DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 51, 23 December 1893, Page 547

DUNEDIN.

Dear Bee, December 14. The few fine days have brought some pretty costumes to light lately, despite intermediate wet days. Among those worn at the OPENING OF THE CARISBROOK TENNIS were Mrs Rose in blue braided serge : Mrs Stock, black serge ; Mrs Pym. blue and white cotton ; Miss Mills, navy bluedres- with zouave, pink bodice and sleeves; Mrs Oat way. fawn-coloured dress with lace trimming, hat with grey ostrich tips; Miss R. Neill, dress of black and white check with capesand narrow rows of black velvet, yellow silk vest; Miss G. Roberts, black and pink ; Miss Tui Stephenson, rainbow cotton dress, green floral hat: Mrs Kennedy, a costume of heliotrope and pink shot cloth : Miss E. Gilkison. blue and white cotton : Miss A. Cargill, blue braided serge ; Mrs Garrat. black serge costume, long jacket opening over a vest of heliotrope and white : Mrs Mac Master black cloth, long jacket fastened with a belt, pink vest, floral hat.

CUP DRESSES. Mrs Sinclair-Thompson wore a pale heliotroDe dress, narrow* rows of heliotrope and white passementerie dividing each seam of the skirt and trimming the bodice, the yoke and sleeves of white silk, the sleeves finished with large puffs of pale heliotrope gauze, little pink bonnet: Miss Wilkins (Auckland), wore a dark blue cambric with white lace frills on the skirt and bodice, dark blue straw hat with white ostrich feathers: Mrs Stephenson, black, with black and red bonnet; Miss Stephenson, a costume of grey and blue material trimmed with electric blue silk, large white Leghorn hat with black lace and red and pink roses : Miss I in Stephenson, a fawr.-coloured dress with zouave of the same colour trimmed with silk, and worn over a bodice of yellow, black floral hat; Mrs Lindo Ferguson, a very effective costume of electric blue, the skirt made in two deep flounces edged with a narrowgold and black trimming, the bodice trimmed with capes, and the belt of black silk, a large soft black hat with ostrich feathers completing the toilet; Mrs Burns (Christchurch), fawn Rilk trimmed with brown and white lace insertion, brown hat with bunches of lovely wallflower; Mrs Stead (Christchurch), green silk dress

