Blue Ribands and Pink Roses

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 671, 24 May 1929, Page 4

Blue Ribands and Pink Roses

Old World Charm at Empire Ball Powdered Hair and Pretty Ways LOVERS' knots of pale blue ribbon caught at intervals the beautiful festoons of pink rosebuds that garlanded Seots Hall last evening when the Victoria League held one of the most brilliantly successful Empire Balls that Auckland has ever seen. Around the walls potted bamboo palms made effective splashes of cool greenness, and amid the banked palms on the stage, where the Vice-Regal party and the ball committee sat, great clusters of vivid crimson roses gave delightful colour relief.

The supper tables were banked with exquisite roses and chrysanthemums mingled with soft trails of fern.

ITER EXCELLENCY the Lady Alice 1 Fergusson, who on arrival was presented with a glorious bouquet of roses shading from palest pink to rich crimson, was gowned in metal tissue. On a background of silver lier gracefully draped frock was patterned with softly-blending flowers of rose and opal tones and caught with a diamante buckle. She wore a narrow diamond tiara, and a necklace of diamonds and pearls. The vice-regal party included Mrs. George Baird, sister of his Excellency, who was wearing a picture gown of fine black Chantilly lace and black and gold brocade, made with a panniered skirt dipping to an uneven hem. The Countess Thelma Metaxa, who also accompanied the Governor-Gen-eral and her Excellency, was wearing a frock of chartreuse green georgette heavily encrusted with 'crystal and sequin embroidery, the petalled skirt cut to dip slightly at one side. Mrs. A. C. Day -was in an embossed gown of bronze and midnight blue chenille georgette, with a deep fichu of vivid blue tulle caught with a brilliant motif. Miss J. A. Mowbray, the president of the Victoria League, wore an embossed gown of black satin broche, heavily beaded in inverted panels down the back and front with crystal and jet.

Lady Sinclair Lockhart was in lobelia blue gown of mariette inset with Y--shaped panels of silver tissue, outlined with rows of rhinestones. WITH A PINK FAN Lady Carrick Robertson chose n. charming gown of blue taffeta shot through with cyclamen tones and cut with a deep decolletage. Its skirt featured a side flare, the other side lifting slightly into three vertical frills. A pink feather fan gave a pretty touch of contrasting colour. Mrs. Hugh Thompson wore a trail of roses on the shoulder of her geraniumshaded frock of sequined georgette. Mrs. Claude Heather’s gown of peach georgette was handsomely embroidered with gold beads. Mrs. Coleman wore a draped gown of silver grey meclilin lace with bands of matching satin caught at the back of the neckline, and falling into deep streamer ends. • Mrs. H. E. Vaile’s frock of rose flowered ninon had a yoke and deep hem of black Chantilly lace. Mrs. G. C. T. P. Swabey wore an attractive gown of hyacinth chiffon, with silver relief and carried a feather fan. Mrs. J. B. Donald wore a handsome brocade shawl over her black satin beaute gown. Mrs. A. Waller chose a diagonallydraped gown of platinum grey georgette, given brightness by touches of rhinestone embroidery. Mrs. Harold Kissling wore a black gown of georgette and lace mounted on a foundation of pastel pink, with a pink ror.e at one shoulder. Mrs. Charles Kissling was in an embossed frock of black faconne georgette, with a black wrap to match. Mrs. Gilbert Mair was wearing a black chiffon frock encrusted with embroideries of crystal beads. Mrs. R. Isaacs chose a black georgette frock with heavy bands of strass embroidery to relieve it. Mrs. L. S. Rickerby had a brilliant motif, giving relief to her frock of chenille embosed black ring velvet. Mrs. T. Ley’s frock of chenille embossed georgette was of deepest lilac. Mrs. J. J. Kingston, whose black georgette gown was embroidered with gold and silver beads. Mrs. A. M. Ferguson's frock of black georgette and lace with a spray of red roses was worn under a black and ivory wrap. Mrs. H. C. Fenton’s gown of lido blue georgette was embroidered with silver bends. Mrs. J. J. Sullivan wore a smart gown of opal brocaded lame and pompadour pink ring velvet. Mrs. Kinnear wore a gown of cloth of j gold and gold lace. ! ~ Mrs. R. A. Ballantyne’s smart frock was of ivory faille with skirt of ivory I tulle frills edged with ribbon. DAINTY SHOON . Mrs. * Pettit struck a smart note by ! wearing little peach slippex*s embroidered ! In pastel shades with her picture gown of I peach ninon, that had quaint bows for I trimming. . , Mrs. Donald Ogilvie’s frock of black mariette was relieved with touches of j gold tissue and golden embroidery and 1 worn with a black and gold wrap. Airs. Kay Stratton wore a crystalbeaded frock of black georgette with a wrap of black and white. Mrs. W. K. Tugby relieved her black 1 georgette gown with large pink velvet flowers and wore a white shawl. Mrs. S. Chambers was wearing a black georgette gown beaded all over in gold I and jet. i Mrs. Ashton's frock of black georgette had heavy sequin embroideries in effective flower designs. Mrs. Ross Clark wore a pastel-shaded : shawl over her unrelieved frock of black georgette. Mrs. H. Gulliver had panels of flared black georgette inset on her frock of black ring velvet. Mrs. K. Raymond wore a delightfully beaded frock of sunglow ninon. panelled with black, and gave it a decided air of chic by the addition of a bouffant pinklined black bow. Mrs. Ronald Corbett was in a picturesque frock of flower-sprigged taffeta in pastel shades, on a background of white. SPRAY OF ORCHIDS Mrs. Douglas chose a vivid frock of ' Chinese blue ninon that achieved its ; smartness by the clever simplicity of its : cut and on the corsage pinned a spray of green orchids. Mrs. E. C. Huie was wearing a black gown of charmeuse inset with panels of lacquer red down the bouffant skirt and finished with a red shoulder flower. Mrs. Esmond Napier chose a charming ' picture gown of ankle-length, expressed in carnation pink taffeta and given de--4 lightful colour contrast by a big bow

