THE SOCIAL WORLD

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1540, 30 October 1919, Page 26

THE SOCIAL WORLD

Announcements of engagements and contributions of interest relating to weddings and social gatherings should be sent to Lady Editor, “BportLn£ 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 In all cases the writer’s signature and address must be attached (not for publication).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 arraage-

Mrs. Douglas Vickerman, Hastings, is on a visit to Auckland.

Mrs. Herman and Miss Doris Herman, Auckland, have been on a lengthy visit to Christchurch. * * •

Mr. and Mrs. W. Watson, Thames, left by the Moeraki on an extended trip to Australia.

Mrs. Alfred Kidd, Auckland, has gone to Christchurch to attend a conference of the Trained Nurses Association.

Miss Maud Edmondson, - Wellington, has gone to Sydney to continue her musical studies at the Conservatorium there.

Miss Marion S. Donald, lately of Dunedin, has been appointed assist-ant-surgeon at the Auckland Dental Hospital by the Hospital Board.

Miss Esther Foster and Captain Rupert Westmacott are the guests of Colonel Stephen Allen and Mrs. Allen, Morrinsville.

Miss Stott has returned to. Auckland after a visit to Wellington, where her sister is matron of the hospital.

Lady Stout gave a house warming party at the Pioneer Club, Wellington, to mark the renovations to the premises and the addition of a new room.

Wellington papers announce the engagement of Miss Louie Haise, of Tinakori Road, daughter of the late Judge Haise and Mrs. Haise, to Mr. E. Blake Burdekin, of Nelson. a • *

Leading Paris corset makers are in despair, for fashionable Frenchwomen this summer have discarded a part of their attire hitherto considered indispensable.

The engagement is announced of Miss Winifred Henrietta - Stone, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G D. Stone, Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, to Mr. Sydney Harold Gould, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gould, of Apiti, Feilding.

The engagement is announced of Miss Evelyn Robinson, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Robinson, Oakwood, Glen-iti, South Canterbury, to Mr. Aubrey Clark, tea planter, of Ceylon. Miss Robinson, who trained as a nurse at the Dunedin Hospital, left a few months ago for England, and her wedding will take place next month.

The engagement is announced of Miss Olive M. Laidlaw, only daughter of Mrs. Laidlaw, Sea View Terrace, Timaru, and the late Mr. W. S. Laidlaw, of Central Otago, to Lieutenant L. V. Bellingham, Te Aroha, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bellingham, Hamilton. Lieutenant Bellingham, who left with the Main Body, Wellington Mounteds, has recently returned to New Zealand.

That talented little local coterie of girls styled “The Originals,” who did so much to benefit patriotic activities during the war, were again in kindly evidence at the Town Hall last Thursday, when they gave a concert in aid of the Richmond Road Orphanage, Ponsonby. A thoroughly diverting dish of songs and dances was smartly served up, the ringleader being Miss Vera: Maybee, who not only stage managed the performance and arranged the dances, but appeared most successfully in dainty solo work and the concerted items for which “The Originals” are so popular.

The dramatic circle of the Women’s Club held a very pleasant evening under the direction of the convener, Mrs. M. McCallum. Interesting sketches and monologues were given by Mrs. F. E. Baume, Mrs. W. H. Parkes, Miss Hughes-Jones, Miss Iris Baker, Misses Shayle-George (2), Misses Joan and Mollie Rayner and Mrs. McCallum.

The Auckland French Club, at its annual meeting, elected the following officers: Honorary president, M. L. Hippeau; president, Professor Maxwell Walker; vice-presidents, Mr. N. A. Winter, Miss Outhwaite; secretary and treasurer, Mr. S. I. Clarke; librarians, Mr. J. B. Elliott and Mme. Foley; council, M. M. Allum, Bieleski, Francis, Mesdames du Temple, de Houx, Hall, Misses Holland and Brendell. The following were elected members of a special social committee: Misses Uhlman, Matches, M. and B. Rebour and Brendell, Messrs, de Cock, Egan, Baume and Clarke.

Mrs. Charles Goldstine and Mrs. Aaron Emanuel, of Herne Bay, left by the Niagara on an extended trip to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

“A man never falls in love with the woman he studies, but with the woman who studies him.”

Freedom of association between the sexes has been a blessed result of the war, says an English writer. Nothing has led so much to the breaking down of sex barriers as the European conflagration, because it has thrown thousands of men and women into daily comradeship and has unleashed all those splendid potentialities of the middle-class Englishwoman which tradition has enchained. It has taught her other professions than that of marriage. It has taught her the dignity of work.

One of the season’s features has been the dominating influence of the “Jazz” dance, with its astonishing breakdown of long-established social customs, says a writer in the “Daily Mail.” The chaperon, for instance, completely disappeared from the scene. The young girl has never enjoyed such freedom. All her dance invitations have bidden her to bring her own partner, who has not been named, and this developed the custom of a girl ringing up one of the young men whose step suits her in the “hesitation” or the “one-step” and bidding him accompany her to such-and-such a dance. They have danced together the whole evening, and after the ball the young man has seen her home at all sorts of weird hours in the morning. It is all very nice and “chummy,” but what a change from the cherished conventions of — well, even five years ago! *-« * * “The sound of silk is a tonic to some women.”

