PICTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIII, Issue VI, 11 August 1894, Page 139

PICTON.

Dear Bee, July 31. On Wednesday last Mrs Allen gave another PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE PARTY. which, as usual, was very enjoyable, though King influenza claimed some‘adorers,’and kept them away. The fun was immense all the evening, and came to a climax when the prize parcels were opened, and disclosed articles suggestive of the unwelcome visitor, in the shape of a hem-stitched handkerchief, a bottle of extract of eucalyptus, a Waterbury watch (to note the hours of loneliness), and a picture book to amuse the patient during convalescence. Miss Ethel Seymour and Mr A. Scott won the first prizes. Miss Isabel Seymour and Mr Ririe, the boobies. The other young people present were the Misses Linton, Duncan, Greensill, Millington, White and Allen; Messrs Fox, Baillie, White, Greensill, Rawle. and Allen. The party adjourned for supper at 11 p.m., after which the fun commenced again with renewed vigour till 1.30 a.m. On Thursday evening MISS BESSIE DOYLE stole our hearts away, and charmed our senses, with her smiling face and her fiddle. The audience in the Public Hall was not so large as it might have been but for influenza and rude Boreas, which kept many away, but it was undoubtedly an appreciative and enthusiastic audience, and the small company had to respond to recall after recall for each of their numbers. Jean. A correspondent from whom we shall be glad to hear a ;ain, kindly furnishes us with the following account of some Picton festivities :— Dear Bee, Some of the Blenheim bachelors came down on Friday evening, and gave the ladies here a MOST DELIGHTFUL DANCE in the Volunteer Hall, which had been prettily decorated with flags and evergreens for the occasion. The floor was in perfect order and the music excellent, which all helped to make the dance the jolliest of all the jolly dances ever held in Picton. The bachelors are to be congratulated on their success. They made excellent hosts, for they spared no trouble in looking after the comfort and enjoyment of all present; and when it came to a close at 230 a.m. all seemed surprised to find the time had flown so quickly, and that it was a thing of the past instead of a plea sure to come. Although it is past, it will be long remembered and talked over by those who were present. Mrs Fell (who was the only chaperone, owing to so many of the married ladies being down with (he influenza), looked charming in a handsome black silk gown with black velvet sleeves; Miss (A. P.) Seymour looked well in black velvet; Miss Sophie Philpotts wore white, yellow silk sleeves; Miss Scott, black; Miss Fell, white, old gold sash; Miss Mildred Fell also wore white with white lace and ribbons; Miss Greensill, pink; Miss Ethel Greensill, white; Miss Mary Seymour, pale green silk: Miss Isabel Seymour, white, dark green sash; Miss Mirrie Philpotts, heliotrope; Miss Waddy. black: Miss Ella Waddy, white. Among the Blenheim gentlemen were Messrs Rowe. S. Hodson. Hogg, J. H. Smith. White. F. W. Dunn. Waddy, Harper (Christchurch). The Picton gentlemen present were Messrs J. H. Fox. W. Seymour. C. Philpotts, A. Scott, J. W. Greensill, and the officers from the ship Mataura, now in port. PERSONAL. We are pleased to see Mr Alfred Scott back again looking so much better after his previous illness. We have had quite a lot of sickness in our little township lately ; nearly everybody has fallen a victim to influenza, and in some cases there have been three or four down at once, but I am happy to say they arc all slowly recovering.

Beryl.