AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 43, 28 October 1893, Page 354

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, October 24. We are still as gay as butterflies. Amongst those present at the charming

DANCE GIVEN BY THE OFFICERS of the H.M.S. Tauranga on their vessel were Mrs C. Haines, who wore Egypt silk, with black lace: Mrs Ryan, black ; Miss Ryan, black relieved with red : Mrs Cheeseman. white siik with vellow and black trimming: Miss Keesing. black lace, red velvet bebe sleeves; Mr and Mrs Bell, the latter wearing a dark skirt, bouten dor silk blouse: Mr Cyril Bell: Miss Eaton, dark dress: Miss Forbes. white tulle : Miss Rookes white mousseiaine: Dr. Forbes, Mr and Mrs ( odd, the latter wearing a black lace dress profusely trimmed with pansies: Mrs Isaacs, black : Miss Kate Isaacs, handsome flowered silk with beads and black velvet; Miss Edith Isaacs, pretty white silk en traine : Mr and Mrs Ware, the latter wearing white satin veiled with black lace; Mrs Kerr-Taylor, coquelicot dress: Misses Kerr-Taylor, pink and white, respectively : Miss Moss-Davis, white, with pink bebe sleeves and Empire sash: Dr. and Mr- Lewis, the latter black net with green sleeves; Miss Hilda Lewis, cream si k ; Mrs Gordon, flowered silk with bands of black velvet; Miss Gordon, pretty azur nil blue siik: Mr J. Philson ; Capt. and Mrs Worsp, the lady wearing lavender brocaced silk with black lace: Miss Ida Worsp. whiteMiss Hilda Worsp. Egypt red Empire gown : Mr and Mrs Napier’ the last mentioned looktd well in white silk : Mrs Butt, black lace.’ with bouton d’or ribbon : Miss L. Baker, white with pink sleeves and frill: Miss Elia Baker (who has just returned from Wellington) looked remarkably well in cream, with yellow frill and Empire sash ; Miss Ada Wood (North Shore), pale pink : Mrs Bloomfield (Wononai. biack silk : Miss Grifiiths was beautiful in pink ; Mr and Mrs Arch Clark, the latter wearing a dark dress ; Mr McClean, Mr Holmes, Mr Keesing, Mr Busby, Mr V. Kerr-Taylor Lieut. Hume. Mr A. E. Gilmore, Mr Gordon. Mr Forbes Mr Angus Gordon, ihe Officers of H.M,S. Lizard, Mr Robert Isaacs and Mr Harry Bloomfield. The Misses Heskelh gave A LARGE AFTERNOON TEA at their lovely residence, • St. John’s Wood.’ Epsom, to meet Miss Cogswell, from Melbourne, who is staying with them. There were a large number ot young girls present, who were prettilv received by four Misses Hesketh. who made charming hostesses. Amongst those who contributed towards the musical part were Misses Millie Heywood. Minnie Kemptnorne. etc. Afterwards the guests adjourned to a large dining room where the table was artistically arranged, with orange siik. vases of tearoses. cakes, jellies, sweets, and fruits of every description Of the pretty frocks worn amongst the best were Mi»s M. Hesketh. neat fitting grey tweed wi h navy bodice trimmed with passementerie: and o*e sister wore navy skirt, blue blouse: another. black skirt, orange blou-e. and ribbon en suite in hair; and the youngest wore a becoming Gobelin blue delaine with white lace; Miss Cogsweh. stylish black dress with emerald green plush yoke ; Miss Barstow, brown, and her sister cornflower blue ; Mu%s Johnstone, navy serge, black braids and white serge yoke, gem hat; Miss Von Sturmer. navy serge skirt and zouave, cream blouse, pretty hat with cream' roses; Miss Hay. b.ack lustre, old gold trimmings veiled with black lace; and her sister, navy and white; Misses Emily and Mary Firth, were similarly attired in black cashmere, white vests ; Miss Kempthornc and her sister, navy: Mi s Gypsy Walker, grev tweed with shot sleeves, hat with flowers; Miss Ireland, black with violet bands, iat with violet flowers: Miss Ettie Ireland gobelin blue with black spots, hat en suite; Miss Whitson, dark dress, hat covered with flowers; Miss Colbec. brown Cheviot tweed: Miss Phoebe Bucklaud, fawn cloth with reseda green trimming, and her suster. navy serge, white vest, sailor hat; Miss (Frank* Buckland. neAt-fitting navy, white vest : Miss Rosa Bull navy skirt, white blouse, sailor hat: Mi-s Ethel Bull, brown dress; Miss Kinder, Miss Rich, Miss Blanche Banks, black skirt.

