PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22219, 23 March 1934, Page 15

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Mesdames E. F. Duthie and A. Lee Smith and Miss M. Martin have returned to Dunedin after judging the railway stations’ garden competition.

The engagement is announced m the Press of Grace, second daughter of Mr and Mrs AV. H. Cunningham, Christchurch, to Andrew, younger eon of Mrs aud the late Mr J, Sharp, of Dunedin.

.«■ # # The engagement is announced of Kathleen Maud, only daughter of Mr aud Mrs Samuel Barry, Auckland, to F. W. Martin Taylor, third son of Mr and Mrs S. M. Taylor. Auckland. Both are members of the China Inland Mission, and the wedding will be solemnised at Shanghai, China, on May 10, 1934.

On Wednesday morning the St. Hilda Old Girls’ Association gave a tea party in the lounge of the Savoy, the guest of honour being Miss Ann Richards, who is leaving Dunedin for Christchurch, and who was one of the original members of the association. The lounge, which was arranged as a drawing room, looked particularly charming, being decorated with vases of dark red dahlias. Miss Richards on arrival was welcomed by the president: (Mrs Hotting)', and was presented with a bouquet of roses and sweet peas by the secretary, Miss K. Falconer. Others present included Mesdames Fairbairn, Barling, Andrews, Andmvs-Baxter, Bell, Buttle. Brickell. Caddie, Cookson, Duncan. V. Fisher, Harty, Irvine, Labes, Lee, H. Marshall, J. Neill," Peters, Richards, J. F. Sinclair, A. Stephens, I. Spcdding, Smeaton, and R. Throp, Misses Biackmore. R. Allen, Allen (2), Blyth, Bragg, Conn, Champtaloup, Chalmers, Featherstone. Falconer, Fitchett, Jbbotson, Lnek, Mondy, Mnmford, Mitchell, M'Arthur. Ritchie, Scoular, and Young.

The North Otago AVomcn’s Club presented a very enjoyable entertainment in St. Luke's Hall last Tuesday night to a large and enthusiastic audience, the entire proceeds being for the Oanuiru Plunket Society. The first portion of the programme was taken up with a programme of love songs of all nations, arranged by Miss Mary AVills, who is to be congratulated on the programme submitted. The staging depicted a woodland scene, and the members of the choruses, who were very attractively grouped, were dressed m classical costumes of green.. The soloists, in striking contrast, were dressed in the costumes of the countries which they represented. The singing of the soloists and the choruses was very pleasing, and was much appreciated by the audience. Mrs Tweed was the accompanist. The remainder of the programme was taken up with the presentation of two plays, produced very creditably by Miss M. S. Fitzgerald. Philip Johnson’s “ The Spinsters of Lushe” was excellently enacted. Having for its setting the England of the very early nineteenth century, the play gave scope for the decided histrionic ability of those taking part. The speech, manners, and dress of the very genteel spinsters was very effective, and the stage setting was also very appropriate. The atmosphere of the play was well maintained throughout, and the author’s faintly satirical vein was conveyed by admirable restraint in acting. The whole play was very impressive and the setting very pood. The east was as follows: —“ Miss Charlotte Brighte,” Miss D, Cowie; “ Miss Phmbe Brighte,” Miss Naumann; “'Miss Laetitia Thurlow,” Mrs E. M’Diarmid; “ Miss Alicia Pramley,” Miss D. AVilliams; “ Miss Rosie Pramley,” Miss P. Tomlinson; "Miss Lucy Pemberton,” Miss B. Butterfield. A pianoforte duet, two glees, and a pianoforte solo formed an enjoyable interlude prior to the commencement of the play, “On Dartmoor,” by Neil Grant. This play was in striking contrast to the previous one, being very modern both in setting and plot. The unexpected denouement of the play took the audience completely by surprise, which was a tribute to the acting of both the “ crooks ” and their hostesses. The characters in this play were "Muriel Armstrong,” Mrs R. A. M'Dowell; "Leonora Astley,” Miss I. Homans; “Bill Syme,” Miss M. Will; “Albert Read,” Miss E. A. Harvey; and “ Fred Lee,” Miss B. Butterfield. The artistic arrangement of the flowers both on and jn front of the stage was carried out by members of the Gardening Circle. The thanks of the club are due to thorfe who assisted in any, way to make the entertainment such a success.

