" LIFE'S SOCIAL SIDE 's Page Editor Phone 2613. Phone 857w. hay ey : Jack Campbell and Mr. B. For- Dundas, will be in town for the C.: dance. ; 4 » * Hamilton Cassells, Toronto, is i her sister, Mrs. A.B. Gash, the gton Apartments. * » . - * 'Mrs. Philip Du Moulin, Sydenham who has spent a week in To- lito, returned to town to-day. : . « » Mrs. A. V. Aldridge and her fam- fly, Alfred street, have left to-day for Petawawa to spend the summer. - x * Col. Gillespie, London, Ont., will 'be with his sister, Mrs. W. A. Sawyer, niversity Avanus, for the June ball. : 'ew ~ Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Horsey and Miss Mfidred Horsey, Ottawa, will be in town this week at "Dens- mere." : . PF & k * . Dr. and Mis. E. ton, pent the week-end with Mr, and | Clarence Harper, Nelson : . D Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holt, Mont- 1, will be with Mr. and Mrs, Wil- Hai Bermingham, "Otterburn," for the June all. . a Mr. and Mrs. Donald Madden and 'Mrs. Ross, Chicago, Ill, are visiting thelr aunts, the Misses MacMillan, v street. » A. Quade, Tren- ' . Mrs. Donald MacPhail, Mrs. W. Bermingham and Mrs. Malcolmson, 'London, who is the Matter"s guest, 'have returned. from Ottawa where v SL they motored last week and were guests at the Chateau Laurier. * * » Miss BE. M. Macdonald and Miss Jean Russell, Fort Erie, who are motoring t» Ottawa, spent the week- end at the Y.W.C.A. > "z * * » Miss Jean Roblin, Victoria sireet, who has been in Toronto with her sister, Mrs. H. B. Mackenzie, will re- turn to town this week. » » * Col. and Mrs. C. F. Constantine, Royal Military College, will give a dance on Friday evening for the sen~ for class of cadets. . * Miss Marguerite Lindsay, who las been with her mother, Mrs. J. G. Lindsay, Nelson street, will return to New York on Wednesday. . Ed - Miss Jane Caate, Chatham, is with her sister, Mrs, C. J. Berming- ham, King street, for the June galeties and the ball at the R. M. C. . * * Mrs. Colin Hamilton returned to her home in Kingston last Saturday after spending two weeks with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. M, Hamilton, Guelph. » * . Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hcward, To- ronto, will be with the latter's cou- sin, Mrs. Herman Macdonald, Earl street, for the closing of the Royal Military College and the ball. . * * Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and Miss Helen Campbell, Dundas, and Mr, Reginald Sawyer, Brantford, will be with- Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sawyer, University Avenue, for the June ball. * * . Col. C. F. and Mrs, Constantine will entertain at tea at the Command- ant's Quarters, Royal Military Col- lege, on Bunday for the visitors in town 'for the events of interest at R. M. C, Miss Bertha Sheridan, Boston, Mass., and Miss. Birdie Sheridan; Hyde Park, Mass., will be with their * sister, Mrs. W. A. Rogers and Mr. Rogers, Johnson street, for the R. M. C, closing and ball. * * » Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Loughran, De- troit, Mich., &re visiting the latter's mother, Mrs. M. H. Vanluven, Nelson street. 'Mr. Alton F. Cross, Hamilton, is also visiting his aunt, Mrs. Van- fi | luven, * * » Miss Freda Burns, -Frontenac | street, entertained at bridge on Sat- urday 'evening for Mrs. J. Howard Box, Arnprior, and Miss Freida and Miss Laura Stothers, Ottawa, who mot to town for the week-end. - . . Miss Giles, who was the guest of Mrs. W. T. G. Brown at Sydenham street parsonage, has returned to Brockville. The Misses Deacon, who have also been with Mrs. Brown will remain in town for a few days longer. i : 3 *T + 0° n General and Mrs. MacBrien, Miss Graham and Miss Ashton, Ottawa, will be the guests of The Commandant and Mrs. C. F. Constantine at the Commandant's Quarters, Royal Mili- jtary College, for the closing and the June ball. : - . . - * Mrs. A. Barnet, Renfrew, with her daughters, Mrs. Carswell and Mrs. Code, is to leave Renfrew on Friday for Montreal, and on Satur- 'spend the summer. Mrs. § ag rs board ship for France, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIGC ' NEWS AND VIEWS FOR WOMEN READERS [Mrs. L F. Asselstine Wil Be 102 Years 0ld on Friday Next {Carswell is to take along her son | Barnet, who will have hig French studies amplified in the land of:the | Bourbons: 2 * * a i Miss Beatrice Bickford, Buffalo, IN. Y.; Miss Leslie McGregor, Galt; { Miss Ethel Kirkpatrick, Toronto; Ma- jor Wilford Mavor, Toronto, and Mr. { Murray Polson, New York, will be { with-Capt. and Mrs. R. H. Davidson Clergy street, for the June ball. * . - Mrs. H.W. L. Day, King street west, entertained the Women's As- {sociation of Sydenhath street church on Monday when the last meeting of the season was held at her home. Tea in the pretty rooms was 3 pleas- jant end to the season's work. * se Miss Armstrong, Australia, who bas been in England, arrived in town to-day to visit Capt. F. M. Harvey, ., and Mrs. Harvey, Royal Mili- tary College. . Miss Peggy Hearn, To- ronto, will also be with Capt. and Mrs. Harvey for the ball, z - . * Gen. W, B. M. King and the Hon. Mrs. Shuttleworth King are leaving In three weeks' time for Montreal, where the former has been trans- ferred. Mrs. Shuttleworth King and her children will spend the summer in England, returning to Montreal in September. Y 2" = Mr. and Mrs. William Makin, Sun- bury, annogpnceé the engagement of their only daughter, Myrtle Emma Eliza to Re¥, Andrew Morgan Simcoe son of the late Edward and Mrs. Morgan, Montroal, formerly of New- foundland. The marriage to take place the last of June. + » - » Mrs. 