NAPIER.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XIV, 2 April 1898, Page 420

NAPIER.

Dear Bee, March 24. We have had quite a GAY WEEK in Napier. There were concerts at the Theatre Royal on both Tuesday and Wednesday, and on the same evenings Pollard’s Opera Company performed ‘Djin-Djin’ at the Gaiety Theatre. Then, too, there have been the Napier Park races, so that altogether the town has been quite en fete. ■ . The days of the races were bright and fine, and on the Grand Stand some pretty dresses were to be seen. Mrs Thomson wore a black coat and skirt, with a white blouse, and a Panama straw hat trimmed with purple violets and black ribbon; Mrs Vigor Brown was in grey, and wore a black bonnet trimmed with white roses; Miss Donnelly was in a wellfitting coat and skirt, and a white sailor hat; Mrs Coleman was in black; Mrs Nairn was also in black, and wore a handsome mantle and a black bonnet relieved with purple; Miss Shaw’s dress was white pique; the Misses Watt wore navy blue coats and skirts, blouses, and sailor hats; Mrs Wenley was in a stylish green cos-.-tume, trimmed with scarlet cloth and black braid, and wore a black toque in which was a touch of red; Miss Ormond was in white, with a white straw hat; Miss Donnelly’s dress on the second day was of a pretty shade of red trimmed with black; Miss Hindmarsh was in dark green, and Miss Nelson in navy blue. Owing to other attractions there was not a very large audience at Miss Hatherly’s concert on Tuesday night, but those who were present spent an enjoyable evening. Miss Celia Dampier, the youthful violinist, was listened to with marked pleasure, and Miss Hatherly, who played some particularly pretty selections on the harp, and Miss Large, who contributed several vocal solos, delighted the audience. Miss Hatherly wore a cream dress; Miss Large was also in cream; and Miss Dampier in white; Miss Henn, who played a pianoforte solo and some of the accompaniments, wore white with petuniacoloured sleeves; Mrs Nairn, who also acted as accompanist during part of the evening, was in a handsome black silk gown, trimmed with cream lace; Miss Nelson wore cream; Miss Spencer was in black; Miss M. Balfour, pink silk and white chiffon; Mrs Canning, black silk; Mrs Lusk, pretty heliotrope blouse with ruchings of pale green chiffon, and a dark skirt; Mrs Coleman wore a gown of black silk; Mrs Tanner was also in black; Miss Sidey wore a pretty white dress;Mrs Cornford, blaek and yellow; and Miss Cornford, pale green. On Wednesday evening a BANJO CONCERT was held at the Theatre Royal, and a large audience assembled to hear the performance. Those who took part in it were:—Mrs Mason Chambers, Mrs Kettle, Mrs East, Miss Edwards, Miss E. Edwards, Miss Henn and Messrs Scott, Barron, Parker, Brabazon, Wood, Warren, Hoadley, Bullock andM’Farlane. Miss Clara Mongredien gave several vocal solos which were much appreciated, and Mr Swan gave two amusing recitations. There, were some stylish dresses worn on this occasion. Mrs Fenwick looked welt in white satin; Mrs Tanner was in black silk; Mrs Hoadley wore a pretty old-gold brocade blouse and a dark skirt; Mrs Goldsmith was in blaclj relieved with white; Mrs Lines in a pretty blue satin blouse and dark skirt; Mrs McLean in black and sil-

ver; Mrs Kettle in white; Mrs Wenley wore black silk trimmed with biscuit coloured laee and green ribbon; Mrs Twigg black satin; and Miss Twigg white silk, trimmed with bright blue; Mrs Canning was in black and white; Miss Wood in pink; Mrs Bullock in black velvet; and Miss Donnelly in red and black; Mrs East wore a pretty cashmere dress; Miss Hatherly was in cream relieved with maize colour; Miss Hulings wore a pretty pink blouse with frills of chiffon, and a dark skirt; Mrs Mason Chambers, a cream dress with touches of canary colour; Mrs Carr, a black dress relieved with red; Mrs Von Dadelzen was in a becoming black dress; Mrs Ronald also looked well in black; Mrs C. Canning wore a blue silk blouse and dark skirt; Mrs George Moore was in black silk trimmed with white lace; and Miss Edwards was in cream.

MARJORIE.