SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 318, 3 October 1908, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

A Pleasant Morning Tea. A very pleasant little morning tea was given on Friday by Mrs. do Castro at her homo in Kelburne. The rooms wore charmingly decorated with spring flowers, "the. table in the diningroom, where tea was served, looking particularly attractive. The delicious cakes, which wero home-made, were much appreciated. Music was contributed by some of the guests, and. clever fortune-tell-ing, interest in which never fails, added to the enjoyment ,of everyone. Mrs. de Castro wore a graceful frock of silver grey voile, trimmed with some very lovely laco. Among those present were Mrs. • Izard, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. de la Mare, Mrs. Roydhouse (Carterton), Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Elliott Wyatt, Mrs. Head, Miss Eileen Ward, Miss Head, Miss Sutherland, and Miss Turner. A Maori Wedding. It is curious to : hear, after all these years of Christian mission work, that it was only this week that the first Christian and legal marriage was performed among the Maoris of the coast along Normanby way. Tho -Rev, R. Haddon, himself a Maori, officiated, and gave an earnest address to the assembled congregation. It is recorded that the bride and bridesmaids wore -pretty frocks of silk and muslin, and carried beautiful bouquets of clematis and fern. At the wedding breakfast-, which'was served in the open air, many Maori dainties were provided, Maori cabbage and eels supplementing the lamb and potatoes and lighter delicacies. The wedding took place at Mr. Paul's house, and about one hundred Natives with several Europeans, wero present. Mr. Haddon proposed tho _ health of' tho newly-wedded. couple, and Sister Alice expressed a hearty vote of' thanks on behalf .of tho: Europeans present for the kindness of the. welcome oxtended to them by the Maoris. Then Mr. Paul, a near relative of the groom's and donor of tho breakfast, rose and voiced his own and his peo : pie's appreciation of the honour done niih by the Pakehas in being prosent in their homo on such, an occasion. He also exT pressed tho. wish that the ceremony they had all just witnessed might be .the symbol of the closer: union of the two races resident in. New Zealand. 1

Naval Weddings. The wedding of a naval officer has. on occasion' picturescfue adjuncts that must add greatly to the. commonplace. interest or any wedding. For one thing it seems .to be 'the proper thing for tho to drag the earriago; or it may bo .motor-car, contain! no;' the bride and bridegroom from tho church to tho. home of'tho bride, and coming out of the church the bridegroom leads his wife beneath tho crossed swords of ■ his brother officers, which sounds very martial, though . actually it looks very awkward. • A recont number of a Sydney paper chronicles tho weddings ot two of the naval officer" attached to the squadron. At tho Presbyterian Church, Woolahra, on September 23, Lieutenant. Alfred Englefield Evans, R.N., H.M.S. Powerful, second son of the late Dr. Evan William Evans, with Miss Christina Somervillo Macneill,_ second daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Hugh . Nacneill, Fairlicht, EdgeclifE Road, took place. The ceremony was-performed by the Rev. Ronalcl Macintyre, in'the presence of a largo number of spectators, and on the: sa,mo_day Lieutenant Kenneth Bowring Toms, R.N.,. H.M.S. Challenger, was married ' to Miss bai;a Morgan-Martin,- Alberto. Terrace, Darlinghurst Tho ceremony was performed by tho Rev. E..C. Beck at St. John's, Darlinghurst.■ A Masterton Wedding. Tho wedding of Mr. Leonard John Holloway, son of, Mr. E. Holloway, a wellknown Masterton resident, and Miss Annie Pike, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Pike, of Te Whiti, was celebrated. m Knox Church, on Thursday, by the Rev. A. T. Thompson, writes our Wairarapa correspondent, ino bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr L Pike, woro a frock of cordcd silt "with the bridal veil and orange blossoms, and carried a lovely bouquet. Miss Kate Holloway and Miss Grace Gordon, who wero the bridesmaids, woro simplo frocks of cream delaine with palo blue silk hats, and thoy carried bouquets. Mr. C. Munn was best man, while Mr. -W. Pike rtas groomsman. Tho wedding march was played by Miss J. Hogg. After the '■ conclusion of the ceremony,' a reception, was held at tho Knox HallEntertainment at the Clrls' College. An entertainment given by the students at the Wellington Girls' College took place at the College last night, and wm much appreciated by an audience that tilled the Contra! Hall to overflowing. The proceeds of tho ovening were to go towards tho library fund, and, judging by tho number present, should result in a welcomo addition to the cause. The programme opened with a pianoforte solo by Miss M. Wilson, followod