of alice blue taffeta on one hip. Mrs. Errol Hay was wearing a gown of , cameo-pink georgette made with a crossover bodice and inset with panels of needle-run pastel-shaded lace. Mi's. W. Aitken wore a white embroidered shawl over her gown of black embossed chenille georgette. Miss Janet Murray wore a gown of black georgette beaded in jet under a wrap of paisley patterning. Miss Kent was in a lavender georgette frock lightly beaded with crystal. Miss Isaacs had a satin and silver lace frock of silver-grey shading with a spray of crimson roses on the corsage. A GOLD COATEE Miss Daphne Rainger wore a chic little gold sequined coatee over her flounced frock of spotted peach net. The skirt was made with a dipping hem at the back and each flounce edged with taffeta. Miss Joan Robertson wore a dainty gown of frilled taffeta in sunset shading, with frills of net around the skirt. Miss Maida Hooker had a trail of flowers caught at the shoulder of her absinthe-green charmeuse frock, made with a smart peplum effect below the waistline. Miss Bright was in a forget-me-not blue frock of georgette, with rainbowshaded motifs on the petal-pointed skirt and a bodice of chenille embossing. Mrs. Heath Priest wore a frock of flame georgette with circular frills of tulle forming bouffailt motifs at either side of the skirt. Miss Thompson was in a frock of periwinkle blue georgette, with sequined bands.

Miss Kavanagh wore a chartreus<

green frock embosesd in silver thread.

