THE WEEK IN WELLINGTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9766, 3 April 1914, Page 2

THE WEEK IN WELLINGTON.

(By Mrs Malcolm Ross.) j March 30. ABOUT PEOPLE. j Mr ami >lrs<A. P. Webster and their' daughter, Mrs Ashbolt, who returns to her home ia Melbourne, left for England on Friday. Miss Kane was also a passenger by the Moeraki. She is making an extended tour, and will probably spend some time in Egypt en route to London. Mr and Mrs Gerald Fitzgerald, and Miss Phurazyn, and Mrs Biss, returned from England by the Athenic. Mrs Heard and Miss Heard leave for England next week. Colonel Heard remaining some months longer in New Zealand. The engagement is announced of Miss Lily Hislop, daughter of the late Mr Jas. Hislop, of Dunedin, and Mrs Hislop, Neutral Bay, Syd-, •lev, to Mr E. Norrie, Dannevirke. Mrs Ponsonby "and Mr and Miss Ledger leave! on Friday to take the Orsova for England. The Misses Harding, of Hobson .street,' leave for England by the Remuera. Mr, 0. B. Russell and Miss Russell left for; London by the Moana on Friday. Mrs, Russell and Miss N'jta Kus.c'l go to Australia in a fortnight. Miss Moss's marriage to Mr Brodie takes place on April Isth. Mrs R. \Y. Holmes and Miss Holmes have returned from England Mr and I Mrs 11. J. Webber, of Hastings, left on Friday for Sydney. MATTERS SOCIAL. With some reluctance entertaining is lieginning, ajid we. are commencing ii think, of evening gowns, the shop-: ably assisting, by displays of lovely ball-frocks, but mosi j of them beyond a slender purse. No material can lie too gorgeous to be, used, and' certainly the brocaded ninons and crepes, delicate surfaces embossed with velvet How- j crs often touched with gold, are alto-1 1 gethec fascinating. Mrs Arthur Pearce gave a delightful dance last week in her l-bcautifuL. house, a farewell, tor sliorth : they, and with them Miss Collins, leave I for London. At this dance Miss Wiltordi ! was a dainty debutante. She has charm-] i ing colouring and hair. On Thursday the Psyche men—captain. and officers—were hosts .it a jolly little dance given in the Engineers' Institute. This, as is usual with naval affairs, where men are plenti-' ful and keen, went with a great swing. Mrs \Y. A. Kennedy gave a very large At I Home as a farewell to licr daughter. Mrs J Alex. Wilson, who, with her husband and jMr Kennedy, left last Friday. Mr Ken-; I nedy only goes to Tahiti, but Dr. and Mri Wilson go across America to London and the Continent. Mrs Kennedy's At lloni<> was delightful, the rooms being gay with (lowers. L was, however, a muggy day, and those guests who were wearing their new autumn frocks —and some even furs—i suffered considerably. ' A "THE DANSANT." | One of the most charming of entertainmente was given last week by Mrs Heard, j who. with lier daughter, leaves this week for London. It was held in the upper room lof the Oriental Hay Kiosk—an ideal place I for a function. For a dance, it pos.-cs.-e> the great advantages of a wide balcony, with the sea a few yank aw:;., across tin road, and musk and moonlight miM add to the charm of the wonderful view. After tea was served, there was an exhibition ot danoin;* by some of Mi< Heerc's «lever pupils. Of these, Miss Heard is one. and h'T >hare of the programme was a delight. She it- a born dancer, lissome, light, and graceful, with hands and feet that n u-r take awkward altitudes, and long lines lhai costumes she designt d herself, and in i!k last item she danced a* a lx\y—in a grcin jerkin, and how withblack fur borclcivwith Mi>-s Wyvonne ilayhittle as a dainty maiden, in a rose and while shepherdess dress. Ii was Ihe quaint >t dance—-the bo' half bashful, half bold, chasing the giri. who at lir.--t repulses him and scorns him. and then rewards him with a kiss. MiBeere is certainly a wonderful teacher, and has a knot of brilliant pupils. CECIL HAINES. Wellington it- poorer for the loss of tinwonderful child, but, great things are expected from her. In the meantime, to lie fallow for a year would undoubtedly do the active brain go-id. Her mother has taken her to Sydney to git further advantages for her. The benefit concert was a huge success —people were standing, even in the big Town Hall—and over £2OO \va* cleared and handed to the little lady. I went, to a farewell parly given her b\ Miss Maxwell, who has known her since slu was a baby, and was struck by tin keen pleasure Cecil took in simple children's games, and by her |>opularity with her lilth comrades They all played "Nuts it: May," charades, and musical chairs, with immense zest, and then Cecil, acting as Mistress of Ceremonies, each guest child did some little feat, a dance or a song. The few grown-ups that were there enjoyed tin clever programme immensely, especially asthe children were in fancy dres.-. Father Hickson was especially popular, and told the children a humorous tale. BOOKS TO READ. I If you have not any objection to thrills. read Mrs Belloc's "Lowndes, the Lodger." Ii is really quite at wonderful book. A sad but beautiful tale is "The Royal Road." In Ollivant. and "Parentage,*' - by Gladys Mendl. is also well worth reading. 1 have just finished, regretfully, "The King's favour"—a tale 0 f poor Anne Boleyn, which makes her a liner character than is usual'} imagined, and which tells her sad story beaut ifullv.