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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 9

•If you try your very best to make the best of It, you take tho worst out of the very worst of it."— From "Down Our Street."

To-day Her Excellency Lady Islington, Lady Katherine Somerset, Miss Stapleton-Cotton, and t/he Hon. Joan Dickson-Poynder. leave for Rotorua, His Excellency following on Saturday. About three weeks will be epent in camp, Lady Katherine Somerset being only able to remain a week, as she leaves New Zealand on the 19th January. The camp is in tho same place as last year, Te Awahou, on the south-western corner of Lake Rotorua. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Blundell, . of Ngaranui, Carterton, aro spending a few weeks at* Day's Bay with. Mr., and Airs. Percy Blundell, who have taken a cottage there for the holidays. 1 Mrs. Johnson, wife of the vicar of St. Paul's, and her sister-in-law, Miss Johnson, left for three weeks at Rotorua by the Auckland express. Mrs. v Seaton and Miss Seaton are back from Picton. Mrs. M. Myers and family came back by the Moeraki yesterday, after a trip to England. Mrs. Nat Nathan and Miss Nathan left today by tho Main Trunk on a fishing tour to Rotorua and Taupo. Mrs. J. and Miss Maginnity leave on Friday for a trip to tho Southern Lakes. Mr. and Mrs. Royd Garlick, who have been to Sydney, returned yesterday Ly the Moeraki. Miss Jessie Nichol, of Wellington, is visiting friends at Waihi. . Mrs. W. Barton is in Wellington. Mrs. John Thompson, of Brooklyn, leaves next week for Mount Cook. Mis* Simpson, who has been camping out with " Mr. and Mm. Erl Williams on the East Coast, is expected homo on Thursday. Lira. Tweed and her daughter* are staying with Mrs. T. Bullock, Ashburton. ¦ ' '„ Sirs. Georgo Fell is tho gueet of Mrs. Dillon. The little flower show in Godber's rooms last evening attracted a number of interested amateurs, who revelled in the fine blooms displayed, and gathered knowledge from one another. Mr. Chapman's begonias were intensely admired ; they look like great rosettes of 'exquisite colour,; and are almost too large to seem real. The carnations' shown by Mr. Fox, Mrs. Gore, and Miss Joseph were wonderfully fine. Some most exquisite specimers of Margaret Lennox were on Mrs. Gore's table — surely the loveliest of picotees. Tho sweet peas, too, wero fine, and the gladioli exhibited by Mr. Jackson marvellous in size, colqur, and variety. It was altogether an interesting little show, and, though no one wae courageous enough to publicly ask questions, theTe was much information gathered quietly. A meeting of the Convalescent Home Committee was held ye&terday. Thero wero present Mesdames Newman (in the chair), West Knowles, Litchfield, Barron (treasurer), and £. Naihan (secretary). The matron reported eight patients admitted and ton discharged during tho month. , Gifts were received from Mecdames A. Pearce and Godley, Miase* Halso and Widdop, and Christmas presents' of fruit from the Kia ¦ Ora. Centre of tho Girls' Realm Guild. THE VICE-REGAL GARDEN PARTY SUNSHINE AND SUMMER • GOWNS. After the extraordinary samples of unpleasant weather we have nad to put up with, it was with gratitude that the sunshine of yesterday was received. Thero was a certain' reservation, even then, about the da\, for a depressing uncertainty prevailed in the morning, and even the 7 afternoon sunshine was tempered with a chilly breeze, that made tho wearing of the beautiful filmy fabrics so lovqd now by tho smartlydressed. » woman i a doubtful joy. But 1 the garden-party given by Their Excellencies was much enjoyed by the very large number of guests, and the lawns of Government House made a delightful carpet to trail pretty frocks on, though, indeed, trains now aro not. much ¦ worn. Those, who did possess them yesterday had certainly a graceful advantage over, their shorter-skirted rivals. Picturesque; as the grounds of new Government House ai&— and tnere are fascinating possibilities in its position — still" there was more than one regretful sigh heaved ye&terday for the beautiful gardens of tho old 'House, now most charming with blaze- of geranium, masses of rose-mauve hydrangeas, and ivory-chalioecl magnolias that send gusts of. per fume v across the dusty com-mon-place of Charlotte-street. It seems a 'waste of beauty that those grounds should be reserved for politicians. Yesterday the rooms of Government House were decorated with many flowers, quantities of sweet peas being used, and some fine rose gloxinias making a vivid mass of colour. All the arrangements were perfect. • Their ¦ Excellencies' received on the terrace, and tho guests strolled about tho lawns and walks, listening to tho gay music or finding an endless succession of friends to ' grtet and chat with. Refreshments Were served in the ballroom. Her Excellenoy'fl lovely gown was. of an exquisite shade of biscuit tiinon elaborately embroidered in silk of the same tones, and draped with biscuittinted lace. With this she wore a string of pearls and & diamond chain and earrings, and a biscuit-coloured tegal h&fi lined with black and massed with beautiful feathere of exactly ' the same tone as the gown. The Hon. Joan Dickson Poynder was in a white embroidered frock and a white hat with ostrich, feathers. Miss Stapleton-Cotton woro blue, .her gown of crepe-de-clime embroidered with silk and beads matching her wide, feathered hat. ' Lady Katherine Somerset's frock was of bluo ninon dotted with, wnite beads and trimmed with bands of whito bead embroidery. Her picturesque large black hat was massed witii black plumes. Lady Ward's charming frock was of white ninon over satin, the tunic having gold embroideries and white ball fringes. Her white leghorn hat was lined with black and trimmed with a profusion of black and white conyolvuli. Miss Ward wore a blue frock with embroideries and a wide pretty coloured straw hat, trimmed with blue. Among th» ciatiy charming gowns I noticed a black ninon over blue, with beautiful touches of Oriental embroidery and a wide black satin rover on one side of tho bodico; another pretty frock was of white voile, with a gold girdle and a panel of gold embroideries, the accompanying " hat being white lined with. bla«k velvet. An elderly lady m silver-grey brocade and a grey bonnet with white plum« 3 was most picturesque. A white silk, covered witlusilk tosca net and trimmed with exquisite embroideries, was a notable gown, and a tall, stately guest