LADIES' GOSSIP.

Otago Witness, Issue 2106, 5 July 1894, Page 46

LADIES' GOSSIP.

— The news concerning the Queen of Roumania (" Carmen Sylva "), who is still at the Castle of Neuwied in Germany, becomes every day mora serious. Her Majesty desire? very much to pass tbis next summer at Pallarza in tbe north of Italy, but the doctors are opposed to the journey. One of the Queen's legs is completely paralysed, and her nervous system is greatly shaken. The invalid only obtains Bleep through taking ohloral, and has become dreadfully thin and pale. Her Majesty passes her time on a sofa reading and writing poetry. The King's nephew, who is the heir apparent, is married to the eldest daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Goburg and Edinburgh. — Perhaps the finest doll's house in England is that ordered by the Duchess of Fortland for her little daughter, Lady Victoria Bentinck. Tbe reception roomß are hung with brocade, the stairs Carpeted, the doors open and shut, and the bedrooms are beauti* fnlly furnished. For a little New York heiress a doll's house has lately been constructed which will cost several thousands of pounds. — Since the following was written One of the young ladies in question is said to have been betrothed to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Edinburgh's son : — The twin Dnchesße3 Blsa and Olga of Wurtemberg, who lately came out with great eclat at the Em per or William's Oourb, are not likely to want for suitors. To say nothing of the wealth they have inherited from the late Queen Olga of Wurtemberg (what a lucky thought of their mother to name one of her girls after that childless, yet very important, lady 1), the Dachesses have very high connections who might prove great helps to princes wanting to make their way in the world. The two sißters have already been marked down by the Bonapartists as very desirable consorts for their Pretender, Victor Napoleon, and bis brother Louis ; but though Louis passes

everywhere as being a safe man, with an old head on yourg shoulders, Victor is universally regarded as tbe other thiDg. The bright dreams of the French Imperialistic party have been sadly beclouded of late years, because the last-named Prince refuses to die young, like two or three Napoleons have done, and leave the coast clear for bis able and more popular junior. The only hope, theD, is to marry him creditably, if a suitable match can be found. The recent Napoleonic craze in Paris has set Bonapartists agog for a revival of ancient glories, with themselves first ; and they have become doubly anxious that their two leading Princes should marry royally, instead of taking up with adventuresses. •

— It has on'y been given to one person to become famous simply through writing four lines. This is Mrs Carney, an American lady, who wrote the little verse : Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasantjland,

which is probably familiar to everybody who speaks Eoglish. Mrs Oarney is 70 years of age, and wrote tbe little verse a3 long ago as in 1815. She has been a schoolmistress.

— Here is what the "Pratlkar " says on the education of Indian girls by Europeans :—

"The question of the education of our girls should no longer be considered with indifference ; for the education that is being imparted just now all over the country through the agencies of zenana missions is productive of considerable evil. Now what is the essence or sum total of this education 7 Our girls are being taught every day that Hinduism is rank superstition ; tbat Hindu manners and customs are shameful and degrading; that the lob of a Hindu woman is very bard and miserable. Is it right and proper that such grand truths should be constantly whispered into the ears of our girla by those whom they look upen as their teachers 7 The evils have already begun to be felt, and, if not checked in time, are destined, we apprehend, to grow into social curses. Oar domestic bliss is likely to be in jeopardy ; and the succeeding generations must be pieparcd to deal with wives and daughters with whom < eelf ' will be the supreme consideration."

— The follow is a recipe for a scent cachet: — One ounce of ground lavender flowers, lcz ground rose leaves, ground cloves, icz ground cinnamon, $oz ground allspice, 4oz powdered orris root, 30 drops essence of lemon, 30 drops essence of bergamotte, 10 drops cil of lavender, 10 drops otto of rose. Pound the ingredients well together, and sprinkle on the wool with wbich the scent bag is stuffed.

— There is an English act of Parliament, dated 1770, which runs as follows : — " Any person who shall, by means of rouge, or of blanc, of perfumes, of essences, of artificial teeth, of false hair, of cotton espagnol, of steel itays or hoops, of high-heeled shoes, or of false hip?, entice any of his Majesty's male subjects into marriage shall be prose' cuted for sorcery, and the marriage shall be declared void."

