THE SOCIAL ROUND

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 872, 25 November 1916, Page 6

THE SOCIAL ROUND

Mr ami Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes returned' from Wellington this morning. .Miss Theomin. of Dunedin, arrived in Christclnnvh from Wellington today. Mrs and Miss Byrch (Motunau, North Canterbury) are in town. Miss Lewis (Melbourne) is staying at Warner's. .Mr and Mrs Cornford (Feilding) have gone south, after a short slay in Christchnr.h. .Mrs Boyle is back in Christchurch,i after a visit to her mother, Mrs Studholme, Timaru. Mr and Mrs C. Maudsloy (Wellington) have gone down south, after spending' a few days in this city. Mr ami Mrs Arthur Brett (Auckland) are visiting friends in Christchurch. Miss Agnes Duncan has returned to Wellington, from a trip to this city. Mrs Watson Kyne has returned to New Zealand, after residing for .IL> months in Australia. Miss Gertrude Secretan is spending a holiday with friends in Melbourne. Mrs G. W. Russell returned to Wellington on Thursday with the Hon. 0. W. Russell, after a trip Fouth. She was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs Amy Currie, of Napier, who will return to her home next week. A military wedding of considerable interest, took place at St. Voter's Church, Wellington, on Thursday afternoon, when Dr Bertram Aldrod, of the AVellington Hospital staff, and only son of Mr and Mrs F. S. Aldred, of Dunedin, was married to Nurse Rena Gray, also of the Wellington Hospital staff, and eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs .1. R. Gray, of Kelburu. The bride, was attended by her sister, Miss Elsie Gray, and the best man was Dr Isdale. After the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. T. Gardiner, with Miss Robeck presiding at the organ, the guests were entertained by the bride's pareuts at their residence. Amongst thoso present were: Dr and Mrs Morice, Major Deck, Captain Milne, Dr Fitzgerald, Mrs M'George (Dunedin), Mrs Mills (Blenheim), Mrs William Evans, and Mrs Geoffrey Potts, Dr and Mrs Aldred left later for the north, where the honeymoon will bo spent, after which tho bridegroom enters camp prior to leaving for the front. Miss Doris Cox and Miss Elsie Cooper are undertaking a novelty in connectioi with the Rose Fete, in the shape of a "Nut Stall," in which all kinds of nuts, from eoeoanuts downwards, will be on sale. The colours of the stall will bo pink and white, and nuts in novel forms will bo used in the decorations. People are ndvised to place their Christ mas orders for nuts with Miss Cox and Miss Cooper, as they will have a large assortment of all varieties. This is the first time a "nut stall" has made its appearance in Christchurch, and it is hoped that enterprise will be rewarded in the shape of a substantial return. A nurse, writing to an exchange from "somewhere in Frame 7 ' has the following to say:—• "This is my third month of living in an ambulance train, sleeping in a bunk under another bunk, with black engine smuts generously peppering my pillow as often as not. We live most on what are known as 'iron rations,' and from your experience on Gallipoli you will understand what dainty food that. is. But. we have compensations, for what a

glorious land is this land of France. Tho scenery is a never-ending joy, and I write pages homo doing my best to i describe it —its woods, its pine forests. J and its (lowers, especially the latter. 1 j am trying my best to collect and press | as complete a set as I can of tlie wild j flowers of France, but 1 fear that the| best are out of reach of the railway embankments, and 1 only see them f rem j the. windows as we flash by. In the woods. I have seen veritable carpets of; lilies of the valley, and, while enjoying their scent, have listened to the liquid, notes of the nightingale. And often; between the flowers one notices little wooden crosses, and I think of the; words of that old sage Omar, where he; says: —■ "1 sometimes think that never blows, so red, j The rose as where some buried Osar i bled; That every hyacinth the garden wears, j Propt in its lap from some once lovely i head." j "With alteration of the word 'hero'; for 'Ctesar,' how true this is of hundreds of miles of country in Frame to-: day." The rage that set in not so very long, ago for the wearing of flesh-coloured j blouses has quite worn itself out, says a Melbourne paper, and as the days become definitely more and more of the wanner temperature a. marked prefer-! ence for the white blouse is everywhere to be seen. There has never been a sea-j son when the blouse contributed so great-j ly to the costume, particularly if the | costume happens to be a tailored suit, j Collars have risen to ihc supreme heights of decorativeness, and frills and jabots meandering over the front of the white! blouse give it a crisp, fresh touch that I is very alluring for hot weather wear.: In the matter of the white blouse, ai very fine voile with ■ .'rills edged with Valenciennes lace looks particularly well, especially if decorative eyelets I are embroidered on it where they will be most effective. A white batiste blouse made with a modernised fichu, edged with crisp little frills of hemstitched batiste, is a most attractive little garment for hot-weather wear. j - e