SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 301, 14 September 1908, Page 5

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A Luoky Girl. A hockey girl, who was visiting Wellington last week, had a strange adventure the other day that should convince her she is the favoured child of fortune. She went into town one aftomoon visiting various shops and offices, and returned homo well pleased with tho expedition. The next clay sho went across to_ the Bay with the team, and, after an exciting' afternoon, on her way homo found sho nad not her purse with her. This did not alarm her greatly, becauso she thought it must be at' home, but a long search. failed to 'reveal tho lost treasure, treasure indeed, for that purse contained fivo pounds. Anyone but a hockey girl might have been cast down and in despair, and felt sho had lost tho money forever, but this girl wont into town next day to visit the various shops of her previous expedition, asking at each whether they had seen her purse, and, strange to relate, she found it. It had been loft on a counter, and kept carefully until sho called. Galaty at Worser Bay. Tho prospect,of a fancy dress ball brings with it great excitement to the child mind, and for weeks past there has been much talk among the children of Worser Bay and-dis-trict concerning a dance that took placo in Wyatt's Hall on- Friday night. It was a great time for the children, of whom there woro.more than a hundred present, ranging from three years of ago upwards, and all of them-in quaint and picturesquo fancy costumes.' Tho members of tho committee— Mesdames G. Hawson, Goodor, and Pownall, and Misses Kircher, Mackcnzio, and Slater — spared no trouble to make the dance a success, and the children evidently enjoyed themselves immensely. It was a pretty sight. - On all side 3 were to be seen • and heard clownfc, coons, flower girls, Japanese ladies, characters from fairy tales,' and Chinamen.. Mephistopheles was. not'absont,' and Pierrot was a favourite character.' Mrs. J. Colo acted as pianist. Tho following were some of tho characters:— Kate Greena'way (Miss D.' Kircher), Bluebell (Miss A. Lucas), Daisies (Miss F. Lanham, Black Butterfly (Miss L'Mucdonald, Snow Qneen/(Miss iX Meek), Queen of Hearts (Miss M. Marshall), Greek, Statue (Miss M. Paul), Spanish .Girl (Miss G. Tingcy), Winter (Miss F. Wyatt). 17th 1 Century Lady (Miss V.. Wiren),. Gipsy (Miss Bothamley), Miss Muffet (Miss R. Fabian), Two Little Maids from School (tho Misses Fabian), Sunrise (Miss A. Grigg), French Peasant (Miss N. Hawson), Graduate (Miss M. Duff), Cachuca Dancer (Miss H. Cramond)_, Nancj; Lee (Miss M. Cramond), Gorman Girl (Miss G. Lumsden). Miss Bulkley, of the Wellington Hospital staff, returned on Saturday from a six weeks' visit to Auckland and Hawke's Bay.Only a few people went out to Trentham on Saturday to watch the end of tho championship golf matches. Miss Hannay beat Mrs. Lees in the final, and so won the senior cliampionsllip. JUrs. W. BMwill (i'eatherston) won the' bogey match. On Sunday afternoon Lady Ward: invited a few friends to'meet Miss Irene Ainsley. Among those present wero Miss Prouso, -the Misses Sedflon, Mr. and Mrs. Knox Gilmer, Miss Bauchop, Mr. and Mrs. Heatou Rhodes, Mrs. Queree, Mr. Frasor, Mr. and Mrs. R. Loughnan,, and Mr. T. Seddon. Hiss Faerie Denniston, who has been staying with Mrs.' Alfred Brandon, -left for Dnnedin on Saturday- night. Mrs. Cohen, of Palmerston North, is staying in-Wellington:'' ; ! On Saturday Mrs. Prbnse,' accompanied by Mr.'. Oliver * X'roiuo.H'left«, forj. a forntight's visit to Auckland. Mrs. J. C. Brown, of Napior, is tho guest of Mrs. Kennedy Macdonald. Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan were passengers for Sydney by the Warrimoo last week;Our Masterton correspondent writes thaton Friday afternoon a reception was held at tho home of Mrs. J. Cochrane, when about thirty ladies wero present- to bid farewell to Mrs. Alex. Bins, who is going to livo in Levin,'and. to .present her witli a farewell gift in tho shape of a handsome silver cake basket. During tho afternoon songs wero sung by Mrs. Te Tau. Mrs. Edwards,, Miss Denham, and Mrs. Asliton, and a recitation was given by Mrs. Frank Dupre. Mrs. Birss left for Lovin on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs; Charles Saunders arrived in Wellington yesterday after highly successful roturn visits to'Dunedin and Christchurch, in readiness for the Wellington Choral Society's concerts on : Wednesday and Friday next. They' are staying at the Royal Oak Hotel. - '. The " Waip.iwa Mail " reports that Mrs. G. P. Donnelly--is" seriously ill. , .Several reports: of ■ social gatherings .-received lately liavo not been published because they, came so long after tho event took place. Correspondents'arc requested' to forward their reports of\ dances, weddings, etc., without any unnecessary delay, sending them; if possible, ;in time for insertion' in tho first issue following tho event.

News has. been received in Sydney (says ar Australian paper) that Miss Steel, a Tasmanian lady, engaged in mission work undei the Poona and Indian. Village Mission, was recently severely assaulted. Tho bungalow connoctod with tho mission at Pandharpur, Bombay Presidency, was. attacked by a large body of natives, : and every window was smashed. .Miss Steel went outside to try and pacify tho people, whereupon she was seised. Her head l rras battered, and all hei front teeth were knocked out. It was onl) when the infuriated mob saw her drenched in her blood-and believed she had been killed thit they decamped. Tho police came on the scene top late. •' The bungalow, at tho latest advices, was being continually guarded. A two-year-old child named Doris Smith (says an exchange) •is the talk of phicago. She can repeat from memory overy line ol Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice," and has. mastered sonic of tho most difficult speaking pieces in the English language. The sad death. of two children, wlio were accidentally poisoned during Fleet Week in Sydney (writes "Rex" in tho "Australasian"), has cast a gloom over tho suburb in which'they lived. «Thc little ones, who liad been promised a night in town to see the illuniinationns if " they made their colds well," decided. "to doctor" themselves. The eldest, aged nine, prepared a dose from what she thought .was her mother's homemade cough mixture, and administered a 'liberal quantity to her little brother, five yoars old,. taking tho same dose afterwards herself. Both . remarked it tasted "funny and hot," and told their parents.so, but no suspicions were aroused, and tho children were sent to bed early. AVhcn tho mothei went to wake them the following morning her. inability to. rouse them to consciousness excited her alarm, and inspection ' showed that the contents of a bottle of. chlorodync had been used in mistako for the cough mixture. •Though tho doctor called in found life in tho boy, he only lingered for a fen hours. .