— A curious relic of the spirit of those old days when noblemen held their estates by virtue of an undertaking to supply their sovereign with a stated number of armed men when occasion required was to be witnessed at Windsor the other day, when the Duke of Wellington visited the castle for the pupose of "paying the rent" of Apsley House. It appears that the Apsley House property is held by virtue of an undertaking that the Duke of Wellington shall each year, on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, or on such other day as may be more convenient to the Queen, present her Majesty with a miniature Royal Standard, and if, from any cause whatsoever, this quaint service be omitted in any year, the property becomes forfeit to the Orown. — Leaders of fashion have recently decreed that black stockings shall no longer be worn by the fair sex. Hose of a swarthy hue have had their day, and if all that is rumoured concerning them be true, it is matter for sincere thankfulness tbat their days are numbered, and that they will be replaced by relatives of paler tint. The recent indisposition of the Austrian Arch* duchess was ascribed to deleterious dye in the black stockings which she wore, but a continental medico avers that black stock* ings are innocent in respect of p ison, but are terribly guilty in tbe matter of harbouring infectious germa, or ratber their owners are guilty of not consigning them to the washtub as often as they would if they were composed of a light-coloured yarn.

— The wedding ring it worn on the left band because, in symbolism, the right band is authority, the left obdienoe. — An American lady artist, to find work for some girls in whom she was interested, tanght them to wait at table, and then set herself to find them work in the shape of evenicg engagements. The plan answered so well, these really " neat-handed Phyllises 1 ' becoming in buoq enormous request, that the benevolent lady has bad to inorease he* school, and even so oannot meet the requests for her dainty-mannered handmaids.

— A young lady has just had her sentence of imprisonment oancelled by William Iti Fraulein Walter, the damsel in question, was companion to the Prinoese Albeit of Prusstaj and one evening at a dinner attheNeae Scbloss at Potsdam, this frank young woman used very outrageous language as regards he JJ Sovereign. The Princess Albert lodged a oomplaint for this, and the guilty (?) girl wad condemned to be imprisoned in a fortress fof two months. However, she said to herself " nothing venture nothing win," and at once wrote and sent off to the Emperor a peti« tion; he, like a gallant man, would not) allow the girl to;be put into prison for his sake, so he at once wrote the pardon she had requested.

— The dainty woman has a note devoted, to her in a Home paper. She is not born, but made, that most charming woman who is sweet with neatness plus an indefinable something more. Women who do not impress the observer as she does, women who look unkempt when they have tumbled out of bed and bunched up their hair, women who are nothing less than untidy when the wind has doneits work with their hair, and the dust with their complexions, attribute to the dainty woman an inborn daintiness. They are all wrong. It's an acquirement. The dainty woman is sweet and charming on the most

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trying occasions, because on the ordinary occasions she has acquired the habit. She bruehe3 her hair religiously every night— not spasmodically for a week or two — and so it acquires a rare glossiness and smoothness. Her hot bath at night is a regular affair, dating back years to its beginning, and, consequently, her complexion always preserved its freshness. Her clothes always lie in sweet-smelling sachet?, so that the faint, elusive fragrance which teems part of her personality can to more be missing when sbe appears in a dress' n< g >wn and slippers than when she cornea out robed for a reception. — Miss Alicß Law having in her f econd article in The Woman's Signal on " Kipling's Heroines" fallen foul of Maisie, the girl who refused to marry Dick' after he became blind, a correspondent has written to the same journal in defence of Maisie :— " I have always considered her rather unjustly condemned by the public. She told Dick frankly she could net love him, that although she liked having him to wait on her and serve her by criticising her art, she could never give him what he wanted, and that he had better go away from her. He persisted in offering his devotion on these terms. Yet because he happened to go blind, Maisie is condemned because she did not do what would be splendid sacrifice in a woman who loved; entirely give up her career and liberty to wait on him. Would anybody expect a man to give up his career and marry a woman he didn't care for because she went blind ? I trow not." — We confess (says a Home reviewer) to having felt, when reading " The Light that Failed," much the same as this correspondent with regard to Maisie's conduct. On putting the matter, however, to some lady friends, we were promptly informed that Maisie acted brutally, and deserved nothing but reprobation. The ideal woman to a woman is a self-sacrificing one. Long centuries of subjection have instilled this into women as their first duty.

