THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 524, 14 October 1915, Page 4

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Mrs F. G, Gibson and family are at wesent at Sumner. Miss Millicent Jennings has left for xiydiiey, where she intends staying some %im& to pursue her v musical studies. Mrs H. A. Knight returned to Racecourse Hill yesterday, after a visit to Mrs Mathias, Cashel Street.

Mr James Moir and Miss H. Moir (Styx) are staying at the Hydro, Timani, for a few weeks. The marriage of Miss Vera Chapman, eldest daughter of Mr Justice Chapman and Mrs Chapman, Wellington, to Mr Siegfried Eiehelbaum, eldest son of Mr amd Mrs Max Eiehelbaum, also of Wellington, was celebrated' quietly on Tuesday last. Miss Nina Devenish-Meares (Christchurch) is shortly leaving for Egypt. The Ministering Children's League of Fendalton will hold their. sale of work

©n Saturday, 16th inst., at 2 o'clock, in the Fendalton Schoolroom. Half the profits will be given to the Red Cross, and part of the remainder to the Convalescent Cottage at New Brighton.

Mrs E. Shallcrass and Miss O. Has£©ll left for Timaru to-day, after a few days in town. ■. . . . Guests at Warner's include Mr and

Mrs Edmond and Miss Edmond (Dunefliri), Mr and Mrs Cardale (Wellington), and . Miss Maefarlane (Kaiwarra j. .'yesterday afternoon Mi's Forward and her daughter, Mrs Buchanan, were joint hostesses at an exceedingly wellarranged Bed Cross gift afternoon. The gathering was held at Mrs Forward's residence, ''Oak Hill Lodge,'-' Murray Tlace, and was an out-of-doors func-. tion, a curcumstance which gave entire satisfaction to everyone, as the grounds surrounding "Oak Hill Lodge" make a veritable show place, even in a suburb that boasts many a beautifully laid-out garden. The ■, smooth, well-kept lawns, the glorious splashes of colour made by "beds of violas and pansies, the flaunting beauty of'the rhododendrons, the ivy"bowerod nooks, and the stately trees wade an exquisite spring picture, and came in for much admiration. Seats ■were grouped on,a side lawn, and gifts Sn aid of the Red Cross were deposited on a long table; which soon bore a crowded appearance, gifts of all varieties figuring. At 4 o'clock au auction was held, and the gifts were sold amongst those present. During the afternoon little Elaine Buchanan, dressed as a nurse, sold flowers in aid of the fund, small brother disposing of sweets in a like cause. A dainty tea was served, and gramophone selections assisted in making the time pass pleasantly. Mrs Forward wore a becoming black frock, and a black hat. Mrs Buchanan was very smart in a cream coat and skirt, with a touch of tangerine, cream hat and black ostrich .feather boa. About 100 guests ■were present, amongst them being Mrs Beanland, Mrs Blaekmore, Mrs Hamilton, Mrs P. Haggitt, Mrs Dickenson, Ifrs North, Mrs W. H. Triggs, Mrs Andrews, Mrs Hunt, Mrs Dixie, Mrs Pine, Mrs Hilkey, Mrs Finnis, Mrs H. S. Batchelor and her daughter Esther, Mrs Garforth, Mrs James Rule, Mrs and Miss Spenee, Mrs Chas. Clibbon, Mrs

.Jones, Miss G. Miller, Misses Cameron, Bowers, Anthony, and very many others.

The St. Albans • branch of the Red Cross Guild will benefit to the sum of £32 11/9 as a result of the party. Red Cross gifts suitable for soldiers at the front were given by Mrs Win. Irving, Miss Rowland, Mr 11. Forwood, and others. These parcels have been given to the St. Albans Red Cross branch.

The wedding took place yesterday, at St. Luke's Church, of Mr Arthur Peterson, Bendigo, Victoria, to Miss Daisy Lusty, of St. Albans. The bride, who was given away by her father, was robed in white satin, orange blossoms, and bridal veil, and carried a bouquet of choice flowers. She was attended by Miss Bessie Fleuellen as bridesmaid, the latter wearing pale rose crepe de chine, and Leghorn hat, with black velvet and, pink roses. Two little girls, Duleie Ostler and Nellie Witte, also accompanied the bride, and.were daintily gowned in white muslin and pink sashes. Mr Frank • Heald (Christchurch) acted as best man. After the wedding a party of guests were entertained at the residence of the bride's parent, after which Mr and Mrs Peterson left by the boat for Australia.

The shortage of trained muses tot private work is likely to prove serious before long. In London many private hospitals have closed because of depleted staffs, and the difficulty is quite as acute in provincial towns. In Reading, for instance, there is not a single private hospital open. Nurses on private cases now stay as short a time as possible with their patients. As soon as the danger point is passed away many of them leave, while a nurse rarely remains now during convalescence. Matters have been somewhat equalised, however, because people are so busy that they have no time to bother about minor operations and slight indispositions.

A romantic wedding has been celebrated on the high seas. The bridegroom was Dr Percy Wallace, of the first British field hospital to Serbia, and the bride was Miss Dora Woolcock, of the Wounded Allies' First Field Unit to Montenegro. It was when they arrived at Salonica that'Dr Wallace and Miss Woolcock decided to marry. She was bound to Montenegro, he to Serbia. They found that the wedding could only be performed after a three weeks' residence, unless the marriage could take place in a British .ship outside the three-mile limit. So a ship was chartered, and three miles from land the service was read by the vicar of Buxton. Mr Claude Askew, the novelist, gaA-e the bride away, Mrss Eileen Lee, aged 19, the daughter of a lockkeeper at Teddington; entered the Thames at Tower Bridge, swam as far as Putney, 7£ miles, in 1 hour and 58 minutes, continued up stream beyond Richmond, then came down stream, and ended at Kew Bridge, a total distance of 21 % miles. She was in the water continuously for 6 hours <">B minutes, and at the finish was swim-

ming very strongly, mid showed little sign of fatigue. During her great feat she paused occasionally to partake of food. *On a former occasion Miss Lee swam a distance of 36 miles, nairiely, from Richmond: Bridge to the Tower Bridge, in 4 hours 41 minutes.