The true way of softening one's troubles is to solace those of others.— Mme. de Mamtenon.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 155, 29 December 1910, Page 9

The true way of softening one's troubles is to solace those of others.— Mme. de Mamtenon.

Miss Myrtle Lee has gone to JSielson to visit friends for the holidays. Miss Dall left to-day for England, where she will be married to Dr. An drews. Their new home will be in Burmah. Mr. and Mrs. J. Waldegrave (Palmevston) aro in town, staying at Hie Hotel Cecil. Mrs. Cornford (Napier) is staying in town with her mother, Mrs. Bendal), who is recovering from a serious operation. Miss Hamilton (Oriental Bay) left last night by the Maori for a holiday trip to Hokitika. A party of young people left town on Friday last to make the ascent of Mount Holdsivorlh. They journeyed by train to Carfcerton, from whence they drove to the Mountain House. Then they climbed the rest of the mountain. After they passed the .snow-lizie they were enraptured with the wealth of beautiful mountain flowers of every hue. When the top was reached they felt fully repaid for tlieir exertions by the beauty of the panorama spread out on all sides of them. Both landscape and seascape of the loveliest and most extensive description were enjoyed before they could reluctantly turn their backs upon it for the inevitable return to the Mountain House. This they report to be out of repair in_ many respects, but for, a summer picnic, wha' cares. The road is fairly good, and runs through some beautiful bush, with numberless ferns, which would be a mine of wealth nearer town. It is altogether a delightful expedition, with no real difficulties attending it. There was a great deal of pleasure expressed through numbers of friendly telephones last evening when the news came through from "Blenheim of Miss Travers's win of. the ladies' championship. Sho has for some time been one of our foremost players, and her arriving at the position of being lady champion is most populaT, and she is being heartily congratulated on al! sides. The Opera House was filled to overflowing last night with a holiday audience io enjoy the bright music and the amu&sment of "The Dollar Princess." The dresses worn are very much a part of the enjoyment to our sex. Miss Godwin's gowns and her diamonds are indeed good to look at. In the first act her gown of soft chiffon over silk, with bands of jewelled lacs on skirt and bodice, is especially "a thing of beauty." Her blue tennis frock is of charmeuse satin, with a bewitching white hat, trimmed with blue ribbon. Another lovoly costume has a. tunic of jewelled net and sparkling silver fryige. H«r final govi a is ot paje blue silk, with email pink roses and bluo baby ribbon. Miss Long also wore some very chic gowns. Ono was of saxo blue .silk, .with hat the same shade, and trimmed with blue feathers and gold galons. Her tennis frock was white, and trimmed with embossed lace, and tied iv with large blue bow, and large blue hat with lace frill. Her costume in the Jast act was of pal© blue, with lovely pink opera coat, and hat with long pink feather. Miss Sargent also had a pretty frcck of pale pink, with pink coat, and a brown straw hat with pink ribbons ; also a lovely, gown of chiffon, and silver tissue over eilk wi.th peails in her hair. The Central, Committee of the Victoria, Leagne - (London)" has sent very pretty cards with the season's greetings and good wishes to the committee of fche Wellington Branch, which courtesy and kind feeling are much appreciated. J. G. flarkness, .on the eve of her departure- for England, was entertained yesterday, afternoon at Khandallalx by Mrs. M. P. Cameron. The afternoon wa> lovely, and tho large rooms and hall of "Lochiel, which lend themselves well for such entertainments, were decorated with many coloured flowers, carnations predominating, the ozone from which was very refreshing. Amongst those present besides Mrs. Harkness and her daughter were : Mrs. IngliSj Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. J. A. Plimmcr, Mrs. C. C. Crump, Mrs. Batham, Mrs. Spc-nce, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Murray Thomson, and the MWes Spence, liiglis. and Mansfield Music and the gramaphono helped along a most enjoyable afternoon, which was brought to a close by all present wishing Mr,". Harkness a pleasant voyage and speedy return to lihandallah. Yesterday afternoon, at the Wellington Baptibt Church, Miss Elsie Nicol, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Niccl, was married to Mr. H. A. Pargetter. The bride, who was given away by he) 1 father, was dressed in ivory charmeuse. trimmed with .«ilk lace and peavl ornaments, with the customary veil and orange blossoms. Kor bouquet consisted of roses and maiden hair-fern. She was attended by 'Miss Lonsdaltf, who wore reseda green silk, with heliotrope hat, and the Sfis&es ii. Nicol and M. Flavell, who were dressed in white embroidered inusln, with wJiife hals and wreaths of lilac. The ceremony was performed by the Ttev. J. J. North, and Mr. A. Cathie acted as best man. As the bridal party 'left the church Mr. C. Collins played the "Wedding March." A reception was afterwards held at Mr. Nicol's residence. The bride's mother wore an amethyst reseda gown with Oriental trimmings, and hat to match. Mrs. Fldvell, sister of the bridegroom, grey silk eolienne, with net yoke and sleeves. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a diamond and ruby ring, and to each of the bridesmaids a goid pendant. Among a large number of handsome and valuable presents was a large clock' and set of dirner knives from Mr. Nit'ofs employees.

