WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 227, 7 January 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen"). ' SOCIAL NEWS. ] NEW PLYMOUTH. , j Tennis.—Last Tuesday afternoon tlio , Park Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club j opened their courts in Pukckura Park. The grounds were gay with bunting, and everything looked fresh anil green, thanks to the abundant rain which fell the previous day. The official opening was performed by the Mayor (Mr. Tisch), while other speeches were made, by Dr. Leatham and Mr. 11. Okey, M.P. The ladies were en masse, so 1 am afraid the description of the dresses will be rather curt, as one's memory is not of the best at such functions, especially at holiday time. Delicious afternoon tea was served! by members of the committee. Amongst those present were:—Miss Young, black and white costume, with hat to match; Mrs. Ambury, pretty grey muslin, and black hat; Mrs. Bannister, cream coat! and skirt, brown hat; Mrs. Scanlon, white muslin robe, burnt straw hat, trimmed with blue velvet and red poppies; | Mrs. Staples, green check linen, hat to match- Mrs. Chapman, brown costume' and hat, white feather boa; Mrs Schnackcnbor<:, pale blue muslin and pretty blue! hat; Mrs. LeatUam, white, embroidered: muslin, black hat, with heliotrope (lowers; Miss Tribe, pretty heliotrope coat and skirt, cream hat'massed with (lowers; Mrs. F. Tribe, pale blue muslin, cream lace yoke, black hat ana feathers; Mrs. Tribe."senr.. pretty grey and black voile, prettv pale blue bonnet and a lovely lace scarf; Mrs. Okey, pale heliotrope costume, trimmed with darker shade, hat en suite; Misses Dowling, white and pale blue costumes, black hats; Mrs. Cock, mauve linen coat and skirt, white chif-

on vest, white liat, trimmed with black uul white feathers; Misses Putt (3) vhite muslin; Miss Putt, petunia linen vith hat to match; Miss Baker, grcj nuslin; Miss 1!. Baker, white muslin; Mi ss Smith, wliite muslin, burnt .straw Kit, trimmed wit'li black velvet; Mrs s'ewman, petunia-colored dress, jirettj lat of same shade; Mrs. Sinclair, whiti mibroidered musli'.i, black and white hat: Miss Sinclair, white; Miss Avaim (2) vhite dresses, with pretty colored hats; Mrs. Sole, grey and black muslin, blael uit; Mrs. Hill,' white; Mrs. Drew, whit< nuslin; Mrs. Doile, white costume, blacl lat; Mrs. Cottier, wliite; Mrs. Rudd jink linen, black hat; Mrs. Sandford ilack and white muslin, toque to corre ipond; Miss Sandford, white linen, hrowi mt; Mrs. •Stooker, white muslin; Mrs Medley, white silk; Miss Okey, whiti inen; Mrs. F. Okey, black and white eos ;ume, black toque and flowers. Miss Nellie' Stewart.—During Mis: STollie Stewart's (Mrs. «. Musgrove's recent visit here, I skilfully managed ti jbtain an interview with her. I say skil [ullv, as she is so un-get-at-able, dodgin; the' reporter with wonderful manoenv rings, but when once cornered she re reives one with great tact and charmin: ifi'aoility, that being the ease with nu She is a lady of very high temperamenl but of wonderful personality, so tha accounts, I am sure, for the intensity c her acting. What she feels she act: even in her everyday conversation. To go back to my interview, arnongs other things she told me, with a merr twinkle, how she was received in eae town and how the audiences ail'eeted hi" Auckland and Wellington, blase; Nc Plymouth, well; Dunedin, stolid; Chris: church, charmingly and with great if telligence. She then went on to sa tliat"she leaves New Zealand at the en of January, when she journeys to Austn lia, touring right through, doing only th small towns, hoping to finish next Sej tember, after which she then intends _tal ing a well-earned rest. Her holiday is t be spent in America. It will be som years, if ever, before she will t New Zealand. In describing plays in gei eral. Miss Nellie Stewart said that th intellectual and high standard play wa on the wane, on account of the non-inte lectuality of the people in general, ha\ ing no ambition to exceed the ''three It's, This outlook, she said, gave her ver sad thoughts. There were no art schooi now for stage-learning, the managei knowing full well that it would be foo hardy to place before an audience a pla of great force, smart wit, and historic; interest, such as a Shakespearian one, i others of equally high standard. < course, now and again they do prodiu some of the latter, but they geaera.il take the form of grand opera, Mi: Stewart is not pessimistic, though. SI firmly believes there will come a chang —and one decidedly for the bettei at: audiences will not receive with such ov tions as they do now the liliht, silly ai pilliintr plays one is forced to witne on the stage at the present time. Mi Stewart has travelling with her hi daughter Nanny, who, although a womt in figure, but riot in ways, is only a gi of 15. For the last four years she hi been at school at