LADIES' COLUMN. Social Doings

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13727, 17 October 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

LADIES' COLUMN. Social Doings

for the Week. - (Bv "Ghellie.") Mr and Mrs "Hill have returned from Chrßtchnrcb. -lUtes-.Hamilton, of Oamarn, is spending a frw - davß in town. JDm XlcMUlan, of Bnrk.s Pafis, is the guest' of Mrs Ross, Sophia Street. SfSr.Hope. of Rainclitf. Pleasant Point, fc staying at Ft trick Bank. High Street. ilkandMifi Percy FII worthy are at preseot"on a, nv>tor tour'of th?> North Island. Mlssj Oram, of-Kaiapoi. ■ fc th? guest of Mr*and Mrs Dnm-an McGregor, Elizabeth Street. ' "M> -. arid i Mrs ' Percy . Elworf hy have issued"invitations for a ball at Holme StatioS,*.on'October."23rd. *slr: ond Mrs Pallor (North Street), gave'a.very enjoyable,dance at their residence. on;"Toesd3y evening; October 15th. -Mrs. M: r Conlson, of Chrlstchnrch, has bsl^h./-"Hsiting her parent's Mr and Mrs Craigie,:Wai-iti Road.. and Miss Jones (Rakaiah "have been spending, a few days in\iownv.* ' : .--.'■'••'.' -...-' ....-' -- 'The, Mis.es Wright.' of "Creelands," CncJdewiixf, baVe' been . spending - a few diyvjiri-Timarii." ■Jhe.garden party anj . reception Md atA'.Gtasknere " in - honour of - ih? ■ visiting one of. .the largeol and niost«'sitc«iessfal- functions 'held; in 'fimarn foriEonie'coneiderablertime.' . .The -weathjtr. ideal for an - cmtdoor .function!. Tfe.> membfw of the 'ladies' ..- committee, spared-no effort. on their part -to- ensure tßofraccesic- of the, gathering. ". Mru. F. Cit"Viratson, iwho-has rendenHl inany-'«r-.the -Marine Band-in the past, PsEfljTded_over th-2 stafe. Th? rVaponsible dnjJtsj'of secretary, werfe well carried out May" Cochrane,.- and" slie . was - asWakefield; Many lovely ftbct«-.were -worn.by tlie la«lics .present." Mrs." I'rafgie', .wore :i h~au;ntauve- apd white- c-hH-ked voileyiover. a •manve fontidation, -and t rimmed . Witk -bands -of .mauve taffeta. Her manre -hat irali beauUfully • nliail.nl to watblivthe' gown.. Mfcs - Craigie. dark bwrin.cloth, brown; '': Mrs. in«.'' i "gracefnl" trained gown': of! -wisteria yoke and-skevfs of cream ]asf6»-threa«l"?d - with ■ black velvet, black plciur<i» hat with, ostrich feathers. , Mrs. Kg«iton-. Reid. -bine ami .white. fetri|ied sfecHia'n. ■ with .facings"'.of «kirk blue silk grey >arid' hlu« hat. Jim. Gitowi. black toilette.'.'■. 5Il«» .Tennent," grey and white striped-twee 4 costume. Mt«* • Diyden. paWgrey cloth, ret rich feather lina. b!,-ii-fc ptetarf--"bat witk cwtrich. f>-atbens. - Mrs. Dr.-Oafiite?. dark bine cloth, wet and stoevewof cream net. violet-toque, tr-lieved ■vritbTred-roses. Mrs, Goodman, purple costume. *"■ Miss -Blair, daik hrown cloth, cream hay Alfcm Rhoden. dark brown tailor-mad" ccstnme. skided hrown hat. Mr». Hole, handsome black gown.

