SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1195, 2 August 1911, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

The Shakespeare Club. Last evening, in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall, the Wellington Shakespeare Club gave a public reading ot "Love's Labour Lost." There.was a very good attendance of the public, and the performance of those taking the various characters was followed with considerable interest. Miss Van Staveren, who read tho part of the Princess of .1-ranee, wore a very pretty evening frock of palo orchid mauve charmeuse, with a tunic overdress edged with deep fringe, and gold embroidery on the bodice. Mrs. Baldwin (Rosaline) wore an egg-shell blue .gown, the bodico being draped with exquisite old lace. Miss Nicholls (Maria) wore a becoming black silk frock. Miss Carson (Catherino) was in pale blue silk. Miss Simpson, who took the part of Jaquenette (a country wench), wore black chiffon taffetas, with a white chiffon vest and pale- pink roses at the 'waist. Mrs. 1. P. Wilson sang two songs very charmingly ("When Daisies Pied"'and "When Icicles Hang by the Wall"), and was accompanied by Miss C. Simpson. ■ Mrs. Wilson was in black silk, with cream lace, and Miss Simpsrn wore a pretty frock of cream radium silk. Mr. P. P. Webb was the director. Carterton Wedding.

A pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Mark's Church, Carterton, last Wednesday, when Miss Mary Constance Tilson, youngest daughter of Mr. R. Tilson, of Ponatahi, was marred to Mr. William Peat, of Wanganui. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Inn Tilson, as bridesmaid, and Mr. Walter Tilson was the best man. Tho ceremony was performed by the Rev. R. Young. Impressions of New Zealand. Many New Zealanders will have pleasant recollections of Miss Moreland, who spent some years with her brother, the Rev. C. H. Moreland, headmaster of i Christ's College, Christchurch,' and they will bo interested to learn that sho has just published a very charming ■ book about her- holiday rambles in the Dominion. After she left New Zealand, Miss Moreland travelled much in the northern provinces of India, and saw tha Himalayas, the Teesta Valley, and many wonderful sights; also Zebanon, Syria, and Palestine, but she says (in a letter to a friend) that" sho saw nothing more beautiful, ,nor more wonderful, ... than South Westland. The impressions of her journeyings in the wilds of New Zealand (illustrated by. photographs',by .her .brother) make ! a most interesting IvpVume,ind the descriptions of scenes' and'people in the "Fairyland beyond the Southern Alps" will be read with great delight by many a colonist, whether he has been there or not, so graphically are they depicted. In Mr. H. F. Witherby (the ornithologist) she has found a most sympathetic publisher, and the Hon, William Pember Reeves, Mr. W. Warde •Fowler, the well-known author, and her own cousin, Sir Samuel Dill,, of classical history fame, have taken a keen interest in the work.

The second annual dar.ee of tbe Brooklyn Harriers takes place in the Now Century Hall, Kent Terrace, on Wednesday, August 9. Messrs. E. A. Shaw and J. -T. Don are tho joint secretaries. Tho first "open evening" of the Wellington Shakespeare Club, when members and their friends are invited to be present, takes placo at the Arts Club' this evenins. Special arrangements for an interesting evening have been made—the programme including among its items: "Mark Antony's Oration" (Mr. H .E. Nicholls); epilogue from "As You Like, It" (Mrs. Sutcliffe); s-w, "0 Mistress Mine" (Mr. J. F. Carr); song. "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" (.Mr. L. I Buckeridge); quarrel scene from "Julius ("Vsar" (Messrs. Nicholls and W. R. I Bock), Church scene from "M'ich Ado About N"fhine" (Miss Hardin.w Maltbv and Mr. Gori>am);. overture, Mendelssohn's "Midsummer . Nvehts Dream" (Misses Simpson and Martin). Miss Beatrice Day is at present holiday•nakinsr, and is the guest of Mr. and , Mrs. T. Hutchison, in Oamaru. On FnI day, she leaves for Christchurch. on her -st un to We!!in<rt«n. where she will ,m Mr. and Mrs. F. M. B. 'Fisher and Mi*s Payne. Her holiday <kes n"t terminate till September 1. when she leaves 'nr Sydney t,n te.'-e tin her p.-rn -n ~. S"o Mdy's DaimVer," phvfd by the Plimmer -»td Cnjreiny, an'l commercing in the Palace Theatre on September 17. Mrs. A. A. Lucas, of Nelson, who has Wn on a l<nig visit b">, Auckland, is j ';'/ving with Mrs, Harland, of Brougham Street.

Mr. and Mrs. Ratbbone, who have been living fir son'? years in Fiji, are over on a'visit to Kow Zealand. -At present they are staying in Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Rathboue are well known in Masterton, where they lived f-r some years previous to leaving for Fiji. The fourth annual "at home" of the Gregg Hockey Club takes place this evening in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall, and, judging from the preparations which have b°en n-nde, should prove a very enjoyable affair. Miss Gladys Morris (Wadcstown) has returned from a visit- to Kawhia.