WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIII, Issue V, 4 August 1894, Page 114

WELLINGTON.

Dear Bee, July 26. One of the largest social functions of the session was the ball given last Friday evening in Thomas' Hall by the Hon. Robert and Mrs Pharazyn. I understand that there were something like eight hundred invitations issued for it, and although not nearly that number were present, there was a very large and fashionable gathering MRS l-HARAZYN’S BALL. The hall was made the most of, the musicians being placed in one corner, and the stage arranged as a sitting room for the chaperones, being furnished and prettily decorated. One room leading off the ball-room was used for refreshments during the evening, supper being served in the larger room opposite the entrance. The supper was an exceedingly good one, and was pr ettily laid out with flowers, etc. The guests were bidden for half-past eight o clock, and the carriages were ordered for ha~ fpast one. and nearly everyone stayed until the end. The floor was beautifully polished, but the room, which must I should think, be very badly ventilated, got very warm at times during the evening. THE DRESSES. Both Mr and Mrs Pharazyn received at the entrance, the latter wearing a very handsome crimson plush gown with a long train, the puffed sleeves being of crimson satin covered with black lace, the bodice being draped with salmon pink chiffon and trimmed with jet; Mrs (Colonel) McDonald, her daughter, wore black trained, with blue satin sleeves, and Miss McDonald wore white soft silk and lace; Miss Whistler, a niece of Mrs Pharazyn’s, wore a pretty white silk gown trimmed with lace, and a white satin sash ; Lady Augusta Boyle wore white muslin with a blue Empire sash ; Mrs Johnston Stewart, a pretty black satin gown with a deep flounce from the hips of black soft silk gauze, the corsage being softened with fine Honiton lace; Lady Hector a beautiful grey silk with white lace revers ; Miss Hector, pale pink muslin trimmed with white lace; Lady Buckley, a handsome black satin, trained, striped with yellow satin veiled with coffee lace; Mrs W. B. Rhodes, lovely black velvet and jet, trained, and diamond ornaments; Mrs Pynsent, handsome black and white gown: Mrs Dowell, grey brocade with rose pink velvet sleeves; Miss Pearce, cream silk trimmed with gold embroidery; Mrs H. D. Bell, lemon satin with brown velvet sleeves; Mrs A. Pearce, deep red satin flounced with black lace ; Mrs Collins, cream brocade with yellow velvet sleeves and trimming ; Mrs (Judge) Richmond, black silk and lace ; Mrs Maurice Richmond, sage green silk trimmed with chiffon : Mrs Janich, black satin with black and yellow spotted sleeves; Mrs H. Crawford, cream silk and satin striped gown trimmed with black velvet; Mrs A. Crawford, white silk trimmed with pearl embroidery; Mrs W. Johnston, black trimmed with lace; Miss H. Johnston, black moird skirt, velvet bodice; Miss Siddy Johnston, white satin trimmed with lace and ruching; Miss (Sidney) Johnston (Hawke’s Bay), yellow silk with velvet sleeves; Miss Katie Johnson, white striped satin gown, the petticoat being of a white net embroidered with gold, the same trimming being introduced on the bodice; Miss Cooper, black with pink flowers; Miss Brandon, black with pink roses; Miss A. Brandon, black and silver; Miss Harding, white silk trimmed with pink net and jet edging ; Miss — Harding, lemon silk ; Mrs Grace, chocolate stamped velvet train over a petticoat of white and silver brocade; Miss Grace, royal blue moire and white lace; and her sister, white brocade; Mrs (Dr.) Mackenzie, white brocade trimmed with white lace and rosettes; Miss Dransfleld, pink and green costume with velvet sleeves; Mrs Gibson, grey; Miss Gibson, black; Mrs Holmwood, cream with pale green sleeves; Mrs J. H. Baker, red satin veiled with black lace; Miss Baker (Napieri, pale green silk and chiffon; Miss Shirley - Baker (Auckland), white