LADY’S LETTER FROM AUCKLAND

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1802, 19 September 1906, Page 22

LADY’S LETTER FROM AUCKLAND

Excellent as was the ball given by the bachelors of Auckland last year in the Federal Hall, this year’s function (the scene of which was laid in the new Royal Albert Hall) completely outshone it. The decorations (with which a squad of men from H.M.S. Pioneer assisted) were both elaborate and beautiful, even the bare ceiling being covered with gaily coloured bunting. The large corridor upstairs was carpeted and furnished as a drawing-room. Supper was served 1 at small tables, and the excellent way in which the arrangements were carried out in this respect seems to point to the fact that all talk that goes on now-a-days over “the new woman” should extend to the other sex also, and that for the future this part of our entertainments is better left to the care of the “new man.” The committee were—Messrs Alison, Berliner, Chatfield, A. Reid, G. Reid, Sloman, Somerfield, Burns, B. Finn, and Finlayson. A few married ladies were especially singled out by the committee as chaperones, and to each was presented a bouquet as she made her appearance in the ballroom. They were —Mrs Willie Bloomfield, Mrs Duthie, Mrs A. L. Foster, Mrs Alfred Nathan, Mrs E. R. Russell, Mrs Wilfrid Rathbone, and Mrs J. A. Tole. Among the pretty frocks worn were —Mrs Alfred Nathan, in heliotrope crepe de chine, with lovely lace on the bodice, and boautiful bouquet of heliotrope; Miss Roie Nathan, ivory Duchesse satin softened with lace, and wreath of ivy in her hair; Mrs Duthie,

white spotted mousseline de soie and lace over white glace, pale blue oeinture, and pale blue ribbon in her hair; Mrs Fred Waller, cream point d’esprit, daintily filled, edged and inserted with lace and finished with touches of blue; Mrs Willie Bloomfield, pink tinted brocade, softened with lace and chiffon roses; Mrs Foster, cameo pink chiffon taffeta with niched lace vest and lovely bouquet of violets; Mrs Peter Wood (Christchurch), ivory brocade; Mrs Tewsley, pale blue satin, with overdress of silver embroidered net; Mrs Copeland Savage, ciel blue chiffon taffetas, with folded chiffon tucker; Mrs Edward Russell, pompadour silk, with soft white chiff< n fichu and bouquet of pink roses; Miss Winnie Leys, white silk, with berthe and flounces of white Maltese lace; Mrs Sidney Nathan, black chiffon taffetas, with white vest and pale blue rovers; Mrs Rathbone, black silk chiffon, with black lace insertions and red rose in the corsage; Miss Nathan (Wellington), cameo pink chiffon taffetas, with cream lace motifs outlined with black; Miss Ivy Buddie, golden brown chiffon over yellow silk, with numberless rows of cream wavy insertions on skirt and corsage; and Mrs J. A. Tole, in white satin, with sequined net overdress and exquisite daffodil bouquet. It seems as though farewelling Mrs Tewsley was in the air, so many parties having been given this week for the purpose. First in order has been the tea party by Mrs Colegrove at her home in Parnell, when there were said to be some 150 guests present, among whom were—Mrs Leatham, Mrs Chatfield, Mrs Le Cren (who sang two songs for us), Mrs Schwartz Kissling, Mrs Harold Kissling, Mrs Wilfrid Oolbeck, Mrs Lyons, Miss Macandrew, Mrs Baume, Mrs and Miss Hesketh, and Mrs Sidney Nathan, etc., etio. Mrs Tewsley was wearing a costume of navy blue chiffon taffetas, with cream lace vest and cream hat, with heliotrope and green tulle, and Miss Doris Tewsley a pale grey suit and smart white felt hat.

Then there has been the large tea party in St. Mary’s Parish Hall by Mrs Tewsley’s many friends in Parnell, when a handsome silver travelling clock and Morocco blotting pad was presented to the guest of the afternoon. Mrs Kuck was chosen to make the presentation, which was done to the accompaniment of a very neatly worded speech, after which everyone

joined in the singing of “Auld Lang Syne.” Some of those present were—* Mrs Lucas Bloomfield, Miss Gill, Mrs E. C. Smith, Mrs Rathbone, Mrs Duthie, Miss Mowbray, Mrs and Miss Grierson, Mrs Pollen, Mrs Gordon, Mrs Dargaville. Mrs and the Misses Kempthorne (2), the Misses Lusk (2), Mrs Leatham, and Mrs Colegrave, etc., etc.

Mr and Mrs Tewsley and Miss Doris Tewsley are at present at the Grand Hotel, but are leaving for their future home in Wellington in a few days. They have sold off all their furniture and effects, as they intend (for the next few years at any rate) to take up residence at the R-oyal Oak Hotel in Wellington. Mrs Harold Thomson (Inglewood) is on a visit to her mother, Mrs J. M. Dargaville, Remuera*. Miss Camilla Steele, Parnell, is vifiifcing friends in the Waikato. Auckland, 12th September, 1906.