SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12038, 16 January 1925, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

•Mr Justice Strihger and Mrs Stringer arrived yester-cUPy from Ciuustchuch 'who©' they have - beon visiting their son, Mr Gyril. Stringer. They leave shortly for a visit to England. . The Hon. W. H, Triggß, M.L.CL, and Mrs Triggs, ’ after spending, the Chpst, mas holidays with Dr. and Mrs‘.Hamwiok Smith/at Wellington, have gone to Huapai, north of Auckland, for j the summer months, " Mrs A. M. Brown, who is'one of the-leading plantation- owners in Raro'bong&, has come to -.Now Zo&l&nd for the summer months', and ie visiting relatives in Dunedin and V Hawke’s Bay<' . V ■. - '' Mr and Mrs Seftop-Jojiea, who are visiting New Zealand, have oeme out from England on a round-the-world tour.-'- Both belong .to the Society of Friends. Mrs Sefton-Jones is an author, and has written a: good s deal on historical subjects. She is a pupil of Sir Flinders Petrie. Mrs Porter and Miss Sheppard are visiting Oamaru and Dunedin. Mr andi Mrs R. Lynch, of Westpoft, are on a holiday , visit to Welllngton, and will visit Auckland before* their return- . ■ ■ *

Mina Pettit, of the Public Works Department, Wellington, who. has , been spending her holidays with her people at Karamea, haa retvrned to Welhngr too, ' , Miss V. Sapsford, who has been spending a few: .days in. Wellington, has returned to Christchurch. , Miss Kitty Byrne, Timaru, ie spending holiday in Wellington. Mr and Mm Breakell. of Wellington, are visiting Mount Coqik. ' . Mrs Frostick and Mtos Frostipk have- returned to Christchurch from a holiday visit in Wellington,. , Mr F. J. Rolleston. M.P., of Timaru, and Mrs Bolleston are. on a visit to the West Coast- . I Mr and Mrs Hutchens,-who spent the Christman-, holidays in Auckland .are back in Wellington- They intend visit■ing Bbtonua next months, prior to leaving for a holiday in England. ' The. engagement is'announoed •by an exchange T qf. Janie, of Optain and- Mjg ff F- Po8t ; lington, to Johri, only qon of Mr and Mrs J. E. Gamble/ also -of Wellington. - Mr and .Mrs E..'PalU«u\ and their aon, who Sepeptfthe phmetmas holidays in Timaru. are staying a tew days with Mrs' Matthews*, bv. Christchurch, before returning to Wellington'Among the -Wellington', visitors to Christchurch at present'are Mr* BeVan and Mrs Davies- - The' Misses Owen. (Wellington) have left for. Mowit Goofc. after- to Miss Nelapn terrace,.Timaru. , '! Miss -M. ‘ Findlay to in Christchurch, on her return from Mount Cook- . Mrs Bower, of Uruguay (nee Miss Marv Newali, of Wellington), has arrived in Now' Zealand with her son. who is entering Lincoln .College .as an agricultural .. student, • After placing her son at'Lincoln, Mrs Bower intends to visit one pf her sisters at Waihu and then -leaves for -a- visit to; another relative at-Melbourne, returning to Hew Zealand ,■ en ronjba .'for, Panama, where Mr Bower will-meet. her. . ; - A' quiet wedding’ was-celebrated at. St. hfichael’s CJhurehi, Christchurch, on Wednesday, when Dorothy Ladysmith, eldest daughter of Mr .and Mrs n. Clarke, of .New Brighton,': was married to IDiberi Noel, eldest epn of Mr apd, Mrs Hi Jarvis. St. Albans. The Bev. 0 Perry 'officiated at the ■ ceremony, and"Dri'T. L. Orocfke- presided. at the, organ. ' > ■ ’> , . A wedding of considerable,. interest, to Cheviot and NajapqjL residents' took place recently 'in 8t- John's Churoh, Cheviot, when' ChriffiSna-• Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr d&d- Mrs David Mackay, ‘‘Dornoch,” Cbfi*iot,; wa* married- to William Georg#,*, eldest son of M raiid Mrs WilHam" James Joy. , of Kaiapoi. The officiating clergyman was the Rev.