THE SOCIAL SPNERE

Observer, Volume XXIII, Issue 2, 27 September 1902, Page 8

THE SOCIAL SPNERE

By Muriel.

THE marriage of Mr £. H. Cato, third son of Mr» Cato, of St.

Mary's Road, and Miss Ethel R. M. Jackson, fifth daughter of Mr and Mrs J. B. Jackson, of Jervois Road, was very quietly solemnised on Wednesday afternoon, September 17th, at the residence of the bride's parents. The Rev. Joseph Clark officiated in the presence of the members of the contracting families. The bride was given away by her father, and looked extremely well in her going-away dress, a tailor-made costume of fawn cloth, vest of creme flowered silk, with transparent collar-band of creme lace, edged with pink velvet, and smart burnt straw hat, trimmed with autumn fruit and foliage, and ere me lace, draped over the brim.

Miss Agnes Cato acted as bridesmaid, and wore a black skirt and pale blue tucked silk blouse trimmed with twine-coloured insertion. Mr Norman Cato attended his brother as best man. Mrs Jackson, mother of the bride, wore black figured gown trimmed with bands of black satin ; Mrs Cato, mother of the bridegroom, wore a handsome trained black silk gown ; Mrs C. A. Jackson, green costume ; Miss Dora Jackson, black skirt and pretty heliotrope blouse ; Miss Bertha Jackson, green frock ; Misses Cato, dark costumes ; Mrs Mackinley, black skirt and silk blouse ; Mrs Mumford, black. Afternoon tea was subsequently served, and after receiving the congratulations of assembled friends, Mr and Mrs Cato departed for Onehunga, where they joined the Ngapuhi for New Plymouth, en route for their future home at Hawera.

The engagement is announced of Mr W. H. Bartlett, the well-known art photographer, to Miss Cissey Court, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Court, of the Thames.

A very enjoyable social in connection with Miss Berta Spencer's dancing class took place on Friday, September 19th, in the Foresters* Hall, Mr Lanigan supplied splendid dance music, which was thoroughly enjoyed. The supper table was very prettily decorated with fairy lights and flowers, yellow and violet being the colours used. Messrs Dalgetty and Spencer carried out the duties of M.C.'s most satisfactorily. Miss Spencer wore a heliotrope silk gown, trimmed with chiffon and yellow satin ribbon ; Mrs Spencer, yellow satin blouse and black skirt ; Miss E. Wright looked dainty in pale blue ; Miss R. Canham, white silk, very prettily tucked ; Miss J. Hunkin looked pretty in yellow silk, trimmed with spangled chiffon ; Miss Bull looked lovely in white silk ; Miss Gardner, creme frock, trimmed with green bebe ribbon ; Miss Pickford, very pretty black silk ; Miss Braund looked charming in yellow satin ; Miss Vickery looked well in black.

Miss Simon, crenie, with frills finishing the skirt ; Mis,s A. Bruce, tucked white silk ; Miss llainey looked nice in red satin ; Miss Heard, very pretty in green with overskirt of green net ; Mrs Wakefield, black silk, cerise bow ; Miss Baker, white muslin, very prettily trimmed ; Miss Little, white blouse relieved with pale hlue, black skirt ; Miss Doree wore handsome yellow satin trimmed with black ; Miss Webster looked very pretty in pale blue finished with tiny frills ; Miss Bannalick looked very nice in white muslin relieved with blue flowers and chiffon ; Miss Bell, white tucked muslin ; Miss K. Reid wore yellow and white satin trimmed with lace; Mrs Bullen, white muslin let in with insertion ; Miss Lily Braund, dainty white muslin ; Miss Delahunter, pretty blue blouse and black skirt ; Miss E, Bell looked charming in yellow

rotfowoVith red ; Miss B. Nash wore - %wtr ftdftie r :s wr«B Morley, yellow, with overakirt of white; Mihs Williams, white blouse, blue skirt ; Miss Muriel Brauud wan much admired in a Highland Lassie costume.

The engagement is announced in Wellington of Miss Laurie Swainson, cousin of Miss Swainson, of Fitzherbert Terrace, to Mr Alick Hadfield, son of the Rev. Dr Hadfield, of Marton, late Primate of New Zealand. Mr Hadfield served as an officer with one of the contingents in South Africa, and it is his intention to return to that country at an early date to settle.

Another Wellington engagement is that of Miss Minnie Chat field, youngest daughter of Mr W. C. Chatfield, of Hurston, Island Bay, to Mr N. Nye, of England, second officer of the a.s. Wakanui.

The former pupils and old Auckland friends of the Misses Scott will be pleased to hear that they still continue to be most successful teachers of the graceful art, for I notice in a recent issue of the Sydney Morning Herald a very flattering account of their closing ball for the season in the Petersham Town Hall. The Misses Scott removed with their parents to Sydney about ten years ago, and since then they have carried on their classes very successfully.

Blue is a colour much striven after by the hybridists in certain sections of florists' flowers, and difficult of attainment. It has been obtained in the primrose of almost lapis lazuli intensity, but the rose, the dahlia, the begonia and the carnation, not to mention other much fancied sections, have not shown themselves so easily amenable to careful and patient selection. A rose which recently reached Liverpool from America, and is to go to Kew Gardens, is described as a perfect blue.

To wear with thin or light .siljj gowns cut open front and back, are what one may call chemisettes, for want of a better word. They are made of sheer white muslin, with a pretty design of hand embroidery upon the front and around the neck-band. The muslin runs down in a long square piece, front and back, and opens in the back.

