THE ARTS BALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20601, 27 June 1930, Page 7

THE ARTS BALL.

A BRILLIANT ASSEMBLY. MANY BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES. Every success attended the Arts Ball held at Dixieland last evening. A merry throng of dancers, numbering nearly 600, entered joyfully into the spirit of the carefree proceedings, which continued with unabated zest until after 1 a.m. A cheerful and artistic note was struck in the general scheme. Spanish and and bizarre occupying but a minor place in the matter of costuming, the grotesque Italian colouring ms predominant, although the lure of the Orient offered inspiration to many. Under the blaze of lights, the crowded floor presented an ever-changing scene of the utmost gaiety, the artistic beauty of -nany of the dresses, set off by the gallant raiment affected by the men, making brilliant splashes of colour. Well over 200 couples took part in the grand march. Confronted with such an array of beauty and bravery, the judges of the fancy costumes, Mrs. E. 0. Huie, Mr. VV. J. Crowther and Mr. Gerald Jones, had no easy task to pick out the outstanding representations. The first prize for the best dressed lady was won by Misa Edith Sutherland, who wore a brilliant and imaginative costume representing the "Folly of the Arts Ball." It was carried out with a black velvet tightfitting bodice, with a high Medici collar inset with black and ornamented with a rainbow design surmounted with golden balfa. The skirt was of golden coloured lace. On her head she wore a> very high pierrot golden cap strung with golden bells and carried a staff centred with a huge golden ball and surmounted with smaller ones. The second prize went to Mrs. Kelliher, who represented " Rio Rita " and wore a Spanish frock of white lace. The first prize for the best gentleman's costume was allotted to Miss Sutherland's partner. Mr. Hammond, who represented most effectively Don Juan. Mr. G. Hood won second prize as Felix the Cat.

A special display was made on behalf of the Auckland Hospital Auxiliary in connection with the street collection to be taken np to-day. Placards, in which an appeal was made not to forget the cause, were borne in the grand parade by a number of hospital'nurses and their "patients." The setting for the ball was most effective with the brightly coloured decorations of tha cabaret carried out with shaded lights above the cubicles, with baskets of hanging ferns and clusters of red and white roses. In the entrance "vestibule were tubs of foliage plants bearing a rich harvest of golden orange, which struck a most effective note of colour. Sapper was served partly in the tearoom and partly in a garden alcove where Iceland poppies and a natural bed of lily gave a further decorative touch.

Among those who were present were the president of the Art Society, Dr. E. B. Gunson, who represented an Indian rajah; Mrs. Gunson, an Egyptian lady, in black lace over amber, and a jewelled head-dress and veil; Mr. W. J. A. Thomson (secretary for the ball), representing a Chinese mandarin: Mrs. Thomson, a witch, in black and red and carrying a broom; Mrs. Huie, a Quakeress, in a rosecoloured frock; Mrs. Wills McLaughlin, a shepherdess, in floral taffeta, with « wide-brimmed, flower-trimmed hat, and carrying her shepherdess's crook; Miss Fenton, black lace; Mrs. Tanner, black lace with a wine-coloured and silver lame wrap; Mrs. R. Ford, black georgette, embroidered in pastel colours; Mrs. H. J. Kelliher, Rio Rita, in white lace with trail of crimson roses cn the corsage and knots of flo-vrer3 in the hooped skirt; Mrs. J. W. Bailey, Dolly Varden, in rose-pink satin, with wide hooped skirt and hat lined with blue; Mrs. Dignan, navy blue taffeta lined with shot taffeta and embroidered in pastel shades; Mrs. G. Dawson, gold lame and floral tissue wrap; Mrs. Gammer, apple-green moire taffeta; Mrs. Nello Porter, black chenille georgette embossed in a floral design; Mrs. Lintott, pierette, in crimson georgette and black velvet; Mrs. J. Gallagher, gold sequinned georgette; Mrs. G. Simpson, rose shot taffeta and gold brocade coat; Mrs. Sharman, draped frock of silver lame; Mrs. Forrester, black aurl silver, with floral patterned corsage; Mrs. Quartley, floral patterned apricot taffeta; Mrs A. Neville, silver lame and metal lace; Mrs. P. Peacock, pink embossed georgette; Mrs. Robert Tilsley, Sicilian peasant; Mrs. Ash ton, mauve georgette; Mrs. Hansen, "Felix's Partner," cleverly carried out in white with a shot lavender ribbon round her neck; Mrs. Dawson, "The Red Devil"; Mrs. Lawrence, Pierette in cherry red; Mrs. Jones, My Lady Crinoline; Miss Carmichael, Egyptian Slave in Eastern dress and carrying a water bottle; Miss G. Wright, lime green georgette with tiny frills to the waist of alternating lace and georgette; Miss D. Kalaugher, "Vanity"; Mrs. J. Coppard, Eastern lady in black and gold ; Miss Eise, with Miss Simpson, representing the Hospital Auxiliary; Miss G. Martin, Early Victorian lady in blue and white; Miss Wilkie, "The Arts Society Exhibition," cleverly carried out with sketches fastened to her wide-hooped skirt and hanging from a long wand: Miss Kathleen Ford. Swiss peasant"; Miss Andree Fawers, Rio Rita; Miss Bruer, Court Lady; Miss W. Cook, Spanish Ladv.

