SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 951, 19 October 1910, Page 11

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A : weliirigto>i Wedding.-■:;;;■ ■ ,';A pretty .'wedding was celebrated in the Wesleyan " Ohureh, -Newtown, last . Wednesday, .when;;.: Miss :,;.'(Ethel.: Smith/';■' eldest' ■ daugli'te'r *pf ; Mri J. 'A." Smith-,- late of Palm'erston: North; .butriow'of.'Lyall.Bay, .was, married to Mr. L'ewis T;. Eglintonj, of ;Palmerston~North.' •The .ceremony- was-, performed by. the 'Rev: , ; J. .Ward.; The .bride, who was given;away_ by; her; father,; wore a dress 'of white ;,nmondes'6ie,-'over glace silk; witli : the. customary veil and wreath of : orange .blossoms,; i'and carried.. .a ■beautiful .shower :bouquet. ; She', /was. attended, by.her.'two-sisters,' Miss Ger:tru(le; .Smith- arid-Miss as .bridesniaidSj'.both;;wearing' dresses :_ of ■pale pink- ninbn de soie, over glace silk, and large black hats trimmed with pink:roses...; Mr. K. Eglintdn: acted as best man;:and Mr.-T. M'Call as 'man.-';' Each.;,bridesmaid 'wore a pear] and.torq'uoise ./brooch,:-'the' ipresent: of the; bridegroom j. who also 'presented,.the bride with: an> emerald:,and'-pearl pendant. -.-.After:theiceremony about'. 70 guests .were entertained;• by the brjde's parents at their.Tesidence, ','Bay View," Lyall .Bay,, where both"bride and,bridegroom -received 'the' congratulations of a large numbpr of friends.; '.The bride's ■inpther. wore' , a'.dress^of-jblack silk.. • '_ .Sister :'^VuA '-ii&<:.: ' ■ , :: The .many friends of .Sister Isabel, 'who- had : charge -of the Tory ; Street Mission>for five and a half|- years,;and fwho: left Wellington eixj ;w*eksvago . to, takeVup (an' iimportant-appointment' in the: Central, Methodjst Missiori.,in. Bri-s-'. bane,.-.will be. interested; to;'learn-that she has written'saying that ..she-likes her .-wort-very much: ■where ehij, is. i She. is;*in'jcharge of one of , tho:'brariches-,.0f the mission, which is well,';organised, and:finds it very congenial wrk. . Bris'barie'.is/in. a-prosperous, way, vrork'is plehtiful, .ajid there 'are few among the /unemployed, which reduces poverty. /greatly , ;- The TOst'of'living-iisvnot- so : . .high .as;:in.; Wellington., .■:The:■■'churches are'much'better attended.; The.C.M.M.': holds; 1200,;' and:' 6h"'Suhda:y.'evenings'-' every seat is. filled. Many, of the ,congregatiqn come threej-qiiarters.;.of an to, secure ~a seat;-:..ThevQufeenslandibhoir^ias; well r as/ the solo .sirigirig, :'is. very;ijjoddi and attract : great' many \. people.:!;!'"Philanjthropy.jn:'every branch:of>wqit is' well maiaged,'. andf.of -a''high: character.' Clothing is not. so expensive as in New Zealand.'-.. Most of ..the women follow,;. ;the Sydney; fashions .'and.,dress very, •p'rettily,;.: ■Flowers- are; plentiful, and. the' gardens very fine,' and:the climate ■is. not so reported to be. .Tie - "first ■', thing' , , that.■' strifes .'an- .outsider'■';is the; admirable' way. in which"tiaffic. is nianageilj as there is a pertrain -and tram ser;vice's;running to alj : parts'-of: the city and suburbs: Sister Isabel : is .health,;-and .believes she will ha-ve a,'profitable and liseful term ■of service ■iii Brisbane;:,. ;.. V•/. '.':.. v-.;./; ; f■• '!'■■, ,s. ; : ;; ■ : A \ Wedding' / ; ;: .■■'■■^ : ; ' '."'/ :v; ; A ! pretty wedding tookjplace at'Newman on;;Monday,'' ; when -Miss .'■ Francis .Beatrice,;-/daughter , of .Captain ,Henry/ of the South /African' Constabulary/ was marriedJto - Mr.' [ William; , /Worley' Percy ;WaUier,'-.df :Quaggeshock,. South Africa. The ceremony was performed; at the residence:bf the bride's father, , ; the ..Very Rev';-; Dean M'Kenna officiating.' Miss HelehvT.. Henry was ; the-.bridesmaid, arid -Mr. : C. R: Henry \ acted as best riian. .At the conclusion/of tho: service a reception was , held, and the healths 'of the bride and:bridegroom; duly honoured; '.Mr. arid -Mrs'; Walker left.for the north, and later on .> will-sail for South Africa, where' their; future home jilljbe.... . '~■".; ."•'•''", ; : . Miss: ißarnett has . given .»up her house oh The Terrace, and, with her brother,'i'is; staying:.at: Mrs.;.{Ca'rner's, in' Sydney Street.:; Miss'Barhett intends leaving on a long .• trip' to England early "next year: :ri-;;: r ;> : , ; .Miss Hayes leaves by .the Pateena for;; Nelson to-day, where she-will be the guest'of Mr. and Mrs.. Hayes , . Miss - Annette Turtori, who has been spending a few weeks in the south, sailed by the Tarawera_ for Napier on Monday. ■'.'■'• . Miss .V. Fulton returned to' New Zealand from England by the s.s. Ruahirie'op'Mondayv- /;■;:. ■'■■'•■; •;. .;, The.; icomplimeritary dinner to be given to Lady Ward by the Woman's Social and Political League is to take place on Thursday, October 27, at the Hotel ;Wirid.sor. /_;:;. ;.■ Miss. Millar left. for. the, south' last week,. ; .'/ . .'. ' , - .''..;..- '.;'j? - ;.'.' .[."..'/ Mrs. Stanton Harcourt has returned from a trip to Australia...-./!; •.'.■■. ■, ■ ■ Mrs... Massey intends leaving for. Auckland at the end of the week. ' Mrs. IW. J. Harland, of Brougham Street,' and Miss Harlwtl have return- 1 ed from a visit toNelson; : Miss Harland is to-be ■' married/ to 'Mr. K. G. Lucas, of Nelson; on November 9. Mn W. Russell Blow, of tho Tourist Office, Rotorua, left Wellington by the Main Trunk .lino for Rotorua yesterday, accompanied by Mrii.: Blow v and: their little daughter, after a brief holiday t spent iii this city.. . . ' Miss AY! -Moore left Masterton, yesterday morning for a visit to ' Auckland, where she will be the guest of Mrs. F. M'Govern. '~■"■.. . ~.