On the evening of February 26 an unusually pretty wedding was solemnised in First Church, Dunedin,., when Clarice, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs J. A. Weir (Clydevale) was married to Albert Ross, second son of Mr James Irvine and the late Mrs Irvine, of Royal terrace, Dunedin. The ceremony was performed by a friend of the bride’s parents (the Rev. H. A. Mitchell, of Roslyn). As the “ Wedding March ” pealed out the graceful bride entered the church with her father, followed by her three attendants Cathie Weir and Betty Irvine, sisters of the bride and bridegroom respectively, and Fiona Mitchell, infant daughter of the Rev. H. A. Mitchell and Mrs Mit•hell. The bride looked very beautiful in her full-length gown of rich ivory satin, the upper portion being closely moulded to her figure, and the fully-flared' skirt hanging in soft folds, with a train falling from the hips at the back. The deeplyvandyked yoke of angel skin lace was outlined with seed pearls, and the semi-fitting sleeves, also of angel skin lace, slashed with satin, terminated in a point over the hand. A deeply-fitting belt of softlyfolded satin was worn coming to a peak in front, where it was held by a tiny spray of orange blossoms and finished at the back with another dainty trail of orange blossoms where it joined the train. Her very large and beautiful Brussels lace veil was worn well back off the face and caught at each ear with a tiny cluster of orange blossoms. A double string of pearls was worn close to the throat, and a beautiful sheaf of white gladioli, sweet peas, and maidenhair fern carried on her arm completed a perfect bridal ensemble. The bridesmaids made a delightful picture, gowned alike in golden organdi over rich amber satin. The sleeveless tight-fitting bodices, cut with very low neckline, were finished with three deep, circular flounces, graduating into billowy depth and fulness on the shoulders and a row of tiny crystal buttons back and front frpm neck to waistline. A narrow golden ribbon round the waist terminated in a dainty bow at the peak of the back of the bodice. The skirts were very fitting to the hip-line, flaring gradually from there to the hem and trimmed with three deep, circular flounces at the foot. They wore a charming headdress of diamante finished with a small bow and long streamers of gold satin ribbon falling down the centre back to the full length of the frocks. Long silk mittens and satin shoes of the same amber tone enhanced the whole effect, and both wore amber necklaces and carried pretty early Victorian posies of autumntinted flowers. The little veil-bearer looked exceedingly pretty as a miniature bridesmaid, dressed ns she was in almost identical lines with her posy hanging from her wrist. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr Jim Irvine as best man, while Mr David Bradley acted as groomsman. Messrs George Heath and lan Weir carried out the duties of ushers. The church was prettily decorated by friends of the bride. After the ceremony a reception was held in the Strand Salon, where Mrs Weir, mother of the bride, received the guests assisted by Mi’s Ross, aunt of the bridegroom. The bride’s mother was very smartly attired in a black Austrian model frock relieved with white, and wore an exceedingly smart hat of black Baku straw with white organdie crown set in pleats finished with a white organdie bow tilted over the right eye. She carried a bouquet of gladioli and autumn-tinted chrysanthemums. Mrs Ross wore a handsome mode] frock in black and white trimmed with appliqued head motifs with a smart black felt hat relieved with a touch of white. Her bouquet consisted of lavender and mauve asters and maidenhair fern. About 60 guests sat down to a very enjoyable wedding breakfast, when the usual toasts were duly proposed and drunk to musical honours. Later in the evening, when the happy couple left, the bride was wearing a very smart swagger suit of beige Angora wool relieved with bramble, with a smart tilted hat of bramble Angora felt, snake skin shoes and beige accessories completing the ensemble. The happy couple left next morning on a motoring tour. Their future home will be in Dunedin.

Miss Eleanor Joachim is the guest of Mrs W. Burns, of Timeru.

First Church, Dunedin, was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Wednesday evening, when Jean Margaret, only daughter of Mr Robert Paterson, Wingotui, was married to Henry Felix, second son of Mr and Mrs S. F. Aburn, Dunedin. The church had been prettily decorated by friends of the bride. • The Rev, Allen Stcvely wag the officiating minister. The bride, who entered the church with her father, looked charming in a gown of pale pink lace with a veil of the same shade and carried a bouquet of pale pink roses. She was followed by two bridesmaids, Miss Beatrice Hamer, who wore a gown of parchment lace, with sash, hat, and shoes «of apple green and carried a bouquet of roses and dahlias to tone, also Miss Ngaire Mocn, whose gown was of pale blue lace, her sash, shoes, and hat being of a deeper shade, and her bouquet of roses and dahlias. Little Marie Wilson made a pretty flower girl in a frock of pale pink georgette. She carried a basket of flowers. Mr Leonard Turner acted as best man, while Mr Athol Wise was groomsman, and Messrs Jcavons and James Harris carried out the duties of ushers. After the ceremony a reception was held in the Somerset Lounge, the guests being received by the bride’s mother, Airs Paterson, who wore a becoming gown of wine-coloured velvet, a fur-trimmed coatee, and a bat to tone, and carried a bouquet of roses. She was assisted by the bridegroom’s mother, Mrs Aburn, who was wearing black windswept velvet, relieved with beige lace, and ,a black bat trimmed with an osprey. Her bouquet was of apricot and red roses. Later, when the bride and bridegroom left on their honeymoon, the bride was wearing a dress of nigger brown Angora wool relieved with orange, a jacket and very smart bat of the same material, and carried a crocodile leather handbag and .deerskin gloves.

