AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 40, 7 October 1893, Page 283

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, October 3. We have been so very gay the last few days. I hardly know where to begin to tell you about our dissipations. MRS ARCHIE CLARK'S DANCE. Though the end of the season I noted some charming gowns. Our hostess wore a very handsome flowered silk dress trimmed with Liberty silk ; Mrs McMillan, pale canary silk trimmed richly with white net and beads : Mrs W. Bloomfield, elegant brocaded maizecoloured silk : Mrs Ware, white silk covered with black lace; Mrs Sam Morrin, dark dress. I think ; Mrs Chat les Haines, cream brocaded silk trimmed with bands of brown velvet, be be sleeves en suite, pink feather boa, pink fan, pink wreath of flowers in hair; Mrs Gordon, flowered silk gown with bands of black velvet; Mrs McDonald (Ponsonby). heliotrope watered silk trimmed with velvet en suite ; Mrs Dargaville looked well in a rich yellow silk with black lace; Mrs Dennison, white; Mrs Henry Walker, handsome black silk with velvet bands and black tulle with yellow spots : Mrs Moss-Davis, black silk with bright yellow bebe sleeves; Mrs Matthew Clarke, brown silk ; Mrs Kerr-Taylor looked well in pale pink Liberty silk ; Mrs Buddle, black lace, bouton d'or velvet sleeves: Mrs Aitken-Car-rick. pretty white silk : Mrs Arnold, black silk ; Mrs Ransom, black silk, relieved with white lace; Mrs Hope Lewis, green Liberty silk: Mrs L. D. Nathan, extremely handsome fawn brocaded silk; Mrs Jackson (H M.S. Katoombal, lavender silk with black velvet: Mrs Challinor Purchas, fawn or nil green silk, with fawn lace and green bebe sleeves; Mrs (Dr.) Roberton, rich cream silk en traine, Watteau back ; Miss Wilkins, white Empire gown of tulle; Miss Maud Wilkins, grey silk with pink roses and pink silk sleeves ; Miss Moss, white; Miss Kilgour, pink dress with gendarme green bebe sleeves; Miss Nessie Kilgour, cream silk with paon tones trimmings; Miss Morse, black silk with velvet; Miss Walker, blue and white striped gown, and her sister, cream silk gown with Watteau back, brown sleeves ; Miss Dargaville, white crepon; Miss Devereux, bouton d’or Liberty silk with white lace; Miss Thomson (Rocklands), cream with green bebe sleeves, and her sister, cream with electric blue sleeves; Miss Conolly, cream, with plaid sash; Miss Sharland, dark dress; Miss Griffiths was distingue in a lovely brocaded white silk, and in her hair azaleas; Miss Katie Isaacs, heliotrope silk with black velvet; Miss Edith Isaacs, &ale blue silk with pink plush sleeves; Miss Mary Anderson, pale lue silk, pink tulle sleevesand trimming of daisies; Miss Fenton, light pink silk trimmed with a darker shade and white lace, and her sister, slate grey with overall of black lace and dark blue velvet sleeves ; Miss Pierce,black velvetrelieved with white lace; Miss Stuart, pale salmon pink relieved with white lace; Mrs Goodhue, black ; Misses Kerr-Taylor, simple white gowns; Mrs Ford, heliotrope; Miss Gordon, lavender silk ; Miss MacDonald, (Ponsonby), white silk and lace; Miss Moss-Davis, white with yellow sash : Miss Minitt, brown silk with bouton d or sleeves ; Miss Stevenson (Glenholm). pretty white with pink ribbons ; and her sister cream with green silk sleeves ; Miss Hilda Lewis, white silk- Miss Violet Taylor was pretty in pink cashmere; Mrs Dignan. fascinating in bouton d’or silk. Amongst the gentlemen were Messrs McMillan, Ware, Bloomfield, Goodhue. Gilmore, Minitt, Hanna, Alec