SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 563, 19 July 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

■ Miss Gladys Harvey. < -■*; ". / ■]■ '■ Harvey: plays, ■ ml'Luf&y/Dujham'.V.isvery different.'from, . the^one/'that has;...engaged;,her/almost con-, 'Btantly:during a/rec«nt:sixteeri:m'onths.:Durung'/that, whole'time; she:■'•played'', the -little lame girl:in/Arthur James's much-discussed ■ ahd''criticised-piayv'-! , The ; Hypoorites,'' * and, ; though;'it' was a./tragic//part;rin//a/;, verygloomily;oiitspoken'play, Miss Harvey.liked - : the: scope: it,' gave. /It was played by this company, 'in ./Australia,', -but lias, not/been : brought over here, ■' and 'Wellington will only / seethe '■'■ much more/cheerful/"Lucky.:Durham/" Miss/Harvey, was obviously .cast/ by/ v.nature/fbf the part .of the very pretty young heroine; /arid if; she wanted' to;play character ' parts,:-it 'is/'mor'e•thari.'.likely,;that she/would/ ■not/be allowed/the,opportunity./But,/as she' points but, the modern;;playwright has-waked -young; ;girl.may' ': possess';: v a / 'great.; 'amount of ./ individuality,. : and;/th^/: : laj;e'r;';*;playsl give her/ a/ much : better';ch'ahce -to .create aigobd striking part; •Certainly .* in /Helen 'Vallerton Miss', Harvey. /depicts/a': very;, young/ girl/;of/very/strong:. character/and themostamazing self-posses-' ■'-' different girl from, the 'one so i /.well known,' who/prances. on to the' stage, : ; hiigs : ' her! and/calls/hirivi I'Da'ddy, .dear;"/ Miss' Harvey has an; excellent memr . ory,' arid very'/quickly learnsi her /part, but :/. it; seems/that ;it.is;;not/always,necessary;; for. a fine actress to have; such a good rhem- ■■ 6ry,v; and /she'/ tells l 'of: ! .one "leading ■: Ikmdori;" who /has/* to ! vbe / /prompted/right : through •' her 'pa^t:/,'''.We '.had i.all the' scenery, -of, one' of her plays,!', says Miss Harvey; and; it was.cut about iii all: softsi. of queer places,: prompter; could -follow her; round; .''iW-'j'she iriovec^.''.about,the/staged/Of course, :'•, she was -a'/magnificent actress,./or. it 'not* have been worth while to take sol much .trouble on her behalf; but the strange thing .was-that the icoristant/'need; for;prompting, never made {her /nervous; or /prevented her /doing her.part, full justice. ■//: / / /;/''•; •',', /Miss/'Harvey refers to the' very vigorous : .things/that A were/said; .-alxjut. "The/rHypb■:■'bfitesi"/and vto''the''undbubted .f-'broadness",: ./of;;some part's; but she;clairiis that.it treats; -/ matters: of: in/such a sincere\a'nd /incisiv.e _,way,'; that' it must do more / than,hafm;'{/During,the rehearsal of it' ah attempt was>.made: to alter certain -lines,; but, Mr//Jones, who rehearsed the play with them, insisted on his text being adhered to. Miss Har.vey is-a groat admirer of Bernard Shaw. She only took to the stage after having for 'some years studied art ; and as a second thought, for she had intended to make painting her profession. •I . ' -Saturday's Races. v Perhaps never before at such an important race meeting have there been so few ladies as went out to Trentham last Saturday. The women who declared on Friday..that "no-thing-would prevent •thcir.'goineto the races . next clay " were deterred by tlje unpleasant wetness of Saturday those who went clung to mackintoshes and umbrellas. ■ A §urprlse~Parts/. w '' ', - J - "-' '

