THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 196, 23 September 1914, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Miss Rhodes was a passenger for the north last night. Mr and Mrs Studholme (Canterbury) have returned, from Fiji. «. Miss Greenwood came from Ambcrley yesterday'and joined her mother at Warner's. Mr and Mrs Overton (North Canterbury) are amongst the guests at the '■Clarendon.

Mr and Mrs Moore (Christchureh) are visiting Wellington, and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr and Mrs Hickman motored into town yesterday from Blenheim and are staying at the Clarendon. Miss P. Shand (Timaru) is expected to arrive in Wellington to-day after a two years' visit to Great Britain. She will spend a few days in Wellington with her sister, Mrs Halc-Munro, before coming, south. The engagement is announced in the "Post" of Miss M. Mays, youngest daughter t»f Mr A. S. Mays, of Ha : taitai; Wellington, to Mr Bert Short, eldest son of Mr E. Short, of Paronangi, Wellington. Mr Shortls leaving with the Expeditionary Force pres-

■'""•ently.. J -..;■■ Njews from Sydney states that while ".her-husband, .-Major Maearthur Onslow, is away at the war, Mrs Maearthur Onslow will .occupy a flat ih.Mona Road, Darling Point. . The Major, who is .making-good-progress.;-.after an operation for appendicitis, w T i 11" command the New South Wales Light Horse Regiment in the Australian Imperial Expedi-

tionary Force. Mr and Mrs Edwin Kilpatrick arrived in Auckland from Australia by the Maheno, and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Mrs Kilpatrick is the only -daughter of the late Mr John Dixon Wyselaskie, the Victorian philanthropist, who gave Wyselaskie Hall to the Melbourne University, and the Presbyterian Ladies' College, and innumerable bequests to various charitable and church organisations of Australia.

An interesting wedding took place in

Holy-Trinity Church, Sloarie Street, London, when Miss Phyllis Pockley, daughter of Dr. and Mrs Antill Pockley, of Greystanes, Wahrooiiga, Sydney, was married to Lieutenant-Commander Clinton Danby R.N. A double interest although a sad One is lent to the announcement by the fact that the bride is a sister of Dr. Brian Antill Pockley who met such a noble death in ,the action at Simpsonhafen, New Britain. Last evening the bachelors of Spreydon entertained a large number of guests at a ball in the Coronation Hall, Mill-Road. The ball opened with the Grand March, well-known patriotic airs,being played , as the couples filed round the room, Bidgo'od 's band supplying the music. The stage was prettily decorated with ferns and pot plants, all arrangements being carried out by a committee consisting of the following: —Messrs Jones, Gloin, Mercer (2), MeKrton, and Murphy (secretary). Supper -was served at about 10..'>0, after which ' dancing was recommenced and kept up until an hour pr so after midnight. ' The wristlet watch of blue enamel, set with diamonds and sapphires, which Miss Grace Palotta presented and raffled in aid of the Sydney Girls' Patriotic Fund, was drawn r for at St. Vincent's Hospital last week, and was won by Miss Constable. The raffle was•'instrumental in raising not less than £IOO. Miss Palotta, in responding to the thanks of the Lord Mayor, said that although she 'was not a Britisher, many

of her dearest friends were. She thought would iike to relieve in some way the sufferings that must be the outcome ...of the. war. She likewise thought of what she. owed the people' of Aiistralia for their loyaL support and-encourage-

ment. Mile. Antonia JQolores, who, with Mile. Vandour, arrived in Sydney last week at the conclusion of her Queensland tour, is determined to fire the biggest shot in her power *for the Empire. She feels very grateful for the part England, and, to \use her own words, *'the brave Australian boys," are playing in helping her beloved France in the awful struggle. Therefore her great enthusiasm is leading her to great endqavours in Sydney and Melbourne, •where she will give concerts in aid of the ''Red Cross and Belgium Patriotic Funds. The first concert is to be given in the Sydney Town Hall to-night, and Bolores is to sing, amongst other songs, "God Save the King," the "Marseillaise," and the Belgium national anthem.

