SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1115, 1 May 1911, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

S.P.H.VV. and C. A meeting of the Society for tho Protection of Women and .Children was held last Friday, Mrs. A. li. Atkinson presiding., 'i'hero wero present: Mesclaines G. Ponsonby, IV. A. Jivans, Glover, and A. A. Corrigan.. A number of cases that had been undergoing investigation wero dealt with and a case of alleged ill-treatment of a child was held over tor inquiries. Cases of ■uiaintonanco wero also successfully dealt with. The following subscriptions were acknowledged with thanks:—Consolidated Dental Company, Ltd., , 215.; Mrs. R. Hannah, 10s. (id.; Mr. Alex. Ferguson, 10s.; Roberts, Ltd., 10s.; Miss Coates, 10s.; G.C, 10s.; D.D., IDs.; Mrs. M'Vicar, 55.; Hill and Son, 55.; Mrs. Ealcombe Brown, 55.; Mrs. G. Mee, 55.; Mrs. Fruhauf, 55.; Mrs. Frost, 55.; Mrs. Cleland, 55.; "Adaptability," 2s. Cd.; also stationery from J. G. Mackay. "Plunkct" Saturday. Saturday was Plunkct Saturday in Ashburton and members of tho local branch of the Society 'for tho Promotion of tho Health of Women and Children collected just on one hundred poundsin the streets' in aid of the society's funds.—Press Association. Obituary. Another of New Zealand's early colonists, in the person of Jlrs. Elizabeth Emily Blomfiold, died on Thursday, after a short illness, at the residence of her son, Mr. Charles Blomfield.. She .attained the ripe age of 9li, and her life was an eventful one. After being left a. widow in London, with a, large family, she came out to Auckland.in tho ship Gertrude in 18G3, with the. Albcrtland settlers. She found .times good, in Auckland on her arrival, and instead of taking up land, settled in town with most of her family, and resided here up till the time of her death. After many experiences, she lived to see her ' descendants 'growing up around her to the fourth generation. Mrs. Blomfield retained all her faculties until the last, and took a lively interest in all that went on around her. Of her 112 descendants 103 aro living. Palmerston North News. On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Geoffrey Pofts gave a '-largo" afternoon tea as if send-oft to his niece, Miss Daisy Howley,who was married earlier in tho day to Mr. H. Haigli Webb. Mrs. Potts received her guests in the hall at Atawhai, and tea' was served-in the lovely balcony i upstairs, where- everyone was aTjla to enjoy the magnificent view. The bride received the congratulations of her friends in heir going-away dress, a smart eostumo of blue velvet with toque to match. Mrs. Potts was wearing a very handsome gown of Irish lace, and large black picture hat with plumes, and little Miss Cecil Keillor wore her bridesmaid's frock of white crepe and quaint littlo Dutch cap. Among the guests were:—Mrs. Eraser (Hastings), in , a pretty blue costume and floral, hat; j Miss Gladys AVhire (Timarti), navy coat mid skirt, and hat to match; Miss Nixon (Wanganui), pretty ■ cream frock and large black hat; Mrs. R. S. Abraham, handsome frock of grey ninon; Mrs. A. N. Barraud, white fergc frock with smart ' =atin coat and handsome fox furs • Mrs. Hall, dark bluo costume, large satin hat; Mrs, C. J. Monro, pretty champaene ninon with hat of Fame shade, trimmed with black; Mrs. H. G. Rowher, Mifs MacLenuan, Me?damos Johnston Hi?<rinson, Stwlvnan, Broad,-and L. A. Abraham, and Messrs.. Potts (Wanganui), Loughnan. Kteginfon. M. Abrnhnm; Dr. Bell, Dr. Martin, and R?v. IT. G. Reseller wero nlsn 'anions; the guests. Mr. and Mrs. ,Webb left by motor for the north. Greatly Mismanaged. Those charming little talcs about Royal persons doing graceful little acts, such as getting out of their carriages when they happen to run over somebody and saying how sorry they are—little tales which are as useful to Princes as the stories disseminated by "press agents" are to great actors and singers—have no chance of bein" told about tho Tsar and Imperial Family to the Russian public (says a writer* in an English paper). No Russian newspaper is allowed to publish any news ■ibout the members of the Imperial l'amily except from the Court Circular and in tho words of the Court Circular. The oflicials who daily compile this work employ a sort of sacred language of their own, which is never used for any other pnrIf, for instance, Nicholas II conies to~St Petersburg to have tea with his