PICTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 41, 8 October 1892, Page 1009

PICTON.

Dear Bee, September 29. The dresses worn at the Picton spinsters bai poudrc. are herewith described. Miss Hay wore her prettv pink nun’s veiling which was so much admired at the Bachelors "dance : Miss (A. P.) Seymour, navy blue velvet with vandyked white lace, stiffened with pearls round the square-cut bodice and standing up at the neck, and semi-wreath of pink flowers in her hair, which assisted in the quaint representation of Powder and Patches; Miss Mellish wore pink nun’s veiling with \ cry deep white lace : Miss Mary Seymour looked nicer than ever in a new white Liberty silk, and pink flowers in her hair and on the bodice : Miss Duncan, in white cashmere with pinked-out frill, looked charming, as did also Miss M. Speed in black lace with handsome bead passementerie front : Miss K. Seymour wore her lemon silk with pink flowers, and Miss Nora Allen wore black lace with chiffon. and pear-blossom flowers: Miss Nora Kenny, black grenadine and white frills: Miss I. Seymour, in white Liberty silk. was. as usual, charming : Miss Falconer in biscuit brocade, and her sister in rose pink tulle with white libbons and frills: Miss Clare Kenny wore a combination of blue and white : Misses Western, white : Misses Philpotts, white : Miss S. Greensill had on a new and pretty dress of ere *m lace cloth : Miss White, cream lace : Miss s*cott and Miss Waddy both wore new cream dresses prettily made ; the guest of the evening (Miss Flora Speed) was gowned in a lovely velvet, which was neither cardinal, rose pink, damask, nor scarlet, bur a happy combination of all four, and was the one bit of bright colour in the room which harmonised with all the other shades and suited the wearer to perfection ; Mrs Mclntire wore black silk and red chiffon and ribbon bows, with small cap : Mrs Richardson wore a very handsome cream merveilleux gown with lace, and pearl embroidery with deep pearl fringe on the corselet and pearl star, pink semiwreath in her hair ; Mrs J. P. Lucas, in her orange Liberty silk, looked very handsome: Mrs C. Earp wore cream satin, the front veiled in embroidered net. with fringe of Guelder roses, berthe of pearl and bead embroidery and fringe to match, pink camellias in her hair and diamond ornaments ; Mr* Hiley looked very charming in pink bengaline with chiffon frills, and was generally admired. as was also Mrs John Conolly in soft white silk with embroidered chiffon, and handsome bouquet: Mrs Mclntosh, pale blue satin with deep white lace: Mrs G. Robinson wore black silk with jet trimmings, and Mrs Vavasour looked very nice indeed in white silk with passementerie and jewelled fringe? diamond cross and bracelets ; Mrs J. Wilson wore cream silk and blue crepe de chine: Missß. Horten wore black with pink chiffon frills : Miss A. Williams, rose-pink Liberty silk : Miss F. Smith, pink satin and gauze ; Miss Munro, white tulle : Miss Carey, pale blue : Miss Smallbone, pink silk : Miss Weber, pink satin : Miss Robertson, blue cashmere : Miss B. Chaytor (Marshlands). eau-de-nil tulle, with hyacinth fringes, and her sister. Miss E. Chaytor. in white Liberty silk, were both charmingly dressed, as indeed. I must say were all present. The Picton matrons were Mrs Kenny in black silk : Mrs Fell, in a remarkably handsome dress of black brocade, with all the front andupuer part of the sleeves covered with gold bullion embroidery : Mrs Aitkin* wore black silk, with chiffon and pink roses: Mrs A. P. Seymour looked distinguished in black velvet with accordian-pleated. canary-coloured brocade front, and quantities of Honiton lace, as also did Mrs Waddy. in black merveilleux with long train, trimmed like the bodice with gold passementerie : Mrs Mclntosh, in black brocade with canary-coloured front and jet: Mrs H. C. Seymour wore handsome black merveilleux with pink roses on bodice, and semi-wreath of pink : Mrs Gudgeon, black silk and lace with white chiffon : Mrs Rutherford wore her handsome black silk with lemon front under jet passementerie : Mrs Falconer, black silk, and wrap: Mrs Andrews, black, with salmon-pink Liberty silk bodice : Mrs Duncan, in handsome black silk, and pretty cap : Mrs Scott. black merveilleux. and lace cap. Mrs Allen, black, with jet trimmings, and deep collar, vest, and cap of old lace. The gentlemen, numbering sixty-one in all. were Messrs Howard Gudgeon, Waddy. H. C. seymour. Rev. Aitkens. Messrs, C. J. Chaytor. Rutherford. Carey. W. Baillie. T. Baillie. Snodgrass. J. P. Lucas. Wilson. J. Conolly. E. 0 onollv.Christophers. Andrews. Douslin. H. Douslin. Blick." Kennedy. Bursill. Arrowsmith. E. Chaytor. A. Chaytor. Greensill. Clark." Haslett, S. Griffiths, W. Griffiths. L. Griffiths. Philpotts. Mowatt. S. Hodson. C. Hodson. Gillon. Macdonald. Roake. Markham. Richardson. Vavasour. Rowe. G. Seymour. W. Seymour. White. Simpson. Redwood (two). Western. Wright, and Tosswill. In 'Orange Blossoms’ you will find a long account of THE WEDDING. Here are some additional frocks. Mrs E. Rutherford, sister of the bride, wore such a lovely gown, in which she looked remarkablv handsome—of terra-cotta Bengaline silk, skirt and bodice trimmed with cream guipure lace. Duchess of Devonshire hat trimmed with terracotta ribbon, creamy-looking poppies, and narrow strings to match tied in a large loose bow : Miss R. sjpeed had on a navy blue surah silk figured in white, made like the other new dresses with the two skirt frills, but having a frill of plain navy blue round the jacket bodice, which was full in front, with corselet belt, and guipure lace : she also wore a pretty little bonnet of fancy straw trimmed with tulle, ostrich tips, and cream bowsand strings; Miss N. Speed looked well in a salmon-pink Bengaline silk, fashionably made, with very wide leg-o-mutton sleeves, corselet belt, and guipure lace, fine white straw hat trimmed with white. A few amongst the many beautiful articles in miss speed’s handsome trousseau I noticed a lovely dress of smoke-shaded surah silk figured in white, the skirt made with a demi-train with two little frills, bodice with a V-shaped frilled front, and quaint-looking leg-o mutton sleeves, and bows and long ends of peacock blue velvet. Another dress was of cream delaine beautifully sprayed with very natural-looking shaded pink chrysanthemum*, skirt made with the fashionable two little frills, bodice with gathered front, sleeves very full at the top and trimmed like the corselet with lovely guipure lace. Yet another was the beautiful red velvet which looks cherry-coloured by daylight—worn at the Spinsters’ Ball: an opera cloak of cream cashmere lined with soft cream silk, with hood and long cream satin ribbon*. A quaint-lookingcircular French hat of fancy straw trimmed with embroidered silk gossamer lace, large bunch of buttercups, and ribbon bows. A very lovely Spanish black lace scarf, and sac of *ilky-’ooking serge. Amongst the presents, which it would be impossible to enumerate, they are so many, were an Axminster drawing-room carpet of very rich quality from Mrs Speed, and a whole set of Irish damask table furniture broadly hem-stitched with drawn thread*, and the bride’s monograin worked in satin-stitch on each piece, a present from Mr* Rutherford, of Timaru. For the rest there wa* silver, china, pictures, books, furniture, and needlework, from all partof the colony—quite a little exhibition in itself.

Jean.