AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XIV, 2 April 1898, Page 419

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, March 27. Though we cannot claim to as interesting a tale of gaieties as your Dunedin correspondent, yet we have had our small share this week. To begin with, we are having very delightful weather, and this makes the wind-up of our out-door functions particularly pleasant. On Thursday last the ladies of the West End Lawn Tennis Club held a LARGE AT-HOME on the Club’s lawns. A great number of lady players and friends were invited from the various other lawns, and during the afternoon matches were played, the winners in the final round being Miss A. Nicholson, lady champion of Auckland, from Mount Eden lawn, and Miss Duder, from the Shore. During the afternoon’s play Miss Frost had the misfortune to sprain her ankle, having almost reached the final round. The weather was all that could be desired, and on the whole an extremely pleasant afternoon was spent. Amongst those present were Mrs Chapman, wearing a pretty pale blue and white striped dress; Mrs (Dr.) Baldwin, dark skirt and light blouse, sailor hat; Miss B. Atkinson, white pique costume, with pretty tartan belt and tie, white sailor hat; her sister looked well in a pale blue striped dress with large white picture hat; Miss Gorrie, blue and white striped dress; Miss Harvey, navy skirt, light blouse, sailor hat; Miss M. Harvey, dainty white spotted muslin, white hat with heliotrope flowers; Mrs J. Gray (Wellington), stylish light green tailor-made gown, with small white sailor hat; Miss M. Whitelaw, white pique skirt, electric blue and white striped blouse; Miss E. Whitelaw,white skirt,red and white striped blouse, sailor hat; Miss Rosa Bull, pale blue dress, sailor hat; Miss Duder, black skirt, light blouse; Miss Peacock, navy blue and white striped dress; Miss M. Peacock, white skirt, red and white striped blouse; Miss Nicholson, white pique; Miss — Nicholson, white; Miss Hull, pale blue; Miss Davy, white pique costume; her sister wore a pretty pink dress with black satin belt, sailor hat; Miss Stevenson, white muslin, pretty black straw hat; Mrs S. Hanna, black dress trimmed with heliotrope; Miss Owen, stylish fawn-coloured dress; Miss Ada Owen, white pique jacket and skirt,

stylish white hat trimmed with pale pink and pale blue ribbon; Mrs Smith, white costume, large picture hat; Miss L. Lewis, light blouse, dark skirt, sailor hat; Mrs Fred Taylor, very pretty white silk dress trimmed with lace, pale green straw hat profusely trimmed with greenehiffon and pink roses; Miss Ring, navy skirt, pink and white striped blouse; Miss Posseniskie, cream serge costume, stylish cream Leghorn hat- with apple green and scarlet ribbon trimmings; Miss M. George, black crepon. sailor hat; Mrs W. Morpeth, fawn tailor-made gown, eream and gold hat; Mrs Parkinson, dark grey jacket and skirt, black silk front, and black bonnet to match; Miss Preece, white spotted muslin; Miss Emmie Preece, pretty white and blue dress, large hat with cornflowers; Miss Frost, navy skirt, light blouse, sailor hat; Miss Spiers, pale pink striped dress, green straw hat with flowers; Mrs Gentles, white and blue striped dress, sailor hat; Miss Ledingham, pale green and white costume; her sister, navy skirt, pale blue blouse, sailor hat. GARDEN PARTY was given on Thursday afternoon last by Mrs Ludlow Rich at her pretty residence, Rose Hall, Parnell. Though the house is on the main road it is perfectly shut in from the gaze of the public by a belt of fir trees, clipped into shape. 