Walker. Brook, Smith, Pelley. Gibson. McMillan, W. Ware. McCallum. Fenwicke, Pollan, Ransom, Dignan, Dennison. Moss Davis. Kissling, Rose, Jacobs. Kilgour, Holmes, L D Nathan, Burton. Purchas, Churton. Dr. Roberton, Mr Phiison, Dr. Lewis, Messrs Fenton (two). Dr. Purchas, Messrs Anderson, Robison, Younghusband, the Hon. Devereux, etc. DRESSES AT MRS BLOOMFIELD S (‘ WONONA,’ PARNELL) DANCE. Our hostess wore a handsome black silk: Mrs W. Bloomfield looked well in white crepon with bouton d’or Empire sash and trimmings; Mrs Lucas Bloomfield, boreal shot with red silk and trimmed with red net; Mrs Leatham was much admired in white; Miss Griffiths was decidedly the belle in white silk ; Mrs Ireland, black lace trimmed with yellow silk ; Miss Churton, coquelicot net, black trimmings; Miss Ireland, white with ostrich feathers : Miss Ettie Ireland, lovely gown of white satin ; Miss Carr looked extremely lovely in white cashmere with white fur; Miss Johnstone pale pink Liberty silk with Nil green silk trimmings and passementerie ; Miss Whitson, yellow and white lace, black velvet bows; her sister in pale pink ; Misses Kerr-Taylor, white cashmere with white lace; Miss Kilgour, white China silk, with coffee lace and pink flowers ; Miss Kate Isaacs, white flowered silk ; Miss Amy Banks black velvet relieved with white lace; Miss Blanche Banks' white tulle with passementerie: Miss Kissling, black velvet and her sister looked well in white; Miss Power, handsome celery green velvet edged with yellow; Miss Dixon, striking maize-coloured silk with brown velvet; Miss Hesketh. pale blue cashmere with blue velvet: her sister (debutante) looked pretty in white • Miss Walker (Ellerslie), yellow ochre dress with brown velvet- M'issThomas(Papatoitoil,boutond’or with brown velvet tabs; Miss McLaughlin, white with green velvet trimmings; Miss Lawford, black velvet with lovely wreath of pink roses; Miss Holmes, pale pink with steel grey; Miss Thorpe, white with red roses; Miss Flora Thorpe, pink; Miss Stevenson (Glenholm), yellow with brown velvet; and her sister, white cashmere with heliotrope trimmings; Miss Tilly, white satin, orange frill and bebe sleeves; Miss Von Sturmer, white- Miss Ethel Bull, pretty white crinkley cashmere; Miss B. Bull pink silk ; Miss Violet Taylor, in pink crepon with ribbons, was much admired ; Miss Laishley looked beautiful in white silk ; Miss Anderson was fascinating in pale blue silk with white trimmings- Mrs Laishley, scarlet satin with black lace : Miss Georgewhite with pink trimmings. The gentlemen were Messrs Phillips, Phiison, Leathern, Battley, Carr. Walker. Clarke. Noakes. Wynyard Gould. Minitt, Hanna, Ware, Johnstone, Kilgour, Kissling, Watkis Lockhart. Crombie. McLaughlin, Challis, Thorpe, Reid, Colbec, Staggers, Goodhue, Robison, Isaacs, etc. DRESSES AT THE ORPHANS CLUB OPEN NIGHT. Mrs Kilgour, black lace and old gold ; Mrs Ireland, handsome shot silk ; Miss Ireland, pale blue ; Miss Johnston, cream satin with zouave of myrtle green plush ; Mrs Goodall, black silk, ruby plush mantle; Miss Laird, cream lace over canary-coloured satin, yoke and sleeves of pale blue velvet; Miss Emily Laird, maize figured satin; Miss Flossie Whyte, pale pink: Mrs Nashelski, black satin; Miss Nashelski, black and gold; Miss Williams, black trimmed with canary-coloured plush; Mrs Burton, sea-green and scarlet; Miss Spiers, black, with sleeves and trimming of yellow plush; Mrs Alexander, cream figured silk; Miss Alexander, pale green with trimming of a deeper