AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XVII, 26 October 1895, Page 518

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, October 21. One or two mild dissipations have come in my way, and a dance. Mrs McLaughlin, of ‘ Puhi Nui,’ Papatoitoi, gave a LARGE AFTERNOON TEA as a farewell to her niece. Miss Thomas, who leaves Auckland on Monday en route for England. • Puhi Nui ’is such a picturesque pl a ce. r D l ® re is a mile of straight level avenue before you reach the house, lined on either side with large trees. Two creeks have to be forded about knee deep in water at the entrance of the avenue which makes it quite rural in aspect, and cooling to the horses feet after their long journey. Mrs McLaughlin received her numerous guests in her usual courteous manner, and was assisted to entertain them by the Misses McLaughlin, Thomas, and Banks. Musical items were rendered by various of the guests. The gem of the afternoon was the whistling of various songs by Miss Grey, who accompanied herself on the piano; it was very beautiful, something like a flute, but only sweeter. Of course the gifted young lady was forced to make a long stay at the piano to please the enthusiastic guests. The visitors were invited to wander on the pretty rose-covered verandah and through the garden, which was quite gay with our hostess’ choice flowers. Mrs McLaughlin is extremely fond of horticulture. A large peacock with his numerous wives strutted proudly around the front of the house showing his glorious tail to every one’s admiration. The distance being so great from town, many of the guests rode, while others drove, and some took advantage of the t . ra^n » the station not being very far from Mr McLaughlin’s estate. Afternoon tea was served in the dining-room, which was uniquely decorated with nil green silk draped in art folds down the centre of the table, and finished with vases of apple blossoms. Trifles and jellies, cakes, etc., with tea and coft’ee were dispensed to the guests during the afternoon. Ample justice was done to these tempting viands, as everybody had an appetite after the long journey out. Mrs McLaughlin looked dixti nf/ucc as ever in a black gown with heliotrope silk trimmings veiled in black lace : Miss McLaughlin, grey skirt with white blouse; Miss Thomas, dark skirt, canary coloured cr£pon blouse; Miss Edith Banks, dark skirt, pretty sky blue nun’s veiling blouse with Empire sash; Mrs Grey, I think, wore a black gown; Miss Grey, dark skirt, gamboge blouse: Mrs Sam Morrin. black; Miss Dunnett, neat fitting brown: Miss Percival, grey, and her sister, brown; Mrs Bullock Webster, black gown relieved with white: Miss Phoebe Buckland (who has just returned from England), wore a lovely black crepe skirt, grey flowered silk blouse with Bishop’s sleeves, white sailor hat; Mrs Harry Tonks, dark skirt, terre blouse; Mrs (Dr.) Bews, Mrs Chapman, black; Mrs Gilmore. Misses Maud Buckland, Rosa Bull, W. Kerr-Taylor had donned their riding habits, having ridden out; Mrs Charlton Dawson, navy serge finished with absinthe green silk ; Miss Elliot, Misses Yonge, Bailey, Brodie, etc. There were a great many others present, but of those I forgot to take note, as I was so interested in our pretty surroundings.. Of course there were some from Otahuhu I did not know. Miss Sereta McLaughlin gave a splendid recitation, which was highly appreciated. The last dance of the series of the REM L’ERA SOCIAL I NIONS took place on Thursday in the Remuera Hall, and it proved a greater success than any of the prior ones. About sixty couples graced the floor, which was in excellent order, and the music good, so a thoroughly enjoyable time was spent. The gentlemen were slightly in the majority. The hall was capitally decorated with flags, the stage being adorned with the queenly arum lily and its foliage. 