FROCKS AND FLOWERS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7055, 17 February 1910, Page 4

FROCKS AND FLOWERS

HUTT VALLEY SHOW. Lady Ward, wlio opened tie Hutt Valley Horticultural Society’s allow at Lower Hutt yesterday, wore an exquisite gown of “ashes of roses ' uinou, and her mole hat was wreathed with roses in the same - tint. She was pro-, seated with a beautiful bouquet of roses by Mrs Joliffc’s little girl. Mrs Findlay wore a navy shantung coat and skirt and a black hat. ilrs Frank Dyer’s heliotrope Imen suit was worn with a black hat. Mrs Hunny’s mauve shantung coat and skirt was handsomely braided, and she wore a black and white hat. . Mrs JoliKe wore royal Lino silk relieved with white lace, and 'added a black plumed hat. . Mrs Woodward (wife of the secretary) wore a check ninon, the gmmpe of gold embossed lace. Her hat was black and Duncan wore a mole coat and skirt and a mole-hat. . . Miss Duncan was m pink with a hat with mole wings. , , Mrs Chapman wore a gown of taoao cloth and a black cut pluah hat. Mrs J. 0. Anson wore a wine coloured coat and skirt and a black hat with an. ° 9 flrs Loiw was in brown linen and a bl sts kpr'ouse .wore a green tailor-made and a green hat. ~ , Mrs Kemp thorn e s frock was of black and white striped linen; her hat was Samuel wore brown with touches of pale blue and a brown hat en suite. Mrs Wylie’s saxe blue cloth frock was worn, with a oream satin straw hat lined with black. , Mrs MoVilly’e striped. , brown and white frock waa worn under a sleeveless coat of brown glace silk. Her hat was lavender. ~ Mrs B. J. White were a mauve Imeu costume and a black and white hat. Mrs Tuokey wore a handsome blaok coat over her black silk frock. . Mrs Hayward wore a green coat and skirt and black hut.' Mrs Chatfield wore mauve linen and a black hat. • Mrs Webster's ease blue shantung coat and skirt was elaborately braided in black. Her hat waa blaok and plumMrs J. P. Luke wore a white corded silk coat and skirt with black facings and a black bat. • • Mrs Rix-Trott wore a reseda coat and skirt and a brown bat. Mrs Adams was In amethyst and a toque en suite. Mrs Caw (Auckland) wore white. Mrs Maofci© Begg wore, saxe blue and a hat en suite. Mrs Francis Steven wore, mole charmeus© and a blaok hat. . Mrs Oxley was in white. Miss Welch wore cream with blue factea was in charge of a committee of girls’ as follow : —Mieses Hayward, Bodmin, Cuff (2), Barraud, De Castro, Wilson, W. Rix-Trott and Sher>, riff (2). The rain, which threatened to descend during the afternoon, remained in-the air long enough to permit of the visitors leaving without getting wet, and those who returned by the 5.5 tram were able to see a remarkably fine double rainbow over the Wainui hills.