THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1442, 13 December 1917, Page 30

THE SOCIAL WORLD

Announcements of engagements and contributions of interest relating to weddings and social gatherings should be sent to Lady Editor, “Sporting and Dramatic Review” Office, Auckland. In all cases the writer’s signature and address must be attached (not for publication). Photographs of wedding groups will be reproduced by arrangement.

His Excellency the Governor-General and the Countess of Liverpool have taken up their residence in Christchurch for three months.

Mr. E. Evans, M.A., who is at present in Australia, has been appointed language master at King’s College. sj: * * *

Miss B. A. Campbell, who has been acting-matron of the New Plymouth Hospital for the past six months, has been permanently appointed to the position.

Bishop and Mrs. Averill have returned to Auckland after a Visit to New Plymouth, where they were the guests of Mrs. F. G. Evans.

Mrs. Logan, wife of Colonel Logan, Administrator of Samoa, has arrived in Auckland, and is staying at Arundel.

Miss Laura Salmond (Wellington) and Miss Jill Hislop (Tlmaru) have accepted pos tions of nurse-orderlies at Walton-on-Thames Hospital, England.

The French conversation book composed by Mrs. Helene Cross, of Christchurch, “Soldiers’ Spoken French,” has had a great success in America, as 180,000 copies have already been sold. Mrs. Cross has been asked to compile another book of the same sort, and will probably do so.

The Girls’ Empire Club in Dunedin collected the sum of £llB 15s. 6d. for a radium fund. It is intended to secure a supply for the Dunedin Hospital, where it will be largely used for the benefit of returned soldiers.

Miss Alice E. Minchin, of the staff of the Auckland Pubi c Library, has been appointed to the position of librarian to the Auckland University College.

The engagement is announced in the Well ngton “Post” of Miss C. H. Aston, second daughter of Mr. F. Aston, Telegraph Office, to Mr. C. McCardle, of Palmerston North.

Miss Annie Bottomley, of Pahiatua, has left for the Waikato, having undertaken the overs ght of her brother’s dairy farm in the Morrinsville district in order that Mr. Bottomley may engage in an essential industry dur’ng the currency of the war.

A pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Barnabas’ Church, Auckland, on Wednesday, November 28, when Miss Gladys Fox, eldest daughter of Mr. H. J. Fox, Prospect Terrace, Mt. Eden, was married to Mr. J. O. Taylor, wireless instructor. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in a graceful gown of white crepe de ch’ne, with a handsome veil falling from a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet. Misses Flossie and Elma Fox were bridesma ds, and the best man was Sergeant Stanley, invalided home after seeing service with the Main Body. The, service was fully choral, Mr. C. White presid ng at the organ, and after the ceremony, at which Canon McFarland officiated, a reception was held at the residence of the bride’s parents, when the customary toasts were felicitously honoured. The newly-married couple left later by motor car, en route to Rotorua, where the honeymoon was spent. Amongst the numerous presents received was a dainty collection of d’oyleys and tray cloths from members of the Red Cross branch of the Victoria League, the bride be’ng one of the Girls’ Committee. The bridegroom, who left New Zealand with the 6th Reinforcements and later returned, intended leaving Wellington on the ill-fated Aurora —he was posted as missing—but at the last moment he changed his plans.

Mr. Gray, principal of the Melbourne Presbyterian Ladies’ College, and Mrs. Gray are visiting New Zealand, and have been staying with Mrs. Stewart at Wadestown, Well ngton. * & SJ # Sergeant Ivor Rees, V.C., who returned to Llanelly, Carmarthen, after being decorated by the King and was marr ed there to Miss Martha Jenkins, had cheques for £250 among his wedding presents. * * * Miss Margaret Thompson, of Clinton, Otago, having completed more than two years in charge of one of the nurses’ homes attached to No. 1 New ' Zealand General Hosp Lal at Walton, has now been appointed secretary to the Entertainment Committee of the New Zealand War Contingent Association at the central offices in Southampton Row. * $ « 7 Melbourne is said to be raving over ' Miss Mar e Tempest’s costume crea- , tions. The celebrated comedy star brought with her to Australia the , finest achievements of the costumiere, j and these have been displayed to the y. admiration and wonderment of the men, as well as the envy of thega women.

Sister Hetherington, Well ngton, was appointed to the staff of Brockenhurst Hospital, in the massage section, on her arrival from New Zealand.

Mrs. F. W. Frankland, formerly of Wellington, has returned from America, and taken up her residence in Foxton.

Boys of the Victoria League, Christchurch, recently gave up their ordinary holiday to plant a field in potatoes and cut the grass of a three-acre section held by a woman living in Bromley, whose husband is at the front, and who was unable, through straitened circumstances, to procure the necessary labour.

An interesting military wedding took place at St. John’s Church, Parramatta, Vic., recently, when Lieut. Noel Saunders was married to Miss Inez Hill. The ushers and all the attendants at the church wore war garb, and the girl V.A.D.’s, in spotless white un’forms, added to the war element in the wedding ceremony. The bride has been the Commandant of the Parramatta Voluntary Aid Detachment ever since its inception, over two years ago, and her guard of honour on her wedding day was the V.A.D. girls, who proudly followed the bridal party down the aisle. The best man was Sergeant Tidswell, and Miss Septania Saunders was bridesmaid.

