AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 41, 8 October 1892, Page 1008

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, October 4. Our daily papers have taken to tilling their columns with you will perhaps have learned something of the dresses at the PONSONBY ‘AT HOME’ FANCY DRESS BALL. I may. however, be allowed to supplement the extremely incomplete and incorrect list therein. Mrs Devore wore a beautiful gown of rich black moire silk : Mrs Upton, handsome gown of vieux rose silk : Mrs T. Cotter, elegant black silk gown: Mrs Kirker. handsome cream flowered silk: Mrs E. Mahoney looked well as Queen of Roses: Miss Rathbone appeared to' advantage as Andora: Miss Masefield looked nice as Vieux Rose: Miss Langsford. Bohemienne: Miss Beale wore, I think, the most effective costume as Queen of Hearts: Miss Upton, pretty cream gown trimmed with gold braid; Miss Bach. Sweet Girl Graduate: Miss A. Wylde-Brown looked pretty as an Angel: Miss Devore made a graceful and charming Louie: Miss Laird was bewitching as Arline : Mis* Macindoe looked chaining as a Spanish Dancer ; Miss M. Macindoe looked attractive as My Sweetheart: Miss C. Wallnutt looked very pretty as Carrier Pigeon: Miss Wallnutt wore a becoming cardinal evening dress : Miss Phillips and Mi<s Dixon both looked charming in Grecian costumes; Miss Dunnett. pretty grey silk gown : Miss Freda Langsford. Roman Girl: Miss Alice Tye looked charming as Rouge-et Noire : Misses Kerr-Taylor both wore dainty white evening dresses; Miss Evans. Desdemona: Miss Hookes. Queen of Sheba : Miss Forbes. Housemaid : Mrs Niccol. Red. White and Blue : Mrs Clark. Phyllis ; Miss K. Jolly. Duchess of Devonshire: Miss Woodyear. Maritana: Miss Eva Hughes, lolanthe Fairy: Miss Percival. Dancing Girl: Miss W. Laird. Housemaid. Others present in evening dress were Mrs C ‘ttanach. Mi-ses Holland. Wylde-Brown. Gorrie. Boyd. Claude. McMillan. Atkinson. Mesdames J. R. Hanna. H. T. Edgar. McMillan. Holroyde. E. Buchanan, Hughes. Miss Clapcott. and others. The majority of the gentlemen appeared in evening dress.

THE TEACHERS' SOCIAL was a great success. You will find an account elsewhere. Mrs Worthington wore a handsome black silk gown, cream cap and shawl; Mrs Hart, looked pretty in black lace : Miss Kennedy also looked well in dark costume ; Mrs Thwaites. handsome black >ilk and lace gown ; Mrs Skeen wore black and cream wrap : Miss Ridings, black costume : Miss Moses, pretty green gown, the low ne k finished with pink chitton : Miss Annie Moses looked nice in pale blue : Miss Onyon. becoming brown velvet gown with cream vest: Miss Greenhough looked pretty in black lace, finished with crimson ponpies: Mrs Carter, black silk brightened with pink ribbons; Miss chew, dainty black gown, cream silk sash : Miss Grind r od. black velvet, the bodice finished with white flowers: Miss Davis, pretty pale blue veiling gown: Miss Darby looked exceedingly nice in cream : Miss Lorrigan. black costume : Miss Coleta Lorrigan. pretty sea-gre°n gown with black velvet corselet and black gloves: her sister wore grey : Miss Barry, tasteful black costume : Miss Hould looked pretty in silver grey : Miss Robb. dark gown: Misses Clark both looked nice, one in grey silk and the other in sea-green : Miss Stephenson (Onehunga-. pretty black lace gown: Miss Brown «Onehnnga>. becoming pink costume: Miss Picken also looked pretty in pink: Miss Quinn, simple and pretty white evening dress : Miss Coghill looked nice in black costume : Miss Wilson also wore a dark gown : Mrs Mackintosh, black .