SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 312, 26 September 1908, Page 13

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Tho Suffragist Leader. "Just before I left town I went to a suffrage meeting," writes a London lady to : a friend in Wellington. "Miss Pankliurst spoke. She has a charming personality, and in appearanco reminds me of tho famous picture of Mdme. Recamier in tlio Louvro. One feels sure that sho too could run a 'salon.' She has qualified as a lawyer, and lias a tremendous gift of repartee. I almost feel inclined to send in my name when I go back as a worker and do something in my leisure hours, only, so much that they do does not, appeal to me and though I think women should liavo the vote, tho giving of it will not bring the millenium. It is awful "to have those men legislating as they do "at present on matters whioh intimately affect women and for women to have no' word in the_ mattor. ■ I know men are so prone to decide things for us from their own point of view." Weddings. At St. Andrew's Church, Palmerston North, on Wednesday morning, writes a Palmerston North correspondent, Miss A. L. Crichton was married to Mr. A. Wright, of Dannevirke. The Rev. I. Jolly officiated. Miss A. Crichton, sister of the. bride, acted as bridesmaid, and Mr. W. Drummond, of Dannevirke, was best man. The bride, who was given away;by her brother, Mr. R. J. ' Crichton, woro a travelling costume of navy blue cloth with white picture hat'; and carried a lovely bouquet. The bridesmaid wore a cream Eton costume, and pale blue hat. After the' ceremony the guests were entertained at a wedding breakfast at Mr. Whitehead's. At St. John's Church, Feilding, yesterday morning Mr.' George Bell, of Feilding (son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bell, of Palmerston), writes our correspondent, was married to Miss Emma Holder, daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. J. Holdor, of Winiata, late of Feilding. Tho bride, who was given away by her father, was married in her travelling dress, a navy blue" tailor-made costume and white tulle hat with .1 pink roses. She was attended by her sister, Miss E. Holder, as bridesmaid. The Rev. A. S. Innes Jones officiated. _ : A wedding was very quietly solemnised on Monday morning'last, the contracting parties being Mr. Adolph Kohn, of Queen Street, Auckland, and Miss Thompson, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Thompson, M.L.C., >of Mount Eden, Auckland. The bride's father ;l and brother, Mr. J. E. Thompson, of Wellington, and Mr. Charles Griffiths, of Auckland, the latter being an old friend of the bride- : groom, were present. . 'V News from the Hutt. One way and another the Hutt is having a very interesting time just now. Thero are sometimes long periods when nothing seems to be happening or likely to happen, but this is not one of tnem. The flower snow was'the main event of Wednesday and Thursday, with the attendant private entertaining'; to-day a girls', tea' is to be given for. Miss Lukin, and at the links the golf season -.is to close with a match for. a trophy offered by Miss Hayward. On Tuesday Mrs. Hayward is giving a tea." On Wednesday Mrs. Gilruth gave'a pretty little tea at her home at the Hutt when many of the town visitors to the show were present. The rooms were filled with spring flowers, and •the supper table , very effectively decorated with' white daffodils in silver vases. Among other guests' were Mr., Mrs., and Miss Lethbridge, Mn. and Miss Sinclair, Mrs.- Tuckey, Mrs. andMiss O'Connor, Mrs. and Miss Martin Kennedy, Mrs. Bean, Mrs. Donne, and Mrs. Knox Gilmer.

