SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 808, 4 May 1910, Page 3

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

bedding at Wakefield. On. April 27, in St. John's Church, Wakefield,. the marriage of Miss Ellen Bussell Hewlett, third daughter of the Bev. 0. R. "Hewlett, to Mr. Henry Joseph Faulkner .took place, the Ven. Archdeacon Baker performing the ceremony. A fact, that lent additional interest to the friends. of the bride and bridegroom was /that it was tho occasion of the first marjriage from this vicarage.. The bride, who jwas. given.away by her father, wore a foes of white, radium; silk, trimmed with [exquisite' lace, 1 and With lfc sho woro'.a ffirio Indi&n lac 6" veil over a wreath of * Wange blossoms. .She. also carried a bouquet of white roses and sweet-peas, veiled in asparagus fern. She was attended by Miss Hewlett, Miss Edith Hewlett (sisters' 'cf the bride), and Miss Elvira Peart, who. wore'dainty white silk gowns trimmed with silk lace and embroidery. Their ■large picture hats of velvet and silk were of a lovely shade of- amethyst and 'blended charmingly .with tho' heliotrope ribbons and flowers composing their bou- § nets.. They also wore gold gem-brooches, ie gifts of the bridegroom." Miss Catherine Faulkner, nicco of' the bridegroom, attended the bride as train-bearer j- -wearing a pretty frock of cream nun's veiling, and white felt hat trimmed with silk. Shei also carried a' white crook tied with 'heliotrope ribbons, and a-cluster of white flowers. : Mr. E. Forsyth acted as best man, and Messrs. Norris Hewlett and .'Bussel' M'Mahon were the groomsmen. •The Wedding March was played by Miss lily • Peart as the bridal party, left the church.- After the ceremony a reception was held at the vicarage. Mr. and Mrs. J?aulknef left for the north, Mrs. Faulkner wearing a blue tailor-made, with large white velvet hat. ~' • • (Tho Women's Social and.Political League. ■The moathly meeting of the Women's Social and Political Society'was held'in the society's rooms ill Manners Street yesterday evening, Mrs. Tasker presiding over a large attendance. The minutes of thb last meeting were read : and confirmed and : the usual routine business gone through. The secretary congratu- , listed membors on the good work done during .the recent- Mayoral election, and the splendid victory won by Mr. Wilford. It was-decided-that a'letter of congratulation ' should be forwarded him. Good progress was reported 'as having been made with the . Mock Parliament which is to take place' shortly. Four new members were' elected. Children's Costumes for the Pageant. The costumes which have been deBinned by Miss Sybil Johnson for the children taking part in the pageant, and which are entirely original,-are simply most fascinating—both' boys', and girls'. When one comes to realise that there are fully rix hundred children'in the affair, and that a colour, scheme which! will be_ harmonious as a whole, rnd vet! that will suit tho children individually ■ had; to be; thought out,: something of the '.difficulties .Miss , Johnson-had .to contend with will -be understood, especially as most of them nro unknown to her. It was easy ( enough to think of a flrvvr, hut then it had to be a flower that would .suit a fair, a medium, coloured, a ruddy, or "a dark child, and then the eflccts of the flower itself.had to be. studied,- in all 6orts of ways. Miss Johnson's gift for decorative .effect and of designing, howevei. havo created somo very -beautiful , results, or will have, when the pageant really takes place. For some unfathomable reason, pro- . bably because they are such slimy, mudloving things, to be a slug;was the dear desire of every boy's heart—failing that, -the next best thing'was-to bo a scarlet runner. Probibly When they hear what the costume of the boy who takes part in set da<ice is to be they 1 may think it ,rather worth while to became." a dancer too. It is to be that of an'elf, in- brown, •to represent eirth, with a leaf falling over 'his shoulders, back and front forming a-kind of.cloak, and a little rufflo cf the petals of the flower he is representing round his neck. It is very effective, and mil make a charming contrast :td the flower, costumes of the.girls. Out of the twenty flowers designed- by Miss .Johnson for the dresses of the latter, it is impossible to say which one likes the best—all are really beautiful. Miss Johnson ra very anxious to have some , of the r.ew Zealand flowers represented, but she found that they did not lend them•elves at all well to the purpose, and ■he had to be content with the kowhai onjf which makes a bold and most ef Thursday afternoon tne balloting of the flowers for the dif. ferent wa-ds will take place in the Ea .gmeers Institute, a proceeding that will amount of interest among ' Sre WC gon behalf of the designation and Presentation. c - Brown, who has retired of the Hawke's Bay .Education Board after performing- the duties of a teacher for over 33 years, \r,& 6re iP cnt at the Napier ■ School, was the recipient of three Wesentaiioßs last week-from' the Napier School Committee,, the .teachers, and expuml teachers who. had been trained under her. TTiare was agreat assemchildren ana parents at the Theatre Boyal at 3 o'clock, when the fnnebon took place. The ceremony did not last long, but this was made up for S (S 6 Pf?®; which was very em-/ r o behalf of the citizens Mr. E : of the School Committee) presented Miss Brown with' a suitably engraved silver.mounted »nnko skm_purse .of. eovoreiztm Mr Hislan • on behafl of the teachers' a silvor manicure set, stably iracrSbed, while on behalf of j es-popfl teachers who had been trained under Jior he presented Miss Brown witn an ebony-backed hairbrush and mirror, bearing a suitable inscription. After jewral committeemen had added their quote of praise, Mr. M. B.'. Grant, first assistant, responded briefly on-behalf of : recipient. Miss Brown intended to leave for her home at Blenheim yestarday.

