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SOCIAL NOTES
His Excellency the Governor and Lady
Talbot entertained the following at dinner
at the state Government-house on Satur
day:-The Speaker of the Legislative As
sembly (Mr. Frank Madden), Mrs. and
Miss Madden, Lady and Miss M'i&ieharn,
Sir. Irvine. M.L.A., and Mrs. Irvine, and
Colonel and Mrs. Ferguson., of Pitfour.
His Excellency the Governor will open
tlie new Museum buildings on Saturday,
April 21. at 3 o'clock. Also an exhibition
of rare and curious books, manuscripts, &e.,
in commemoration of the fiftieth anniver
sary of the opening of the Library: and also
the now museum buildings in Russell-street.
The Minims oi Linlithgow, who has al
ways boon an enthusiastic and plucky hunts
man, as Australians know well, met with a
nasty fall on Friday. March 30. when follow
ing the hounds in Cheshire. He was taking
a fence, and his horse, striking, turned a
somor.-auii. threw Lord Linlithgow into a
ditch, and rolled upon him. Medical exami
nation showed that three ribs had been frac
tured. the broken ends of one puncturing
the lungs, and that his collar-bone had been
broken. A later cable message reports
that Lord Linlithgow is making good pro
gress, and that, although suffering greatly,
his doctors do not regard his condition as
dangerous. Lord Linlithgow is 46 years of
age. After retiring from the position of
Governor-General of Australia, in 1902 he
?was for a time in very poor health. A long
holiday on the Continent, however, restored
him. and of late lie has been always able to
bear his part in the field sports he loved so
veil. The wish will be earnest and general
throughout Australia that the marquis will
be able to pull through the nasty accident he
lias sustained. His Excellency the Governor
General (Lord Northcote) has received a
cable message from the Marquis of Lilith
gow, thanking him for inquiries, and stating
that his recent accident in the hunting-field
was a serious one, but not of a dangerous na
ture. It will be learned with great satisfac
tion that, according to latest accounts, the
Marquis is making good progress. Ilis
medical advisers, we learn by cable, report
that the symptoms are all very favourable.
Lord Chelmsford, the Governor of Queens
land, is reported to be making rapid pro
press towards recovery, and it is expected
that lie will visit Tasmania towards the end
of the present month.
Sir Henry Wrixon (President of the
Legislative Council and vice-chancellor of
the l*niver>ity) is at present, his friends
will regret to hear, suffering from tem
porary indisposition, which has caused his
medical adviser (Dr. Grant) to instruct
him to remain indoors for a few days.
In aid of the Children's Hospital, the pro
prietary of Princes' Court gave a carnival on
(Saturday afternoon, which was attended by
the Governor (Sir Reginald Talbot), Lady
Talbot. Miss Stuart Wortley, and Captain
Oic-hton, A.D.C., the Lord Mayor of Mel
bourne. and members of the medical staff
of the Children's Hospital. The visitors
were received by Mr. Baird, director, and
taken to the Japanese tea-house. The Lord
Mayor introduced Sir Reginald Talbot from
the balcony of the tea-house, and His Ex
oellency then declared the carnival open.
Amougst the items was a water pantomime,
given dv Lieutenant Bruford and ibe Cer
berus blue-jackets. There was a host of
other.iunusemenls, both afternoon and even
ing. which were enlivened by the boys' band
of St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage and
the St. Kilda Company of the Boys Naval
Brigade.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Boyd Watson, of Labassa,
CaUfield, who have spent the summer at
Hastings, are entertaining a large party at
Bangunyah, Hastings; amongst whom are
Lady M'Eacharn, Miss M'Eacharn, Mrs.
Mark, and Mrs. and Miss Barton.
To celebrate the jubilee of the University
of Melbourne, the Vice-Chancellor and Lady
Wrixon will hold a reception, at the State
Parliament-house, on Monday afternoon,
April 23, from 3 to 5 o'clock, liis Excellency
the Governor and Lady Talbot will be pre
sent.
At an at home, given on April 1, by
Mrs. Culter, of Omrona, Brighton, the
mayoress of Brighton (Mi's. T. Wil
son) presented Mrs. James M'Kiijs.
ley with a handsome stopwatc^on
behalf of the members of the/Brigi}^
ton Swimming Club, jn recogmt,ioh--"of
Mis. MKinley's services during the jLgn
years she has acted as honorary, ^cqretfjiy
and starter for the club. \ /\
Mr. E. L. Yeneken will leave Sydney on
April 9 by the Ventura for a visit-^Jo
America and England.