| Palmerston North News. ' . A team of ladies from Wellington came up on Wednesday to play the Manawatu Golf Club. In their match on Wednesday the Wellington ladies were defeated after a close and interesting game, and on Thursday mixed foursomes were played. Miss Duncan and Mrs. Tweed were the guests of Mrs. L. A. Abraham, Miss Stafford was with Mrs. Warburton, and Mrs. Pearce and Mrs. Biss with Mrs._ W. Strang. Miss Ford (Dunedin) is spending a few weeks with Mrs. Freeman Jackson. Captaini and Mrs. Hewitt have gone for.a change to Napier and Hastings, where they' will be • the guests of Sir W. Russell'at .Flaxmero. ■ •" _ ■ , ' Mr. Arthur Hewitt is home for a rest to Recover from the effects of ,a fall out hunting in Taranaki. Miss Ella Gillett is paying visits in the Rangitikei. Miss Ida Russell gave a very pleasant afternoon tea on Monday. The room was full of spring flowers, and among those present' were: Mrs. Walter Strang, Miss Green (Dunedin), Mrs. Harold. Cooper,. and the Misses Abraham, Hewitt, Wilson, Warburton, Waldegrave, and Barber. Mrs. and Miss Davies, who hare been spending the past four months with Mrs. Isaacs, are returning to Dunedin on Tues- : day. Mr. and Mrs. Tripe are going to Trentham for a month. Mrs. F. Lecky has gone for a month's visit to Palmerston North. Mr. and, Mrs. K. Duncan and Mrs. Rawson have been to Wanganui for the races. . Mrs. Rawson returned to town last night. Mrs. Chatfield is staying for a'fortnight at Featherston with her young so'n, who is slowjy recovering from his attack of pneu'--monia. . . - Mr. and Mrs. S. Davies, of Rongomai,: and their two daughters left by the Moeralii yesterday for a hve weeks' trip to Sydney. . Mr; Pike has taken the large new house in Kelburno next to the .kiosk, and Mr. Knox has takon.his house on Gladstone Terrace. ........... Mrs. H. D. Crawford has gone to the' Wairarapa, where she is the guest of Mrs. Bidwill. Lady Plunket has had a busy week in the. South Inland addressing mothers' meetings and giving demonstrations • in tie. art of making humanised milk, and on Monday sho is to address two meetings, one in the after?, noon at the Brooklyn Baptist, Church, and the other at the, Kent Terraco Presbyterian Young Men's Classroom. ' In tho golf tournament at Miramar on Thursday, Miss Gavin and Miss Fulton won by default, Miss Elsie Gray defeated Mrs. Spenser, and Miss Carter boat Mrs. Holmes. On Monday Miss Elsie Gray plays Miss Gavin, and Miss Fulton Miss Carter; and on Tuesday the winners play off and decide the championship. They begin their public life early in .Auok-. land. At the Spring Fair held there last week, a fair in aid of the Mission, of the Good Shepherd and the Grey Street creche, Mrs. T. C. Williams, who opened tho bazaar, was presented with a bouquet of spring flowers by one of tho creche family,, a baby of eighteen months. It was a big fair, and a number of well-known Auckland girls wero prominent among tho helpers. It is to be hoped that the opening of tho Art Society's annual exhibition, which takes place on Monday afternoon, will be attended by a large number of people. Tho exhibition is said to be a particularly good one, and anyway this annual gathering is the ono public recognition that Wellington makes of tho society's existence and tho ono ex'-' pression of a sort of. sympathy with its aims. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nathan, who have been staying with Mrs. Joseph in Hobson Street for two or threo days, left by tho Moeraki yesterday for their trip to England/ Mrs. MacEwan and Miss Clara Palmer left for Sydney by /the Moeraki yesterday on thoir way to Europe. The series of farewells to Mrs. MacEwan came to a close on Thursday afternoon when

"Mrs. Fitchett gave a little bridge paity for her and her intimate frionds. The rooms were decorated with beautiful flowers 1 ; and tho tea-tablo was adorned with brilliant anemones. Mrs. Fitchett wore a blouse, of iieux rose silk trimmed with Irish crochet lace, and a black satin skirt. Mrs'. MacEwan wore a costume of white serge, and bluo\hat trimmed with pink and blue flowers.' Mrs. Fulton won tho first prize, and Mrs. Miles the second. \ Miss E. Heckler, daughter of Mr. J. F. Heckler, of Mangamahoo, is at present undergoing treatment in a Masterton private hospital. through an injury sustained recently to ono of her ankles in a hockey match at ■Palmerston North. \