The annual meeting of the Otago Association of the New Zealand Federation of University Women was held in the Teachers’ institute on Wednesday evening, when over 40 members were present. The president (Miss Marion Fyfe) welcomed the members and guests of honour, among whom w'ere Miss Ashworth, of Columba College, a member of the Adelaide Graduates’ Association; Airs Strong, whom friends were pleased to meet again after her absence in America; Airs Raynor Bell, who has returned from London after gaining her L.R.A.AI. degree; and Alisa Lilian Jeffreys, who is back after five years in Syria. Aliss Fyfe concluded a happy speech by asking members to regard these years of stress as a stimulating tonic to maintain the highest ideals of the federation. She urged members to realise the need, at times like the present, for carrying on research, especially in view of the present position of German university women. Later, the guests of the evening each spoke for a few minutes. Alisa Ashworth, thanking the federation for her welcome, mentioned the debt of the Adelaide Association to the energy and enthusiasm of Airs'Dolling, an Otago graduate. Airs Strong spoke of movements and interesting women she had been in touch with in the States, adding that what had impressed her was the confidence that is being placed in young people to-day. “ Trust youth,” was her message. Airs Raynor Bell gave news of Airs Benson and Dr Aluriel Bell, whom she had met in London. A most interesting letter from the former was read. The last speaker (Aliss Lilian Jeffreys) entertained the audience with a sympathetic and diverting account of her work in the British Mission in Syria. The officers for 1934 are:—President, Miss AI. L. Fyfe; vice-presidents, Dr Siedeberg-APKlnnon and Mrs F. J. Turner; corresponding secretary, Aliss Morton; minutes secretary and treasurer, Alias M. Fleming; committee —Airs Fogg, Aliases H. Johnston, M. Garrett, T. Simons, ex efficio editor of news sheet, Aliss M. W. Alay.

The lovely country home of Mr and Mr s F. J. Bishop, Puketi. Greenfield, was the scene of an interesting wedding on the afternoon of March 14, when their oldest daughter, Vera Mabel, was married to William Scott, only son of Mrs Noble, Dunedin, and the late Mr W. J. Noble, Waitahuna. The ceremony, which took place on the lawn at the side of the house, was performed by the Rev. E. E. Andrews, of Herbert, assisted by the Rev. C. Mackenzie. The bride, who came down the steps leading from the house escorted by her father to the strains of the “ Bridal March ” played by Miss Ivy Bishop, looked charming in a frock of rich cream georgette made with fullpuffed sleeves finished below the elbow with cream lace fitting the arm closely. The same lace formed the yoke and was cunningly let into the skirt which fell in graceful folds from the fitting waistline. Her long embroidered tulle veil, of the same deep shade of cream as her frock, was held in place by a wreath of orange blossom. A bouquet of cream lilieg completed her dainty ensemble. Her two bridesmands were similarly attired in soft pink georgette made with puffed sleeves and full flared skirts finished with tiny frills. On their hair they wore dainty bandeaux- of rose petals and gold leaves and wore pink crystal necklaces and earrings, the gift of the bridegroom. Pink lace mittens, pink satin shoes and bouquets in shades of heliotrope and pink lilies completed their effective toilettes. The bridegroom was attended by Mr W. J. Noble as best man and Mr A. S. Macdonald as groomsman, both being associates of the bridegroom on the literary staff of the Otago Daily Times. The guests were received by the bride's mother, Mrs F. J. Bishop, who wore a black silk frock relieved with white, a black and white hat, and carried a scarlet bouquet. Mrs Noble, the bridegroom’s mother, wore a black crepe silk swagger coat over a black and white frock, black velour hat with black and white feather mount. Her bouquet was in shades of purple. Later in the afternoon the bride and bridegroom left on their wedding tour, the bride wearing a brown tailored costume, smart brown hat and fur necklet, and carried a musquash fur coat. In the evening Mr and Mrs Bishop entertained the younger people, when a pleasant time was spent in dancing.