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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 101, 30 April 1909, Page 9

The way to Dad time to do everything is never to let time find jou doing nothing.

Mi', and Mrs. Louis Blundeil are leaving by the Sydney boat this afternoon to meet their daughter, Mrs. Xoel Nelson, from Kobe. It is probable Mrs,. Blundeil, Mrs. Nelson, and her little daughter, will go to Auckland to see friends and relatives there before coining to Wellington. Mi^s Luke, now Mrs. Lawrence Birks, whose marriage took place yesterday, is the daughter of the Hon. C. M. Luke, M.L.C., not, as was stated, of Mr. J. P. Luke, M.P. Mrs. Harry Crawford is staying in Palmerston North with Mre. Goring Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 'Warburton are back in Wellington. Mrs. Tewsley was hostess yesterday at a delightful morning tea given for iMiss Una Bovine, the talented pianiste of Madame Mclba's Concert Company. The Hon. Roderick M'Kenzie and 'Mrs. M'Kenzie leave for Auckland to-morrow. Miss Palmer, matron of the ißotorua Sanatorium, returns to Kotorua early next week. Miss Orr, of Oamaru, and Mrs. Angus, of Dunedin, leave for Sydney to-day, the former having quite recovered from her injuries and shock caused by the assault of the robber 011 the Moeraki. Mrs. Riloy is leaving by the Sydney boat to-day to join her husband in Sydney. Thence they go on by the M^ura to Vancouver and via America to singland. iMr. and Mrs. Koldsworth, of Dunedin, and 'Mr. MticEwan, of Wellington, are passengers by the came steamer. Miss Lukin, daughter of Mr. Gresley Lukin, is leaving for Sydney this afternoon. Mrs. Fitzclarence 'Roberts, of Dunedin, is a guest of .Mrs. W. A. Kennedy. She leaves on Friday to join her daughter, Mrs. Collins, whose husband died recently, at Brisbane. Mrs. Birks, and the Misses Birks, and Mrs. Ci'ookes, who have been in Wellington for Miss Luke's marriage to Mr. L. Birks, are returning to Australia by the IMoana this afternoon. Most interesting letters have been received from Lady Stout, who writes on the Moldavia just before reaching Colombo. So far the trip had been a delightful one, and she had had the pleaeantest rest, while her littlo afternoon tea parties had become quite events in the day. Liuly Stout carried ofr first prize in tho bridge tournament — a handsome Spanish mantilla — and she and her partner had to contest the finals against two men. Mr. Burgoyne, who hus extensive vineyards near Ophir, was giving a dinner at the hotel at Colombo the next day, and a dance was to follow. >Lady Stout intended to "do" Colombo with Mrs. and Miss Ostler, who are making some stay in Ceylon. The son of 'Mr. Burgoyne is also on board, a most intaies,ting man, who was Conservative member for 'West Lynn, and got put out in the last elections. He is editor of the iNavy iLeaguo Annual, and hos written a forcible novel on the question of the present position of Germany and England, entitled "Inevitable War." Lady Stout adds that tho weather had been ,very warm, and the ladies had been sleeping on the deck. 'Lady Stout hoped her son Olaf, who has been in a hospital .from an accident while ski-ing, would be sufficiently recovered to meet them at Port Said. iu.rs. Fred Fitchett, who has been staying in Dunedin, has returned to Wellington, and is staying ;ifc Day's Bay House. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Nathan intend to stay at the Grand a fortnight longer before they move into their pretty new house in Hobson-crescent. Mrs. Tregeai arriyed on Wednesday from Picton, where she has been staying with her daughter. One runs short of adjectives in describing the magnificent gown worn by Madame Melba last night at her concert. Cut, material, and. colouring were alike superb, and suited rarely the regaL dignity of the great singer. The costume was of vivid green satin, veiled with a tunic of delicately- jetted net, embroidereo magnificently by hand, with, gorgeous designs in copper and flame. The sleeves were beautiful — close-fitting, of jetted net bordered with bands ot paste diamonds, the flashing bands crossing the upper arm where the tulle was cut away. The stomacher was of paste brilliants, massed in graduated rows, and headed by an exquisite riviere of diamonds that stretched from shoulder to shoulder. Her thrdat was encircled with rows of splendid pearls with a, diamond pendant, and on her breast she wore her decorations, the Order of Merit from the King and Queen of England, and the decoration from the k'te King of Norway and Sweden. Madame Melba weara no bracelets and no earrings, but in her dark hair last night she had a delicate Greek filet of diamonds. Miss Una Bourne had chosen a charming gown of palest blue, with flashes ol jewelled laces at the hem and on the pretty bodice. ' It was a magnificent concert, and a magnificent audience. Madame Melba, though she had' not been well all day, sang with marvellous passion and tenderness. The tension is almost too sustained. One lady was certain that had the poor Ophelia s wailktgs and ravings lasted much longer she would haveraised her voice in sympathetic hysterics. It seemed all too prosaic, after such a least of sweeb music, to go home to sleep. Wellington must be very thankful that it is to be given another chance of listening to this combination of talent. The simple, gracious way in which Madame Melba took her gloves off, sat down at the piano, and sang her last lovely song to her own accompaniment, touched every one. Last evening, at the annual meeting of the Victoria College Student*' Association, Miss Lena M. Mackellar was elected a life member of the association.- Miss Mackellar has had a long record of valuable service in the social life of the college from 1904 to 1908. She was vice-president of the association in 1907, and a member of the committee in 1906 and 1908. Prominent positions on the Hockey and Tennis Clubs have been filled by her, and she was a member of the Glee Club from 1904 to 1908. The executive which nominated Miss Mackellar described her as a good organism 1 , a capable marijiger, and a most indefatigable and reliable committee worker. Katherine Macquoid, the English novelist, has just celebrated the eightieth anniversary of her birthday. .She has written fifty novels and hunckeds of short etones, and io still a, buoy writer.