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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 23, 27 July 1911, Page 9

Don't be tho first to quarrel— nor the second.

Dr. and Mrs. Hortan arrive back from their wedding tour on Monday. They will stay with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fnlton till they leave for England. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Isaacs accompanied the oversea-s representatives on their trip to Ireland, and had a delightful time. Mrs. Walter Nathafi and th« Misses Nathan were also to hay© gone, but were prevented by th.6 illness of Miss Gladys Nathan, who is now much, better. Mrs. Strifigw leaves for Christchurch on Friday. Mrs. F. M. B. Fisher has returned to Wellington. Lady Gibbefi has bee-n staying with her daughter, Mrs. Barclay, in Invercargill. Mies Ava Symons, of Hastings, who recently toured New Zealand as on* <>t the first violins with the Sheffield Choir , will shortly leave for Germany, whero she intends to pursne her -studies at the Leipsic Conservatoire. The Eastbourne Savage Club is giving a ladies' night ©n Saturday next at Eastbourne Hall. Dr. and Mrs. Rawsoß. and Mrs. John Abbot arrived last night by the Ruahine. • Miss Reynolds, who has been paying visits to sevfttal friends in Wellington, returns to-day to Dunedin. The New Century Hall was prettily decorated with lyeopodium and Ted flowera last flight when the Ramblers' Hockey Club gave its annual danoe. A large number were present and the evening thoroughly enjoyed. The stage Was curtained and furnished as a drawingroom for the chape Tons, and the suppertables were decorak-d with blue and white ribbons and palms. Mrs. Frost, of Wellington, ta a guest of Mrs. G. Kelland, Timam. Mr. Hine, M.P., and Mrs. Hine have arrived in Wellington. The friends of Mrs. E. T. Daniel tjrill | be pleased to learn that she is making satisfactory progress after the severe operation she recently underwent. An amusing incident, with an obvious moral, occurred recently in Wellington. A lady, leaving a function, found her umbrella, a very expensive and easily* recognised <me, gone and none left in the place. A few days after she recogni&ed it among a chaotic pile in the hall of a house where n, large At Home wa« being given. History j does not say whether she took possession of her pro* perty or whether, with feminine guile, lurked about till the guilty jelsofl &rrived ahd took it. In such a position developments might become interesting. Last week Her Excellency Lady Islington, with MisS Stapleton-Cotton, attended by Captain Shannon, A.P.C., visited St. Mary's Home, Knrori. They were received by Mrs. Duncan and Mi&s Coats,. Her Excellency went all over the building and showed keen sympa. thelic interest in the working of the establfchhient. Mro. Stiles yesterday gave an At I Home. Ilia drnwiogroom was fragrant with flowers and cheery with a blazing fire, welcome after the chill damp outside. lho > tea-table in the dinitig~*i'oom was prettily decorated, and when the red-ehaded electrolier pulled low down, waa lit, was a brilliant harmony of rose and green. Single and double pink camellias wcro arranged like roses with sprays of rose foliage and maidenhair fern, and at a little dietahce one was almost deceived, co like they wcro to rosea. Mm, Miles wore a frock of blue and black, with beautiful embroideries; Mies Miles in a short gown of while satin with a. heavily embroidered tunlo, and a cor&ekt of jewelled embroideries, a pale pink sash and a poey of pink rosea at the belt giving a soft note of colour; Miss Bertha Miles, a gown of pale blue ninon with embroideries, Mips Hilda, her bridesmaid's frock of shellpink ninoh veiling bands of chin© rib« bon. A ctring band played delightful music during the afternoon. Among the many beautiful gowns worn wn« a cream cloth, heavily braided, worn with white furs and a wide black hat massed with fin© feathers. A guest in grey, with a bla-ck hat and white plumes, looked notably well, and a visitor from Marlborough wore a charming grey frock and a striking black hat with one long white feather curving from the lifted brim in front. A green silk gown, with tunic of bla^k net embroidered, wae worn with a «mart black toque with anemei-ald green quill, and black furs. A black costume, beautifully-cut cores-let skirt, chiffon bloued, and a feathered hat, w«a wry •mart. The T« Aro Sailing Club holds it« fifth annual dance to-night in St. Peter's Hall. It promises to be a most successful affair. News has just come to hand of the wedding, in Buenos Airea, on 10th May, of Mr. G. B. Mulville— who formerly belonged to Wellington— and Mica Joyce Knight. The weather wes delightful, and 100 guests assembled in aa improvised and decorated chapel at The Quinta., the bride's fa.tb.er a residence. Five little Bhepherdesacs^-tlw Misses Lucia G-orstrom, Elizabeth Blouin, Beatrice Oakley, and Mam Field—preceded the bride, who was giv«ft away by her father and attended by her two sisters as bridesmaids. The Rev. C. J. j Pepys read the service, which was fally choral. The bridal gown was of crepe de chine over satin, with pearl and eilver embroideries, the bridesmaids wo.ro blue Chiffon over old rose satm, and the little girls wore white afid carried shepherds' crooks with rose and blue bows. Many present* were received, including a humber of cheques. Mr. and Mrs. Mulville have staHed for England, whence they come to New Zealand to visit the bridegroom's former home. ; A large number of laxliee met a.t Mfs. i Grady'a, The Terrace, yesterday After* noon,' to hear Miss Richmond read two scenes from the play she has written, in Aid of the kindergarten fund, entitled "Mre. Motherly' a Luck." Mins E. Richmond sang three of the semg* in A , charming manner. The play was much ' appreciated, and the cotntnitte* 'va» j very enthusiastic about its success. The performance ta-ke« place in the Opera, House, and the season will last three nights— l2th, 13th, and 14th September. i Tickets will be in circulation in a few I dayft, and may then be purchased from members of the committee and others who are working for the cause. While tho difficulty of obtaining competent help in the home is so acute, ladies should remember that everything desirable to make a dinner or supper a MMO6M oftQ b» otdAml m flodbw'*, Cuba-Sinai *d 4 Lunbton.qn.iy,— iivt,