satin with frills of chiffon ; Mrs Barron, black velvet and white lace ; Miss E. Barron, pink satin covered with chenille spotted net; Mrs Purdy, black, with green silk sleeves and sash ; Miss Graham, royal blue silk; and her sister, pink brocade; Mrs Elliot, moss green merveilleux and velvet, trained ; Miss Elliot, sea green Liberty silk ; and her sister, blue silk ; Miss Hilda Williams, pink silk trimmed with pink roses and white lace; Miss Williams (Dunedin), black, with green velvet sleeves : Mrs (Captain) Russell, black; Miss Cara Russell, black with mauve chiffon frills ; Miss M. Gore, mauve with pink moire sleeves and sash; and her sister, pale pink striped satin and moire with pink frills ; Mrs (Dr.) Newman, dull mauvish brown gown with an embroidered petticoat; Miss Duncan, sea green sHk with pink ruching; Mrs Sprott, moss green silk trimmed with jet; Miss Greenwood, black silk and lace : Mrs Edwin, black satin train over petticoat of white satin veiled with black lace; Mrs Holt, black velvet with white lace; Miss Holt, white silk and lace; Mrs Friend, black with black and white sleeves; Miss Quick, blue satin trimmed with beetles’-wings embroidery; Mrs Ed. Brown, white silk, trained, with sage green velvet bodice trimmed with lace ; Mrs R. Fitzherbert. white silk with sleeves and trimming of black velvet; Mies M. Kennedy, white silk with daisies on the shoulder; Miss Medley, black with white sleeves; Mrs Seed, terra-cotta merveilleux and velvet; Miss Seed, dark red brocade; Miss J. Seed, white silk and satin; Mrs Travers, black velvet skirt and sleeves, pale blue bodice edged with jet; Miss Coleridge, white surah silk and chiffon; Mrs Barclay, black with a white fichu caught with scarlet roses; Miss Barclay, white figured net with turquoise velvet sleeves; and her sister, pale blue covered with white net; Mrs Wilson, beautiful black and jet trained gown; Mrs Samuel, pretty grey merveilleux gown trimmed with ruby velvet and fine grey lace; Mrs Butts, black and white trimmed with lace; Mrs Tolhurst, black velvet and silk trimmed with gold; Miss Tolhurst, white silk trimmed with Honiton lace; Miss M. Richardson, white silk with chiffon frills: Miss M. Allan, white si'k trimmed with narrow stripes of black velvet: Mrs Pearson, black with mauve silk sleeves covered with black lace; Miss Borlase. pale blue gauze ; Miss Palmer (Christchurch), bright blue merveilleux trimmed with ecru Maltese lace; Mrs Fell, mauve satin brocaded with raised chenille flowers; Mrs G. Hutchison, grey bengaline trimmed with steel; Mrs (Dr.) Adams, black brocade much jetted; Mrs W. Ferguson, black with mauve chiffon frills ; Mrs Douglas, black ; Miss Douglas, pale green trimmed with white lace; Mrs Mantell ljun.). rose coloured velvet and jet; Miss Blair, black satin; Mrs Symons, black and white; Miss Jackson (Hutt), pink silk with black lace flounces; Mrs Bcere, black silk with a white front: Miss Tripe, a pretty sta green trimmed with ruchings; Miss Moss, cream with green striped gauze frills and red roses; Miss Tripp (Canterbury), chocolate silk and velvet; Miss Dudley, white silk with a yellow velvet bodice trimmed with lace; Miss Holmes, black; Mrs Moliueaux. black; Miss Duthie; Miss (Dr.) Hutchinson, white and pink : Mrs Moore (Wanganui', handsome white brocade and lace; Miss Moore, pale pink silk ; Miss Lingard, pale green with ruchings: Mrs 8. Kennedy, white silk with bright pink velvet sleeves and trimming, and one lady unknown to me wore a pretty salmon pink veiling gown with satin bows catching the puffed sleeves, and a silver butterfly in her hair; another wore black with shaded red and yellow ribbons, another in mauve spotted with chenille, and yet another in pale grey merveilleux with deep grey chiffon frills. There were no less than five ddfrafanfes—the Misses Muriel Stowe, Irone Edwin, Estelle Beere, E. Gibson, and Lingard, and all wore pretty white silk gowns. Miss Edwin's being trimmed with silver, and Miss Lingard's with swansdown. During supper time several extras were played by Mrs Samuel, Mrs H. Crawford, anti Miss Annie Brandon. Among the gentlemen were Captain

