SOCIAL AND GENERAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3705, 14 December 1912, Page 4

SOCIAL AND GENERAL.

Miss Mamie 'Williamson’s wedding takes place at Holy Trinity Church on Wednesday.

:viss M. Rees has returned from t.-*r vsit to Napier.

b'.sbo "WiTiams arrived by the Tai-apuna from Napier on Wednesday 1001 lung.

M-v J. W. Williams has returned f.» Cu borne.

i\l iss Lylie Coleman has returned from her visit to Auckland.

Bishop Averill returned last week from a trip to the Motu district, and made Iris departure for Napier last Sunday. He seems to have very much appreciated the hospitality extended to him by the country settlers, the only thing lie deplored being the wet weather and the bad roads.

Mr Beslie Richards, formerly of England and now of Auckland, is the guest of Dr and Mrs Carlyle Wilson.

Miss Ludbrook. who has been visiting Mrs Ken. Williams, luparoa, has returned to town.

Mrs Alfred Carter, who has been visiting in Wanganui, New Plymouth and Wellington, has returned to Gisborne.

Miss Rees has bought-a property, in Russell Street, Whataupoko, in which the Cook County College will open after the Christmas holidays.

Madame Clara Butt and Mr Kenjier'iy Rumford are expected to commence a tour of New Zealand in May.

Miss Coupler, of is the guest of 31 rs Richard Sherratt, Swarthmoor.

Mrs Pittar (England) is visiting Mrs C. A. do Lautour. s

Tennis was in full swing at the Whataupoko Courts last Saturday. The day was bright and sunny, and everyone, though more or less heated, enjoyed their games. Afternoon tea was supolied by Miss L. Coleman and Miss X. Davies. 1 noticed among those present:— Mrs F. Parker, in a smart linen costume of a navy shade, piped with black and a hat trimmed effectively with bows of green striped ribbon. Mrs Steele (Auckland), a costume of dove voile piped with black, and a toque to correspond. Mrs Porter, a white linen coat and skirt, and a toque massed with pink roses. Mrs Trail, white spotted muslin and a pretty hat with blue and pink trimmings. Mrs Paris, a blue striped costume, hat of creme straw with black trimmings. Mrs Henry White, a fawn linen with a cream toque edged with black. Mrs Stock, biscuit-colored linen with black facings, a black toque with a. feather mount. Mrs Walter Barker, a champagnecolored coat»and skirt, and a black picture hat with white ostrich plumes. Mrs H. de Lautour, a white costume and a hat of pretty shaded roses. Mrs Watkins, a grey and black coat and skirt, with a toque to match. Mrs Henderson, a biscuit-colored gown much embroidered, and a baton suite. Mrs Callis, a white embroidered Indian lawn and a white linen hat. Mrs Matthews, a white dress much embroidered and a hat swathed with white. Mrs Arthur Rees, a cream linen coat and skirt, and a pretty toque to match. Mrs Kells, a chocolate-colored linen and a large hat with blue and Pink trimmings. Miss Booth, a grey striped toilette, and a hat of creme with ribbon trimmings.

.Miss B. Murray, a white fro6k and a pretty hat with trimmings of lace and pink roses. Miss X. Davies, rose crepe and a large black hat with trimmings of pink roses and an osprey mount. Miss L. Coleman, a white embroidered Indian lawn and a oretty hat of pastel blue. Miss Hme. a white embroidered muslin and a black picture hat. -Miss E. No’an, white linen frock, a hat trimmed prettily with blue and pink roses. Miss Faulkner, white muslin much embroidered, a hat of torouoise blue. Miss X. Vi dliams, rose- pink linen and a cream hat pined with pink ribltons. Miss 13. Bradley, a very smart white linen costume and a hat to correspond lined with blue. Miss Pyke, white crepe, black and "bite hat trimmed with violets. Miss \ era. Williams, blue striped pool in and a white hat. Miss Runciman, white embroidered lawn and a hat swathed with white. Miss Russel, white linen and a linen hat turned off the face with pale blue. Miss H. Nolan, white embroidered frock and a white hat lined with black. Miss V. Williams, a verv prettv ivory crepe and a white hat. Miss In a Lewis, white embroidered muslin, a pretty colored hat trimmed with shaded satin fruit. Miss Doris Rees, a white frock worn with a hat trimmed with black and green striped ribbon. Miss M. de Lautour, pretty white lawn and a hat trimmed with heliotrope flowers. Miss Phyllis de Lautour. white linen and a hat lined with black. Amongst the gentlemen present I noticed:—Messrs \V. Barker, X. Bull, R. Nolan, Callis, G. Willock, Henderson (2), E. Matthews. Hay-McHen-y.ie, Cornier, Smith, G. Grant, Booth,] J. Smith and Reid. J

