SYDNEY GOSSIP.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 26, 28 June 1890, Page 12

SYDNEY GOSSIP.

JCXE. 12. Deak Bee. E--erytaimr ha* been at sixes ami as ses ens tn the Sydney s.xial w.xfcl sinee my last budget of ehitsAat was rennet t. I never remember s®eh a whirl wind of good tim.es. Soeiety. to .|m>te Su-akespeare-'* perverse Katherine. ■ is pars innatie ' oa thesubjeet of entertainment. No less than four smart teals have eooie tsff .im-rao the last ten tlays. to say Etothiae of a rwt~* Hoose Reesoci-in and a duet of private theatrical evenimjs. at which a la.lv anti nentlemj.ui amateurs enaeted roles which, would have caused a Rachel or an I rvrno some trepiiathoe. with the m.et exoaisitelyP>urtraye»i sense of n« .nehalanee asuxnj anyiM toe m»:«st reantifm speeches aLbxtetl to the hero amt heroine with s.[. iter-like uprightness of attitude, or a graeefaiiy meib.-mie-.tl pump-han-ile vesture and -tolid facial expressioa that w»xd.i credit to an automaton. unless they are espeeiallv rfever. are a sad mistake. I strife pity the poor deluded dabblers in hiscrfocie art who imagine they are the new models sketched in the great brain-x Av.m’s bar»i f<x the .iartfngs "f hi- mfrAty imagi-nati--.n— ■ Hiwlrt ’ and ' Juliet- ‘ What an iey plunge they must experience in the real Thespian sea if they venture among the breakers of professitinal fame. So mud ay way of ’•■•...-a.':*;r s Terpstehores elamouring for a hearing The meet delightful of the four dances, and the one whose every detail bespoke wealth and she utter ignoring of expense in each detail, was that given by Mrs Th-xne. of - Preston vitte." Poets Point, the meet arfsuoeratieof Cecnsealk suburbs, though what motive indue*! s»> otttrag*:xis an appeUasion to the • dwelling-place ’ of aristocracy I an. at a lees to solve. The aifair in ■ question was what .drapers would call a ' huge ’ • >ver two hundred guests were present, including a host of naval uien and a s «evy of beaukifol women. The large gardens were lit up wish httnslreds of eotouzed Chinese lanterns, which. .r»..miine<£ with the bright moosligb.t. produced an al meet **-:■ leeringly wexr»l ettesrt. If a cemetery bad been in the vicinity one might almost have expected to shake hand* with sursdry _-h-jst.* during a single oae of th. r-e drfiehxi* pr.xnena.iis,, which form rhe -favoar •x any bald Inside the ’-all wa* a mass or ferns, palms and airy light*, which latter it did mx require a strong *treteh of imaginaHe-n. to transfer into gigantic areSes. The ir»xk*. beneiiting by hints thrown out by Worth in Mrs Potter’s Lo-vely gowns, were just perfect! Some of them tairfv brought tear* of sympathy f.jr Benedicts to my eyes. The hostess wore a superb brocade train of sombre darkness outliued with jet over a jet pettieaat. Miss Thorne was in white faille, clouded over with crepe, the snowy whiteness .laintily relieve.l with graceful trailing sprays St p.-ns dogroses. Here are a few of the verv loveliest dresses. First eomes a x-ft creamy silk, clinging to the perfect fonn of the wearer like the platitudes or the individtsal who has •fesign.* on the wortUy g»»i* of his neight>.«xr under the cover of friendship, with ioog angel-sloeve. of white tulle, the whole pegge»i oct by tracts of roses the very faintest of .feeidei pinks, i .jttite foet my susceptible heart to a pure white silk, with garland* of brown and red leaves, autumn glories, forming a panel at the side of the skirt, the same beautiful foliage gh.'rifying the p-retly low b>liee- A pale boßerettp silk with a panel, shouSier straps, and wreath of Parmesan gracing a han»ls*xne 'lark girl, made me wish that Fate ha*i marketi me out f*x a brunette. The faint rich * 4.xtr adapted itself so marveßously to the charm* of an olive skin and .lark Iwstrous eyes. A fair girl with grey eyes and dark pencilled brow* looked fc>vely in a heli.xnxe silk, court train embroidered with stiver fall:ng back fnxn a silver tissue paper loop*! with wisteria. sfr* Palmer, a Melbourne telle, astonidied the Cornstalk natives with the maguifieeaee of her g»>wn—a olaek velvet shoulder train line: with white *ilk ami embrojhterei with silver, in eon-iuneti’-n with a retvleoat eoenpoeed entirely of white ostrich feathers, lovely drox-ing things that -eemed each one to be a *erm».n of gr»re. Ifoes not thi* sound a lively germ tor an epidemic of envy ? Ar. old well-known New Zealanders abroad I recently met Mr \V. J. Brown, late assistant Inspector of the Union Bank, and his beautiful wife, formerly Mis* Amy Braaigaa. ■ >f I>une«iin. The geutleaau in -.-lest&.-n deserted tin.-- siaee from the ranks of the V-B.A . shortly after his retirement being appointed manager r* the Bank of Van Ibemen’* Land. Hexart. where Mr* Brown reign.* as belle • •f the town of fair girl*. A* a matron she is. if pesible. more -ewitehing than as a girt. The number of Aaeklander* in toe eity --f the beiutiful Artwar thi* trrm istrictly orthodox tn the pohtjenl worM. where, except in a lint; te4 detachment. H’* are ferbt>iden fruit grow disgustingly less. I .-aught a gUmpee of the yoang bride, one of y..<ir 'relies, who captivated .«e of •'®r bamisouae etigiMes. yesterday. I thought her bxvking especially well in dark blue eashraere a»i iJwsh. the richer fabric utilssol .-aly in the underskirt tne newest draperies are cut up the *t- e e> a* to show th.e width of a psuiel of the undentre** . a Mark pla*h jacket turned baek with beaver, and a hat tossed up with a feondanos of jet that seemed to represent a nest tor the ho*t of tittle Mark birds focming the crown. Jadging from the multitudes of tae*e p»»x feathered tiling* stuck all ever fx-bs-naMe mil!inerv there must have been

