Brilliant Wanganui Function.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue IX, 31 August 1901, Page 418

Brilliant Wanganui Function.

HOSPITAL FANCY DRESS AND POSTER BALL.

A brilliant and most successful function was the fancy dress and poster ball held in Wanganui last -week in aid of the Victoria Memorial Ward of th» Wanganui Hospital. No doubt the excellence of the object for which the dance was given aided the result, but as a social function the dance was a quite exceptional triumph. The dresses were brilliant in the extreme, the posters were original, and the management was very capable. The Opera House proved an ideal place for a mammoth dance of this description, nnd there was not a moment’s hitch in the proceedings from first to last. Wanganui has certainly never seen so bright and gaily dressed a crowd, and it is to be doubted if it could have been excelled in any of the larger cities of the colony. Here are some of the dresses:—

Mrs Hatrick, Marie Stuart; Mrs Vance, Hospital Nurse; Hon. Mrs Rowley, The Latest Out; Honor, Duchess of Devonshire; Mrs Goodson, Powder and Patches; Miss C. Brewer, Ppwder and Patches; Miss J. Place, N&Stle’s Milkmaid; Mrs Hope-Gibbons, Old Mother Hubbard; Miss Barnieoat, Shepherdess; Mrs Barnieoat. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People: Mrs J. H. Nixon. Night and Morning; Miss Maude Brewer, Fair Japan; Miss Beadnail, poster, Denton's Photographic Studio; Miss Florence Jackson, poster. Rambler Bicycles; Miss Hearn, Queen of Hearts; Miss Kennedy, Patience; Mrs Swan, Powder and Patches; Miss McNeill. Powder and Patches; Mrs Prouse, Lady Journalist; Mrs E, A. Wakeman, Greek Costume; Miss Austin, A Daughter of the Navy; Miss Hirst, Mrs Hardcastle; Miss Ethel Light, Nancy Lee; Miss Pitt, Nurse Wanganui Hospital, on duty; Miss Valentine, Canada; Mrs R. W. Cornyns, Lady Last Century; Mrs Reid, Night; Mrs Garrett, Nurse Wanganui Hospital, on duty; Miss Beasley, Nurse Wanganui Hospital, on duty; Mrs T. Boswall Williams, Spanish Lady; Miss Hair, in the Olden Daysj Miss Cutfield, Merveilleuse; Miss Tilley. Mrs Balchristie, from “Heart of Midlothian”; Mrs W. Rodwell, Powder and Patches; Miss Allan, Hospital Matron; Miss B. Williams, Spanish Gatana; Miss MeNaught, Africa; Mrs Hall. Red Cross Nurse; Mrs W. R. Borlase, poster, Willis’ New Zealand Playing Cards; Miss Todd, Grecian Lady; Miss L. Delves, poster. Williams’ Brothers’ Teas; Miss A. Delves, poster, A.T.C. Navy Cut Tobacco; Miss Borlase, poster, Empire Blue; Miss F. Borlase, poster. Gatenby’s Blue Flag Liver Cure; Mrs Robert Higgie. Makie Papakura; Miss Christie, Army Nurse; Miss Norn Delves, poster, Music— Messrs Collier and Co.; Mrs Brookfield, Powder and Patches; Miss Treanor, poster, Daffodil, representing Sinclair’s Famous Daffodils; Mrs Fitzmaurice. poster. Sunshine, for the hair; Mrs. H. Baker, Maritana; Miss J. Urquhart, Tambourine Girl; Miss Hope, Luggage; Miss Hulme, Greek Girl; Mrs. Phillips, Winter; Miss Higgie, Powder and Patches; Mrs. Cyril Ginders, poster, London Dental; Mrs. A. C. Lennard. Mrs. Beerbohm Tree; Mrs. Jones, Night; Miss C. Clapham, Dolly Varden; Miss Clapham, Spanish Dancer; Miss F. Blair, poster, Hean's Tooth Powder; Mrs. E. J. Chapman, poster. Johnston & Co.'s Saratura Tea; Miss Ross, poster, representing Great Northern Land Agency, Coolit and Cook’s Agency; Miss Marshall, Gipsy; Mrs. J. Cutfield, Lady of the Eighteenth Century; Miss Ping Wilford, Mistress Nancy Molesworth; Mrs. E. Reid, Night; Miss Remington, poster, America, representing Dresden Piano Company; Miss Crawley, Italian Peasant; Miss Suisted, poster. Rudge Whitworth Cycle Company; Miss F. Gnnn. Jeannie Deans, from “Heart of Midlothian”; Miss Pawson, poster, Portia, representing the D.C.L.; Miss Cauiton (Hastings), Stars and Stripes; Miss Croucher, Nurse. Wanganui Hospital (on duty); Miss N. Gerrie, School Girl; Miss Lockett. Powder and Patches; Miss Walker, porter, A. Hatrick ft Co.’s River Steamers; Miss Isa Walker, Lady Sixteenth Century; Mr. Wilson, Gentleman of Last Century; Mr. Hatrick, Nineteenth Century Gentleman; Mr. A. Watt, Barrister; Mr. J. H. Clay,