— The only thing which ails her Majesty the Kaiserin, who is a perfectly sound and healthy woman, is a strong inclination to corpulency. She is using a cure for tbe express purpose of checking this at present, with the result only of becoming very thin in the face, but her Majesty's private physician, who is with her in Abbazia, promises the desired sue* cess in time.

— Advocates of the progressive movement in favour of the improved status of women may draw encouragement and precedent from the records of Chaldean civilisation. The mothers, wives, and daughters of the Babylonians were treated with remarkable deference. Tbe dignity of tbe mother was in some cases more unassailable than that of the father. If a man wished to renounce his father he could do so on payment of a sum of money. In no case could he renounce his mother. Descent was traced through the female and not through the male line. If there was no son to offer the customary sacrifices on behalf of the family, the duty fell to the daughter, not to the next male relative. There are cases on record of a man having two wives, but the harem — that favourite institution of the Semitic people — was unknown in ancient Babylon.

— One cause for so many old maids is due to the girls themselves. What young man of the middle class cares to marry a girl who will let her father wear a coat with buttons off and a linen collar that is torn and ragged 7 Such a girl does not deserve a busbind, and she will be likely to join the grand army of old maids. If there be anything on earth the young men fight shy of it is a slovenly girl. The father or the brother is the evidence, and when you see them walking to their work with their clothes torn and looking like men who had to put up with a slovenly wife, mother, or grown-up daughter, or sister, you need look for nothing betterif you marry into that family. You know a lazy girl or two of this kind, don't you 1 Think of those yon know, and we feel certain you can single out two or three girls this paragraph will bit. If so, for their own sake eend this to them. Let them do a little plain sewing, and promise that hereafter their fathers or brothers shall not walk the streets ragged and tattered, a disgrace to them and an indication that they are too lazy to be the wife of any industrious young man who has to work for a living, and needs a loving and industrious helpmeet to share the joys and burdens of life with him.

— It has been frequently asked why it is that the American ambassador appears at a levee in ordinary evening dress of white tie and swallow-tails, when the rale rigidly prescribes that only court dress or uniform shall be worn. The only court drees known in America is the ordinary evening dress, Curiously enough this simplisiby is not imitated by the French ambassador. That official appears in a regular diplomatic uniform of dark blue, blazing with gold laoe and embroidery, and glittering with stars and orders. (XT* (Dewriptlont of bsili, *«., mmt be «nSor*«4 by tittier ht wltneu oomipondent for the dlitrlot or bj the MoreUrr to ha btll jommlttee. Th* XS. of any oorreipendenti who do not acmplj with thlf role Trill b« t«ntt« tho tearetarrfor endorseBoot pilot to appeulni.— EMMELlNE.] T* ranrt raklloatton In tbe f*rthoomlsg tun* letter! ihonld tttoh the Wltneu o&oa if possible on Saturday night, but on no account latct than Monday nlmt. MARRIAGE AX MATAURA. Dear Emmjeline,— The residence of Mr and Mrs D. M'Gowan, Gowanbrae, Mataura, •was the scene of a very pleasing ceremony on Wednesday, 27tli ult., the occasion being the marriage of their eldest daughter, Miss Margaret .Ross, |to Mr William Cameron, second son of the late Mr Angus Cameron, Otepopo. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father O'Neill, Gore. The bride was given away by her father, and wore a beautiful dress of white nun's veiling trimmed with lace and orange blossoms, and also wore =a gold brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids were Misses Annie aud Jeaunie M'Gowan, sisters of the bride, who were also dressed in white nun's veiling with gold brooches, also the gift of the bridegroom. Mr John Cameron, brother of the bridegroom, was be^t man. After the .marriage breakfast the Wedding party drove to Wyndham via Edendale. In the evening the young people, to the number of between 60 and 70, gathered from far and near for the dance, which was held in Mr M'Gowan's barn, suitably decorated for the occasion ; and dancing was kept up with vigour till " the wee sma' 'oor.s ayont the twal " to music supplied by Mr A. Shirley, of Wyndham, Messrs J. Cameron and T. Broom acting as M.C.'s. Mr. and Mrs Cameron left by Thursday's express for Dunedin en route for Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, amid showers of rice and old slippers thrown after them by their many friends, who had assembled on the platform to wish/them a happy voyage. The presents included morocco-bound album, presented by the children of the R.G. Sunday School ; Sir and Mrs Thomas M'Gowan gave silver-mounted carvers and silver teapot ; Sir James O'Neill, silver butter 4}ooler Mr and Mrs R. Dickie, walnut clock ;

