SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Notices of Engagements and > Weddlnta - 1 Ji" eport3 " wrings and announce. ' P ents « engagements are sent to "Dominica" jlor .publication, the .flame .and address of thi t or should bo, onclostd, not for publication, I -bur as an oyidenio.of good faith. Other vise lh« J ' . ■. announcements ..cannot bo published J j ■ ' Royalty and:.thß-American, A"- 1 ' 11 ; Stowarfc', whosemarriage" to ; ■,:•;. . tho. .eonui' Portuguese : Pretender rwaa rej ported yesterday 13 probably a good deal hap- .. . r; shad, 'naitrried : the ."King.'.of. 5 think . that; l!e^marbago-vriU ; :inak6 the »f«fc y ;.of the j; / . - r , young jving s briuc, .. when ..she 51 arrives; * more [v^V-;"-:V'^\.'^--' tt ®^«^o9 i "'it:?haß\.r«moved'ibhe , 'pretext'-;f6y raising a revolution in Portugal. It is odd ;V ' .1.1--. t0.-saifc-lroyja" • weddlitk | v;'• • v Scotland sine? the .daysfofTtKe Stuarts, and. v. ■; w. realise that, lii that tho Inst royalty to be married must have been Mary Qneftn of i. . • • boots herself, who', (Married a.'Subject—unless, v. . indeed, 1. ,wero nor'son, .James I.- A .reference to a history book might prove the latter to be 4 '''■l J?a^, l 'jand:';it l rbmMtto' -to think of the pfttty young American girl as , , following directly, after poor pretty Queen fl arr i 1 od i' also ' that a Stewart followed I. -vi-v.V is? • OTBjftB;:). JTieV.annonncement^'that)Prince Miguel had renounced all his rights to the Lrown of Portugal in order to marry the girl H loved ( oaused great excitement in America, • wtaro .another royal love 'story, has recently ended leea happily. Miss Anita Siewart was wdl known m the States, though she had spent . - ' i : a largo part of her time travelling in. Europe and elsewhere. 1 Miss Stewart's mother was originally a Miss Armstrong, a sooiety belle of Baltimore, who, married Mr. Ehmelander Stewart A divorce, secured in South Dakota '■ ■ * ;/ by..Mrs..'Stewart-was folio wed. by her marriage ■■ ,■ . 1 : j° '.Silent.Smithj" the millionaire;' whose sud- 1 1: . . . pen and tragic death in' Japan oceuired ■ not Jong,.ago.-,- The silent millionaire ~ loft. : his £1,000,000, and it is stated that . . .when -.the, final - arrangements."were* mado - for V- :t ™ marriage it-was': arranged.that'imni&iitely' after the ceremony £250,000 was to bo transi. • ferredtotha Pnnfio. .iMiMw Stewart, a'.pretty, fair-haired,- slenderly-built girl o£ 21, first met tho Prince at t Easter in Paris.- Prince Miguel 1 is the son of the Portuguese Preteridcr, Dom Miguel, of Braganza, who is a .descendant of King John VI, tiho reigned'from 1816 until ■ . /Prince .'Miguel.'was .'born 1 hwrmothor.beingva nieto of the- ! lato ; of Austria, , and this v<!xplains why- $o ' ? My Aftstri&n notabilities were at the wed--1 5r n F • ?" 0 Pnnoe's home is tho Castle of beebenstein, a. beautiful house in the Austrian fyiol, an hour's journey from Vienna Both v . .;', : : l .^m;iM^d-. J afld'.his*'son'. 7 have l 'been l :'frequetit visitors to Engtand,/usually,- staying in the Isle ' , , ..was said thafc.pom Miguel's son, who was aiT'aitlbitiOus yourig'ttitxtfjr'did much to keep 'his father's political aims alive. Danes fn'St. Pofer'j Hall. - u I>f ■ . i social, and danoe,held •. last night mSt i"«t«r s Hall as a: welcome, for Mr. • Edward Dinn'f and. his wife,'proved to be-a most eniovable .affair. .The hull; was very .prettily, decorat^ ,w "h flags ,and,-lycopodmm-and, from- the ...- 01 ,pale blue-and-white ./muslin."'■ The stage was carpeted and furnished with tables for card-players, and the front was massed .. , . . with Jj-copodmra innd / yellow : daffodils,Vwhilo' palms and pot-plants competed its decoration ■7. „' n i un ,^ 1 t r '~ ' guests. carao in fancy dress; !