'St. MaryV. I'hnrch ; «:>< th.? st-t»- of a very pretty wedding i;n Wcdnt-ulay. Ocfnh-r 7th. th-' t-onUactiug p?ni.i»-b.-iug Mm; M. Werrv. daughter >•! Mr. and Mrs. W. Werry." and Mr L. P. Reid. The weather wa* beautifully tine, t lint, allowing :th«dady guests i<» war pretty toilettes'- The bride, who wa.« given away by her father, wore a wry ham'tsome trained gown of eream roessalim- r.ilfc. trimmed With/lovely old lure. Her Itnuqnet Wan composed "of arum lilies, hyai inth-i and maidenhair fern. The beautiful v-.il of old la«v was arranged owr a wreath of orange blossoms. Mit.. McMillan. «if Borke'e Pasw. attended tlh- bride ;>.-. bridesmaid, and won> a pretty gown of pale bin* mes*aline cilk. bla.k picture hat with ttUrkb tip*. She also carried a nhovrer bouquet, of artun lilies'. datfddils. maidenhair fern. Mis Kttmce Werry and Mi*r dahtu> \\Vrry wre a?»o in attendance on tl*» bride, the former in white eilfc frock. Mr A. J. Stratford. OhrUtcbureh. a« t«MI as best titan. Mr*. Werry. mother of th~ bride. w.-w hand snmely gowned in bl.uk m«rveill.-ux silk. prettv heliotrope bonnet. Mr". A. \\Viry, p4l* pink criptalline silk, fream ha: with pink trees. Mrs. .1. WVrry gr.eu n.tv.-lih.-green bat. Mr*. Cook, navy crystalline silk. Mrs. Ruddle (Christchurch) black silk. Mrs. Chnmwali. black silk, heliotrope hat. Mini Hutterwnrtli. heliotrope costume, Mark hat. Mi;* Hatniltoa tOamarnr pearl grey silk. « ream hat with rosr.«. Miss Hault I. hti-tchurch) lovely blue embroidered gown. h-r.g law coat, smart floral'ton,!**. Other> pr-sent Wrt*» Mrs. Domett. Mi»r. Hartis. Miss Wood. Mi«* Rnsxell. Mil., and MU;s <:ilrhrfct. Rev- Mr Mann and Mrs. Mann. Rev. Olford. and Mh Olfoid. M.« Schmidt. I.ater iu tit- afternoon Mr and Mrs* Keid left f.»r Akaroa. « Ik re tho honevmoori will b- spent, the- travelling rrr.tume being a dark green .-loth, .-mart erven hat. , , , , One of the mn.t delightful dances of the *«asrm was the one given by Mt* Curtis, of Afihburton. in the Assembly ""•'«><*. Timaru on Thursday Bth October. The ballroom was b autifully decorate! with japonic* and f..toot>.> of gr .cetv. Lovely and narcissi decorated the i.upper table. Mrs. W. K. Hurdlcy supp.el ixtvllent music b.r the danefrs. Mrs fonrti* mviv.-.! h.-r gu ,t« a hand«,m.» g.™-« of bla.-k s.-quumt-.l u--t ..vvr veliovr br.K:>d-. th- >*|U.ite tut c»r Wjre ,ini-led with Malt.se 1a.,. Miss .ln„:-s iltakai.u. b.velv c-avi. of pale pmk . tcpe «le-rhene. trimmed with whit- 1a... white aigrette an.t g-ld bui-kl- in hair. MteW«4ropp. pink silk, and er. am l.u . Mi»s Pontifw. cr-aceful B-«'ii of i«h> pmk .-ilk. cream Lie- brctell-s. M»-s tt«d..»ii. pr-tty fnick ot srven silk, the lor-age litivhe-1 witb valeiu-iennes l.w. Mi>.s Oihhr»-l. lnwlv frock ..{pale blue a.-..v.rdiau p!> u .1 chitTr'ui. rrtram la.t- U-.1,«... pal.> pinl. r.-*» in ha.r. M.-s I'.lm- f.ihhi:.J. white . dk and bo- Mx.. Cbhii.t. v. rj . f-f-ctite fro«-k of «hit«- «h.tl..ti <.v.r -:!k. silrtr orrt. and ta«"!-. atel th- «i.«-..ge tinrshed with W-. Mi- «:,M.i.,t. ,-M iilk. Mi.-* M.-Milbn. chamjugi,---dk. trimme<l with dark 1.r.-wn \elv-t. M t s Swwart. Ji-tle blue vmle .-.nd .white li<e. 'Miss Chart, i*. pah- gt' " mudni. w.tli foucNt: of gre.-ti vehv-t. M<.«.. f iulin. r. prvtty ..f .-h 11 <iuk ci>-t:dli:K. ttSmnV'il wuh it mi !>. Ms>- il.ik.r. h-WlSlifilf C'KVII «t «11l- I-" tin- •!<• «ru«. gold ...r<l and '..>•-U n> bur. M • Viuch. ir-am ->'»k and I».-.-. Mi>> gu.t.n. white wr.Jm ft-sk-. M • \V.,g..t..jf. win:.-Wous-'liiw dr v.!.-. p»h" b'«e til b-.t:. Mrs W. I?. Hunlhy. ir.oi.-d Mi.k v.,.1.- 2 ..»n. - ty. white in. .is «• hi ■<• -le t-nw. with touches of m.tuv -. M. • t h.il m»rr. piMfv wh.t.- *dk fr<»k. triuiin-d with bre. The fallowing genihm » w- re

