SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 327, 14 October 1908, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Wedding at the Hutt. A wedding of interest'to many residents, both at tho Hutt and in Wellington, took place yesterday afternoon at St. Jameses Church, Lower Hutt, when Miss Sadio Lukin, daughter of Mr. Gresley Lukin, was married to Mr. Alexander Caw, of Auckland. A largo number of guests was present, and tho church was beautifully clecoratcd by friends of tho brido with foliage, trails of lycopodium, and arum lilies. The bride woro a graceful frock of white chiffou taffetas, made in Empire style, with yoke and sleeves of embroidered chiffon, tho- folds of tho ..bodico, crossing over in front and caught with a- spray of orange blossom and myrtle. The handsomely embroidered veil, which fell to tho hem of- the skirt, was sent by a Sydney friend. Tho bridal bouquet was of white cyclamens and azaleas, with maidenhair fern. Tho bridesmaids wero Miss Lukin, sister of tho bride,. and Miss E. Oswin, and they wore dainty Empire frocks of whito silk muslin, with silver trimmings. Their pretty hat wero of mauve tulle, one trimmed with mauve flowers,'the other with pink, and they carried beautiful bouquets of purple irises, clematis, and asparagus ferns. Tho bride was given away by her father, and Mr. S. Noavo was best man, whilo Mr. Howe, of Dannevirke, actcd as groomsman. After tho ceremony a reception, attended by a largo number of guests, including many who had gone out from town, was held, by .Miss Lukin and her father at their residence, Lower Hutt. The rooms were lavishly decorated with flowers, quantities of scarlet poppies being used in the drawingroonv where the many handsome presents were displayed, and in the hall, while the table in tho diningroom was beautifully decorated with white flowers, camellias, azaleas, and ferns'. Several speeches were made and toasts honoured, Sir Robert Stout proposing the health of the bride in a very interesting' speech. Mrs. Saclier (sister of tho bride) wore a boautiful frock of heliotrope chiffon voile, trimmed with handsomo laco and mauve sillc tassels, and a small floral toque of the same shade. She carried a bouquet of purple clematis. Miss Hall (aunt of the brido) wore a handsome frock of bluo voile, the bodico beautifully embroidered. Her toque was of bluo chiffon, with toucliog of pink, and she carried a bouquet of pale pink roses. Lady Stout woro a smart tailormade costume of'blue-grey tweed, with white silk facings, a white silk blouse, and a toque of whito satin straw with black brim, trimmed with a great puff of whito ostrich feathers and a white osprey, and with this she wore a white coques feather boa; Mrs. John Blundell, black chiffon over white silk, with deep collar of black laco over white, and white tulle hat trimmed with ruchings of narrow black lace, and an osproy;' Mrs, Louis Blundell, frock of black chiffon over white silk, with brettelles of insertion edged with floral silk, and a tricorne hat with two largo whito flumes; Mrs. Rose/ frock of champagne gauze-over silk, with Oriental trimming, and bluo hat with touches of brown; Mrs. J. Rose, nattier blue chiffon taffetas, with toque of blue and pink; Miss Greenfield, whito costume, with pansy trimmed hat; Miss A. Greenfield (Ballarat), pale pink cloth, costume, aivj hat to match. The weddiiig bouquets plied by Miss Murray, vice-regal florist 1 . Miss Inglis, an M.A. of thb New Zealand University, who has been for somo time a missionary in India, is at present in Wellington on furlough. Sho will leave for the South to-morrow. Australian papers by this mail havo a good deal to. say. about .Margaret. Anglin's production'of "The Taming'of tlic'Shrow," which is, as v ono r .writer_reniarks ; not all tho sort of "play •to'comniend 'itself'To''twentieth century wives. The men arc said & appreciate it keenly, while their womenfolk grow more and more-annoyed as the play proceeds on its antiquated way. ' All the dresses ' for ' this 'production wero designed by Miss Anglin herself, who at _ the samo time was' busily engaged as acting stagemanager, rehearsing star, and remodeller of a play. Mr Arthur Adams, who edits the Red Page of the Sydney "Bulletin," was married on Wednesday of last week by the Rev. North Ash, to Miss Lilian Paton, of Neutral Bay, Sydney. . Mrs. West and her daughters aro leaving England shortly, and will reach New Zealand by Christmas. ■ Miss Winifre'd James, whose book "Bachelor .Betty," is much heard of in these days, was until lately head mistress of the Methodist Ladies' College at Perth, in West Australia, says an Australian paper. Her father was a Methodist minister, formerly well-known in Melbourne, but latterly living in Bonython, Cornwall. Miss Winifred James was born in' Australia. Yesterday afternoon at her homo in Oriental Bay Mrs. W. H. Hales gave a delightful tea in honour of Mrs; M'Cosh Clark, of Auckland, who is at present visiting Wellington. Mrs. Hales has a charming garden filled with flowers that are a'delight to Wellington eyes so unaccustomed to tho sight of "growing flowers. Tho drawing-room and dining-room wore decorated with a variety of beautiful flowers, conspicuous among which wero graceful showers of laburnum, and branches of snow-wliito Japanese plum blossom, and the tea-table was adorned with plum blossom and white ixias. Mrs. Hales received in a dress of black voile, with blouse of black laco over silk. Mrs. M'Cosh Clark was in' a black striped silk, trimmed ' with black laco, and she wore a black hat; Mrs. Ernest Hadfield, who accompanied her, wore a costume of wine-coloured cloth, with hat to match. Among tho other guests present woro Lady Ward and Miss Ward, Sirs, and Miss Hall-Jones,, Mrs. Firth, Airs. Ward, Miss E. Richmond, and Miss Coates.