SOCIAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3342, 7 October 1911, Page 8

SOCIAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

'A pleasing ceremony took, place at the golf links on Thursday afternoon, when Mrs. King (captain) on behalf of the lady members, presented the secretary, Miss E. Nolan, with an ebonybacked mirror with a silver mount, also a swastika blue enamel, brooch, in recognition of her services rendered to the club during the season. Miss Adams, her assistant, was also the recipient of a silver-mounted enamel hat-pin and brooch. A match was played during the afternoon, Miss Nellie Tucker proving the winner for the trophy presented by the members. Afternoon tea was supplied by the lady members. Some of those present were Mesdames King, Morgan' Bull', Cole, Traill, Burke. Carlyon, Willock (2). Misses Lewis, Nolan, Sweet, Davies, Black (2), Willis, and Tucker (2). Miss Nellie Tucker has generously donated a guinea, trophy to-the Ladies’ Golf Club, to be played for this season. The latest wedding idea in America is that the bridesmaids should present the bridegroom with a gift on his wedding day. Miss Dolly Chrisp is being much entertained just now. Her wedding is to eventuate on the 18th inst. Mrs Nancy Edey, 96 years old, was married for the sixth time at Troy, Mo., to a farm hand, Rae Inlow, aged 24. They live near Silex, M. The bridj’s fifth husband died about six weeks’ ago in the Poorhouse at Troy. The bride was gowned in a plain black dress with a- belt made of a piece of leather and a clothes line. She wore a sunbonnet and appeared happy. Mrs Cuthbert entertained a number of girl friends of the bride-to-be on Tuesday afternoon. Each guest brought a handkerchief. A proverb competition proved very interesting, and was won by Mrs E. Adair. Mrs Cuthbert received her guests wearing a black silk trimmed with oriental embroidery. Among the guests were Mrs Chrisp," wearing black silk voile, brown straw hat. Mrs W. Chrisp, biscuit-colored frock, black and white hat. Mrs A. Chrisp, navy blue cijsiume, black hat. Mrs J. A. Smith (Napier) black charmeuse, black hat. Mrs T. Chriso, black dress. Mrs J. Townley, black satin, mauve bonnet. Miss D. Chrisp, cream serge, puritan frock. Mrs F. Muir, navy costume, black hat. Mrs C. Muir, grey crepe, white hat with black trimmings.' Miss Adams, pink frock, pink hat. Miss Maud (Auckland) cream striped costume, cream hat, black trimming. Miss Townley, vieux rose frock, white satin hat, with ostrich feathers. Miss J. Adams, grey frock, hat en sute. Miss F. Adams, pink gown, hat to correspond: Misses Good, Bennett, Bright, Taylor, Anderson, Curtis, Murray, B. Graham, C. Graham. L. Coleman, E. Cooper, Crawford (2), Muir (Wellington); Mesdames Buscke, Ruby, Bright. G. Barton, R. Johnstone and E. Adair. A husband can be too affectionate and too poetic, according to the testimony of Mrs Wentworth Carter, whose suit for divorce was tried in the Circuit Court at Kansas. "To much poetrj', too many kisses, too much love, too many smiles and too little work make an unfit husband,” 6he said. _ Mrs Carter said that when she married Carter ten years ago she was temporarily blinded by love and a- deluge of poetry. "He was positively irresistible, but he would not work, Judge. He wanted to kiss me all the time. When our last cent was gone he went to South Carolina t-o live with an uncle. There is not much poetry or romance in that, is there?” The' Judge granted her petition. Mrs. J. A. Smith (Napier) is the guest of Mrs. J. Townley. J. R. Luce, who is three years past the century mark, and Clara Powers, a widow, who gave her.age as 45, were married at Everett. U.S. Luce has been married six times in all, four times sirfCe he became a resident of Everett. ‘‘You did not require me to bring the .woman along the last time,” he remarked -cheerfully when he received his. license. Earlier in the afternoon he went to the Courthouse and wa6 informed he would have to produce his bride. Luce and his bride are spending their honeymoon quietly at his home. His last wife divorced him. Six months ago he got a license, but his intended bride on that occasion backed out. Mrs. W. Graham l (Ormond) gave an afternoon for Miss Chrisp at her residence on Friday afternoon. Miss D. Chrisp was again the guest of honour at a "Brown-paper Parcel Afternoon” on Thursday given by Mrs. W. Chrisp. The hostess wore a cream and brown toilette; Mrs. Cuthbert, black frodk, black hat; Mrs. C. Buscke, grey costume, hat en suite ; Mrs. J. Towtnley, black silk, black bonnet. Others present were- Mesdames Kinder, Grey Barton, Ruby, Bright, Adair, J. A. Smith (Napier), Chrisn (3), R. Johnstone. Misses Crawford (2). B. Graham, Q. Graham, Murray,. Bright, Maud ( Auckland), Taylor, L. Coleman, Adams (2), and others. Each guest presented the guest of honour with a small parcel. A competition: connected with the marriage caused a great deal' of merriment. Mrs. Buscke and Mrs. Kinder proving the winners. Mr. and Mrs. R. Willock arc back from their holiday. Miss Elsie Macfarlane has returned t-o Hawke’s Bay. > The Chase triplets of Newbury Port, U.S., celebrated their fiftieth birthday anniversary the. other day with a large gathering of relatives and friends at the old homestead. The trio—Thirston S. Chase, Mrs Benjamin \V. Ordway and Miss Alice March, Chase —are three of nine children born to the late Mr and* Mrs Moses '.L.< Chase. Thirston 'S. ( Chase is a butcher and a .farmer. He is married and has seven children. Mrs Ordway has been married twice. Her j present husband is a carriage bow j maker. She has one daughter, Mrs Esther. Collis, and a- grandson. • Miss Alice Chase remained at home and min- <