A military wedding was recently solemnised at St. James’ Presbyterian Church, Wellington South, when Miss Irene Marley was married to Lieut. T. H. Jamieson, Thirty-fifth Reinforcements. Miss Florence George was bridesmaid, and the bridegroom was attended by Lieut. Evans, Thirty,fifth Reinforcements. The bridegroom and best man left New Zealand with the 4th Battalion of the N.Z.R.8., and after seeing active service in Egypt and France both returned on duty about two months ago. # A * The wedding of Lieutenant Annandale, R.F.C., and Miss Theodore Caldwell, of York, which took place at All Souls’ Church, Ascot, on September 19th, was an air service wedding. Capta’in Evans, a chaplain of the Flying Corps, conducted the service; Airman-Mechanic Drake, the youngest Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, was at the organ; a Flying Corps officer was best man; a choir of noncommissioned officers and a’r mechanics sang the hymns and psalms, and officers and men of the Flying Corps formed the congregation. * * * * j A Guildford baby girl has been christened “Tankie.”

From Paris comes news that “Parisians are wearing frocks of pique, and it should be explained that the new pique is as different as possible from the old stiff, tightly woven variety; nowadays, it s very thin and soft, and may be had in exquisite shades of rose, mauve, yellow, and all light colours. P.que is still used as trimming on frocks of serge, jersey, and satin. One chemise frock of black satin is topped with white p que—the white section extends to the hips. A black satin belt crosses the white about three or four inches above the black satin skirt section, and black set'll faces the revers, collar, and narrow cuffs. Although light mourning in character, this frock is very smart, and much in favour with the Parisienne.”

Mr. Cyril Maude’s eldest daughter, Marjorie, was married recently in New York to Mr. James Buren, a wealthy American. H’s second daughter, Pamela, who lost her young husband after a few weeks of married life —Major Congreve—was commanded to Buckingham Palace by the King and presented with the V.C., the D.S.O. and the Military Medal, all of which coveted decorations had been won by the gallant young Major. By Queen Mary’s request, their baby was christened Mary, after Queen Mary, and Gloria, after her husband’s heroism. Queen Mary is her godmother.

L eutenant Joseph A. Child, Yorks Regiment, of Upper Carr House, Liversedge, Spenborough, who was killed on June 7, left £272 Is. 7d. His will, made on Apr 1 14, 1917, on the back of a photograph of a lady, reads as follows: —“In the event of my death I leave all my effects, including all moneys lying to my credit, to this young lady, Miss Mary Pickles, Shirley Villa, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England.”

Never in the h’story of fashion has the detail of costume been so much studied as now, writes a Melbourne authority. The success of a toilette by no means depends on the gown only, or gown and hat combined, but it depends on the fin'shing touches to the whole. The entire success of a gown, for instance, might be gained solely by a belt, and it can be instanced by a stra'ght-hanging, pleated frock of navy blue georgette crepe, which has no trace of trimming of any kind on it, but at the high waist--I’ne is a belt of gorgeous beads, a narrow thing in a glory of mustard yellow, jade green, black, white, and a lovely turquoise blue. It is that belt which gave the unimpressive little frock its distinction. And so, with all toilettes nowadays, they owe their success to a belt, a collar, a distinguished sunshade, an impressive bag, perfect shoes and stockings.

Writes Lady Kitty in the Adelaide “Observer”: Have you ever heard of Lilydale? It is a charmingly pretty I'ttle spot in the hills, about 24 miles from Melbourne, with a good road, down which motorists madly spin on pleasure bent. Madame Melba has made Lilydale famous by establishing .her Australian home there, and having built a marble swimming pool with domed roof held aloft on dignified marble pillars. The swimming pool was one of Lilydale’s nine days’ wonders. But now its glory is eclipsed. At the local cemetery Madame Melba and some members of the family have had a family mausoleum erected. It is a tomb of granite from the late Mr. Mitchell’s Cave Hill estate, with lofty pillars, and entered by a fl’ght of broad steps. The remains of the late David Mitchell and his wife have been removed from the Boorondara Cemetery and placed in the mausoleum, and Melba has epitaphed her father with the words, “Blessed are the pure in heart. Daddy dear.” The Springthome memorial at Kew Cemetery, an exquisite piece of sculpture erected by Dr. Springthorpe to the memory of his first wife, which sightseers from all over the Commonwealth visit, now has a rival in the Mitchell mausoleum, and much dust will be raised on the road f hat leads to the picturesque little cemetery among the hills.

Sir Arthur Pearson is appealing to the public to help h m to carry a step farther the splendid work for blinded soldiers that is being done at St. Dunstan’s (states the “Daily News”). Something more is needed to encourage bachelor blinded soldiers to marry and surround themselves with families, and also to help those already married with the new babies who may come. The Empire will want the sons and daughters of these men. The Government make a weekly allowance for children born before or* shortly after a soldier’s discharge from the Army, but there is no allowance for the children of men who marry after leaving the service because of disablement. The generous help that has already been extended to these men shows that the public wants them to lead the happiest lives possible, and feels they should not be hampered by d'fficulties that forethought can remove. To give blind soldiers the assurance that the children who come to brighten their lives shall be provided for till they can make their own way in the world is the object of Sir Arthur Pearson’s new appeal. He hopes to raise a fund to provide ss. per week for each of the children not cared for by the State. The total required will certainly amount to £250,000, and a sum so large can only be raised by an effort worthy the cause.

Lecturing in Auckland on the subject of “Unpreparedness for Motherhood and the Best Age for Marriage,” Dr. Truby King said he thoroughly understood the respons bility in giving advice on the age at which a woman should marry. Look ng at the matter from all standpoints he could only think that early marriage was best, and in his opinion eighteen for the women and twenty-two for the men were the most suitable ages, both from the point of view of health, morals, and the nation.