'M. L. Davy, Detroit, Mich. who is with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Allen, Brock street, enter- tained. at a tea and shower on Sat- urday afternoon, for Miss Muriel Lawrence, a bride of this week. Mrs. W.- A. Hooper poured tea, assisted by Marin Allen and Miss Emma Brown, "Toronto, * > * Mr. and Mrs. John H. Molson, Montreal, ara leaving on Friday for Kingston, where they will be the guests of Mrs. Molson's aunt, Mrs. Herbert Robinson, for the June ball They will return to Montreal on Tuesday. Mrs, Molson and. her family will leave. the next day to spend the summer at their cottage at Metis Beach. *. so 0 The Whig hopes to have & com- plete list of the ladies who will at- tend the June ball at the Royal Mi- litary College on June 2ist, also a list of the debutantes, and as many out-of-town guests as possible, Will the ladies telephone or write a de- scription of their gowns, ete., to the editor of the Woman's Page. Phone 2613 or 857-w, before the day of the ball. @#ee her sister, Lady Elptlinstore, when accompanied by the Duke of York. As a girl she used to slip into Lord Strathmore's stable and harness 2 poay to save herself from walking! Lord. Strathmore, her father, like herself, is mot a' keen pedestrian. That there are many galeties ar- ranged for the visitors who will be in town for the June Ball at the Royal Military College including dances at the Yacht Club and the Country Club and many luncheons, teas and din- nérs in private houses. This being the fiftieth anniversary of the open- ing © of the college, many of the *'ald boys" are expected to be pre- 'sent, MRS. I. F. ASSELSTINE The Whig offers sincere congratu- lations to Mrs. I. F. Asselstine, 135 Alfred street, who on Friday, June 18th, should ghe survive, will peach the great age of one hundred and two years. Mrs. Asselstine, although bed-ridden for twenty-four years, is in good health except for a touch of lumbago. Her daughter, Miss. Kate Asselstine, who :has devoted her life to her mother, lives with het, and it is owing to her kind and efficient care that she has lived so long and so happily. Mrs. Asselstine whose father was Jonathan Parrott, one of the United Empire Loyalists, lived on what is now the provincial highway not far from Odessa, and here Mrs. Assel- stine was born when the country pre- sented a very different aspect to its present one.. She has lived in this neighborhood all her life, and has been a resident of Kingston in her house on Alfred street for forty-two years. Her son, Mr. Michael Assel- stine, of the Asselstine Woollen Mills, Odessa, was eighty years old on June 13th. She has thirteen grandchildren and six great-grand- children. One of her grandsons, Mr. H. 8. Powley, Toronto, will be with her on her birthday, | The Editor He That in June the district annual meeting of the Women's Institutes are held, and we will be glad to pub- lish the reports that may be sent fo the editor of the Woman's Page of "I can't remember anything I've had to repent of since I washed my hair on a Sunday last September." The Secret of Successful the largest sale housewives ha because PRI AB Be RA Ry | womews insmiTuTE ROCKPORT. The monthly meeting of the Wo- men's Institute that was to be held at the home of the secretary, Mrs. Fred Huck, on Tuesday, June 1st, was postponed on account of the death.and funeral of her son-in-law, Cecil Brown. The meeting was held June 10th, at the home of Mrs. Den '| Reid, with a good number of mem- The Whig. The Women's Rpstitutes | are increasing in numbers and mem- bership, and some of the older and more experienced members say one of the reasons for this is the public- ity given to their work in the press of Canada. In the June number of the Willison Monthly, published in Toronto by Sir John Willison, there is an excellent account of the origin and work of the Institutes, oul - That the June showers following the dry cold weather' in May are bringing on the gardens, and the '{ early flowers and flowering shrubs " A new beach shoe, popular for its bright colors, is made of satin with Yushstin trimming and zipper fast- ening. ; x A popular shade for summer foot- wear is parchment, often combined are looking their loveliest. King- ston's parks and garden's are especi- ally attractive just mow. 3 That Princess Mary, like her bro- thers, is fond of walking, and five miles to her is easily accomplished. When in London she walks with the King in the grounds of Buckingham palace, and these walks are intensely enjoyed by 'his majesty. Princess Mary always talks well and has an exceedingly bright manper. The Duchess of York is not athletic in any sense, and only walks in Hyde park or down South Audley street to Ee Le AAA nN NAP NNN bers present and one visitor. The meeting opened by singing Institute ode, the president presiding. The minutes were read by the secretary and approved. It was . decided that the members. would sel! tickets for a patch work quilt that was made the Institute and the lucky numb will be drawn at a bagaar in Jul Any one can see the quilt and buy ticket at Mrs. R. H. Service's hot Rockport. Committees, to get tickets Mrs, Fred Edgley; to sell ticke Mrs. Service, Mrs. Fitzsimmons, Mrs. F. Huck, Mrs. W, Slate. It was des cided that Mrs. Den Reid should go to Lyn to the district meeting as re presentative for sthe Rock branch. The programme and roll were omitted and a business talk took place instead. Refreshments were served and a hearty vote of thanks was given the hostess for her kind hospitality. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Edson J. 'Weeks, Cliff Cottage, on July 6th. :