AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 46, 18 November 1893, Page 427

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, November 14. As it was fine for the Prince of Wales’ birthday. I have a good many items of news for you. First, however, I will describe the frocks worn at THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL SPORTS in the Domain on VV’ednesday. Among a host of stylish costumes I noticed Mrs J. W. Tibbs, black silk, stylish lace bonnet: Mrs Sloman, navy costume, navy bonnet relieved with red : Mrs Lip piatt, coral pink flowered delaine, hat with watered silk ribbon to match : the Misses Whitson, white and pink blouse dark skirts, large white hats ; Mrs Brown, pink and fawn zephyr cloth, bonnet to match ; Miss Sybil Davis looked pretty in a simple pink blouse over dark skirt, white sailor hat; her two small sisters wore pale cream - coloured dresses and large hats to match; Mrs Rice, black silk and lace, small lace bonnet relieved with deep lemon-coloured velvet; Miss W. Rice, navy, hat to match: Misses Daisy and Stella Rice, white blouses over dark tweed skirts, large sun hats trimmed with pink and white; Miss Wilson ( Whangarei). pearl-grey tweed, trimming of white brocade, hat to match ; Mrs T. Peacock, handsome black satin richly trimmed with lace, dainty lace bonnet; Miss Peacock, black and white blouse over dark skirt, large hat; Miss M. Peacock, pretty pink blouse, tweed skirt, hat to match. DRESSES AT PONBONBY JUVENILE ‘ AT HOME.’ The costumes were for the most part fancy. Among others I noticed :—Girls: Miss Hanna, pretty Italian Peasant Girl: Miss T. Hart, Flora; Miss F. Hudson, Skirt Dress; Miss Hudson, evening dress; Miss Florrie Dixon. Japanese Lady ; Miss Mabel Leighton. French Zouave ; Miss Kate Devore, Fairy ; Miss Eva Beale, Red Riding Hood ; Miss Blanche Devore, Fairy ; Miss Constance Bach, Stars and Stripes : Miss A. M. Caldwell, pretty cream evening dress; Miss Lands, Kate Greenaway ; Miss Belle Bach, Sweet Girl Graduate ; Miss Muriel Thompson. Little Dame Durden ; Miss Winnifred Hartley Leys, Skirt Dancer; Miss Grace E. Whitelaw, Powder and Patches; MissGittos. pale blue evening dress; May Scott, Fairy Queen; Miss Woodyear, ‘Zouave’; May Woodyear, Tambourine Girl; Ethel Atkinson. Watteau Shepherdess : vi. Stodart, Hospital Nurse; M. Whitelaw, Nancy Lee; S. Campbell, Court Lady ; M. Macindoe Court Lady ; Mrs Ralph, evening dress: Miss Hill, stylish shot lavender evening dress : Effie Hanna. Romp; B. Stodart, Nancy Lee; Miss Campbell, evening dress; Alma Criwshaw. ‘ A Daisy ’; Lilian Crawshaw, Esmeralda; Miss Douglas, Good Luck; Linda Connolly, Court Lady; Miss Connolly, Tambourine Girl; Miss Beale, black evening dress; Lilian Devore, Fairy: L. Bell, Little Sweetheart; Mrs J. J. Holland, evening dress ; F. E. Holland, Oriental Dancer ; M. Raynes, Romp; L. Raynes. America; Mrs Hanna, handsome black lace evening dress; Miss Dennes, Skirt Dancer; Nellie Douglas. Esmeralda ; Miss Porter. Romp. The remaining costumes I cannot give, as the characters were omitted on the tickets, but the names are as follows: — Misses Nellie Scott. Ettie Squirrel, Beatrice Ponsford, Marie Ralph. J. Squirrel, L. Haven, Ethel Percival, Eva Leighton. J. Tye, Bertha Butler. Constance and Madge Butler. Boys: Master Alfie Woodyear, Sailor H.M. S. Pinafore ; his brother looked well as a Neapolitan Fisher Boy; Fred Bach, Page; B. Upton, Jack Tar; P. Upton. Irishman; W. Morpeth, Hungarian Prince : Trevor Gulliver, Middy ; A. G. Holland, Corkman: Bert Holland, Cricketer. The remainder of the boys (whose characters have been omitted from their tickets) and gentlemen in evening dress are as follows : Messrs Edgecumbe, Joe Caldwell. F. A. Clarke. W. Russell, Jourdain, James Caldwell, Ralph Collins, Duthie. Gerald Ralph, Ray Adams. B. Osmond, Bach, Hatton. A. A. Hough. Roy Squirrel, A. G. Bennett, Scott, King, Scott, Hanna, Airey, C. Ballantyne, etc. DRESSES