THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1486, 17 October 1918, Page 34

THE SOCIAL WORLD

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Announcements of engagements and e~u tributions of interest relating to w Hidings and social gatherings should be sent to Lady Editor, “Sporting and Dramatic Keview” 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 In all cases the writer’s signature and address must ’be attached (not for publication).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.

Mrs. Marsack, Auckland, is paying a visit to Wanganui. * * - * Mrs. T. Cotter has returned to Auckland after a trip to Sydney. •J. * * Miss B. Devore, Parnell, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. A. Bewley, New Plymouth. * * * ♦ Mrs. A. Rhind, Auckland, is on a visit to Palmerston North, where she is the guest of her mother, Mrs. McRae. w * * * Mrs. E. W. Sharman has returned to Auckland after a holiday in Dunedin and Christchurch. # * * * Mrs. J. Conlan is spending a holiday at Rawhiti, North Auckland, where she is the guest of Mrs. E. C. Blomfleld. Dr. Elizabeth Cowan was the guest of honour at a charming little morning tea given by Dr. Ethel Sands at the Piccadilly Rooms, Auckland. * * * * Mrs. Seymour Thorne George and Miss Neville George have returned to Auckland after a visit to Rotorua. * ♦ ♦ * Miss Maggie Robin, who has been created a Member of the British Empire Order, is a sister of Major- General Sir Alfred Robin.’ .? * * * Mrs. Bernard Wood, of Christchurch, gave a farewell tea to her • mother, Lady Ward, who returns to Wellington after a long stay in Christchurch. * * * * Mr. and Mrs. T. W. H. Cooper, Wellington, are making a lengthy stay at Rotorua. ♦’♦ « ♦ The engagement has been announced of Major Keith R. Park, M.C., Croix de Guerre, R.F.A., and R.A.F., and Dorothy Margarita, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodbine Parish, of 2, Stanhope Street, Hyde Park. Major Park, who is the son of Professor J. L. Park, F.G.S., B.Sc., of Aberdeen and Dunedin, has been serving for over two years, at first with the R.F.A., transferring later to the Royal Air Force. - * * * Dame Nellie Melba’s granddaughter is to be named Helen Pamela Fullarton Armstrong. * # * * Miss E. Laing, masseuse at the Napier Hospital, whose services have been accepted by the Defence Department, expects to leave for England at an early date.. , * * * While the ladies in charge of the flower section of the New Plymouth Red Cross Mart were the other day busily engaged in arranging their wares in the front portion of the unoccupied stables next to the mart, a loud crash at the rear of the building considerably startled them, states the “Herald.” It was found that a section of the. floor, about 25ft. by 15ft, had given way under the weight of about 130 bags of chaff, and had fallen into the Mangotuku, a small stream which flows under the building. The chaff and the outer wall went with the floor, and four men, who were working at the time, had a narrow escape. Two of them went down among the debris, but fortunately escaped with a shaking and grazes.* Lady Davidson, wife of the Governor of New South Wales, speaking at Maitland, said: —“I urge those Red Cross branches which have junior Red Cross organisations attached to them to remind their children of what their badge is—the cross—and I urge them not to allow junior organisations to make money by raffles, spinningjennies, and such means in connection with such a fine and sacred badge as the Red Cross.”

A popular and interesting wedding took place at St. G'eorge’s Church, Thames, on Thursday, October 10, when Miss Bertha Baker, third daughter of Mr.. William Baker, the well-known mine manager, was married to Mr. .William Watson, third son of Mrs.. Watson and the late Mr. John Watson, of Remuera, Auckland, and formerly of Thames. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in a smartly-cut costume of Quaker grey tricotin, the coat made with the new vest effect of white silk bengaline finished with white buttons flecked with faint pink and softened at the neck with folds of pink tulle. She wore a close-fit-ting hat of grey crepe de chine underlined with cameo pink and surmounted with a silver and pink posy, and carried an exquisite bouquet of pink roses, larkspur and asparagus. Owing to a recent family bereavement the wedding was very quiet, only immediate relatives being present, and there

was no bridesmaid or best man. The Rev. A. J. Beck was the officiating clergyman, and after the ceremony the bridal party drove direct to the station, leaving midst a hail of confetti and the good wishes of a large gathering of friends. The honeymoon is being spent in a tour of the Hot Lakes District. The bride and bridegroom, who are members of two of Thames’ best-known families, were the recipients of many valuable presents. Mr. Watson left New Zealand with the Seventh Reinforcements and joined the Mounted Brigade in Egypt (Machine Gun Squadron). He returned to the Dominion early this year through illness. * * * * I am told it is at the express wish of the King that the traffic is not now stopped when royalty drives abroad. I have noticed sometimes omnibuses were within a yard of royal carriages. “The people must not be inconvenienced,” is what the King says, I am informed. —“Daily Mirror.”

