SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 611, 14 September 1909, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

; [Notices of Engagements and Weddlngs.\Vhon reports (J weddings and announce inents of engagements ato sent'to "Dofimiica for publication,, the name ami address of tin Bonder should be enclosed, not for publication, bur as an ovidonce of,good faith. Othormao tin announcements canuot bo nubliahed.J Woddinfl at Waipawa, ' . : Qfc' Wednesday last at St.: PdeiVChurch, Waipawa,' Miss Mary Milgrew, of Shannon, .was married to Mr. F. W. Box,. also ,of Shannon. Tho.Kov. H. P. Cowx officiated, and the; bride was given away by Mr. .HocUngMr. Janies Milgrew, brother of the.bride, acted as groom, and Miss.Doris Liddlo as bridesmaid. Social to' Sir Joseph and-Lady.Ward. v,-At'.a meeting''of the Women's'-Social and Political :■ league held yesterday, _ final arrangements were made for the social .to bo tendered' to Sir Joseph and Lady Ward on their, return-to New Zealand. The social is to be held on Monday, October 4, in the New Century Hall, when there.will be a programme.of. music,: interspersed with ■ dancing. 1 ire ' nnndred invitations have been sent .out.- ~-. Tea at'Kirkcaldie's. . • V ■ ;; i ;, •.A very enjoyable little *ea was' giveV yesterday afternoon at Kirkcaldie's by Mrs;* Pike 'for .Miss Phillips, who is shortly leaving for a six months' visit'to Japan.; The long table ,was set at oneend v of the room, and was decorated .with yellowJaffodils.. Among _tho guests present were Miss Phillips,,Mrs. Phillips,' Miss Dorothy Nisbit, Mrs. Birkett, -the Misses Nathan, Mrs. Fulton,^lrs.'Ewen,. Miss. Sutton, Miss Turner, Mrs. Eoss, and Miss Dean... ' . . ■ . • ..•'., .'•.:' "■

Annual Meetings. v / The annual tea of ,tlie Y.W.C.A. will bo held at /the rooms to-morrow, and wiU ,be ■ followed by .the annual, meeting, to, which tno pubuc , and .'subscribers are' invited." ■•'■'■"•; •, A Letter From Adelaide. -. Miss . Amuri Rutherford who,' with her parents and sisters, has'been making a long 'sthv : in Adelaide- writes to a saying that they. have all enjoyed their , visit, lney had been to many delightful .'social Junctions, and 'weeks of rain ' had not spoiled . ,their pleasure. Sinking is a popular pastime in Adelaide, though .the iloor of tho rink'.is of concrete, which makes a fall something to be remembered. The .' Queen', Adelaide 'Ladies Club has recently been opened. «The :rooms are small,-'tout. beautifully -furnished; Grcenis the predominating colour, for carpets, chairs, and lounges,-, while the wall-papers aro ( white, with narrow green ivy. leaf .friezes, except in the large' diriing-rooiri, ' where brown ' |reigns.| supreme.; Mr., -Mrs., and the Misses Rutherford jeturrito New'Zealand'oh'September 22: /: ;', Lady Stout on Scotland. ; Lady Stout', writes'from Scotland, wtiereshe had been spending a very pleasant-, time, ttte. pleasures : including a: sixty-five r mile motor trip round Tweed, Teviot," and Lauder River Valleys: ■ Sho is impressed with tho' fact-that compared with English women,-th?- women of' New "Zealand-have cause to. congratulate themselves 011 the .way they are treated by men-impressed also' with the want of consideration ior women , shown in many little ways.: by. the men .'of the Homeland. Lady Stout was visiting -Lerwick, in Scotland, 1 when she .w-rote. .-. Tennyson's Grandson Married. ■■ ■ . /'';', / Tho Right Hoh'.'/Lewis and Mrs. Harcourt lent tlieir.'house in- Berkeley- Square, \Y.,;. for the wedding of Mr. Charles B. L. Tennyson, of 70 -Elm. Park Road, Chelsea,; son of- the late. ! HonV Lionel Tennyson and. of Mrs.- Augustino Birrell, and grandson of tho -first- Lord' rennyson,: D C-L.,' F.R.S., Poet 'Laureate, with - Miss Ivy . yr'etious, /until ■ recently;-secretory. ■ to _ tae

-Free '-Trade TJnion. : The marriage was soleninised':by. the Very/ Rev.' fte 3ter,'on 'J.uly"'- 23, in" /Henry, Vll.'s Chapel, Westminster" Abbey.'-•' . ' .n This-is the"announcement which uasjust-.re-minded - people- that-Mrs.'Augustine.Birrell. ;wife 'of 'the, Chief.- Secretary: for Ireland, ; wasi 'formerly':'the ; Hon./ Mrs. Lionel Tennyson. .The appearance of,' Lord Tennysons name, with _all its initials:following after, make one yery.glad. •that Milton,- Wordsworth, - and .other- people -like ■that ..went more simply named .to..their grave?- ,: Mrs.' C.', Cooper returned to Christchiirch : last night.',-; . /,■'.': /./ :,/ : ///:/, ./:/" : / ■ Miss Lillian Turtori, from',Lorigwood,. wl? 0 : staying-, in Wellington", is; spending a WMk Mrs>.-Elgar:^././••; ..V"\i}('/<••: ■•• I'he postponed annual'- meeting of the, Girls' Realm Guild; will bo held to-night at'.B x, clock in- the Mayor's room' at tho Town Hall. .; ■ .The' Miramar Ladies', Golf.. Club.- is-sending several ladies-out to tho . llutt this:, afternoon ,to T pi£y'ladies; of,;the.Hutt, Golf Club;;;- , /■, Duriug.-itho summer vaoation,< Dr.: W. A. Chappie, late. of,. Wellington, is.taking his two. eldest, "daughters to jGermany,, whiles his■ • wife, takes/the two youngest oh a visit to.friends in England.,'. The eldest recently .won .the,, swim-, ming.' championship of. the.:Roedcan School,' at Brighton, iahd/gained/a.'silver cup. ■/ /.V ■' Miss Nora Collie, daughter, of Mr,-H, Collie, of. New,-Zeodand, ,has:, passed -the Cambndgß, Higher local Examination; gaining. a. first-class in English ' literature- iwith- . distinction- in' tho history "of English literature, and ; a third-class in '.niathematics., -Miss Collie is. a; pupil,at the Bedford. High/School,:, of' which her aunt is headmistress. ' - .':/ , ■