SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2294, 30 October 1914, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Wedding at St. Mark's. v Yesterday morning a quiet wedding ]. was celebrated at St. Mark' 6 Church, t Wellington, when Miss Annie Chesne.v c Thomson, fourth daughter of Mr. anil t Jlrs. H. 0. Tliomson, of. Wellington, j was married to Mr. Percy Box, ot the fi Railway Department, Wellington, and c fourth son of Mr. A. J. Bos. Tho ( officiating clergyman was the Rev. C. a F. Askew. The bride was attended by ) lor sister, Miss May Thomson, and \ Mr. A. Thomson acted in the capacity \ of best man. After the ceremony Mr. i and Mrs, Bos left by the Main Trunk t express for Auckland and Rotorua for { the wedding trip. ■ ■ i Napier weddings. The' wedding took place iu the Na- : pier Cathedral on Wednesday of Miss s Florence Emily Burgess, eldest daugh- j fcer of Mr. F. Burgess, Napier, to Mr. < John Dare Stocks licaton, eldest son i of Mr. A. M. Heaton, C.E., Masterton. < The Rev. Canon Mayne performed the 1 ceremony. The bride, who was given ' away by her father, wore a gown of ivory , brocaded crepe de chine trimmed with shadow lace and pearls. ■ Miss * Hilda Sweetapplo (cousin of the bride) 1 was bridesmaid, and Mr. E. D. H. Heaton was best man. The wedding took place in the Miller Memorial Congregational Church, Napier, on Wednesday, of Miss Isabel Dodds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Dodds, of Napier, to Mr. Ernest Alfred : Ycung, second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Young, also of Napier. The Rev. A. Hodge performed the ceremony. The bridesmaids were Miss Young (sister of the bridegroom) and Miss Freda Derholm (cousin). Wedding at Levin.' The wedding took place in the Methodist Church, Levin, on Wednesday last of Mr. Tom Sehvyn Goldsmith, of the Bank of New Zealand, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, third son of Mr. Philip W. Goldsmith, Town Clerk, Levin, to Miss Christina Mabel Prouse, fourth daughter of Mr. Richard Prouse, of Weraroa, Levin. The bride, who was given away by her father,' wore a gown of ivory charmeuse, with an overdress of embroidered chiffon, trimmed with silk laeo and seed/pearls, and-a veil with orange blossom. She carried a lovely shower bouquet of roses, lily of tho valloy, narcissi, azalia, and maidenhair fern. There were two bridesmaids, Miss Dorothy Goldsmith, "and Miss Phyllis Prouse, who wore gowns of pale blue ( silk crepe, trimmed with Jace, and white laco hats, trimmed with blue ribbon and pink roses. They earned shower bouquets' of pink stock, rpses, forget-me-nots, and maiden-hair fern. 1 The bridegroom was attended by Mr. Jesse P. White as best man, and Mr. Sinclair Bradfield as groomsmail. . . The bride's present from tho bridegroom' was a set of ebony-backed | brushes, comb, and mirror, and to tho bridesmaids were given gold pendants. The bride's mother wore a black silk embroidered net gown, and wliito hat with black piumos. The bridegroom's mother wore a black gown of crepe de, chenc,, with a lace coatee, and Black hat with black and white plumes. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. S. H. D. Peryman, assisted by ,the Rev. W. 11. E. Abbey.' Mrs. Nation; the bride's sister, played the orga.i, and played tho Bridal March as tho wedding party entered tho church, and the' Wedding March as they left. . The re- . ception was attended by about seventy guests. Later in tho afternoon the bride and bridegroom left by motor for the north, the bride travelling in a navy blue costume and cream tagel straw hat trimmed with roses and black ribbons. . ' 1 Tho Day of Reckoning. To the apathetic, who have never had 1 the nation s wellbeing, or any cause, nearer at heart than their own, or any ideal dearer thau their own-prosperity, who havo sneored at enthusiast l ? and called thorn "mad" bccauso they could not tamely boar injustice to the oppressed—to these apathetic and sclfcentred people, the awakening to the fact that for every good we possess or have' po&sossed, someone ' has paid in labour or blood, or will so pay, will be a hard awakeaing (writes "Alien" from London to the, '.'Otago Witness"). Our rights of nationality have been so secure', our rights in the law of property; of our homes, in one another have been : cemented into tho fabric of our lifo so long, that full realisation has not yet come —and to somo the understanding . will never come—that we hold nothing now by right, only ,by the strength of ■ our arms. Thao for every night we sleeji'upon our beds, secure under our roofs, for every hour of case and plenty others arc paying—paying, by' a cruel death, a crueller wounding, by nights, while 'wo sleep warm, in the chill or tho trenches, with the bursting bombs around them even in their exhausted sleep. This is no time for play, nor greed, nor self-congratulation. 'We 'must fight or go under; more, we must win or go under; more still, if we win, if the peace of this Empire is to be maintained and the blessings of prosperous homes, it will bo because liunclreds of thousands of men have died for us, hundreds of thousands of women grieved for our happiness, given their men that others should be saved, given, of their possessions and labours and .talents to uphold those struggling for our common freedom.

