THE HUTT.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 30, 23 July 1892, Page 741

THE HUTT.

Dear Bee, July 14. I think you will like some descriptions of the FROCKS WORN AT THE HUTT BALL. Lady Hector wore a rich old rose silk striped with satin with long train; Lady Buckley, a beautiful black dress trimmed with silver ; Mrs Fitzherbert, a combination of dark green and yellow ; Mrs Whitehead, a pretty pink silk gown; Mrs Purdy, a very pretty pale grey corded silk with front of brocade, the bodice pret' ily trimmed with tiny grey tips and grey chiffon ; Mrs T. M. Wilford, a handsome bright red gown veiled with black lace ; Mrs Heaton, black ; Mrs Climy, yellow silk; Miss Kate Wilford, the only debutante, wore a sweetly pretty white silk gown trimmed with white velvet ribbon, and carried a lovely bouquet of white violets and snowdrops; Miss Jackson, a pretty pale pmk gown ; Miss Johnston, black ; and her sister, cream ; ivliss Wilford. white trimmed with green ; Miss Mowbray, cream and gold; Miss Hector, cream lace and moire ribbons; Miss M. Gore, black trimmed with old rose ribbons; Miss McLean (Dunedin), black trimmed with bright green ribbons; Miss Duthie, cream with green silk sash; Miss Allan, black; and her sister, white; Miss Fairchild, green and pink ; and her sister, pale blue ; Miss Manning, blue; MBs Fancourt, also pale blue; Miss Sutcliffe, red trimmed with black; Miss Loughnan (Christchurch), a pretty black gown ; Miss Griffiths, in a white net gown; Miss Burnell, pink ; and hersister, white. A few of the gentlemen were Dr. \\ hitehcad. Dr. Purdy, and Messrs Fitzherbert. Cooper. Knight, Todd. Anson, Wilford, Scales, Mowbray, Gardiner, Wooldridge. Gore, Baldwin, and Hector. I regret to say that the ladies suffered at times from a lack of partners, there being more ladies than gentlemen, ow’ing, I believe, to the bad weather keeping several intending guests from town away. I hear rumours.of the nextsubscription ball being a fancy dress affair. We ladies will like this, but lam afraid the sterner sex w r ill not take to it kindly ; they never The next day was wretchedly cold and miserable for the HuttPark Races. It rained in the morning but cleared up about noon, but by that time the ground was thoroughly soaked and this made things very unpleasant. The band tried hard to be cheerful, but their music even seemed to me to be doleful, probably influenced by the damp surroundings. His Excellency and Lady Glasgow’, Miss Hallowes, (’apt. Hunter-Blair, Mr Gillington, ( apt. Clayton, and Col. Boyle drove out from town, and the Misses Grace, Williams, Cooper, Moorhouse, McLean, and Messrs Duthie, Studholme, Ormond, Walker, Fraser, McLean, Stead, Bidwill, etc., were there, everybody being well wrapped up in coits and furs. We are hoping for better weather next week for the Hunt Club s I wilSfnot finish without referring to the sad death of the Rev. Mr Hope in our midst. We are all dreadfully grieved for the poor young widow’ and her child. Mr Hope had barely been married two years, and died of consumption. He was much baloved by his parishioners at the Hutt.

Goneril.