"Must I twiddle my thumbs all day?" said a new bride to her husband one oveuing. It set the husband thinking, and he began to realise how lonely is f a new house to a girl taken from home, whtre relations made things merry all day long. The best cure for homesickness is a Piano. Let your wife sit down at a Bkithner, Pleyel, or Chailcn Piano, and play over her favourite music, and her mind immediately fills up wilh happy thoughts. CanVafford it? Do you know that after the first payment — which is made to suit you — the cost is less than Is per day ? See the Wellington Piano Co., Ltd., 124, Lambton-quay, about it to-day. — Advt. Xma3 and New Year wedding orders booked for bridal posies, American showers, etc. Flowers arranged for all occasions in the most artistic style. Personal attention given to all orders. 'Phone 882. Miss Cooper, 16, Manners-st. — Advt. Special designs, dainty floral tributes, appropriate gifts for friends or relatives during Christmas and New Year ; bouquets, presentation baskets, posies, etc., are being- designed by Miss Murray, ViceTteffil Florist, 36, Willis-streot. \ Telephone 265.— Advt. Christmas present*, palms, fern«, and other plants at prices to suit everjono. Flower bowls, stands, vases, etc., in" endless variety ; weddine bouquets booked for holidays ; three gold medals for pot plants. H. Poole, Florist, 70, Man-ners-street. ,Tel,. 2409.— Advt*

