NAPIER.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue IX, 27 August 1898, Page 280

NAPIER.

Dear Bee, August 19. A EUCHRE PARTY was given by Mrs Lines and Mrs J. McLean at the residence of the former, on Wednesday evening. There were about 70 people present, and some, pretty dresses were worn. Mrs Lines was in black and pink; and Mrs McLean also wore a black gown trimmed with light-coloured silk; Miss Gillum wore a dress of cream muslin and a pink satin sash; Miss Matthews was in black; Miss Cornford was in a pretty cream dress; Mrs Fenwick wore a. handsome gown of pale heliotrope silk; Mrs Smith looked well in black silk with handsome steel buckles and bows of a bright buttercup colour; Miss Roberts (Dunedin) was in a pretty gown of cream brocade and bright green velvet; Miss Wood wore blue and cream; Miss Shaw was in black; Miss Russell (Christchurch) wore a becoming blue dress; Mrs Troutbeck’s gown was black with white silk on the bodice; Mrs Thomson wore a becoming black gown trimmed with black jet; Mrs Ronald was also in black; Mrs Donnelly wore a dark vio-let-coloured gown; Mrs Goldsmith was in eream; Mrs Wood wore black and heliotrope; Miss Balfour was in a yellow brocade blouse and black skirt; Miss T. Nairn wore a bright blue dress with white chiffon; Miss Page was in black and mauve; Miss McMillan (Auckland) wore a pretty cream dross with pansies on the bodice; and her sister was alsfo in cream; Miss Watt wore pale blue; Mrs Davidson was in a becoming black gown; Miss Maecabe also wore black. Some of the other guests were: Messrs Shaw, Maebea.n, Parker, McLean, 11. Smith, Ronald, Hughes, Thomson, Dinwiddie, R. Smith, Barron, Fenwick, Wood, Davidson, Richardson, Williams, Ashcroft, Hartley, Hughes, Goldsmith, Guys, and Mathias.

MARJORIE.