'l’he supper-rcom in the gallery was more extensively decorated. Canary-coloured muslin draped the arches, finished with a small yellow flower with green leaves. The supper table had moss green silk draped artistically up the centre, finished with vases of flowers, and from the gas chandelier hung a basket of flowers which drooped prettily on to the table. The supper was a dainty one. consisting of oysters, trifles, jellies, fruit and sweets of every description. Mr Henry Johnstone. the Secretary, has done his best to make a success of the series of dances, and for the energetic way he has worked, much praise and congratulation must be accorded him. Some of the gowns were very rhir. Mrs William Taylor <Famaki) wore a handsome black dress relieved with white ; Mi-s Pritt, black silk with red cape : Mrs Bush, stylish black silk ; Miss Rose Bush and her sister were looking remarkably well in white silk and fancy cloth, respectively, each wearing flowers in the hair; Miss E. Brett was looking very pretty in a white silk (her debutante frock) finished with flowers and tulle, white flower in hair: Miss Kate Hay was looking her best in white silk with pearl bead trimming, pink and white rosebuds on corsage and in hair; Miss Dowd, heliotrope silk, and her sister was Huiuante in white with tulle trimmings; Miss Stevenson (Glenholm), white silk with Empire sash; Miss Stevenson (Ponsonby). white creponette; Miss Percival, pretty coral pink crepe silk: Miss Davy, striking buttercup Liberty silk; Mrs H. I ewsley, very handseme heliotrope satin relieved with white * ac 9 heliotrope flowers, dark purple flowers in her hair; Mr and Mrs Finlayson, the lady gowned in a dark green silk : Mrs 1 horpe, handsome black silk ; Miss Thorpe was looking well in a bouton dor silk: Miss Flora Thorpe was very much admired in a soft pink cashmere finished with white lace : Miss Lennox pretty white surah ; Mr and Mrs M. A. Cflark. the lady gowned in a handsome automne brown velvet finished with white lace; Mr and Mrs Makgill, the lady wearing a beautiful costume of inoss green silk with white lace; Mr and Mrs John Smith, the latter gowned in b ack ; Mr and Mrs Henry Pentland Norton, the ll l< an e \Q u,s >te r o, b ® of pink mirror silk ; Mrs Otway, black silk; Miss Otway looked charming in Mexique blue silk, blue flower in hair; Miss Clara Firth was very much admired in blue cashmere with bodice finished profusely with blue chitfon ; Miss Meta Aickon was c/n'r in white Liberty silk ,n Iran,,, finished with tulle and dowers, small white flower in han-: Mrs Denniston, buttercup creponette finished with white silk; Miss Roberta, regal black velvet costume; Miss Uhurton, black velvet gown finished with pink bebo sleeves; and her sister, a handsome buttercup silk; Mrs Gorrie, black silk : Miss Gorrie. canary-coloured Liberty silk; Mrs Sowerby. very handaome grey net with silver thread, finished with red flowers; ?1! 8 ..;J {eev ‘ s - p £? ~J; pel lie cashmere finished with whitelace; Miss Ihonipson (Hocklands), pretty white silk with ribbons; Miss Thompson (Green Lane), Mexique blue silk finished with white lace ; and her sister rase coral pink silk ; bot h wore empire sashes ; Mrs Devereux, black lacewith green flowers: Mrs Arthur Taylor. white creponette finished with Liberty silk; Miss Devereux

