THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 121, 27 June 1914, Page 7

THE SOCIAL ROUND

NOTES AND NEWS. Mrs IT. Coles, Mrs F. J. Tasker, Miss V, Tasker, and Mrs F. Reid are amongst the ladies who' are going with the Dominion bowling team to Australia. The party sailed from Wellington by the Ulimaroa yesterday. Mr and Mrs Braddock, of Sydney, who have been staying at Warner's for the past few days, left last night for [Wellington.

Lady Stewart arrived in Christehurch from the north this morning. Mr and Mrs Alston arrived iu Christchurch from Wellington yesterday.

yesterday, and will spend a few days in Christehurch, staying at Warwick House.

Mr and Mrs L. G. West, of Palmerston North, are staying at the United Service Hotel.

Miss Ellen Terry and Miss Bertha JJlum are staying at Warner's Hotel. Mrs K. Turner, of Timaru, is staying at Warner's Hotel.

' Mr and Mrs Mowbray Tripp, of Silverton, are' staying at the United Service Hotel.

Mrs Montgomery, "who has been staying at Wiarwick House for some time, left for Little River yesterday, but -will return to Christehurch shortly. To-night we are to ; have an opportunity of hearing the incomparable Ellen Terry, who is to give us a truer idea, a better conception, of the women whom Shakespeare limned in his incomparable plays than we have ever had before. Ellen Terry has nOt come to us in the heyday of hei 1 youth: she is old in years, but her genius is of the type that never iages. In fact, true genius—there is but one type —never grows old. Everyone who loves his Shakespeare (and everyone who loves hpr Shakespeare, ,too) will doubtless embrace the opportunity of Rearing the once-wonderful Shakespearean actress discourse concerning him. Mr and Mrs Bradshf.w, of Papanui, entertained a number of friends at a .jolly little social on Monday last, in honour of the coming-of-age of their son, Mr Fred Bradshaw. Dancing was the main item on the enjoyment programme, over sixty couples being present. Songs were contributed by Miss M'Kendry, Mrs C. Smith, and Messrs Redman, Chapman, and White, Mr Woolon acting as accompanist. During supper the toast of the evening was proposed by Mrs Cockayne. Mr Bradshaw was the recipient of many presents, including a handsome smoker's outfit from his comrades in the Permanent Artillery. Dancing was kept up until the early hours, when a happy time was concluded With the singing of Liang Syne'* in traditional •fashion.

What often stands in the way of a girl showing the best that is in her before strangers is an exaggerated shyness. It inay cause her to be inconsiderate and xude when she really wants to be polite. It often strangely ties the tongue of a girl who talks freely enough when she is with those who know her well and love her. When shyness, in itself a virtue, becomes thus exaggerated by making a girl self-conscious, or rude, or taciturn, it becomes a vice, and, like any other bad habit, should be fought and conquered. For it is not unconquerable. In a great many cases girls who were •once'* afraid of their own shadows have learned to throw off their timidity and diffidence, and to meet strangers pleasantly and naturally. But is costs an effort to begin.

' Hit's keeping everything to oneself that >ages people. You ought to report .Wrinkles to the police, and have them arrested. Women only make a great fuss of them before their mirrors. Naturally, the wrinkles are delighted —everything likes being made a fuss over. why they stay and multiply. I sha'n't pay any more attention to mine. I'm going on enjoying good food till my tongue withers, and wicked plays till my eyes fall out on the programme.'' 4 ' A. most 'Satisfactory gospel for a woman,'' said Gerald. —"The JSever-get-Olds," by Archibald Sullivan.

Miss Katherine Wheatley, an English liurse, has, says the "Nursing Times," "been asked by the Turkish Government to organise a system of trained nursing in Turkey. _ Miss Wheatley did -good work during the recent war, in nursing j:he wounded, and her new appointment will include the matronship of a large native hospital, which is to be used for the first time as a training school. Miss Wheatley was trained at Westminster Hospital, and worked for some time at Fulham Infirmary.

There was nothing connected with the affairs of Norfolk which, interested King Edward more' during, the last, few years his'life' than the restoration of the church at Walpole St. Peter's, a very pretty village in the marshland between Lynn afid Wistech. tfhe late King paid visit''to Walpole St. Peter's when tne Rev. G. IL ; Stayeley (late curate of Sandringham) was presented to the living by Mr As'quith,' the benefice being in the gift of the C'rown. A fund was then started for the repairs to the church, and the work has been completed. The subscribers included King Edward and Queen Alexandra, the King and Queen, the Queen of Norway, the Prince of Wales, Princess Mary, and Princess | The church is one of the finest perpendicular buildings in Norfolk, and has manyi beautiful and curious features, with some good stained glass. Lady Massereene, who is very much to the fore i'ri English society, is the daughter of Mr John Ainsworth, the popular M.P. for Argyllshire. Her husband, who owns a beautiful castle in Antrim, is a major in the North Irish Horse, and

formerly held that rank in the 17th Lancers. He served with this regiment in the South African war, where he was wounded and given the D.S.O. Of all the new fashions exploited this season, the one that has proved to be the most successful from every point of view is the modern adaptation of the military cape, with the result that we now see it on all sides at all prices and in every kind of material imaginable—cloth, satin, shantung, or heavy silks, says an English paper. The graceful lines of this cloak design with the long slant over the shoulder is responsible for a very charming type of coat and . skirt that has just made its appearance among the new summer models, wherein. somewhat the idea of the cape is suggested without either its length or weight, both of which are unneeded when merely a walking costume is required. ■