One of the most significant postponements of the English season was the abandonment of Cowes week and regatta. A pleasing feature of the annoucnement is that many of the yachts, which in the ordinary course of tilings would have been racing, are likely to play a big part in establishing convalesence to the sick and wounded, by

being placed at the disposal of those soldiers on the road to recovery, to whom a cruise would be beneficial.

Among the children's garments the other day at a Sydney depot from which they are dispatching clothes to Belgium was a little boy's warm navy blue coat with a cap to match. In one of the pockets of the coat was a tiny envelope containing a threepenny piece, with the inscription, "With love from Peter.'/ It was a small Australian boy's 'love-offering to a little Belgian brother in distress.

H.R.H. Princess Mary is probably one of the most economically dressed young women in any of the Royal households. She is an only girl, but certainly no vanity has ever been instilled into her mind regarding the number and value of the dresses she could have. For the past five or six years the Princess has had not more than a dozen new frocks in a year, including her evening and special afternoon dresses. Queen Mary's chief dressing iraid, Miss Selby, who is a trained modiste, lias made several of the Princess's frocks, and often she had been assisted by her Royal Highness, who is now quite clever at cutting out and making her own things. Princess Mary . is two white afternoon dresses which, though quite plainly cut, are the envy of "her friends, for it would be well-nigh impossible to buy anything like them. These two frocks are trimmed with some of the exquisite historical French lace that Queen Mary, when Duchess of Yorlce, received from Queen Victoria; and much of this lace had previously beautified the wonderful gowns worn by the ill-fated French Queen,- Marie Antoinette.

Outside Charing Cross Station, somewhere near where the omnibuses draw up, the London General Omnibus Company are installing nothing less than a guardian angel, says a Lo: don exchange of early in August. The guardian angel, who enters on her duties at 2 o 'clock this afternoon, is Miss Dorothy Matthews, an aforetime Girton girl, who can speak French like a poet and German like a prof essot'.' Her task will be to interpret for foreigners arriving in London with no of English. There will be no mistaking her. She is to wear a species of military frock coat black with braid facings, and a peaked cap like those worn by the company's inspectors. On the coat will be the two national flags of France and Germany. Miss Matthews will be able to pronounce the London names as a Frenchman or German expects. For instance, it is to Epangforay (approximately),and hot to Eppiug Forest, that she will direct the perturbed Parisian.

The latest, elaboration for smart afternoon and evening toilettes- is fine silver embroidery, with the interstices filled in with seed pearls. On shot, gauze or shadow lace these embroideries give beautiful ~ effects. Amateur dressmakers will welcome this revival of seed-pearl embroidery. Wonderful things may be done with a few strings of tiny pearls and a length of dull silver passementerie, the latter being carefully applied to a piece of gauze or chiffon before the pearls are added. Quite unforgettable is Melba's patriotic concert, writes a Melbourne penwoman. Never before had the forceful prima donna got so close to the heart of the community. Naturally enough she dominated > the occasion, as she ! never —being the artist she is—dominated a previous concert or opera. The very sight of the auditorium was thrill-j ing. Not another individual could have found foothold in the building, and even the most music-mad section . of the audience /thought more of the" occasion than the programme. Melba herself looked splendid, and eminently suited to her mood was the gorgeous display of flags, and the more intimate piling of flowers on the platform. The concert opened with the National Anthem, given in the most impressive way since Melba herself sang- the first verse. Her magnificent soprano was followed by the contralto of Madam Stirling, and in the third verse* 4 'the Philharmonic and Victorian Festival Chdi'fjojned forces. Later on, the audience rose in its might- to greet Ellen Terry, and the tide of emotion ran very high as she recited Kipling's "Big Steamers," and afterwards "She Dwelt Among Untrodden Ways." There was artistic talent to spare at this most memorable concert, and it is good to flunk that the distinguished veteran shared honours with Melba in her prime.