A LADY'S LETTER FROM NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1160, 25 May 1894, Page 13

A LADY'S LETTER FROM NEW PLYMOUTH.

Dear Aunt Ellen, —Poor little New Plymouth is not often represented in your pages, and it is seldom we have to record such a grand festival as the one we en joyed on the 17th, when Mr and Mrs Btandish entertained their friends right royally, in honour of their eldest son attaining his majority. The weather was perfect, lovely moonlight, and the Alexandra Hall was well tilled with guests ; the floor was in good order and the decorations beautiful, the stage was arranged as a drawing-room, where tba hosts received their guests, and card tables were placed for those who felt disposed to amuse themselves sedately, but I fear Hoyle’s rubs were not strictly adhered to when there was such a goodly company to admire and criticise ; the brilliant human kaleidescope before them must have distracted the attention of all but the most devoted whist players, but even ru hers come to an end, and when our gonial hosts led the way to the beautifully arranged and well tilled supper tables we were all ready to do justice to the beautiful supply of every good thing attainable, and responded most enthusiastically when Captain Cornwall proposed the health of Mr, Mrs and Mr Morris Brandish. The gentlemen responded in must kindly terms, the younger concluding by telling his friends that they could best please him by enjoying themselves. Mrs Roy in a few well chosen words then presented a birthday gift, and also a souvenir from some old friei.ds of Mr and Mrs Statidisii’a silver wedding, for which Mrs Blandish u ado graceful acknowledgement, and dancing was resumed till a late hour when the company dis persed, after being entertained in a style never surpassed in the annals of New Plymouth. The arrangements were perfect, and “all went merry as a marriage bell.'* The following is a list of some of the dresses worn : —Mrs Staudish, rich black silk, green ami-white bouquet ; Miss Standish, blu3 with white bands ; Mrs M'Kellar, black silk white lace ; Mrs C. Govett, amber brocado black lace ; Mrs McDiarniid, black and creme ; Mrs D J. Shaw, white silk and lace ; Mrs S, Teed, figured silk with orange blossom ; Mrs Halloran (Waitara), rich black satin and tulle; Mrs Hamerton, terracotta plush with Honiton laco ; Mrs Matthews (Waitara), black satin with pink sleeves ; Mrs Cornwall, silk with mauve; Mrs Ray, white brocade scarlet sprays; Mrs D. H,

Shine, green brocade ivy sprays; Mrs Drake, terracotta surah ; Mrs Nixon, old void satin with red panel ; Mrs H. B. Beat ham, black lace red sleeves; Mrs Baker f Waitara), black with pink ; Mrs A. Holmes, white satin with opil heads ; Mrs Paul, pale blue ottaman silk ; MrsC. Samuel, green silk with cream lace ; Mrs Turner (Bates), pale blue satin ; Mrs Read, bright pink silk ; Misses Take, white satin ; Miss E. Hamerton, black net and mo her; Miss C. Hamerton, green with Spanish laeo ; Mi s McMillan, white cishmero and silk; Miss Roberta (Ashwhite cashmere, satin sleeves ; Miss W eyergaug, cream cashmere and ruby velvet; Miss Mooio, white net; Miss Dovenish, canary silk, black velvet and cream roses ; Miss Marshall, white silk silver embroidery ; Mine A. Stuart, pale blue and pink ; M ss R Stuart, yollew and heliotrope; Mi s Constance Bayley, black mi in ; Mias Norah Ba)ley, apricot silk ; Miss FockvS, cream cashmero wi'h old gold atripes ; Miss E. Foukes, cream silk and pearls ; Miss Young, black and scarlet; Miss JS. Young, pink ; Miss Carthew, pink silk ; Miss E. Hawthorne, grey crepon ; Miss Montgomery, black lace ; Miss Maude Webster, c*eam and heliotrope sleeves ; Miss M. Webster, pink not ; Miss B. Bennett, cream crepon and gold embroidery. -* Yours very truly, Adeliza.

[Thanks for your letter, shall be very glad to hear from you again at any time. —Aunt Ellen],