:/ Mri: arid/MrSi/Fullfbrd ;were/entertained at a surprise party on night, when about 150 people,; headed by, Mesdames/Mines and Bradley, arid /Miss; Haskell;* raalde; their ap-; 'pearahce ,>t.,their, i.residenceV.','in';. Jefferson. ;-Street, -Brooklyri,;;,and:';informed them /that they, were' to be entertained: by. many',,'of .those who';wishedi'to''recognise y their=many/acts of hospitable kiridness./ As'ithe^party a large one an adjournment was "m'ade , 'io. ihe' "Brooklyn;Hall, : /where.'a programme,of.music was by';/ a very enjoyable /dance. '. Songs i were/;contributed •■• by., ; Mes,dames;':' : P.;j Bitossi and Bradley,/Miss./Ellison, Messrs. and Henderson.' Mr. John ;Fraser :'supplie,Qf'-the dance/music,/ and Messr's.'/J.'-'E. Mines an'd'F, Bradley acted-as -directors of /ceremonies;';-A,-flashlight: photo-. graph;;was taken,-by;Mr./,Zachari^.//;,; '/>;,; :.Fbr''the'::'poor./--iv';.;' V;:'' ; '."/i : ;/'.// : '.;// ; ;//'' .-/';• On Tuesday,: August. 3,/ the Rev. .Mother Mary/ Joseph Aubert.'"'will 'make/''an'appeal for assistance in. her; valuable work by; means' iofjaiconcertj-.'tb''"-be;..given;in■'the.' : bi'g Town Hall.>.VOwing :to/the prevailing depression, /ty/workz-cast'/'upoh,.;.'the. ; -gobd4Rev. Mother' ■ and the hard-working. Sisters, of the Poor has ;''been • rendered' a / deal/more./ arduous .than in. ordinary /times, .= apart 1 altogether/from 'the ; ,'wp'rk /.entailed;;-in /the'.; administration / of/ the Home of Compa'ssion at; Island" Bay',/ and .the. Home for lnourables and/ Creche at Buckle .: Street;/ / The; Clrls' / friendly Sobiety/'/Auckland. /; of: what:-to/Jdo; with ;,wliich:'/has /iost/./its/license/'/has-..been' veryi satisfactorily; solved /'ini/one Auckland 'case;, The' Park ;'Hotel,/-in; Wellesley Street East,: •'; : /was:bhe/-of.-,thbseVclM the ■ reduction'.vote at'/thß/last.-local'option-'poll,' and'it'is/nbw'/to.be/turhed :into'/a', hbstef'for' •the. -Friendly //Society;/: '/Meals ; and ac'commodation:/,will / be./.prbyided ; as/ cheaply/ • ; as,';is..comp&ibJe' ? .w^^ ; axpen'ditu're,'".'.and-at-first/thbV.institutio'n/.will / probably,; have. /the, ./support' of a /.number of subscripti.oris./ The /-hostelry,' will ; cater principally:/for/girls /who /i'are comparative .strangers ;in /the 'town; -and it/is/anticipated thatithe/luncheon-rooins/attached will'prove popular •'girls employed in '■■'. warenouses, ofEces, etc:/'/■■'"/"•/;//'/; '/"' ■ ■-' ■:

A Comlng-OutDahce. / ; :.■'• The/dance/given'by Mrs. /Arthur :Pearce at her home in./Hobspn ..Street,' on Friday night,' was/to celebrate the coming, out of her///'second /'daughter; Miss. Agnes. Pearce. '. Mrs.;/Pearce wore/a frock /of/pink/ninon trimmed :'with;-sbmVbeautifur lace,-and-iboth frocks /of white Batin. The/decoration of .the/rp/qms wasi Very simple and/pretty;':/The. supper-table .was decorated with'/ riarcissi;;; and : birch'/foliage; ; - arid : the /windows- in."the ; r rooih r where -.the /guests ■ danced/were hurig'/with./garlands of /Japanese: .wistana^'.'./'.^:' , 'V' i ;'':/v'. v //-'''l ; ;.'' v 'f , 7