present:—Messrs Cariis, A. W. Willis, V. Pringle, Gorman Wilkes, R. - V tncentClarte. Rollinsm, Drearer, Rindley, \V. K.'Hurdley. IV donas, F. Simmomts, F. W. .V. Fodfn. Mayo, Grant, 'Jennings, Harold.G. Sanderson, CrerTir, Latinicr, Pallisei, Hamilton, Kent '(2>, Houten, Hilton. A HKiH I.IFK. 3IL«s Viola Spencer, the London parr.chutiit. had a strange experience in .-.V gust. She was engaged to make an ascent, and descent at a Nottingham sports meeting. Her balloon shot up to/a.'kvtght of 200l)ff. " Night, came. on. with a <o;a breeze, -and- etui' Mitß -Spencer clung to her - ring. There - wss :i> bright moon, and far belntr" her she could see r-fie lights--of ■'•Nottingham.- Her hanfc hecatne' so'- n"titntted---|teit>' whe feared ■ she would fall off. and ehe had (o beat them violently against "the"paracliut ;• ring. She tried to sing, hut the sound of her voice was 'uncanny in the .stillne:-.?, and''ska was l Wtnred with fear lest "the balloon should "drift 'out tkt sea. In the middle of the night the balloon fdowly descended. And Mies -.Spc-ncer. after some trying nonrs. .borne,with great courage, alighted in -the* middle- of a Leicestershire cloverfield, at Thrassington.'- "'■ •"■■" AMERICAN" INNOVATION". . American women's magazines show pietunes of ,f-JiiJli--looking dinner tables- set without, cloths, the dishes resting on little mats on the. polt-.--h«-d wood, or, perhaps, without- mats at. all. They have a very comfortable look like those, wretched marble-topped tables in Sydney rectanranlß. which make the enstomer feel as though she were having fea on a mantelpiece."; waehstand. or tombstone. The> American custom of serving-' meals on" white mats on polished tables i.s one \if. which meet Britishers rnr-.dy take kindly, saw' an Australian paper. A visitor who has recently seen a good deal of' Home life in the States maintains that no one'.who -has. "got. away from the tablecloth" will ever return to it again. She : admits the possibility of compromise, and bestows. admiration on the round cloth .that falls only a'few inches from the edge of the. table. The round cloth. is - usually .bordered with heavy lace, frequently hand-made. Incidentally the American table Is nearly always round or octagonal.. When the.cloth. « dispensed, with altogether mats about 18 inches square are. used. Those ■ vary: according to-the meal and the occasion, from some- : thing -quite rimple to something most elaborate. A.> the practical Australian visitor remarked, the eaving in laundry work £>,. sufficient in iteelf to jnetify the introduction ' of - the custom. ; " CAVALLERIA RUSTICAXA." Tlie'; story r as told " in an Australian paper, of how Mascagni's beautiful *' Intermezzo" was given to.the'world is • a verj-- interesting -ono. ■ and , furnishes yet another ' instance ,of how a wife' 6' discrimination has 'saved a htr.handY: work from hist' impatient dfGtruetion. W r iien first married + Signnr -. Mascagni and . his wife were'almost penniless, and had the. greatest .difficulty in keeping "the . wolf from tins -door. ,- In despair, Mascagni eat down,- determined to do or die, and after 'weeks'of• continual work composed ' the music of ." Cav'alleria Rusticana." He sent-the..score to a publisher in an agony ofitrepidition,-and all hope seemed taken from-, him-when, shortly afterwards, his beloved ; music .was returned to him. Things-had reached a serious pass when one, day he heard that a money prize had • been offered by an Italian newspaper for.-the - bfGt two-act opera, and with tears in her eyesi his wife b?gged him to trj- and'win it with the rejected work. Mascagni was so ups*t at his failure, however, that at Bret he. would not consent to enter "Cavalleria.-Rusticana" for the prize; but in desperation he at l.wt gave in. and after a frugal" meal'took the rejected ' score from a drawer, and began to 100k ■'through it, Tlien it was that thy inspiration of his life came tto him. and. with feverish finger.? he wrote out tli9 world-renowned " Intermezzo," which het added to the opera, and which has since made his name known throughout the length and breadth of Kurr.p.-. Rut when it wan finished despair again him. and he flung the "Intermezzo" into the fireplace. Luckily for th-p- world, his wife came, in at- that moment, and was just in tim« to save th<> precious MS the fire. In due course " Cavalleria Rusticana" appeared, and at onre captivated the mn«ical world. POLITICAL PROtJRESS. Th'- r.poit of the Inl< rnalional Woman : Sntrragt- Alliance, recently held at Amsier- \ dam. is a remarkable document, sdinwini; as it does 'he almost incredible ]>rogre.