Mr Thorn, tea set ; Mrs Macandrow, crysta flower stand ; Misses Macandrcw, netted d'oyleys ; Mr P. Curtain, cutlery and spoons ; Mr and Mrs C. Ward, handsome case silver spoons ; Mr Sheffield, egg cruet ; Mr and Mrs W. Milne, cake dish and celery stand ; Mr R. Wilson, glass shade and flower stand ; Mr James Mitchell, jun., tea knives ; Mr A. Telford, handsome table cover ; Miss Broom, plush cushion in wattle ; Mr and Mrs F. M'Kay, pair hot-water jugs ; Mr and Mrs Winning, dessert spoons and forks ; Mr and Mrs Heslin, hand bag ; Mr and Mrs Pryde, travelling basket; Miss Pryde, stocking bag; Miss N. M'Gowan, butter cooler and sugar dish; Miss West (fnvercargill), crystal biscuit barrel ; Miss Carnahan (Invercargill), cake stand ; Miss Thomson (Invercargill), plush tea cosey ; Miss Pickeu (Lumsden), set silver spoons ; Mr Sherlock, ruby crystal sugar basin and butter dish ; Mrs Keaney, fancy bowl and water jug ; Mrs Waterston, after-" noon tea set ; Mr and Mrs A. Milne, pair crystal cake dishes; Mr F. M'Gowan, jun., set tea knives ; Mr and Mrs R. Dun, beautiful evening shawl; Mr and Mrs J. Gray, bed quilt ; Miss Gray, satin tea cosey ; Miss Mitchell, pair photo frames ; Miss Dalton, enamel tea kettle and honey jar ; Mrs M'Erlan, set tea knives ; Mr and MrsT.W. M'Gowan, set tea knives, pair cake plates, pair vases, and candlestick; Misses Dickie (Tuturau), mats and d'oyleys ; Miss J. M'Gowan, dessert spoons and jelly dish ; Miss A. M'Gowan, teapot and toilet cover ; Master T. M'Gowan, crystal sugar dish ; Master R. M'Gowan, candlestick ; Miss Bessie M'Gowan, pair vases ; Miss Bella M'Gowan, crystal cream jug ; Mr Keaney, scrubbing brush, washboard, and pair taw.se ; a Friend, inlaid silver chain ; Mr and Mrs James Mitchell, cheque.— A Wallflower. wedding at bushside, near tapanui. Dear Emmeline,— l had the pleasure of being present at Bushside on Thursday. June 28, when Miss Aunie Sutherland M'Kay, eldest daughter of Mr Alexander M'Kay, farmer, was joined in wedlock to Mr Alexander M'Kay, son of Mr Donald M'Kay, farmer, Rogart Sutherlandshire, Scotland. The Rev. W. J. Comrie performed the ceremony, and the bride wore a navy blue hopsack dress with white vest, and the customary bride's blossom. She carried a beautiful bouquet of carnations and white stock. The bridesmaids were Miss Maggie M'Kay (sister of the bride) and Miss Hettie M'Kay (sister of the bridegroom), both wearing navy blue hopsack dresses with light blue trimmings. After the ceremony about 30 guests sat down to breakfast, at the conclusion of which the happy pair took their departure amidst the orthodox showers of rice for the railway station en rovite for Dunedin, where they intend spending their honeymoon. In the evening a dance was given in the Dalvey Barn to celebrate the event, and amerry company assembled, dancing and other enjoyments being carried on with great glee up to a late hour in the morning. Mr A. Simmers, of Waikoikoi, supplied the music with the violin, being relieved by Mr A. Duncan, of Tapanui, with the bagpipes, the music of the latter meeting with especial recognition by many present. During intervals Messrs W. Murdoch and J. A. Mason and Miss Lizzie Simmers kept the company in good cheer by contributing vocal selections, while Mr Duncan gave proof of his versatility by dancing the Highland fling and the sailors' hornpipe. Mr and Mrs John M'Kay were kept busy during the evening in serving out refreshment'!, and altogether the gathering might truly be termed "a real M'Kay gathering," as somewhere about 20 representatives of that patronimic were present. The following is a description of a few of the costumes worn : — Miss M. M'Kay and Miss Hettie M'Kay, their bridesmaids' dresses ; Miss L. Simmers, black, white necklet ; Miss Dunn, steel grey costume, black trimming ; Miss Whitefield, black skirt, cream bodice ; Miss A. Eskdale, delaine ; Miss Mary Crawford, maroon • Miss M'Fee, maroon ; Miss J. Simmers, black.