entirely veiled in fine black net and lace, black and green bonnet; Mrs Mills, a very handsome costume of brown with blue silk trimming, the bodice trimmed with frills just below the waist, brown and blue hat ; Miss Mills, a stylish dress of brown, the bodice nude with yoke of yellow silk, and the belt of gold trimming. black hat with ostrich tips and yellow buttercups ; Mrs P. Campbell (Christchurch), a costume of pale green trimmed with bands of jet. and the upper part of the bodice pink silk covered with black lace, floral bonnet: Miss Studholme wore a dress of slate grey colour trimmed with white silk, black and white hat ; Mrs Lomax Smith (Christchurch), white dress, white hat with ostrich feathers: Mrs Hosking. a costume of fawn crepon. with narrow rows of white insertion and tinv frills of pink shot silk, outlining evh seam, accordion pleated bodice of shot silk, large fawn-coloured hat: Mrs H. McKenzie, red brown silk trimmed with a darker shade, the bodice slashed with pink silk, brown hat with pink; Mrs Kettle, a very stylish costume of mouse - coloured brown cloth with electric blue shot silk, bodice trimmed with yoke of blue silk finished with square battlements. br.»wn picture hat with blue; Mrs Denniston (Christchurch). pale heliotrope trimmed with black lace, and black bonnet; Mrs Boyle (Christchurch l , a gown of fawn accordion crepon ’rimmed with white lace and heliotrope silk vest and belt, brown hat with heliotrope flowers ; Mrs Wylder (Christchurch), stone grey with black satin and jet ; Mrs Robinson, a very pretty dress of pale grey and shot pink silk edged with white passementerie. hit e jet bonnet with pink ; the Misses Gibson, exceedingly pretty dresses of accordi «n crepon —Mi:ss Gibson, a very pale grey with an indefinite blue stripe, and trimmed with pale blue silk and lace, while her sister wore fawn with indefinite st-rmes of yellow, and trimmed with yellow silk and lace; Miss F. Rattray, mignonette green with zouave trimmed with black silk, and worn over a bodice of crushed strawberry silk: Miss G. Rattray, a smart costume of brown bengaline cloth, the seamless bodice covered over with white lace, with yoke and half sleeves of blue silk, brown hat; Miss G. Roberts, pale green with silk of the same colour and lace, hat with feathtrs: Mrs Wygram (Christchurch*, light blue linen costume with white; Mrs Davidson, black: Mrs Davidson (from England), a very stylish gown of pale pink, the skirl made with frills reaching to the waist and edged with black, frills also trimming the sleeves: Mrs Theonian. a handsome gown of white bengaline silk trimmed with green ribbons and lace : Mi<s Royse, heliotrope and white crepon. with white hat covered with ostrich feathers ; Miss McLean, a floral delaine, the colours being heliotrope and pink.the bodice had a pretty cape trimmed with narrow rows of green silk, and large green silk sleeves, black floral hat : Miss B. McLean, a becoming dress of pale fawn material trimmed with a pale shade of pink covered with white lace, hat of sunburnt straw with pink and crimson roses ; Mrs Eard ey Reynolds, a handsome costume of very light brown trimmed with bands of black guipure lace, the bodice trimmed with shot silk, the colours being green and pink, black hat trimmed with green and pink flowers; Miss Sise, a costume of fawn cloth, the jacket worn with a crossover bodice of pink silk, black hat with tiny pink flowers ; Miss r. Sise. a dress of brown cloth with vest and shoulder capes of brown velvet, brown hat to match; Miss Neill, a floral muslin, black hat with dark moss green velvet trimming; Miss R. Neill also wore a floral muslin, tne bodice finished with a frill of cream lace, white and blue hat with white strings: Miss Gou-d (Christhurch). a pretty pink crepon trimmed with small frills, large hat of burnt straw with crimson flowers; Mrs Hart, heliotrope accordion crepon frilled costume, each frill on skirt and bodice trimmed with lace insertion and black ribbon, riny jet bonnet: Mrs Williams, a costume of blue cloth trimmed with rows of black lace: Miss Williams, pink cambric; Mrs Jowitt. heliotrope trimmed with velvet and lace; Miss Chaffey. (Oamaru). white cambric costume trimmed w’ith lace, and white hat; Mrs Ritchie looked very well in a costume of mignonette green trimmed with dark green velvet, the long jacket fastened with a velvet belt behind; Miss McLaren, blue cloth costume; Miss L. McLaren, dove-coloured crepon, trimmed with chiffon, large grey hat trimmed to match; Mrs Melland. a yellow cloth costume with crimson silk under bodice, black and crimson hat ; Mrs Sale, white and grey floral delaine trimmed with grey silk and white lace. AT THE CINDERELLA DANCES Mrs T. C. Haggitt wore a handsome gown of green and black ; Mrs Spence, black silk with vest and half sleeves of pale pink embossed shot silk ; Mrs Rattray and Mrs Sise both wore black ; Mrs James Mills, handsome gown of cream brocade made in princess style ; Miss Mills, a pretty dress of pale pink figured silk ; Mrs Kettle, a gown of heliotrope silk covered with chiffon of the same colour, large frills trimming the bodice and falling over the shoulders; Miss Neill, a becoming dress of heliotrope silk trimmed with white lace and a butterfly and band or gold in her hair; Miss K. Neill, pretty pale pink brocade with little frills of lace plac-d far up the skirt and trimming the boi i?e; Mrs H. Mackt nzie, a stj lish blue silk go wn with train coming from between the shoulders, large pink silk sleeves, and the bodice trimmed with pink and jewel passementerie; Miss Wilkins (Auckland), very becoming dress of pale grey, the skirt trimmed with a thick ruche of pink silk, a ruche of the same on the bodice; Mrs Lomax Smith (Christchurch) looked remarkably well in whitesilk with lace trimmings ; Mrs Burns (Christchurch), an effective dress of white silk trimmed with a thick fringe of yellow buttercups, and carried a large bouquet of the same lovely flowers : Miss Royse, pink ; Miss K. Royse, white silk trimmed with lace; Mrs McGowan wore her handsome wedding dress of rich corded silk, with the train coming from between the shoulders, and trimmed with flounces of lovely Limerick lace; Mrs J. Wright also wore her wedding dress, composed of rich silver brocade and satin, the bodice trimmed with lace, and large puffed sleeves of the brocade; Miss Gouki (Christchurch), very stylish dress of pale yellow silk trimmed with green ; Miss Spence, a pretty pink silk with lace trimming the bodice; Miss Parker (Tasmania) looked very well in black trimmed with bands of velvet and bunches of red flowers ; MissG. Rattray, a very pretty dress of pale blue silk trimmed with white lace, rows of the lace being placed on the skirt and sleeves, and trimming the bodice: Miss Laura Rattray (a debutante) looked well in a pretty simple frock of soft white silk trimmed with lace, and carrying a lovely bouquet, which completed the dress: Mrs Eardley Reynolds wore a handsome dress of yellow anil white striped merveiileux : Miss Gibson, pink and grey silk veiled in gauze; Miss P. Gibson, white silk, frills of lace trimming the bodice; Miss B. McLean, looked very well in pale pink silk : Miss Haggitt wore green trimmed with dark green velvet bands and sleeves: Miss Williams, a dress of dead rose silk cohered with black lace : Miss Studholme (Christchurch’, a dress of yellow silk with a pretty little wreath in her hair: Mi.-s Tui Stephenson, a yellow silk trimmed with crimson flowers; Miss K. Stevenson yellow veiled in black lace : Mrs Johnstone, a handsome gown of black silk and jet: Miss R. Reynolds, a pretty pink silk with pink flow»-rs; Mrs Lindo Ferguson, a lovely dress of pink and blue broche. with pink silk front ; Miss Ulrich wore a white dress ; Miss Webster, a handsome pale pink brocade : Miss Shand looked well in yelow silk covered with gauze, and large bunches of red flowers trimming the bodice; Miss Roberts, handsome pink silk dress ; Miss L. Mackerras, green silk.

Maude.