NEW PLYMOUTH.

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

NEW PLYMOUTH.

Dear Bee, August 19. The members of the Ngamotu Lodge gave another of their very pleasant

AT HOMES in the Foresters’ Hall, Gill-street, last week. These dances are always looked forward to with great pleasure, as they are the most enjoyable dances of the season, the music and supper being delightful, and last, but not least, plenty of partners to choose from. It is very seldom there are plenty of the latter at the New Plymouth dances, but these Masonic dances prove exceptions to the rule. Before I tell you about the dresses, I must mention the supper table, which looked extremely pretty, decorated with flowers and blue and white paper, and which also acted as doylies to the dishes, making them look dainty and tempting with the cakes, sandwiches and fruits nestling in their midst. Among those present were:—Mrs Robinson, black; Miss Holdsworth, fawn; Miss C. Bayly, blue, trimmed with white lace; Mrs Penn, yellow; Miss Fraser, buttercup silk, veiled in gauze; Miss Take, black; Miss Hursthouse, white muslin; Mrs Cock looked handsome in a black skirt, green bodice, veiled in black net, lovely pink roses on shoulder; Miss Morey, cream and scarlet flowers; Miss Jackson, white, with vblvet trimmings; and her sister looked pretty in cream; Mrs Allan, black skirt, pink blouse; Mrs MicAllum, black silk; Miss B. Bayly, white silk; Miss Humphries, pale blue; Miss Thomson, green velvet; Miss Govett looked very quaint in ]>ale pink brocaded silk; Mrs Kerr, black, with bodice of pink and black ‘Trilby’ velvet; Miss Armstrong (Tikorangi), white; Miss Furlong, pink crepon; Mrs Clarkson, yellow; Miss Sheet, black net over pink; Mrs Pollen (Auckland), green velvet and lemon coloured sleeves; Miss Ramson, white; Mrs Bly th; Misses MacAllum (England), yellow and white satin respectively; Miss Campbell (Lepperton), blue velvet: Mrs Holmes, black relieved with red; Mrs Hall, white silk and pink flowers: Miss Glynes, white; Miss Cunningham, white, with crimson roses; Mrs Bacon, black, a very pretty bodice of heliotrope silk and chiffon; Mrs Messenger, cream nun’s veiling; Miss Batten, an extremely pretty dress of yellow satin., with tiny sprays of violets round the corsage, and long chiffon sleeves; Mrs Connett, cream; Mrs D. Teed, fawn and black lace; Miss Irwin, white silk and chiffon; Miss B. Rennell, pink; Mrs F. Foote, black; Miss E. Rennell, white ; Mrs D. Foote, black; Miss Arrow, amber satin; Mrs Paul looked as charming as ever in white satin, veiled in blaek lace; Miss Berridge, cream: Mrs D. McAllum, black; Miss Ambridge, white cashmere skirt, a pretty white satin Ixxlice, trimmed with violets; Messrs Bartrop, Enderby, Forte, Gilmour, Salter, Noble, Parker, Farrah, Didsbury, Allan, Kerr, Paul, Hall, Bacon, Corkill, Humphries, Thomson, Smythe, McGill, Wright, Robinson, Foote, Coinwall, Morey, Furlong, Hursthouse, McAllum (2), Connett, Messenger, Holmes, Penn, Hutchen, Tabor, Pollen, Berrid’ge, Surrey, Hughes, Strouts, Blyth, Teed, Rev.

Evans. NANCY LEE.