Miss Lyall was wearing a lotus rose frock of georgette. Mrs. C. W. Vennell had a teffeta frock of apricot shade girdled with rhinestones, and the skirt featured deep circular flares applied in flat manner. Miss Diana Huie wore a scarlet frock of ring velvet and lull® with faint traceries of golden thread and a diamante buckle catching the frock’s drapery to one side. Miss Daphne Knight was in a striking gown of black ring velvet studded with rhinestones and inset with a narrow Vsliaped yoke of flesh georgette. Miss Isa Baxter wore a silver and black frock of brocaded lace and a wrap to match. Miss Ethel Tills was wearing a beige frock of maerame lace mounted on blush rose georgette and falling into an uneven hem. Miss Gwen Fullerton chose water-lily green satin for her pretty frock, which had its mitred hem edged with tulle. PIQUANCY ITSELF Miss Molls’ - Woolcott expressed the spirit of the Old World in an extremely modern manner with the aid of her quaint little french frock of flowersprigged taffeta, that developed the most unusual tendencies to ruffle itself into pert flounces at the back. A wig of gleaming silver metal thread was a particularly piquant finish to her attractive toilette. Mrs. Corbin wore a gown of maize coloured georgette embroidered with bronze and black beads. Mrs. - E. Patterson was gowned in shrimp pink georgette with unevenly panelled skirt. Mrs. R. S. Whitley was in a black ring velvet gown. Mrs. Norton's frock was of pistache green chiffon embroidered with crystal beads. Mrs. A. J. Maxwell was gowned in black, jade and wine red chenille spotted with uneven hem line. Mrs. F. Maxwell’s frock was of lotus blue taffeta and had a yoke and deep hem of silver lace. Mrs. Hardwick Shorland was in a period frock of brocaded ivory satin beaute. Mrs. W. Johnston was wearing a striking gown of cherry and silver lace with georgette wap of french grey. Mrs. Leonard Hunt’s picture frock was of palest nile green taffeta. Mrs. McLachlan was in a frock of black georgette encrusted with silver beads and pailettes. Mrs. Bremner wore a distinctive gown of black ring velvet and taffeta witn a peacock bow of royal blue taffeta. Mrs. Eldon Napier wore a frock of cameo pink georgette with skirt of tiny frills. Mrs. Ivo Esam’s gown of gold lace was worn over flesh pink chiffon. ! Mrs. C. Y. Sewell was in black geor- \ gette with uneven hemline. | Miss Parsons wore a smart gown of • nile green and silver lace. Miss Violet Arnoldson had a frock of I black lace with deep decolletage over ! flesh pink chiffon. ! Miss Ann Gordon was in ivory satin ! beaute. Miss Olive Maxwell’s dainty frock of cameo pink chenille embossed georgette ! had a yoke and double circular skirt of ! pink tulle. I Miss Babs Suter’s frock of cream lace was embossed in silver. Miss Edna Ballantyne’s coral pink taffeta frock had a bouffant overskirt of tulle. ALICE BLUE GEORGETTE Miss Rosie Kennedy was in a pretty gown of alice blue georgette, with circular uneven skirt. I Miss M. Craig was in a dainty frock j of buttercup yellow ruched taffeta. 1 Miss Underwood, wearing pastel pink I georgette and taffeta. Miss A. Smith's gown of primrose satin beaute was of uneven length. ; Miss Cowley wore nimosa yellow ring i velvet with bouffant tulle skirt, i Miss Somerville's gown of peach georgette was inset with gold lace. 1 Miss Kath Bagnall wore pale marigold i satin beaute with flared skirt of uneven j length. j Miss Dina Isaacs had a frock of peach j georgette sequined with gold, j Miss Thomas wore a frock of sprigged ' ivory taffeta with a shadow hem of green i chiffon. Miss Joyce Porter wore a watteau