The chancellor, vice-chancellor, and coun
cil of the Melbourne University, and the
president, vice-president, and trustees of
the Public Library, Museums, and National
Gallery of Victoria, have issued invitations
for a conversazione, to take place on Satur
day evening, April 28, in the Public Librarv
buildings, in commemoration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the opening of both institu
tions. lfis Excellency the Governor and
Lady Talbot will be present.
A cable message was received in Sydney
on April 3 announcing the death on Monday
of Ladv Cooper, widow of the late Sir
I Daniel 'Cooper, at Vere-gardens, Loudon,
in her 91st vear. Ladv Cooper was for
merlv Miss Elizabeth Hill, of a well-known
family in Sydney. For about 45 years she
and her late husband resided in London,
where Sir Daniel Cooper for some years
acted as Agent-General for New South
Wales. She leaves two sons and five daugh
ters. One son is Sir Daniel Cooper, Bart.
Mrs. T. A. Edmeads, Yankalilla, Brooke
street. Hawthorn, gave a very smart at
home at her residence on Wednesday, March
28, to welcome Mrs. Frank Eastwood,
of Ballarat, who has just returned from a
tour of England and the Continent, where
her honeymoon was spent. Among the
contributors to a most enjovable programme
were Madame Emery Gould, Miss Haynes,
Miss Linda Cooper, the Misses Miller, Miss
Muriel Hanson, and Mrs. Frank Eastwood.
Among the guests were Mrs. Eastwood,
sen., Mrs. Hellicar. Mrs. AJwvn Ewen, Mrs.
Gregory, Miss Edmeads, Mrs. and Miss
Hanson, Mrs. Pleasants. Mrs. Wiseman
(Adelaide), Miss Linda Cooper (Sydney),
Mrs. Walton, Mrs. Harry Davis, Mrs. Ash
ton, Mrs. Brent Robinson, Miss Boothman,
Mrs. Shand, Miss Burrell, Miss Jessie)
Smith. Mrs. Macmillan, Mrs. and Miss Man
son, Mrs. and Miss Royce, Mrs. Tuken, Mrs.;
Sloan. Miss Stevens, and others.
Among the passengers b.v the mailboat
Marmora on Tuesday, April 3, were Mrs.
George Godfrey, of St. Kilda, and her eon
and.daughter .(Mr., Bert and Miss Connie
Godfrey), who intend spending six months
travelling.
A private letter received by Tuesday's
mail from Scotland contains the interesting
information that the Rev. Dr. Fisher, of
Morningside Church. Edinburgh, is engaged
to be married to Mrs. Lindsay, widow of
the late Mr. William 'Lindsay, writer of
the signet, and daughter of Mr. Robert
Strathearn, writer to the signet, of Edin
burgh. - Dr." Fisher, it will be remembered,
occupied the Scots Ghurch pulpit in 1904
while the Rev. Dr. Marshall was on a holi
day visit to the old country and America.
He is a widower with three children,-and
Mrs. Lindsay has four children.
A complimentary afternoon tea party was
given on Monday to Miss H. Graham Beiry,
who has for many years been the associates'
representative on the committee of the
Austral Salon/ The party was arranged
for and given by the committee and other
associates of the salon in recognition of her
services to the society. Miss Berry | was
presented with a programme, enclosed in an
artistic satin sachet, the work of Mrs.
Horatio Webb. There was a large number
of guests present, who appreciated "the
varied programme of music, singing, and re
citations.
- Mr.-and Mrs. L. L. Lewis left by the Im
perial German mail steamer Bremen for
Italy on April 5. The visit is for the bene
fit,of Mrs. Lewis's health.
Mr..and Mrs. J. P. Ryan are leaving Mel
bourne by the Sydney express on Saturday
afternoon A6 catch the s.s. Ventura, which
sails for Saii-FiafiCifiCP on Monday. They
are maMng a trip through America to
Europe, and intend being ivway for about
nine months.
''The Melbourne Cookery Book" (E. W,
Cole, Book Arcade, Melbourne) has been
compiled with the object of aiding the house
wife who has to study ways and means. It
aims at assisting the cottage, villa, and the
ordinary household. Out-of-the-way dishes
have been carefully avoided, and the every
day dish liberally dealt with. The recipes
are clearly Bet forth, and the directions for
making them leave no room for doubt. The
book, which only costs a shilling, is cer
tainly a useful one.
Mrs. William Green's and Miss Florrie
Green's efforts have, as usual, been
successful on behalf of charity, the
sum of £100 has been realised from the sale
of balcony tickets for spectators at the
annual fancy dress ball and entertainment
given by them to their juvenile pupils at
the Town-ball, Melbourne, in December
last. The amount has beeu divided as fol
lows:-The Lady Talbot Epileptic Colony
Fund, £25; the Cottage bv tlie Sea (Queens
cliff), £25; the Hebrew Ladies' Benevolent
Society, £25; the Charities of the Sisters of
.Mercy, Fitzroy, £25.
