WOMAN'S WORLD.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2539, 13 August 1915, Page 2

WOMAN'S WORLD.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

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Carterton Wedding. T'ho wedding tool; place in St. Mark's Church. Carterton, of Miss Amy Broadbent, formerly of Carterton, fa) Major Honry Marshall, of tho Wellington Rillo Re-servo Corps and president of tho Karol'i Rille Club. The se-rvieo which was conducted by the Rev. Air. Yonng was fully choral, and tho church had been prettily decorated by tho friends of tho bride. Mr. S. liroadbent gave bis sister away, and the bridesmaids were the Misses Ada and Isabel Broadbent (sisters of the bride) and two littlo girls, Misses Joyce and Beryl Thomas (nieces). Tho bride wore a. gown of ivory erepo do chine with vest of real lace and trained skirt caught up with clusters of orange blossoms. Her embroidered veil was also fastened with orango blossoms, aud she carried a shower bouquet of freesias, white hyacinths. and maiden-hair fern. The two older bridesmaids wore gowns of white voile over silk, with black picture hats, and carried bouquets of palo pink hyacinths with maiden-hair fern, and tho little girls were in embroidered muslin frocks with mob caps. They carried bouquets of. palo pink flowers. JLr. \V. A. Broadbent was best man, and Mr. G. Smaile groomsman. After tho coremony a reception was held at "Bankton," the residence of tho bride's sister. Miss Broadbent, and later in tho afternoon tho bride and bridegroom left by motor, the former travelling in a «axo blue costumo and small hat en suite. Miss Broadbent wore a gown of navy blue floral voile over silk and a navy toque and Mrs. Marshall mother of tho bridegroom, wore mole crepe do chine and black hat. Mrs. Bennett, aunt of tho bride, was also in grey, with a black hat. Among the guests wero Mrs. W. Rawson, Mrs. H. Thomas, and Mrs. A. Briggs, of Wellington. Rod Cross Tea. Notwithstanding the heavy rain which fell on-Wednesday afternoon, a'number of ladies attended a pleasant Red Cross tea given by Miss Twentyman. of.Hukanui, AVairarapa. Bowls of daffodils and a cheerful fire mado the dinins? room very cosy, the lamps being lighted before the guests departed. A competition, which caused much laughter, was won by Mrs. W- J- '.Smith. The hostess next Wednesday will be Mrs. J. Annand, of Rexdale, Mangamairo.

For tho Wounded Soldiers' Fund—Technical College Effort. Si) excellent is tho reputation that Miss It clinic's cooking classes liavo won that before half-past two yesterday afternoon there was quite a congregation of people waiting outside the"cookery class room waiting eagerly tho openiug of tho doors to give admission to tho "sale of work'" which lias been organised for the benefit of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. In a very short time, it was quite impossible to get near the tables to make one's choice among tho very tempting display of cakes, bis-, cuits, scones, home-made bread, jams, pickle:;, cbut.ne.ys, and home-made sweets, so thickly were they rimmed with enthusiastic purchasers, and by the time the afternoon was well advanced the tables aiul shelves ' were practically cleared. Everything had been made by the pupils under the direction of Miss Rennie and her assistant Miss Joss, and so keen wero they to help the cause that materials of all kinds were given freely,. so that there should bo as little expense attaohed to tho undertaking as possible. Quantities of beautiful flowers, narcissi, heath, rata, daphne, anemones, violets, and freesias had been sent in, and these were quickly sold. All the tables had been most prettily arranged with flowers. and tho cakes, jams, and product) generally were most effectively' set off against such a background as flowers and flags afforded. The book of recipes was very largely sold, and tho results, from this sale,, the first big effort of tho kind that tho cookery classes liavo made for this particular cause, should result very, satisfactorily. Mrs. W. P. Massey, Mr. La Trobc, tho Director of the Technical College, and Mrs. La Trobo were among those who were present. Tho engagement is announced of Miss Molly Ellison, of Havelock North, to Mr. Alan Smith, of Poukawa. Mr. J. Riddell, son of Dr. Riddell, Daimevirke, was quietly married at tho Catholic Church, Danuevirke, on Tuesday morning to Miss Catherine Sara Campbell, daughter of Mr. John Campbell. The Rev. Father Rowe performed the ceremony. (Continued on next page.)