DUNEDIN.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9860, 9 March 1896, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

On Wednesday evening Mrs Stephenson, Lees street, gave a large evening party. Some very charming music was enjoyed. Miss K. Stephenson sang very sweetly, and we were also delighted with the singing of Mr Burnes-Walker, Mr Clowes, and Mr F. Marshall. The evening concluded with dancing, which is always a delightful pastime when young people meet together. Mrs Stephenson wore a very handsome gown of black brocade, with some lovely lace on the bodice; Mrs Burns was in pale blue silk, with a very little scarlet on the bodice. Mrs Stephenson was dressed in pale blue brocade; Miss I. Stephenson was in ecru with a crimson sash; Miss K. Stephenson wore a pale yellow silk, with dark blue chiffon; Mrs Lindo Ferguson was in grey silk trimmed with pink silk and fur; Mrs H. E. Hart was in brown silk with a lovely yellow silk blouse; Mrs Leslie Wilson looked very charming in her wedding dress; Mrs Yowitt wore a pretty dress of pale blue silk ; Miss Williams was in black silk, with black and white silk bodice; Miss Wright was in white with touches of pale blue ; Miss A. Gibson wore a pretty dress of pale green and pink striped silk crepon; Miss Ethel McLaren wore heliotrope crepon; Miss Macneill was in black silk with a beautiful lace scarf; Miss Chaffey was in pale green with dark green velvet and lace ; Miss Boyd wore a very pretty pale blue silk ; Miss E. Norris wore a very dainty dress of pale pink silk ; Miss Fitzclarence Roberts wore a very charming heliotrope silk ; Miss Coleridge looked very pretty in black silk and gauze; Miss F. Rattray "wore pale green silk with velvet of a darker shade. Miss Roberts (Littleburn) wore black silk with white sleeves. Miss Cutten was in block. I also noticed there Mrs Shrimpton (Melbourne) Miss Shrimpton, Mr and Mrs Eric Reynolds, Miss Purvis (Melbourne), and Mr Mitchell, Mr Black. Mr Williams, Mr Boyd, Mr

Clowes, Mr Curtis, Mr Brent, Mr Finch, Mr Stott, MrFxlmond, Mr McKerras, Mr Shrimpton, Mr Harris. Mr Morris, Mr Cutten, Mr Gibson, and many others. We are very grieved to know that Pryor , Vaughan, who lias returned to Dunedin, on j his way from Hobart, where be has been successfully lecturing on behalf of the Home Mission we have already mentioned, is laid up with some sudden attack of illness, which j we sincerely hope will not prove very serious. We sympathise very sincerely with the trouble that, has overtaken the household of our friends Mr and Mrs Sievwright this week, in the sudden death of Mr Peter Sievwright, who has lately come from England on a visit to his brother. Bicycling for ladies, which has become almost universal. I know amongst you Christchurch people, is only now becoming popular here, while there are still those among us who condemn the pastime as fast and unwomanly. Of course, our town and its suburbs are not nearly so well suited for this kind of exercise as your city of the plains, and that, no doubt, is one of the reasons why we have been so slow to adopt it, and to accustom the eyes of the more conservative amongst us to the constant sight of it. "The carnival, which ran for ten days at the Garrison Hall, under the management of Signor Borzoni and Signor Squarize has proved a very great financial success. They have managed to raise quite ai much money as was requisite to supply the Citizens' Band with musical instruments, and, might I venture to suggest, not before they were needed. Several small luncheon parties were given this week, mostly in honour of visitors. Mrs Hart (Royal Terrace) entertained on Wednesday, Miss Michaelis being the principal guest. Mrs Yowitt had a luncheon party on Thursday, where her friends met Mrs Tabuteau (Napier). Mrs Sargood also had a very pleasant luncheon party. We see before us again the sad prospect of being left as high and dry in the way of public amusements, as we were before our late gay season. The circus folded its tents and departed southwards on Wednesday. Monday sees the end of the Bland Holt season." As usual this very popular Company has drawn excellent houses. The last piece staged (The Fatal Card) in our opinion was in every particular the best produced this season. Shirley.