-ilk gown, and pretty cream wrap. Many others were also present, but their names were unknown. COMIC OI’ERA -till continues the chief attraction for the pleasure-seeking portion of the community, and the Opera House is thronged nightlv with delighted audiences. Mrs (Dr.) Purchase fjunr.) looked nice in Gobelin blue gown: Miss Laura Baker, beautiful gown of pink silk : Miss Ella Baker, handsome black evening dress: on another evening both sisters wore handsome cream s lk gowns ; Mrs iDr.) Lindsay, elegant black silk gown : Mrs A. Hanna looked nice in black and crimson silk : Mrs J. Black, becoming black silk and lace evening dress ; Miss Jervis also looked nice in black evening gown : Mrs Von Sturmer. black silk gown and pretty cream and crimson cap : Mrs W. Taylor looked pretty in black silk and lace, the low bodice finished with a cluster of white azaleas : Mrs Kissling. handsome black silk gown: Misses Moss both wore pretty evening dresses; Mrs D. B. Cruickshank looked handsome in black and < ream -ilk. and lovely cream cloak : Mrs Tews’.ey. handsome black silk and lace evening dress, richly trimmed with jet: Miss Maxwell looked well in cream : Miss Munro, light gown, and beautiful cream cloak : Mrs Dawson, handsome grey silk gown : Mrs iDrJ Walker, rich black silk gown : Mi-s Graham, black merveilleux gown and cream shawl ; Miss Court looked nice in black lace: Mrs Rose, pretty cream merveilleux gown trimmed with bands o f rubv : Mrs Cattanach. pretty pink costume: Mrs Thomas (Mo n’t Edem. ricri black satin, the bodice finished with white lace: Miss — Russell looked pretty in heliotrope evening dress : Miss Brett, black evening dre-s. and handsome cream cloak: M -s a. Brett* elegant cream silk gown, and stylish cream cloak : Mrs Jos. Anserine looked pretty in cream silk, and handsome cream cloak: Mrs «I>r.» Lewis looked nice in grey; Misses Fenton, dark costumes : Miss Nathan. pretty light grey gown: Mrs Pearce, beautiful black silk and lace gown handsomely trimmed with jet. crimson cloak: Miss Pearce looked pretty in pale pink: Mrs Owen, rich black silk gown. HERR ZIMMERMANNS CONCERT. The attendance at the afternoon concert given in the Choral Hall by Herr Zimmermann and Miss Reeve was marred by the atrocious weather prevailing. Amongst those whom I noticed present were Mrs Isidore Alexander. Misses Bleazard. Mrs Posseneskie. Mrs Moses. Misses Bates. Mrs Bunby. Misses Harding. Miss Stephenson and Miss Brown tOnehungai. Madame Schmitt. Mr- Innes. Madame Tutschka. and many other ladies wellknown in musical circles. Miss Mabel Kelly, who has been on a visit to England and the Continent for the past two years, unexpectedly returnc-d to Auckland by the Te Anau from Sydney last week. Among the various costumes, plain and fancy dress, worn at Mrs Hay s complimentary benefit j n the Victoria Hall were the following:—Miss F. McCormick, blue evuning dress : Mr W. McCormick. Baldwin: MrC. Hay. Faust: Miss M. Hav. Egyptian; Miss Trevithick. Eastern 1-idy ; Miss E. Goodwin. Court costume : Miss E. Pearce, pale blue evening costume : Miss F. Smith, blue: Miss C. Smith, cream: Miss Dacre. blue evenin’* dress : Miss M. Aicken. Black Fairy: Mr C. Owen. Gondolier ; Mr J. H. Morton. Jack Point : Miss E. Howard, prettv pink evening dress ; Miss T. Binney. Greek Lady : Mis- A. Binne'v. Marguerite : Miss G. Whitelaw;. Grace Darling: Miss C. Sioman. ‘Coinin’ Thro’the Rye:’ Miss M. E. Morton. Tambourine Giri; Miss N. Rees, pink evening dress; Miss Rees, cream: Miss B. Gitto-. .F.-thetic Maiden: Mi-s F. Sioman. Nancy Lee: Mr A. G. Bennett. Mexican Jo: Miss J. Bridgewater.' German Peasant • Mi-s A. Caldwell.' Long. Long Ago; Miss Atkinson, cream and old gold evening dress: Mi-s E. Atkin-on. pale blue and white • Mr C. Owen. Turk: Mr J. Caldwell. Jockey: Mr B. Keesing. •Old Guard. Among the gentlemen in plain attire were Messrs Bartley. Baker. Orbell. Gittos. Cook. < larke. Peacock" Self. Upton. Harris. Sioman. Hamond. Howard, etc., etc. A most enjoyable Leap Year Calico and Fancy Dress Ball was given in St. George’s Hall on the 30th of September as a return to the gentlemen of Mr F. C. Bassett s popular dancing class. The interior of the hall was never seen to better advantage, the decora’ions being most tasteful. At theendofthc hall was a very large ’ Welcome.’ and fe-tooned in and round about it were the word- • • I>‘t your hearts be merry at our Leap Year Ball, but beware the glances which the heart enthral.’with flags and evergreens, it had a very pretty effect. In the early part of the evening and up till midnight Mrsb. Ba*s V tt and Miss Lockhart acted as M.C.’s. doing all in their power to make the ball enjoyable, and when they retired on the stroke of twelve. Mr Ba-sett took up the duties. Hannkin’s Band (three! provided excellent dance music. The committee. MesilamesF. Bassett and Taylor, and Mis-es Taylor. Ixx kharr. Tanner. Geri-h.deal.and Hampton, are to be complimented upon the brilliant success they achieved. There were about sixty couples on the floor. The costumes were: Mi-s Booth. French Pea-ant: Mi-s Townley, Elsie in ‘The Yeomen of the Guard ;

Tanner. Mary. Mary, Quite Contrary : Miss Marsden. Winter: a!- 55 B as f e tt. Nancy Lee; Miss Taylor. Ponsonby Rowing Club; Mks Jordan. Love Among the Roses: Miss L. Grey. Queen of the blowers: Miss Hampton. Charity Girl: Mrs *F. Bassett, b orget-me-not ; Miss Cronin, Xight : Miss Cornish. Grandpapa's Darling; Miss _\\ Grey. Ivy: Miss Connell. Xight: Miss Wave!, b rench b isherwoman : Mrs Collingwood. Union Jack : Mrs Scott. Court Lady; Miss Stewart. Grace Darling: Miss Long. Xancy Lee: Miss Jennings. Ophelia: Miss Jennings. Greek Girl: Miss Phillips, b orget-me-not: Miss G. Calvert. Biuebell; Miss Sinclair, summer; Mrs Taylor. Red Cross Xurse: Miss Evans. Dorothy: Miss Clarkson. \ achting Belle : Miss deal. Romp: Miss Liddiard. Innocence: Miss Lockhart. Parlourmaid: Miss Priestly. Swiss Peasant : Miss Redgate, Schoolgirl: Miss E. Redgate. Innocence. 1 hose in evening dress were Mrs Da\ y. Mr- Powlev. Mrs Daniels, Mi« Taylor. Mi-s Warden. Miss Baldero. Mrs Reid. Mrs Moller. .'L‘KLssick. Mrs Nicolas. Miss McCarty. Miss A. Redgate. The following gentlemen wore fancy costumes:—Messrs Moore, Mark Antony; Maxwell. Courtier: Lysaght. Judge: Dennis. Greek Fisherman: deal. Troubadour: S. Grev. Yachtsman; Potts. Robin Hood: F. C. Bassett. Turk : Walker. James the Footnian : Hampton. Turk: s?linn. Hans the Boatman: Vinnicombe. Midshipman : Xelson. Baker : R. Calvert. Cook : S. Slynn. Sailor: Todd. Sailor: J. Grahame. Ponsonbv Rowing Club; Knox, Eawn Tennis: Cook. Planter: A Calvert. Cricketer: Taylor. St. John s Ambulance : Doulle. Yachtsman : Cremer. Cavalryman : raylor. Bugler: Drew. Xaval: L. Corbett. Volunteer: Wilson. Amateur: R. Grey. Football Rep: Fowler. Man-o’-War Sailor; Yachtsman : Halstead. Lawn Tennis: Daniels, Cricketer : btichbury. \ achtsman. DRESSES AT MISS BRIGHAM S AFTERNOON TEA. Mrs Brigham wo” ' a handsome dress of brown cloth, relieved with point lace; Mis.- Brigham looked charming in blue : Miss < oleinan. brown velvet: Miss Wright looked nice in a prettv gown of brown cloth, with cream silk vest: Miss Bankhart, dark blue dress ; Mi-s Cox (Te Arohai looked nice in black : Miss Tole, peacock blue : Miss Worsp. pretty dress of navy embroidered with pale blue: Miss Bews wore a becoming dress of navy blue serge, tan vest and cuffs; Miss Philips, dars plaid dress, jacket </i trimmed with fur : Miss Dixon looked verv well in black cashmere, white vest and cuff’s: Miss Whitsun, navy blue : Miss Johnston looked nice in a pretty green gown: Miss M. Bews. grey check dress.

Muriel.