It is impossible to be out of style this spring. Certainly, a wonderful variety of lovely things are shown. Blouses, coats, separate skirts and costumes are in the daintiest styles and fabrics. In the blouse sections, lovely styles are shown made up of pean de sole and bengaline silk. They are made in Gibson styles and plaited effects. The collars are dark, medium and the paler tints for evening wear. Real laces are used to a remarkable extent for spring and summer wear, Cluny Arabian, Irish point and Renaissance taking the lead. Another popular style of stock is made of cripe de chene, plaited in tiny folds, showing appliques of Irish crochet on the collar, and long ends.

A most interesting foreign guest who visited London for the coronation is Mdlle. Helene Vacaresco, who received a special written invitation from Queen Alexandra. Mdlle. Helene is a very clever and charming woman, her work having been twice crowned by the French Academy. Her career (as told in The Lady) has been somewhat romantic, and closely associated with that of Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, to whom she was Maid of Honour. She became engaged to Prince Ferdinand, the King's nephew and heir, and was to have been raised to the rank of a Princess, but the match did not meet with the favour of the powers that be, and her love affair resulted in being exiled. The Queen so warmly espoused h«r cause that she also left Bucharest and remained in exile at Neuwied, her home in Germany, for two years. After Prince Ferdinand's marriage, however, Mdlle. Vacaresco returned to Roumania, and the Queen also reconciled herself to fate, and, after the heir to the Roumanian throne was ' born, went back to Bucharest.

The engagement is announced of Mis*" Blanche Cerates; daughter of Dr Coates, of Mount Eden, to Mr Leslie Mair, of the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

Mr Leonard Marshall, the wellknown racing stud owner of Auckland, was very quietly united in marriage last week with Miss George, eldest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Shayle George, of Auckland. Mr and Mrs Marshall left after the ceremony to spend their honeymoon at Kotorua.

The engagement is recently announced of Mrs Hughes Jones, iately of the nursing staff at the Auckland Hospital, and daughter of Mr and Mrs G. W. Owen, of Ponsonby, to Mr Ryburn, of Paterangi. Mrs Jones intends leaving on a holiday trip to Australia on Monday week, and her marriage takes place immediately after her return.

The fourth annual plain and fancy dress ball in connection with the Ivy Socials was held on Friday, September 19th, in St. Benedict's Hall, when a large number of members and friends were present. The hall was tastefully decorated, and all the arrangements were well carried out by the committee. The ball opened with the Grand March, in which about 130 couples took part, the spectacle being very effective and pretty. Prizes were awarded to the most effective costume worn by ladies and gentlemen, Miss Louie Benjamin, who represented America, winning the ladies,' and Mr L. Harding, as a swell coon, taking the gentlemen's. The committee were Messrs W. J. Chiswell, E. S. Laing, J. G. Rowe, J. Miller, and P. Eaton, hon. sec.

A new finish for the train of a wedding gown consists of a long spray of roses beginning at the waist and extending down the train, with a widening effect at the end. The same floral decoration is carried out on the front panel of the skirt, and one large rose is worn at the top of the corsage.

The well-known actress, Mrs Patrick Campbell, has a great love for jewellery of every kind, and wears some beautiful rings and necklaces. One of her rings consists of one large pearl, which opens and shuts, and contains a portrait of Mrs Campbell's late husband. She is also the proud possessor of four very beautiful and valuable dogs, which are simply devoted to her, and follow her almost everywhere. Mrs Patrick Campbell has no great love for society, and keeps away from crushes and so-called gaieties of the kind ; but she often entertains her friends in her charming flat in Ashley Gardens, and all who have been there vote her a charming hostess.

Black and white is still to be seen in every conceivable form, and many of the new imported silk blouses of white are trimmed with black, some with pipings outlining plaits, and others with bands of black velvet for trimming. A pretty white silk blouse shown is a mass of fine tucks, and has the effect of a yoke given by French knots set between the tucks yoke-deep in black ; the effect is both charming and dainty.

A very interesting sale at Christie's the other day (says The Gentlewoman) was that of Georgina, Lady Dudley's, jewels, jsold by order of the trustees. The late Lord Dudley was an enthusiastic collector, one of the greatest connoisseurs of his day, and apart from their monetary value, the gems were of freat historic interest. The present larl of Dudley bought one of the finest tiaras and the celebrated pearshaped pearl, which weighs about 200 grains, and a magnificent rope of pearls. A very beautiful jewel was a tiara in the form of a peacock, studded with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires, standing on a huge white pearl. An exquisite pearl necklace, weighing over 1000 grains, a great pink pearl and brilliant pendant, a lovely pearl and brilliant tiara in coronet form, turquoise and brilliant collar, and an exquisite pendant Latin cross composed- of stones of incomparable brilliancy and purity, are but a few of this wonderful collection now dispersed. . About £95,000 was realised by the sale.

Selecting the materials fot gowno necessary for the summer wardrobe is in these days an artistic pleasure when textiles, Qualities and designs make the unmade fabric a thing of beauty. There is this year shown a wondrous choice, from the richest silks to the daintiest of muslins, cambrics and prints. All these are seen in every colour of the rainbow, and a great many more colours that were never in any rainbow, while even in black and white effects alone are exhibited novelties and designs innumerable.

The rheumatic ring is a remarkable application of electricity to the human system for the cure of one of the most distressing ailments. The sole agent for the province is Mr A. Kohn, jeweller, Queen-street. The rings are neat, stylish, and cheap.