Late Social News.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 95, 26 April 1902, Page 17

Late Social News.

A wedding of mucli mteiest was quietJy celebrated on Wednesday last, when Miss Redwood, of Blenheim, niece of Archbishop Redwood, was mained to Mr. James Clouston of Blenheim. The ceremony took place at the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs M. J. McGrath, Mar]onbanks-street, Wellington, the bride wearing a lovely gown made at the D.I.C. and the usual veil and orange flowers. She was attended b\ two tuij maids, the Misses McGrath and Clouston, who wore cream silk frocks, and carried crooks prettily decorated with flowers (bronze chvsanthemttms). The bridegioom's piesent to the bnde was a handsome bold bracelet, of umaue design, and to each bridesmaid he "aye a gold brooch Messrs. Clouston and Fulton acted as best man and groomsman. Mr. and Mrs Clouston left latei in the day for Paikakanki, and intend spending their honeymoon in the Manawatu district. The bride's travelling gown was a coat and skirt of a piettv blue shade, with revers of cream )acp rest to match, and stvhsh hat. ♦ • • Mr. J Francis Lane (manager foi New Zealand of the Citizens' Life Assurance Company, and Mrs Lane are contemplating a/ tup round the world They purpose taking passage in the German steamer leaving Sydney on 24th Mar. * * * Moss Duncaji, who, for fifteen years, was in, charge of the showroom at Messrs. Kirkoaldie and Stains' establishment, has commenced business on her own account in Ingestre-street, nearly opposite the Te Aro branch of the Bank of New Zealand. As Miss Ihmcan is, as most of us know, thoioughly capable, and the possessor of a courteous manner, she is justified in anticipating what I wish for her — success in the venture.

A specially attracts e progiamme lias been prepared roi Miss Johnston's concert, m the Exchange Hall next Fnda\ It is to be the first of a series. Crystal-gazing is the latest foim of the occult, and it is all the rage at piesent. Investigators w ill notice an advertisement on the subject in this issue The Plague has come to light again To give us all a scaie ; Death staies us .n the face that's plain, Let everyone take care. Attend to every ailment that You may have to endute, Diive oh your cough and put on fat With Woods' Great Peppermint Curi .

Damtv Irene Frankhn is appealing at the London syndicate halls. Madame Melba recently cabled out to Australia to have New Zealand as well as the Commonwealth included in her Antipodean tour ♦ * » What a galaxy of great mstiumentalists are playing in the United States this reason — Padorewski, Gerardv Jospf Hoffmann and Kubelik ' When Mdlle Dolores was singing at Dunedin the othei day, Dr. Vilheis Stanford the celebiated composer, wired from Queenstown to have throe seats booked for him 'Ben Hur" at piesent holds the lecoid among plays for having taken the largest amount of mone\ in thiee weeks In St Loins USA a company pla' ma a three weeks' season there of ' Ben Hur" took over £13 000 » * • Messrs George Willoughby and Kdwm Geach have struck it rich in Melbourne with "The. Wrong Mr. Wright" which has completely captured the town. It i> said to be the best farce since"Charley's Aunt " and doing better business so far. ♦ » • M. Paiderewski's activity at the rehearsals of his opera "Manru," in NewYork i? described as extraordinary One of the papers goes so' far as to say that he hasn't had time even to comb his hair But the American critic will do that for him all right « • • Miss Grace Housley fell dead on the stage of the Lyceum Theatre, Birmingham, recently. She was singing the now popular song, "Dolly Gray," and, in response to an encore, was repeating ''Good-bye Dolly, I must leave you, Though it breaks my heart to go " when <ihe fell across the footligrhts — dead. Her heart had bioken, indeed * * • Mdlle. Dolores suffered from a chance in the weather at Christ church last week. After she had sung two of her concert numbers, hoarseness manifested itself, and she found it necessary to abandon the programme. Mr. Tait. her manager, explained that the audience could either have tickets foi another concert, or else their money back a^ain ■» * * Miss Janet Waldorf's sterling merit has been fittingly recognised at last She has boom engaged bv J. C. Williamson for a dramatic season, to open at Sydney on. the 3rd May. Mr. Norval McGregor has been engaged as leading man, and all the members of the "Ben Hur" Company — except two who hay 3 gone Hozne — will support. A brilliant reason is anticipated. * * * Ada Crossley is now the hr&t oratorio smger m Jinglacid. Theie are nine oiatorio festivals this year. Clara Butt is engaged for two, and Ada Crossley for eight, and had to relinquish the ninth (Bristol) because the date clashed with another engagement. In a recent article on "Millions made on the Concert Platfoif," it is stated that "Clara Butt or Ada Crossley can affoid to smile at the income of a Cabinet Minister '' * * * When travelling in New Zealand with the Musgrove Opera Company some of the companions of Miss Maud Harrington (Maude Jenkins off the stage) and Mr. Bertie Zelman sent an announcement of their engagement to the papers as a loke But the joke seems to have hit the mark all right, for several Melbourne pa.pois now announce the engagement as an actual fact Miss Harrington graduated from the Melbourne C'onservatorram, and Mi Zelman is a violinist * * + Juggler Salerno is the leading magnet of the new company of Woild's Enteitainers m Sydney. One of his simplest feats — to look at — is to balance a, plate on his forehead and then sit quite still at a table and read a new spaper. You have only to tiy to perform this tuck yourself to thoroughly appreciate its cleverness. But the feat with which he scoies most points is the one in which he uses, ordinary hollowed balls and cues. The juggler gets a hollowed cue and places three balls on it, one on top of the other Another cue is then placed on the top ball, and the second cue supports a miniature chess board with pawns on it Raising the bottom cue Salerno balances the whole lot on his dim