Miss F. Brooking wore lettuce green with silk bodice and silver beaded tulle skirt; Miss Hammonds, jsoaffant £rock of flame taffeta; Miss Hudson represented a ballet girl in white; Miss L. Dunnett, b(ue floral georgette; Miss Jeanette Denton, rose patterned georgette with rose panns velvet, wrap; Miss Thelma Gallagher, moonlight beaded georgette with hem of green tulle and floral wrap; Miss George, apple green georgette and silver; Miss E. McGrath, shot tangerine taffeta; Miss Audrey Walton, primrose patterned taffeta with shaded shoulder posy; Miss Gudgeon, Spanish lady; Miss Ina Wright. Powder and Patches; Miss Pat Gudgeon, Persian Princess; Miss Ida H. Carey, Seventeenth Century lady in an old-world frock of rose coloured heavy silk with a panniered overdress of flowered silk; Miss E. Wright, a Black Cat in black and white; Miss Alma Fee, white, taffeta with drooping hemline: Miss J, Wallace, cyclamen floral patterned taffeta; Miss Edith Sutherland, the Folly of the Arts Ball, in a most striking frcck of black velvet and golden lace with golden bells: Miss A. Gaudin, blue and gold georgette. Miss Alfchea Collings represented a black and white pierettc; Miss McFarlano, queen of tho harem; Miss G. Buckley, apple green embossed georgette; Miss Allan, black lace with floral lame coatee; Miss K. Ilewitt, sea green taffeta; Miss Bett, rose pink ring velvet; Miss Watt, flame coloured ninon; Miss Nichols, blue shot taffeta; Miss A. Davies, Dresden shepherdess; Miss D. E. Waller, long frock of parchment-coloured crepe de chine patterned in pastel shades; Miss M. Gulliver, Early Victorian lady; Miss Irvine, masquerade lady, in black; Miss Rita Cornaga, cherry red georgette; Miss M. Gawitli, powder pnff, in whits swansdowu; Miss Tosswill, lavender georgette; Miss Hazelwood, blue crepe de chine; Miss Graham, black lace; Miss Beadel, Miss Clarkson, and Miss T. Macindoe, Spanish ladies; Miss Z. James, Russian princess; Miss Zoe Hill, lavender and old lace: Miss Betty Paltridge, Early Victorian; Miss Joyce Gooding, Spanish lady; Miss Ailsa Fearon, lacquer red embossed chenille; Miss Leatherbarrow, green, and rose floral taffeta; Miss M. Nelson, black lace; Miss McDonald, black satin beante; Miss J. Macindoe, black georgette with blue beaded yoke; Miss Noeline Worthy, Chinese lady; Miss M. Ballantyne, yellow embossed georgette; \fiss F. Robinson, courtier..