NELSON.

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

NELSON.

Dear Bee, August 9. The young folk had another merry evening at MRS BOOTH’S on Friday, when dancing was kept up with spirit until a late hour. Mrs Booth received her guests in the drawing-room gowned in cream broche, her niece. Miss Kate Hubbard, wearing a pretty cream corduroy with spray of red poppies. Among the guests were Miss K. Fell, who.a little bird whispers, was the belle, gowned in eau-de-Nil veiling with pretty embroidered corsage and accordion sleeves: Miss M. Blackett, pretty gown of pale pink errpon ; Miss Lily Humphreys, sea green veiling : Miss Yita Broad, soft white silk, prettily smocked; Miss Amy Edwards, cream veiling; her sister a similar gown; Miss Amy Kennedy, pale pink veiling; Miss Efiie Perrin, white muslin, buttercup silk belt; Miss Eugenie Bunny. Empire gown of cream veiling with green ribbons; Miss Julia Tomlinson, white, pink sash and niching ; Miss May Preshaw. rose pink cashmere ; Miss Marion Prcshaw, buttercup frock; Miss Mabel Glasgow, cream and yellow gown: Miss Dolly Catley, rose pink; Masters Bailie, Moeller, Buckridge. Purkiss, Broad (two), Blackett, Fell, Collins, Hamilton. Tomlinson (two), Levien (two), Edwards, Corrigan, etc. The same kind hostess had A DANCE FOR THE GROWN UP PEOPLE

on Saturday evening, when the verdict was that the dance at Mrs Booth’s was most enjoyable. The hostess wore a similar gown to the previous evening. Among the guests were Miss Huddlestone, in a stylish Empire gown of green veiled with white lace ; Miss E. Sealy, pale pink; her sister. Miss F. Sealy, bright red; Miss Jones, black lace, long cream cloak edged with cream feather trimming; her sister. Miss G. Jones, green frock; Miss Curtis, heliotrope; Miss Macdonald, pale pink; her sister, pale green; Mrs It. Kingdon, elegant gown of rich chocolate velvet with lovely lace on the skirt; Mrs L. Adams, black merveilleux ; Miss Greenfield, pink, black velvet bands; Miss Mackay, sea green broche; Messrs Devenish, Macquarie, Marshall, Catley. Broad, Jones, Hamilton, Tomlinson, Johnson, Kingdon, L. Adams, and Dr. Roberts.

We have been having such a dose of wet weather lately. For a whole week we hardly saw the sun. However, at last it is tine, and we are having lovely warm days ; in fact, it is really beginning to feel like spring.

THE STORM IN THE TEAI’OT re the School Committee and the Education Board is still brewing, or perhaps one might really say it has burst with all its fury over our quiet and orderly little town. The latest is the Committee have put temporary teachers in charge of the school, and when the master appointed by the Board put in an appearance, he was politely shown the door. The Education Board arc taking a lawyer’s advice about the matter, so that in one way the storm is still simmering, and possibly we shall soon have lively proceedings in the local Court.

Mr and Mrs Percy Adams and Miss Noel sailed by the Penguin from Nelson last Thursday en route for India and England, where they arc going for a prolonged visit. Quite a number of friends assembled at the wharf to witness their departure—Mrs Watts, Mrs C. Watts (Blenheim), Mrs A. Glasgow, Mrs Jack Sharp, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Binney, Mrs Mackay, Mrs Harris, Messrs A. Glasgow, Hamilton, Winton, C. Watts (Blenheim), and McLean. Mrs Adams was looking extremely well in a perfectly-fitting fleck tweed gown with long jacket, small hat to match. Judge and Mrs Robinson arrived from Wellington last week with their family, and remain in Nelson now. Judge and Mrs Kenny leave Nelson for Palmerston North tomorrow'. During their stay in Nelson they have made many friends, who will miss them exceedingly. Miss Johnson is at present in Nelson passing through from Greymouth. She is wearing an extremely pretty walking gown of pale grey tweed, with long jacket edged with fur, small black velvet toque. The local footballers welcomed back, their able representative in the late New Zealand team, Mr G. Harper, last Monday. A presentat ion is to be made to him at the end of the present week by members of the local union. Two old Nelsonians have come to Nelson for a short holiday from Sydney, where they now reside -Messrs Nelson and Norman Levien - and right gladly their numerous old friends w'clcome them in their midst once more.

Phyllis.