The cost of equipment of King George’s Hospital, London (1850 beds) was £44,000, and was met by the British Red Cross_ Society. Miss Jessie McKenzie, who has been appointed a Member of the British Empire, is secretary to the Lady Liverpool Committee and Red Cross Society in Masterton. Miss Nancye Stewart is said to have an excellent part in “The Thirteenth Chair,” that of an irrepressible young miss who will develop into a scolding dowager later on, but looks a good deal older than she is. * • * * At the annual meeting of the “Charley’s Aunt” Social Club, Wellington, the following office bearers were appointed for the ensuing year: President, Mr. Albert Russell; vicepresidents, Miss Harding Maltby, Mrs. N. E. Aitken, Mrs. Boden,

Messrs. W. H. Atack, J. F. Carr, M. A. Carr, W. Fraser, W. E. Jackson, M. Manthal, Thomas Pringle and C. Bentley Russell; committee, Misses Atack, C. Guise, L. Maplesden, E. Petherick, Mesdames F. J. Evans, M. Menard, W. Scammell, E. Wilson, Messrs. A. Baudinet, A. E. Ballard, S. Boock, P. Cording, F. J. Evans, L. W. Hanlon, D. A. Oswin, and M. Tracey; honorary secretary, Mr. Norman E. Aitken; honorary treasurer, Mr. E. H. Cavell; honorary musical director, Mr. F. Wolfgang; honorary accompanist, Miss Madeline Webbe. * * * • “The woman has yet to be born who can resist wanting to hear that she is beautiful, or a direct appeal to that romance which never dies in any of us.” * T * * Since Mdlle. Soubeiran spent almost a year in Paris, one would naturally expect her to bring back the latest styles, remarks a Sydney

paper in the course of a chat with Mdlle., who has just returned to Australia. She laughs at the mention of clothes. “Dresses!” she exclaims. “Why, I am still wearing the garments I took away with me, and they had already done veteran service! The women of Paris, except a few butterflies, do not think of new clothes or new styles. Many of them have not bought a frock since the outbreak of war. They give all their time, and all the money they can spare, to help the war victims. “I’ll tell you a secret,” continues Mdlle. “I had not an evening dress to go to Government House reception. I’ve had to go and ge.t one ready-made, and also a pair of shoes. They laughed at me. at the shop, because they knew I’d just returned from Paris.” * * * At Dannevirke, on October 2, Miss Marjorie Jean Bain, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Bain, was married to Mr. Herbert Percy Turner, only son of the late Mr. G. D. Turner and Mrs. Turner, of Napier. * * • • Mrs. H. E. Troutbeck has given up her house at Heretaunga, and has gone to her Napier home, “Glyngarth” (says a Wellington paper). In a few days she will join her husband, who has been given 28 days leave for the shearing, and go on to “Galatea Station,” in Rotorua. A quiet wedding was solemnised at St. Patrick’s Church, Broad Street, Palmerston North, on September 11, by the Rev. Father MacManus, the contracting parties being Mr. Frank Shapleske, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shapleske. of Russell Street, Palmerston North, and Miss Sarah Emma Lockwood, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lockwood of Featherston Street. The bride, who was given away by her father, w r ore a pretty frock of white silk, with bridal veil and orange blossoms. She was attended by Miss Lucy H. Taylor, of Cunninghames. Both bride and bridesmaid carried beautiful shower bouquets. Mr. B. Shayleske, brother of the bridegroom, was groomsman. ‘Atfer the ceremony the guests attended the wedding breakfast, where the usual toasts were honoured. After the breakfast, the newly-married couple left for the north on a honeymoon tour, the bride’s going-away dress being a grey tailor-made costume, with hat to match. * ♦ * * According to a London paper, the Government is going to organise the picking of wild blackberries for jammaking. A coming order will provide that if a farmer will not gather the blackberries on his land a local organisation shall step in and see that the berries are not wasted. Receiving agents will be appointed in every district to put the berries on the rail for the nearest jam factory. The Government will pay the pickers (many of whom will be organised squads of local children) 3d. per pound and will sell the berries to the factories. • ♦ » • To those who knew Edinburgh in the late sixties, the memory of the brilliant Miss Haig, eldest sister of Sir Douglas Haig, cannot be forgotten (writes a correspondent of the “Scotsman,” in recording her death). It is no exaggeration to say that as soon as she appeared she was the centre of attraction. Those who were privileged to hear her sing her favourite pieces—“ Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee,” “Consider the Lilies,” “Rest in the Lord,” “Che Faro” —got a new interpretation of the best class of music. She married Major (afterwards Colonel) De Pree, a distinguished Indian official, and some years after his death she married Mr. John Jameson, St. Marnock’s, Ireland. Colonel De Pree left two sons, both of whom are serving in France. The elder is Brigadier-General Hugo De Pree, R.A., and the younger Colonel Cecil De Pree, who served on Gallipoli.

By direction of the King the flower beds at Buckingham Palace were converted some time ago into vegetable gardens. The crops are sent to hospitals and kindred institutions. * * * * “A man is young as often as he falls in love. . . . To her lover a woman is what she makes him feel. Whether she is fair or ill-favoured, whether she is worthy or worthless, whether she is formed like Venus or clasps him in arms as thin as penholders, to him she is supreme, and while he adores her he is young.” * * * * An appeal for men to take up the spinning of knitting wool, of which there is a serious shortage, has been made by Lady Brown, of Adelaide, reports the “South Australian Register.” Most women who are working for the soldiers, she says, have their hands full, and could not well undertake any more branches of war work. “I have been thinking,” added Lady Brown, “why men should not take up seriously the hand-spinning of wool. Of course, the art would have to be learnt, and needs patience and pains, but men could do this well. Spinners find the work fascinating. An expert spinner told me she could spin from carded wool in a long evening enough wool to make a pair of socks. A spinning wheel is an artistic addition to a room. An excellent attachment for spinning can be made to an ordinary sewing machine, and costs less.”