GIRLS' REALM GUILD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 3

GIRLS' REALM GUILD.

RECEPTION TO MADAME ADA - CROSSLEY. , The; large reception rooms at the Hotel Windsor presented, a very gay appearance yesterday. afternoon^When' vthe ■. Wellington rentresvof the' gave'a'.rfrception/in honour : of' Madame Ada. Crossley. From one end to the mother, the' rooms -were, filled.':• with, pretty girls in • pretty,v summery frocks;and. horal hats, many of them wearing' white ;with some touch', of heliotrope, white, :.heliotroi», and . purple ybang ithe | colours'" of the Giidd. The numerous little tables 'set. about .'the room: were .' gaily. . decked.,'with brightly-coloured sweet peas or roses, 1 ''and everywhere ' else :■ where . - flowers could •bo placed; they ' bloomed in. profusion. .The nowers..;had i been Tserit from friends far;, and near,'.and the arrangement had ; been' undertaken • by the' Misses . Beauchamp, Russell; Nathan, .;';and Mrs.' E. Donne. : while. Miss Dimant'j'ise'cretaiyf.'pf 1 theGuild/:assisted' by very -i willing workers";? had done : all - ih.' her ■power • toi 'make ? the; reception - the " delightful ' ■affair'.it' proved', to'be.' i During the'afternoon music 'was'i suppliM by:.'a / string .band ' stationed, "oh: the landing. ' Madame/Ada. Crdss-. ley, /who'/.was"; detained , on"- the ; way,' to '®e photographed ..with ; the : members' of the General' Cqmniittpe, looked charming in a .costume: carried. out, in pale: blue, from the t<>p of ; the/ pfumes ' on. her wide picturesque pale blue hat. to the tips of > her dainty, pale,blue'shoes,../ She,wore;,a .'perfectly, plain, Directoire; costnmo of pale blue crepe,- do Chine;"with. 1 tr airiedskirt j. and: ti glitly! r-ucjke<i; .'Th'e; bodice;'- was' .made" broidereui ai'd/the/fcbrsage !wa.s finished'/witK-l lOTe:':^l«vbluo'/tass^','';andVtwb"'«kt^ii^y''i i riiaae.:' silk //rbses/'pale- bliio and ! -pale pinlri : this'; charming': costume; Madame Crdssley, wore the / beautiful _ brooch';, (witlv itsf: large; tourmaline set with diamonds)', that had been her husband's weddingigift 'to. her, ; 'tho;"lyre'. presented !to.si her. by the-./Meltwurrie''musicians when /'she' i visited -that I 'diamond''and turquoise-; br66ch. 'given .to iher- j by.-- Madame Patti,:-.A;,' fine..wicked-lookihg' l brojra,' j; Tiki:' flailed- •fi^-> l a'. : .'<#aiji''-ne^t';tKei tiny.;/badge;,of "-white r ahd; : heliotrope-,.-which Madame .Crbssley! Vwore "as, rmember, of >;the" Guild/.A^Vgraceful'; long blueDiriebtoire; cloak ' which;.; she/wore'.; when', she /entered ,the;, room was. made' of'the; same-material as, her. gown, and trijniiied with/:braiding of narrow bands'.'of, the crepe, de Chine. laid on. in ..floral design's. .. . A great-fluffy boa of "the' same sha,de completed a' costume very becoming to' th'e. singbr.:' Madame '.Crossley, was presented .with two very , beautiful bouquets, both of them -,of;,sweet teas;of:;,'the?Guild colours,''.one being presented by. her/, 'little. Miss lorna Donne .on/beh'alf of the' Lady Plunkef Centre, 'and the other by/the tiniest member of the Kia .Ora Miss Enid Sutcliffo. .:• >■/././ •■'/;' Members of the' committee who acted as hostesses on. the occasion- were Miss Dimant,; : who'; wore; a'; costume of. navy .-blue Kharton cloth 1 ,-with':.yoke 'of /cteam- lace, -t and =.em-< broide'red' .trimmiii'g;,' . and- blue.; hat:': trimmed 1 'with cornflowers; '. Miss-!; E; Nathan' inbrown 'strißW''/silk,';Va4d.\.'.viay., wide hat of; /prunellb: satin..straw : wreathed:' with: roses'; Miss.ijE':/Young,/Sfrodi//of>'palo ' b!uo .shahtuhgj/.and ; ;blue-/and .white hat; -Mrs.' S'utcliffe, "green isilk,:-.with;.cream' lace blouse and floral- hat .the Misses .Beauchamp, in. white with .heliotrope hats.; 1 Miss M. Young,. white frock' and black hat trimmed. with roses; Miss Prendeville', cream silk'arid, cre'a'm floral hat; Mrs. Ernest Donne, black and white: striped silk with : white b'ca, and large; blick" aud white hat/ with' tiillo/ruffles :' Miss Jenkyne, tailor-made costumoarid- floral hat. Mrs. H. P. Rawson, ono of the vicepresidents', wore a brown silk, voile costume" and ;sase-_blue : hat;/Mother, Mary/Aubert, "another;. vice-president, was present; ' Mrs: "VVallis, who has/taken ;a great interest, in 'the Guild . since - its ' inception; was there, Mrs/ Seddon, Mrs. and Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs.'Mason;. Dr. Platts-Mills, Mrs. Hales, . Miss Joan ; Hislop; • representing . Mrs. the/ president, ;of . the' .Guild,/ who was uniortunately detained in Christ-'' church /througli i bad weather, and indisposi-: tion, Mrs. M. Myers, Miss Prouse, Miss Medley, Mrs. Corrigan,. Mrs. Grainger, Mrs. Cecil Jones, Mrs. .Beauchamp, Mrs. Cross, Miss Chatfield, Mrs. M'Villy, Mrs. Toler-. Curtis, .Miss'" Bean, . Miss Hardirig-Maltby, and most' of' the members /of the. three .'Wellington centres of the. Guild., Other guests present were :• Dr. Muecke, Mr. E. Donne, Mr. Sametini, Mr. Percy. Grainger, Mr. Geddes, and Dr. Hales.