** J. JDyer, of Ohdviot. ' ,'(> - The wedding took place at Kilbirnie, Wellington, on Janu&ry fth, 192 b, at All Saints’ Churoli) tyjK 6 R eT - J- HSykee. of -Mr Charles Hugh Cormaolt, of ESf&ale, Hawke’s Bay, and formerly of Carterton, to Sarah Ellen, widow of the" late John Moore,: of Kissington/ Hawke’s Bay,: and. daughter of the late Thomas, dark* Hwdgejey, Eskdale. Hawke’s Bay, Mfß Powdrell, mother of Mrs N. B; Barlunan and Messrs Arthur and Stan. Powdrell, is an interested spectator at the! Wellington • provincial. lfwn tennis championships in Palmerston Nqrth. -The good l«wy was pleased-to ps , 8 chat with someone who,was able to talk of the days when her daughter Lucy twice beat Miss it. M. Nunnelly in the heyday of that great Champion’s fame, : .Princess Mary is'qpe'of, those, mothers who keep- “Progress Books!’ t concerning their children. Master Gerald.bsscelles' book Is bound in white yellum ( gold lettered,' and has- pages for, recording his first aiqilF, first-tooth, and other such observations. 'This- has set -the fashion going among young-mothers, and all vie l with each other, in writing, up an .account of baby’s doings, which will make an interesting record m after, life. , Henry VHI. suffered from gout, and, judging by their- footgear, go. did most of Sis subjects/ Shoes became of; such* extraordinary width that; owing to the fact that England, is a® island,and space limited, a-law was passed prohibiting anyone to wear shoes wider than ,6in across the toe. Elizabethan, boots were the most ornate. Worked In gold- apd silver, they cost at least £lO a pair-t -In 1663 the* (present type, of shoe wbb evolved, and in 1608. buckles came into fashion ; hut it was not until the/nineteenth centpry that they were made specially to .fit the right and left foot. “How do yop‘know when a dress is a joke or meant seriously.P”-!' asks an English writer., .“One, dress show was staged as a review at the Prince of Wales Theatre; Famous actresses wearing the gowns interspersed the mannequin parade with dancing and songs.And Phyllis Monkman appeared in a ‘sports dress’ of yellow - and blue plaid,-the-skirt above the knee.’’ Now, was that a joke or a fashion forecast is the question that agitates his maculine mind. •

Mrs Carter, “Rose Hill,” Feilding, is the guest of Dr and Mrs Henry, Wellington. Mrs - TiffeU, of Napier, who won the NArth Island croquet championship (open singles) at Wellington, has three times been runngr-up for this honour, so her victory was’ very well deserved and well received. Miss W. M. Blunt, 8.A., of. Palmerston North Girls’ High School, has been appointed -to a position on the staff of the Wanganui Girls’ College. Mr C. O. Odlin, Mrs Odlin, and Miss Odlin, of Wellington, have left,-Welling-ton on -a motoring tour of Taranaki. Mrs C. Gwynne, of Wellington,; is visiting Auckland. -Mrs W. IJsher, of Lyall Bay, Wellington, is the guest of- Mrs James Pat. terson, of Pukekohe. At an executive meeting of the National Council of ..Women of -New.. Zealand,' -held this week in Auckland, Miss Lyra Taylor, LL.B., of Wellington, was appointed a New Zealand representa-. tive delegates to the International Conference to he held in Washington in May. Mrs T. K. Sidey, of Dunedin, was also appointed a delegate. Mr and Mrs F. P. Evans and Mr and Mrs .H. A. Beauchamp, of this cityj are visitors to .Dunedin: ■ Mrs-Campbell and.. Mrs . Heald, of Lyall Bay Tennis Club, who won . theladies’ doubles-at the South Wairarapa tournament, are competing in the Wellington provincial lawn tennis ment'at Palmerston North; -! Mrs N/ B. Barkman, Wellington; is spending a holiday by playing the round of the Palmerston North, Dannevirke, and Maaterton.lavra,tennis tournaments. Mra L.. Seifert (Palme'ston North) is spending a-, holiday in Plimmerton. . -The Pev. S. J, Hoban, of Melbourne, a noted preacher, lecturer, and elocutionist, and his two daughters .are visiting New -Zealand, : and at present -are in Napier. ' - ■ ■ , Mrs -Desmond Welch, Mount Albert, Auckland; to visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs J. Jameson, Wellington. -Miss - Fenton,. Palmerston ..North, is staying in Wellington, i Mr and Mrs W. H- Fulton (Wellington) are the guests of Mrs Eliot Wanburton in Palmerston North. Mrs Alee Reid, who ha* -been • staying with Mrs Jum Raid in Auckland, has returned to Wellington. The memory of Edith Cavell is td ho honoured a hell in the Sydney-Uni-versity carillon, and the Sydney Lyceum Club has promised to provide the necessary money. , - ) - Mrs Bartlett-(Hamilton) is on a visit to Wellington. 