«s of women in tlie pol : tical arena of fiery country (says Mi=< Vida' finldstein in an Australian "ixiperi. When in February. 1902. the tirst definite move to form an international woman snffragi- organ- ation was niadv* in W;idiiugton. D.C.. the <»r-ganis«-rs scarcely «-xjKv>t«-d their i-ffi>rts to produce in i.uclr a short period of t'nir surh rich results as the Amsterdam conI gres-i disclosed. The Amsterdam cojigrds, which met <in ' Jane -of <lii« year, ret«i\vd del.-g:itcs front tim »i»ll<.„.i)|. _. ; countries: -Australia. Austria. Belgium. Itohemia. Itulgatia. Cinada. Denmark. Finland. France. •Jennany, (ireat. 'Britain, Hungary, Italy. NVtlh-rlaniiii, Xew Zealand, Norway. Russ'a, South Africa. Sweden. Switzerland. ' L'nited -States, and reported a membership of 16 national sufrage societies and the woman suffrage committer's of Austria and Bohemia, where the law forbids tlu- formation of woman suffrage liocieii.-s. Thp "congress was li i. : tn <he great <-nncett- lmll of Amr.terdam. The back of the stage was dra|v-d with tin- flags of the 21 nations ivprewnted, those of Australia. Finland, and Norway bfjjjr consj)icuou-;lv displayed in tlit- cen tre. so thai part icul.ir honour might be done to tho full suffrag.- <-oui:tric-. The proceedings wen- opened with an ad.iretof welcotn-- by tin- ptesid.-nt of the Hutch Woman Suffrage Ansociatiou. Dr Aletta Jacobs, who. ri-ferring specially to tho co operation of Australasian women, s.iiil : --"Still more appreciation is due to our Australian and New Zealand s'st.-rs. who haw not hi-sitaU-J to come from the antipodes, and this only to help tlie yromea of tlii- less cotm..,.-;, ,o „ the MBit- jx*ition in th<- sr.-.ie which thev theinselvv-s alr<:u!y occupy. This action shows a gi-n-iotis feclin-x of silidarity. anil by the tinnii-r in which tin- women of tln- : r country the ballot tiny facilitato more than th-y cm imagin-. the work of their Mstetv, in the Old Woild."

Till: I.OVK OF PAIJKA.VTI'.V. -Tlie historical pageant i< a form of cntertainm-nt. that- ••an hardly as vi>! com.' to tln-s.- ilif.r.i.. and that for ohvi..n» r. ,i;.nii*. but it has beo:i miu-h in v.igue during th" l:u.t v..if ..r i... at Hume, where in vaii.ius old towi.:. people have be ( n .living iiitu records ,-in.f «tudyiug fashions ..ntiiri," ..Id with a vi-w t<> re producing to-day th- very appearance; of long ago. A lady viririiij; to ..ii \n« tralian pap. r about thr-«- »how.; >--i\v. i-a\ . the!-- i an 1.-- no iloul.t ti.a' th- pageant has com,- to stay, and rveii .vli.-n ih,. era/" pa'i--s away, tli-ie will !>.• an 0.osioii.il revival of tie- ir.!*.ti!ut i-m on I. • half of a stnigghng h..-pi!..l . :- ..ith-dr.il r,!.!..m'i.in fund. No! tinny p-opie know wli-it J.tice protiisi at.- mid. through a prop-rly-i.ian.ige-l I iec- at >le 11-.urie'. I'-w.v S'. latmund. . and War «■!. k co.: I'p.l.O'.xl apic. p. I-:.ic(i mad.i piojil of about, i. !.'.' -'.it Kv. n th.c.'.inpar ttivrly uiilii.-ky v-ntnre the \V:n ci, -It pie.ant M.'IW to th-cath-diil Hind-. It-. n-iy th.-te «.i, a charioiiig v.iri.ito.ii t>|.-ii ; li" original i.i. a. when l.'.td and l.oly il.Uviy pr'.in e,i

•' a . private pageant" at their country house, Serlby Hall, near Bawtry.. Notts. 'lnste-ad . of. heavy historical- sceu>-.-. being reproduced, the new pageant concerns itjself ■ ••■witli •;» peine s nf light social adventures. It is entitled "King Harry : 's Revels." The hook of th? play, written by Viscountess Galway. tells of a viait which King Henry VIII. rnad- to Serlby Hall, in I£>23. during a hunting expedition. "Thelcing and queen nro on their .way to visit Cardinal Woifoley. and happen to me:-t the great churchman at the hall, where the- party is entertained by a revel. The- story give* a series of delightful parts, the Tudor costumes'— also designed by the Countess —proving wonderfullv effective. N~?dle>-.s to say.

