SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 525, 4 June 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

TNotioos of Engagements and Weddings.— ■When.reports.of weddings and announce* , Jnanw-. of engagements are sent to ' Dominica "for publication, the uauio andaddress of . tho 6onderi should be enclosed, not lor publication, but as 'on evidoncs of good fai th. . Otherwise the' anaouncemonti .cannot be published.] < \ . ' Miss Tendall's Danco. A delightful .dance was 'givon last 'night in. Kirkcaldie.andStains'snewtea-room by Miss Tendall and.her tea-room staff. Tho room is fib huge ithat ajEter quite a Jlarge portion had .been screwed, off tb serve as'a supper room, and'another part'earpeted and furnished, with chairs and couches arid; tables, for thoso who, cared, to; sit' and . watch' the _.dancers or play bridge, there, was still ..a : widri floor left for the:dan - cer3. The whiteness of tho walls was' relieved with flags of' overy colour, and/festoons of .flags wero hung across : the .room',• yphilo palms and flowers were sot about everywhere. The .'screened-off supper-room, 'was very .prettily.,arranged,\and. tne.' tables decor- ' atea with chrysanthemums and' grasses.'; Miss Tendall .wore; a' graceful frock of lotus blue bands of velvet of the same shade, and cream lace;,Miss-Barker wore a frock of striped:fawn silk, .with'underskirt„of,green; ; Miss Claridgo, pale pink .silk, with bands of ■ green,'.velvetMiss Seale, -yellow; silk,, with; Suster of yioleta; Miss' Traver3, .white chiffon tiffetas,.'with trimming of silk fringe; Miss AVinks; 'palo ;pink silfc ; Miss Svensen, ;whito : Bilk; Miss Buxton, pale, blue ohiiffoii;,. taffetas ; Miss Brandon,'white- silk; Miss Murray,;; black silk, with cream ' lace bertha.' Among other guests present were Mrs. .W, Mbofbouse,in black silk with..white-lace j.' Mrs. Chatfield, silver scquined chiffon-,• over'whito satin, iwith ■bretelles ■ of ; floral ■ silk.; -ijliss M. Barron, black 1 silk, with touches of pale pink ; Miss R.: Richmond, pale blue silk,'; with yoke, and sleeves of white lacej'MisS'Baiichop,pale blue. -cbiffon ; : velvet';'- Miss, P,' Tell, • red • silk, with;'bodice of^-'.shirred red 'chiffon and silk; Miss 'E. ■Vqttf primrqsoVsilk'; vMiss M.- Fell, whito mescaline' satin; Mrs.- , S; i Kirkcaldie, whit.e:silk frock; with rMiltese" luce; Mrs. BKirkcaldie, blackrSilk;;Miss ; P. Parsons, : white .laco frock; Miss P. Hamilton, green': silk; Mrs.-M.; Burnett,; palo- blue silk-frock, 'tho ,boaipe'-''.swathed- -ivit-h' heliotrope 'chiffon; Mrs: Maurice and Mr. J. Rich- : m °nd, -Mr. and -Mrs., : Biirnett and;Miss.BurIl€rtt; j Mrs.c Jameson,' -Miss; Keith; ;'Mr. - and lliss Hursthouse,' Dr. Pollen, -Mr. and :Mrs. Mare. Mrs. and Miss ChapmanMr.'G. iell,,Mr. M'Leod;,Messrs./Miranis, Johnston, Kirkcaldie;(2), .Whitcombo,-G: Fell,-M'Leod ■ ■L. Kilgour,\Goro, and■ Gray; ' \•. Highland Riflei Ball.' filled, lait night/ Highland; Rifles gave. their;' annual: ball, ,for - ESSiS'-T 1 - 1 ®* 89 man y dancers as the floor could -comfortably accommodate; -and - a - great e s 4l1 ® gallsTy- to look, on, at what was a -.brillumt; scene-H JUd and white '5® 00l ■ .used, m: decoration;'with;-not more/flags^htuig > ;aJ)out ,/ -than i ' were- necessary to give a, patriotic toUch. to-the !whole.'' : Prom - zajlery... hung, alternating- strips .. of red: and . white, -and. .ri^ht, up.,;in the centre,;where at 2 W: fl.eSijthe,lonely, -.little.dion: of-ScbOdnd, Seeing -everything. but not seen. .< .The' - stake : ''"PPearance^^^,;ivith vmasses;..ofsome ifiagSj'.'and 'three iniilitarv tents signnying -..that,,: the' 'Highlanders: mightv-soirie rday.,carry,.the -fflemorj;o£-thesesvery, festivities' : away, 'with them, into:, aotive .service, and the fKno f lD^ S3 ' .life.' " Meantime,: near Si™ - ,was .Rationed, -'.nlaTißß-'.'do.'-,_Aor°ss ; ;th© of -the>' stage" white,, and ; wW?r- .'ytUa :■ aadr.-pjtlirs .'were .red and ' c) OT°ff. found themselves: nneipectecUy .devotmg ; themselves to the'decoration 1 --walls, and. hero and there a stag s, head; was, mounted, oh scarlet "draperv.' land -dance - ; wfthout - a tbistlo ' seems an ■ anomaly, ;but;Sont: was, -and .it .required' the picturesque - sight"'; of .'the, pipers 'in ■' all, ifhe T " n6w -uniforms to igfetr, . that .this-was'still' Scotland^for 1 -Thi' i" as ; 'hevtegend - across. thostaee' said. . - and the kilties were : w;i, aw ;' ' a lassies, who donned the .Scotch - costume were sonsie,"., arid verv' • expert -. in;,the-Scotch which .was:. danced ;'v .of the pipes and .tJio accompanyfirm W!.' j9 m P J an !®s, woro.there ;in -:uni-: but scarlet and /.tartans were - tho' 1 pre- , vailing :-oolpurs I .,and,vof.. coiirse,"tliey, made-;ths BC6M..very <picturesqui:'-rindveffecti%™"' - chaperons :;were v -Jlesdiriies . jl'Diarmid' •: striped- chiffon ,ovei , ebs v and.Mrs. ; :W.!l , s, l n,heliotrope silk,- .while' ;the,..foUowing_,;wore;;members -. of ; the J -ladio.V .pommitteer. Mrs. Macmillari, ..who' wore white .chilfon-with .pink-roses;.Mrs..MacGillivrayr in ;silk,, ahd . Miss Marsden'm...pink'^.silk,. . . Others - present Were.Mrs; 'Dinnie; m grey -silk; Mrs. : : Bolton, , pink silk, with ;b'aiids'of. green; Mrs' ii1 y * ; oyor -duchcsa satin; i lira. , Gallie,_-,white embroidered miislin;-Mrs. Griggs : 'blue, frock:,with'., K old.;v trimming;- .'-Madame Groom, h'ack;;chiffon-. taffetas;,- fieuti-Colonel - Duthie," Major ,'Mackintosh,' Capti Mrbjarmid ' ISn irt'd T^ S ' : Simpon, :Bolton,'- , gan, and ~P.- de B. Brandon • -