> , If the - picturesque and pretty. The grand march, with which the X i' 1 ■ : v opened,., was^^^'.v^iiy/effective;and; for' .. •.. . °nce, all the. guests knew.',what it felt, like to march to the strains of tho "Wedding March'' v; - .committee,; iii whosJ>"hands. rested the ar--1 T?fl^ lentS j f n lt, , le STau , ul f?. were te" nd I fs<M tlc r, and Messrs Dawson, P. MColl, A. Wilson, J. Wilson, and Martin. 't ' 6TO S :!!g W ll ma<l « a pleas- • vty. j™: ». I "[ e . ! , s P^h;;:explaining: ,^hatL'Mr'..-Edward Umn;e had, in his six years' residence m New , % ala ° d ', m , a ™.'.?; ) gr«t many friends, and -that they had been delighted to have this oppor , tunny of. nelcomirig him homo again, and of- . ' Welcoming his bnde .to?her, new. :hoine "irid her : new circle of friends Mr. Dinnio replied in ■::: i:> br W s P?eoh. of.cordial 'appreciation: Mrs Dawson wore a frock of pale blue silk, with , trcam lace , and a .silver embroidered- scarf ; Mrs Gooder, pale blue silk, Mrs Dinnie, pale >V.. i \.:-P? y^^®^"on^t ' l ® e '^OTth;' l trimmihg. of";,black. lace, Mrs Edward /Dinnie graceful frock of . v " and;;trimmed : with laee insertion, and m her hair she wore »,Vreath of rosebuds,/McS Monro, black chif. ?f rs , MTldowney,. black silk, ■ ' .■ ?4 3 ' .Coll,..black :wlth. .white '^,' ; WyMrs.vMartin;'-pale r -bliie i ;silk:;, r Miss 'M'Et : downey, green chiffon taffetas, Miss r E John- ' ' ■ : >{W l, .'. o !gff ll i.Mft», «aM".green < taf.-' fetas, Miss Winder, cream chiffon taffetas, •;^^levwnght^;blue^silk,?. with;.'silver ;trimmmg Miss Burns went as a Gipsy, Miss H . . - .boodcr as anjllndorgraduatej Miis/Copoland; Japanese Ladv, -Ifiss Gooder, Old English Lady, Miss N Wilson, Pierrette, and Miss Burns, Gipsy - A' Bridge " 1 The ending of the Terrace and Kelburne • ""ago Olub was marked by an enjbyable "long night,, at; ■ ilrs, SievuTight's, ■ ; , • V ailima, :• , Wellington j Tl'errace:" ' A bridge tournament; accupied. tho' early part of the • ■ evoning,, after which -thoro.,was-dancing--- . Dur-' ,n 6,.supper .Mr. E. C.„ Lewoy presented the ' pnze3;wonfor.tho\soason'a and evening's'tour-. . .. . pamonts,; both 'Whichr-were: won by Mrs Lewoy and Mr Harris A dainty knitted \ ' ; P urSo ; c P tt^ini Dg ; tho. wherewithal for-a trophy /- wa s Mrs/ L6vve y'by the Bridge Club, and Mr Karris presented her with a dainty 1 ' . pendant. Mr.> Harris also received a trojhy and 0 cigar case Tho supper table, ;■ . ... ~..'l oaded .with; -delicacies,"' most artistically 1. , ;. j; arranged with, a draping- of-.pink silki: and the flowers were pink , camellias and snowdrops in • . silver and glass vases. Mrs. 'Sievwright' rt" eeiv-ed her guests in. a-gown of black chiffon ../ • taffetas relieved witlrcrtam laco and i rod rose . , . os a.fiiiishj Mrs. Lewoy, black and whito net '1... over; white .chiffon ,talfetas;> .Mrs.i .C'brrigan, : white mnon with gold tassels; Mrs; Muir; black, *- ■ , wlk; Mrs. Mijadowcroft, omerald. green silk with cream liwe and gold trimming; Mrs. Jef- : }•>•. ". '.-fray, pink-silk; Mrs.^Kreeft,'black silk;-Mrs; f: -~ Leslie,-blaok -and white /checked chiffon tafTo- ' . tas; Mrs, Pytt Jackson,' blue, silk; Miss Mary ~'. • Sievwnght, > pale -bine • silk j Miss : Darling pale 1. . mousselmQ de soie; Miss/Watson; eau-de-nil : .; chiffon taffetas; r . Miss Gladys Meadowcroft, ' cream silk; Miss ;Aschmann, white-lace over ■, .wh jte,satin..;Amongstthe gentlemen p- esent w.'-re Messrs. Nixon, Naugtiton, Weir, Boss, Darling, i. Lewoy,Krcoft,Muir, C'orngan,Jeffray, Bretherv ,■■■!:■ ton,";Henderson,'^.Meadowi!roft,''nnd > Sievwright. ■ : . Ay Children's : Bazaar. • • • ,- i, - -A small bazaar in aid of Dr.. Barnardo's 1 , '.-'. v.: Bbme,-;was ; held.,yesterday' 'at,. Mrs; : Shirtcliffe's ■ ,i-: home,, yby. Mr's.'r'SKirtcliffo's i';two : . -youngest . , daughters—Jean- and -Ruth—and 1 Mrs. Bal- ! .■' combo Brown's' daughter's—Alison; and Mar-' • Jorie. Tho children, who have been preparing J" - !-: -Vior' this, since-' the '.visit .of, the Barnaido' boys ; with Mr.- and-Mrs...Mayer, had.made most of i ibe things themselves. !