THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 32, 14 March 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE SOCIAL ROUND

NOTES AND NEWS.

Last evening. Mr and Mrs Wilding, Bt. Martin's Road, Opawa, entertained a number of friends at an enjoyable little dance in honour of the visit of the ■ Australian <sric"keters. Mrs Wilding, ! who was assisted in her duties as iostess .by her daughter, Miss Wilding, •wore a handsome gown of black jetted ' lace ' over black silk. Miss Wilding V chose a fock of apricot satin. The Aus- ■ tralian cricketers included Messrs Laver, Armstrong, Noble, M'Kenzie, Mailey, Trumper, and Waddy, Messrs Trumper and Armstrong being accompanied by their wives. Other guests included:—Mrs Anderson, Mrs Ferrer, Misses H. Gould, Anderson, St. Hill (2), Wells, Moore, Jennings, Rhodes, Ogle, Boyle, Humphreys, Campbell, Burns, B. Wood, Helmore, Straehey, ' Hayes, Spooner (2), and Captain East- , * yrooi, Qaptain Blair, Captain Salmondsen, Messrs Wright, Helmore, Camp- / bell, Gould, F. and J. Anderson, Mur- ' ehißOir,' Morton, Lawrence, Britan, Stewart, and Dr Price. Lady Ward, who will return to Wellington from Christchurch within the next day or two, is to be tendered a reception in the Wellington Town Hall on March 18. Mm J. A. Oliver, Wanganui, who is mt present staying at the Royal Oak, Wellington, will probably visit Christ<clrorch for a-few weeks before return-

"The engagement is announced of Mr v. Douglas Darcy. Vickerman, son of Mr / flftckerman, late manager of the Union Bank,, Lyttelton, with Miss Irene King, «ldest daughter of Mrs J. King, Papanui Boad, St. Albans. The marriage will take place about ithe middle of April. ' Miss Perkins arrived from England on Thursday, on a visit to her brother, Bev. H.' Perkins, Congregational Minister at Christchurch. ' Yesterday Mrs Cross entertained a few friends at, afternoon tea at Girton College, to give then an opportunity of meeting the .Misses Wood, from Eng--*1 land, who are ; touring New Zealand. Amongst those present were Mrs and ' Hiss Luxton, Mrs Chas. Price, Mrs v . Evans, and Miss Fairhurst. The Misses who .have travelled extensively . in the Old World, are delighted with our wonderful little island, especially ;with the scenic charms of both Islands. It has been decided by the Korth School Committee to* recommend . - - ~lhe appointment of Miss F. Ormandy as assistant mistress. The engagement is announced of Mr Douglas Darcy Vickerman, son of Mr B. B. "Vickerman, late manager of the * Union "Bank at Lyttelton, ■ with Miss Irene King, eldest daughter of Mrs J. King, of St. Albans, Papanui Road. The Wedding is to take place in April. ' Miss Perkins arrived • from England yesterday on a visit to her brother, Bev. , H. Perkins, who is the Congregational clergyman here. ' Last night the' Christchurch Banjo, Mandoline, and Guitar Orchestra, under the conductorship of Mr W. A. East, gave an entertainment at the King George V. Institute, Lyttelton. There was a big Attendance of seamen from the various vessels in port, and an en- ■ joyable time was spent. Mr and Mrs Cotton Stapleton, who have been staying in Christchurch for the past two days, left for Wellington . by the ferry steamer last evening. The "Queen of the Carnival" election, which was decided at Wanganui / this week, resulted in the election of •Mrs Gregor M'Gregor as Queen. Tho election caused the greatest interest, 138,044 votes being recorded, representing £llsO in two-penny votes.

The district medical officer advertised for, some little time ago (says the ;■„ * f British -Australasian" of January .'.. 29) for the Whangamomona district {Taranakij, has been secured, and is Dr Prank Norman Hitchcoekj; who holds the degrees of: M.8., %SS, (Lond.), I M.B.C.S. (Eng.), D.E.C.P. (Lofad.). He Bas been attached to St. Thomas's Hospital, St. John's Hospital for Skin Diseases, the Eoyal Ear r Hospital at • Soho, and others, and at present holds , the post of medical officer of health at Cloonbur, in''County Galway, Ireland. Dr Hitchcock is married, -and has one child three years old. Dr Georgina Sweet, the well-known lecturer in biology and parasitology in the University of Melbourne, lately made a short visit to Berlin, en route from Vienna and Dresden, for Copenhagen. ~Dt Sweet's investigations were very successful and interesting, particularly during her lengthy tour in Java, India and Egypt. Dr Sweet will mot stay long on the Continent, but expects to make a lengthly stay in England before sailing for America. She ■will spend six weeks in the States before leaving for Australia, where she is due # in June. Dr Sweet was greatly impressed with the splendid equipment of the Berlin Veterinary School. The real successor to the tango has at last been found and officially approved, says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail." It hails from the most unexpected, quarter. The Paris Academy of Danoing Masters announces that the new dance is already being taught. They pTophesy for it a great nuecess, for it is everything that the tango was not. The new dance is the ta-tao, which has been popular in China since the year 2450 B.C."* The ta-tao (a Chinese word, which means sweetness ipd harmony), is a slow, graceful measure full of quaint steps and langorous fttpjpiag movements. M. Lefort, of the

Paris Academy of Dan (Km Masters, who is introducing it, showefi me some of its most graceful steps this afternoon. "It is quite an e&s? dance to learn," he said. "It is essentially a harmonious and dignified measure. The feet move in a one-two measure, and many of the graceful in the tango —the balancing on one foot, the slide, and dip, with one knee almost touching the ground—are included in this old Chinese measure;'* The "Daily Telegraph" (Sydney) announces a wedding of New Zealand interest, being that of ■ »Mr Francis Anderson,/third son of Mr and Mrs D. Anderson, of Christchurch, to Miss Nellie Thorley, fourth daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Thorley, of "Dalbeas," Wlnton. The wedding took place at the residence of the bride's parents, Rev. Father O'Brien officiating. The bride, who was. given away by her father, wore a robe of white pailette trimmed with point lace and dewdrop applique, together with a tulle veil and wreath of orange blossoms. The bridal bouquet, gold bangle, and ivory prayer book, were gifts from the bridegroom. The two bridesmaids, Misses Olive Gurd (neice) and Lucy Thorley (sister) wore white silk frocks and carried shower bouquets, whieh, with gold brooches, were gifts from the bridegroom. Mr Reginald Thorley was best man. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at a wedding breakfast, and later on Mr and Mrs Anderson left by motor for Tamworth, en route for Sydney. The bride's travelling dress was of tussore eilk, trimmed with pale blue, and worn with a hat to match.