BLENHEIM.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 34, 26 August 1893, Page 140

BLENHEIM.

Dear Bee, August 8. The third of Miss Seymour’s Assembly dances came off last Friday evening (Arbour Day), and you may judge HOW POPULAR THESE DANCES ARE w’hen I tell you that more than forty were present, in spite of the pouring rain, which kept many intending guests at home. A very pleasant evening was spent. The music and floor were all that could be wished, and the supper, as usual, was excellent, the table being most tastefully arranged with pink Liberty silk and yellow and white jonquils. Miss Seymour looked W’ell in black with white lace upstanding frills ; Mrs Richardson was charming in black silk and lace, with wreaths of pink roses prettily arranged round the corsage, sleeves, and skirt; Mrs Cleghorn was much admired in terra-cotta striped velvet and silk ; Miss Waddy (Picton) looked very pretty in heliotrope silk, and so did Miss Worthington, in old rose and olive plush sleeves and frills ; Mrs Ferguson wore very handsome and well-made prune velvet ; Miss Ferguson was handsome in a becoming gown of pink satin covered with a new kind of net ; Miss B. Horton looked particularly well in black with canary velvet sleeves and frill; Miss Weber was pretty in pink with dark red velvet sleeves ; the Misses Philpotts (Pictoni were greatly admired in pretty white gowns; Miss K. Seymour, and Miss I Seymour fPicton) wore cream and white, and looked very nice ; Miss F. Smith was pretty in pink with lovely natural flowers and a wreath of violets becomingly arranged round her coiled hair ; Miss B. Smith looked well in white and pink sash; Miss James (Auckland-, pale blue with lace ; Miss M. Maxwell-Brown wore black silk and lace, with becoming yellow velvet sleeves and frill and yellow roses; Miss Pitt (Nelson 1 , well cut white bengaline ; Miss A. Pasley, pale yellow silk, with deeper yellow putted sleeves. Empire belt and frills; Mrs Greentield, red and black ; Mrs Mclntosh, white satin and yellow velvet; Mrs Powell, grey silk; Miss Carey, apricot. Messrs Young, McNaughton, Powell, Seymour (three), Dunn (two), Hodson (two), Wynn-Williams (Manaroa), White, Smith, McLean, E. Conolly, E. Pasley, Wicliell Dixon, W. Carey, etc., were present. Last Wednesday a VERY SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT was given in the Marlborough Town Hall in aid of the St. Luke’s Church organ fund. The hall was crowded, and the entertainment was repeated the following night, when in spite of the bad weather there was a good attendance, the fund benefiting to the extent of over £lO. which, considering that the admission was only Is. children 6d, was very satisfactory to the promoters—Mr and Mrs Reynolds, Mrs Hi ley and Miss E. Chaytor, who were ably assisted by Mesdames Thompson, Earp, Misses Matthews (two>, March (three), Chaytor (two), Morrin (two), Gaire, Hall, Martyn, Curtis, and Messrs Matthews (two). Turner, Chaytor, Curtis, Carter, Jones, etc., etc. The musical tableau, ‘The Three Old Maids of Lee,’ was perhaps the gem of the programme, and when the three young and fair maids at the verse, ‘There Were Three Old Maids of Lee,’ suddenly turned round and displayed three ancient hags with hideous masks, cap frills, and all, they fairly brought down the house. ‘Where are You Going to. My Pretty Maid ?’ and ‘ Little Miss Mullet ’ (tiny Miss Frances Chaytor) were much appreciated, and Mrs Jarley’s Waxworks, with Mrs C. Earp as ‘ Mrs Jarley ' and Mr Reynolds as ‘ Peter,’ were very amusing. Sincerity.