SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

New Zealand Times, Volume LIV, Issue 12660, 21 January 1927, Page 5

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs James Wren and Mrs Lechey, who have been paying a visit to Auckland, have returned to Wellington. Mr and Mrs F. H. Guiness, of Wellington, are at present in Auckland. Miss Elsie Barker, yho was the guest of Mrs W. E. Boys. Tqmuka. has returned to “Wellington. Mrs Mathew Holmes and the Misses Holmes (Wellington) are visiting Christchurch. Mrs G. Craig, of Wellington, is visiting Auckland. Mr and Mrs W. Perry, of Wellington, have returned from a visit to Auckland. Mr and Mrs Wm. Kerr, of Wellington, are among the guests at the Star el. Auckland. Mrs Eldon Moore, Wellington, is the guest of Mrs A, R. Bunny, Masterton. Mr and Mrs L. MoKelvie are visiting Christchurch. Mrs J. S. Neville, Christchurch, is visiting Wellington. Mrs Sadlier, who is visiting Wellington, will return to Nelson this week, accompanied by Nurse Sadlier of the hospital staff.. Mrs L. Tosswill, Christchurch, who has been visiting Wellington, has left for Picton. Mrs Adams and Miss Marjorie Adams are the guests of Mrs Jacobsen. Akaroa. Miss M. Kelly and Mr W. Kelly, Rona Bay, have left for a tour in the Hot Lake district. Mrs Norman Little is visiting New Plymouth. Miss Aroha Clifford is visiting Wellington. The Misses Spillane, Invercargill, are visitors to Wellington. Miss Gladys Morgan hat left for a visit to the south. Miss E. Mclntosh, Wellington, is a visitor to Auckland. .TTrs and Miss Buckleton are visiting Auckland. Miss Jean Fergusson, daughter of Admiral Fergusson, brother of his Excellency the Governor-General, had a serious fall on Saturday last, suffering a fracture of the bones in both feet, besides other injuries of a minor character. She is now progressing favourably, reports an exchange. Mr and Mrs J. Gorgeon, Wiliington, are visitors to Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs J. M. McLean are Wellington visitors to jChristchurch.

Mrs James McNie is a visitor to Christchurch. The Misses M. and I. Buchan are Wellington visitors to Christchurch. Mrs C. R. Ingram, of Wellington, is at present in Christchurch.

The engagement .is announced of Aubrey, son of Mr and Mrs J. E. Schloss, of Wellington, to Beryl, daughter of Mr and Mrs A. T. “Pratt, of Narrabri, New South Wales.

News that will interest old residents of Wellington and Nelson has come to hand regarding .the Prime Minister (Mr Coates), who, while in England recently, communicated with Miss Torlesse, whose family is well known as having been associated with the early settlement of Stoke, Nelson. Writing to Miss Torlesse, who is in her 89th , year and always greatly interested m New Zealand affairs, Mr Coates said: ‘I have recently received a letter from a New Zealand friend which mentions the fact that you and Mrs Freeman are now amongst the very few surviving relatives of Colonel Wakefield. This being the case, I am taking the liberty of sending you an expression of New Zealand’s greetings to you both. I can assure you the name of Wakefield is held in respectful and grateful remembrance in the Dominion.” The death has occurred in London of Lord and Lady Bearsted. The couple had been ailing for many years. Lady Bearsted died on Sunday and her husband on Monday. Lord Bearsted travelled widely in the Far East and Japan. He developed large oilfields in the Far East and received an official vote of thanks from the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty. Miss Behrens, Girl Guides’ Commissioner from England, who haß been touring New Zealand on behalf of the Girl Guides, has left for Sydney. Later she will go to Canada to lecture and organise Guide work there. Just as Queen Mary has adopted a distinctive style of millinery, and cares nothing for the dictates of La Mode in this respect, so “the little Duchess” remains faithful to the type of hat that especially becomes her (writes a London correspondent). Her Majesty’s toques, and the turned-up-in-front models with flower or, feather _ trimming at the right side which her daughter-in-law has worn for years, are distinctive features of their sartorial self-expression. That the individual hat, worn amid all the fluctuations of fashion, can be a most expressive item of the feminine toilette is emphatically demonstrated by other ladies in other spheres; notably Lady Astor in politics, with her sponsorship of the tricorne, and the colourful Elsa Lanchester, whose “sombrero” has been immortalised on canvas, in the world of the theatre.

The correct finish for the last word evening gown is a huge flower—artificial, of course —at the back of the neck. These blossoms are as large as cauliflowers, though the most gos-samer-like material goes to their making. Chiffon is still the accepted choice ( for these gigantic- artificial trimming touches (says an exchange). “Soupplate” sizes are also the rage for the shoulder posy, now a single flower. Occasionally one also sees a hip ornament in the same genre. When the giant flower is worn at the back of the neck it is held in correct position by a narrow neckband. Gardenias, lilies, convolvuli, and nasturtiums are the favoured choice in the new editions. Sometimes the blooms are finished off with a petal tipping of gold or silver paint. Incidentally’, the Parisienne’s daytime choice is a huge orange-coloured chiffon carnation.