white blouse, black flop hat with feathers : Miss Millie Heywood, terra dre-s: Miss Laishley. navy serge skirt and zouave, white blouse, and many others whom at this present moment I cannot recall Dresses at MKS MCMILLANS. * ARDSTRATH.* LARGE EVENING. Our’hostess wore an extremely handsome gown of moss-green velvet relieved with cream lace: Miss McMillan, stylish pink nun’s veiling : the two younger ones wore. I think, blue and white, respectively It would be impossible to mention everybody present, so I will just describe a few whom 1 can remember. Mrs Cowie, black flowered delaine, white cap: Miss Cowie, Dn»ttv white dress: Mrs Moss-Davis, terra silk with black lace: Miss Moss-Davis, white crepon made in Empire style with bouton d or sa>h and hebe sleeves: Mrs Upfll. pretty crinkly lavender and white striped gown with white lace ruffles: Mrs Hunter, slate grey silk : Mrs Dignan was lovely in cream brocaded silk with mark lace: Mrs W. Bloomfield, beautiful cream silk: Mrs Marlin Batt, black lace, gamboge ribbon trimmings : Mrs Kilgour. very handsome black silk, with gold stripe gold sleeves veiled with black lace; Miss Nessie Kilgour. blue silk veiled with black lace: Mrs Worsp. lavender brocadedsilk : Miss Ida Worsp. white crepon : Miss Hilda Worsp. rose corail silk. Empire style ; Mrs Murray, black ; Mrs Tait, black la~e : Mrs Jackson (H.M.S. Katoombt) was very much admired in pale grey silk with pink bebe sleeves and trimmings : Miss Steven-on. bouton dor silk with brown velvet and her sister, white crepon. with bouton d’or Empire sash: Miss Carr, white, and her sister, pale pink : Mrs C. Haines, black, plaid sleeves, pink feather boa. pink flowers in hair: Misses Katie Isaacs, lavender silk, with black velvet: Mrs Isaacs, black silk with beads: Mrs Ware looked remarkably well in while satin, veiled in black lace : Mrs Richmond, galois grey : Mrs Aiken Carrick, pretty white dress with ostrich feathers: Miss MacCrae. sate grey: Miss Rooke. very handsome gown of pale pink, relieved with cream lace: Miss Law. white crepon with bouton dor sash, and her sister, white: and another sister, white crepon with green: Mrs A. Clarke, lovely white silk: Mrs M. Clark, hand-some brown velvet: Miss Stuart soft blue: Miss Moss, white: Miss Tilley, ere uu silk with orange frill and bebe sleeves; Mrs Kerr-Taylor, red. and her daughters, white: Miss Sharland. dark velvet dress relieved with white lace: Mrs Bodie, royal blue with velvet of a darker hue; *iss Griffiths, p etty white silk : Mrs Thomson (Greenlane). black silk with grey silk bebe sleeves: Mrs Goldstein, pinky yellow partially veiled in black lace; Mrs McDonald < Ponsonby). lavender: Miss McDonald looked nice in a white gown : Mrs Henry Walker, striking black tullegown with butond'or spots Mrs Chees-man. maize-coloured silk relieved with black lace : Miss Keesing. black lace with cardinal plush bebe sleeves: Mrs Bruce, black relieved with white; Mrs Hanmer. neat-fitting black gown, white cap: Miss Colbec. Mrs Whitney looked very well in white with roses : Mrs Pritt, black. Amongst the gentlemen were Capt- Worsp. Messrs Dignan. B oom field. Ware and son. Tait. Aicken-Carrick. Thomson. Moss Davis and son. Isaacs. Kilgour itwo>. Stevenson (two*. Kempthorne. Holmes. Elliot, A. Clark. M. Clark. Goldstein. James, Benjamin, etc. I must try and tell you a few of the dresses at Mrs (Colonel) Dawson’s LARGE JUVENILE FANCY DRESS BALL. Our hostess looked extreme’y well in pale blue watered silk, with lemon-coloured sleevesand Empire sash, white