official organ of the chemists and crnggrsts published m England devotes &. leading article t<> the increase of the price of cod liver oil during the comins: winter, giving the ohemists a hint to raise the price, aa the' stock, of this Beascufe oil which arrived from Norway leoently is to be disposed of. We intend retailing the same at one shilling per bottle, whioh is sufficient for one month's treatment. Shaw's Medical Hall, Mann* rs Street, and the Cecil Buildings! Lambton Quay.—Advt.

Dilettante Girls. The special correspondent to Tiie Dominion from Auckland states that in tlio course of the report on the year 1909 which was read'to the parents who assembled at the annual prize-giving ceremony yesterday, the headmistress of the Diocesan Girls High School (Miss SI. E. Pulling) said she was dissatisfied with the want of independence and vigour in much of the upper school work, though sho had noticed a docided improvement, especially in two forms, since the previous year. Examining the cause of this lack of vigour, Miss Pulling ascribed it partly to the want of a serious bracing 'must" at home. "Probably we in Auckland," she said, "need some less prosperous years to convince us that as a matter of prudence it would be wise to make every upper school girl face tlie question of earning her own living. If so, I could almost wish those years might come, for our girls want some such tonic to brace them and to make them take their own work in hand and assume the responsibility for getting on. As it is, we have a hard fight at school against" the dilettante spirit in which too many girls are aftt to approach their work. So long as music, drawing, French, or. whatever else they think socially useful, prospers, they seem content passively' to let themselves be pulled through the more solid parts of their education by their teachers. I am sure we all agree that this is not good for anyone, and, therefore, as I know the school is doing all it can in the matter, I would ask parents to give it serious consideration from their own point of view, and I wouid appeal further to all who care for education to think whether public opinion is sound here, whether life's work takes its right place in the scheme of life we put before our more well-to-do girls.

Quite a number of. people will leave Wellington for Eotorjia this week.: On Thursday Mr. E. P. Bunny (Mayor of the Lower Hutt) and Mrs. Bunny leave for that district. On Friday Mr. and Mrs. Orton Stevens and Miss Stevens take their departure, also Mr. D. A. Abercrombie and ( Miss Abercrombie. Mr. and Mrs. William Crichton, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Bennett-(visitors from Edinburgh) left for Rotorua yesterday morning.

Mrs ( and Miss Evans, of - Eelburne, aro visiting Mastcrton, and are the guests of Mrs. W. H. Jackson.

Mrs. A. Young left on a short visit to Auckland on Monday.

An old resident of Wellington passed away yesterday in tho person of Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah Bolton, wife of Mr. George Bolton, of Molesworth. Street, and mother'of . Mr. F. G. Bolton, of the legal firm of Bolton arid Organ (now en route to America). The deceased lady, who arrived in Wellington in the early days, was 71 years of age.

Mrs. Sims, from Auckland, in Bfaking a short stay in Wellington.

Mi.w M. -Niithfiii leaves shortly for a visit to friends in Auckland.

The exhibition of oil and water-colour paintings by Miss Baldwin Warned and Miss Dorothea Durrant was visited by numbers .of art lovers .in' Dunedin last iveek. The , phtbition. has led to several sales, and, it is understood, somo - commissions. - / . ■

Miss Janie Kirk and Miss Powell leave on Friday by tho Main Trunk for Pahnerston North, and will be present at .the dance given by Mrs. Bamicdat for her daughter, Misa Marjorio .Barnicoat.

Dr. and Mrs. Fitchett have returned to Wellington from Day's Bay, and are staying at Mrs.. Canner's, in Sydney Street. ' , •■-•

A recital is to be given early in Junn by : Miss Sybil- Johnson and Mr. J. M. Clark, in tho Cjncert Chamber of .the Town Hall. Clark, a well-known elocutionist, will- give ■ several recitations which , will be illustrated by Miss Johnsou, in tableau .form'. .A special feature will be the rendering of ICeat's "Ode to a Grecian Urn." Mrs. Robort Lee; who has been visiting her daughter-in-law, at Muritai, returned to her ■ home at the Hutt yestei* day. , Miss Houlker, of Nelson, is visiting " '-"rton, and is the guest of Mrs. Pronu.