2V band of six musicians were stationed beneath a magnolia tree and sweetly discoursed wellknown airs. From the verandah and garden walks a perfect view of the Auckland Harbour was seen, which caused quite a murmur of approbation as each of the guests on arrival caught a glimpse of this lovely scene. Mrs Ludlow Rich graciously received her many guests on the wide-spread-ing verandah, where we found comfortable chairs placed, which were soon taken possession of. Our hostess was ably assisted to entertain her many- guests by her mother and two sisters, and by their united efforts a most enjoyable afternoon was spent by the visitors. We admired very much the row of stately fern trees near the verandah; two of them were picturesquely leaning over the steps. A fish-pond attracted much attention, where swam lively gold-fish amongst the waterlilies. The afternoon refreshments, served in the dining-room, were of an excellent quality, trifles, jellies, fruits, and cakes of every description. The table decoration was very extensive; from the gas chandelier was attached yellow crinkley paper ribbons, which extended to the four corners of the table; the top of this was tastefully finished with pale blue horse shoes. The centre of the table was a tall vase of yellow daisies, with two smaller ones with the same flowers. The guests wandered through the orchard or paced the garden walks admiring the flowers, while some sat down to listen to the music. For those who found it cold outside the reception-room was thrown open. The day' was a perfect autumn one, and the sun glistened on the sea, making it look like glass. Amongst those present were Mrs Ludlow Rich, cream lustre, with grey flower, made with skirt and bolero, green vest, floral hat; her mother, Mrs Rich, black silk, and bonnet of old gold flowers; Miss Winnie Rich looked as pretty as ever in a dark skirt, shimmering bluey-grey alpaca blouse; her sister wore a dark skirt, canary’ blouse; Mrs Leslie Hunt, dark skirt, mignonette green silk blouse: Mrs A. V. McDonald, biscuit-coloured costume; Mrs Arnold, dark skirt, lettuce green blouse; Mrs Chatfield, handsome black costume; Miss Chatfield, Mrs Afahoney; Mrs Walker, blaek silk; Mrs A. P. Friend, blue muslin; her little girl wore white; Mrs Thomson, black; Miss Thomson, pink; Mrs Harrison, grey, relieved with fawn and green; Mrs Holmes, green plaid costume; Mrs (Dr.) Scott, fawn tailormade gown; Mrs Colegrove; Mrs Whitney, dark skirt, Nil green blouse; Mrs Kilgour, black; Mrs Ernest Beale, dark skirt, petunia blouse; Mrs Pollan; Mrs Ruck, grey striped silk; Mrs Leathern; Miss Basle.y, white; Mrs (Capt.) Thomas, blaek fancy cloth, with gold stripe, and trimmed with bouton d’or; Miss Thomas, white cambric, with gold sash: Mrs and Misses Kerr-Taylor; Miss White, grey; Miss Kissliug, dark skirt, plaid silk blouse; her sister, who has just returned from the South, looked very’ well, but T forgot what she wore; Miss Shepperd, black costume, relieved with bouton d’or; Mrs Fraser, dark

skirt, green blouse; Mrs Atkinson, black silk; Miss Atkinson, flowered silk; Mrs Younghusband; Miss Towsey, white pique, hat en suite; Mrs White, blaek; Miss White, black costume, relieved with white; Mrs Munroe, dark skirt, silk blouse; Miss Stubbins, black; Miss Horne, dark satin skirt, white silk blouse, edged with purple; Miss C. Horne, dark skirt, Oriental silk blouse; Mrs Alloway, butcher blue costume, relieved with gold vest; Mrs Thorne George, blaek silk, relieved with yellow; Miss Thorne George, white pique, pink straw hat; Airs Dignan, handsome combination of grey and pink silk; Alisses Baber (two), batiste muslins; Aliss Worsp, moss green figured muslin, green straw hat, with black ostrich feathers; Aliss Alexander, beige grey; Airs Ansenne, brown tailor-made gown; Airs Hugh Campbell: Airs Cheeseman, black; Aliss Cheeseman, Aliss Mabel Churton; Aliss Herrold, grey; her sister, green; Airs Heywood, black; Miss Alillie Heywood, cream; Airs Ashley Hunter; Airs Hunt, white silk, finished with green; Airs Upfil, white silk, finished with pink; Airs Bamford, blaek costume, let in the neck with green; Airs Pritt, black; Airs Williams, black silk, fur boa, blaek bonnet; Miss Whitson, blue and white striped cambric; her sister wore a red striped batiste; Airs Thorpe, blaek; Aliss