"King Harrj-'s Revels" is d:>:tinguished from the mor- public pageants by the rank of tho-e who an- " creating "• the leading parr/". IV-rs and-peert-.vts figure in a profusion, which recalls .Mr Gilbert's comic opera kingdom, in "The Gondoliers." Lady Knaresbornugh, Countess Fitzwffliam. Lady Evelyn James. Lady. Kathleen Pilkington are a -few of the titled ladies who are playing i:i the "Revel." Lady Galway herself hr.fi a part..and Visrconnt Galway■ appears is the Duke of Suffolk. BALL AT TOTARA. anuurd hall nf the Tofara Football Oub took place on Friday of ltf-d- week. Among thnst- presetv. wt-ie—Miss' Armstrong, cream silk. -.Miss Stewart. wh : t-s satin. Miss Cartwriglu. white muslin. Miss O'Connor, white silk. Miss M. O'Connor, pink eilk. Mioses - Balfour--i3), white silk. Miss Taylor, brown suk. M?s>fs Turkington (2). tussore silk. Miss Lvle. p.ile btue mr.slin. "Min-es StewaTtl2). pale blue. Mice-. Mclntj-re (2) tartan frocks. Miss Friel. whit? satin. Miss Barry,, floral muslin. Among, the- nvn present, were Messrs Stewart,'* Balfour-(2), Dickson.-Shiers. Carter iJJj. _\luir i<si. 'la\lor. Cleland, Shepherd (2i. .Eraser, Fenwick. Friel, Chapman. Warring. Meln-tyre-.12t. Kerslake. Dunsford. '.Wackier.McKeouTi. - - ■ . . There war, ;v large..congregation including several people from I'etone. at St. Peters Church. Well'ngton, on'26tli September, to witness the marriage of Miss Ity G. Livermoi-e. only daughter of Mrs Dodd. of'Aro Street, Wellington, to -Mr William _C. Gibson, eldest son of -Mr Campbell. Gibson, of Pleasant Point, .arid now of the Peume Railway Staff. The •Rev.- G.-P. 'Davy, vicar of. Si. : Peters, officiated. The bride was ■ prettily 'attired' in. a figured silk dre;s. tr mrhed with cream satin and i-ilver • tr.tssels • with velil and orange blossoms, and carried a beautiful shower, bouquet of camelias and azaliaa intenvoven with maidenhair' ferns and silk ribbons, and was '. given* awav by Mr Hall. Attending her. were 'ip.ssfs Cunningham and I. • Petty. who'.wore dresses of embroidered nivalin . with- eatin trimmings, and carried bouquets of- pjnk flowers, and ferns. Mr C. Gibson supported the bridegroom, and Mr' W. H. Church was groom:-niam After the ceremony 'the- bridal party repaired'to. Mawson's in. Cuba Street, where an, elaborate repast waii' provided, after .which rthe happy couple took their departure for Petone, wheretlky are io.ies : de. Tuciudtkl in .a .list of iwefulamlccistly-presents we're a.silver cake disk fiom the bnilie's-friendr. in the Government Stamp .Printing Department, a silver, tea set service, .and ia very unique quilt which -took:the bridegrooms mother over, ten years -to- make..