Bamboo Foliage and Fairy Lights

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 714, 13 July 1929, Page 4

Bamboo Foliage and Fairy Lights

Law Students Hold Gay Annual Function EFFECTIVE DECORATIONS Law had a merry respite from fees and folios last evening, when the 12th annual ball of the Auckland University Law Students’ Society was held at Scots HalL Restful palms and greenery were twinkling with vari-coloured electric bulbs in the entrance hall and ballroom, deft fingers having conceived a specially elaborate and artistic scheme of decoration. The dais was an in- i viting retreat for chaperones and nondancers, and hanging baskets of ferns gave an effective note to the scene. Beautiful frocks with their picturelength touch were thrown into relief by shaded lights, and the enlivening music by Walter Smith’s’ Orchestra incited the dancers to trip it merrily. AMONG THOSE PRESENT Mrs. Kennedy wore chartreuse green embossed georgette. Mrs. Levien, was in a gold sequined Mrs. R. M. Algie’s gown was of lime green georgette relieved with silver. Mrs. Leys wore an orchid-tinted georgette gown. Mrs) Northcroft’s black georgette gown was embossed in gold. Mrs. Hogben wore black georgette over palest pink chiffon. Mrs. Maxwell Walker was in black georgette embroidered with red and gold beads. Miss Kent wore deep begonia chiffon velvet. Miss Vera Knell had chosen cameo pink satin beaute and tulle. Mrs. H. Steadman had on black georgette embroidered with bead* Mrs. Brian Dunningham wore ivory satin relieved with diamente. Nlrs. V erran’s period gown of black taffeta was inset with patterned godets. Miss Alison Laery wore ivory taffeta, with graceful 'flared frills of uneven length. Miss I-leald was in periwinkle blue beaded in silver. Miss M. Enson wore ivory satin and cloth of silver. Miss Germaine Van Osselaer had on a black ring velvet gown. Miss L. Chauvei wore lemon-tinted georgette embroidered with silver beads Miss A. Ellett had chosen an uneven length cherry taffeta gown. Miss Olive Bickerton’s frock was of absinthe green taffeta, with long flared frills. Miss Nance Chambers wore larkspur blue taffeta and silver lace. Miss Marjorie Fair’s gown of lemon georgette was embroidered with gold. Miss Gwen Cook was in a flame-col-oured taffeta gown. Miss Thora Brodie looked very charming in a hyacinth blue taffeta gown. Very becoming was the turquoise georgette frock worn by Miss Beverley Horrocks. Miss Janet Wallace wore her pretty ivory frock with ankle-length frilled skirt. Miss Nance St. Clair Whyte was in lupin blue frilled georgette, with lame coatee to tone. Miss Power had on black georgette, with hand-painted floral design. Mrs. Hooton wore a silver lame frock. Miss N. Casey’s frock was delphinium blue georgette beaded in crystal. Miss A. Sullivan’s silver lace frock was posed on powder blue charmeuse. Miss F. Sydenham was in ivory charmeuse. Miss Jean McCormack had on a sprigged taffeta gown of sea foam green and lilac, with a butterfly bow on the hip. Miss V. Peacocke was in silver and lace. Miss F. Cooper chose turquoise blue and silver. Miss Staples wore almond green georgette softened with tulle. Miss T. Saunders was in an anklelength gown of frilled georgette. Miss F. Saunders had chosen lipstick red ring velvet. Miss Babs Challis had on moonlight blue satin beaute and tulle. Miss Kathleen Morpeth wore a flowered chenille gown. Miss Margaret Rainger’s period gown was of patterned lame with deep hem of cyclamen taffeta. Miss Flora Robertson was in flame coloured chenille, and her sister Rhoda wore pastel pink. Miss Jean Fee chose leaf green taffeta made with slanting hem. Miss Franelle Drier was in an opalescent sequined gown. Miss W. Viscoe wore jade green and silver lame. Miss Bales Suter’s pictui'e frock was ivory charmeuse. Miss Dorothy Buckingham had chosen azure blue taffeta. Miss T. Douglas wore orange taffeta with a hem of gold lace. Very charming looked Miss Doris Tills in her picture gown of palest orchid sprigged taffeta. Miss Cleland wore larkspur blue taffeta and tulle. Miss Freda Gaudin was in shell pink georgette and silver lace. A very smart frock of black spotted tulle was worn by Miss Lion Pettit, of Whangarei. Miss Ailsa Lewis was in rose du barri satin and silk net, with frilled skirt. Miss d. Lovegrove wore ivory georgette with a frilled skirt. Miss White was in rose crepe de chine of uneven length. Miss Kathleen Morpeth wore a flowered chenille gown. Miss M. Rogers was in black ring velvet. Miss Pauline Watson had chosen ivory crepe de chine and silver lace. Miss IST. Stone was in amethyst taffeta. Miss Thelma Cox looked very charming in her ivory georgette frock. Miss E. Hatswell wore silver lame and taffeta of ankle length. Miss B. Mardell chose ivory crepe de chine finished with silver lace hem. Miss Dallas Beehan wore a black lace frock over peach pink charmeuse. Miss Doreen Cooke had on a beaded frock of palm green georgette, and a bridge coat. Miss W. Hill’s frock of powder blue georgette was appliqued with pink roses. Miss Marjorie Daw was in larkspur blue georgette. Miss Z. Blade was in leaf green crepe de chine embroidered with gold sequins. Miss B. Connell’s frock was of silver lame and palest rose chiffon. Miss Isabel Brooke had on a period frock of lemon taffeta. .Miss Mabel Hughes’s fro<flc of cameo pink ring velvet was defined with a geoi'gette hem. Miss Aroha Nicholas was in hyacinth blue taffeta.