LADIES’ COLUMN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143586, 26 August 1911, Page 5

LADIES’ COLUMN.

(By Sister Ann.)

LOCAL NEWS.

Miss Ivy Putt, of Okato, is on a visit to friends in New Plymouth.

Miss Carrie Bayly gave a large afternoon tea on Friday afternoon.

Mrs. R. Cock returned to New Plymouth on Thursday from a trip to Australia.

Mrs. and Miss Fitzherbert left on Friday morning on a short visit to Wellington.

Mrs. Dempsey gave a very nice little dance at the Brougham Street Hall on Friday night.

Miss M. Fookes has gone to Dannevirku to stay with her sister, Mrs. P. B. Fitzherbert.

Miss Blundell, who has been on a long visit to Nelson, returned home on Thursday night.

Mrs. C. E, and Miss Baker leave on Friday morning next for a month’s tour of the North Island.

Miss Tansey, who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs, Ken. YVebster, returned home last Saturday.

Mrs. YY T . H. Skinner left on Wednesday for YVellington, where she was to stay until to-day, when she will go on to Blenheim.

On Monday night the old pupils of the High School will give a d.-ipce at the Theatre Royal, at which the visiting boys from Napier -and Palmerston will be guests.

King George and the Queen, writes a London correspondent on July 4, are having all the beautiful caskets (numbering over two hundred), the silver trowels and golden keys which have been presented to them since their marriage, placed in an apartment of YVindKor Castle, where they will be ticketed and catalogued. A few caskets -which have appealed especially to the Queen by their artistic workmanship she uses as receptacles for trinkets, and, they adorn her dressing-rooms. King George has had two gold keys balanced to perfection as paper-weights. . It is not generally known that a few of their Majesties’ wedding presents are still stored in a great warehouse. These articles are of the “white elephant” order, but as they were presented by patriotic institutions with the best intentions, the Royal recipients have never liked to part with them. No doubt space may non- he found for them in one of the palaces. The King and Queen made a collection of the autographs of their foreign Coronation guests. For several days this 1 week a Royal messenger waited upon the various foreign Envoys with an album, accompanied by a note to the effect that the King and Queen would be pleased to have the autographs of their guests from abroad.

THE PREMIER AND LADY WARD

‘AT HOME” AT THE HOTEL CECIL

LONDON, July 14. On Monday afternoon many New Zealanders had their first opportunity of meeting Sir Joseph and Lady YVard during their visit. The cancellation of the visit to Rouhaix gave a little unexpected breathing-space, and about 1000 invitations were issued to an “At Homo” by Sir Joseph and Lady YY’ard at the Cecil. Considering the exodus there has been during the lust week, 500 acceptances was a very fair average, and fully 500 attended in the Victoria rooms. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, who were accompanied by Miss YVard, received their guests'at the entrance. Amongst those present were many well-known figures in London society ; many from that society which, though not at all colonial, always specially interests itself in tho colonies— Sir. Norton Griffiths, Mr. and Sirs. S Leo. Strachey, Sir Frederick Young, Sir. and Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, and others.

Many of the English guests were much interested in a little interlude towards the end of the afternoon. This was the arrival of Miss Maggie PapaUura and another .Maori woman from Shepherd's Bush, accompanied by four Maoris who were incorporated in the New Zealand Coronation contingent, viz., Papakura, Rocra, Hori, and Wiari. All wore the Coronation medals. • Wiari having the distinction of wearing the medals for both Coronations, 1902 and 1911. The guests who accepted included:— Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. P. W. Abbott, Lord Alverstone, the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Buick, Mrs. Harold Beauchamp, Mr. and the Mieses Beauchamp, Professor and Miss BicUerton, Captain and Mrs. Bryne-Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Austen Chamberlain, Colonel M. Cradock, C. 8., Coloner and Mrs. Clmytor, Dr. Chappie, M.P., Mr. T. E. Donne, Lord Dcsborough, Dr. and Mrs. Lindo Ferguson, Mr. Colin M. Gilray, Lieuten-ant-Colonel and Mrs. Hughes, the Right Hon. L. Harcourt and Mrs. Harcourt Sir William Hall-.lones, Miss Hall-Jones, Sir lan and Lady Hamilton, Mr. U. C. Horton and Miss Horton, Major Hope Johnston, Sir Walter and Lady Kcnnaway, Captain W. Klingcnder, Mr. and Mrs. Myers, Miss Moreland, Sir Montagu and Lady Nelson, Mrs. N. Alfred Nathan and the Misses Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ihilliser, Sir Wcstby and Lady Pcrcivnl, the Rev. Ploani Parata, Mrs. Rous-Mar-ten, Colonel R. Heaton Rhodes, M.P., and Mrs. Rhodes, the Hon. W. Peiubcr Reeves and Mrs. Reeves, Mi. and Mrs. A. E. G. Rhodes, Mrs. S. A. Rhodes, Sir William and Lady Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Kennerlcy Rumford, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Scholcfield, Captain Seddon, Mrs. and Miss Seddon, LieutenantColonel and Airs. Snow, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Studholme, Mrs. Stratford Henniker, Airs. Task. No respecters of personal exigencies, the newspaper reporters besieged Sir Joseph in his last hours in England. In fact, even on the platform at Charing Cross they formed a solid cordon around him, and prevented a host of friends from getting close to the party. Amongst those present on the platform were Air, Lewis Harcourt, Sir H. W. Just (secretary to the Imperial Conference), Sir James Mills, Sir William Hall-Joncs, and Aliss Hall-Jones, Sir Charles Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Boys, A smaller party, including Mrs. Seddon and Aliss Seddon, Air. T. R. Hamer, Mr. and Airs. AV. H. Daw (British Empire League), and Aliss Ward made the journey to Folkestone, where the party took the steamer for Boulogne, en route to catch the Ruapehu at Alarseillcs. During the journey Sir Joseph presented Air. Daw with a gold watch, as a mark of appreciation of his courtesy and attention during several journeys in Groat Britain, on which the league provided for tho comfort of the oversea visitors. Ho also made presen-

tations to Mr. Freeman Murray, secretary of the league, and others. Miss Ward returned to town in the evening with her brother Vincent, who left early on Wednesday morning for Montreal, whore beds associate manager of the ,New Zealand Shipping Company’s branch. Miss Ward will remain in England for some time' longer with her aunt, Mrs. Boys. She expects shortly to make some visits in the country in company with Miss Seddon.