SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8811, 14 August 1914, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Lady Ward, ''bo ro’.urnetl from Na'pior. ctn Wednesday night, was busily 1 '.engaged yesterday in tho sale of .’tickets’ for to-morrow afternoon’s matinee,. and has already disposed of £2O worth. . In spite of the war many people I'vent to Christchurch for the Grand [National, though, of course, the races missed the presence of Their.. Excellencies the Eurl and Countess of Liverpool. Mrs Alan Strang and Miss Strang, of Palmerston North, stayed with Mrs J. HaU ; Mrs. Marshall, wife of Cap-! tain Marshal], of H.M.S. Psycho, is, the guest of Mrs R, M-, Macdonald.! Miss Watson is staying with Mrs Ber-I nard Wood; and Miss -Litchfield with' Mrs Nancarow. Mr and Mrs lan Dun-1 can, Mr and Mr,v W, Stead, Mr and' Mrs Dan Riddiford, and Mr and Mrs' H. Lowry (Hawke's. Bay) also went l south for tho races. I The . Wellington Technical College (mechanic., students) annual dance, which was to have taken place on Friday, August 21st, has been, indefinitely postponed. , Staying at the Now Occidental Ho(tel are Mr-and Mrs C- Bayly ,(Taranaki); Mrs J. Brown (Hawcra), Miss Cunningham (New Plymouth), Mr and Mrs Hughan (Masterton), ,Mr tmdj ! Mrs L. lees (Napier), .Mrs Sharp' [(Blenheim), and;-Mr and Mis Rasmussen (Carterton). ’ 1 A southern paper announces the engagement of Miss Ruth Anderson, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew [ Anderson, Merohiston, St. Martin’s, Christchurch, to Mr R. Guy Poster, of Mysore Province. South India, oldest son of Dr and Mrs Foster, of Somerset, England. A delightful programme, will ,be pro- , seated by Miss Estelle Beere’s pupils, when she gives her .dance recital ■, in the. Town Hall on Friday, A,ugust 2.lst. A number'of small daughters of, Mrs (Colonel)'Johnstone, Mrs Noel Nelson, Mrs Peacock, and others,are to do . a Dresden China minuet—alj dressed in white satin. That clever little dancer, Hazel Hardwicke, will do some now toe dances, - the popular little dancers, Thurza Rogers, Jean Plimnier, Marjorie O’Shea arid others are to appear, and little Nell Nathan, will do a barefooted 1 Eastern dance,, so that those patrons who wish to .help along the Countoss , of. laverpool’s fund, for which the recital is being given, will have a very enjoyable entertainment. The small performers are also going •to sell’ sweets’. This department will be under the charge of Miss: Eileen Russell,, who is anxious to collect sweets for selling. ; Anyone willing to contribute should communicate with her at. Ni>, - 14, Hill street'. ' Mrs H. ,R. Waldegravo has returned to- Palmerston, North, after a, short visit to Wellington. , Mr and Mrs Lang, of Christchurch, ar© on a visit to Wellington. , The ’Frisco mail brought news of the conference of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, which was being hejd in London. In' connection with this, a British Dominions , Overseas reception Was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel, at,which the actresses’ Franchise League arranged a programme. Many Zealanders were present. One visitor writes: “It was a most delightful entertainment. Mrs Chapman Colt - was a wonderful speaker, taking such a broad viuw of the great question. She of course spoke of our New Zealand reforms, and enfranchisement.” Miss Newcombo and Miss Hodge,- who toured Now—Zealand last year ’in connection with the union, wero present, and charmed to renew, acquaintance with friends made so far away. Mr Fowlds was also a speaker, and what little he had to say did well. Among ■the delegates was one of ■the, twentyone women members of- the- Finnish Parliament, Fraulein Annie Furuhjehu ,M.P.. She is a great linguist, and speaks - seven languages 1 -with conversational fluency hub it is - recently: that she,has been persuaded to make public speeches'in any language but Finnish. V

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