ECCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 296, 8 September 1908, Page 3

ECCIAL AND PERSONAL.

"A! Horn?" at Glackbridsc. 11 At.Homo" at Blackbritige. Lower Hutt, Miss Eliot gavo a very delightful "China" tea for Miss Sadio Lukin, ivlioso marriago is to tako place next month. Tlio drawingroom and diningroom wero used tor tho .entertainment of tho many guests who arrived, each carrying a mysterious littlo parcel. Afternoon tea was served ill the diningroom, whore the table was decorated with beautiful narcissi and primroses, with lovely little pots of violets, and from the gas lamp overhanging tho tabic was suspended a good luck emblem, a tiny littlo liorseshoo covered with whito ribbon. The drawingroom was decorated with bowls of jonquills, violets, and primroses. Tho China offerings to. tho brido included pretty-littlo vases, cream-jugs, sweet-dishes, in fact, every sort of thing ill the way of dainty China dishes that a girl could want. Music and songs completed tho afternoon. Miss Parsons sang charmingly, as did Miss 1 Greenfield, and pianoforte solos

were given by Miss Treadwell and Miss Cloro. Mrs. Eliot wore a handsome black silk dress, with crcam laco vest/ Miss Eliot was wearing a pretty cream canvas skirt, and not blouse trimmed with insertion and palo blue velvet ribbon; Mrs. Bucliolz, .cream voilo skirt and silk blouse; Mrs. Murison, crcam frock; .Mrs. Stanley Wheeler, palo laverder silk; Miss Sadie Lukin, smart gown tailor-made coat and skirt, with oream laco vest, and brown hat, with touches of dark green; Miss Lukin, dark blue- coat and skirt, with croam vest, and heliotrope velvet hat, | trimmed with bunches of darker shaded flowers. Amongst the other guests wore: Mrs. Pidgeon, in dark bluo coat and skirt; Miss Yon Dadelszen, pink cloth costume and pink hat; Hiss Oswin, light green coat and skirt; Miss Robinson, darlc green costumo, with green and brown hat; Miss Clere, dark brown; Miss Johnston, dark bluo coat and skirt, fawn hat, trimmed with feathers; Miss Treadwell, light bluo coat and skirt, blue hat with feathers; Hiss Greenfield, dark brown, with plum-coloured velvet hat, trimmed with heliotrope; Miss V..Johnston, green coat and skirt, with green hat, trimmed with violets and mignonette; Miss Buckhurst, dark blue, white furs, and blue hat; Miss M. Foster, and her sister, in dark brown costumes, and hats to matoh. A Luncheon Pairty. A delightful welcome home to' Miss May Kane was given yesterday by Mrs. Macarthy in the form of a luncheon party at the Royal Oak Hotel, when a number of Miss Kane's friends were present. , The long tablo was very artistically decorated with tall vases filled with bluebells and sprays of crimson birch leaves, and down the length of the tablo ran sprays of littlo green leaves among which violets wero scattered. Mrs. Macarthy wore a smart frock of fine cream cloth with yoke of lace and tinv touches of pale blue, and a hat whose high crown was completely surrounded by high upstanding brown wings. Miss May Kane wore,a cream costumo- with touches of black velvet, and a very becoming black hat of tho " Merry Widow" shape; Mrs. Kane wore black silk relieved with cream lace, and a smart hat; Miss Amy Kane, floral brown muslin, and floral hat to match; Mrs. Rutter, pale blue cloth costumo with lace blouso and floral hat;' Miss Ward, blue cloth costumo and brown hat; Mrs. Parker, palo blue cloth with touches of moss-green' velvet on coat and skirt;. Mrs.. Tringham, cream' costumo and floral'hat; ' Mrs. Samuel,. claret cloth -frock with cream lace-vest, and'black picture hat; Mrs. -Etheringham, blue'frock and dark 1)Iuo hat; Mrs. :Myers, cream costumo; Miss Mackintosh, cream silk and cream hat with-flowers. Other guests wero Mrs. and Miss Wylio,. Miss Fancourt, Mrs. Christie, Miss Hall-Jones,. Mrs. Ballance,. Miss. Seddon', Mrs. Knox Gilmer, Miss Bntts, and ..Miss. Isitt.-

Private Nurses' Club. Last night there was a very pleasant social gathering at the Private Nurses' Hostel, Willis Street, to celebrate tho opening of tho new clubroom, which is to bo a meeting-place for members of tho association. Miss M'Lean made a little speech in opening tho room for daily use, and Miss Palmer called for three cheers for Mrs. Hoigate, who had worked hard to found the association. A very interesting speech was that given by Miss Doherty, a nurse of twenty-three years' experience, who only Inst year resigned her position as matron of tho Palmerston North Hospital. She congratulated the nurses on their new home, and contrasted tho privileged position of nurses to-day with that they held in the days when she began her work. . After this meeting tho guests adjourned to the drawing-room, Tfherti they' had songs from Mr. von Haast and Miss Lucas, and a recitation from Miss Kane. One or two games followed, and then supper was served in tho dining-room, where the table was beautifully decorated with spring flowers. Wairarapa Notes. Mrs. Ross and Miss Ross, from Ashburton, have been visiting Mrs. H. Hume, and are now staying with Mrs. M'Dougall, of Pirinoi . Miss Webb, from Wellington, is at present staying with her aunt, Mrs. \V. James, at Lansdowne. \ Miss Wolff left for. Taihape on Saturday for a short visit to her mother. Miss M. Armstrong, from Palmerst-on, is the guest of Miss Jackson, of "Stonestead."'' Mrs. Nicholls, who was at one time living in Masterton, but left with her family to live at tho Thames, is staying with her daughter, Mrs. C. Munro, of Masterton. Miss Marrya'tt has returned to Opaki from a short visit to Woodville, where she was staying with her sister, Mrs. Grant. Miss Evans, of Wellington, is tho. guest of Mrs. W. H. Jackson, of Masterton. Tho Hon. C. Louisson and Mrs. Louisson entertained a number of friends at a dinner at the Royal Oak last night. The Young Women's Christian Association intends to hold a bazaar later on in aid of its furnishing fund. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. W. A. Chapplo is giving a handkerchief tea at the Y.W.C.A. Rooms, the handkerchiefs donated 'being handed over to tho Bazaar Committee for one of their stalls. The sellers of flowers and sweets at the concert last night in aid of Mother Mary Aubert's Home of Compassion worked very hard, and made a lot of money. They stood at tho main entrance to catch everyone who entered, and those who passed them safely encountered others more eager still in the corridors and on the stairs, and simply had to buy. It looked an easy way of making money, but tho making of those candies represented many hours of work. Among thoso soiling were Miss Eileen Ward, Miss llubi Seddon, Miss O'Connor, Miss Scully, and Miss Rose.