-Miss Hazel Nolan, a pale blue crepe piped with black and a creme hat with rose trimmings. Miss V. Williams, white muslin, much embroidered, and a white hat Mrs C. Sherriff, a blue and pink voile and a toque with blue and pink trimmings. Miss Vera Williams, a blue and ■white striped zephyr and a cream hat with blue trimmings. Miss Brook-Taylor, a dove-colored costtime worn with a black toque. Miss Trixie Busby, a white embroidered linen and a biscuit colored hat with blue and pink trimmings. -Miss Ligma Gavans, a-sea-green toilette, worn with a coat of rose pink, with a paisley collar and a mole hat trimmed with poppies. Mrs Wachsmann, a pale grey costume relieved with black, and a black toque. Mrs H. do Lautour, a beautiful white lace gown and a hat en suite. Mrs Walter Barker, a cream clbth costume and a black hat trimmed with white ostrich feathers. Mrs Charles Bennett, a rose pink toilette and a hat en suite. Miss Betty Black, a pretty cream voile and a burnt straw hat lined with black. Mrs Harold Bright, a rose crepe ■obe and a burnt straw hat with tiny •ose-bud trimmings. Miss E. "Williams, a saxe-blue and jlaek striped costume, and a brown \at effectively trimmed with roses. -Mrs Bruce, a grey costume and silver grey toque. Miss *E. Brook-Tavlor, a reseda rreen costume piped with black and rliite and black toque. Mrs Williamson, a grey striped coat md skirt and a pretty black toque vith ostrich feather trimmings. j Mrs John Clark, a charming black j md white toilette and a black hat vith a black and white lancer plume. Mrs B. Shorratt, a vieux rose linen „iid a biscuit-colored hat with rose trimmings.

Mrs George Reynolds, a lovely mauvjQ silk voile worn with a chic amethyst-sliaded toque. Miss W. Wachsmann, a cream and black costume and a hat with si ? k ribbon rosettes.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AT THE SAVOY.

Mine. Sarah Bernhardt must have j felt, and indeed looked proud in tho i best sense when she stood up on the j platform in tho reception room at the { Savoy and spoke her thanks' to the j crowded assembly gathered to give her | greeting on her sixty-ninth birthday, j Sli'e made a touching little speech in | English, flic first time she’ has ever ! essayed our tongue on a public platj form, and the timbre of her voice still retained its power to rouse emotion : in those who listened to her broken English.. ‘‘Sixty-nine years young,” Sir Herbert Tree called her, and the quaint paradox seemed to fit her appearance to a nicety. A ripple of amusement passed round the room when three great vellum-bound volumes wore handed “Sarah,” the pages covered with.the signatures and admirers the English-speaking world over. Tho books were so very bulky, but they represented only in a sma'l measure the impression a great artiste can make on the world. Earl Beauchamp, who took the chair, aptly declared that “You have adorned the stage for fifty years, and nothing that you have touched has not owed its glory to the magic of your gifts and the compelling wonder of your genius.” It would seem as if the great actress had with her sixty-ninth year acquired a fresh lease of her powers, for her appearances at the Coliseum have this year been a wonderful success.