CHIT CHAT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1190, 21 December 1894, Page 13

CHIT CHAT.

The marriage of Prince Adolphus of Teck and Lady Margaret Grosvenor (daughter of the Duke of Westminster) is to take place at Chester. The cere-mony-is to be of a brilliant character.

Walter Andrews, youngest son of the date Mr Wm. Andrews, of Wellington, was married to Miss Elizabeth. Birrill Scott Mather, 1 youngest daughter of Mr W. Miither, on Wednesday last week, at the residence of the bride’s parents, ‘ The Anchorage,” street. The Rev Mr Shirer performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very pretty in -silk creme delaine, ' trimmed with real lace. She was attended by Misses Maud and Bertha Andrews, and Miss L. Jones, neices of the bridegroom. The two principal bridesmaids wore cream nun’s veiling and buttercup silk trimmings, and Miss Bertha Andrews eau de nil nun’s veiling , with cream lace, each wearing gold brooches, the present of the bridegroom. The bridegroom’s presents to the bride were a handsome piano and a gold brooch. Mr Morris Mantell, nephew of the bridegroom, was best man, . assisted by Mr Geo. Redmond. After :the ceremony afternoon tea was served, and in the evening the wedding supper was held in a large marquee. About ' 60 guests were present. There were several handsome presents.

The Dorcas meetings of the Wellington Ladies’ Christian Association are to be resumed on the 14th February.

Miss Margaret Chisholm, daughter of Mr Robert Chisholm (of Messrs Scoullar and Chisholm), of Roslyn, was married to the Rey Adam Begg, of Tapanui, at Seaview, near. Dunedin, on Wednesday.

A ladies’branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is to be established in Palmerston North.

At St. Mark’s Church on Wednosday afternoon Mr. John Smaillie Tennant, of Dune- , din, was married to Miss Edith Ethel Moresby jZohrab, oldest daughter of Mr C. E. : Zohrab, of this city. The Rev. R. Coffey, assisted by the Ven. Archdeacon Stock, performed the ceremony. The bride wore white surah trimmed with chiffon,and ribbon, with veil and orange blossoms, and carried’, .a - beautiful shower bouquet of white Canterbury bells and maidenhair ferh. The, bridesmaids —six in number — were Misses Zohrab (five), sisters of the bride,"and Miss Tennant, sister of the bridegroom. Mr Walter Blundell was .best man.' The bride’s travelling costume was a fawn and brown checked tweed, trimmed with brown moire, and brown straw hat trimmed with heliotrope flowers. Mr T. C. Webb, Mus. Bac., presided at the organ. After the ceremony, the’ guests- were entertained by Mr and Mrs Zdhrab at their residence, Laurellan, Roxburgh street. Numerous valuable pre- •' saints were received. Mr .and Mrs Tennant are to spend their honeymoon in QueensV; V• A ''.'-. v

- I am-tbld the following is an effeciive way to clean French kid gloves : Pour into a basin a little spirits of turpentine. Put the gloves oh the hands, button, and proceed to wash them just as you would wash your hands. Whan the dirt is removed, take them off carefully, shake out, blow into shape, ‘ and pin them out in the air to dry. '

“ So'.few men know how -to propose well,” a woman writes. “ Almost always

directly a man has said, ‘ E love you,’ there comes a pause in the conversation, and - thence oh- a paucity of ideas on bis part. ■ It is a good thing to lift the strain a little

for a man by saying something ordinary . and commonplace after the proposal is ' over. Of course, if it is a proposal you ‘are going to accept, he kisses you, and J . that starts the conversation comfortably again, 01 else .renders it unnecessary. But /it is different when you refuse a naan. Of .course, it is not really fair to let a man kiss you under such circumstances, unless, / indeed,"‘you want to see how he does it, and. this is going to be your last chance. Some men are so queer, you know, after they are refused. If you are not going to let him kiss you it would be better to get in some quaint little remark right off, to set' things going again."

The London correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes as follows :—The other day somebody went to Plymouth to bid farewell to a friend, a young lady who was starting for New Zealand to be married there on her arrival. He was surprised ,to find among his friend’s fellow-passengers no fewer than six other young ladies all bound for New Zealand on .-the same agreeable errand. They were not pf the so-called “ lower class," but : all occupied good positions, were refined and -well educated, and will be very pleasant acquisitions to your New

Zealand society. I must not even hint at the name of the steamer. That would be “ telling !" It is often stated by the English newspapers that New Zealand teems with prosperous marrying men — that is to say, with men who want to get married, but who presumably cannot meet with their particular fancy in New Zealand in the direction of “ best girls," and consequently import brides from England. If this goes on you will surely have a high protective duty imposed on imported brides 1 In this connection a Birmingham paper says :—“lt appears that New Zealand is an eligible field for young men about to marry. They go forth thither, they prosper, and then they send over to England for the girls of their hearts to come and be married. This is nice for all parties, including New Zealand." Still there have been cases of brides arriving to find their bridegrooms faithless, or of bridegrooms greeting their arriving brides to be coolly informed that the said brides had become affianced to somebody else during the voyage. Let us hope neither of these infelicitous sequels may disappoint those seven interesting brides or their lovers.

