DEBUTANTE'S DANCE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18147, 9 August 1924, Page 2

DEBUTANTE'S DANCE.

Seldom has a larger private reception held in Christchurch than that given last night at Dixieland by Mr and Mrs Henry Loughnan to celebrate the debut of their daughter, Miss Halmai Loughnan, and certainly no gathering could be gayer or more enjoyable. ... , . In the ball-room, beautiful as fairyland with great baskets of feathery wattle and streamers and lamp shades of varying shades of yellow, trom palest to deepest burnt .orange the guests were received by the host and hostess, the latter wearing a very handsome draped gown ot mauve brocade, with sdver embro.dered lace mounted on mauve georgette.The soft skirt drapery which was held by a large buckle of brilliants and terminated in a short train and a posy of violets added a deeper colour note to In effective toilette Miss Halmai Loughnan, in whose honour the party was given wore the daintiest of white souple satin frocks, with narrow bands of silver insertion on the skirt, with a row of single brilliants trimming the plain bodice and a front panel of silver laoe being inset in the full skirt and she carried posies of freesias and maidenhair fern. Margaret Middleton's Orchestra supplied the music, and the lounge beautifully decorated with palms and roses was used as a drawing-room. Sumptuous supper was served in the Carlton Cafe, where the small tables were gay with cherry blossom in crystal vases and lit with crimson shaded candles. _ , Amoncst the guests were:—Lady (Charles) Johnston, Sir George and Lady Clifford, Mrs George Harper, Captain and the Hon. Mrs Tahu Rhodes, Mr and Mrs It. J. Loughnan, Mr and Mrs W O. Campbell, Mrs James Loughnan, Mr and Mrs Henry Wood, Lady Ward, Mr and Mrs B. B. Wood, Mr and Mrs J G. L. Vernon, Mr and Mrs Gladstone Ward, Mr and Mrs 6. G. Burnes, Mr and Mrs H. St. A. M»;rav, Mr and Mrs Fdgar Stead, Mr and Mrs Gerald "Gerard, Mr and Mrs W. Deans, Mr and Mrs Douglas Deans, Mr and Mrs J. H. Williams, Mr and Mrs H. Ritson, Mr and Mrs J. Anderson, Mr and Mrs G. H. Buchanan, Mr and Mrs O. T. J. Alpers. Mr and Mrs Maurice Gresson. Mr and Mrs J. A. Poulton, Mr and Mrs G. M cd< nald, Mr and Mrs Lyn Laurence, Cblonel and Mrs Young, Dr. and Mrs Scott, Dr. and Mrs Courtney Ncdwill, Dr. and Mrs Stanley Foster, Mr and Mrs George Aitkin, Mr and Mrs R. J. Loughnan. Mr and Mrs Alfred Bunz, Mr and Mrs Maurice Fell, Mr and Mrs Cecil Oliver. Mr <md Mrs Michael Godbv, Mr and Mrs Frank Wilding, Mr and Mrs E. J. Cbrdner, Mr and Mrs "R. T. Williams, Mr and Mrs T. W. Cane, Mr and Mrs Maurice Russell, Mr and Mrs Guy Ronald, Mr and Mrs Algar Williams, Mr and Mrs Harold Barker, Mr and Mrs S. Laurence. Mr and Mrs George Rutherford, Mr and Mrs T. A. Philios, Captain and Airs Findlay, Mr and Mrs W. F. Tracy, Mrsi Johu Deans, Mrs Morehuid, Mrs George Clarkson, Mrs Bristed, Airs Henry Murrav, Mrs Harry Lance, Mr and Mrs T" F. Gibson, Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, Misses Jocelyn Pyne, Barbara Clayden, Peggy Poulton, Theo. Beswick, Barbara Cowlishaw, Barbara Gould, Maureen Raymond Betty Cotterill. AudieyCra•*roft Wilson, Mina Ward, Kathleen Helmore, Joyce Gibson, Agnes Turrell, Barbara Cowlishaw, Betty Rutherford, "Virginia Cave, Magdalene Hall, Edith Wall. Alio© Pascoe, Paidine Kitto, Marie Kitto, Beryl Nancarrow, Fay Gibson, Rita Cracroft Wilson, Alary Cowlishaw, Kathleen Bristed, Freda. Philips, Paula Scherek, Phyllis Bloomfield (Auckland), Frances Acton Adams, Dorothy Aloore, Lettice Tapper Mary Jlnright, Maureen Frengley, Lonia Martin, Ngaio Marsh, Madeline iVyner, M. and R. Richards, Holen Ttich; Alys Duncan (Wellington), G. Jellett, Phyllis Boyle, Ruth WynnWill : ams, Blanche Hennah, Dorothy Anderson,. Meg Loughnan (Tima.ru), Geraldine Anderson. Ixmlso Hantiny, M. Cuthbert, Elizabeth Harris, Dorothy Diamond, Mildred Lance, Pearl Harley, Lettice Williams (Dunedin), Joy Andrews, Philippa Nairn (Hastings) Nancy Wilson (Bulls), Margot Bloomfield (Auckland). Alessrs Pie Lance.. J. Reid, B. Ronalds, Roger Blunt, John Alqore, Derrick Gouict. K. Stevenson, Harold Richards, T. Cooper, D. Turnbull, T. Gibson, R. Lascelles Hugh Stewart, Peter Hall, Atajor Ashworth, Captain J. I. Chrystall, Messrs Burnett Dalgety, Wyn Cowlishaw, J. Ackland, D. Boyle, P. Hunter-Weston. Bernard Thomas, R. Glascon, Ross Lascelles, R. Hall, P. Crisp. B. Murray, T. Harrison, Dr. F. V. Bevan Brown, Messrs Geoffrey Smith. Ross Wood. Gerald Strawan Watson, W. Day, T. Blun-dell-Hawkes, Philip Williams, W. and S. Hutchinson, J. Gillespie, P. Boyle, J. Cowlishaw, Leonard Booth, Lionel Cook. Bede Loughnan, Anthony Loughnan. Kenneth Hall, Alan Poulton, G. Bristed, D. and G. Cotterill, Rdrif 1 Wait, Commander Dove, Messrs R. Thomson, Tristram Reeves. H. Hudson lan Tole (Auckland), lan Tavender, Geoffrey Ollivier, J. Ludbrook. A. Robison, P. Barrett Horton, Chapman, E. Million, J. W. Brady, C. S. Barker, Tothill, N. Batchelor, and F. Wauchop.