— Clara. SOCIAL AT KYEBURN. Dear Emmeline, — A most successful social was held in the Kyeburn Hall on Friday, June 22, to celebrate the anniversary of Mr and Mrs Cox's silver wedding. The social opened with the grand march, which was led off by Mr and Mrs Cox, some 25 couples taking part in it. Among the ladies present I noticed Mesdames Douglas, i Crutchley, Reid (2), Wallace, and Mann ; Miss Cox, in a black costume, velvet bodice ; Miss M. Smith, | dark blue costume, silver trimming ; Miss Douglas, dark costume ; Miss Kate Douglas, white dress ; Miss M. Douglas, brown skirt, red bodice ; Miss Bradley, red skirt, white bodice ; Miss L. Cox, black dress, red sash; Misses Dorley (2), dark dresses ; Miss Reid, light dress ; Miss M'Namara, dark skirt, pink bodice ; Miss Healy, dark skirt, pink satin bodice trimmed with lace ; Miss Packman, pink skirt, light bodice; Miss Beer, light bodice, dark skirt ; Miss Ryan, red skirt, dark bodice ; Miss Blanchard, pink bodice, black skirt. There were many other ladies present whose names I was not able to ascertain. The music was supplied by Messrs Gately (piccolo), Stevens and Avery (cornet), and Brenfell (concertina). The hall was very prettily decorated, reflecting great credit on the decorators. Mr T. Duffle acted as M.C. During the evening songs were rendered by Misses L. Cox and Driver, also by Messrs Home and Driver, and a recitation was given by Miss Smith. Dancing was kept up till an. early hour, and all dispersed after having thoroughly enjoyed the kind hospitality of the kind host and hostess.— Terpsichore. FORESTERS' BALL AT ALEXANDRA SOUTH. A very successful ball under the auspices of the A.O.F. was held in the Town Hall, Alexandra South, on Friday, June 22. At about 9.30 dancing commenced with the grand march, led by the M.C. and Miss Field, to music supplied by Messrs Williams, Weaver (violins), and Paget (piano). The march was a very pretty sight — one, indeed, such as is seldom seen in this little community. The supper, supplied by Mr M'Kellar, was laid out in Mr Fraser's hall, close by, which was found to be very comfortable and convenient. Tired but elated dancers relished the good cup of tea or coffee, as dispensed by the committee, who were untiring in their efforts to make the affair a success. It is very hard "to say who was belle, but I think the honour lay between the first two ladies I mention in the following description of the dresses :— Miss Fraser, black evening dress, neck and sleeves trimmed with white swansdown ; Miss Nieper, evening dress of black lace with lemon-coloured trimniings ; Miss Fisher, white cashmere trimmed with white laca and red plush, low neck and short sleeves ; Miss O. Fraser, evening dress of sea green nun's veiling trimmed with rose pink ; Miss A. Fraser, cream dress trimmed with pale blue ; Miss L. Fisher, evening dress of black grenadine trimmed with pale pink ; Miss Pratt, dark green costume ; Miss Jones, white dress trimmed with black ; Miss Terry, maroon dress trimmed with cream lace ; Miss A. Terry, slate-coloured dress ; Misses Keliher, cream skirts and pink bodices ; Miss Burke, brown silk costume ; Miss R. Watson, pale blue evening dress ; Miss Field, white satin dress trimmed with black lace ; Miss M'Carthy, black evening dress ; Miss Thomson, black evening dress trimmed with pale blue ; Miss Simmonds, heliotrope dress ; Miss M'Loughlin, white trimmed with lace, elbow sleeves, and low neck. Of the married ladies, I noticed Mrs J. D. Thomson, in a nice black merveilleux trimmed with pale pink ; Mrs Schauman, black cashmere trimmed with pale pink ; Mrs Holt, black costume ; Mrs Nieper, white dress trimmed with black ribbons ; Mrs Field, black dress ; Mrs Keith, black skirt, white blouse ; Mrs Pacey, cream nun's veiling. The affair broke up at the comparatively early hour of 3.30 a.m., all returning home well satisfied with a good night's enjoyment. On the succeeding Saturday afternoon the Foresters invited all the children to a dance, which was held in Mr Fraser's Hall. The youngsters had a good time, and the wish was freely expressed that the Foresters might have a ball oftener.— Vanity Fair. BALL AT MILTON. On Friday, 29th ult., St. George's Hall, Milton, was the scene of a ball given by a few of the young gentlemen of Milton. Owing to the miserably wet evening a considerable number of those invited were doubtless j>revented from attending, nevertheless about 30 couples were present. The dance throughout may be described as thoroughly successful, the arrangements and management being all that could be desired. The hall was tastefully decorated, one part being furnished as a very pleasant aud cosy drawing room, while the stage was made use of as a supper room with two sumptuously spread tables. Cards were provided for those who preferred them to dancing. All appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. Tho music was supplied by Messrs Robertson and

