THE HUNT BALL.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19389, 15 August 1928, Page 2

THE HUNT BALL.

A DAZZLING SUCCESS. Grand 'National Week without the Hunt JJall * One would almost as soon think of disassociating-; Hamlet with Shakespeare.' In fact, the Hunt Club, by common consent, .have almost a preempted right to Grand National night.

And so, last night, this br:lliant annual gathering was held in the Caledonian Hall, the arrangements being in the hands of a committee comprising Miss Joan Fulton, Mesdames D. W. Westenra, Gilbert Grigg, G. F. Hutton, Messrs R. M-. D. Johnson, Gilbert Grigg, and D. W. Westenra, with Mr S. P. Godfrey as secretary. It was certainly the best-attended, and altogether most successful gathering which the-.Hunt Club has held for many years. The hall'looked its best, with its vivid red curtains, and trellised dais placed in the middle of the room from which Ivan Perrin's Band rendered excellent music, while the stage was beautifully decorated with cinerarias, arum lilies, and miniature pine trees. A distinctive touch was added by the revers of scarlet worn by members of the Hunt Club, and the beautiful dresses—most of them quite long by the way-worn by the dancers, who included many visitors to the City, completed a charming and varied scene. Miss Joan Pulton wore a graceful frock of bois du. rose georgette.; Mrs George Hutton, geranium red . georgette frock; Mrs Gilbert. Grigg, . very handsome black and gold brocaded georgette, with uneven side drapes; Mrs William Deans, frock of pale pink georgette lavishly embroidered with crystal beads and paillettes in a deeper tone; Mrs R. M. D. Johnson, dahlia pink georgette with embroidered sidepanels: There were three debutantes, Misses Kitty Dixon, who wore white satin with transparent hem and circlet of tiny flowers; Phyllis Acton Adams, in white taffeta with, frills of white tulle; and :Roie de Pass, in : leaf green georgette with gold lace yoke-and overskirt.:

i Other ladies present were: Mrs Algar i Williams, very smart frock of gold i tissue with plain jumper-like bodice and ! pleated skirt; Miss Boyle, frock of j black .georgette, uncommonly em- } broidered with gold; Mrs John Mont- ! gomery, beautjful frock ."of black "''net \ with bodice entirely covered with black j crystal- -and red- beads,' and .the. • skirt ] with black paillettes; .Mrs Melville j Jameson, handsome black frock lavishly .' embroidered with silver and crystal; I Mrs. Hamilton' Sinclair Thomson, unj common frock. of wineberry georgette embroidered, with black 'and white beads y Mrs M. Bethell,' uncommon firock of jade green spotted ; net; Maurice Harper, '.rose- satin; with" bands, of Coloured stra'ss embroidery;, Mrs En deli' Wanklyn, uncommon frock of rose pink plisse georgette with deep yoke ceintjire and hem, of gold lace; Mrs J. G. L. Vernon, handsome frock of gold tissue with cuirass of gold paillettes; Mrs Wolsey Kain (Geraldine), tomato red georgette with gold lace .panels; Mrs lan Duncan (Wellington),: handsome frock of gold lace draped with fine vblack lace; Mrs j. W. Brodie (Wellington), flesh pink' georgette lightly beaded in deeper tone; Mrs C. M. Ollivier, elegant frock of wine-coloured georgette embroidered with crystal beads and paillettes;. Mrs Stroriach -Paterson (Wellington),- French • frock _of black and floral ninon banded .with, black vel-vet-.and mounted on'gold tissue; Mrs G. G. Aitken,:pretty frock of jade green georgette and'cafe au.lait lace; Mrs Maurice Gresson, bois-de-rose .taffeta frock; Mrs Neil Rattray, gold tissue with leaf-shaped appliques; Mrs George Macdonald, pretty frock of pale hyacinth blue georgette trimmed with velvet ribbon in deeper tone; Mrs Bruce Douglas, jade, green georgette banded with gold embroidery; Mrs K.. Macdonald, graceful frock of carnation red georgette with long slender shoulder panels; Mrs J. Grigg, black taffeta" frock with yoke and heni- of blonde lace; Mrs Gerald Anderson, Imperial blue georgette; Mrs Hugh Reeves, pink panne velvet; -Mrs Harold Barker, geranium, red georgette; Mrs Randal Burdon,' black crepe' de chine frock; Mrs.Maurice Macfarlane, ankle-length frock of blonde lace; Mrs Roger Gould, handsome frock of .floral tissue with silver lace at hem; Mrs Vivian Riddiford, ivory georgette frock, trimmed with; crystal, embroidery. and fringe; Miss Jocelyn Riddiford, very pretty white tullo frock, studded with diamante; Mrs P. ■ Dearden,. silver laco mounted on wine-red georgette; : Mrs i Derrick Gould, beautiful frock of black taffeta, brocaded with . floral motifs; Mrs Orbell (Timaru), gold tissue and lace; Mrs Rossmore Cfacfoft Wilson, ■white satin and tulle frock; Mrs Maurice O'Rorke, cameo-pink georgette; Mrs Douglas Anderson, elegarit black georgette frock, with yoke of black lace; Mrs : .H. L. Widdowson, very pretty mauve taffeta picture frock, with frilled skirt opening, front panel of blue with net hem; Mrs Prank Wilding, black georgette, with yoke and rounded side panels of flesh-pink'georgette, outlined with diamante; Mrs Colin Douglas, white ring velvet, with long side panel; Mrs T.-. . ;F.. M. . Gibson, coral-pink georgette, the bodice heavily beaded with silver and crystal; Mrs Lionel Cooke, pretty frock of cyclamen tulle lavishly embroidered with silver and finished with *a very deep silver fringe; Mrs Lynn Lawrence, mignonette green georgette embroidered with paillettes' and mounted on silver tissue; Mrs Denis Chapman, black net lavishly' patterned with silver; Mrs Henry Harper, carnation red crepe de chine; Mrs Erik Rutherford, black georgette and cafe au lait lace mounted on cherry red; Mrs George Rutherford, floral lame; Mrs Ken Bal- ! larityne, powder blue georgette with | deeper blue velvet embossed - flowers; Mrs Geoffrey Wood, frock of lime taffeta, the * skirt composed of small frills; Mrs B. C. Rutherford, white taffeta picture frock with diamante embroidery, Mrs A. Dennisten, pink taffeta inset and hemmed with pink spotted.net; Miss Nora McLean, rose pink taffeta with crystal fringe; Mrs Geoffrey Gray, black lace with black cire sash; Mrs W. Reeves, blue lace inset with silver lace and mounted on silver tissue; Mrs Paul Thomson, ciel blue taffeta with tulle hem and side panels; Miss Ann r Ensor, lime green georgette with skirt of tiny frills; Misses O. Mcllraith. powder blue panne velvet with bands of fringed velvet outlined -with diamente;• Mary..Macdonald, malachite green beaded georgette frock with floral bead motifs; Barbara Gould, distinctive frock of black*tulle banded with black cire ribbon and finished with large tulle bow at side; Peggy Norton, very uncommon frock of black taffeta-

