NOTES AND NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3172, 18 March 1911, Page 4

NOTES AND NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.

BY “ROS

LIND.”

SOCIAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Mrs. and Miss Dormer leave Gisborne about the 4th of April for Auckland, en route for London.

The Misses Ada and Lily Ciapsliaw, of Wellington, recently received some ■songs, from the pen of Lady Beatrice Kerr-Clarke, who played their accompaniments when, they sang to Her Excellency Lady Islington at Government House. Lady Beatrice also wrote them a charming letter, and expressed a wish to meet them again soon. Miss Ada Cla pshaw was recently the guest of Bishop, and Mrs. Averi.ll at Napier.

Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Kirk have taken up their residence, at. their new house in Rutene Road, Kaiti.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Shields returned to Hawke’s Bay on Wednesday.

At a recent wedding of note'm London, the bride wore a. dress cf Bengal satin richly embroidered with pearls, .in an oriental design, while the train, which was of beautiful old. Brussels lace, mounted on a cloth of silver, was hung from the shoulders with ropes of pearls. Her bridesmaids wore Romney dresses of pale pink muslin, with blue sashes, and shoes, and * large black satin hats adorned with pink roses, and a huge bow of blue satin, on one side.

At another wedding the pages were dressed as Cossack soldiers, in white cloth suits edged rvitli fur, and their costumes were complete to the cart-ridge-cases During the signing of the register the wedding favors, which took the form of dainty little bouquets of white heather, were presented to the guests by the bridesmaids.

Mr. and Mrs D. M. Parker (Hawke’s Bay) have taken the house in Owen Road lately occupied by Mrs. J. R. Kirk

Miss Annie deLairtour is expected to return from her visit to England about the beginning of May.

Miss Godfrey, matron of the Gisborne Hospital, has returned from hei holiday.

Miss .Jamieson, who lias been . the guest of Mrs. A. H. Wallis Iva.iti, returned to Hawke’s Bay on Wednesday.

Miss Lottie Sargeant and ■ her husband. Mr Frank Greene ? of the “Dollar Princess” Company, intend leaving Australia for London about the beginning of June.

Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Barker are expected to return to Gisborne early m Mav.

Miss Olive Godwin, of the ‘ ‘Dollar Princess.” Company, who has many admirers in Gisborne, .intends to leave for Paris shortly, where she hopes to study under Madame Marohosi for some time. Her ambition is to appear in grand opera.

A new career for women —that of advisors on architect’s plans-—for which, after due technical training, women, it is thought with their artistic aptitude and their practical knowledge of household management, might become invaluable, was .a recent suggestion or a French architect.

Air. and Mrs. R. Sherratt and the Misses Sherratt (2) leave this morning for a trip to London.

Air. Winston Barron, at one time of the Bank of Australasia, Gisborne, but now of Napier, was -married on Wednesday afternoon at Dunedin to Miss Lulu Roberts, second daughter of Air. John. Roberts, of that city.

Aliss Heald, who has been on a visit to the East Coast, returned to Hastings on Wednesday.

A girl of -six in Melbourne may be one of the musical wonders cf the age. Her name is. Vida Manley, and she rejoices, in & throat unique in its toi mation. '.Doctors and musicians who have examined her throat say it is different from that of any other human being. When she was two years of age she started warbling like a canary, and ever since has retained this peculiar power. Now she trills like a Tetrazzini also, and sings, most de-lightfuJy. As yet she hast not been spoiled by any publicity, and, waibles away brightly and without affectation. Her parents are not at all musical, and have a number of equally unimusical children.