SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 556, 10 July 1909, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Obituary. i ,s , . Mre, iA. H.-Krause (nee .Amy' Bertha 1 Johnson, daughter .of the • late.Joseph: White ■ - Johnson, Regent's Park, London, ana granddaughter of Christopher Johnson; of cutlery fame, and Alderman of tile City ./of-London) : was quietiy laid, to re3t iit Karon recently; soon after her return from Auckland, whero .1 she and hcr. husband had ; resided "for about twdve. years. XFrom.:all, p'artsKcome. tho ex- . :pressions ..of sorrow, at her somewhat sudden demise. She was an ardent j worker for ■ the Church(if.England,-and.her .■ unostentatious. ways :won -her: many-warm from- Marlborough House- and^Buckingham , Palace are among the , correspondence - left - by her. :Her father, Dr.!. Johnson, -in 1856, . :. mooted - the. proposal -of turning London's CTaveyards,.mto :public; garden grounds,, and : , ,He<alsoinstigatea- ; the RevGnuo.penny-Teceipt stamp!:. Amon- his. literary-,. achievements is one in which he/describes a method of making .the -human body - impervious -to. cold- and - chills, -thereby- minimising the. danger of consumption and-lung.trouble. , Tho Pioneer Club. ■ ■ i : A-committee-meeting of-th®"Pioneer-Club ; was held yesterday aftornoon/ whon it'-was ■ J decided' that-tho formal -opening of the idub should .take place in Saturday;-July? 31. <It ; had been i intended to hold tho opening/ a* week- earlier, .but; the- date?has <been'. altered, as</that- clashcd' with .race ;week. festivities. Thei:clubiwill.:be,opened.':for the Use of'thoso members vwho: have-paid itheir. subscriptions . ;-05..-soon as it; is. ready I. ev-ai if thatissome dayfc.before the formal opening.-■ - ;■ , Convalescent Homo Trustees. i > = •At the monthly meeting of - the Convalescent Home Trustees there were present: Mesdames Newman:..(m-the ' '.chair),-pßrandonj '' Grady, Pearce/•Moorhonsef'-Miss'- 'Bar- : Tofi^(tifSasurer), n! Kliss':G. I,; Mtirrah-"(sec!retary). 'Ihe. -matron reported-' that:'eight' patients • : had'been admitted,'and twelve discharged during,the month,.. Gifts were'acknowledged with •tßaHksv fro'ta fMesdamos'Nathan, .Fitzgerald, Knowles,' and- Snaddon; ' .■■■ Vlotorla Collogo Entortalhment. -: _ Tho Victoria-College: Students' Association : . .intends todopts- share/towards belpingthe • [unemployed in - their trouble, and, to that end,, it. is giving' an entertainment m tho Concert Chamber next Saturday • evening, : . when-the clever little farcel'Shackleton Outshacked" will.be given, preceded by a short concert programme in which they are to have ' the help, of leading Wellington They have had the matter in mind for some . _ days, but were only able to make arrangei"?monts at the meeting of tho association last night. Lieutenant Shackletongave them . • very -material assistance-when.jhe was here, ; , ond'.now his successors,. . "Professor Birks and Co.,":aro to. follow in his steps—not >to . the Pole-'bui'in-the direction of "giving a hand" Tyhero needed. ■v ' ■ A Bridge Party. - Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Marehbanks.gave a progressive bndge party at hor homo in .Hooson Crescent, and. among- those present,' • cither, for the gamo or 'at the tea which fol-lowed,-were:. Mrs'. A.'Duncan,-Miss M'Lean, Mrs.,Rdnkme Brown, Mrs./Morrison, Mrs A; Young, and Mrs. T. Young, Mrs. Harold . Johnston, Mrs. Rolleston, Mrs. Webster, -... Mrs. ■H. Nathan,, . Mrs. .' Fitzgerald; • Mrs. i Martin, Miss Coates, Mrs. H. Gore, Mrs C. Pearce, Mrs. M. Denniston, and Mre. Miles. Mrs. A.