TABLE TALK.

Otago Witness, Issue 2429, 3 October 1900, Page 58

TABLE TALK.

Monday Afternoon.

Tho Daffodil 80ll — in connection with St. Paul's Cathedral Ladies' Guilri — has now become quite an annual affair, but perhaps on no former occasion has it been quite so successful or quite so largely attended as was the ca^e on Tuesday evening. Very pretly and artistic the hall looked, draped with yellow muslin and masses of ferns, evergreens, and daffodils. A marquee had boon creeled in the yard at tho entrance door of the hall, and this served as a drawing room for the dancers, and so kept the hall from becoming overcrowded. Most of the ladies carried bouquets, and wore sprays of yellow daffodils, which gave t-he hall a cheery and festive appearance. The mantelpieces looked most picturesque with mirrors as overmantels, surrounded with wreaths of daffodils, while

the same lovely flowers in conjunction" with ferns were artistically arranged so as to cover all the bare looking grates, otc. The &tage was carpeted, draped with curtains, and furnished altogether as a most dainty drawing room, forming a delightful retreat for the ehaperones to sit, whence they could get a p&rioct view of the hall and the dancers. Messrs Yates Broi. were ensconced in the recess in the hall, from where they discoursed sweet music to the unwearied dancers until 1 o'clock in the morning. The floor — as St. Paul's Schoolroom floor always i& — was excellent. Champage cup, which had been kindly donated by a friend of the Cathedral Guild — was served in tho hall, and much appreciated by all. About 11 o'clock the supper room was opened, the table here, too, being adorned with "daffa," and ladened with dainties of all kinds; in fact, the supper was quite too good for a throe shilling dance, and could only be provided by the generosity of the members of the guild and friends of the church.

Mrs Michie, Mrs Jackson, and Mrs Martin were the ehaperones during the evening, and great credit is due to them for the excellent way in which everything was arranged, and they certainly earned hearty thanks, both from the Cathedral GuiM, which must have benefited considerably by the function, and from the dancers, who were thus enabled to spend such a happy evening- at ?o small a cost.

Mrs Michie wore a handsome gown of rich yellow satin brocaded with pink and opera cloak of dark blue cloth with fur ; Mrs Jackson, black velvet dress, trimmed with jet and chiffon ; Mrs Martin, a stylibh gown of yellow silk covered with grey chiffon. Amongst those also present were "Archdeacon Robinson, Mr Michie, Rev. Mr Jones, Mrs Hocken, Mrs Buckland (Kiatoa), Miw Gordon, Miss Gardner, Miss E. Adams, Mrs Kirk wood, who wore a very handsome black striped silk gown ; Mrs Ea^thcr, lira Dehniston ; Mrs E. 0. Reynolds, yellow brocade dre^s, trimmed with lace ; Mrs, Oldham, lovely gown of white brocade; Mrs Murray, handsome black satin dress, the bodico trimmed with Maltese lace ; Mrs J. Logan, black brocaded satin dress, with long sleeves and trimmings of black lace ; Mrs Thomas, black brocade : Mrs Kirkcaldy, a very handsome dress* of black brocade with berthe of white chiffon and lace ; Mrs Valentine, a lovely di6ss of old gold satin brocaded with crimson, and full front of white silk ; Mrs Brittain, eau de nil spotted &ilk dress, stylishly trimmed with bands of green velvet and lace; Miss M'Kuighl, black satin and net frock : Miss Inglits, a lovely dress of Oxford blue velvet trimmed with silver fringe and passementerie; Miss Sime, smart striped blue and white silk dre^s trimmed with bands and sash of bine witin ribbon; Miss Burns, white brocade dress; Mi->s Speddin- a .spotted yellow silk dress, the bodice trimmed with white lace ; Miss Patrick, a blue silk dress veiled in black lace : Mis-? Forsyth, handsome yellow brocade with white lace and passementerie trimmings ; her si.-ter v. ore a white spotted muslin ; Miss Murdoch, white silk dress ; Miss Stathain, cream silk dress, the bodice trimmed with ruches and lace ; Miss Thomson, blue silk gown covered with blue silyer-spartgled gauze ; Miss Seed (Wellington), smart "clress of green striped" silk, the bodice trimmed with banUs of dark green velvet ribbon and lace; TMiss. Muir, pretty white silk frock ; Miss VV ebb wore a pretty dress of buttercup striped silk, the bodice trimmed with frills edged with narrow black velvet ribbon: Miss J. Bxirt, white satin and lace dress, and band of pink velvet rouf.d the throat ; Miss Fergus, black satin dress trimmed with passementerie and pink chiffon ; Miss Wilkio, yellow ?ilk gown ; Miss Flo. Gragg, pretty frcck of pale green surah with full front of white spotted net Miss F. M'Lean, while satin dress; Miss Bessie M'Lean, smart frock of yellow and white satin combined ; Miss Cook, pale pink satin dress, the bodice trimmed with pearl embroideryand lace ; Mi&s L. Maokerras, stylish dress of pp.le green &triped silk trimmed with lace and chiffon ; JMiss Ramsay, white muslin and silk frock ; Mis^ Mackellar, black satin frock ; Miss M. Sinclair, pretty dress of white silk trimmed with frills of white chiffon ; Miss F. Fenwick, buttercup yellow tilk frock trimmed on the bodice with white chiffon and lona; while silk sash ; Miss Hotop, white spotted muslin dress; Miss Jackson, smart frock of tucked yellow surah, both skirt and bodice 'being one mass of tiny tucks, and a knot of black chiffon on th© bodice ; Miss Denniston, pretty, dress of pink brocade; Miss Biitterworth, white silk frock covered with an overskirt of white lace ; Miss De Lautour, black sulk frock made over an underskirt of black veil el; Miss L. Rattraj r , blue silk ,frock; Misa-M. Siso, a pretty diess of cream brocade; Miss M. Turton, black silk dre»s; Miss Bathgate, black satin and net frock, the bodice trimmed with a deep fall of black and white lpce ; Miss D. Bithgate. yellow silk frock; Misa Macassey, stylish gown of white satin, the bodice covered with cream lace and trimmed with chiffon ; Miss E. Farquhar, black surah dress, the, bodice trimmed with lovely white lace ; Miss N. Farquhav, a charming dress of yellow silk, the bodice made in the fichu style and trimmed with narrow rows of black veferet ribbon ; Miss Hart, smart frock of black chine silk made with an overskirt with vandyke points and lovely sash of cream silk ; her sister wore a pale green striped gauze dress trimmed with lace.