shepherdess gown of lotus blue and cameo T pink taffeta. Miss Alleman’s frock of pistache green £ satin beaute was encrusted with gold pailettes. Miss G. Faulbaum, whose ivory frock J was of marocain. Miss R. Whitton in rose crepe de ‘ chine and tinsel. Miss K. Collins, in salmon crepe de - chine qnd shawl to match. Mrs. Lovell, wearing gold net and sequins. r Mrs. H. W. Scott, whose black lace \ was worn over apricot crepe de chine, c with large red shoulder posy. Miss Johnson, in white and saxe blue c crepe de chine trimmed with gold. \ Mrs. L. Rowe, who wore a frock of « white crepe de chine with pink relief. ( Miss Alice Kennedy wore a frock of j primrose crepe de chine and frilled tulle t was set off by tiny black ribbon velvet bows. Miss 33. Johnston wore lilac satin beaute and gold lace. Miss Maisie Walkley had a gown of 1 black lace. 1 Miss Donald wore a becoming cherry > lace frock. t Miss Dot "Wilson (Hamilton) was in 1 pastel green silk net. s Miss J. Gordon wore a picture frock of leaf-green taffeta, relieved with gold. J Miss Dorothy Martin wore a distinc- \ : tive two-toned georgette gown of cycla- t men and begonia shades. i i Miss Joyce Lyon had a dainty frock \ of ivory georgette. Miss Drummond was in a period gown of turquoise blue taffeta. Miss Pat Miller’s frock was of mari- . gold taffeta Miss Iv. Hackett’s frock was of pom- . padour pink taffeta, and had a slim { corsage of silver lace. Miss G. Bell wore a peacock gown of ambre georgette in orchid shades. I , Miss Kell Batey’s unevenly-painted black chiffon gown was relieved with ; black Chantilly lace. Miss Marjorie Blakey wore a bouffant j J frock of sea foam green taffeta, with | ] uneven hemline. Miss Phyllis Peet’s frock of palest i ( apricot featured a shadow hem of moonlight blue chiffon. Miss Madge Peet was in apricot taffeta and tulle j k Miss M. Beale’s black ring velvet gown i had a deep hem of cream lace. GOLD OVER JADE Miss A. Moore wore a gold chenille- j 1 spotted frock over canton jade taffeta. 1 s Miss Beryi Esam, was in lotus blue georgette with floral corsage. * Miss Molly Seabrook wore lilac tinted taffeta and silver lace. Miss Fay Alexander's frock of jade { georgette was encrusted with silver 1 paillettes. . < Miss Marjorie Simpson wore a strik- J ing frock of black ring velvet, with deep shadow hem of black tulle, appliqued j with vivid velvet flowers. Miss M. Lockie was in orchid geor- 1 ; gette embroidered with silver paillettes. Miss S. Davis wore a picture frock of turquoise blue taffeta. Miss Greta Herron's bouffant gown of cameo pink taffeta had a deep yoke of pink tulle. Miss Mabel Fairburn's old world ensemble was of carnation pink taffeta and rich gold brocade, the ankle-length frock of taffeta being worn under a wrapcoat of the taffeta, with deep petalled hem of brocade. Mrs. A. Cerutty was smartly gowned m cyclamen pink chiffon velvet draped into graceful lines. Mrs. Dransfield’s black georgette frock was embroidered with silver beads. Mrs. E. A. Dargaville was wearing black ring velvet. Mrs. T. H. Easdown wore a Cubanorange georgette gown. Miss C. Murray wore a lacouer red wrap over black satin charmeuse. Miss