AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 19, 7 May 1892, Page 477

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, May 3. The weather is getting ever so cold, and everyone appears to be getting brisker and preparing with a will for the gaieties of the winter season, which promises to be a brilliant one. Music we aie having galore. 1 noticed some pretty frocks at the choral society’s concert, which took place last Tuesday, and was, as you will see elsewhere, a great success. Mrs Burgess looked well in pale lemon-coloured silk or satin ; Miss Harper wore a black evening dress, also Miss Marsden, Miss — Reeve, and Miss Harding, who are in the orchestra. The other performing members, of whom an unusually large number were present, appeared in light frocks with their distinguishing colours of pale blue and ruby. Mrs Stevenson (Fonsonby) and her pretty daughters looked well in black ; Misses Peacock, pretty brick-red dresses ; Miss P. Dufaur, handsome black merveilleux gown ; Miss Anderson, stylish black evening dress richly trimmed with jet; Mrs Taylor looked pretty in black evening dress ; Mrs Tewsley wore a pretty pale heliotrope gown, and stylish crimson cloak which completely enveloped her figure ; Mrs J. M. Dargaville, rich black merveilleux gown ; Mrs Thompson, elegant black silk gown and collarette of real lace; Mrs Kronfeld, pretty cream gown beautifully embroidered with silk ; Mrs Atkinson, black silk gown ; Miss Atkinson looked nice in pale petunia-coloured veiling ; Misses Von Sturmer, evening gowns of dark ruby velvet and black lace respectively ; Miss Murray looked nice in cream ; Mrs Vincent Rice, all black costume ; Mrs Ireland and daughter woie dark gowns ; Miss Cohen, black evening dress and handsome crimson cloak ; Mrs Edward Morton (neeMiss Biss) looked nice ina simpledove greygown, the bodice relieved with pale pinkchifibn; Mrs Brigham, Miss Brigham, Mrs and Miss Upton, Mrs Cotter, Mrs Stevenson, Mrs Berry, were all in black gowns, the married ladies wearing the ever popular black silk ; Miss Coates, fawn and wine striped silk gown ; Miss Puckey, with her affianced, looked pretty in a light dress ; Miss Devore, black evening dress and cardinal Tudor cloak ; her aunt, Mrs Jerram, who returns immediately to her home at Napier, wore black merveilleux and pretty fichu of lace ; Miss Cameron looked pretty in pink; Miss Brown, rich wine-coloured merveilleux gown. AFTERNOON TEAS. Miss Devore (Ponsonby) gave a large girls' afternoon tea. She was prettily dressed in pale pinky-grey merino edged with brown velvet; Mrs Devore wore a stylish gown of prune silk ; and her sister was robed in black silk. It was such a cold afternoon that the tea, etc., were so refreshing. Miss Mclndoe in brown cashmere, played a piano solo ; Miss Rita Tole looked charming in peacock blue with white vest; Miss Dunnett, in grey ; Miss Dixon, black ; Miss Phillips, navy blue ; Miss Percival, dark red cashmere ; Miss Upton, in navy blue and brown hat; Miss Niccol, in grey ; Miss Beale, in black ; and many others. A PARNELL KETTLEDRUM. Miss O’Brien, of ‘Ruapehu,’ St. George’s Bay Road, Parnell, gave a charming afternoon tea to her girl friends. She was dressed in a stylish green merino with trimmings of green silk, and received her visitors graciously in a large room. Amongst those present were Miss Kilgour, dressed in a pretty red dress with white embroidery, cream hat; Miss Bursill, in brown cloth trimmed with black astrachan, black sailor hat with brown silk ; Miss McDonald, elegant navy serge, figured collarette and vest; Misses Kerr-Taylor, grey ; Miss Moss, handsome navy plaid, pretty black velvet hat; her sister, grey ; and another sister, fawn ; Miss Niccol, striking grey cashmere with bands of black ; Miss Kissling, pretty dress of navy cloth, white vest; and a great many others present whom I cannot recall at this present moment.

A very successful entertainment was given at the Mount Albert Hall on Friday evening. It was the first of a fortnightly series which are to continue through the winter. The whole affair was chamingly informal, people moving about and chatting between the items, and enjoying tea, coffee, and cakes. Several good songs were sung, the artistes being Mrs A. Kerr-Taylor, Captain Robertson, and Mr C. Bassett, and readings were given by the Rev. F. Larkins and Mr Kensington. Interspeised with instrumental music by Miss Larkins and Mr Conder were two beautiful tableaux by the Misses Sellers and Mr Cecil Dawson, and a scene from the ‘ School for Scandal ’ rendered by Mr and Mrs W. Rattray in appropriate costumes.

Muriel.