WOMEN IN PRINT,

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1908, Page 9

WOMEN IN PRINT,

Mrs. Tyler, wife of the Captain of H.M.S. Encounter, is staying in Auckland with Mrs. Myers, the wife of the Mayor. Mrs. Myers and Mrs. Fylcr were at the same English school. Mrs. Robinson, daughter of Mr. A. W. Rutherford, M.P., is coming from Cheviot to pay a visit to Wellington. The invitations for the wedding of Miss Elsie Joseph to Mr. Nathan, which takes place on 15th September, have been issued. Miss Massey came from Auckland in the Parliamentary special. She ia a guest of Mrs. Malcolm Ross. Miss Ivan Hislop will be home in October, and is returning via Canada. Mrs. Stewart, of Hill-street, has her sister, Miss Aarons, from New South Wales, with her. The engagement has been announced of Miss Louisson, daughter of the Hon. C. Louiseon, of Chriatchurch, to Mr. Hubert Nathan, eldest son of Mr. Walter Nathan, of Wellington. Mrs. Lusty, from Auckland, is vititing .Wellington. v Owing to the forethought and wisdom — born of painful experience — tho return Parliamentary trip was pleasanter than the journey to Auckland. Tho commissariat was excellently managed, and the time-table adhered to strictly. There was one Personage in particular in brassbuttoned uniform and with a portly presence, whose rosy, cheery face was a blink of sunshine as he passed through the carriages, assuring us things were getting on all right, and we should not keep our eager Wellington friends waiting to welcome us. liiere wero few exciting incidents on the trip. An erratic and peripatetic engine crashed into a carriage, with tho result that the glass door was broken, and the male occupants had to pin up ineffectual rugs to keep tho smuts and smoke out. Also there was a thrilling movement when it seemed probable that some of our members would be left behind at Taihape. However, a little extra exertion and a few friendly shoves' got them landed, in a somewhat pell-mell condition, on the carriage platform. On the up-trip a Minister with photographic tendencies was nearly left behind by the train. It had actually started without him. Altogether the trip was comfortable and well-man-aged, and the twenty hours went by with quite astonishing rapidity. Mrs. yon Haast yesterday afternoon gave the pleasantest of teas in honour of Mr. Merton, a Christchurch artist, whose pictures are at present on< view at M'Gregor Wright's studio. Some of his English sketches aro extremely tine, and a bit of Wellington — with the Queen's statue in evidence — has been much admired. The flowers were especially lovely in the artistic rooms, in two of which tea was served, one table being decorated with bluei bowls of yellow primroses — a delightful harmony, and the other beautiful with pink camellias. The table in the second tea- j room was set before the large bay window which frames such a wonderful view of the harbour. The light behind intensified the tints of the delicate flowers. Music was enjoyed during the afternoon, Mr Merton playing and the Rev. Mr. Robinson and Mr. yon Haast singing. A number of men> f leavened tho feminine mass. The hostess wore a pretty frock of white muslin, with delicate embroideries.