SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 260, 27 July 1908, Page 5

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The usual fortnightly meeting of Iho conimitico of tho Society for the Protection of Women .Hid Children was held in tho Society's rooms on Friday afternoon, Mrs. W. A. Evans presiding. The following members wero present, Mesdames- Darvall, Izard, and Hoby, and apologies for absence were received from Lady Stout;. Mrs. Fell, and Mrs. Atkinson.- Two .fresh eases were reported since tho last mooting, and were dealt with, besides a number of eases' already under consideration.' The. following subscriptions. were acknowledged with thanks Messrs. George and Doughty, Kempthorno and Prosser, Hud-dart-Parker and Co., 10s. Gd. each: Messrs Meek and Von Haast, and W. T. Glasgow, 10s. each;; A.H.T., and Mesdames Gribbs, Palliser, Mackin, ' and John Brown, os. . each. Stationery was received from Messrs C. Banks and/Co., and a parcel from , Messrs.. George : and 'Doughty. - A letter was rcceivcd from the Executive of the Maori Congress thanking tho Society for its attendance at the women's meetings held in cpnnection with the Congress, 'and for tho assistance rendered in various ways, as well as tho kindly interest taken in tho Maori Women. . ■ ■ ; , - ' 'Mrs.'John Strang,' of .Gladstone, and her two daughters; Miss, Mary; Strang and Miss' Jessica Strang, have : returned to their, home from Sydney,, .where', they have, spent a most enjoyable six weeks. i Our Wdirarapa correspondent writes that at the Gladstone bachelors'' uall on Thursday evening Mr. Vf. ;B. Buchanan, on behalf of the residents, presented Miss Hilda Grant with a pair of silver cako dishes, cream jug, and ,sugar basin combined, and a cut-glass silver butter-dish. ' Miss Grant is' shortly to be married to Mr. D. M'Donald, after which she .and her husband will leave New Zealand for Scotland. 1 There was find weather for the fourth annual social held -on Friday night under tho auspices of the Paka Koura Ladies Hockey Club (writes our Featherston correspondent). Tho attendance was, large,- and tho floor m capital order. Music was supplied-by Mrs. A. Burt, (piano). Messrs C. Burt (cornet) and W. Sorensen (violin). Extras were contributed by Mesdames H. "Wickens (2), H. \\. : Waters, Misses E. Davidson and L: Hodder, and wero greatly appreciated'. Tho duties of masters of ceremonies wero ably carried out by Messrs. C. Lust, A. Higgison, G. Walker, and A. Tait. The supper provided was excellent, and the joint secretaries are to be complimented upon having carried out such a successful function. ' > • Mrs.' and. Miss. Whit'elaw arrived from Auckland by the mail" train on Saturday night, haying taken tho through trip from Auckland, and' incidentally having run into tho ' big thunderstorm. -Mrs. and. Miss Whitelaw: are staying with Mrs. J. D. Gray of Grant Itoad.:: -.. : « ■ It is with a good deal of-trepidation and a great deal of curiosity that a stranger approaches tho haunt of tho Savage Club for tho first'time. Who are tho Savages, these people of whose existence ono has heard from time to time, and of,whoso identity ono knows so little? .Will it turn'out that tho man next door, peaceable and decorous-look-in", is ill his hours of real relaxation »-savat'e; that the benevolent-looking gentleman, wfio journeys into town eyory morning in tho same tram is at heart a savage; and that tho gentle-mannered teacher can cut most savage capers? .These 1 aro the. things that. ■ the visitor .burns to know.; Tho ono thing slio is not prepared to find is that tho members of the club are not savage at all, that they, set, as the Chief Savage inferred, a standard up to? which' civilisation nnist ?panifhlly'''tbil.: But 'so it really is. Very ■earlv in even-'ing-'lbvo'songs were r 'suhg ,, tTiat in their romantic revercnco for womenkind would have done credit to-the, most Teveroritial medievalism "- anil with a sigh', of satisfaction tho. audience setLled 1 itself down-to hear-more of the same.sort. V A.diagram above tho,stago that charmed , tho hearts of all the cooks present showed, liow.: tho barbaric cook concocts his soup, and' it appeared that instead of the carrots, turnips, etc:, of the. so-called civilised chef, the harbairians ,uso only ingredients to which they can -learnedly refer in chemical symbols.- -Tho very clever topical song by Mr. Von Haa'st. showed'an lntimato acquaintance with' somo ; of the very best 'modern literaturei that it AVas gratifying to discover in a kaingav.. Perhaps the thing- tho audience-liked .best was the. intimation that it was to come, again. -After tho concert was over the guests wont down' to, the Town Hall, where supper and dancing were both' at onco ■provided, -and the Town Hall wound up its week of festivities . worthily. Lady i Ward wore a handsome black frock, and Mrs'. Eastcrfield was in white - satin; Mrs. &. Fowlds wore a black laco robo over white silk with deep lace collar ; Miss R. Scddon was in white; Mrs. -Von Haast, iii silver groy; Mrs. Baumoj in pink taffetas; Dr. Elizabeth Gunn, in white frock trimmed with "old tissue; Miss Vera Beauchamp, cream messalino satin;. Miss C. 1 Beauchamp, cream laco; Miss M. Wylie, in green silk; Miss R. Simpson, in pale pink; Dr. Agnes Bennett, 'white silk; 'Miss Bendall, pink silk muslin; Mrs. Picken, black silk .with laco bertha; Miss Prouse, black velvet with laco bertha.

The entertainment'given at - St. ( Marks on Saturday, afternoon in aid of the fund for furnishing 'the'new Y.W.C.A. 'room was a ,very'good one', and well attended. The three fairy tales,; " Bluebeard," " Beauty and tho Beast," and : " The Sleeping Beauty," were cleverly rendered by Misses Beryl Mackenzie, Vivian Haughton, Ivy Gooder, Dolly Bull, Vera Vial, Mattio Carter, Gladys Foote, Ida Kusli, Doris Kenny, M. Mackenzie, Dorothy Finn 'and Dorothy Meek, assisted by Murray Fuller, Nelson Isaac, D. Tomlinsou, and Burchel"Vitil. A recitation was'given by Miss F Dix, a song by Miss Elsio Strickland, and Miss Madge Lyon danced a Highland fling. Tho entertainment was'giveiriinder the direction of Miss Lawson, of tlie Technical School.