AT THE RACES on Prince of Wales’Birthday. The lawn looked very summery, as so many of the ladies were frocked in white and other light colours. Mrs W. Bloomfield appeared to advantage in grey, marked with bouton d’or spots; the bodice was profusely trimmed with Mechlin lace; she wore a picture fawn hat with yellow roses; Miss Griffiths was very much admired in rose pink nun’s veiling with dark green velvet bands, picture openwork straw hat w’ith pink roses; Mrs (Colonel) Dawson, stylish cornflow’er blue, gem hat; Miss Rookes and Miss Forbes were similarly attired in three-quarter bodices, but differing in colour, the former wearing light grey, and the latter simple white; Miss Bursill was charming in cornflower blue skirt, white blouse with cornflower spots, sailor hat en suite; Miss Flossie Whyte, navy dress and white vest; Miss Gypsy Walker, grey skirt, white blouse; and her sister, steel grey; Miss Beale, brown; Mrs Walker, black, lace bonnet; Mrs Nolan, pretty small pink and white bonnet,blue zephyr ; MrsL. D. Nathan, handsome black silk with beads and lace, fawn hat with pink roses; Mrs Alfred Nathan, very stylish gown of brown corduroy, pink vest of tulle, and bands of pink, straw hat with feathers; Mrs Devore, black silk, bonnet ensuite; Miss Dunnett, neat-fitting navy; Miss Percival, brown ; Miss Edith Percival looked pretty in lavender crinkley material, hat with flowers en suite; Miss L. Baker, grey dress with velvet bands; Miss Ella Baker looked well in white, sailor hat to match ; Mrs Worsp, lavender brocaded silk ; Miss Ida Worsp, Chartreuse green cashmere relieved with white silk, picture hat with ostrich feathers; Miss Hilda Worsp, browui Holland, white vest; Mrs Hope Lewis, brown dress with blue trimmings ; Miss Fenton, grey, and her sister, navy ; Mrs Dennison, white frock, lavender vest; Miss Lawford, white with pink vest; Mrs C. Haines wore one of the most striking gowns on the lawn—blue, yellow and green in small stripes on a black silk background, bonnet with red velvet; Mrs Moss Davis, fawn frock trimmed with black satin ; Miss Moss Davis, navy skirt, pink and w’hite blouse, hat with pink ribbon ; and her sister. Miss Sybil, navy skirt and zouave, white blouse, sailor hat; the Misses Thorpe were attired similarly in fawn holland. one wearing a pink vest and the other blue; Mrs A. Taylor, steel grey ; Miss L. Von Stunner, navy serge skirt, pink blouse, flat sailor hat W’ith pink ribbon: Mrs Frank Buckland, black; and her daughter looked w’ell in grey with black velvet; Mrs Goodhue, handsome black flowered delaine; Mrs Isaacs, black trimmed with lavender veiled in black guipure lace, bonnet with lavender flowers; Miss Kate Isaacs, brown with green velvet trimmings ; Miss Edith Isaacs, black dress, hat with violet veil; Miss Cashel, black cashmere with heliotrope bands; Mrs Isidor Alexander, lavender silk with deep lace flounce and bands of lace for trimmings, black tulle hat with heliotrope flowers; Miss Cora Alexander, electrique green cashmere; Miss Johnston, dark skirt, red plaid blouse, white sailor hat: Miss Blanche Banks, galois grey w-ith white sleeves and Empire sash, white hat with roses; Miss Edith Banks, dark skirt, cream blouse, sailor hat; Mrs Harry Jackson, handsome pink crinkley gown ; Miss Elliot, plain white and grey crinkley gown ; Mrs Robert Walker, buis gown, buis hat with pink flowers: Miss Walker (Parnell), a combination of fawn and beige: Mis Lucas Bloomfield, white canvas, sailor hat with pink ; Miss Devereux, tabac cashmere w’ith flowered vest, crinkley hat with pink roses ; Mrs Upfil, black. I t hink the gentlemen are quite as worthy of notice as the ladies, so I will mention a few of the stylish suits. Mr W. Bloomfield looked well in Ardoise grey tweed ; Mr Hanna, galois grey; Lieut. Hume, navy, with becoming white sailor hat; Mr Angus Gordon, dark check suit with striking plaid waistcoat.

