WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXIV, 13 June 1896, Page 701

WELLINGTON.

Dear Bee, June 5. I have noticed some very becoming walking costumes lately. A few are Mrs Newman, in a very neat grey tweed tailormade gown, small square crowned felt hat with high wings: Mrs Baldwin, brown tweed gown trimmed with velvet to match, brown straw bat with feathers: Lady Dorothy Boyle, neat blue serge jacket and skirt, sailor hat: Miss Grace, violet cloth gown braided with black, large black velvet hat with high feathers and ribbon loops : Mrs Collins, slate grey jacket and skirt, black toque with magenta flowers and black and white ribbon: Miss E. Williams, blue tailor-made costume, felt hat with wing: the Misses Chapman (Australia*, black crepon skirts, striped silk blouses, fur collarettes, black felt hats with fawn wings. Mrs Wallis gave an ‘ AT HOME ’ AT BISHOPSCOURT last Thursday afternoon. The guests had the pleasure of listening to a very interesting address by the Rev. A. O. Williams about the Maori Mission, its advancement, its drawbacks, and its many wants. Bishop Wallis also spoke. Afternoon tea was laid out in the dining-room, the table being prettily decorated with chrysanthemums. Mrs Wallis received in a becoming black silk gown trimmed with lace. Among those present were Mrs and Miss Stowe Mrs and Miss Percy Smith. Mrs Warren. Mrs Douglas. Miss Douglas. Mrs Rhind. Mrs W. R. E. Brown. Mrs and Miss Medley. Mrs Gee. Mrs Baker. Mrs Powles. Miss Powles. Mrs Ashcroft. Miss Ashcroft. Mrs C. Tanner. Miss Greenwood. Mrs and Miss Tolhurst. Mrs and Mi«s Blackett. Mrs and Mi«s Fancourt. Mrs E. B. Brown. Mrs and Miss Quick, Mrs and MissTuckey, Miss Williams, Mrs Mason and others. Ophelia. Dear Bee, June 5 Lady Douglas entertained a great many of her lady friends at her TEA ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON,

when music and the race game ‘Ascot’ kept everybody happy. Lady Douglas was assisted in her duties as hostess by her daughters—Miss Blanche Douglas and the Misses Edwin. Lady Douglas wore a handsome black silk gown; Miss B. Douglas wore pretty fawn dress with a deep pointed colour of ecru guipure lace and black feathered hat; Mrs Douglas, navy blue dress, black bonnet; Mrs Buddle, dark cloth gown, large revers of shaded velvet; Mrs Butts, in a closely fitting black gown : Mrs Courtney. in a stylish dress of black silk with folds of mauve chiffon about the neck, black bonnet with violets: the Misses Haise. Mrs Harding. Mrs McTavish. black figured silk, black and cream bonnet: Mrs Molineaux, black silk richly trimmed with jet and lace : Mrs and the Misses Quick ; Mrs W. S. Reid, black dress brocaded in deep maroon : the Misses Rose, Mrs Samuels, Miss Seddon. navy blue coat and skirt, vest of dark figured brown cloth, black hat with feathers: Miss L Seddon, black cloth dress with silk trimmings and large clouded trey buttons, bows of striped ribbons in her hat; Miss Tuckey: Mrs Waldegrave; Mrs J. Wilson, etc., etc. Mrs Gibson’s EUCHRE PARTY on Friday evening passed off with great spirit, the first prizes falling to Mrs C. Knight and Mr Clementson. Mrs Gibson wore a very handsome black silk dress: Miss Gibson, dark skirt, green velvet bodice with frill of pale green chiffon. Miss B. Gibson, pink flowered delaine bodice trimmed with cream lace, black crepon skirt: Miss Bertha Gibson, cream muslin dress, figured silk sash ; Miss A. Campbell wore a pretty dress of cream nun's veiling: Miss Guison. a pale green gown ; Miss Griffiths, dark skirt, pale pink blouse ; her sister wore a soft pale yellow dress : Mrs Knight wore a cream muslin dress; Miss M. McGregor, pretty green velvet dress, the sleeves being of a paler shade, and pink earns tions on the bodice: Mrs Reid, black skirt, pink blouse of brocaded silk ; Miss Seed, black velvet, frill of deep creamy chiffon : her sister wore a cream dress with bands of black velvet : Miss Simpson. dark velvet skirt, cream b’ou-e of rich corded silk with sleeves of striped silk: Miss Stafford, black silk, and cream silk blouse ; Miss Tripe, black skirt, cream blouse of flowered French crepe : Miss Tuckey. pink crepon dress trimmed with tinted lace ; Miss Wilson, pink nuns veiling braided in silver: Mis- Young, white silk : Messrs Cox. Kember. Gill. Knight, Reid, Seed, Tripe, A. and J. Young. Dr. Young, and others. Miss Tuckey’s usual assembly last evening was very well’attended. Among the guests I noticed the Misses Griffiths. Holt. Davy, Koch, Laishley, Lee. Johnston (two). Mowbray. Reeves. Reid. Rollands. Richardson. Seed. Stafford. Simpson. Von Sturmer. Mrs Stansfield, and Messrs Bligh. Derry. Hulme. Matthews. Moir. Morshead. McCrae. Reid. Seed. Schultz, Stewart, Tripe, Willis, etc., etc.