by part songs very well rendered by the school choir. Miss Dora Meek also contributed a song. Eight of Miss Beere's pupils, picturesquely dressed "as shepherds and shepherdesses, performed an old English dance—tho Morris dance—accompanied by the jingle of bells, and using wands decorated with gay coloured ribbons. Miss E. Hoby pleased everybody with her violin solo, .and had to respond to an encoro. A very quaint "Slavey" dance jvas cloverly given by Miss .K. M. Lyon, Miss V. Dement ,and Miss K. Sievwright was graceful and pretty, tho girls looked very neat and business-like in their navy blue costumes and yellow sashes. A charming gavotte by six of Miss Boere's pupils brought the first part of the programme to a close. The second part of the programme consisted of a pianoforte solo , by Miss Edmondson, and a series of sketches from"Cranford" —that delightful picture of early nineteenth-century lifo by Mrs Gaskell—given by eight of the college students. An impromptu Club Dance. The members of the Impromptu Club gave a most enjoyable dance in the Ponsonby Hall on Thursday. The hall was draped with green and gold', tho colours of tho new clubh and the supper tables were prettily decorated with palms and daffodils. The chaperones were Mrs. G.. G. Aickin, Mrs. H: A. Cummings, and Mrs. A. W. Knowles. Miss Aickin wore a gown of cream laco over glace silk, the. bodice being finished with pale blue bretelles; Miss Cummings, cream chiffon taffetas, the corsago softened with chiffon and laco; and Miss Bruno a prim, rose chiffon taffeta, the bodice caught at tho front with a large crimson rose. Among the guests present were Misses R. Aldous, Levick, Parker, E. Aickin, Clark, Alcorn, M'Lellan- (2), Trezise, Farmer, Sir Kenneth Douglas,' Messrs. Aickin (2), A. W. Knowles,. Aitken, Darling, Hendorson, Milward, Treziso, and Harton. Messrs. G. Aickin and Knowles: acted as M.C.'s. Miss Borlase's Pupils; A very jolly little dance was given last, night in the Goring Street Hall by Miss Bor.laso's old pupils, ' .many of whom are quit© young girls. The stage had been carpeted and furnished and decorated with palms, and there sat tho chaperons, Mesdames Bendall, Pulton, King, Jameson, and D'Oyley. Tho committee who had arranged the dance were the Misses. Dora Holmes, I. Holmes, Bullclcy (2), and K. King. Among those present were: Miss Borlase, who wore a black voile with handsome black lace; Miss Holmes, white chiffon taffetas; Miss I Holmes, white netVMiss D. Bulkley, blue silk frock; Miss K. Bulkley, white muslin; Miss Gladys Gear, pink/taffetas; Miss King, flowored chiffon muslin ; Miss Putnam, green chiffon • over white/silk; Miss It. Putnam, pale blue silk; Miss Knox, blue taffetas; Miss Jameson, white chiffon, taffetas; Miss Robertson, white frock with point lace bertha;, aiid Miss Doughty,'pink chiffon, taffetas.,

There are always a number of people, to growl at bazaars, and the enormous amount of work-they entail, and to say that the money could be obtained as easily for the simple asking. One Wellington church .is goingjto.-.test the truth of this. The ladies of St.' Anne's Church,. Northland, are not going,- to,;hold a bazaar this year; the vicar having decided to make a straight-out appeal ion, for the funds required. It, will save'a. great deal of time and labour, and, ,for the sake of women throughout tho .churches,-one l;opes tho-mothod will prove successful. Mrs. Hisiop'with Miss Lily Hislop left yesterday for Sydney, where they are going to. .live..,' ■ Mr:' Huntley-Eliot and his daughter left yesterday for a three months' visit to Australia. - ' Dr.. and Mrs. Pomare were among the passengers for Sydney yesterday. They are on their way to Melbourne, where Dr. Pomare is attending tho Medical Congress.