£b-l? silk with canary-coloured plush sleeves; and her siste • heliotrope creponette finished with sleeves and trimmings o purple velvet; Miss Dargaville. cream silk with pink slefves ; SJhL 1 < j W ®L w . as lo . ok,n f very pretty indeed in an absinthe velve ■ 'hl- ed ’w' to 1 ,,< ‘ h . es of canary silk, becoming small cream flowe m.^ , ik M 1 Chamber-Taylor. white silk with ribbon® I ln hair: etc., etc. Messrs Horton (two), Dargaville L‘. Bell, Hawke, Davy, Ridings, Hull, Chnrton, etc. *ts«'uie ) PARNELL SOCIAL. u- *>. lbe committee of the Parnell socials may certainly congratulati tin mselves on the success of the ’95 season. For some years th< P f ar f "®l! 8O ® 1 ? 3 were “comparative failure, but this year the tid< snh? F k Une has swept Parnellwards instead of further into th< tIiS. 8 ! 8 previously. 1 he last dance of the season took place ot m?™ day and was well attended. The music, supper, anc floor were good, and sufficient unto the night were the men ai least nearly sufficient. Amongst the dresses I noticed Mrs Tews »»hu pa ® I ? ehotr pPe satin trimmed round the neck and sl»eve™!f b 1 1 ° v 1?l ylaC ® •^J t S ck ‘. s ? ge Bfroen velvet with a handsome tr l' nl M e<s V- lack fu . r: Miss Mowbray, maize-coloured mX?i« d <.’ ; Miss Kisshng. pale pink silk ; Miss Edith Kissling ™ y ”J? vel .y. et ®c n : Mrs Denniston, yellow velvet skirt with white silk blouse and sash; Miss Cremer Roberts T? ln i, k pepon w’lth a golden brown velvet bodice wTth Mi e , eve M : c ? urton - . black velvet trimmed rhotn ?!’ 'u 1 - 8 . 8 Mabel Uhurton, yellow satin dress; Missain • a iP d p ? le pink ros e s : Miss Goodwin, Pncivl l. 0 ?- trimme,l J wdh . Pink chiffon; Mrs Pollen, pall blue h„ i 1 V°Xo re ? Wlt !‘ pale - g v ey chiffon and passementerie; iuJ;5. O T ‘ U i Sk ' b J a . ck velvet with real lace and yellow rose-; MiSb Elsie Lusk, white satin ; Miss Eva Davy, while silk and sea Holmes, pink satin and Mack lace; MDs Sit *• cl “ret coloured velvet; Miss Thomas, white with yellow rolnulS’ 6 ' i M e rs S?'J? eß ' !’-f c . k 811 k botli ce trimmed with cherryd beautiful passementerie; Miss Eva Isaacs Mil ?dk wV *1 d “rker vel vet trimmings on bodice and sleeves Miss Wilkins, black with pink silk on bodice: Miss M. Wilkins grey silk skirt, with cream silk blouse trimmed with chiffon :Miss Broffie. cream crepon; Miss Thompson, pink brocaded silk; MrBeale white satin covered with black lace and pink roses. H \O the heavy showers which fell continuously on Saturhe ‘i® Proposed openings of out-door functionshad to b ® P l °. Bt , p J“ ned Tennis, bowls, all of which I had hoped to have de whil£ to you - were rendered impossible by the soaking lawns; Zssni u n l aC< ”i a ? C ,V a »bition. viz., the opening of the boating season, was delaj ed by the presercs of too much water. Potter's cHovf.o. we - e a ' R o ® n the programme for the day, anil cricket at the Domain. Better luck next Saturday ! A PLAIN ANU FANCV PRESS DANCE was held in the Public Hall. Otahuhu. on Friday. 18th inst.. as a wind-up to Miss Gibbons-Reid's dancing class. The hall was ss?