•, ilfs.-,Baldwin "gave •a? delightful children's Kelburne,to'celebrate' of .'.her'; little-'daughter Thyra.. ■Afe]pufr thirty 'children.were present, arid they' a -very; happy time. -• Part ;of tho after-' ■;M9ri--ifas.:; i ßpent;in;;.tK6;, | hall/-;-Jistohing "to; • spijs-arid .dance..music from a fine phono.-; .graph,-and then, followed -all sorts, of chili'. ren'S/gimcs,; and after camo/a delightful tea-'; Bupper.;:-Tho table, wasidecorated.with Tascs of .holly," and the beautiful birthday-cake .was ; made in :the form :,of-a. daisy, 'Daisy-being . one of tho, birthday child's names. . After tea: various, charadosr.including .the old fav- ■ ourites, /Rpbinspn'.-Crusoe, ,the Princess, and . Cinderella,. :were:actcd.by.'the children.;, -i ,Thei; Race/cjub, Ball., 'Xfl.il " : -l : "„ ./; vTirik:'and-whito':'are,the:.colours-:that have.' : heenchosen- for tho decorationef ithe-Town Halt when the : Race Glub ,ball'is .held'there on Thursday,'/and,t'his isafact worth noting/ '■■: ItUs-'said that -tho 'whole schemo of:, decoration: •'. is magnificent, and it is even-to surpass the brilliant e£tect;fOf.;]ast of applications Jor • tickets is a, record .one,. but only '500-guests wiU 'be :invited, asithat is all iho large hall can accommodate with en-: tiro comfort; J The;Mflcbraiio"n';of 'the supper tables : 4s' ; left'in:^ .Committee, and s'bmetning very'artistic, may be'espected,/; : ;/////:

A Clrls' Realm Tea. -; ' ;Miss,Emo. Young was hostess on Saturday ot-,a very delightful tea'given'at hor borne at:, Oriental; Bay in connection with-, .a Girls. Realm Guild sorap-book competition, for,-the-making.of scrap books for little sick children is one of the many activities of the Kia Ora branch/of. the /guild..'., Over twenty ■ scrap bookiCwero-sent'in—ten of: tbem from the Kia Ora girls in Christchurch. They were all pretty, arid great taste had been ..■shown in' their'preparation,/the prize book ■ made by, Miss Duff being of quite extraordinarily good workmanship: The first prize; which was presented by Miss Coates, .who is a member of the Kia Ora Guild, \was a silver-mounted scent bottle-./ The second.prize was won,by Mrs./Buchanany of Christchurch, who, in addition to.the books', had sent a quantity of winter rose's and spring flowers, for the.'occasion. The dining-room, whore tea was served, and the .tea table were charmingly decorated with ' wistaria : blossoms, great drooping masses •' of it arranged /-.as .a .centrepiece, and wistaria and white camellias in vases sot around, -while the. cakes were.iced with white and purple, and there were white, and purplo sweets. Purple lilap' and white are the colours of the guild, and when the Girls': Realm Guild held its great exhibition in Sydney a few weeks ago' the members'made' such quantities of paper wistaria that • they hung the;whole of the huge' Sydney Towni Hall with" it, and transformed it into afairy bower. /"There were" two amusing-competi-tions. /The first—a literary one—was .won by Miss Dimant; The second was very, original and: ingenious, and the answers when'read but caused much, amusement.;:- The l question was'to decide.' which magazine or periodical was/most suitable for certain persons/ and really when one was told the answers it was obvious .'that' they'should be/allotted: as follow:—For a .'dog, /"Scraps"; for a'pugilist; "Punch"; for an/assisted emigrant, the "Strand"- ;■■• for a geographical student, "M.A.P."; for the King,. I'The Queen 5 ,/ 1 and for'.a golfer,/''Good Words." But it so happened that'nono of the competitors guessed more than two but of the whole.twenty. ■'.-.-.

/During the afternoon songs 'were sung by Miss; Chapman, Miss Duff, and: Miss M. Young. '/Mrs. : Sutpliffe,-- Miss Bastings,'arid. Miss Bnok recited,'^and;pianoforte 'solos',-were, given by Miss Young and Mss Salriion/ Mrs; -Yoimg woreablack.drcss'with.fichu-of cream : Miss'Effie Young wore/a pretty ofearn. lace blouse, and, pale blue ribbons; with; her dark skirt;''•■-/Miss/Young, whose birthday":was celebrated 'by - the. giving of the' tea, wore a ■ dark" skirt arid/pretty- blouse, of' vieiix rose silk;. .while ;;Miss '.M;. Young wore; a/pale .blue silk biousb.' : Amorig others present'were'Miss Coates, Mrs. Boss, Mrs. /Sutcliffe, ;'Miss Misses /Moss (2);"' Newenham, Gilmer, Robinson, Buck,' May, Mowbray, and Mvrphy.' ; - :. ' ,/;//'/■': . '' : ' : /' ; '.;';.// ■■';'■ "■■:-.','.•