-dnd had ..been /helped ; ■ 3y ,: 'older friends,...vThey; v had a' fancy, stall, ■: jweete : 6tall ; ,, flower./stall, bran .tub,; and gnesstag competition, and they: supplied -tea. The -, 1, inorning: room, ; whero'.,tlie.:sale.''.was ;helci;"-was ' > decorated.,vyith :.whito,.clematis,"and"theidrawIngrooln,. where. 1 tea iwa6; siipplied,-,was 'decd,ratedwith fbeautifnl. anemones ! 'of-every-shade. ~ :■ . I', splendid .doll. vtas offered-to tho competitor *ho guessed/its, pretty name, /and; after every jort/of homely-and'.uncommon.name. l had been juggested, -ivon' the-dny., -The .little ~ . , lale wds .well . patronised, and in spitn I " weather;ra'-number/bf .people., visited:-it,duriiig ! . the afternoon, leaving the promoters .well sat- *. . ~isfied, an'd' With' over - to : send to - the home. ■. ■'■ ' 1

Women of the East. Mrs. Parko and Miss AYiUard, the Bostoladies who are. just now visiting AYellingtor hayo, since February, been travelling ia : Japac Korea, China,: and tho Philippines,v takin, always special note of . matters affecting womei in'each country. They . Have, been , fortunat in making. the acquaintance of many Hasten women, . especiallyin' 'Japan ■ and China, 'am of visiting them in; their own homes,, am thoy. speak very; appreciatively of- : tho ,;kind ncss; that, has •everywhere, been' shown to them V ' Japanthoy - spent three months, chief!' and.in the lovely .city, of Kyoto-on' °* the niost. charming cities in the world, sui rounded, by: lovely hills,. and 'with.-a' beautifu river .runuing through - it,. which: is . sparine* -.picturesque bridges. --TheV japanes. women they found delightful, 'quiet, and shy and,very gentle m-manner, not as energetic ii their pursuit of education ,as are the Chines women, ■ -but-, very. persevering ; and determined , ine Japanese girl of the .Samurai class is bcioi well educated'nowadays, and : sho'lias -a 'grea ~ sl L '"•fore her,, for she is expected to lean of'tho > old'lore and, methods 'as. wil her., to. preserve.:the, traditions of'h'ei ancestors., -at : the same time she must. strivi .to,,keep'' pace '.with .-the ":western',girlfin hei I aits ! Course, and; while sho learns-the Japariesi system of; housekeeping,. , which is ; a '.very de finite .wstem; indeed;- she must , also know al! about ■•Western: method?.,', It is a big' task-foi fu tL' Be , n S c Ja P ancSo prl, but she knbwi that her father f and her brothers <• have - sei their hearts on her achieving it, and,' witt aU.,kw.,intdhgence, she , : sets sweetly: to-work Ihe American ladies met ;some very igcholarh Japanese , teachers,, the cleverest; of. .all; b'eint ? a ; of ToMo; who '.was ' edu med v in America from- her seventh year; anc to America -to take a .'course- at- the celebrated Brvnmwr, College." ".She,his now t private school: for girls "in : Tokio, - which :sh( conducts most successfully.' Another-veU-M .Tokio is?the; American:whc married Mr. Niteve; the author of—Bushido' . .From'-Japan. Miss AVillard' and. Mrs. Pai-ki W "tw IUH Da - an « th ® ''"'we much' 'interested tho Koreans are-'highly "in. i f V lf . sopthey are too touch rE rt' —« "pontics", to .'prove -' it Before the days of: the Japanese; 'tie; Korean* .were., their own' o fficials,vnnd man of property could'never be.srire how lonp ' wou [d' Ise'; alio wed to' continue j n ¥'i^ hllt ' natnraU 7 sapped • botl ejergy : jnd ,amotion. , ■ And::'now- they. "M the Japanese, for;' strangers i! seems, the. L people.. who ,:aro ..so' kindly,' - and ffl 9n \ ln r thelr ' r^ n /^ nd > "re - cruel Hi bnllnnß. -nivKoreaj.. vThatjis.'.not-to say that 'all the Japanese in Korea are overbearing. There are .: exceptions;and' one, .magistrate _m particular ' who- has won ■the : : -reject ;i of - everyone. -.by .Ws'-MnS .bnl , Japan 7 does , not!' £ rule,.