wfode-ale siaaywaer in the bird creatfon. a mur»iering ..< tWinaueents. M reed the vanity of ruaun. Men. by-tke-bye, are 'jaite as Bench to Ma me lor this barbazfooset nelly as ov wv If Sciecy eligible- only -hewed their ■ by giving what is fjeticaily termed the eoU sbonlder to thetr ttiiy acquaintances wfan desecrate all sense of womanly gentlenes- by encouraging -aeh aa outrageous practice, the w.sei- and covers would sooa be full of their pretty inhabitant- again. Auckland ha- a reputati>n with -as far prectr girt- equalling the fame of Hobart. This may whether it be a myth or r»—be accounted for by the etarm iag samples visiting Sydney. I have heard "it -»■.< and justly, tuat our ziri- take quite a bnek seat in the matter of gwd >ks and upright carriage. After all oaeeannoc net with the aid of lukewarm water keep olf those armoring m-»t* and tenses that placard to general view ‘over five and twenty'—erowsfeet. with, a temperature for six mouth.--out of twelve of ninety-six in the shade. Mrs Brown Potter is still the rage, not only in theatricals, but in social eirries. Her nernmes act as magnets. Every night the great theatre is packed. to use a purely oriofaau phrase. from ifoor to ceiling. In Mademoiselle de Bressler there is sx so much scope for splendid frocks as in previous prodactfoas. yet two gowns worn gave me some de&fons hints to work upon for summer and winter outdoor dresses. The first, worn in a zarden scene. is of pore white cotton crepe made with a doable skirt, the upper one slightlv shorter th.xn the tinder one. and -..pen in front, wfience it is eaaght 'tack on either side, showing the entire front of the underskirt, and just looped up below the waist, tn goand the bottom it is braided. and the upper skirt ornamented in a similar way with a delicate arabesque of gold. The bodice has folds front and back coming from the shoulder and crossing at the wist thus farm fa-y a long V, and this 1 is eon ere I with sold arabesque work : so are the long tight sleeves. The second grand idea of Worth's is a mixture ■>» brown velvet an>i sxne s»>ft woollen material. The huge full sleeves are velvet, and the t»iiee has folds with narrow velvet Vs between them, which are alnicc-t hidden by dull gobi embroidery. The skirt has straight pietres of brown divided by fiat panels «jf velvet, the whole efgeii with, a narrow line •f' g<:4<.L The picture hat has a felt brim and a velvet crown. which, droops over ,m the brim, while towards the back arethree or four large brown feathers, r-ince the Szcietv actress made her debut in Sydney a shoal of orders havebeen isssueii to the great Worthy man. so that we are likely to be tn undatei with the very essence of fash ion

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