Keesing wore opal grey crepe de chine and lace. Miss Wynyard was gowned in black georgette. Mrs. H. Partridge was wearing a green ling \el\et and gold lace gown. Miss Doreen McGarry wore flame-col-oured satin beaute. Miss Sheila McGarry ”s gown was of deep leaf green satin charmeuse. Miss Mollie Hunt’s frock was of the niered e skfr" Cty “ ‘° tUS blue wlth »*">- ! g t e S * with " ’pe tali e d ’’u n e v e Seol '- i brocade MUr<loCh (West Coast > was m sold j Spe ? a £ CDannevirke) wore a j wUi^rhinlstTneS® 61 " * nd tulle trusted Mrs. H. Kirkcaldie (Wellington) wore a very charming picture gown of petalled black taffeta, with flowers appliqued to the ankle length skirt. Mrs. Dunlop Hamilton’s gown was of blr*ck and silver lace mounted on almond green satin charmeuse. Miss Alison Kirkcaldie’s gown was of black taffeta with bouffant frilled skirt.. Miss Lascelles Corrigan (Tauranga) wore a picturesque frock of pastel shaded taffeta. Mrs. Hector Chapman (D.unedin) was gowned in black georgette handsomely beaded in silver and jet. Mrs. F. Seccombe was in a frock of mist blue and gold gros grain taffeta worn with black ring velvet wrap. Miss Somerset Clive’s picture frock j was of coral pink taffeta and tulle. j DANCING MINUETS Instinct with the charm of the Old ! World was the ballroom when the various sets of minuets were stepped ! through with a courtly grace by a I throng of girls and boys, men and j women, who had been trained by Miss j Daphne Knight, who must have felt ■ very pleased indeed with the charming reward of her efforts. Mrs. Hugh Thomson and Mrs. Claude Heather had arranged the vari- • , ous sets, and were both warmly conI gratulated on their success. Court > lancers, arranged by Mrs. C. E. Maguire and Madame Edith Baird ; were danced earlier in the evening, j In their taffeta gowns, all ruffled ; and panniered and expressed in rainbow shading, the fair dancers were a pretty sight indeed, with their pow- . dered ringlets all a-nodding as they swayed and curtsied through the grace- : ful dances, and their courtly cavaliers. in powdered wigs and bravely-coloured : coat lapels made an effective background for the delicate beauty of their 1 Dresden-China. prettiness. „ , T ? n Mr S; Hugh Thomson’s set were . Misses Kathleen and Rona Thomson. Audrey Walton, Edna Bowen, Kathleen W ells, Marjorie Suter, Linda de Renzy and Rodenather; Messrs. R. Yates, F. Ham- ? lUler b P V Jeff rey. P. Peacock. L». Ballantyne. L. Simpson and K. Johnston. The girls* frocks were earlv Victor- > lan m design and were fashioned o l canton jade taffeta. Plain panels at the I jiont and back of tbe ankle-length skir*l- - .were set off by tiers of frills at the Vidri barge Pink roses -with falling petal- ] adorned the skirts and each maid -wore a - pink rose in her powdered hair. Tiiu men in this set .wore jade green lapels." Deep orchid shade was chosen to dj ? ttnguish Miss Pestty Ford’s set. whi- j, * besides Miss Ford, included the Mi--os r>ene Plummer, Wilma Frater, Winsome I Amev, Margaret naing»r, Owen Kingston : .Jane Jones and Lofs Mahan; Messr Keith Rollings. Tonv Green. G. Thomoson, Reg. Ale P kail, B. Hinton, Don Grant,