The Bishop of Waiapu (Bishop Sedgwick), in the course of his address to the Anglican Synod in Napier, said: We cannot but view with the gravest apprehension the growing disregard of the sacred ties of marriage. An agitation has been conducted in the Home press for an appalling extension of divorce, which would practically have the effect of abolishing marriage and substituting a legal concubinage at the will of the parties. One recognises the right of the State to regulate marriage within its own province as a legal institution, but, as has been said, “Marriage is more than a legal institution. It is a natural institution, a natural relation of man and woman, and, as such, an Ordinance of God. It is in the province of the Church to guard this divine institution and to teach all men its true and unalterable nature.” >

At a gala operatic performance at Covent Garden recently, according to the “Australasian’s” lady correspondent, Queen Mary wore a silver grey gown, and some of her loveliest pearls and diamonds. Some of Queen Mary’s dresses have been very charming of late. At a theatre recently she appeared in a dress which seemed to be made of moonlight blue beads. There was a touch of white tulle in the corsage, and the sleeves were also of white tulle; but the rest of the gown was of the moonlight blue beads. The colour is a favourite one in Paris at present,, and it is claimed that it is much more economical than white or pink frocks, on account of its lasting qualities. With this dress Queen Mary wore some beautiful diamonds. Her hair is now white, and her favourite stone is, therefore, more becoming than ever./ The Queen wore diamond pins, which had the effect of flashes of light in her hair. It will come as a surprise to many to learn that Her Majesty’s hair has whitened, the stress and strain of the war, no doubt, being largely accountable for the change.

The late Mrs. S. B. Joel, wife of the African millionaire, was famous for her hospitality. She entertained on a most lavish scale, often inviting a number of guests to her house at Eastbourne or in Upper Brook Street, W., without appearing herself, but leaving them every means of securing excellent entertainment. On Peace Night she invited a large party to dinner and a dance at a wellknown London restaurant. The guests arrived in cars and taxi-cabs, but the hostess could not be found. After waiting for some time the guests decided to entertain themselves. They finished dinner and commenced the dance, but. still Mrs. Joel could not be found. The dance finished and the guests went home in the early hours without having seen their hostess. It was afterwards discovered that she had completely forgotten the party, and had been celebrating peace elsewhere with other friends. She had the utmost contempt for convention, with the result that she shocked the susceptibilities of many of the more formal members of society.

Thus “Fanella,” in the “Sydney Sun,” on the dressing at Randwick: There were silks from: China made as alleged frocks with shortened sleeves and abbreviated skirts; muslin, figured and flowered, breathing the harems of far Constantinople. Hula Hula girls wore silk fringed skirts with queer and ugly loose bodices, most faithful to the garb of the dusky maidens of the South Pacific. Tit-bits of vanity unabashed were the hats and coats —the jumpers, and the kilted skirts of every hue under the sun. So cleverly manipulated were materials that they lost their original raison d’etre, and succeeded in establishing once and for all that whatever woman is or isn’t, that she is a synonym for all that is inconsequential , irrational and delightful.. The peplum blouse was a choice with a good following. Fat womenshouldn’t wear the peplum, but they do. The box coat an alternative, is excellent, and a few wise folk selected it as a happy compromise between the ultra modern “kitchen garment” frocks and the severe tailor made. An approved vogue was the threepiece, usually a good-looking suit really, of cloth, silk, tritcotin or any of the heavy linens that smart Long Island women have made so popular. Indestructible voile — quite a misnomer, but what matter —is the new foil to perishable ninPn or georgette. But it was tortured with buttons and stitchings and frills and knobs ! of cord and otherwise * ill-treated, till the sight of a plain little gown would have been a sight for the proverbial sore eyes.

Mrs. Emma Stanley, a native of Birmingham, the last survivor of Mendelssohn’s choir when the composer produced “Elijah” ■ in that city in 1846, has died at Southport, aged 93.

• The wedding of Mischel Cherniavsky, the ’cellist of the well-known trio of musicians, to Miss Mary Angus' Rogers, daughter of the late Benjamin T. Rogers and Mrs. Rogers, of Chicago, took place at St. ‘Paul’s Church, Victoria, British Columbia, early in August. Bishop de Pencier, assisted by the rector, the Rev. Harold King, officiated, and Mr. Frank Wrigley played the wedding music, while Sir. Max Salinsky played Saint Saen’s “Andante” during the signing of the register. The church was crowded with friends Of the bride and bridegroom, and was beautifully decorated with marguerites and ferns. The bride wore a gown of white satin, with a pearl embroidered overdress, made in a picturesque medieval style, with a long train, while her embroidered silk veil was fastened to the head by a circlet of pearls. She also wore a pearl rope girdle and carried a sheaf of lilies, while her one ornament was a pendant of pearls and diamonds. The chief bridesmaid was Miss Margaret Rogers, and two small girls, Barbara Murray and Margaret King, also attended, all wearing simply-made white ninon frocks, finished with silver girdles. They wore silver bands in the hair and turquoise and pearl rings, the gift of the bride and bridegroom, and carried bouquets of marguerites. The best man was Mr. Blythe Dupay Rogers, brother of the bride.

A very jolly evening was spent at the residence of Mr. A. Fernandez, “Oveido,” Nugent Street, in honour of the return from the front of his son-in-law, Private V. G. Edwards. The house and spacious grounds were artistically decorated and illuminated for the occasion. The large verandah was lighted with magic lanterns and hung with the national flags. Here dancing was indulged in, foxtrotting being greatly enjoyed. During the evening many vocal items were contributed by Mrs. L. H. Norton, Mr.. N. F. Hutchinson (recently returned from ‘ France), Miss Joan Quinn, Mrs. A. Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman,- Miss Audrey Dickinson and Mr. W. Clinch. Pianoforte solos were given by Miss Vera Adams and Miss E. Edwards. Mr. John A. Fernandez was the accompanist. Mrs. V. G. Edwards, who acted as hostess (assisted by Mrs. Fred Knight) wore a lovely gown of creme charmeuse with net overdress reliev-’ ed with silver. Mrs. Knight wore black ninon.