NAPIER.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXI, Issue XVII, 22 October 1898, Page 540

NAPIER.

Dear Bee, October 14. A BRILLIANT BALL was given on Wednesday evening in the Gaiety Theatre by the Bachelors of Hawke’s Bay, and everything was done to make it the ball of the season. The floor was perfect, the music was inspiriting, and the supper recherche. The decorations were beautifully carried out. Mirrors magnified the size of the ballroom, and ferns, palms and Chinese lanterns lent the scene quite a fairy-like aspect. Mrs Kettle wore a stylish black silk gown, with bead embroidery; Mrs Waterhouse was in a black broche gown, relieved with maize; Mrs Russell wore black and gold brocade; Mrs Wenley was in a pink satin dress, and the bodice was trimmed with white chiffon and a spray of green leaves and heliotrope flowers; Miss Macfarlane was in a pale blue dress; Miss Balfour wore black satin and cream silk; Mrs T. Moore, white silk, relieved with apple green; Miss Gleeson, black and pale blue; Mrs Lines looked well in a pale blue satin gown, trimmed with chiffon; Miss Violet Twigg (debutante) was much admired in a lovely dress of white tulle over white satin; Miss Donnelly looked exceedingly well in pink satin and sequins; Mrs J. N. Williams wore pale grey brocade and while lace; Miss Anderson’s dress was a. pretty pink satin, trimmed with chiffon; Mrs Stead (Christchurch) wore black brocade, with beautiful diamonds: Mrs Morris was In a stylish gewn of pale, blue satin, trimmed with frills of lace, and a spray of pink roses; Mrs Cornford was in blue brocade; Mrs Coleman was in a black brocade gown, trimmed with pale pii.k silk: Mrs Hoadley wore a black gown, relieved with red; Miss Hoadley (debutante) wore a becoming dress of white satin and chiffon; Miss Dixon (Sydney) wore a pretty dress of maize satin and chiffon; Mrs Bowen was in a dark plum coloured silk, trimmed with white lace and bead embroidery; Miss Wilson wore mauve; Miss Hughes, white silk and a red sash; Mrs Hartley was in pink; Miss Matthews wore black silk, with net on the bodice; Mrs Von Dadelzen, black and canary colour; Mrs Wood, purple velvet and cream lace; Miss Wood, a pretty dress of lemon coloured silk, and chiffon; Mrs Donnelly, black and cream silk; Miss Heath wore a becoming dress of pale blue silk, with silvertrimming on the bodice; Miss Tunner looked well in white tulle and white satin, with pale blue bebe ribbon; Mrs Brabazon wore white silk; Miss Baillie was in a pretty peach coloured dress, with white lace on the bodice; Miss N. Cotterell wore white, trimmed with white chiffon and lilies of the valley; Lady Whitmore, blue silk mid black

lace; Miss Leathead, white silk and chiffon; Miss Lamb, cream, with a yellow sash; Miss Page, black silk and [wile lemon coloured brocade; Miss F. Watt wore a pale blue and white striped satin gown, trimmed with blue chiffon;Mrs Chapman was in a dress of mauve silk, relieved with white; Mrs Dinwiddie wore black and pink; Mrs Ronald was in pale blue and white; Mrs R. Smith looked well in black and maize colour; Mrs T. H. Lowry wore a becoming black gown, relieved with red; Mrs Fenwick’s dress ot pearl grey satin, with handsome embroidery, was much admired; Mrs Orrnond was in black silk; Mrs Lusk wore a gown of blue satin, relieved with white; Miss Morecroft, pale maize colour, with chiffon to match; Miss B. Morecroft (debutante), white silk and chiffon; Miss Nairn wore a pretty dress of cream brocade and silver; Miss T. Nairn was in blue; Mrs Jarvis wore black silk and maize colour; Miss Dinwiddie was in pink; and Miss M. Dinwiddie wore a pretty white silk and chiffon dress; Mrs Carlyon wore black brocade; Miss Spencer wore pink and pale blue; Miss Simcox, lemon coloured silk; Miss Locking, black silk, with jet and white lace; Miss Locking, pink satin; Miss Nelson, flowered silk; Mrs Thomson, cream brocade, trimmed with violets; Miss E. Spencer, white silk and chiffon; Miss Hulings, pink satin; Miss W. Simcox (debutante), white silk and chiffon; Mrs Nairn, black and petunia colour; Miss Watt, black brocade and red flowers; Miss Williams, pale blue. Amongst the gentlemen present were Messrs Abbott, Stuart, Watt, Brabazon, Anderson, Hartley, Chapman, Lines, J. McLean, R. B. Smith, Tiffin, Ronald, IT. Smith, Warren, Macbean, P. McLean, Logan, Sainsbury, Cotterill, Jarvis, Moore, H. Williams, Cornford, G. T. Williams, Menzies, Morris, Morrin, Stead, Hoadley, Twigg, Saxeby, Hunter, Hughes, Dinwiddie, Wood, Wright, Wenley, Cooper, Bowen, Macfarldne, Burke, Fenwick, Mathias, Barron, Kettle, Chambers, A’Deane, Hill, Ormond, Tanner, etc. MARJORIE.