shade- Miss Walker, effective red cashmere; her sister, cream and olive green; Miss Davis, pink; Mrs Nathan, yellow and black velvet- Miss Lewis, pale pink; Miss Sybil Davis, pretty coral pink: Mrs Cottle, black silk; Mrs Howard, black silk and lace; Miss E. Howard, cream with sash of coffeecoloured silk; Miss Walnutt. black and heliotrope: Miss C. Walnutt, white; Miss Rookes, black lace: Miss Forbes, black trimmed with sea-green ; Mrs Cunningham, pearl grey ; sleeves and front of heliotrope : Miss Sellars, cream ; Miss pickson, pale amber cashmere; Miss Eaton, all white; Miss Jessie Eaton, pale blue with trimmings of deep navy velvet: Miss Reeves, a handsome white satin; Miss Maxwell, cream figured silk ; Mrs Whitson, black and old gold ; Mrs Jim Whitson, pearlgrey and black; Miss Norrie, black trimmed with rose pink. Miss Johnson, of Erin Lodge, Parnell, gave A LARGE AFTERNOON TEA last Friday to all her young lady friends. The weather was very stormy, and kept away many of the would-be guests. Musical items were rendered during the afternoon by Misses Laishley and Thomson, etc. It will not be necessary for me to describe the guests’ dresses, as so many have been mentioned at other afternoon teas or street dresses. Our hostess looked extremely well in a neat-fitting navy dress with white yoke and bebe sleeves edged with black braid. Afternoon tea was served in another room, where the guests adjourned and partook of trifles, jellies, cakes, sweets, etc.

Mrs Arthur Taylor, of Manukau Road. Parnell, gave a very large • GIRLS* AFTERNOON TEA last Thursday, and she was ably assisted to entertain her guests by her sisters, the Misses Von Sturmer. Amongst those who contributed towards the musical part of the afternoon were our hostess. Mrs A. Taylor, who charmed her guests with a song,,as also Misses Kilgour, Thomson, Rita Tole, Flora Thorpe. The pianoforte soloists were the Misses Laishley. Flossie White, Von Sturmer, O’Brien, etc. At the close of the afternoon the guests adjourned to another room, where refreshments were partaken of, and the room was prettily lighted with fairy lights. Our hostess was dressed in black cashmere and zouave, azure blue blouse ; Miss Von Sturmer. claret cashmere ; and her sister wore brown, cream blouse; Miss Wylde-Brown, brown plaid skirt, cream blouse, flat hat; Miss Moss, reddy brown tweed trimmed with red silk, sailor hat with red plush; her sister, fawn skirt, red blouse, gem with red band ; Misses Thorpe. town cashmere with velvet trimmings, flop hats en suite: Miss Kissling, black cashmere with zouave, slate grey blouse; her sister, reseda cashmere with velvet zouave en suite ; Miss Kilgour. navy serge, red and white striped blouse, navy zouave, gem with red band ; Miss Hesketh, fawn dress, becoming hat with yellow buttercups; Miss—Hesketh, navy with pink vest, and pink flowers in hat ; Miss Whitson, brown, with fur, and her sister, navy with pink ; Miss Walker (Ellerslie), navy ; Miss M. Kerr-Taylor, grey coat, pretty black toque with pink ; Miss Buckland, navy and white ; Miss Laishley, navy serge, white gem ; Miss Smith, slate grey with velvet hat en suite; her sister dark green, with felt hat and fawn feathers; Miss Dudley, fawn check, brown crinkley hat with yellow flowers ; Miss White, navy ; Miss Gould slate grey ; Miss Bursill. stylish brown dress with Chartreuse green trimmings, white sailor hat; Miss Thomson. black cashmere, black and white check blouse, black hat with heliotrope flowers: Miss O’Brien, pale green