MRS WHITSONS LARGE DANCE IN MASONIC HALL

Mrs Whitson wore a handsome old gold silk veiled with white lace; Miss Whitson, stylish canary silk with bows and trimming of black velvet; her sister was extremely pretty in pale pink w’ith border of white silk on the skirt; Miss Nashelski, pretty white gown; Mrs Worsp, black silk trimmed with old gold ; Mrs Seigner, pale pink flowered gown trimmed with green velvet, tulle sleeves; her niece, bouton d’or crApon; Mrs Ireland, black silk; Miss Griffiths was fascinating in rich brocaded white silk; Miss Lily Ireland, coleus sateen; Miss E. Ireland looked nice in a rich white silk ; Miss Whyte, mexique blue art muslin ; Miss Flossie Whyte, white silk: Miss Blanche Banks, black lace and yellow roses; Miss Edith Banks, white tulle ; Miss Cogswell (Melbourne) looked remarkably well in a rich white silk relieved with deep

white lace : Miss — Hesketh. white Liberty silk : Mias Buckland, becoming light navy silk with cream chiffon trimmings; and her sister a striking lavender; Miss Thorpe, black lace, bouton d’or brbe sleeves ; Mrs Walker, black silk ; Misses Kerr-Taylor, w’hite silks; Miss Worsp. Gobelin blue with terra bands; Miss Hilda Worsp was a pretty study in white; Miss Suttie. black lace with mauve flowers and ribbons; Miss Ethel Bull, white; and her sister was admired in a rich pink silk ; Miss Johnstone, pale pink bengaline with green silk trimmings ; Mrs A Taylor (Parnell) looked very well in lilac ; Miss Gould, white crepon ; Miss Von Stunner, white crApon w’ith blue Empire sash ; Miss Singleton, black velvet trimmed with light pink ; Miss Firth, white crApon with royal blue sleeves ; Miss Cameron, white cashmere ; Miss Elliot, simple white gown ; Miss Gypsy Walker looked remarkably well in maize-coloured Liberty «ilk ; Miss M. Gorrie. pale pink veiled with silver and grey gauze net; Miss (Frank) Buckland pale grey silk; Miss Bankhardt. pale grey and pink ; Miss L. Gorrie, white and green silk, and many others I did not know. Amongst the gentlemen were Messrs 11. Bloomfield. Busby, Bush. Clark. Hattley. Noakes, Wynyard (three), Elliot (two), Suttie, Gould, Watkis. Kissling, McCormick, Frater. Johnston, Taylor, Thorpe, Stevenson. Goodhue, Anderson, Hull. Huhne, Thomson, Carr, Bruce. Jervis, Herrold, Bell, Lieutenant Hume, Captain Worsp, etc., etc. Phyllis Broune.