mother, the Circular states that "the Lord Emperor was pleased to arrive in St Petersburg," and the verb- used for the word "arrive" is one which is never u=ed in referring to the arrival oi an ordinary individual. Indeed, not long ago an attack was mado on tho Governor ot Vivatka and his wife in one of the Russian reviews because they had the inipertinence to print in the official gazette an account of their movements couched in phraseology only used for members of tho Imperial Family. It is very indelicate to sav that an Emperor or Grand Dyke dies "Ho "oos to God, or he rests in God. Tlin Imperial Family would be better advised to let the press describe their doings in the language of ordinary life. In a recent number of the "iNovoe Vremya there is a formal and long statement about the Dowager Empress which is really a oit of good copy, smiled, to use the slang at a journalist. IleV Majesty had done quite a charming and friendly thing. She had been nt a matinee given in the Imperial Theatre at St. Petersburg for the children of the schools of the capital. During the interval she had gone- lo tho foyer and walked about among the children "asking them merciful- questions. It must have been a very pretty scene, for the Empress lias a smiln and a manner a= delightful as Queen Alexandra's. But all thnt the public hears about the incident i= thnt the Royal lady, accompanied by half-a-dozen courtiers (all mentioned by liamci, was pleased to "proceed" (special Imperial verb) to the foyer, where she found lite children and half-a-dozen other distinguished persons, all mentioned 1-y name. 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Disturbers of Our Peace, Canon Lyltelton. at a meeting of tho Royal Society for thu Protection of Birds tpoko strongly against (he cat as a destroyer of tho nestlings of song-birds, and argued that a tax should be put on every cat, suys the "Manchester Guardian." He spoke at some length against cats, lie admitted that he would not mourn if the majority of our domestic cats fell victims lo inllueuz?.. The world was out of joint, ho said, so long as a man who kept a cat uncontrolled was not frowned upon by society, but another .who cheated over half a crown at cards was turned out of a London club. The world is even more out of joint than the head of Eton serins (o think, for whoever heard of anyone who could control a cat? It has been done once or twice perhaps at the Hippodrome, where the man was rightly I awarded an enormously high fee. but in ordinary life such a thing is nuite contrary to human experience. A dog, of course, can bo told what to do and what not to do, but a cat can't be made to do anything it doesn't want to do or to stop doing what it wants to do. No. cat o,.ner has ever yot prevented a fullgrown cat from lnading the double life that cats delidif in—by day well behaved, comfortable, intelligent in look and circumspect in manner; by nieht a inks,'a ghoul, a brawler, and n, general horror. '* Dracon Brodie, or the later Deacon Brodie—Jekyll and Hvde—present simple problems compared with the mystery thot surrounds our brothe'- the cat. Canon Lyttelton niav . control Eton, but when it con:;s to cats . Mi?.s Morrah (Wellington) is visitini* her brother, Mr. E. H. Morrah at tho Bank of Australasia. Dr. Bett, late of Timaru, has come to settle in PalraeTston. His sister is staying with him. 1 Mi=s Dorothy Martin (Auckland) is staying with her aunt, Mrs. E. S. Abraham. Mrs. F. 0. B. Loughnan and Miss Loughnan. have been the guests of Mrs. C. A. Loughnan for a few days, but left on Saturday for their homo iu tho \vaikato. Tho engagement is announced of Miss Winnie Elliott to Mr. GuyiGroves, of "Bushgrove," Tenui. Miss Litehfield is visiting Mrs. Nancarrov in Christchurch. Mr. and Mrs. A'Dcano (llawke's Bay) aro visiting Wellington. Miss Yiolet Warburton, who has been spending tho last seven or eight months in Melbourne, has returned to Wellington. Mr. J'. C. Webb, and- Mrs: Webb,, of Talavera Terrace,.are visiting Rotorna. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Cotterill, who with their family have been spending some little time in Napier, have returned to Tokomaru. Bay. The marriage arranged between Miss Enid Elgar and Captain G. C. Hamilton will take place quietly on May 10, owing to the very serious illness of Captain Hamilton's molher, which necessitates his immediate return to England.