BLENHEIM.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue IX, 26 August 1899, Page 30

BLENHEIM.

Dear Bee. August 14. The dancing season is now nearly over, and the last of the Dorothy Assemblies, held by the Misses Clare and Af. Ewart took place in the Good Templars’ Hall last Wednesday evening. The arrival of the Wairarapa footballers the same evening interfered with the attendance of several gentlemen, and different reasons prevented others being present, consequently ladies preponderated. Nevertheless it was a jolly dance; the music was lively and the floor good. The supper. abounding with most tempting delicacies, was set out in the room adjoining the hall, and the feathery and fragVant mimosa and crimson japoniea were the flowers used to decorate the table. Miss Healy was pianist, and the extras were played by the Misses Clare. M. Ewart, E. Ball. C. Farraar and Mr Butler. Present were: Mrs Edwards, whose dress was shot with blue, and finished with white lace; Mrs Macalister, black, mauve and cream cliiffon fichu: Airs F. Nosworthy, black: Mrs Shaw, black satin skirt, white satin bodlee; Miss Clare, black skirt, white figured silk bodice, the sleeves formed of narrow chiffon frills; Aliss AL Ewart, pink; Aliss Alullen, coloured muslin, amber sash: the Misses L. and E. Purser, white silk; Aliss Eileen Purser, white hailstone muslin; Miss Blanene Mills, blue; Miss Grace Mills, white; Aliss A. Morrison; Miss —. Morrison, white: Miss Edith Ball, black skirt, sulphur siik bodice; Miss Ida Ball, cream dress, with rows of narrow satin ribbon and chiffon; Aliss Jeffries. black skirt. sky blue silk bodice and white laee: Mis.; T. Compton. black skirt, preity cream silk bodice, finished with ribbo.t and chiffon: the Alisses Armuri ami Amy

Neville, one in pink, the oilier in yellow: Aliss Furness, pretty pale blue dress, trimmed with narrow black velvet; Aliss Carter, bright red dress, and pretty white fichu; Miss B. Elbeck; Aliss' AL Elbeek, white dress and heliotrope ribbons: the Alisses Afacalister (3): Alls; Ivy Ewart, white; Aliss L. Nosworthy. pale yellow; her sister, white; Miss Bolt cell, cardinal dress; Aliss A. I’obiiis.m, pink; Aliss Beatson, pile blue; Aliss Kate Beatson, olack velvet, v. :th bertha, front of bodice, and sash of gold coloured silk: Miss Horton, red dress; Miss Maclaine, black skirt, red bodice and black lace fichu: the Alisses J. and K. AlcArtney both wore white: Aliss Hroughan, black; jjpp sister wore white with a. shot siik

Messrs 11. Burden, Butler, Fulmer, F. Mullen, Broughan, F. Boitrell, A. Rayner, C. Simsou, S. Macalister, C. Beatson. F. Shaw, F. Bull, J. Mead, AV. Mathews, S. Henderson, Drake, <_'. Carey, Stow, Maclaine, C. Rodgers, Blakely, A. Nosworthy, W. Girling, Quane, etc.

Mrs Howard has been very seriously ill and indeed is still st, though a slight improvement lias taken place, and she is now considered to be cn the way to recovery. We shall be pleased to see her out and about again, but diphtheria is so very weakening that it generally entails a tardy convalescence. Mrs Howard’s sister, Mrs McNab, was staying with her. and has assisted to nurse her. though a professional nurse had to be procured. Steps are already being taken to make the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball given by the Wairau Cricket Club a great success, and many are the inquiries for suggestions about fancy dress, though I suspect that at the last only about a dozen will appear in other than the ordinary evening dress; for none are to be hired here, and to get them from Wellington would be expensive. This ball, and a Catholic social early in September, will be, I suppose, the last dances this season. The Wairarapa Football Team played our local representatives on Thursday afternoon, and defeated them by 11 points to 3. They had been equal!} successful in Nelson; but I notice in this morning’s paper that the tables were turned on them in Wellington, where their triumphant progress was stopped. One of their men had a rib broken here, and therefore could not play in Wellington.

FRIDA.