DUNEDIN.

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

DUNEDIN.

Dear Bee, September 27. I must not forget to tell you of the costumes worn at MRS HOSKINGS AND MRS WOODHOUSE’S THEATRICALS. Mrs Mackenzie wore a very handsome dress in the play—brown velvet with a touch of pink round the skirt, pink silk sleeves made with large brown epaulets. Miss Cargill, who took the part of a maid, dressed in character. During the dance a better view of the gowns was obtained, and the bodices were particularly pretty. Among a few of the many who looked nice were Mrs (Judge) Williams, pale pink brocade : Mrs A. Fenwick, white satin with trimmings of yellow chiffon : Mrs Lintott. pale pink and green plush (very pretty); Mrs Mason, heliotrope fisherman’s net: Miss Cooper * (Wellington). pretty white tulle with violet petals all round the bodice : Miss E. McLaren looked very well in white silk with corselet studded in pearls; Mrs Hosking, pale green velvet with lace trimmings; Mrs Woodhouse, handsome white dress: Mrs H. McKenzie, green silk with corselet bodice filled with lace at the neck, and long streamers at the back : Mrs Colquhuon. stylish crimson velvet : Mrs Todd looked very well in a handsome black dress: Miss Williams. r<-d silk veiled in black : Miss M. Williams, lovely dress of pale heliotrope striped silk with trimmings of violet velvet, and Alsatian bow of velvet at the back: Miss B. Scott, cream surah trimmed with gold : Miss R. Reynolds, heliotrope surah trimmed with large violet - coloured pan des: Miss G. Rattray, pale pink trimmed with chiffon : Miss Tottie Stephenson. handsome dress of pale pink, the front and corselet being of handsome striped brocade with bands of silver : Miss Olive Turton was gowned in white: Miss Spence, black lace with long streamers of black velvet. ANOTHER DANCE upon the same evening was held in the Choral Hall in return for a Leap Year dance given a few weeks previously in St. Raul's schoolroom. The secretary was Mr Aiken, and he is to be congratulated upon the success. Among those present were the Misses Rose and K. Blaney. Maloney. Henry. Hayes (two). Tubman. Bellett (two). Trinder. Corrigan. Burgess. Wright. Bisel. Whelan. Mrs Thompson. Misses Thompson and Saunderson. Everything went merrily, and dancing was kept up until a late hour. We have not been madly gay this week, and I only know of one afternoon tea. The weather is miserable, and the mournful drip, drip. drip, from the eves is truly depressing. Only the market gardeners look happy, and the Chinamen say ‘welly good rain perhaps: but 'the flowers that bloom in the spring are scarcely visible, and our new spring costumes are dying for an airing. The DUNEDIN BURNS* CLUB have had their usual quarterly meeting, but to go into particulars would occupy a column, and I can see by the way that you condense news that you have not space for full accounts, so I must confine myself to saying that it was a particularly pleasant even ing. although I am afraid such a brief notice disappoints a lot of people who take part, ami who put down the Graphic sadly with the remark. ‘ our name is not in.'

Maude.