Flora Thorpe, was looking very pretty in her picturesque costume of white China silk and black velvet hat; Airs Bold, black fancy cloth, with lilac stripe, bonnet with flowers; Alisses Bold (two), pretty pink cambrics, finished with eeru lace; Airs Reid-Bloomfield, black; Aliss Raey, black; Airs J. Reed (Remuera), absinthe green silk; Airs W. H. Churton, canary muslin; Airs Reed (Kohimaramara), fawn striped silk; Aliss Reed, blue muslin, edged with white lace; Alisses Kensington (two), dark skirts, light blouses; Aliss Von Stunner, white muslin; Airs Gordon, grey; Airs Sealy, Airs O’Brian, Aliss O’Rielly; Airs Kinder, black; Airs Theo Kissliug, dark costume, gobelin blue vest; and many' others whom I am sorry to say 1 cannot recall at this present moment, while others were strangers to me. LAWN TENNIS. The final match for the Tate racket, presented by Air J. R. Gray for competition by the ladies of the Eden and Epsom Club, was played last week. Airs Baldwin proved the winner, Aliss Nicholson, her opponent, losing the two first sets. GOLF. Last Saturday afternoon the opening of the AUCKLAND GOLF CLUB’S SEASON took place at Green Lune, when a ladies’ and gentlemen’s handicap foursome was played. The match was medal play over 9 holes, viz., holes 1,2, 3,4, Remuera, Forest, Bull’s Run, Long Wall, Home hole over the pond. Partners were drawn for, and the list with handicaps was posted at the Club House. Mr Walker kindly presented a putter to the winning lady, and Mr Gillies gave a patent scorer to the second lady. The following is the list of entries:—Alisses Torrance, Barstow (2), Ware, Shuttleworth, Wilkins, Burns, Rees, Bleazard, Alesdames It. A. Carr, W. Bloomfield, Blair, Reid, Gray, and Wilson, Messrs Arnold, Cochrane, Kidd, Carr, Walker, Gillies, Burness, Wilson, Sykes, Reed, Caldwell D. Baldwin, Winslow',Hunt. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies at the Club House. There was a large attendance of visitors. The day, though fine overhead, was rather cold and wintrified, and especially was the wind felt by the players over the bleak hills. I think the visitors had the best, of it sitting in the comfortable chairs on that cosy and wide verandah, sipping the refreshing cups of tea. Amongst those present I noticed Mrs Browning, black; Mrs James Russell, black costume; Alisses Russell were similarly attired in stylish combinations of cream and blue cashmeres, hats en suite; Airs Ware, navy; Aliss Ware, dark skirt, light blouse; .Miss Torrance. navy; Miss Barstow, dark skirt, red blouse; Miss Amy Barstow, striped heliotrope zephyr; Aliss Shuttlewor’tb. dark skirt, light blouse; Mrs Dignan. fawn tailor-made gown; Aliss Wilkins, dark skirt, light blouse, very large garden hat trimmed with flowers; Miss Rees, dark skirt, pink blouse; Aliss Bleazard, dark skirt, white blouse; Mrs R. A. Carr, grey skirt, white blouse; Airs W. Bloomfield, fawn skirt, light blouse; Mrs Blair, dark skirt, light blouse; -Mrs Reid, Airs

Archie Clark and Mrs Matthew Clark were similarly gowned in black mourning' costumes; Mrs Stanley-Wil-son, dark skirt, heliotrope blouse; Mrs Hunt, black silk skirt, green and black plaid blouse; Miss Stevenson (Ponsonby), dark skirt, light blouse; Miss Geraldine Ching, pink flowered alpaca, white hat; Miss Gray, dark skirt, heliotro|>e blouse; Miss Fenton, dark skirt, light blouse; Mrs Leathern, navy serge; Mrs Hope Lewis, fawn skirt, light blouse; Miss Thompson, Miss Churton, navy tailor-made gown; Miss Thorne George, dark grey; Mrs Duthiev fawn tailor-made costume; Miss Flora McDonald, dark skirt', pink blouse; Mrs (Lieut.) Hume, grey tailor-made gown, white chiffon vest; Miss Colbeck, black and white striped gown, half mourning costume; Mrs Heed, dark skirt, pink blouse; Miss Murray, white muslin, with narrow black stripe, black hat; Miss Owen, fawn; and her sister, navy, etc. Dr. Hope Lewis, Dr. Maurice Purchas, Messrs