-; send her : best men ■: to ■ Korea • anl^bß^ 011 ° f 107 ft?? 1 .bnllies, and the consequence is that everyone talks .about .to oppression. One of the American travel' fa? m 'T a ' am whon ' tho Korean .oondufr Japanese man 'for his .fare,-and" instantly., there: was a;row; . The.Jap'-.towed' and WfT't pro ? e ? tetl v and ' then,-- without'the conductor 'full'in the face... Tho. tram was-hcid up for quite '0 fW " ® : i said - : ' tte ."wil: things ® ra j n f ll3 ml?ld, .? lld . made ''» (Treat commotion, . and ,nfl. one; said a single - word ; in ''d«oare., Then jthe . Japanese . soldiers ; in" Korea ' • y v ' ? nndstogether.the poor .Korean,- has :to : . thinlc/ven hard ;-about,; tfo big, worries.: he i'uied Ho ha^ ?nSi |ii/v ft" 'jfwriM.Wf.'tho ladles fonnd -China.,-most ' interesting, and they were muob impressed with the.epread flf,a desire for edue&tion among the SS-r'Tj . Most.of '.tho' conversations which they, had were through -.the i medium: of an, 'interpreter,-;', bnt' they found that the Chin-?se,-ladies,had-great 'deiU,,to:'«ir,--b<)thi.ask-plished.'wSmen;, and .spj)W; a- little English," The eldest;:pne; was:^Kolpiag to /establish school for v girli.'; ■ The •• .ChineM'/girl i 'whq V goes;' .to'. a iiign School;, does : .not-.h'&vo ' ; to' worry' her. 'heaid a wput. domestic -'sfeience.iThey. would .have .no all for. a .Chair of Domestio;Science at f.vy"? n ?so -nniversity, .• for -.the science 'is not ; nato the sou and - there'is. no- need;.to ,im-I'ort-.it- It was a surprise, to ■ find - that eTen working:',women .in" China, and... not only',:the wealthy women, > ban'daee",their.:.tihy. feet and stump ./about'., their: daily .'duties, -.fit: is- ohe of; the \signs <of -reform that educated are, beeinmiig to.let their feet grow to natural size;, though this is.also -riartly.idue'to the inBuencb''of . the; Dowager, Empress; who was'..' a Manchurian; and;, like-, all,.Manohurian. women, d^ d .: n o t l ''-wnd' ; her feet..... ; Ono..lady/whom'.'the visitors'met'had.a'foOt' two and'a" half, inches long; .and' shej.boastedHhat' it-had' been .'smaller when, she, married;:but she will soon be in-the unfashionable set.'-', As': a sign? of • the disfavour with'; which-..tiny .feet: are'.to be-regarded- ,it was mentioned .-that some ladies .with: very, little feet -.disguise'- - that i fact' "by wearing .very, -big boots;-: which, shows' that.China:may some -day have-a civilising, effect upon Western ladies. Thorevwerei jnany questions i to'-,be - asked ' from the;■ Phalippuie >women; : but; : no '.:time.' -unfortunately. to .ask.them; so the interview stonped dead at .China. . . • • • , Hospital Donations.. The . matron of the, hospital with thanks the following, sent for the" use of the patients :—Old: linen,-Mrs.. T.-G- Williams'; books and papers,-.Mesdames Brodenok, Hamilton,.Darling,,.Miss .Chance,■ and others; -flowors. vMrs: -Samuels, and Girls'. College; -also gifts of ..magazines 'and'books for jSeddon" shelters. i-i • Miss. tormack.-returned yesterday' 'to''!her hoine,atjCarterten;^ Mr.Vand Mrs. Eichelbaum havo gone.-for' a fortnight's, visit '-to jNap'ie'r; "v;i . (The Misses Tavasbur;- from: Maflborough,' aro visiting Mastertbn. '■ 'Miss .Sutton,- who has boon staying . with Mrs. Ewen)'.returned.to-Napier yesterday.. ' 'Miss; E. ..'Bulkley;; has', gone for' a-: visitto Napier.- '-.' - ; ' .' ; : Mrs. Walter Mantel bas retnrned to town from a stay at hor Eona . Bay house. : ■ Miss lluth Jackson, who has been spending some timo with Mrs. Blair, , has, returned to Auckland. . Mrs. Judson, who has been for the past four ccars living at ; Benares, arrived in Wellington jn, Wednesday, and .is staying, with her- sister, Mrs. .W*' A. Evans;,Mrs.' Hemus, another sister, who -recently: arrived'from Auckland with her busband, is.also Mrs. -Evans's guest.' ' . Mr. G. Aylesbury'Burge, of England, who »as married at Auckland this .week to'.Misa Maud Williams, leaves wth his'wife on September 29, for Suva;.-to.join-.the'-Marama for Vancouver,'whence they proceed via New York xi London. v-'-"-