WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue XVIII, 31 October 1903, Page 51

WELLINGTON.

Dear Bee, Everything was in favour of THE FIRST DAY OF THE SPRING RACE MEETING on Wednesday. It was a perfect day, hot and calm, and there was an excellent attendance on the course. His Excellency the Governor was present, accompanied by Lady Constance Knox, Hon. C. Hill-Trevor, Mr and Mrs A. Rhodes, Mrs Bojle, Miss Rend and Miss Russell. His Excellency and party were present at the lunch given by the president (Mr Harcourt). Lady Constance looked nice in a violet frieze gown with short pleated bolero, worn over a white vest, and deep violet velvet belt, becoming toque of violets and wings; Mrs Rhodes had a deep crimson gown with silk vest to match, and a crimson and blaek hat; Mrs Boyle, in a blaek frieze costume, trimmed wit’-' white strapping, black and white hnt; Miss Read wore pale green zibeline Eton gown, and a flat straw hat, trimmed with green ribbon: Miss Russell, in biscuit voile over pink, (rimmed with lace, and a green belt, black hat; Mrs Johnston wore a black gown and silk eoat, blaek and white toque: Miss Johnston, green linen gown and eream hat with pink roses; M’ss D. Johnston, navy blue coat and skirt, and a white hat; Miss Harcourt, in cream voile, and a white hat with feathers: Mrs'Beetham, white foulard satin gown. and blaek and white toque; Miss Bentham. in white silk and laee, and a hat trimmed with bine; Mrs Newman, a grey gown, trimmed with blaek, and a black hat with plumes: Mrs Tweed, a white spotted nmslin gown, and blaek hat; Mrs Levin, white voile, trimmed with laee and Wack velvet, and a bine hat with crimson roses; Mrs Turnbull, blaek voile gown with velvet strapping, and a large black hat; Mrs Baldwin, pale fawn cloth gown With belt of mnuve panne, and a blaek plumed foqnc: Mrs H. Johnston, in white voile and a laee bolero, and a white hat with laee and pink roses; Mrs A’. Duncan. in blaek voile and a blaek hat, trimmed with bine; Mrs Wilford wore a pale hisevif .■(•loured gown, and blaek lint; Mrs Strang had a. blue voile gown with white embroidery ort the bodice, black hat : Mrs IT. Crawford, a black voile gown, trimmed with ecru laee, and a bfack toque; Mrs A. Crawford, in a blaek voile gown, and green straw hat

with' foliage an J mauve flowers; Mrs Abbott, a pale grey gown, trimmed with cream lace, and a blaek and white toque; Miss Abbott, soft white silk, and a large hat, trimmed with roses; Mrs C. Pharazyn, in grey voile, with lace, and a black hat: Mrs T. Young, in white silk, a pale blue poke bonnet; Mrs Biss, in pale green voile, and a black hat: Mrs Burns, a grass lawn costume, and large black bat: Mrs Kenneth Duncan wore grey voile, elaborately trimmed with white lace and blaek velvet, burnt strawhat with pale blue rosettes; Mrs Louis Pharazyn wore a neat blue gown, and blue and heliotrope hat; Mrs A. Abbott, a white spotted silk gown, and black hat: Miss Izard, in blaek and white foulard, and a blaek hat; Airs Ross, a. grey gown with satin coatee, and a black toque; Miss Dunean, in white voile and lace, and a pretty poke bonnet with pink roses and plumes; Miss McClean (Dunedin), an embroidered voile over pink silk, and a pink hat; Miss K. McClean wore pale blue; Miss Reid had a very pretty cream voile gown, much shirred and trimmed with lace, and a green straw hat with pink roses and green tulle; Miss Tolhurst, in white and pink rosebud silk with bands of cerise satin ribbon, and a white and pink hat; Miss Stead (Christchurch), in eream voile with lace, and a blaek hat; the Misses Fell more pink linen gowns, and strawhats with rosettes of ribbon; Miss Fitzgerald. a white gown, and straw hat. trimmed with mauve and green ribbon; Miss K. Fitzgerald wore pale blue silk; Miss Gore, in white, and a burnt straw with mauve ribbon and violets; Miss Fitzbcrbert, pale blue linen gown, and black hat; her sister was in eream; Miss M. Scddon. pale fawn gown, and large black hat. There were also present General Babington, Captain Campbell. Capt. Hughes, Messrs Harcourt, Dunean (3), Pearce, Craw-ford. Johnston, Strang, Rhodes, Clark, Wilford, Perry, Levin, and others. The small dance given by the Countess of Ranfurly last Saturday evening was greatly enjoyed by about twenty or thirty couples. The rooms were all charmingly decorated, as usual, and a delicious supper laid out in the dining-

room. The Countess looked charming in green chiffon, veiled with ecru guipure lace, and Lady Constance wore white satin with chiffon. Among those present were General and Mrs Babington. Mrs Collins, Mrs Rhodes, the Misses Russell, Julius, Read, Johnston, Fell, Harcourt, Gore, Brandon, Abbott, Fitzgerald, Riddiford, Fitzherbert. Cooper, Rawson, and Messrs Cooper. Latham, Rawson. Gore, Higginson, Hodson, Webster, Tripp, Capt. Campbell, and others.

OPHELIA.