^X ded Wltb pupils and friends, who all seemed to enjoy them hflX M me l n > Be l7'-, A , nl ? ng ? t thenl 1 noticed Mrs Gibbons, in bt™v P- - ' a l e looked very nice as Snow; Mrs Bickford. KY en > ing^res A Wlth B reen ribbons; Mrs Shepherd, helioftwm Rniu!nt k F^ r 'A lh u- n la v k : Mesdames Dick. Fallwell (two), Bullock, West. Todd. Hall. Robinson Gray: Mrs Bewes oX X „ Ceed 'n B Jy w . ell gold satin : Mrs Wilson : Mrs Chanp? a ®.'j Cre “J l ?? ap< ? black; Miss Gould, cream evening dress ; Miss E. i Jh" hlt, . e tr ’!?l?? ed ?v> th Pink ; Miss E. Howard, black net over red satin ; her little sister Flossie in cream and blue : Miss K. J ck Bat ?- n with old gold; Miss Mcllraith. a 1 ®!! over satin : Miss .Shepherd, black with white sleeves; o <’• arnett . hairy Queen : Miss V. Gray looked very nice as linn,? C M° SS S. u !^ e j J‘ er ”A ster Eva also looked well as Red Riding t T ?. dd , niade a charming representation of Forget np.v o l>’-i MISS . !• Dick, ‘He loves me. he loves me not ;’ Master W. wSnio- rl h® e Ar,hur ; Miss G. Plumley. ' Arrah-no-pogue ;' Miss i M k ?< r ' brown velvet evening dress relieved with cream ; Miss Grandpapa sparling ; Miss A. Robertson. Schoolgirl; ntil L ,bb ?“ s l ‘ e,d . Cachucha girl; Miss L. Gibbons looked very nice as a Gitana ; Miss N. McEwen, pink : Miss C. Carson, blue : p. vi Cars .on. cream; Miss Ivy Noakes. Fishwife: Miss Bullock iooked pretty in white relieved with pink: Miss W. F WoS “obneba. her sister Freda. Shepherdess ; Miss Fox. Master h»ii^^L Ca ®, hu< ( ba ; Miss Wingate, cream; MissC. Wingate. n^hm rOpe and ‘ Miss L Chapman, pink and green ; Miss Dahm, cream ; Miss Gilmore, Swiss ; Mis M. Shroff, cream and t>voi‘- na : her Daisy, in slate silk and cardinal ; Miss G. Mu = lp r_ ® anary sllk ; Miss A. Gray, heliotrope and black: r?> sa Gray. cream silk blouse ; Miss P. Gray, pale green c\emng dress: Miss E. Robinson, blue, and her sister in pink : niL-i,*'- Wynyard white: Miss I. White, cream: Miss F. e ‘ ■ vvhite and blue evening dress: Miss Dolly Farquhar. ivy; Little Essie Crofts, whose dancing was much admired, was in cream silk and blue; Miss L. Tavlor. Cachucha vILL. C.t 8 Bessie Bewes looked very pretty as a Fairy ; little v<^F y Chapman, a Lady of 19th Century, while her brothers. i..-o? ne iw nd i> d u Ck > w !X r e Trooper C.T.C. and a Sailor boy. respec tnefi : Mr Bullock Cricketer: Mr B. Bullock. Officer: Mr Todd, lenms; Mr leamley. Yachtsman; and Messrs D. Claud. W. Shepherd. Ford, M.. Shroff, Legge. Fitzmaurice, Rooney (whose splendid dance music was much apnreciated), McEwen. Sturges. George (two), I'airburn. Allen. A. Yonge. C. Yonge. N. Noakes. Man l .i ari < ' lh n r ’ H ’ vP aII ’A!?’ Bhillipson. Williams, Whyte (two). Maude C. Brown, Box. Absolm. F. Wilson. Bickford, A. Goodwill. ndrew ‘ B- '“be- M. Wynyard. Rev. Mr Gould. The wa .l danced by some of the pupils during the evening. u y epeprad- Supper was laid in the large committeeroom at the back of the stage, and was done full justice to. The very enjoyable evening was brought to a close at about 1 a.m. occasional correspondent sends the following :-St. George - a®»» to t; Presented a very brilliant scene on the occasion of Mr and Mrs F. C. Bassett s SEVENTH ANNUAL BALL. I he hall was tastefully decorateq with ferns, flowers, fans, and lanterns. In the centre was a large floral horse-shoe arch, which gave an artistic finish to the general appearance ot the hall. I here were about sixty couples present, and the spectacle that the grand march presented was a very brilliant one, owing to the large number of very beautiful fancy dresses worn by the ladies and gentlemen taking part. The programme consisted of about .F® 8 ‘ S’VLy'?.