1 A quiet wedding was celebrated at the end of December at the • residence ef Mrs J. Pichards, Hamilton- East, when Miss. Annie Isabel Neylan, daughter of Mr and - Mrs Neylon, of Christchurch, was married to Mr John William Richards, son of Mr and Mrs J. Richards, of Hamilton East. Mrs T.'G, Macarthy-Reid returned-to Wellington by the Mahepo, via Auckland, after ‘ an extended visit on ’the Continent. Mr and Mrs Reid- havq-ta-ken Mrs Bower-Knight’s house-in Hobson street for a short term. Mra W: -H. Field has returned ta Wellington, :■ after spending a holiday in Palriibrstoh' North. ' - A pretty wedding was celebrated - at the Sacred’ Heart Crhuch, phristchurch, when Honorors Margaret Quinn, younger - -daughter of Mr and the late Mrs Quinn, Moorhouse -avenue, was married to Edmond Mulcahy, youngest son: of Mra Patrick Mulcahy, Wellington. The Rev. Father Quinn officiated. .-The bride; who was given away, by her father,-wore a most attractive gown of ivory crepe de chine, with a front and hack panel of brocaded satin - edged with' pearls and finished yritb a rope .of pearls at, the waist. Her embroidered veil was Held with a circlet of orange'blossoms,-and she carried a shower bouquet of -yrhite fipwers. Miss Eileen Brosnshan, of Timaru, cousin of the bride; 'attended as bridesmaid. M»ry O’Neill, Wellington, niece’of the bridegroom, made a dainty little flower girl; Mr Matthew Brpsnahan attended the bridegroom- as. beet - man. After the' cereraany_'a reotption was held.at -Dixielandy whioll: -was,: decorated: The bride and/.bridegroom left later- for the south, the bride, wearing n .smartlytailored .cinnamon brown heavily embroidered, and- a fa-p-n ' marocain hat with ribbons to tone. By accepting tlio poeition of patroness of the Nursing.-Division, integrally associated with the St. John Ambulance Brigade in New Zealand, Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergqssop. has given much gratification to members (says a southern exchange). The nurses of St. John in every part of the British Empire - are' the main factors representing V.A.D. workers in Red Cross nursing operations and- essential agents in home nursing activities. The parents of Her Excellency—the Ear]' and <Countess of Glasgow—took a- great interest in the notable achievements of St. John, whiph" initiated so many - philanthropic organisations, and created the British Red Crqss. On different, occasions, -LordGlasgow zealously encouraged the mem-' hereof St. Johm and, in a speeoh given at the Choral Hall,,Dunedin; on January 25th, 1893, Lady-Glasgow said, inter aim ; -‘‘lt has given me: mnh.pleasure to pome here to-night and to see such a large number of-examiners who are en-tl’-led to the certificates and medallions of'St, John, which I have had the honour to present,,; You have devpted a freat deal of time and trouble to -learn Qw, bedt J io others, an<i ifc seeitis to me that St. John is more required some directions—than - in the OK Country. The work of the St. John Ambulance Association trill be of neverending benefit tie New Zealand.” In one of the obiluary notices of Mrs -Hodgson Burnett she -is said to have; been, responsible for much “nursery rebellion,” because .parents used to' clothe their small sons in the garb of Little Lord Fauntleroy—velvet suit and lace collar. Some Victorian children suffered even worse trials, states a writer in -an English exchange. Mr Ford Madox Heuffer relates that in his early boyhood, “as a token of by pre-Raphael-ito origin, I wore very long golden hair,

a suit of greenish-yellow corduroy Velveteen with gold buttons) and two stockings, of which one was red and the other green. These garments were the curse Of my young existence, and the joy of every street boy who saw me.”