Senator Playford. the Minister of De
fence, accompanied by Mr. A. B. Pethe
bridge, tbe acting secretary of Defence,
Colonel Hoad (tlie chief of staff), ana
Major Parnell, caught the Sydney express
on Thursday evening en route to Thursday
Island.
Miss Mary H. Krout. an American jour
nalist, has arrived in Sydney, with a com
mission to write articles upon Australia and j
Australians. Miss Krout was for 10 years'
on the staff of tbe Chicago ''Inter-Ocean/'
-and was sent by that paper to Hawaii dur
ing the revolution in 1895. She also visited
London as, staff correspondent, and re
mained there three years. She was then
sent to China to investigate the commercial
relations of China and the United States
for a syndicate of newspapers.
On Saturday afternoon and evening, April
7, "Ye Olde English Faire/' in aid of the
building fund of the Congregational Church,
Elstcruwick, will be heldi in the grounds of
Rippqn-lea, Elsternwjck, kindly lent by the
Premier. The fete WJII be opened at 3
o'clock, by Mr. K. G. M'Cutcheon, M.L.A.
The stalls will be designed to represent the
domestic archtecture of the 16th century.
A comprehensive programme {«. ciuidren
has been arranged, and a continuous
cal and elocutionary entertainment will M
given, afternoon and evening, to
the old ballroom. There will also
be donkey rides, and motor-car drives,
games of various kinds, and bioscope pic
tures will be. shown on the lawn. TheKev.
J. W. Jones is president of the committee,
Mr. J. W. Blanch vice-president, and Mr.
J. Russell Browne hon. secretary.
Ill's. David Mills has let her house, Mai
vern-road, Armadale, to Mrs. W. MacMur
trie for a month, and has gone with her
family to the Terminus Hotel. Brighton
Beach.
The Bishop of Adelaide, the Right Rev.
Dr. Thomas, was publicly welcomed in the
Adelaide town-hall on Thursday night by
one of the largest gatherings that ever as
sembled in the bunding. The Governor,
(Sir G. Le Hunte) presided, and on the plat
{form was seated representatives of the seve
ral denominations, all creeds being repre
sented,
Mr. and Mrs. James White, of The
Towers, Toorak, and Devon-park, Dunkeld.
have left by the Marmora for an extended
trip home.
The annual cricket match between mem
bers of the army and the bar was played
on the Church of England Grammar School
oval on Thursday. April 5. A large number
of invitations had been issued to their
friends by the rival teams. There was
quite a fashionable gathering present, and,
as the weather was delightfully fine, an en
joyable time was spent. Afternoon tea was
seived in a large marquee during the inter
val, the score then standing at four tor 80 for
the bar, and one of the "faculty" remarked
that the board showing the score ought to
be photographed, as it looked BO well for
their side. However, their wickets fell
rapidly afterwards, and their men were all
disposed of for 153. As the army score was
167, the finish was rather exciting, the bar
representatives only losing by 14 runs. His
Excellency the State Governor (Sir
Reginald Talbot) was present, accompanied
by Captain Criehton and Mr. Victor Hood.
Also 6een were Lady Holrovd, Mrs. Albert
Miller, Mrs. Purves, Mrs. W. H. Williams,
Mrs. Chomley, Colonel Hughes, Mrs. T. C.
O'Brien, Lieiit.-Coloncl Otter (who is still
looking rather pulled down after his seri
ous illness),' Mrs. George Appleton, Miss
Appleton. Miss Lily Stirling. Mr. George
Crespin, Miss Crespin, Mr. A. Bloomfield,
Miss Gray, the Misses Fitzgerald (two),
Maidment (two), Miss' Beatrice Hayes,
Lieut. Blackburn, &c. The players for the
army were Lieut.-Colonel Pleasants, Cap
tains Strong, Duigan, Waters, Kirby, Har
per, Lieutenants Fitzgerald, Madden, Cres
pin, Marsden, and King, and for the Bar,
Messrs. Purves, Brent nail. Miller, Williams,
Agg, Mackinnon, Holrovd, Sproule, Starke,
Cohen, and Power. Lieut.-Colonel Plea
sants took the chair at lunch.
