THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1241, 29 January 1914, Page 26

THE SOCIAL WORLD

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A Hamilton Wedding. A very pretty wedding was celebrated at Hamilton on January 14 at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosiary, when Miss Ella Biggs, third daughter of Mr. Harry Biggs, of Pahiatua, was married to Mr. David Mathieson, eldest son of Mr. David Mathieson, of Hamilton. The bride wore a white crepe de chine gown with a wreath and veil. She was attended bjy her sister, Miss Alma Biggs, and two little maids, Miss Mollie Geary and Miss Ethne Cobb. Mr. William Mathieson was best man, and Mr. Edward Moore groomsman. * Popular Feilding Wedding. On January 14, at St. Johns Church, Feilding, Miss Eleanor Long, of ‘Rahiri,” Feilding, was married to Mr. Basil Brennand, of the Palmerston North High School, and son or Dr. Brennand, of England. The Rev. Canon Gould, grandfather of the bride, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Klingender, of Hunterville. The bride was gowned in ivory satin, draped with ninon. Her bridesmaid was Miss Gould, who wore a paleblue charmeuse frock and pink plumed hat. Mr. C. Long was best man. Tribute to Captain Scott’s Mother. The offer of apartments at Hampton Court Palace to Mrs. Scott, mother of the Polar hero, not Lady Scott, as some papers have it, is doubtless due to the King’s initiative. It is a written tradition that these delightful apartments “shall be granted by the grace and favour of the reigning monarch to the widows and children of those who have served their Sovereign and country with honour and distinction.” There are some 50 suites of apartments at the Palace which have been occupied in this manner since the reign of George HI. In addition a dozen suites are inhabited by officials, such as the housekeeper, clerk of works, head gardener, and keeper of the pictures. „ * * * G.F.S. Fete. The Arcadian Fair to be held under the auspices of the Girls’ Friendly Society in the Town Hall next month promises to be a highly successful affair. Energetic committees have been at work for some months and their efforts, it is hoped, will materialise into an up-to-date hostel for girls. The atmosphere af Arcad v will be imparted by the ...stall-holders wearing appropriate costumes. An elaborate programme of novelties has been arranged. * * * * Capping Ceremony to be Abolished. It will be regretful news to many to hear that the University Senate has decided to abolish capping ceremonies. Henceforth degrees will be conferred at a meeting of the senate. So the public will be robbed of a popular entertainment, and graduates will receive their diplomas with due dignity. The Rev. A. Cameron counselled the senate not to view the students’ conduct too seriously. Nothing, he said, compared with what he had heard at Edinburgh when Lord Roseberry gave a rectorial address. His Lordship d not think that he had been insulted. The Chancellor (Sir Robert Stout) said that he did not view the matter from a personal standpoint at all. What he did think was wrong was that students should organise beforehand, so that there should be a disturbance. He did not object to th"' students making witty remarks or making fun of a speech, but organised disorder was a very different matter. He was informed in Wellington and in Dunedin of what would take place. Unless they could show that a university education tended to courtesy in life and to order and discipline, they would not get the people to assist the cause cf education. The engagement of Miss Kate Devore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Devore, of Parnell, to Mr. Austin Bewley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bewley, New Plymouth, has been announced.

Tolstoi and His Wife. The “Pall Mall Gazette” is reprinting in instalments from the American newspapers the letters that passed between the late Count Tolstoi and his wife. The Countess, in a preface to the documents, states: —“I desire to share these letters with those who loved my husband, and to give them a knowledge of our harmonious married life, which was happy almost to the end. I publish the letters now, because after my death there will be the usual false judgments of our relationship.” * sit * » Mrs. Massey and Miss Massey have returned to Wellington with the Prime Minister.