On Wednesday forenoon, a pretty though quiet, wedding look placa in All Saints' Church, the bride being Miss Kate Royse,. second daughter of Mr Wm. Royse, of Dunedin, and the bridegroom Mr J. E. Watoon, of lnvercargill. No guests beyond the immediate relations of the bride and 'bridegroom Laving been invited to the ceremony meant that the church was nol at all crowded, though as it neared half-past 12, the hour appointed, many ladies ijnd girl friends of the bride crowded into the church, anxious to see the las>t of the sweet bride. She really looked lovely in an exquisite trained dress of lioli white duchesse satin, the &kiit trimmed with tiue-lover's knots of applique lace, and the bodice made with transpaienl sleeves and yoke. Instead of the customary veil she wore p large white hat, co\ered with white ostrich feathers, v c tylo of head clres-j which, in conjunction with a we'ldins; gown, would be trying to ir>any, but which seemed to suit Miss lloyps's fair beauty to perfection. She also norc a smart chiffon rufiie, with long ends, and carried a loVely bouquet of white flowers. Dean Fiichett performed the ceremony. The briclo wiib given away by her eldest brother, Mr George Rov^e. and was attended by three bridepmaids. her two sisters, Miss Nora and Miss Olne Royse, and Miss Phyllis Fotheringham: Mr George Wai,=on Invereargill) acting as het>b man. The two elder bridesmaids wore charming f rooks of white fancy silk, trimmed with lace and finished at the neck with high collars of yellow -satin, and white chip straw hats trimmed with white chiffon and yellow &atm ribbons, and they each carried a bouquet of yellow and whito flowers, and wore gold cable bangles and gold rings, the gifts of the bridegroom. Little Miss Fotherinjjham wore a

simple white- silk frock and drawn silk hat, and carried a crook trimmed with flow erg and ribbons. She also wore a lovely little locket and gold chain, the gift of the bridegroom.

The church was charmingly decorated by the bride's girl friend?. In the main aisle the ends of the seats had tufts of greenery and yellow flowers, while the altar rails, chancel windows, choir stalls^ etc., were garlanded with masses of ferns and daffodils.

Amongst those present were Mrs Royse, who wore a handsome black brocade gown; Mr and Mrs Morah, the latter wearing a purple cloth. coa,t and skirt, and large white hat ; Mr and Mrs Oktham, the latter wearing a smart heliotrope cloth and silk costume, trimmed with lace, and a black picture hat ; Mr and Mrs Fotheringham, and the Messrs Watson. After the ceremony Mrs Royse entertained the guests at her residence in Montpellier. In the afternoon Mr and Mrs J. E. Watson left for tho north.

On TLrarsday Mrs J. M. Gallaway gave a delightful luncheon parly at her residence at Musselburgh.

Mrs Sinclair Thomson, Mrs Michie, and Mrs C. Rattray all gave dinners at their respective homes on Friday evening.

There are few more interesting topics dealt with in the ladies' pages of our big weeklies than that of improving; the complexion. Questions are continually coming to hand .having for the object the removal of this blemish or the amelioration of that ; but needless to say the application of lotions and other applications is by no means ahvay? attended with success. There k, however, another means coming into favour the wide world over, and Dunedin is no longer to be behind the a^e in this respect — i.e., face ma^sa^e. The benefit? of face massage for improving the tone and condition of the skin and for making tho muscles elastic do not require to be enumerated, as the process is so highly appreciated and widely practised. A woman is as young and beautiful or as old and ugly as she looks; all depends on her skin and complexion. Face massage is a delightfully^ refreshing process. It consists of a combination of spraying, steaming, and massaging- It will be found most effective in removing wrinkles, leaving the skin firm and supple. It is also found to quickly remove freckles, pimples, pallowness, "blackheads, and all other blemishes from the complexion. Miss Culling, whose rooms are in the A.M.P. Buildings, La? all the latest appliances for the treatment of the face, and all who have visited her rooms are enthusiastic about the exquisite and refreshing operation and the great hygienic benefit which is derived from an application of the process.