The members of the St. Hilda Liedertafel
held their inaugural concert, in the local
town-hall, on Thursday evening, April 5, in
aid of the St. Hilda charities. The attend
ance was good, and as the different part
son^s were,rendered with a good swing, the
audience ehotved their appreciation by the
applause, and encores demanded. The or
chestra received a great ovation for their
execution shown in Weber's overture to
"Oberon." The vocal soloists were Miss
VioletfMount, Miss Lilian Reid, and Mr. A.
C. Bottoms. Their numbers were all that
could be desired from such finished artists.
Among tliosepresent were the Mayor of St.
Kilda (Mr. H. Gibbs), with his daughter
(who wore soft white silk and lace), Mr.'Fel
stead and Mrs. Felstead, in black silk and
white trimmings; Dr. Henry, Mr. and Mrs.
Agar Wynne, the latter in black silk and
sequin net; Mrs. J. N. Browne, Mrs. Pit
tard. Mrs. Rasbleigh, Colonel and Mrs.
Hughes, Mrs. Fitzgerald, the Misses Fitz
§erald, Miss Gollin, Mrs. R. Whiting, in
lack satin and point lace; Mrs. Leslie
BroWn, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Haynes, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Smith, Mrs. Franz Hainmel,
Mrs. Michaelis, Mrs. Zettner, in pink satin
and Honiton lace; Mr. and Mrs. M'Cut
cheon, the latter in black lace gown; Mrs
Connibere, black satin, with rose point lace
bertbe.
Some hundreds of spectators assembled at
Maribyrnong on Saturday afternoon, March
31, to witness combination four-oared races,
lield on the Saltwater River, iu connection
with the Essendon Rowing Club. The boat-j
house and reserve are very prettily situated
on a bend of the river, just below tbe
bridge, and the view is extended, and rest
ful to the eyes, as the surrouuding lulls
are all clothcd in verdure. Some of the
finishes were very closely contested, and .the
final resulted in a win for Mr. W. Wolter's
crew. During the afternoon the Bavarian
Band played some up-to-date musical selec
tions, ana much amusement was created
among the onlookers by the comical pro
ceedings of several of the -club members,
who wore fancy-dress costumes. They give
exhibitions of diviug, and some of the back
somersaults were very clever; most of the!
dresses were very well got up. There was a
"Rajah of Bhong," who made good play
with his long sword, and: wprea turban,:
made of the dried skin of a Turk's bead. A'
mummer, in red and tan, looked Fell, and
a Christy Minstrel, gorgeous in dark green
satin, knee breeches, and j&le -green satin
swallow-tailed coat, received first prize, by
vote of the ladies present. Afternoon tea
was served at intervals, and the club mem
bers saw that the visitors present spent an
enjoyable afternoon. Mr. H. G. WHIT, bon.
secretary, was untiring in bis efforts to
make a success of the function.
Miss Burleigh, the lady superintendent of
the Melbourne Hospital,:who llaa been
granted six months leave of absence on
naif-pay. left for England by the Marmora
on April 3. The nursing staff of the Bos
evening's
, w.Tjr J* of fare
I to tor on Iveanewuy, Match 28. jw.
tations and ftnart^jp^naviolin and
whistling solos varied tne programme. Tim
co&ccrfc 'WftB wra lu wC diningroom
and auppet w served after the 'fcnter tain'
ment. In the interval Or. Amesa, the
medical eupenntendentof the inBtitution
on behalf of the nursing staff, presented
Miss Burleigh with flneotl bangle. The
siBters and nuraes wertw arrayed in epot
lesa uniform, aijd looked dainty ,end fresh
despite their long hourt fll duty. The pro.
gramme had been arranged in two parts
so that both day and «Ighfc nurses might
be present at athcrjthejfirat or second half
The ladies who gave tljelr, services and
materially assisted an the evening's enjoy,
ment were Miss Lucy'Rowe. Miss L. Barter
Miss Trude Hainer, MiBa Glarioe Robertson'
Miss Violet Someraefc,MiBS Evelyn Menin'
Miss Sugden, Miss Fleming. Miss J. l)'
Blackmore, Miss Wise, w»d Miss Winifred
Sutherland. Miss Bessie ;Wimpole acted as
accompanist,
The title of Mesars. David Jones and Co.'s
(Sydney) new autumn and winter fashion
book is "Of Interest t6 Ktfeiy Woman,"
and it certainly justifies woman's expecta
tion. AU.classes are cater6d for in the work,
which numbers 64 pages* «M is very nicely
got up. To the btiyer tin the country the
book 18 valuable, aim-the woman of mode
rate purse will find plenty to interest her.
.The directions for' ordering' t>y post arc
concise, and full instructions for sending the
correct measurement £o? ready-made goods
being also given. ThiB wjfell-known firm will
be glad to post the book to any address free
on receipt of a post-card.
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