with Medici collar and vestee of coral pink georgette; Maud Nichols, beautiful frock of,, gold tissue with panel of black velvet; Adrienne Acland, ivory georgette ■with floral bead motifs; Rosa Tripp, primrose ■ velvet and net frock; Betty Bowen, pretty frock of lettuce green faconne; Mary Bolleston, ciel blue taffeta with inset circlets of net outlined with small flower; Isabel Murray, aubretia blue georgette with crystal bead embroidery; Halmai Loughnan, emerald green georgette with gold sequin embroidery; K. Polhillj' salmon pink georgette with crystal embroidery; Ethel le Cren (Timaru), begonia-' pink taffeta with hem of deeper shade; Sybil Rutherford, very pretty frock with bodice of panne velvet and frilled skirt of tulle; Margaret Anderson, shell pink taffeta embossed with velvet in deeper shade; Barbara Gibson, rose and silver brocaded tissue frock; Fay Gibson, ivory taffeta with floral bands, arid blue velvet sash; Alice Pascoe, handsome frock of silver lame; Betty Beadel, red picture frock; Joan Shand, carnation red beaded georgette; E. Sadler, ivory georgette with crystal embroidery; Marjorie Morice (Wellington), royal blue georgette with long side panels; Kathleen Bristed, black satin georgette frock; June Batchelor (Dunedin), white georgette frock with handkerchief panels on skirt; Laetitia Watson (Invercargill), beautiful frock of paon blue beaded net; Helen Rich, rose pink faconne; Virginia Nichols, silver tissue with hem and yoke of mauve net; Meg Loughnan (Fairlie), cream net with sash and hem of pink taffeta; Elizabeth Harris, picture frock of black taffeta with' brilliant cabochons; Nancy Salmon, floral georgette; Nancy Henderson, black net Favishly embroidered with black and red beads; Mary Morrison, primula georgette frock} N. Minson, rose net embroidered with rose paillettes and finished with deep fringe; Kathleen McLean (Waimate), cyclamen taffeta with transparent hem outlined with . taffeta; Dorothy Robinson, flame georgette heavily trimmed with ostrich -feathers; Cicely O'Rorke, uncommon frock of paon blue spotted faconne; Sally Holmes (Wairarapa), mignonette green frock, the bodice cipseiy seqiiined; Nancy Kellar,: black spotted f net over flesh pink: satin;- Betty Rutherford, pretty frock of' dahlia pink georgette beaded with chalk beads; Meta.Nixon, very, pretty tulle frock with frilled skirt, shading from pale pink; Hilda Montgomery, silver.tissue with skirt of frilled blue net.