Leathern, Hunt, Gillies, Arnold, R. A. Carr, Walker, Stanley-Wilson, Sykes, etc. The sheltered Grafton Green was on Saturday afternoon the scene of a large assemblage of people to witness the great event of the season in bowling circles, viz., the match SCOTLAND V. THE WORLD. The largest number yet engaged in a local match, 104 men, played, there being thirteen rinks aside. The Scottish teain was marked by Stuart tartan rosettes, due to Mr Thos. Finlayson, to whose efforts was also due the appropriate appearance of the Highland piper of the Remuera Bowling Club, Mr Mitchell. The World was distinguished by a brilliant combination of red, white and blue, flavoured wth green. There were many smartly costumed ladies present, the stylish plaid being in evidence in some of the dresses. Afternoon tea was delicious, the cool wind rendering it specially acceptable. Mesdames W. A. Thomson, J. J. Holland, J. Reid, W. Gorrie, T. McK. Geddes, and D. Ross provided this refreshment. STREET DRESSES. Miss Moss Davis, white China silk blouse, black skirt, cerise hat with black plumes; Miss —. Moss Davis, silk blouse, dark skirt, floral hat; Miss Eva Leighton, electric blue beige, trimmed sequin passementerie, white gem hat; Mrs Alfred Shalders, black figured grenadine, bonnet trimmed with autumn leaves; Mrs Joseph Ansenne (Takapuna), stylish green coat and skirt, floral toque; Mrs John Hanna, black gown relieved with gold silk V., black velvet hat with pink roses, Mrs Windsor, soft white China silk trimmed with frills of lace, white hat with feathers; Mrs (Rev.) Milne, grey check tweed skirt, white silk blouse trimmed with straps of gold, white straw Alpine hat; Mrs Devereux, green and black plaid costume, black hat with roses. My Paeroa correspondent writes: — Tn spite of the rain everyone rolled up to our first day’s races on the anniversary of St. Patrick. The RACING was very good, in spite of the course being a bit heavy. There were some close finishes. That clever little horse Porangi Potae as usual winning several races. The jockeys looked like so many blacks at the finish of the different races. I am sure their own mothers would not have known them, they being simply smothered in mud. The grandstand did not present a particularly gay appearance as most of the ladies had donned Mackintoshes. However, on the second day the weather was all that could be desired, and they blossomed out in all the colours of the rainbow, and the little lawn in front of the stand had quite a festive look. Mrs Norman Haszard looked well in a grey silk lustre, with black velvet empire belt and collar, black velvet hat trimmed with ostrich feathers; Mrs Purchas (Waitekauri), black dress, dainty little bonnet; Miss Williams (Waihou), navy serge, white sailor hat; Mrs Hay-Chapman, grey tweed, white sailor hat; Miss Anderson (Te Awamutu), maroon Melton cloth, black hat; Miss Grace Anderson, stylish blue, white sailor hat; Miss Mowatt (Wellington). fawn tailor-made costume, black tulle hat, shot silk ribbon bow on the left side; Mrs De Castro, stylish black costume, very becoming toque; Mrs Sullivan, black serge, bolero jacket with black watered silk revers, black felt hat with ' white wings; Mrs Edwards, black silk,

white hat; Mrs Gooch, light blouse, black skirt; Miss Cramer-Roberts wore half-mourning; Mrs Clare, white striped muslin, black hat with a profusion of pink roses; Miss Wight, heliotrope lustre, shot silk bolero, white Leghorn hat; Miss Mary Wight, pale green muslin, black silk collar and sash, white sailor hat with black band; Mrs Palmer, white muslin, spotted with blue, small white hat; Mrs John Edwards, the Misses Forster, pretty blouses, navy blue skirts, sailor hats; Mrs Brunskill, navy blue, sailor hat; Mrs Moresby, navy serge jacket and skirt, crushed strawberry silk vest, veiled with lace insertion; Miss Banks (Cambridge), grey costume; Miss Bagnall (Turua), fawn covert coating costume, sailor hat to match; and many others.

PHYLLIS BROUN.