DEBUTANTES PRESENTED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 254, 23 September 1933, Page 11

DEBUTANTES PRESENTED.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALL. WELLINGTON, Sept. 23. There were over three hundred guests at the ball given by Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Lady Bledisloe at Government House last evening, when thirty-four debutantes made their bows, and were graciously received at the flowerbanked dais. The long ballroom was decorated with the lovely liot-house flowers that thrive so wonderfully in the Government House conservatories. Cyclamen in pink and white banked against the white walls accentuated the pink of the brocaded curtains.. Cinerarias showed blue and mauve beside the dais, where delicate greenery masked the chandeliers and the wall behind the blue brocaded chairs. It was an exquisite setting for the many charming debutantes, who passed in a procession before Their Excellencies. Rear-Admiral Robin Dalglish, C. 8., R.N., and officers of the Australian Squadron were present in uniform. Their Excellencies were attended by Sir Cecil Day, C.M.G., C.8.E., Captain J. W. Tweedie, A.D.C., and Lieutenant Rodney Thomson, R.N., A.D.C. Miss Diana Harris and Lady Day were also in attendance. The Governor-General was wearing the uniform of a Privv Councillor and the G.C.M.G. sash. ‘The Lady Bledisloe was an exquisite and regal figure in a gown of white satin embroidered with diamante. The bodice was made as a graceful bolero jacket, with ostrich-feather trimming at the shoulders. Her hair was very softly arranged, and she wore a lovely diamond tiara and carried a fan of huge white ostrich feathers. Her jewels were pearls of the same creamy tint as the dress. Among the debutantes were the fol-lowing:-—Miss Rosalind Arkwright, daughter of Mr and Mrs H. F. Arkwright, Marton, who was presented by her mother, wore a frock of silk net over ivory satin, the skirt and bodice being composed of alternate tuckets of net and satin. Her bouquet was of soft rose pink flowers. Miss Ngaire and Miss Doreen Cobbe, daughters of Mr and Mrs R. Cobbe, The Chateau, National Park, were presented by their mother. Miss Doreen Cobbe wore a charming frock of white crinkled organdie cut on princess lines. The hem was finished with a deep band of appliqued flowers and two frills of plain organdie. The cape sleeves had a matching band of applique, and her flowers were pink and blue hyacinths, and parma violets. Miss Ngaire Cobbe’s frock was of ivory organdie lace, with a detachable cape appliqued with silver thread. Her bouquet was of cherry coloured cyclamen. Among those present were : —Mrs G. W. Forbes, wearing black crinkled satin with sleeves of silver embroidered net. Miss Bertha Forbes, green flowered faille with big puff sleeves. Miss Jessie Forbes, cornflower blue patterned georgette with a shouldercape of blue to tone. Lady Myers, a

handsome dress of midnight-blue satin, made in panelled effect. Mr and Mrs T. C. A. Hislop, Mrs Hislop wearing a charming dress of delphinium-blue crepe, with full flounced sleeves edged with pink. Mrs Richard Cobbe, black georgette and leaf-patterned lace finished with pleated georgette-frilling.