WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 34, 22 August 1891, Page 302

WELLINGTON.

Dear Bee, July 31. We had such a treat when one of your Auckland artists was persuaded to give an exhibition of his oil paintings, which were open to a few of us on Friday as a private view, and on the following day to the public. I must tell yon some of the dresses. Miss Curtis wore a plain grey tweed, I think tailor-made, large grey felt hat with feathers, grey Suede gloves, and shoes with grey tweed inserted ; Mrs J. Sharp, navy blue dotted with red, long blue cloth jacket, black feather hat and patent shoes ; Mrs A. Glasgow, brown tailor-made dress, sealskin jacket, brown hat with feathers ; Miss Morgan, a becoming dress of dark green with embroidered girdle ; Mrs Webb-Bowen, dark green, with handsome mantle; Mrs Roger Kingdon, black, with black jacket, astrachan sleeves, and long cords, black feather hat, and sweet little shoes. Amongst others I noticed Mrs Tomlinson, Miss Cummings (Dunedin), sealette jacket, green dress; Mrs Jones, handsome mantle, black dress and bonnet to match ; Miss Jones, black, and Miss S. Jones, black and pilot jacket (blue); Mrs and Miss Pressure, Miss Gibson, and others I am unable to remember. Some ladies have taken to promenadingon the wharvesand therockslately. I noticed MrsKingdon, in grey; Miss Curtis, in dark red ; Mrs Sharp, in black ; Mrs Thornton, in brown ; Mrs Langley Adams, in black ; Miss Worseley, in black ; Miss Jones, in dark green ; Miss King looked well in dark brown. We have much enjoyed a concert in which children only were the performers. I believe the credit is due to Miss Harris for the management and Mrs Houlker for the singing. England was represented by Miss G. Wright and Master F. Nalder; France, Master E. Nalder; China, Master Malcolm Stewart; Russia. Master T. Scott; Switzerland, Miss E. Gilbert; Spain, Miss Alice Nalder ; Italy, Miss Amy Stewart; Denmark, Miss Mabel Maginnity ; America, Master Chisholm ; Holland, Master Houlker ; Minnesota, Miss F. Gilbert. I think the sweetest dress was that which represented Switzerland. Mollie. M. Leon Driver had a capital programme for his concert in the Exchange Hall, Mr Sainton, a tenor singer from Sydney, making his first appearance and singing, ‘ My Life for Thee,’ and also a duet with Mr Arthur Fawcett, another tenor singer. Lady Campbell sang Tosti’s ‘ Good-bye,’ Miss Fisher, ‘ The Worker,’ by Gounod, and Mr E. J. Hill gave ‘Once More I Tune my Lute.’ M. Leon Driver chose the Paganini Study, Op. 4 (Abbe Liszt), Chopin’s Nocturne in F. Flat, and others. Miss Medley accompanied. We were terribly shocked to bear of Miss Katie Larnach's death, for it was reported the day before that she was veiy much better and out of danger, but the following day she had a relapse, and died suddenly on Friday evening. Up to a few weeks ago she had been entering into all the gaieties, which seems to make it all the more sad. She was in her twenty-fifth year, and typhoid fever was what she died of. The greatest sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs Larnach in their sad bereavement. I hear rumours of a ball to be given at Government House shortly, which I trust there is truth in, for the last one left pleasurable memories. Then I hear we are to hare another fancy dress ball, and that the hostess on that occasion will request her guests to wear the same dresses. Mrs Robert Pharazyn is to give a ball soon, just after the Star Boating Club’s ball, which is fixed for the 13th of August.