200 Napier Babies. } ■'r^f-''■":■ The annual /meeting of the .Napier branch of th6. ; Society 'for/the PrornQtion..; 'of/,;the Health, of .Women and, .Children /shows the excellent work- that is being accomplished by; the/Plunket Nurse,' /The' report -stated that, duringi the past year, 200. babies'had been /.attended; to, ; and 174 .visit's, paid'by Nurse;i}bnald. In four weeks 62' babies"had been; brought to, the' office, - recently, opened by -the society in, Napier,- and' several of these had /come fioni Dannevirke and intervening districts'. The Mayor (Mr. J. Vigor Brown,' M.1?.),- and Henloyj spoke in eulogistic l terms of the work/done by Nurse Donald./ ■'.■

.Obltuaryv; > '■ rf '; .//;,;. ■, ■The.- death is announced, of Miss Edith Estelle- Wilson/' sister . of ', the Rev:: H. F. Wilson,(.Vicar' of .St.;' Simon' arid >.St,•': Jude's; •Rongotea., -The deceased' lady/ had'been in delicate;;liealth,; : for,a'. long 'tinie,/and , had recently, been an inmate of a private hospital. - Her death, which occurred yesterday, was, not-csj3?pec.t£d ji;y r Hjjr^li^gh'ds/,-,and./the news has*- been received .with- many/ext)res ; , sions of regret. '_. Miss /Wilson has lived/for a considerable time with, her brother,''and m'juieriafly£sssis.ted, t l ';h,im' in.':" his//ministerial wort-in r Rbngofea,/,wheTesbo 'was:' greatly beloved '/'by .all,.'especially'/by the 'children; among whom much •of nor 'time was-spoilt'. The .funeral; will take, place -at' tnvercargillj where her parents/live..:.'. '•■. '~ .'-'.'

... Miss /Blund^^^^^ with Mrs. Bristow; ,/.-'...<//....'■/. '/■'■..-'■_. '.'/.'- .'.-/, • Mr;.E.:Hortbn and Mrs. Horton are :on a visit to .Wellington./,.. ~:■■-; A^/A;,--/Mr.,"Mrs., /and' Miss RusseU are staying at Day's Bay House for the winter! . '"■,Miss/Clark and Mrs. Cojlome, of'.Auckland,.. are < staying at the Grand Hotel. • '■'.■ Mr.,/ .Mrs.;- ; and Miss s' Tweedie, vfrbm Wahganui,' are staying at the Grand: Hotel. :, The;' Misses West' (2)', of Wellingtpnj. are' th'e;guests of/Mrs./W.R. Mace, Brainerton. /Mrs./ Hamilton Gilmer,/and Mrs! Knox Gilmer'have/left on a trip to the South Sea Islands;;t: : ''":;>':'. '/v/^V.■■: /'// //';,/ ;.:•■;/:•:: Miss Phyllis' Fell; /from Nelson, - who is ..visiting Wellington, -■ is .the guest, of .Mrs. Richmond. ;■ // '"'./-: > '-■!>.■::,' './.- ' ■;'

': /-Mrs. Caiix, of Wellington, Us visiting, Wai-, rarapa, where she 'is the guest'' of Miss' Maunsell,:of;Wangaehu. / :^ 'Mr. and .Mrs. F. Spencer', and Mlbs Hill,, of Wanganui,; are /in. Auckland op their; way to /the South Sea; Islands.;/,; ..;''/.,/:;/ • Sir Francis and Lady Price, with/ Captain Russell, are visiting for race week, .and are. staying/;a't; the' Grand Hotel. '\ Mr. and Mrs./T.', Lowes' and Miss.Lbwes, of/ Ashhurst, and Mrs. "It'j Fowler, of Kini-. bbltbn, .are' making' a' holiday, trip to Auck-/ land, and s during-.their two months' 'stay.intend to./visit'/'ltytoru'a/' and Whangarei;-/. / Announcement .is/ made of the engagement of Miss-Grase Nichol, youngest daughter of Mrs.- Nichol -(late,.of Pahautanui), to..Mr.; A. iL.' (Len;).Flyger, son of Mr. '.James Flyger, ofCuba Street., -, .'V. .:".,';.;{