merino, black feather boa, sailor hat with floral trimmings; Miss Rita Tole, black cashmere with bands of velvet, sailor hat with flowers; Miss Hall looked pretty in black with picture hat; Miss Churton. black cashmere with zouave, green blouse, gem ; Miss Rookes was looking her best with navy skirt, velvet zouave, azur blue silk blouse, gem with blue band ; Miss Forbes, navy, fawn Tudor jacket with heliotrope flowers. The weather on Friday afternoon was showery, but thia did not prevent a number of people from putting in an appearance at MRS HANMER’S AT HOME, when a very enjoyable afternoon was spent. The musical part of the programme was excellent, Mr McLean’s violin solos being much appreciated. Mrs Butt sang well, as did Mrs Lewis, for whom Mr McLean played an obligato. The tea was delicious and it was quite late before we separated. Mrs Hanmer was dressed in rich black silk with white cap and cuff’s ; Mrs Haines, very pretty black figured with blue and trimmed with lace; Mrs Pierce, black ; Mrs Butt, black silk, handsome jet trimmings: Mrs Hope Lewis, stylish brown cloth figured with blue: Mrs Hitchcock, black; Miss Fenton, navy blue serge; Miss Pierce, black; Miss Lewis, brown check tailor-made costume; Miss Templar, black silk ; Miss Stephenson, fawn. Amongst some STREET DRESSES I have noted Miss Anderson, navy serge, picture flat hat trimmed with bright coloured ribbons; Mrs Isidor Alexander, black cashmere with deep edge of velvet on skirt, the rest was a continuation of rows of velvet, black hat with feathers ; Mrs R. Keesing, black silk with gold cordings, black toque with profusion of black ostrich feathers; Mrs Edmiston, brown gown with velvet cape, hat with feathers en suite : Mrs Napier, navy gow’n with zouave, white blouse, navy gem, white band of ribbon; Miss Suttie, navy serge, toque en nuite with red feather; Miss Palk, navy cashmere, flat hat with plaid ribbons; Mrs Patterson (Otahuhu), grey plaid, black redingote with grey fur, black toque; Miss Larkins, navy serge trimmed with plaid silk, charming red bonnet; Mrs Martin Butt, black; Mrs Colbec, black silk ; Miss Colbec, grey tweed with Gobelin blue and brown velvet trimmings, hat en suite : Miss Walnutt, navy serge skirt, red blouse, black jampot hat; Mrs A. Clarke, brown cashmere, two rows of astrachan fur on the skirt, brown velvet cape, small hat with feathers en suite ; Miss Evans, brown dress with deep flounce, charming hat with yellow flowers; Mrs (Dr.) Bews. very handsome navy with gold braid; Mrs Gamble, black; Mrs Ransom, black cashmere, black bonnet with yellow flowers; Miss Street (‘Birtly,’ Judge’s Bay), brown tweed, shot silk pipings and b6be sleeves, hat en suite ; Miss Whitson, navy dress, brown pelerine, red and navy straw sailor hat; Mrs Jackson (H.M.S. Katoomba), tweed gown, black tulle hat trimmed with flowers ; Miss Shepherd, navy serge, black toque with feathers; Miss Forbes, black cashmere, white blouse, black zouave: Miss Rookes, navy delaine, black velvet zouave; Mrs Bews (Mount Roskill), neat-fitting navy, white vest small hat with red plaid ribbons ; Miss Amy Taylor, fawn frock, hat en suite ; Miss Percival, nil green, and her sister wore a navy serge ; Miss Phiison, navy dress and jacket, navy felt hat with red tips ; Miss Fenton, red cashmere, velvet hat en suite ; Miss EvaScherff, brown dress, sealskin jacket, black hat; Mrs Blair, neat-fitting black gown, black gem ; Miss Porter, navy serge with fur trimmings, navy hat with feathers.

Phyllis Broune.