Bill Walkley and Gordon Palmer. 4 rta slender corsages of the lassies per; gowns featured a graceful fichu t.f .ream net and lace caught with rosebuds. and the full skirts were in three petalled tiers. All the members of this wore their hair powdered, and satin buttons and lapels of deep orchid shad** were worn by the men. The Misses Ena Langsford. Violet Fox, Rona and Dorothy Fenton, Moira Gulliver’ Kathleen Spriggs. Freda Barnes and s’. Edmonds were gowned in picturesque frocks of japonica pink taffeta shot through with a gleam of gold. A fichu of gold net adorned each elose-flttiog bodice, and the panniered skirts hid shadow' hems of gold net. Tbe men this set. Messrs. Athol Myers, Von Sturmer, Tinks. Hocker, Bowler, H. Cooper, G Ottlev and I'. Young. wq»e japonica pink lapela to match Ihcir partner's gowns. PRIMROSE TAFFETA Picture frocks of primrose taffeta with tiers of french blue tulle frills edging the long petalled skirts and tiny blue rosebuds trimming the slender corsages were worn' by Mrs. Claude Heather’s set. in this group were the Misses Joan end Darrie Heather, Joan Stokes, Laurie Stuart. Thelma St. Clair Whyte, Nance St. Clair Whyte. Roma Richardson, and Betty Wilson. The men of this set. Messrs. Godfrey Kissling. Jack Gordon, Owen, Jim Maitland, D. Menserth, Gallagher, Hinton and Murray Hunter, wore blue lapels to relieve the darkness of their apparel. The set arranged by Mrs. A. Cerutty wore becoming frocks of sea-foam green taffeta with fichus and deep hems of gold lace. Softly swathed sashes of gold tinsel finished in graceful bows at th* back. Amber coloured lapels distinguished the coats of the men. Tbe members of this set were Misses Marjorie Ceruttv, G. McConnell, P. McConnell, M. Redstone. Mrs. Ewen. Mrs. McLachlan. Miss McCullough, and Miss Dorothy Wright: Messrs. Norton 'Hammond, *B. Waters, P. Ulston. Ewen. J. Lamb, J. White, Wright and lan Malcolm. The members of Mrs. H. E. Valle’s set wore modern evening frocks. They were Miss Dolly Vaile. whose frock of apple green chenille spotted r.et was worn over matching satin; Mrs. Mervyn Reid, wearing a cloth or silver gown banded with green velvet. Mrs. Baker Crosswell, in silver tissue, with an ivory tulle overskirt edged with silver: Miss Freda Rathbone. who wore a gown of gold lace over flesh pink chiffon; Miss Marjorie Stewart, whose frock of lilac-tinted inffeta was relieved with silver lace; , , . Miss J. Bloomfield, who had chose** » dainty gown of pistache green tulle, spotted in chenille. Miss Rosemary Waller, whose bouffant frock was of apple green tulle; Miss Leslie Waller, wearing gold lace and sunshine tulle. _ Their partners were: Commander G. T. Robertson. Lieut-Commander R. M. Spencer. Lieutenant A. J. Baker-Cress-well Surgeon-Lieutenant ?. G. Weldon. Lieutenant W. M. Dalmeyer. PaymasterLieutenant W. H. Uewson, Sub-Lieuten-ant C. P. Wade and Sub-Lieutenant M. G. Thew. Deepest apricot taffeta fashioned witn slender bodices and bouffant ankle-lengyi skirts adorned with narrow black venr* T bows were worn by the members of Miss Jean Deighton’s set. r The women carried black feather fans and the men wore flame-coloured lapels. In this set were, in addition to Miss Deighton. Misses B. Horrocks, M. Dryden, B. Mair, Dot Steele, O. AlacDuff. O. Gaud in and L. Dickey; Messrs. M. Reilly, G. King. J. Williamson, K. Minhinmck, Hutchinson, C. Heather, D. Wilson and P. Kelly. COURT LANCERS Airs. C. E. Maguire, who had arranged a set of court lancers, was gowned ta honey beige georgette and lace, with bands of rhinestone trimming. Others in this set were:— Lady Carrick Robertson, whose •'harming frock of blue taffeta is described above. „ , , Airs. W. J. Xapier. in a frock of leaf green georgette, with diamante relief. Aliss R. Beckett fATarton), who wore a period gown of mauve taffeta and silver lace. Dr. Alargaret Knight, in a jade green chenille georgette gown with pointed circular skirt. Airs. Hugh Fenton, whose picture gown of pale amethyst taffeta and silver lace was diamante trimmed. Airs. E. B. Gunson, wearing an ivory taffeta faille gown with close-fitting corsage and full drooping skirt embroidered with pink flowers. Aliss AI. Shayle George, who was :n ivory chenille embossed georgette with ivory georgette draperies. Dr. C. E. Maguire, Dr. E. B. Gunson, Dr. "Watson, Dr. Gordon, Mr. Arthur Challoner Purchas, Air. Eastbury, Air. Neville George and Air. Regan all adorned their coat lapels with peach coloured satin. Madame Edith Baird, who was responsible for the second set of court lancers, wore a frock of black petalled ring velvet and frtlled black tulle, ornamented ; with a buckle of brilliants and panelled with ivory lace. ! Afiss Kathleen W. Alassey. was in honey-coloured georgette and lace witn ! tiny pink and blue posies. Airs. B. Cakler chose sea foam green ; georgette appliqued with lilac flowers, and rose brocaded shawl wrap. . | Aliss Pelita Groves wore peach and gold I gros grain taffeta. The men in this set | were Air. Robert D’Este, Air. W. J- ! Baird, Air. E. Waters and Mr. Cecil Scott.