[ Walsh's band. On entering the ballroom, the impression one gained was that the ladies had been more than ordinarily successful in the choice of their costumes, which throughout were of a handsome description, some of the wearers appearing to considerable advantage. Among those I more particularly noticed were Miss Rachel Scholefield (a debutante), who was much admired in a costume of pure white ; Miss Paterson (the acknowledged belle) looked lovely in a rich white corded silk with lace trimmings ; Miss Corson wore black grenadine with sleeves and trimmings of green corded silk and jet ; Miss M. Corson, heliotrope crepon dress with gold satin sleeves and empire bodice ; Miss J. Corson, a charming dress of green crepon with white lace trimniings ; Miss Yorston, black lace skirt, merveilleux bodice, olive green brocaded satin sleeves ; Mrs D. Reid, claret velvet dress with pink satin panels and vest ; Miss K. Black, black grenadine, yellow sleeves ; Miss Brookes, black dress with heliotrope sleeves ; Mis« Grey, handsome black satin veiled in black lace, green velvet sleeves ; Mrs W. Walker, rich pink satin with feather trimmings; Miss Paterson, lovely pale pink nun's veiling bebe bodice, white lace trimming; Mrs J. W. Petrie, electric blue dress ; Mrs Strachan, a pretty pale green nun's veiling with pink and green Liberty trimming ; Miss Porter, pink dress, lace trimming, rich maroon opera cloak ; Miss E. Yorston, white nun's veiling with lace trimming ; Mrs Black, exceedingly handsome black silk dress ; Miss Draper, black grenadine dress with green silk sleeves ; Miss Grant, a pretty dress of heliotrope silk veiled in black lace ; Mrs Bastings, black brocade and green satin vest ; Mrs D. O. Hampden, brown satin dress with brown satin, bodice ; Miss Duff, black dress with gold gimp ; Mrs Campbell, a black costume veiled in black spotted net ; Miss Stewart, handsome figured Liberty silk with black velvet sleeves ; Mrs Brook, stylish white trained silk, feather trimming, grceir* plush sleeves ; Miss Ethel Black, red dress with black trimmings. — Hope. BALL AT SHAO POINT. Dear Emmeline,— The bachelors of Shag Point and Allandale gave their annual ball to the young ladies and married friends on Friday evening last, 29th ult., in the Public Hall. As usual with those gatherings here it was a thorough success. The artistic decorations of the building fairly surpassed anything of the kind hitherto seen in this locality, for which special commendation is due to Mr Walter Chester, a new arrival in the district. The music was supplied by Messrs Sutherland, Darby, Keen, Appleby, and Clements, with cornet, piccolo, piano, and violins (2), and Mr M. Stevens acted .as M.C. and Mr J. M'lntosh as hou. secretary. The following is a description of the costumes worn : — Miss Sissy Clark, very pretty moss green, pink trimmings ; Miss J. Frew, pale pink ; Miss M. Frew, white relieved with pink ; Miss Wiley (Hampden), r» d serge trimmed with red satin ; Miss Ward (Hampden), lavender bodice, white skirt ; Miss F. Walker, black relieved with blue ; Miss Agnes Frew, white relieved with pink ; Miss M. 8011, pink relieved with white ; Miss Campbell (Invorcargill). cream ; Miss Boss (Kartigi), blue delaine ; Miss M. M'Kenzie, black relieved with coral pink ; Miss M. Walker (Palmerston), shot silk ; Miss Hardy (Palmerston), black netted satin ; Miss Jamieson (Kai'tigi), fawn and lavender ; Miss M'Queen, black velvet, pink trimmings ; Miss Todd, white body, dark skirt ; Miss Shore, cream and pink ; Miss D. M'Ritchie (Palmerston), black grenadine ; Miss Hunter, navy blue serge ; Miss M'lntosh, black broche bodice, nun's veiling skirt, pale blue watered silk trimmings ; Miss Susy 8011, black grenadine ; Miss Henderson (Dunedin), pink nun's veiling, white lace trimmings ; Miss Fordyce (Dunedin), cream serge, cream lace ; Miss Beadle, white bodice, brown skirt ; Miss Fergusson, maroon, white lace ; Miss M'Oallion, delaine bodice, white skirt, pale blue sash ; Miss J. M'Callion, pink and cream, white lace ; Miss Fanny Everest, pink lace over cream ; Miss E. Everest, black skirt, blue bodice, blue trimmings ; Miss Boag, black grenadine, pink silk trimmings ; Miss J, Barber, cream and white lace ; Miss J. Walker (Bushy), cream and cream lace ; Miss Wilkins, prune dress, white lace ; Miss Ellen Clark, dark brown relieved with I black velvet ; Miss Foster, navy blue, white lace ; Miss Nelly Smith, maroon, white lace; Miss Hollows, white flowered skirt, flowered delaine bodice ; Miss Douglas, white with pink silk trimmings ; Miss Parnelj, chocolate tweed trimmed with brown velvet ; Miss Ward (Oamani), fawn velvet relieved with pink ; Miss Patterson, cream Indian silk, pink satin trimmings ; Mrs A. Western, cream serge relieved with watered silk ; Mrs 8011, black ; Mrs Loades, grey tweed ; Mrs Frew, brown ; Mrs E. Clark, grey tweed ; Mrs Sutherland, navy blue ; Mrs Lore, navy blue ; Mrs Graham, black cashmere ; Mrs Broome, plumcoloured satin, cream lace ; Mrs M'Cracken, navy blue, cream trimmings ; Mrs Douglas, navy blue ; Mrs Boag, grey and maroon velvet ; Mrs M'lntosh, black silK grenadine ; Mrs Rixon, blue cashmere relieved with silk ; Mrs A. Williams, shot satin. Dancing was kept up till 5.30 a.m., when all left for home thorojghly satisfied with their night's enjoyment. — Guest.