Can the bacilli of infectious , diseases find entrance through the skin ? Ido not see (says an English physician) that this is at all impossible, as the skin is to a considerable extent absorbent. That we catch diseases most frequently through the delicate mucous membrane of the lungs is very evident, but that is no reason -why perfect and daily ablution of the skin should not be the motto of everyone who wants to keep well and free from danger. The morning bath, therefore, should be an institution in every family. Cleanliness is next to godliness.

“ Nellie," Masterfcon, asks how lemon juice can he prepared for keeping. The following is the only recipe I have by me just now (I have not tried it) : —Keep the lemons in a cool place for two or three days, then roll them to make them squeeze easily. Squeeze the juice into a basin, and strain it through muslin, which will not permit a particle of the pulp to pass through. Have ready a number of bottles, previously washed and dried, and fill them with the ; juice. Pour a little sweet oil on top of the juice, cork the bottles securely, and store them inn cool,' dark place. When you want the juice, open a bottle that you; can use in a few days. It is better to put the juice up in 'small bottles, because they can be usedquickly when opened. On opening a bottle absorb the oil in it by means of a piece of clean cotton wool. Hastings corresnnndent of the

Hawke’s Bay Herald writes as follows on December 12 :—The marriage was celebrated this afternoon in St. Matthew’s' Church of Miss Mildred Gwendoline, daughter of Mr William Nelson, of Tomoana, and Mr Charles Alexander Smith, of Olrig, the officiating clergymen being the Yen Archdeacon Samuel Williams and the Rev John Hobbs. Although it wa3 well known that it was to be a “quiet" wedding the church was crowded with the friends and wellwishers of the “happy pair," and the choir, of which Miss Nelson has been a member for some considerable time, were present in good numbers to assist with the musical portion of the ceremony. As the wedding party walked up the centre aisle to the altar, which was beautifully decorated with white lilies, and Canterbury bells, the. hymn, “ How welcome was the call," was sung by all present, and during the service the “ Deus Miseratur" was chanted, the concluding hymn being “ 0 perfect love, all human thought transcending." Mr William Nelson, the bride’s father, gave her away, and Mr H. J. Smith officiated as best man. The bridesmaids were the sisters of the bride, After the register had been duly signed, and as the bridal party left the vestry, the familiar notes of' the Wedding March were heard, Miss Kelly, the organist, rendering it in. her usual masterly style, and to its strains they marched amidst showers of rice and flowers to the carriage which, after some final handshakings, was to whirl them away swiftly to the bride’s new home and the commencement of life in earnest, bearing with them every good wish that It may have a great share in it of the brightness with which it has been heralded.

ifsif double wedding took place at Otalceho, near Hawera, on Saturday last, when Mr J. L. Rogers was married to Miss Young, daughter of Mr W. S. Young, and Mr Matthews to Miss M. Young. The church was crowded with friends anxious to

witness the interesting ceremony. Miss Young, escorted by her father, and Miss M. Young by her brother, Mr W. H. Young, and followed by the bridesmaids Misses Daisy, Blanche, and C. Young, and two charming little girls, daughters of Mr Corrie, entered the church, while the acting organist, Mrs Stott, played a suitable selection from Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words. Proceeding up thh aisle to the chancel they were met by the bridegrooms elect and their best men. The brides were very tastefully dressed in white diagonal serge, with white watered silk trimmings, their hats being trimmed with white tips and ribbon. Each carried a lovely bridal bouquet. The Rev J. W. Chapman, assisted by the Rev W. H. Kay, performed the marriage ceremony in an impressive manner, and as the happy couple left the church the joyous strains of the Wedding March concluded the. more formal part of the programme. Immediately after the service a large number of guests sat down to the wedding breakfast hospitably provided by the brides’ purents. The beautiful presents tastefully arranged in the drawing-room were greatly admired by the guests, and bore testimony to the high esteem in which the two young ladies were held. Mr and Mrs Rogers were driven by Mr D. Wilkie to Hawera to catch the one o’clock south train, and Mr and Mrs Matthews proceeded home by way of Normanby, followed by the. usual signs and expressions of the best wishes of their friendb.—(From a correspondent).

Christmas tide is once again upon us with all its pleasures and worries, the former far outnumbering the latter, I sincerely trust, with all my readers. I hope we shall have good weather, for so many thousands look forward, to getting away out of the town at this time of the year that bad weather becomes almost a calamity. Personally, I wish to every reader of the Mail A Very Merry Christmas and a