Prince of Wales and the Slums. From London “Opinion” we learn that the Prince of Wales is shortly to begin to make a personal acquaintance with the underworld of London, in the form of a series of visits to the poorest quarters under the guidance of a member of the Buckingham Palace Police, who knows the London that lies east of St. Paul’s as well as he knows St. James’ Park. The Prince will make these visits to the slums strictly incognito. Both the present and the late King made similar tours of the East End. a. .• * Queen Mary and the Pictures. Not long since at a house party at which Queen Mary was present a cinematograph performance was given of which Her Majesty did not approve. In the future any hostess who intends having a cinematograph performance during a Royal visit will have to make arrangements that will ensure against the risk of Royal frowns. —L.O. if SJe The wedding of Miss Leila Maud Foote, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Foote and Mrs. A. Foote, of Fitzroy, to Mr. Harold Grey Keane, eldest son of the late Mr. T. Keane, of Auckland, was celebrated recently at the Methodist Church, New Plymouth. The bride wore ivory charmeuse silk, veiled with lace, and a hand-embroid-ered veil of net. The Misses Irene Foote and Eva Martin were bridesmaids, wearing frocks of white embroidery and white lace hats. Mr. H. Gould, of Auckland, was best man, Mr. C. Foote, brother of the bride groomsman.

Suffragettes Get a Shock. Suffragette circles in London are reported to have suffered a considerable shock the other day when the report got abroad that Miss Christabel Pankhurst was about to marry. The militants, however, have been greatly relieved by Miss Pankhurst’s denial that she had even the vaguest idea of matrimony. She says she has no time for that sort of thing, as she has to devote her energies exclusively to suffrage affairs.

The Minister for Education (the Hon. James Allen) intends visiting some typical schools in the Dominion next month preparatory to his work in drafting the Education Bill.

Forget Me Not. The legendary origin of the forget-me-not is told by the Germans in the following pretty story: —A knight and his lady-love were walking on the banks of the Danube, when the fair one saw a tuft of the “ myosotis palustris” growing in the water, and expressed a wish to have it.. The knight, with due chivalrous alacrity plunged into the water in all his array and gathered his prize; but before he could again climb! up the steep and slippery bank, he was drawn by a treacherous eddy into a deep pool, and, encumbered as he was, finding he could not save himself, just as

he sank he threw the flowers ashore to his lady, and uttered with his last breath: “Vergiss mein nicht!” (Forget me not.) & v Jj: A New Phase of Gaby Desbys. My father, he left me no —what you call it?—heritage. But he gave me the best gift in the world. The idea to work. Oh, it is a great, good gift! To be independent, m’sieur, to earn a little money for oneself —it is the most splendid thing for all women. Money! Every woman should win a tiny bit of money by herself, her very own, m’sieur! The rich woplan —she has enough, too much—b)ut is there not a newspaper to buy, to commence, to publish with her ideas, to busy herself, to give work to her brain? There are poor men and women who starve, wlm want help. There is always charity—you understand? There is always work, is there not? I am a religious girl. 1 like religion more than most of the actresses. I work very hard, but always I find myself very glad to work a little bit harder for the sake of charity.—Gaby Deslys, in the “Daily Chronicle.” V * * S? “There’s no arithmetic of affection. Love is one of the mysteries.” Dr. Percy Foote, son of Mr. F. Foote, of Whangarei, returned to Auckland last week, after completing his studies at Home. $ “No system of physical exercise yet. invented can compare for one moment with silk stockings for giving an erect carriage to the female head.” * ® Dr. Marchesini, of Auckland, is making an extensive motoring tour of the North Island, covering Napier, Wellington, the Hot Lakes District, Bay of Plenty and Thames. He is accompanied by Mrs. Marchesmi, Colonel Roberts and Miss Roberts. The engagement is announced in a Wellington paper of Miss Ida Geddes, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Geddes, to Mr. Louis Blundell, Mr. T. C. Webb, Wanganui, has been appointed New Zealand secretary for the London College of Music. * * * Mr. and Mrs. O. T. J. Alpers, ot Christchurch, have been spending a few days in Auckland. The death occurred at Tauranga on January 19 of Canon Goodyear. He was 63 years of age, and leaves a widow, two sons, and seven daughters, of Alberta, Canada, second son of the late Mr. H. Blundell and Mrs. Blundell, of Wellington. Miss E. D. Haselden, B.A. of the Palmerston North High School staff, has been appointed mistress at the Thames High School. Miss Haselden is a daughter of Canon Haselden, and has had a most successful career at the Auckland Grammar School and University College.

News comes from London of the approaching marriage of Miss Els '■ Hall, the gifted pianist, with Dr. F. O. Stohr, of Chiefine, Northern Rhodesia. Miss Hall, who is the daughter of Mr. W. Stanley Hall, of Toowoomba, Queensland, has gained great distinction in the Continental musical circles, and was for soma time musical instructress to the Princess Mary.