*! not concluded until about 3.30 a.m. Messrs Bassett and O Sullivan acted as M.c.’s in a very efficient man m r ' <«r nd ,, Mr Hankins band provided excellent music, while Mr vy. r. Havill (honorary secretary) deserves much credit ~?iF l" e completeness and success ot all his arrangements. I hose who appeared in fancy dress were :-Mrs F. C. Basset. Violet, Miss Marsden, Night: Miss Perkins, Mary Queen of hcotH; Miss 1. Dews. Nancy Lee; Miss Houlahan. Lily of the j a l* e .' ana Joy: Miss O’Sullivan. Buttercup: Miss Brewin. Spanish 1 >ancing Girl: Miss Girish. Butterfly : Miss Ethel Girish. Queenie; Miss Clark. Yachting Costume; Miss Bassett, Ireland: v!’ 8s ai- y 5, asse tt. Queen of Roses: Miss Ruby Ryan, Cachuca : Miss Alice Gray. Mischief : Miss Minnie Gray. Bohemian Gill : 'i'u SS Stokes. Court Lady ; Miss Cornish. Yachting Costume ; Miss Thompson, french Waiting-maid ; Miss Rita Ballon. American School-girl ; Miss Poulter, Diana Vernon: Miss Redgate, Court Lady: Miss Ida. Bed gate. Romp: Miss Emily Bedgate. Inno S<P ce « : “J 88 K®Hy. Flower Girl: Miss Craig. My Sweetheart; Miss Leaning. Snow ; Miss Watson, Rosebud ; Miss Scott. I‘ansj. H ve 2 ,n,r dress Misses Hares, M. Cummins, Coyers, Cornish. Mesdames Oldham. Sansburv. White. Misses Havill. Kearney. Haney. Keenan, Constant, Mahoney, Mrs A. G. Crossley. Misses

A. Wood. A. Scott, Daws. Oldham. Smith. Mrs Reynolds. Miss Hogan. Messrs J. Sanders, Geo. Watts, L. Clarke, D. Mclnnes. C. Stokes. H. Townley, W. F. Gillies. J. Lovett. Sansbury. Quigley, Wood. E. Rearden, F. Gilbertson. J. Healey, J. J. Stanaway. W. Lysaght, Moore, Scott, Keenan. Gray, Noonan. Amongst the gentlemen in fancy dress wereMr N. Murray, Cricketer; Mr D. O'Sullivan, Captain Corcoran; Mr J. Becroft. Sir J. Porter; Mr Thompson, Marquis: Mr G. Murray, French Courtier; Mr W. F. Jamieson, Yachting; Mr W. F. Havill, Cricketer; Mr W. Mason, Frenchgirl Undergraduate; Mr J. stead. New Zealand Artillery Man; Mr E. Balien, Turk: Mr J. Hurfit. Austrian Officer: Mr A. Sanders, Cricketer; Mr W. Tate, King Gatna: Master E. Aylett. Lord Fauntleroy; Master J. Buchanan, Page: Mr G. Beuth, Tennis; Mr Mr Murray. Yachting: Mr C. Annett, Yachting: Mr J. Bassett, Petty Officer: MrH. J. Langley. Devennort Torpedo Corps: Mr F. C. Bassett. East Coast Hussah ; Mr J. Cornish, Sailor; Mr H. Tate. Lord Rosebery; Mr Lipscombe. Gamekeeper: Mr Brown. Steward; Mr Craig, Cricketer; Mr CroWe. Cricketer: Mr Thompson, St. Georges Rowing Club; Mr B. Williamson, Yachting ; Mr G. E. Becroft, French Pedler. HITHER AND THITHER Miss A. Dixon has gone with Miss Phillips to Sydney, meaning to do the round trip. Miss Hesketh’s wedding comes off on Wednesday. I hear there are no invitations issued. I hear that Mr John H. (Jack! Dixon, late of the Union Bank, has joined the ever increasing army of stock and sharebrokers. He has rather nice rooms in the Herald new buildings, which were formerly occupied by Drs. Lewis and Sharman. Ambulance classes are being formed at Mount Albert, nearly twenty ladies having entered their names for the ‘ First Aid ’ lectures. A Recital of sacred music to raise funds for the removal of furniture from the old to the new St. Paul’s Church is to be held on Friday evening next, and will doubtless be well attended. The Anglican Synod opens next weelL Mr Clement Dixon arrived this week from the Cape on business connected with the Thames mines. His many friends will welcome him.

Phyllis Broune.