No one has any right to pray for the victory of the nation, for tho peace and prosperity of hor lands, nor any right to 6Hig "God Save the King" or "Britons Never Shall be Slaves, or to cherish wives or children, pride in husbands or sons who has not done something to earn that right—to help or sustain those who 'are putting our rights' of home and country to the tost. llrs. Alan Campbell (Christoliurch) is visiting her sister, Mrs. Price '(Hawke's Bay). Mrs. D. Caselberg (Masterton) is visiting Wellington. Mrs. Boddington (Newcombe, Masterton) is visiting Wellington, and is staying with Mrs. AVest. Later, she will be the guest of Mrs. Holdsworth at Khandftllah. Mrs. C. Odlin and Mrs. H. Shaw are leaving for Sydney by tho s.s. Manuka to-day, and will be accompanied by Mr. C. Odlin.

Princcss Mary's Training. . "No girl's education is completed without a knowledge of dressmaking," the Queen is said to have declared lately, adding, "and that is why I liave recently had my daughter taught scientific dressmaking." The lessons are | coming in useful now that Princess 5 Alary is ordering her own frocks, i'or slie is able to tell tho fitter the exact changes she wishes mado and how they are to be done. Tho Princess 1 avours a more fashionable style in dress than her mother,. and since her seventeenth birthday, whon she was given permission to select her own wardrobe, lier dressing lias been less severe than in the past, when her gowns were chosen by the Queen. , Women Mountaineers. Mountain-climbing as a sport is, it seetns, one in which women to-day are attracting the most attention. In tho Himalayas, tho Andes, the Caucasus, Alasaka, and Nonvay,. women recently liavo "brought back fresh laurels, climbed virgin peaks, and established rccords of which any genuine explorer would he proud." For the moment man' still holds the world's record for altitude, the Dulso of Abruzzi having exceeded 24,000 ft. in the Himalayas not far from where Mr. W. W. Graham some years ago reached tile enormous height of .23,800 ft. But Mrs. Bullock Workman, the American, not long ago ascended to the tremendous altitude of 23,300 ft. in the Nun Kun Range in Cashmere. It is not suggested that mountain-climbing is a sport for every woman. Neither is it an occupation for all men. But for women with courage, sangfroid, and initiative, mountain-climbing is a won? derful recreation.

Mrs. H. D. Bell and Miss Violet Bell are visiting Auckland. Mrs. Studliolme left for. the south by tlie Wa'hine on Wednesday morning. Miss Cameron (Kaiwarra) returned to Wellington on 'Wednesday from a visit to the Wairarapa. Lady Gibbes leaves to-morrow for iPaiiiat.ua to stay .with her daughter, Mrs. F. Thompson. Mrs. Snowdeii left for the south on Wednesday to continuo her lecture tour. Lady Dudley, wife of the former Gov-enior-Geiieral of Australia, has gone upon active service with tho etatt' of tlie Australian Voluntary Field ' Hofipital. The nurses include representatives of all tho Australian States. They are wearing a distinctive uniform: Grey army coats and grey bonuots, with brown volvet strings for outdoors, and for iiidoors, grey linen dresses with little capes of scarlet cloth, whito collars and cuifs, handkerchief caps, and grey aprous. Miss Marie Hall, the violinist, and party will visit Now -Zealand in the spring of 1915, .under the direction of iSaring Bros. | Miss Dargaville, who lias been staying with Mrs. F. M. B. Fisher, roturned to Auckland 011 Wednesday. Mrs Cameron (Dunedin) and her son, Dr. Cameron, are staying with Miss Cameron at Kaiwarra. They return ti> Dunedin early nest week. It may not bo generally known that Queen Elizabeth of Belgium has made a hobby of medicine, aiid is So proficient in ;: the science that she kolds tho degree of M'.D. She'is also an authoress (having ; published a number of books oh vaiious subjects), and a' practical automobilist. A pleasant afternoon was 6pent on Wednesday at "Blithewood," Lower Hutfc, when Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Potter gave an afternoon to celebrate the marriage of their'eldest son Frederick to Miss. Gertrude M'Kain, which took place on October S. Mrs. Potter wore a grey costume, and hat with plumes, and the brido was in a whito charmeuse gown and hat' with pink roses. Tho usual toasts were honoured, somo of tho speakers being the llov. Mr. Gibson, Mr. Shearer,_ and Mr. Wm. Potter (senr.), who all wished the bride and bridegroom every happiness.

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