Windsor Uniform; Mr. H. Nicholson, Windsor Uniform; Mr. MeKearney, Man-o'-viar's-man; Mr. Hope-Gibbons, poster, Jack Tar, representing Wills’ Capstan Tobacco; Mr. Simpson, Old English Gentleman; Mr. Swan, Miss Van Winkle; Mr. Edwin Hastie, Twentieth Century; Mr. J. McNeill, Windsor Court Uniform; Mr. Prouse, 11th Hussars; Mr. Selby Morton, Huntsman; Mr. li. J. Moore, Forester; Mir. E. A. Wakeman, Gordon Highlander; Mr. Lewis, Windsor Uniform; Mr. W. Richings, “Herald”; Dr. Connolly, Op Hospital Duty; Mr. T. Boswall" Williams, City Man; Mr A. Cutfield, Cook; z Mr H. Tilley, poster, A Bottle of Gibbons and Hole’s Beer; Mr W. Rodwell, Windsor Uniform; Dr. Anderson, House Surgeon; Mr T. L. Williams, Gondolier; Mr E. Miller, poster, Zealandia Shirts and Collars; Mr A. Delves, British Admiral; Mr Hall, poster, White’s Furniture Warehouse; Mr W. R, Borlase, as Borlase and Barnieoat, Solicitors; Mr J. Hastie, French Gentleman of the 17th Century; Mr T. Vance, Captain Fire Brigade; Hon. R. T. Rowley, A.D.C.; Mr J. Barker, Romeo; Mr H. W. Bishop, poster, Quaker Oats; MrW.G. Wood, Convict; Mr J. J. W. Harle, Windsor Uniform; Mr F. Harkness, Summer; Mr Kennedy, Gentleman 19th Century; Mr C. H. Mountfort, Highlander; Mr Arthur Geddes, poster, Monkey Brand; Mr V. Dimock (Wellington), Tourist; Mr Faber, Waiter; Mr“W. Pawson, Adolphus Birkett; Dr. R Barnard, Rouge et Noir; Mr B. D. Campbell, Yankee; Mr L. T. Brinkley, poster, K Jam; Mr T. H. Battle, Horatio; Mr Imlay Saunders, Lord Nelson; Mr Guy Abbot, Russian Midshipman; Mr J. Enderby, Richard III.; Mr E. G. Brodie, poster. Old Mull Whisky; Mr R. Stevenson, Cricketer; Mr M. Dennehy, Italian Brigand; Mr L. Peake, British Admiral; Mr A. B, Williams. Lancer; Mr Hope B. Gibbons. poster, Old Father Time, repsentang Thomson, watchmaker and jeweller; Mr A. W. Mountfort. NewZealand M.A.; Mr B. Gordon. Steward; Mr A. S. C. Anderson, Fortinbras; Mr J. Tymons. poster, Sarah Gamp, representing The Economic; Mr Urquhart, Admiral; Mr E. W. Andrews, Rosacrucian; Mr J. A. Webberley, Gentleman of 19th Century; Mr G." Braithwaite (Upper Waitotara), Mephistopheles; Mr W. McCaul, Highlander; Mr S. L. Wright, Lord Dungavon; Mr C. Dymock, Courtier; Mr James W. Muir. Planter; Mr John Jensen, junr., Boundary Rider: Mr W. Krull. Gentleman of "19th Century; Mr Speed. Waiter; Mr Fred House, Knight of the Garter; Mr Earle. Anything; Mr J. Sullivan, Gentleman of Last Century. Other characters, whose names were not recorded on the tickets, included An Australian Bookmaker and French Gentleman of tbe Legion of Honour.