CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 20, 14 May 1892, Page 501

CHRISTCHURCH.

Dear Bee, May 5. There has been nothing but the mildest dissipations to take note of. To-night there is a ball given by eight bachelors residing in Park Terrace, and there is great excitement over that, and we are looking forward with much pleasure for the arrival of the Opera Company. The Ladies’ Golf Club met for its first trial on Thursday at Captain Marshall’s, Fendalton, when six girls turned up, including Misses Way, B. Cunningham, and Kinsey. On Monday afternoon a very large party of ladies met at the invitation of Mrs A. H. Turnbull in the Art Gallery, and spent a most cordial and pleasant time. Our little hostess was most energetic and sweet flitting about here and there looking after everybody. I heard eighty invitations were issued. The pictures were a great attraction, and were on view for the very last time this season. Tea was laid on one large table in the centre, and numbers of small ones on either side, where groups of friends discussed the delicious cakes and tea, and made merry chat. The decorations were very tasteful on the centre table. A high bamboo stand was filled with brown and yellow chrysanthemums and autumn leaves, which are so beautiful when touched with the frost, and baskets and jars of the same flowers in yellow and white were scattered about. Miss Gibson and Miss Van Asche played some very pretty and dainty music, Mrs Hacon, Mrs John Anderson, Mrs Garrard, ami Mrs Lightfoot (Nelson) pleasing everyone with their singing. Mrs Turnbull, who, by the way, once belonged to Auckland as Miss Lawson, wore a pretty silver grey dress with silk vest of the same colour, brown jacket, and brown felt hat; Miss Raymond, who ably assisted Mrs Turnbull as welt as a number of her other girl friends, wore a bright crimson dress trimmed with black astrachan, black hat ; Mrs J. Gibbs, handsome embroidered black cashmere made with train, black and gold bonnet, black fur boa; Mis Gibson, dark dress, and long sealskin jacket, bonnet with white flowers ; Mrs Elmslie, brown and white check dress ; Mrs G. Merton, light tweed gown ; Mrs C. J. Merton, grey tweed dress, fawn cloth cloak, black bonnet with crimson roses; Mrs Hacon, terracotta dress with handsome gimp trimmed vest, bonnet to match ; Mrs John Anderson, black and

white check dress, with a little pale blue in her bonnet; Mrs Lightfoot, long black cashmere, the train edged with astrachan, bodice similarly trimmed, bonnet composed of black embroidered chiffon : Miss D. Meeson, dark green cloth gown, black hat; Mrs Gammock, long black silk dress, the front handsomely jetted, jet mantle, black and yellow bonnet ; Mrs Garrard, navy blue diagonal serge with fawn silk vest covered with gimp of navy and gold, small black velvet bonnet with crimson and fawn ; Miss Mysie Aikman, white Liberty silk, grey cloth jacket, and large white hat; the Misses Van Asche, pretty delaines and white hats ; Miss Pratt, dark dress, and three-quarter cloak of black velvet, the hood lined with crimson, high Medici collar, white silk blouse, and small black hat ; Miss N. Prat J, pale grey gown, and large white hat ; Mrs G. Lamhie, navy blue, with wide stripe in fawn, bonnet to match ; Mrs Van Ashe, Mrs Fisher, Miss Packer, Mrs A. Cuff and her daugher, Miss G. Aikman, and many others. This is all at present from yours, etc.,

Dolly Vale.