SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 2

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Sisters of Compassion. Tho Sisters of Compassion desire to convoy their sincerest thanks to all those who contributed to'make the holidays so happy for tho patients and children in their homes, and to the many friends and benefactors who have assisted them throughout the year. Donations are gratefully acknowledged from Mrs, Kennedy, Miss and Miss A. Kennedy, Mrs. Clark -and butter' contributors; Miss Pagan, Mr. Fagan, Mrs. >Gow, Miss Strickland, and bread contributors; Island Bay Vigilance Committee, Mr. Anyon, Mr. Brown, Mr. Headifen, IJr. Hurlihy, Mcsdnmes V. Riddiford, W. Johnston, Captain and Mrs. Grey, Lady Stout, Mesdames AV. . Nathan, Jacob Joseph, Ferguson, Messrs. Myers and Co., Staples Brewery Co., Simmonds anil Osborne, Thompson, Lewis and' Co., F. Cooper,- Ltd., J. J. Bou.rke, P. Kelleher, T. Lyon's, J. .Carroll, J. Kelly, E. W. TJooley, Rushbrook, Brewer, Ct. Winder, Campbell and Burke, Mesdames Janson, Morris, M'Carthy, Knight, Scammell, Devine, Gamble, Mulhern, Abbott, Dr. Mnckin, Mr. and Mrs. C O'Connor, Mr and Mrs. J. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. 13. Reichel, Miss Lee and contributors, Miss Flynn and Levin contributors, Miss O'Neill (Johnsonville), Mr. "Esther, Mesdames Collins, Staveloy, Schmidt, Eolleston, Coles, Miss Strickland and contribiitors, "and liiany', others'.'

Mrs. A. F..Bodon, lion, secretary Soldiers' and Sailors' Hostel, acknowledges the receipt of tho .following additional subscriptions, to, the Christmas Comfort Fund:—Mrs. Hope lewis, £2 25.; Mrs. Kothnam. Oriental Bay, jEI; Mrs. E. C. Levvey, 10s. . . ■ .. ' Airs. Tosswill is 'staying' with Mrs. Gray Young' at' York Bay. 'Mrs.M'Kenziu is the guest of Mrs. do Castro, ICelbuni. Mr. and' Mrs. E. N. K. Swanston have taken a house at Muritai for 6ome months. Mrs. J. E. Tripe and Miss Dorothy Tripe are visiting 'Auckland. ' Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kelly, the wellknown Christchurch artists, have gone on a sketching tour to the .West, Coast. Mr. and. Mrs. Albert Wilson, of Parnell, .Auckland,-..ore- staying, with Mrs. Malco'lm, Mason, Lower Hutt, The i marriage took place'at St. Peter's Churchi. Onehiinga, on December .19 of Miss. Agnes Whitaker, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.- L. .Whi'ttiker,- to Mr. Lionel B. Taylor, second son of Mrs. .Mary Taylor, -Mangere, and tho late Mr. "William Taylor, formerly of Taranaki. Tho ceremony was performed by Canon Haseldeii. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dre'ss. of niuon, trimmed with old Limerick lace and silver, with train of white ninon lined with pink, embroidered iti pearls. Sho wore a veil of tulle, held in place by orango blossoms, and carried a bouquet of white carnations and pink stocks, which wero grouped to form a f<t,r-!eav-cd clover. Three sisters of the l.iidc-i groom were bridesmaids, and wore •dresses of ivory Georgette with touches of pink, finished by picture hats of ivory with black streamers, and varricd sheaf bouquets of pink and white carnations. Mr. Lewis Taylor was best nan. - Mr. and Mrs. Henry Horroeks, who havo. been spending the . holidays at Sayes Court, nave, gone north. . Mr. and Mrs. H. Barlow are visiting Auckland. ■ - Miss Chaplin, ;Mies Smith, and Miss Barker,'of : CKristcKureh, have been stay, ing at Mount Egmont, and purpose going .'to : Pa'ekakar'iki next week—<if tor : the conclusion of the meeting of the N.Z.E.I. A Christmas hamper for the children from "Mrs. Seville and the ladies of the Hataitai Red Cross Sewing Guild is acknowledged by the Sisters of tho Homo of .Compassion. ■■' What'a volume-might he written of the human documents brought to light during tho recent epidemic. And how much kindness 'arid' true charity have been rih'own; by true charity is meant that • giving that demands real self-denial in the giver. The following letter has been received by the Mayor's Epidemio Belief Committee from a little, girl ten years of-age living-at Akatnrawa;—"Dew Sir, —I'want .to share my Christmas present With the children who have lost their parents in tha recent epidemic—(Sgd.) Linda Carter." The amount enclosed was ten shillings. Miss M. E. Moore, of the Ichnng Mission, who is at present in Nelson, has been recalled to China. When the last mail loft London, .f [iss . Burnett was still workin? at the New Zealand Soldiers' Club, Russell Square, arid Mrs. Esmond Atkinson (nee Miss Alison Burnett) and her little son, Nicholas Tudor, were in London.