Stewart, Major Elliott, Colonel Fox. Drs. Adams. Fell. Hardin Cahill. Purdy and McKenzie. Sir Walter Buller. Captain Russell, Captain Barclay, the Rev. T. Sprott. and Messrs J. H. Baker, Molineaux, Pynsent. Ferguson. Brown, Quick. Pearce. J. Coates, C. Pharazyn. jun.. Harcourt, Lomax. A deane (Napier), Wratt, Brooksmiih, L. Buller. Gore. Cooper. Barron. Day, Turn bull. D. Burns. Jackson. H. Elliot. Didsbury. Webb, Richmond, Mantell, Duthie, Watkins, Minitt, Coleridge. Dun?an, Anson, Tripp, Mountford, Evans, Blair, Higginson, Barclay, Hector, Baldwin, Crawford, Dransfleld. Kennedy. Hartmann, Derry, Symons, Gibson, Rolleston, Samuel, Seed, etc., etc. THE WELLINGTON ORCHESTRAL CONCERT was largely attended on Tuesday night at the Opera House. The Srogramme was a good one, and included portions of the con-uct-ors (Mr Alfred Hill) new opera, ‘The Whipping Boy,’ in which much interest was taken. The work of the evening was Hummel’s Concerto in A. Minor, Mrs Holt taking the piano part with great success. It was exceedingly well performed, ana reflected credit on all concerned. Mr Sewell’s clarionet solo was very acceptable, as were also ‘ Pro Peccatis,’ by Mr J. Prouse (and re called), and an Aria from ‘Jephtha’ by Mrs Parsons, making altogether an interesting programme. THE DRESSES in the dress circle were very pretty, and I must remember some of them for you. The party from Government House included Ixjrd Glasgow, Captain and Mrs Stewart, the latter wearing black satin and lace, and a black silk cloak bound with feather: and Lady Augusta Boyle, wearing white trimmed with lace, and a grey cloak with a red hood and lining. Mrs Sprott wore a combination of pale blue silk and black velvet; Mrs Tolhurst, a handsome black gown; Miss Tolhurst, pale blue silk with a white zouave; Mrs Parfitt, black; Miss Pearce, royal blue silk, the puffed sleeves veiled with coffee coloured gauze; Mrs Dowell, pink, grey cloak with white fur; Mrs Hardy, black trimmed with white lace; Mrs S. Kennedy, black, white and gold cloak; Mrs Martin, Gobelin blue silk and white lace; Madame Merz, black satin, red and gold cloak; Miss Reeves, heliotrope Sown, white cloak; Mrs Parsons, black velvet and white lace; Irs Holt, black with cream frills veiled with black lace; Mrs (Captain) Russell, a long red shaded cloak with a black velvet £oke; Miss Cara Russell, black, red and white striped cloak; liss Nathan, white silk gown trimmed with jet; Miss H. Johnston, black satin; the Misses Gore, cream cloaks bound with feather; Miss (Captain) Kennedy, black; Miss Elliot, white with pink chiffon frills ; Miss Seed, rose coloured silk ; Mrs Holm wood, brown silk and lace ; Miss Pickering, pink; Mrs N. Reid, black; the Misses Reid, white with yellow silk sashes; Miss B. Kennedy, white; Miss Davy, white; Mrs Ritchey, dark green velvet with black moir6 sleeves; Mrs Grady, black; Miss Grady, pink silk, and white fur cloak; Miss B. Hammerton. white; Mrs Barber, black with red shawl; Miss Barber, white gown, and white cloak with fur; Miss Weir, fawn cloak ; Miss Myers, white cloak; Miss M- Hill, black velvet and a white lace fichu; Mrs Prouse, fawn cloak; Miss Holt, white ; Miss M. Richardson, black; Miss M. Kennedy, terra-cotta and cream ; Miss — Kennedy. cream ; Miss Hirchberg, black velvet: Miss Kebbell. black velvet with white lace; Miss Moss, white: and also the Misses Liddle, Miss Arkwright (Rangitikei), Mr and Mrs Whittail, Mr E. Pearce. Mr and Mrs F. Allen, Miss Palmer, Miss J. Richardson. Mrs Hewitt, etc., etc., and one lady, a stranger to me, wore a lovely white silk gown with puffed sleeves and epaulettes of lace and rosettes. MRS JOHNSTON STEWART’S ‘ AT HOME.’ Mrs Johnston-Stewart gave her second afternoon ‘At Home ’ on Wednesday at Government House, from four till six p.m., but it was not very largely attended. The weather was very cold, but bright and sunny, but in spite of this very few new gowns were worn. The drawing-room was looking very pretty with heaps of camellias of various colours and stands of ferns and pot plants draped. The conservatory was thrown open, and afternoon tea was served by a number of waiters in the dining-room during the afternoon. His Excellency stood with Mrs Stewart as she received, and afterwards stayed and chatted pleasantly with the guests. The Ladies Boyle. Miss Holroyd, Captain Stewart, Major Elliott and Captain Clayton were also present. AMONG THE GUESTS were Mrs Butts, in black; Mrs (Caotain Russell, wearing a handsome black mantle and bonnet with jet and tips; Mrs Gibson, handsome black matalass6 mantle with black velvet epaulettes, black bonnet; Miss Gibson, deep red serge, large grey felt hat with grey feathers; Mrs Quick, black and brown, pink bonnet; Mrs Leckie. handsome black costume, bonnet with white tips; Mrs Medley, black: Miss Quick, red velvet with a bodice of black moirg; Mrs Hartman, black; Miss Fairchild, fawn tweed, fur victorine, black hat with feathers* Miss N. Fairchild, navy blue jacket and skirt, large black hat; Mrs Hales, black merveilleux gown, bonnet to match, fur tippet * Miss Shirley-Baker, black, long black bow from the throat almost to the hem. large black hat with feathers; Mrs Holm wood, black, black bonnet with magenta roses: Mrs Bristow, brown, with a brown hat to match; Miss Dransfleld, red gown, black velvet cape edged with black feathers, red hat with black trimming; Mrs Beere, biack ; Miss Beere, grey and black checked tweed braided with black ; Miss M. Kebbell, brown tweed, black velvet cape, black and white hat: Mrs Moss, peacock green material with a long basque and sleeves of peacock velvet, hat to match • Miss Johnson, brown braided with fawn, brown hat; Miss K Johnson, a brown costume and hat; Miss Horner, pinkish cloth piped with red ; also Mrs Oliver (Dunedin), the Hon. Mr Millar Mr and Mrs Alfred Brandon. Mrs Menzies, Miss Cara Russell’ Mrs Higginson, Mr and Mrs Mills, etc., etc. ’ Mrs (Dr.) Grace’s ‘ At Home ’ takes place to-night at the Princess Theatre, and I hear there are to be a very large number of guests On the Ist of August the ball given by the members of the Wellington Club takes place at the Club house. These balls are always looked upon as our very best—that is, if they are not too crowded. Mrs George Hutchison has issued invitations for another ‘ At Home ’ to come off on the 15th of August. Mrs Johnston Stewart has issued invitations for an ‘At Home ’ which is to take the form of a small dance on the 3rd of August. ’ PRESENTATION ON THE GOTHIC. There was a great crowd on the wharf this afternoon to see the Gothic off. The weather was very cold and wet, but this was not sufficient to keep the friends and relatives of the passengers away. On the previous day a number of Captain Jennings’ friends met him on board the Gothic and presented him with a complimentary address and a purse containing 300 sovereigns, as a recognition from his passengers and friends during the past years of his courtesy and kindness. The popular Captain was fairly overcome, and said he could not And words to express his appreciation of their thoughtful kindness and so on. Mr Tolhurst made the presentation, and with him were Captain Babot, Captain Rose and Messrs E. Pearce, A. Turnbull, E. Bell, N. Reid, A. H. Miles’, and C. Pharazyn. AMONG THE PASSENGERS IN THE GOTHIC besides those I have already told you of, are Sir Francis Dillon Bell, who is returning to the Old Country, after having had a pleasant stay in New Zealand with his sons; and Miss Gertrude Russell, a niece, and Mr Harold Russell, a son of Captain Russell I quite envied them, for they were a very pleasant party, and the vessel is such a magnificent one.

Ophelia.