TEA PARTIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 96, 20 October 1936, Page 15

TEA PARTIES

TWO HOSTESSES

Miss Moira Digges-Smith and her sister, Mrs. Peter Kirkcaldie, gave a large tea party in the Palm Lounge of the Hotel St. George yesterday afternoon for their cousin, Mrs. Joel Hudson, who has just returned, to Wellington from Surabaya, Java, to stay with her mother, Mrs. C. W. Tringham, for a couple of months before going with her husband to Stuttgart, Germany.

It was a delightful party as many of the guests were old friends of Mrs. Hudson. She and her hostesses greeted everyone as they arrived. Mrs. Kirkcaldie was wearing an attractive frock of Chou green which had a pleated bodice and little slit sleeves, and she wore a halo hat to match. Miss DiggesSmith's frock of brierwood brown wool crepe had touches of cream satin at the neckline, and her hat was a medium-wide, brierwood-brown straw. A narrow vandyked edging of white pique outlined the little loose coat which formed part of Mrs. Hudson's smart navy blue ensemble. A spray of lily of the valley was pinned at the neck, and she wore a navy blue halo hat with a flat white pique bow across the front of the brim. Mrs. Tringham was dressed in a navy blue georgette frock and a small navy blue straw hat, both of which were trimmed with touches of scarlet.

The far end of the lounge was

screened off for the'party and all the little tea tables, which were covered with green cloths, were decorated with bowls of ranunculi and tulips.

■ Among the guests were Lady Gray, Lady Frazer, Lady Elliott, Mrs. Duthie, Mrs. D. C. Peacock, Mrs. Hugh Vickerman, Mrs. Howard Reid, Mrs. Noel Nelson, Mrs. Percival James, Mrs. Keith Kirkcaldie, Mrs. H. P.. F. Blundell, Mrs. W. R. C. Oswin, Mrs. J, Parker, Mrs. H. R. Thomas, Mrs. Gordon Reid, Mrs. A. E. Whyte, Mrs. R. C. Addison, Mrs. Sinclair Thompson, Mrs. W. Blundell, Mrs. T. R. Lawson, Mrs. Malcolm Reid, Mrs. Stronach Paterson, Mrs. A. L. Hempton, Mrs. S. Wheeler, Mrs. W. Rawson, Mrs. C. Blundell, Mrs; Galbraith, Mrs. W. E. Leicester, Mrs. K. Lackie, Mrs. Wilfred Airey, Mrs. Rodney Thomson, Mrs. Ted Bell, Mrs. W. Turnbull, Mrs. Lan Miles, Mrs. Brian Reid, and the Misses Jessie Elliott, Nancy and Joan Wheeler, Mollie and Jessie Peacock, Alison Addison, Moya Hempton, Sybil Graham, Joyce Thomas, Clare Phillips, Frances Parker, Penelope and Barbara Blundell, Bertha and Jessie Forbes, Valmai Richardson, Nancy Blundell, Barbara Kitchen (Melbourne), and June Reid.

Lovely mixed bowls of flowers decorated both the drawing-room and dining-room of Mrs, T. W. Williams's charming home in : Messines Road, Karori, when she gave a tea. party yesterday afternoon for Miss Mary Paterson, whose wedding will take place next week. Mrs. Williams was dressed in a smart white spotted navy blue crepe afternoon frock, and Miss Patefson wore a beige and blue check dress under a nayy blue coat, a navy blue velvet scarf cravat, and a small navy blue hat. Mrs. Morton Patersori, who accompanied her daughter, was wearing a tailored grey coat and skirt, a grey Breton felt hat with a small blue arid white spotted bow on one side, and a navy blue scarf. Others at the party were Mrs. J. B. MacEwan, Mr,s. Jim Vogel, Miss - Constance Morice, Mrs. Barry Blundell, Mrs. Gibson Stott, Miss Helen Thomson, Mrs. Bob Whyte, Miss Betty Ellis, Mrs.- W. N. Hewson, Mrs. R. E. Tripe, Miss Betty Reading, and Miss Peggy Sellers (Masterton).