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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 88, 12 October 1915, Page 9

A number of Eastbourne residents arranged a very pleasant # party on Saturday in honour qf Lieutenant Leo Cimino, who is joining the Bth Reinforcements, and who has been a Territorial officer for some years. The " social " took place at the residence of Lieutenant Cimino 's parents, and a very enjoyable musical programme was given by Miss Segrief and others. A presentation was made by the Mayor, Mr. J. P. Kelly, and his kindly speech was afterwards supplemented by Councillor W. Perry. Lieutenant Cimino lately lost one brother, Mr. Peter Cimino, who was killed in action at the front, and another brother is there at present. An American correspondent, who has been studying the subject in France, tells how Paris had allowed hotel trade to slip through her fingers. Among hotel employees in the French capital, 4000 were Germans and Swiss and 2000 Italians and Spaniards. In the Riviera, 70 per cent, of those employed were Germans, 12 per cent. Swiss, and only about S per cent. French. At a Congress of the National Union of French Hotel Syndicates, held lately, the subject was discussed, and it was resolved to establish training schools in different parts of the country. The training is to be modelled on the first school which was opened at Lausanne in 1892, which includes three departments — the preparatory schools, the cuisine, and the Academy. In the first the students learn three or four languages conversationally. The cooking diploma is one very difficult to obtain, and means hard work, as well as intelligence. Only fifteen students are admitted to the perfectly appointed kitchen at each of the three terms of four months' study, which is entirely practical. Students are required to bargain for .food supplies, learn the scale of prices, and test food values. Menus have to be composed, with prices and profits attached. The chef has to know how to appoint a " cuisine," with every detail perfect. In the larder he has to buy supplies, verify weights and measures, keep books, and balance monthly expenses. The academic division is for students who are over 22, and wish to become hotelkeepers. This training includes hotel construction, lighting, heating, and installation of kitchen and laundries, also instruction in hotel law, and the writing of advertisements in four languages. Manners and deportment are matters of seripus consideration also. In France the intention is to allow women students in most of the branches, and clever waitresses will now have a great opportunity of qualifying as managers, or even proprietors of hotels. The wedding of Miss May Elizabeth (Barbara) Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hunter, of Wellington, to Mr. W. J. A. M'Keown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. 'M'Keown, also of this city, took place at St. Anne's Church, the Rev. Father Peoples officiating at the ceremony, and afterwards at Nuptial Mass. The bride wore a gown of white charmeuse, the skirt being scalloped over an underdress of shadow Tace, the square train being also finishd with scallops. The bodice was of the same lace, finished with pearl trimming and bands of charmeuse. , Her veil was arranged capfashion, with a narrow wreath of orange blossom. The shower bouquet was of' cyclamen, freesias, and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids were Misses Bobbie Hunter, Kitty M'Keown, and E. Hunter. The Misses Hunter wore pretty gowns of white embroidered voile, with bolero coats of embroidery and broad pink belts. The hats were of pink roses and brown, ribbon. Miss M'Keown was in white silk, with a pink tulle hat trimmed with grapes. Their bouquets were of pink roses and asparagus fern tied with pink ribbons. The bridegroom's present to the bride was a set of fox furs, to the chief bridesmaid a cameo brooch, and to the other gold bangles. Mr. V. M'Keown was the best man, and Messrs. H. Ryan and J. Burnes were groomsmen. A very pleasant reception was held at Godber's Rooms after the ceremony, when a large number of friends were present., Mrs. Boyd, of Taihape, is the guest of Mrs. F. W. Mackenzie, Upper Willisstreet, at present. Mrs. H. R. Wood, of Napier, has been visiting Mrs. E. F. Hadfield lately. Misses Malcolm (Balclutha) returned to the South last evening. Mrs. and Miss Hudson Return v to Motueka to-morrow. Miss Oliphant (Auckland) is visiting Mrs. Wylie. Mrs. C. Thompson, of Newton Flat, Buller Gorge, is spending a few days in Wellington with her daughter at Rona Bay. The wedding of Miss Beatrice Sey-* mour. daughter of Mrs. Seymour* of the Lower Hutt, and Sergt. W. R. Bamford, of the Bth Reinforcements, son of Mr. R. W. Bamford, Upper Hawthorn, Melbourne, took place at the Basilica tlii3 morning. The Rev. Father Seymour, brother of the bride, came up from Timaru to perform the ceremony. The bride wore a Nattier blue poplin costume and a black hat trimmed to match". The bridesmaid was Miss Gertie Clark, of who also wore a pretty blue gown. Captain G. Johnson was the best man. A writer in the Australasian makes the following consolatory and encouraging remarks concerning the sending of gifts to the front :-*-"It may be as well to reassure those who are doubtful tHat their billies and other gifts will reach those for whom they are intended. A doctor who has just returned from Egypt (and is going back) says that there is no doubt whatever about the matter. If Australians could only see the colossal magnitude of the work being carried out they would cease to wonder that some things have gone astray. It is impossible to describe the gigantic amount of transport work being done, and equally impossible to imagine it. Naturally the organisation, in the beginning, was faulty, but it very soon improved, and is now in thorough working order. Some day the whole wonderful story of what the British Government has accomplished, and is still accomplishing, will be told, and then it will be found that it is one that makes all previous efforts even the most gigantic, on the world's records, seem mere child's play by comparison. The doctor further says Australians can go on making their comforts and other gifts, in the full assurance that they will now reach their destination." Among the arrivals from Sydney by the Moeraki are Mr. and Mrs. Redpath, of Christchurch ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Malcolm, also of Christchurch, who have been, on a long visit to England; Mr. and Mrs. Manov, of Motueka; MrGeorgetti, of Napier; and Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, of Dunedin. The Ladies' Guild of the New Zealand Natives' Association is organising a euchre tournament and social, which will take place at their hall (formerly the Foresters' Hall) in Tory-street, to-mor- "