TIMARU.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 20, 20 May 1893, Page 475

TIMARU.

Dear Bee. May 11. At our ANNUAL ROWING CLUB BALL few men wore fancy dress. However, pZace ai/x dames. Mrs E. T. Rhodes, black evening dress; Mrs Hawley, Mrs Wingfield, Mrs R. Rutherford (Mount Nessing), and Mrs Perston also wore evening dresses, the latter a very pretty cream satin trimmed with amber velvet; Mrs Mills looked very well as Winter, in white silk tufted with snow (lakes and holly berries; Mrs T. Jones, black evening dress; Mrs Wood, white silk, yellow sleeves ; Mrs Turner, poudre costume ; Mrs Withers, pink silk trimmed with white lace; Miss White, a study in black and white ; Miss Priest, Pierotte: Miss Nantes, Nancy Lee; Miss Raymond, Duchess of Devonshire; Miss Jonas. Lampshade ; Miss Chisholm, Swiss Peasant; Miss Clara Turnbull. La Mascotte; Miss E. Turnbull, Pompadour; Miss Rutherford looked exceedingly well as Duchess of Devonshire in pale blue silk covered with rich old lace and a lovely hat with ostrich feathers; Miss L. Rutherford, Roumanian Peasant; Miss Hart, Tambourine Girl ; Miss Hassell, Lady of the Eighteenth Century; Miss Wardrop, pink evening dress; Miss Lovegrove. Spanish Lady; Misses Kerr (two), white evening dresses; Miss Milton, Shepherdess; Miss Mee, Alice, in ‘flip Van Winkle;’ Miss E. Mee, evening dress; Miss J. Mee, Court Lady; Miss E. Pearson, pink silk evening dress. The Misses G. and C. Lovegrove* created much amusement by appearing in large crinolines and poke bonnets. These very original costumes were exchanged after the opening Grande March and waltz for those of little school-girls, in which the fair wearers seined certainly much more at home. As 1 said before, very few of the gentlemen beyond the members of the club wore fancy dress. The committee, in boating costume were Messrs Tripp, Raymond. Hassell, Bourn, Bowron.etc. Mr Smithson made a grand Highlander; Dr. Thomas, Naval Officer; Messrs F. J. LeCren, Mounted Rifleman; C. LeCren. sailor; E. LeCren, evening dress with hair powdered madea very nice old gentleman ; E. Jones, French Cook ; H. Mayne, Fire Brigade Officer; C. Jefferson. Rouge et. Noir; J. Turnbull, Cricketer; etc, etc. The following were also there in evening dress; Dr. Lovegrove, Dr. Morris. Dr. Dryden. Messrs E. T. Rhodes, P. Perry, S. G. Raymond, W. Raymond, P,. L. Banks, F. Paul, G. B. Bullock, L. Shortland, G. Shortland. C. Churton, A. Fieldon, H. Anderson, K. Turner, R. Bowie, T. Jones, J. (Joy, W. White and others. The tennis tournament is not yet over. The weather has been so desperately bad that it has been impossible to play, even on the asphalt court at Elmsdalo. The Ladies* Singles resulted in a win for Miss Bullock, whoso final game was against Miss Ashton. In the Doubles, so far the Rev. J. Cocks and Miss Helen Nantes have beaten all opponents, and we all think they will take the prize. We hope so too, for it would be a very popular win.

Estelle.