isterqd to the comfort of her parents until they died. Since then she has filled various positions as nurse and housekeeper in homes in this city. l. u w b Mr and Mrs. Straehan are visiting the couth. Mrs. C. Buscke is giving an "afternoon” for Miss Dally Ohiisp next week. The revolting dangers run by those who wear false hair without finding out its origin may happily become things of the past if a new German invention proves successful. This is hair made out of artificial silk. The hair of this artificial silk has the texture of real hair ,thought it is not quite as fine as the finest human hair. It is, however, no coarser than the ordinary Chinese used for cheap switches. It can be dyed the exact color of natural hair, no matter how difficult the shade mav be. It is clean, to begin with, and may be washed at any time as easily as any other kind qf silk. Besides that, it lias a great deal of body, and when made into rats and transformations holds much better than ordinary hair. It is glossy, and will submit to brilliantino or oil like the ordinary artificial switches, and when once curled keeps the curl much better than ordinary artificial Inair. A silk parcsol recovered from trie stomach of a huge shark recently caught in Lewes, U.S., by the crew of. the Government lightship has been claimed by Miss Laura Dorsey of Saugatuck, Conn. She dropped it overboard from a Long Island sound steamer early m the summer. Miss Dorsey identified the parasol bv a monogram on the handle. Miss Nellie de Onzo, 17 years old, is under the care of physicians in a hospital at Chicago as the result of a ninety-minute spell of sneezing. . Her experience was due to snuff which a voung man, in a spirit of fun, scattered near her while she was singing. A girl named Hilda Militants, 14 years of age, swung clubs in the School of Arts, at Musswelbrook (New South Wales) last week, from ten o’clock in the morning till midnight. Mrs Delilah Cook, S 4, sued for divoroo from the nicin who has boon her husband for sixty years, Stephen Cook, 84, a farmer living near Findlay, U.S. She claims that he no longer will provide for her. The Cooks have spent their entire married life on the same farm, it being purchased and cleared just prior to their wedding. The newest wonder in the windows of the Fifth Avenue, New York, milliners is the "Metal” hot, which the public is assured will be the proper tiling for the modish young woman this fall. Some of the hats are reminiscent of the helmet, some are flat and broad, but they are all different from hats of other years. They are not simple and they are not cheap. Flowers and feathers, lace and fur, gokl and silver are employed lavishly. The metallic effect is obtained in a variety of ways, including such novelties as metal fringe, silver flowers, bronzed flowers and gold anj silver meshes and laces.