THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1249, 26 March 1914, Page 26

THE SOCIAL WORLD

His Excellency, the Governor, and the Countess of Liverpool paid a visit to Pirikaka on March 18, this being the first visit of the representative of the King in the Dominion to that village. There were 1200 natives present from all parts of the North Island, and 200;0 Europeans. A ( reception was held by >Mrs, Pomare, and the vice-regal visitors presented with Chief’s mats- The Governor delivered an address which was interpreted by Dr. Pomare.

The Auckland branch of the New Zealand Dental Association held its annual dinner in the Tiffin Cafe last Wednesday. Mr. C. H. Moses presided. Speeches were made by Dr. W. H- Parkes, Dr. E. Williams,, Mr. G. J. Garland, and Mr. J. N. Rishworth. The following officers were elected for the year:—President, Mr. J. N. Rishworth; vice-president, Mr. Nelson Mitchell; hon. secretary, Mr. H. C. Gleeson; hon. treasurer, Mr. W. R. Reyburn; committee, Messrs. J. A. Hair, A. M. Carter, J. G H. Mackay, and Drs. J. Y. Warren and E. C. Winstone.

Only the other day, Mrs. Asquith, the wife of the Prime Minister of Eng’and, who is herself a suffragist, hailed a taxi-driver, and' gave the order, “No. 10 Downing Street.” The result was disconcerting. Descending from his seat, the taxi driver motioned to his fare to a'ight. “Not if 1 know it, young woman,” he said; “you’ll have to get another man for th s job.” He was taking no risks.

The bustle dress, which has a tunic that tucks up like a bustle in the back, will be worn extensively, according to a Parisian expert. A year ago we would have said, “Non, non,” but now, after a winter of insidious suggestion, it does not come to us as something to be tabooed. The skirts decorated as they are about the hips, give the coats of the new three-piece suits a peculiar downward and outward slant as they fall over the tunic or bustle.

A quiet wedding was solemnised at Napier, when Miss (Dr.) Dulcie Williams, daughter of Mrs. Nat. Williams, was united in the bonds of matrimony with Mr. J. S. Land, of Wellington, and recently of the Old Country. The ceremony took place at the residence of the bride’s mother in Sealy Road, and the Rev. H. L. Blamires officiated

Mark Twain was walking in the street when he met a woman with her youthful family. “So this is the little girl, eh?” Mark said to her as she displayed her children. “And this sturdy little urchin in the bib belongs, I suppose, to the contrary sex.” “Yassah,” the woman replied; “yassah, dat’s a girl, too.”

At St. Peter’s Church, Hamilton, the miarriage was solemnised of Dr. George Gower, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gower, of Wellington, and Miss Elsie Holden, youngest daughter of Mr- and Mrs. T. Holden, of Lake House Hamilton. The ceremony was performed by the Ven. Archdeacon Cowie. The bride wore a frock of white satin, draped with Brussels lace, with the usual veil and wreath of orange-blossoms. Miss Belle Holden was bridesmaid, wearing a frock of blue crepe de chine. Mr. Leslie Gower was best man.

“Some one else’s romance is very engrossing when it happens that you have none of your own ”

Auckland is agitating for a medical school. The Hon J. Allen (Minister for Education) urges the concentratios of all our efforts on making the one medical school at Dunedin, which has served us for so many years, as perfect as we can make it

A southern paper announces the engagement of Mr. Douglas Darcy Vickerman, son of Mr. Vickerman, late manager of the Union Bank, Lyttelton, to Miss Irene King, eldest daughter of Mrs. J. King, St Albans, Christchurch.

At a Court ball in Belgium a lady wore a very decolletto gown with a big slit. The King whispered to the Marshal, who conducted the lady to her carriage, saying, “The King has noticed that you’ve torn your dressi Return homo and have the damage repaired.”

The Hon. F. M- B. Fisher was in Auckland last week on departmental business. During h’s visit he opened the new Post Office at Tuakau, where he was entertained at a luncheon and banquet.

“What’s, the good of saving any woman from her own infatuation? She’ll only hate you for it.” —“The Garden of Resurrection, by E. Temple Thurston.

Captain and Mrs. Armstrong, of Waitara, celebrated their golden wedding on March 10. There was a large gathering of relations and friends, and an interesting time was spent.

A cable message states that Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt, aged thirteen years, has inherited her father’s fortune of ten millions.

A diplomat has been defined as a man who remembers a woman’s birthday but forgets her age.

There is nothing on earth so ageing to a woman as a shoe that is uncomfortable. There never yet was a woman whose feet hut her that could be her real self.

The death occurred at Devonport last week of Mr. Gerald Butler Beere, C.E., late of H.M. 15th Foot and 4th Waikato. Militia, and third son of the late Rev. Gerald Beere, of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, and prebendary of Limerick Cathedral. The late Mr. Beere came to the Dominion while the Maori War was in progress, and served with the Waikato Militia.

Dr. Tracy Inglis, of Auckland, left last week for Melbourne on a health visit. He was accompanied by Mrs. Inglis.

Mr. and Mrs- J. L. R. Bloomfield have returned to Auckland from a twelve months’ trip to England and the Continent.

Harold Bauer, the renowned pianist, who‘ is. visiting. Australia in a few weeks’ time, is something of a recluse and wherever he goes likes to live in some retired spot. When he decided on Paris as his permanent residence he sought all over the city for the sort of house that would suit his particular tastes. After a long

search he discovered a likely dwelling in the heart of old Paris in the rue de Bac. It was alleged to be over three hundred years old, and its faded decorations and general air of ancient solemnity easily supported the allegation. Bauer took the house, and as it was some distance from the street, was almost surrounded by a quaint old garden and let in few of the sounds of the busy world without. He always lives there when resting from his engagements.

The Minister for Education, the Hon. J. Allen, is to visit Auckland) early next month to deal with the matter of deciding the site for the new university college.

Dr. Neil McDougall, honorary physician to the Auckland Hospital, has been granted twelve months leave of absence by the Hospital Board. He leaves Auckland in May on a visit to England.

Judging a baby show is no sinecure, since every mother must consider her treasure worthy of a first prize. The baby show organised by Mr. Scott Colville in connection with the Exhibition attracted keen interest, 455 babies of all ages and sizes being entered for competition. The judges for the infant classes were Drs. W/ C. .W. McDowell, C. E. Maguire, E. D. Aubin, E. Roberton, A. Challinor Purchas, and E. Williams, Mesdames Parr, McDowell, Lindsay, and Devore ju?ged the children’s classes. The doctors expressed pleasure at the development of the infants., and said they were agreeably surprised at the almost total absence of soothers. The champion baby of the show was de}clared to be Marjorie Ethel Lovell, a distinction which carried a prize of £lO. A crowd of several thousand people gathered round the band rotunda, from which the results were announced, the prize winners being duly admired and cheered. Mr. Elliot, in presenting the prizes, congratulated the mothers of Auckland on their babies, and was confident they all deserved rewards. He did not think such a display of babies could be eclipsed in the world, and anyone who doubted the efficiency of the coming generation, would only need to see the 455 infants there that afternoon, to have those doubts dispelled. A remark, needless to say, that was greeted with ringing cheers.

Harry Lauder, the famous Scotchman, who opens his Australian tour in Melbourne at Easter, is always receiving instances of his popularity in England. Recently at an English school in the Midlands a teacher, who was giving his class a lesson in history, incidentally asked who was the greatest man that Greiat Britain had produced in the last fifty years. He was considerably interested and amused when a small girl answered in all seriousness, “Harry Lauder!’’