WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIII, Issue XV, 13 October 1894, Page 354

WELLINGTON.

Dear Bee, October 4. Mrs George Hutchison gave another of her ENJOYABLE * AT HOMES’ last Monday night, there being about one hundred guests, and dancing was kept up from nine until about two a.m. The rooms were beautifully decorated, the mantelpieces being tilled with flowers and greenery. The champagne supper was an excellent one. and was prettily served amid a profusion of flowers and drapery. Kings band supplied the music, and several of the guests played extras at supper time. Mr and Mrs Hutchison received together, ana made excellent entertainers. Mrs Hutchison wore a beautiful frock of cream brocade, slightly trained and trimmed with pearl embroidery and lace ; Miss Hutchison wore black velvet with a pink sash ; Miss Hutchison, of Dunedin, wore cream,and her sister, a black gown ; Lady Augusta. Boyle wore black trimmed with feather; Mrs Duncan, handsome grey brocade and white lace : Lady Buckley, a beautiful sage green silk gown with violet velvet sleeves and trimming; Mrs J. C. Martin, white; Mrs Gavin, black; Miss Grace, white; Mrs Parfitt. black ; Mrs Werry, black; Miss Shirley Baker (Auckland), cream silk trimmed with cream gauze ; and there were also present the Misses Pearce, Johnston, Grierson (Dunedin), Reynolds (Dunedin), Acland, Coleridge, Gore, Worsp (Auckland), and many others.

Ophelia.