THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 205, 3 October 1914, Page 7

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Mr and Mrs Thomson (Dunedin) are staying at Warner's. Mrs Hayhurst (Temuka) came up to town yesterday, and returned home today. , Mr and Mrs William Watson (Wellington) are amongst the guests at Warner's. Mr and Mrs Vickary, from Wellington, are in Christchurch, and are staying at Warner 's. Miss Dulcie Mitchell is expected to arrive in Christchurch to-morrow, after a lengthy absence in England. Mrs Hudson, senr. (Dunedin), is visiting Wellington, and is staying at the Empire Hotel. *Mr and Mrs G. L. Rutherford (Maedonald Downs) are in town, and are staying at Warner's.

Dr and Mrs Sheldon and their son are sow in Wellington, where they are staying at the Windsor Hotel. Miss Luke, daughter of the Mayor of Wellington, arrived in Christchurch this morning, and is staying with Mr and Mrs H. Holland. A party, consisting of Mr and Mrs J. Henry Cock, the Misses Cock (2), and Miss MeGinnity, motored from Nelson yesterday, and are staying at the Clarendon. Mr and Mrs A. L. Parsons, Miss Par-sons,-and Miss Dora Parsons, who are leaving shortly for Perth, have given up their house, and are staying at Warner 's for the present. The Rev. John Mackenzie and Mrs Mackenzie are.to be accorded a farewell next Friday, prior to their departure for Melbourne. Fourteen of the organisations with which Mr Mackenzie is concerned, outside of his own church, are participating.

Much interest is being taken in the forthcoming visit of Sir Douglas Mawson, who is due to arrive here next ■week. A special feminine interest attaches.to the visit by the fact that the explorer is accompanied by Lady Mawson, who was a popular Australian girl (Miss Carmen Delpratt), well known in Sydney and Melbourne society circles before her marriage, which, by the way, only took place a few months ago. The English girls will, without doubt, go away with happy recollections of the hospitality of New Zealanders, for so occupied have they been with social engagements during the past couple of weeks that they have had absolutely no time for practice. When they came to Christchurch on Thursday they reckoned on Mrs Stead's party as the only social engagement before the match, but found that Mrs Carey-Hill had made arrangements to entertain them the same afternoon, and all the other hostesses had been busy planning out programmes, so that the visitors would have an opportunity of meeting as many Christchurch people, and seeing as much of the town, as possible. The Buckler-Paget Company concluded their Wellington season on Thursday night in a cloud of glory, bouquets, speeches, and mutual felicitations. Mr Hugh Buckler had -to . address : the audience, and Miss Violet Paget finished off

his patriotic sentiments by calling for tliree cheers for "the men who are going to the front," which was responded to with heartiness and enthusiasm. The whole of the "top shelf," by, the way, was occupied by troopers, someone having purchased all the seats and handed them over to the force. The grand finale of the performance was marked with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" by the troopers, audience, and company, amidst a scene of much enthusiasm.

English papers received by the Vancouver mail record the marriage, on August 12, at the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Wigan, of the Rev. John Wilkinson, vicar of' Epsom, Auckland, and eldest son of the late Mr Richard Wilkinson, of- Inch House, Stradbally, Queen's County,- and formerly curate of Whelley, Wigan, to. Miss Annie. Bryham, fourth the late Mr W. R. Bryham, of Bank House, Wigan. The wedding was a highly popular one, and was largely attended. Mr and Mrs Wilkinson left fqr Windermere, in the lake district of Cumberland, where the honeymoon was to be spent. They are expected in Auckland early in December.

On Thursday afternoon her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool invited a number of guests to afternoon tea, to meet Mr Walter Kirby,. who is giving a concert in Wellington next week. The guests were received in the drawing-room by her Excellency, where the beautiful pot-plants made an artistic decoration against the rose and white furnishings. Mr Kirby sang during the afternoon, to the great enjoyment of the guests, and Mrs Bernard Wood (of Christchurch) also sang very charmingly, and played Mr Kirby's accompaniments. Tea was served in the ballroom, where the tables were decorated with spring flowers. Lady Liverpool wore a gown of brown charmeuse, «with cream lace vest and cuffs. Miss Rhodes (Christchurch), who is staying at Government House, assisted in looking after the guests.' Among those present were:—Mrs and Miss Massey, Lady Ward, Mrs Cyril Ward, Mrs and Miss Seddon, Mrs A. E., Donne, Lady Stout and Miss Stout, Mrs J. P, Luke and Miss Luke, Mrs H. D. Bell, Mrs A. L. Herdman, Mrs F. M. B. Fisher, Miss Fraser, Miss Coates, Mrs Algar Williams, Mrs W. Barton, Mrs Moorhouse, Bishop Sprott, Mrs Coleridge, Mr Tolhurst, Mr and Miss Harcourt, Mts Pomare, Mrs Alec. Crawford, Mrs Hos- . king, Miss Miles, Miss Russell, and Miss Wilford. '

The Emperor of Austria, the French President, and King Peter of Servia are the only rulers engaged in the present war who are not closely related to the King, says the London "Sunday Times." His Majesty is first cousin to the Kaiser and stands in the same relationship to both the Emperor and Empress of ilussia. With the royal house of Belgium tho Englis?i royal family have many ties. Besides the Kaisei-j other first cousins of his Majesty arrayed against him are th 3 Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and

the Grand Duke of Hesse. Reigning and non-reigning German relatives of our royal house include Prince Henry of Prussia, who was to have been at Gowes for the regatta, since postponed, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Stre-litz (first cousin once removed to Queen Mary), the Duke of Cumberland and his son, the Duke of Brunswick, who are still styled Princes of Great Britain and Ireland, and others whose connection is more or less remote.

Miss J. C. Van Duyn has just been enrolled as a Bed Cross nurse for service under the auspices of the British Army.' Miss Van Duyn, who is Government Lecturer in Domestic Science for the Union of South Africa, is a Boer lady, who nursed her countrymen during the South African war, and is the first Boer woman to volunteer for service in our ranks. A contest is threatened over the will of the late Lillian Nordica, made 011 Thursday Island.. The document was filed for probate by one of the executors, who said that the "original will is in the possession of George W. Young, the husband of the decedent, or his attorney, John C. Tomlinson, and although the same has been duly demanded of them they have declined to surrender it." The executor asks the court to issue an order for the produc-' tion of the original. George W. Young, ..the late singer's husband, receives nothing under the will, but it refers to him in this way: "In the distribution of my property I am not for-' getful of my husband, George W. Young, to whom I have advanced over 400,000 dollars in cash, which I estimate 1 as-the full or more than full share to w;hich he might be entitled in my estate." The value of the estate was not given, but those who are in a position to know estimate it at about 1,000,000 dollars. All of the residue is given to three sisters, Imogene Costillo, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Annie Baldwin, and lone Walker, of Boston. Apart from some smaller bequests, 30,000 dollars is left to E. Romayne Simmons, who had been Mme, Nordica's accompanist and secretary for 16 years. The will was drawn by ex-Governor Adams, of Colorado, on board the steamship Tasman, which went ashore at Bramble Bay on December 28, 1913.—"Musical Courier.''