DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 44, 4 November 1893, Page 379

DUNEDIN.

Dear Bee, October 24. At the ‘at home’ at wychwood Miss Haggitt wore a grey dress trimmed with dark velvet; Miss Parker (Tasmania), a dark costume, with vest and trimming of shot silk; Miss Spence wore a light fawn tweed, the skirt and bodice trimmed with bands of dark brown velvet, brown hat; Miss F. Spence, dress of electric blue cloth with black hat; Miss Gibson, a fawn-coloured coat worn over a black skirt; her sister, a dress of terra-cotta cloth trimmed with passementerie trimming, hat of the same colour; Miss Lily McLaren, dark brown tweed flecked with yellow, brown hat; Miss Dymock. black skirt and jacket opening over a vest of pink, black hat with pink flowers; Miss Scott. black with light vest worn with a black zouave: Miss K. Neill, brown tweed with brown velvet: Miss Morris, black dress and jacket made with capes over the shoulders: Miss G. Roberts, dark brown tweed with green silk, hat covered with natural-coloured feathers: Miss R. Reynolds, blue braided serge dress; Miss R. Neill, brown cloth, the capes edged with beaver fur. brown and beaver hat; Miss Macassy, black serge costume ; Miss Mills, navy blue costume, black and crimson hat. A most enjoyable FANCY DRESS BALL was given in Girton Hall on Thursday evening, and the young ladies who arranged and carried out the night’s entertainment are to be complimented on the success which attended their efforts. The costumes were both elegant and neat, especially those worn by the ladies. The dresses were seen to good advantage against the pretty Maori-like appearance of the hall, which was tastefully fitted up with screens, reed curtains, and rustic seats. The danceroom was beautifully illuminated with coloured lights, which served to add considerably to the pretty effect of the various costumes. The platform w r as aranged for visitors, a large number of whom assembled to watch the opening dances. The ladies’ costumes were as under Miss Auld. Mary. Mary, Quite Contrary ; Miss J. Auld, School Girl; MissAitcheson. Summer: Miss Anderson, Russian Peasant Girl: Miss L. Anderson, Red Riding Hood : Miss I. Anderson. Housemaid: Miss Bethune. French Fish Girl; Miss B. Bethune, ‘Patience’; Miss Baker, Flower Girl; Miss Bernard. Good Luck : Miss Craig, Flower Girl: Mrs Cameron, Cornin’ thro’the Rye; Miss Dickison. America; Miss N. Dickison. Swiss Peasant Girl; Miss Hay, Boating costume ; Miss Kenny. 18th Century; Miss Kitchen. Magician; MissTeoffier. Powderand Patches ; Miss Miller, Red Cross Nurse: Miss N. Miller, Buttercups and Daises ; Miss Pinkerton. Highland Shepherdess ; Miss A. Pinkerton, Nancy Lee ; Miss Pennell. Italian Gipsy : Miss Robertson, Boating Costume: Miss Stuart, Dutch Peasant Girl: Mrs Tonkin, Red Cross Nurse ; Miss Trezise, Spring : Miss Williams, ‘ Blackeyed Susan.’ The gentlemen were Messrs Auld. Cyclist; D. Auld. Roman Soldier: Atkinson. Footballer: Brundell, Hans the Boatman: Bacon, Mexican Cowboy; Cameron. Figaro; Cashman. Sailor Boy ; Carolin, Spaniard ; Caygill. Sailor Boy ; Dickson, Digger; Hume, Irishman ; Henderson. Spanish Grenadier; Jamison. Bandsman ; Knox, Boating Costume: Cricketer; Morris, 15th Century; Moir, Bandsman; Miller. Boating Costume; Meeklijohn, Stockdriver ; Paterson, Spanish Bull-fighter; W. Paterson, American Slave-owner; H. Paterson, Louis IT.; Richards. Racing Costume; Sullivan. Jack Tar; Tonkin. Engineer; Voisey, Lieutenant; Wright, Louis I.; Yeoman, Bandsman. DRESSES WORN AT THE MISSES RATTRAYS* TEA. Miss Rattray wore a black serge trimmed with green silk and beaver; Miss K. Rattray, green cloth with sleeves and yoke of black silk edged with jet; Miss G. Rattray, black skirt, and pretty

blue silk blouse made in the fashionable cross-over shape; Miss McNeil, slate-coloured costume, the skirt trimmed with bands of black braid : Mrs Hosking. a stylish dress of holland trimmed with bands of black, zouave jacket and pink vest; Miss Royse, black, with white bodice: her sister, black with long jacket bordered with white cord ; Mrs Ogston. pale grey, and a pretty black poke bonnet with strings ; Mrs Lees, a light grey tweed braided with dark blue, hat with white silk poppies; Miss Gibson, black with pale blue bodice, and large black hat; Miss I*. Gibson, dress of terracotta cloth: Miss Maitland, very pale grey cashmere, the zouave trimmed with white braid, and bodice and large full sleeves of soft white silk; Miss Garratt. purple cloth, the skirt made with a very deep flounce reaching nearly to the waist, trimmed with violet velvet, hat of the same ; Miss Mills, a dark blue skirt and zouave, vest and sleeves of black flowered silk: Miss M. Sise, slate-coloured cloth; Miss Roberts, dark blue, the skirt trimmed with three narrow bands of grey satin, bodice trimmed with the same, large black lace hat with crimson roses; Miss Stanford, dress of grey cashmere with full yoke of grey satin; Miss C. Stanford, grey tweed, with bands of dark green velvet; Miss Cargill, grey tweed ; Miss Reynolds, light grey tweed, trimmed with navy blue, sailor hat: Miss Stephenson. black, large black hat with heliotrope flowers; Miss K. Stephenson, black serge with large sleeves and vest of crimson velvet; Miss K. Neill, brown cloth trimmed with narrow beaver ; Mrs Melland, black, with blue yoke and sleeves veiled in black, green and blue hat; Miss A. Cargill, red and black serge braided with black ; Mrs Stilling, stone grey cashmere, white hat; Mrs Mac Master, black skirt and long jacket fastened with a belt and opening in front to show a vest of pink, large black hat with cream roses; Miss McLaren, light grey tweed ; Miss L. McLaren, brown and yellow tweed ; Miss Dymock, black cloth costume. Maude.