lace flounce round the foot of the skirt: Mr Bertram Dav s »n. Tennis Player: '*r Charlton Dawson. Pirate s Apprentice (Penzance): Mrs (Dr.) Scott, black evening dress: Mrs Worsp. black la<*e. yellow sleeves, and bands of yellow on skirt: Miss Hilda Worsp. Elsie (‘Yeoman of the Guard '»: her younger sister. Swiss Girl; Miss M. Noakes. Romp: Miss C. Martin was quite a little picture as Queen of Roses: Miss Gipsy Walker, pretty pink dress: and her sister coquelicot red: and her youngest brother wa« perfection as a miniature Baker: Miss — Ireland, pale blue: Miss Dickey, black velvet, pale yellow bebe sleeves : Miss Percival, white with rose pink sleeves, and her sister a Swiss Maiden: Miss Muriel Scott looked remarkably well as a Bohemian Girl: Miss Ethel Bull, pale pink: Miss Beatrice Bull, simple white gown : Misses Kerr-Taylor, rose pink: Messrs W. Ware, Fairburn Walker. Gordon. Ivan Wansborough, evening dress: Miss Elliot white with green velvet bebe sleeves, and her sister as a Tambourine Girl: Miss Garrett, red: Miss Wynyard. fancy dress with large hat. and many others in fancy dress whose names I do not know. There were planters, cricketers, sweet little fairies, flower and tambourine girls in numbers. Miss Esme Elliott. Smuggler’s Daughter: one Miss Martin. The Attractive Girl: Masters Norman Somerfield. Bushman : and Rowley Peacocke, Cricketer. DRESSES AT THE HUNT CLUB RACES. Mrs Jackson (H.M.S. Katoomba). very stylish grey gown with bands of silk, charming hat: Mrs Bloomfield (Wonona). black silk : Mrs W. Bloomfield, stylish navy gown with triple flounced cape, pink vest, small hat profusely trimmed with daisies : Miss Griffiths, grey check with black velvet, picture hat with bine flowers: Miss Ettie Ireland. Gobelin blue, hat ca sui'e: MissG. Walker, grey lustre trimmed with s>lk : Miss Hilda Lewis, grey gown, w;hite vest and sailor hat: Mrs Dignan. navy dress, white vest, sailor hat ; Miss Rookes looked charming in navy skirt, black velvet zouave, pink blouse, black lace bonnet with pink roses: Miss Forbes, navy skirt and zouave, blue biouse. gem hat: Miss Rosa Bull was very much admired in black skirt, blue blouse, picture hat with blue ribbon and ostrich feather: Miss Ethel Bull, navy serge, bouton d’ or silk blouse, white gem : Miss B. Bull, navy serge, white vest : Miss Noakes, grey dress, red flop hat: Miss M. Thomas, brown skirt, white blouse: and her sister, grey with black boa: Mrs C. Haines, extremely striking gown of Gobelin blue silk wirhjspots of darker hue. black bonnet with red: Mis Hope Lewis, navy serge, white blouse, sailor hat: Miss Scherff. brown dress with velvet, grey hat: Mrs Hancock, black hat with flowers; Mrs Todd, claret cashmere: Miss Kilgour. fawn cheek, white vest: and her sister, navy, white vest: Mrs Kilgour. rich brown silk with velvet and passementerie, tulle bonnet with pink flowers: Miss Percival, brown dress with pink vest: and her sister, pale green : Miss Whitson, slate grey with bands of velvet, hat with flowers ; Miss Pow er, neat-fitting'navy, small gem : Miss Bursill. grey dress, blue blouse, hat with blue ribbons: Miss Mobray. fawn: Mrs A. Taylor, black and white striped silk, gem hat: Mrs Roach, black : Mrs Cottle, black silk : Misses 1 horpe. brown cashmere with velvet: Miss Bailey, black : Miss Holgate looked very nice in a black dress, tulle bonnet with '-pllow flowers; Miss Sage, grey: Miss (Frank) Buckland, neat n ting black, white vest; Miss Laura Baker, fawn with red velvet : Miss Ella Baker, brown velvet : Misses Firth were studies in black and white: Miss Buckland tHighwic*. black dress, charming hat with cream roses: and her sister, fawn dress with brown velvet hat to correspond : Miss Amy Banks, terra with brown velvet : Miss B. Back, black with white vest: Miss Beale, claret cashmere: Miss May sellers, cornflower blue, cream blouse: Miss McLaughlin, grey: Miss Thomas (Papatoitoi*. black skirt, variegated blouse: Mrs McLaughlin. back: Miss Hull, black: Miss Chunon. black skirt and zouave, lavender blouse; Mis Melville, black : Miss WvideBrowne. grey dress, blue blouse, gem: Miss Mary McDonald, grey trimmed with green velvet, hat with flowers; Mrs Hanna, fawn trimmed with brown velvet; Miss Jackson, reddy grev camel's hair; Miss Johnston, navy and white: Miss Evans, black skirt, plaid blouse; Mrs Bodie, fawn check trimmed with black velvet: Miss Ida Worsp. terra dress, hat cm swife; Miss Hilda Worsp Egypt red with light blouse: Miss v ai 7 Anderson, fawn trimmed wiih violet : Miss Dunnett. black; Mrs Worsp. black ; Miss Lyell, grey flowered gown with bands of grey velvet, hat with flowers : Mrs ‘Dr.) Scott. I think, wore drab and bown: and Miss Dickey, brown plaid; Miss Gordon, brown plaid trimmed with velvet ; Miss Eaton, brown plaid, n se pink sleeves; and her sister, dark green; Miss Hay. terra cashmere; Mrs Thomson *Green Lane), navy; and her two daughters were clad in > avy and grey, respectively: Mrs Upfill. reddy brown camel’s hair skirt and zouave, red blouse: Mrs Hunter, green cashmere with green silk : Mrs Lynns < Whangereit wore the most striking dress on the lawn—pretty lavender, hat ch ffuife’ Mrs Patterson <Otahuhu>, Chartreuse green with Mechlin lace, small hat with flowers. Mrs Gorrie had a large children’s dance on Wednesday night and a thrown up dance on Thursday. Mrs Buddle, O’Rorke-street, had a musical party on Wednesday evening. On Wednesday night the Kennedy Dramatic Company play Hans the Boatman in THE ONEHUNGA PUBLIC HALL to a very fair audience. The same hall was filled with what Proved to be a very appreciative audience, when Mr Fuller held of . H “opular Concerts on Friday evening. The financial affairs of the

ONEHUNGA PUBLIC LIBRARY are in a very shaky condition, and unless the townspeople unite to support it. it is feared that it will become a thing of the past. This would be most unfortunate, so it is to be hoped that some help will be rendered. DRESSES WORN AT PROFESSOR CARROLLO’S CARNIVALMrs Butt, handsome black silk and lace: Mrs John Murray, black silk; Mrs Cotter, black with white brocaded front: Miss Cotter, pretty fawn cashmere relieved at the throat with a fall of Maltese ’ace : her younger sisters wore pearl grey dresses, sleeves and skirts trimmed with bars of black velvet: Mrs Waller. b:ack. small black and ruby velvet bonnet: Miss Nellie Waller, pale cream cashmere: Mrs L. D. Nathan, fawn : Miss Nathan, cream silk: the little Misses Dawson looked pretty in pink and blue pongees, respectively : Mrs Haslett, black silk relieved with white ; her little daughters wore prettily made tweeds of some darn material : Mrs Haslett (senior*, olack silk, lace mantle and bonnet : Mrs Hanna, black silk: Miss Owen, shot silk blouse over dark skirt; Mrs J. W. Tibbs, black silk : Mi-s Violet Tibbs, lovely little dress of ruby plush : Mrs Innes, handsome black silk and lace : Miss Pickmier. pretty red dress; Miss Ivy Buddle, pale blue trimmed with velvet bars of a deeper shade: Mrs Myers, black silk ; Miss Atkinson, prettv pink cashmere. Phyllis Brocne.