Osame, Switzerland, : has a very childish manner, which, earnestly hope, she will always kee Miss Stewart firmly stated she will nev give her consent for her daughter to tal up theatrical life, on account of the d generation of the art (although tl daughter secretly whispered to_ me si was "dying to go on''). Miss Stewart mother's name was Mrs. (lucrin, she ha in;; married twice, and the latter was ti first Australian operatic singer to lie form in Kngland. During my interview of course,'took a keen interest in Mi Stewart's person in general, and I ci contradict all spiteful remarks that lur been going round in the little soei circles about the feature 4 , skin, etc. SI is a woman getting old, but still full wonderful fire, which, I am sure, \v carry her through to the end. Mi Stewart received me in a dove-grey rol made of some soft clinging material, wi' a deep hem of satin charmeuse of tl same shade. PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Adkins, who lm' been oil a visit to New Plymouth, lia returned to Auckland. Mrs Paget and family (Stratford) a the guests of Mrs. R. Cock, New PI mouth. Mrs. I'niarke and family (Strntton have taken Mr. Pope's house, York Ti race, for the holidays. Rev. Mr. A. 11. Colvile, who has be< the of Rev. F. ti. Hvans, left < Monitav for Auckland. "Mr. 'and Mrs. R. Lusk, of Aucklan

irrive on Monday by the Rarawa for the purpose of attending the. marriage of Miss Beatrice Webster. Mr. and Mrs. M. Frager, who have jeeu on a visit to Dawson's Falls, re-1 turned last Tuesday. I understand there is a possibility of Jr. Walker leaving for England shortly, ind making a somewhat lengthy stay .here. Miss Helena Rawson and Miss Conitance Corkill leave for Kngland on April i, enabling them to get to the Old Country just in time for the Coronation. MILLIONAIRE'S ROMANCE MR. J. GOULD'S MARRIAGE AT EDINBURGH. ''When the announcement was made a iveek or two ago (says the Scotsman) that Mr. Frank Jay Gould, the American nillionaire, had taken Abbotsford, 110 one magined that the historical residence of Sir Walter Scott was about to play a )art in a wedding romance, the details of vhich, if fully known, might form a fitting parallel to some of the tales even of the author of 'Wnverley.' In this year's ssue of 'Who's Who in America.' it is set forth that Mr. Frank .1. Gould, capitalist, was liorn in New York in IS7B, that he is the son of Jay Gould, and that le was married in 1!)07 to Helen M. Kelly. "As was his father before him, Mr. F. I lay Gould is identified with several of J [lie great railway concerns of America, md is understood to have inherited a arge portion of the Gould millions. The innouncemont that he had taken Abbotsiord aroused considerable interest, so much so that the story of Sir Walter Scott's connection with it was revived in the newspapers -at the time, and particulars were given as to how the estate had passed from one family to another. "It has noiv transpired that within the last few days Mr. F. Jay Gould took liome to historic Abbotsford his ncwlvivedded second wife, a lady who, singularly enough, bears the same name and surname as :11s first wife. Every cflort appeal's to have, been made to carry through this second ceremony as quietly is possible, and, with this end in view, the bridegroom fixed upon the Scottish procedure, which only required a declaration before two witnesses, coupled with x petition to the sheriff for a warrant to register the event. As is well-known, one jf the partfcs to a marriage of the kind must be resident in Scotland for '2l days before the solemnisation, and in order that lie might be able to satisfy the sheriff on that point, Mr. Gould came to Scotland about the beginning of last month, in* up his resilience in one of the hotels in Edinburgh. He was in AbbotsFord about a fortnight later, and, after staying there for a week or so, lie returned to' Edinburgh for the wedding ceremony on Saturday last. "ft was a singularly quiet affair, the very antithesis of what people are accustomed to associate with the wedding of on American millionaire. Indeed, there is reason to believe that fortune favored the wedding party to some extent in their efforts to elude the public gaze. But it is impossible to dispense with the recording of an event of the kind in the boohs kept for the purpose in the sheriff's clerk's office, and this book has let the secret out. Then, open to the world, is a note of the ceremony, set out in parallel columns, opposite the date October 29, 1010, as follows: '"Gould—Kelly, St. Cile's, marr.' "Scott, it should be explained, is the name of the law agent, and St. Gilo's is the district in which the declaration is said to have been made. The parties made ail appearance, it is understood, before Sheriff Substitute Macleod and the pravcr of the petition was duly granted. Later in the day the happy couple left for Abbotsford."