E- Stafford, white frock; Miss H. Miles; pale blue ninon; Miss Watson, palo blue with bands of net and gold trimming; Miss Bell, pale blue; Miss Dean, palo blue with silver trimmings: Miss Mary Jones, lavender satin; and Miss'L. Brandon, There wero three debutantes,Miss Bessie Reid, who wore a frock of white ninon with silver trimming over glace sill:; Miss Doroihv Bnlkeley, in whito taffetas, trimmed with lace over silver tissue; and Miss D. Holmes, who wore a frock of white satin. / , Miss Macdonald, : of Dunrdin. is staying with Mrs., Munro at Hataitai.

A delightful "violet tea" was given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Rankine-Brown at her home in Aurora Terrace, when violets /were introduced in- every way that an ingenious and artistic- fancy could devise Tho tea- table, which was lighted by a lamp, .oveiv which hung a pale violet shade, was decorated with wide -bowls filled with viofestoons of violets hung from the shade . , # the cakes were ornamented with violet, icing} crystallised violets were placed about "the. table in little dishes, and dainty violet sandwiches ■ were served. The throe singers, of the afternoon—Misses Ward, M Tavish} and Beauchamp— sang songs about' violets) and there were two violot competitions. Acided to this,, each of the - guests wore a bunch of violets, audi on thelappv suggestion of ono of them, these were all afterwards givon to the hostess to be sent by„her to. the where the patients will assurodly believe that spring has come. The competitions were rather novel. A quotation from Browning was written on the cakes in violet icing, only one word at . a tunc, and - in a very few minutes one girl with literary tastes road out the medley, " Blue ran the flash across, violets were born." This-was followed % a more difficult competition, and ono saw .in 1 all directions/girls with paper and little violet pencils trying, on the spur of the moment! to compose a poem on a violet, a thing that has .so seldom vbeon tried' before. The result was interesting, and the two verses tuat won tho first and second prizes were very clover. These were by Miss Kathleen Beauchamp and Miss Butts. Mrs. RankineBrown received in a white lace blouse with touches of violet, and white-silk skirt. She wore a'violot chono sash, and pearl- and amethyst ■ necklace and pendant. Anion those present' wore: Mesdamcs . Algar Williams, Knight,. H. .-Johnston, Rolleston, Fis.her, W.- Hislop, H. Crawford, C. Pearco, A. Crawford, Boyd, Joseph, Elliott, A. loung/Biss, D. Nathan, and lan Duncan, and the Misses M'Tavish, Watson, Simpson, Reid, Harding, O'Connor, Rose, Pitt, Tolhurst, Butts, Richmond, Duncan, Russell, Fell, E. Fell, Coopor, Baird, L. Brandon, and Beauchamp (2). Mesdamcs H. Gore, Izard, and S. Harcourt, with Miss .Tewsley, took charge of the tea-^able.

A dance given by the Wednesday Hockey Association, in which the employees of Mr. C. Smith are very largely represented, was hold on Wednesday ovoning in the Masonic Hall, Bouleott Street. A number of people wero present, and the dance was most snccessful. : '