LATE SOCIETY NEWS

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue VII, 17 August 1901, Page 323

LATE SOCIETY NEWS

WANGANUI. Dear Bee. August 11. The annua! ball of the Wanganui Collegiate School Old Boys' Association was held in the Drill Hall on Friday, and was a decided success. There were about 4*X> present, and the arrangements for the dance were all that could be desired. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion. The door was good; also the music.

Supper was supplied by the ladies, and was pronounced most recherche, consisting of turkeys, chickens, ham. tongue, salads, oysters, trides. fruit salads, jellies, sweets, and all manner of delicacies. The committee are to be congratulated on the success of the function, due in no small measure to the indefatigable efforts of the secretary. Mr. A. Lewis. Among those present were: Mrs. Empson. black brocbe bodiee. trimmed with real lace; Mrs. Nixon, yellow brocade. w!*h handsome laee trimmings: Mrs. Wray wore black silk; Mrs. Kitchen, handsome black silk, with jetted trimmings; Mrs. Dymock. black, with white cloak; Mrs. Barnicoat, white chiffon over heliotrope satin; Mrs. Brookfield, cream eorded silk: Mrs. Chomeidely. black velvet, with old lace trimmings: Mrs. Anderson, black; Mrs. A. Montgomery, white satin, transparent yolk and sleeves; Mrs. t ut field, pink and heliotrope costume; Mrs. G. Lethbridge, black and white; Mrs. Newcombe, black velvet, with red trimmings; Mrs. Anderson, black; Mrs. Sherriff, handsome black silk, with gold trimmings: Mrs. Dogshun. black, with transparent yolk and sleeves; Mrs. Walter Johnston, pink satin, the bodice trimmed with black velvet; Mrs. Edgar, white silk; Mrs. Alex. Higgie wore a black silk gown; Mrs. Borlase. red satin: Mrs. Phillips (Christchurch), yellow satin, with violets on bodice; Mrs. Prouse, white silk; Mrs. Lucena, black brocade; Miss Earle wore a pretty costume of pink satin and white lace on corsage; Miss Tui Leithbridge (debutante) wore soft white silk; Miss Barnicoat, pretty white satin and chiffon; Miss Alice Willis’ pink brocade, embroidered with sequins and pearls, was much admired; Miss Dogshund wore a smart gown of soft white silk; Miss Lilly Newcombe (debutante). pretty white chiffon: Miss Anderson, black: her sister wore pink silk; Miss Flora Blair, pink satin and black velvet on bodice; Miss Anderson (debutante), white silk and lace: Miss McNiel, white satin; her sister wore white silk; Miss Polson, white muslin, with laee; Mrs. L. Jones, black satin and jet: Miss Christe. black and white chiffon; her sister wore black and green; Miss Pickering. cream silk: Miss Cutfield, white silk, with blue velvet on bodice; Miss Peat wore a gown of soft white silk: Miss Hare was gowned in pink satin: Miss Florin wore a pretty gown of cream; Misses Dean and A. Higgie wore black: Miss Lsffiton was gowned in black velvet, with lace trimmings; Miss Dymock, blue costume; Miss Gurr. blue. Among the gentlemen present were: Mr. Empson (president), Messrs. Lewis. Wray. Dymock. Blair (2), Clay (Wellington). Stack. Johnston, Grace. Nixon. Edgar, Low. Brookfield. Watson. Harold Bannister. Davis (Palmerston), Cholmondely. Hare. Morton (2), Wilson and James. The night following the dance we went to see the famous Gerardy. Everyone went to hear him with great expectations, and it is too little to say that Gerardy’s performances were beyond the very greatest. Everyone listened with rapt attention. and after each item he was greeted with a perfect storm of clapping and cheering. Mr. Lawrence Phillip. who accompanies Mr. Gerardy. as solo pianist and accompanist. is a musician with a brilliant career before him. His accompanying was perfect. 'Among the audience were Mesdames Empson. Barnicoat. Phillip. Aitkens. Nixon, Walter Johnston. Kitchen, Ramsay. Zander. Hughs. Johnston. Dogshun. Hole, Innes, Collier. Brookfield. Hope-Gibbons. Higgie. and Misses Wilford (2), Earle. Dogshun, Gurr, Griffiths. Mewman. Newcombe. Willis, Duncan. Christe and Young. _ FLORA.