EOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 283, 24 August 1908, Page 5

EOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Mrs. A. Elder has taken a houso in Aurora Terraco.

Mr. Alfred Atkinson, late of Hawcra, has como to livo in Wellington, and has taken a house near the viaduct, Kolburne.

Miss Anderson Hughes, who is lecturing in ■Wellington this week, is the guest of Mrs. A. Hob}', Woolcombe Street.

Miss ICitty M'Kenzie, who is visiting frionds -in Victoria, is going to Melbourne to be present at tho Fleet festivities. Miss Cecil Jones will also bo there.

At St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral on Saturday afternoon Mr. Geo. T. AVilkins, of Silverstream, was married to Miss Elaino (nurse) Smales, eldest daughter of the lato . Bov. Gideon Smales, of Hampton Park, East

Tamaki (Auckland). Tho wedding ceremony was performed by the ltev. Cecil Smith, of St. John's, Trentliam. Tho bride was given awav by her brother, Mr. Herbert Smales, of Auckland. '

Miss Duleie Deamer, daughter of Dr. Doamer, of - Feathcrston, and a young' lady who has shown a remarkable literary faculty, recently left Wellington for Australia, whoro slio is to marry Mr. Albert Goldio, who was advance representative for the "Mother Goose" Pantomime Company, and more recently for tho '"Prince Chap" Company. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. ' Goldio leave for Calcutta, Mr. Goldie being under agreement to manago tho tour of tho East to be made by a company headed by Mr. Hugh Ward and Miss Graco Palotta. Miss Deamer will be remembered as tho young lady whose short story of prehistoric colouring Won the "Lone Hand" magazine competition a few months ago.

The Spinsters' Ball, held in Gladstone on Friday evening, was an enjoyable • function (writes our Wairarapa; correspondent, enthusiastically), carried out with tho' feminine verve and brightness that are characteristic of tho young ladies of the district. From tho commencement of tho programme at 8 p.m. till breaking up time, seven hours later, was a period of joyous whirl, with laughing eyes and' flying feet; music which charmed tho , senses even with the rag-time and tho bizarre, and a supper which might have been an epicurean dream of the gods. ' Judged on Friday night's gathering, it is a good reflection on the intelligence and perspicacity of mankind that tliero should bo any spinsters at all in Gladstone. In justice to mankind, one may observe that so far as Gladstone is concerned tho name spinster is a misnomer, for the young ladies appear to be just out of llieir teons. The M.C.'s, Miss Turner, Miss Mason, and Miss Hodge, were a trio that kept the floor fully occupied by even the most jadod of bachelors, while the following committee was admirable in the general arrangements: Misses Jessica Strang, Mary Strang, Nellie Mason, Kato Mason, < Jennie Mason, Christina Turner, Bessio Turner, Maggie Grant, Jennio Grant, Lena Grant, Ellon Smith, May Carew, Thompson, Grey, Korr, and Hodge. Miss M'Pheo was a business-like "chairman," and the laborious secretarial duties wcrq undertaken with much success by Miss N. MFarlane and Miss Mason. .

At Kimbolton on Wednesday last tho Presbyterian Church was crowded with residents from all tho district around, when Miss Agnes' Pawelka'j daughter of Mr. Joseph Pawelka, was married to Mr. Henry Frederick Wilhelm Hansen, .of Kimbolton, and eldest Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hansen, of Palmerston North. Tho Rev. J. M'Kenzio officiated. Tho bride wore a frock of whito chiffon taffetas;: : ','and;;:carried a handsome shower bouquet. : l She was Attended by three bridesmaids, all white, Miss Hansen, sister of tho bridegroom, and Misses Florrio Pawelka. and Nellie Jenkius, whilo little. Kenneth Hansen acted as page. Mr. Carston Hansen/ brother of tho bridegroom, was best man. Tho bride's "parents entertained • their guests after the ceremony at a reception in their own home, and in the evening at a social in Poole's Hall. Among tho wedding presents received was a han'dsomo overmantel from the employees of Messrs. Hansen and Son. A successful singer, Miss Irene Ainsley, tho popular, young Auckland, contralto, received a warm'welcome back from a largo audience at hor concerts., on Thursday and Friday (writes our Auckland correspondent). Miss Ainsley has made great strides in her profession since'she was last heard here. To attain the position she has reached in the world of song has doubtless meant indefatigable labour and perseverance. It would, be too much to assume that her position as a •front rank contralto is ontirely unassailable, and doubtless one or two matters will receive some attention from' Miss Ainsley in tho near future. Her voice has been remarkably. well trained, and has increased in volumo and musical quality, particularly as regards tho lower registor. A good stage deportment and bearing is a necessary desideratum of the finished concert singer, and in this department Miss Ainsley has evidently received adequate instruction. Taken altogether, it would seem safe to prophesy a successful future for the. clever New Zealander.'

The Kia Toa (Girls) Hockey. Club gave its annual social and dance last Thursday night in the' Grey town Hall, which was very tastefully decorated with palms, evergreens, and mirrors. Mesdames Cotter, Murray, Bey, and Loasby acted as chaperones, while Messrs. A. Coe, D. P. Loasby, W Humphries, and N. Sheet ably carried out the duties of M.C.'s. Prior to the supper adjournment, Dr. Bey presented the Hughes Shield which has been won for three years in succession by the Kia Toas. Mr. D. P. Loasby thanked Dr. Bey on behalf of the club, and added words of praiso as regarded tho unbeaten record of tho Kia Toa girls.' It is, indeed, a record, the club having played teams from Masterton, Carterton, Featherston, and Wellington, and never being beaten, with only one goal scored against them, playing in all 31 games and drawing 5.