-Duncan and Miss M'Lean won the • prizes. The/hostess, who was assisted by Miss E. Somerville and-Miss-Drummond, ro-coived-in, a frock' af palei blue flowered> voile. : The tea-table was . very charmingly decorated >' with rosea and freesias. Wairarapa Notes. t ■ Mitfg Christie, of Wanganui,'is-visiting her . sister, Mrs. W. F. Carey. ■ : . Mrs.-, W.- Beetham. wlio-has'been- paying a shorfc visit, to' Wellington, has ireturned to her home . Mrs; Stevenson, of- Wellington, is "staying . with .relatives in Masterton. i- .: . ■ Miss Lawson is tho guest of Mrs. J. Ewart. Mr; and Mrs. R.' Matthews, ( from "Wai- ' longomai, are visiting'Palmerston-North. • Mr. .and Mi's.;W. Kebbell, from - Ngarata, are in town. The Misses Fell left yeßterday for a week's .. visit to Mrs. C. Y. Fell, of Nelson. '. - Mr. Justice Denniston - and Mrs. Denniston are staying, at Miss Malcolm's. ' Mrs;. M'Cosh Clark, from Auckland, ia staying at Miss Malcolm's. Mrs.'-Boylo, arrived .from Christchurch'-on Thursday, to visit her: daughter,' Mrs.. Algar .Williams. Invitations have been issued-by'the Haerelnai Hockey Club to a'danoe to be given in . St., Peter's Schoolroom ,on August-6.'\' v > —.The Gregg; Institute,combined HockiSy clubs , are giving .an : "at-home!'-in the Concert Chamber of the Town-Hall on Thursdav. ' July 29. ' , -. -At-Messrs.-.Eirkcaldio and'Stains'fl-work-room yesterday, Mrs. Snodgrass, who is Severing her- connection with the ".firm -after being nine and a half; years >in charge of 'the department; was'presented with a'handsome , *: .- dressing-ease as a mark of.esteem. ■ .Yestorday afternoon the Attorney-General and Mrs.. ,Findlay, entertained Sir Charles' Lucas and Mr, Pcarson.at'an aftornoon tea, ■ which was attended by those m'embers 1 of the , Bench , and .the Executive who are-at present in town, with Professor, Salmond,. Dr. <Hay, - and, several others. . . A wedding of interest'to .Foxton "residents took-plaoe on Wednesday morning-last,when - Mr. G. .W. Morgan, local manager for Messrs. '> \ - Levin and Company,, was married to-Miss Pearl Vida Fraser, -daughter of -Mr.'. A. Frasor, Town.Clerk. .Only , ,tho -'immediato relatives, of the parties were present, and the Rev: H. F. Wilson officiated. Mr. and " Mrs. Morgan will: live in 1 tho Lady's Mile..' Mrs: Mead,-'.of Christchurch, tho posscs'wJr ofa Tery -beautiful and cultured soprano voice, - is a visitor to-: Wellington. : ..Her ; roportdire consists of: the :best'music, including all the Italian, arias, sorao of Wagnerian roles, and good songs,, including many of tho . : Mallmsoh' portfolio;'in the. singiiig of' which she was personally complimoiitod by' ; Mr. Albort' llallinson. studied in Lto-

don tinder Mr. Charles; Santley, and is in Wellington to continue her studios under Mr. Spencer Lorraine, to whom she was re-commended--by Mr. Santley. • It is to be hoped that Mrs. Mead will be induced to appear in public in Wellington. This would not seem, a difficult matter to arrange, but for the .'.fact; that, .hitherto, /BhC' ; has. contented herself- with. study, having no: very, decided ambition to appear on-the oonccrt platform. She-attributes much of her development to tho tuition: of Mr. 'Lorrairib,' having studied under his supervision in the south ever since ho arrived in the colony. . :