0 T en BB a gernent is announced of Miss butt (Lower Hutt) to Mr. H. G. Turner, Harbour Board, Wellington. Tho engagement is announced of Miss loung (Lower Hutt) to Mr. J. C. Munro, Imraukawa (Malaroa). A pretty wedding was celebrated at ht James's Presbyterian Church by the ?r° V ' V y-,. 511il 'si' on Alonday last, when Miss Elizabeth M'Naughton, eldest aaughtep of Mr. David M'Naughton, of ™-r lb " rgll > ww ' n - s married to Mr. Richard V '{>' BldeS -' son of Mr - Stephen Willara. lne bride, who was given away by her father, wore a pretty dress of cream (.attetas, trimmed with handsome lace, and the usual veil and orange bloss°, m - kh. c vvas attended by her sister, Miss Cecilia M'Naughton, who was dress, ed m pink lustre and large black hat lined with pink, and Miss Ivy Willard, with pink, and Miss Joy Willard, sister ci tne bridegroom, gowned in a pretty dress of blue lustre and large black hat with forget-me-nots. Mr. Horace Willard acted as best man, and Mr. David i\l Naughton as groomsman. ' An application filed at Mineola by Mrs. Emily Ladenburg, one of the bestknown horsewomen of the Moadowbrook Hunt, for an allowance of £3400 yearly from her father's, estate " to enable me to finish my daughter's education in liuropo. has aroused an interesting discussion in society (writes the New co-respondent of the London Daily Mail). Generally speaking, Mrs. Ladenburg's estimabe of the expenses necessary to give a complete European polisu to a young American lady of fashion seems t" be regaid-ed as most moderate. Her daughter, Mi»s Eugenia Marie is sixteen years old, and as the application to Mr. Surrogate Jackson, who vi terms ot her father's will has the deciding voice in all matters of extraordinary expenditure, points out, a young woman of the Meadowbrook set cannot be "finished" with an expenditure of less than several thousands yearly. She must spend three or four years abroad. This means an establishment in Paris and perhaps one in London; music, painting, and dancing tuition from the most expensive teachers; tho acquisition of French, Italian, and German; riding, driving and swimming lessons'; and numberless other accomplishments. The cost of a wardrobe and of horses, harness, and carriages is also included in the "finishing" allowanoe, which also has to cover the, expenses of a "grand tour" of the principal resorts in Europe, followed by the preparation of an elaborate Parisian outfit in anticipation of the young lady's debut in American society. The daughters of many American plutocrats absorb for their education and maintenance many times the sum mentioned in I\irs. Ladenburg's application. It is reported that Mrs. Astor devotes £8000 of her income to her daughter Muriel, and that a smaller amount is allotted for the expenses of Helen and Dorothy, tho two little daugtiters of Mr. Frank Gould. One young lady prominent in society* keeps her own stables and her own sml-a 1 * of rooms in each one of her mother's many residences. William Makepeace Thackeray's eldest and only surviving daugmer, Lady Ritchie, is tfos distinguished etaoor of tho new centenary cdtion of her father's works (says M.A.P.). Thackeray had another daughter, who became the first wife of Leslie Stephen, and died thirty year* ago. Lady Ritchie is the wife of an India Office official, Sir Richard Thackeray Ritchie, and she has a son and daughter, % to perpetuate the famous name. She and her sister lived at home with Thackeray for many years before her marriage h\ 1877, making the novelist's domestic life exceedingly happy for him. In his "White Squall" ballad Thackeray has a verse relevring most charmingly to his "smiling little girls making the prayer al home for me. Lady Ritchie has many loteresting memories of Landseev, Tonnyson, Ruskin, and Browning. Some day, indeed, her autobiography will make fascinating reading. She helped to soothe the last hours of poor Landseer. Lpdy Ritchie has inherited a good deal of Thackeray's literary faculty and not a littls- of his splendid style. She is the author of J about a- score of books, chiefly novels anc 5 memoirs. The colonial High Commissioners' ladies have been much more heard of this season in London society than ever before (states an exchange). One of the most charming of these representatives of Greater Britain is Lady Reid. A unique incident marked the arrangements for her departure from her colonial homo ; her servants entertained her to dinnor ! This was an improvement on Lady tea-parties to her servants, at which tire mistress of the house remained the hostess. At Lady Reid's domestic farewell banquet (he cook was in the chair — an arrangement that seems as if it must carry disaster in its train ! The housemaid-guests left their places to &erve the table when the courhes were changed — this can be understood ; but who dished up in the kitchen? This is one of the most important operations of the whole art of cookery, and bould it be left to the kitchenmaid? At the same time, the cook is decidedly the most important of the domestic workers, and who eke should take the chair when the staff dine the lady of the house? A new novelist of great talent has been revealed to the French public. This is a dressmaker. Mine. Marguerite Audoux, who is living in p very humble ioom on the sixth floor of a house in the iionlparnasss quarter, and who recently published her first novel, "Marie Claire," which is the story of her life. The Chronicle's Paris corespondent reports that the- Goncourt Academy, a body which is composed of the best French litterateurs, is going to award her for the publication its annual prize, which is offered for the "most original and most important book ol the year." in "Jlarie Claire," .Slme. Audoux tolls how, at the age of 13, she was maid at a farm; then she arrived in Paris, when she i/ras IS, wifti three halfpence in her pocket, and began life as a dressmaker in a shop, where she was paid If' 50c a daj r . The story of her struggle for life and her work is most finely described. It took her six years to write the book, which she wrote six times. It was only recently, on the eve 01 starvation, that she found a friend who showed it to M. Octave Mirbeau, the ivriter, \vho got it published.

Godber's "Lucky" Christmas cake has all been sold. They have, however, made ample provision for an unlimited supply of cakes (beautifully decorated), plum puddings, shortbread, and every other delicacy of confectionery art. An inspection of the goods at their Cuba-street and Lambton-quay establishments is indeed a pleasure. — Advb. We have succeeded by deserving success. That is why Dr. Dane's "Vitalte" is bo successful in its results. It does what it purports. Gives the taker a new lease of life. It is the landlord of health. 2s 6d and 4s 6d. Claude H. Perrett, M.P.S.Ph.C, Chemist, Manners-street.— Advt.

He — So sho's a business woman ? What business is she interested in? She— Oh, everybody's.