THE BALL at the Lower Hutt last Friday evening was an unmistakeable success, and reflects every credit on those responsible for the arrangements. The hall was most artistically decorated with flags, pampas grass, nikau palms, and other green foliage, the stage being fitted most comfortably as a drawing-room. The supper was all that the most fastidious could desire, and was laid in most tempting and appetising profusion on flower-decked tables. A great number of the guests came from the city, the gentlemen driving out by brake and returning in the early hours that precede the dawn, while the ladies stayed with Hutt friends. Among those present were Mrs Gilbert, in lovely soft grey silk unmixea with any foreign colour, complete in its own dim harmony : Mrs Rowden wore a rich violet-coloured silk : Mrs Lee. black relieved with touches of pink : Mrs Alex. Mouat (Blenheim* wore a white dress of lovely brocaded silk, with bodice composed chiefly of soft crinkled chiffon ; Mrs Purdy black >ilk with lace on bodice ; Mrs Pearson, rich pearl white silk trimmed with deep lace: Mrs Riddiford. black silk, plastrons on the skirt and shoulder epaulettes being of white silk veiled in black net thickly wrought in glimmering sequins; Mrs Scales, black crinkled silk, soft and shimmering: Mrs Stansfield, red silk softened with lace: Mrs Treadwell wa« also robed in black silk : Mr- Turner, in a pretty yellow silk ; Miss Barron, pink silk gleaming dimly through black Ince; Miss E. Barron, pale blue silk with cream lace about the bodice: Miss Burnett, pale blue silk brightened with a narrow edging of glittering jewel trimming: Miss Mabel

Buraett, black gauze dress with slashes of blue velvet; Miss Muriel Burnett, a charming dress of pure white, a silk underskirt completely veiled in net worked with sequins and glistening beads: Chapman. cream brocaded silk : her sister wore pale blue with trails of single roses across the bodice ; Miss Clinton, black : Miss Friend. aUo in black; Mi>s Grace, black, with shoulder re vers of white silk ; Miss Gore, pale blue velvet . Misa A. Gore, butter-coloured velvet: Miss Jackson (Auckland . a very becoming white dress: Mias Johnston looked very well in rich yellow silk with jewel edging: Miss V. Johnston, plain white dress with satin waist ba cd and quaint fancy passementerie : Miss Lee. white, with blue sash and bows; Miss Macleod. cream silk, with narrow panels of viole’ ribbon down to the edge of the skirt and finishing in a bow. and a spray of violets on the bodice ; Miss Mowbray, cream silk; Miss M. Mowbrary. pretty blue veil ing dress : Miss Wilford. pink veiling bodice of crinkled chiffon of the shade; Miss K. Wilford. white silk; Me**srs An?on. Arrow smith. Barra ud. Cooper. Duncan (two). Gore (two). Gilbert. Higginson. Kemp. Pearce. Minnitt. Richmond, Rolleston. Scales. Treadwell. Tripe, (’mfreville. Williams. Dr Purdy. Sir K. Douglas, and Mr Moir and Lieutenant Willis from the ' Ring dove,’ and many others. There were THREE AFTERNOON TEAS

on Friday, viz.. Mrs Adams. Mrs Tweed, and Lady Itouglas. Mrs Adams' tea was given in honour of Mrs Gerald Tolhurst, who is still in town. The guests included Mrs and Miss Barron. Mrs Blair. Miss Coleridge. Mrs and Miss Izard. Mrs Ferguson. Mrs Mackenzie, Miss MacLaren. Miss Turnbull. Mrs and Miss Tolhurst, Mrs G. Tolhurst, Misses Williams, etc,, etc. Mkye.