AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, 20 January 1906, Page 46

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, January IG. A most delightful AFTERNOON TEA was given by Mrs Houghton on Fridaylast at her pretty residence in Parnell. The afternoon was jierfeet, and the garden was in great request, where the German band was playing eharminc operatie selections. The tea table was daintily decorated with pink carnations and green ribbons, and the tea itself was all one could wish. Mrs Houghton received her guests in a charming gown of white muslin with black laee medallions and insertion, and a becoming blaek and white toque; her little daughter Beryl was in a dainty white embroidered muslin; Mrs Rose wore a blaek and white spotted silk grenadine over blaek glace, and white lace, and a blaek and white toque to match; Mrs Rhodes wore a navy blue chiffon voile gown with cream lace and insertion, and a blue toque to match; Mrs Whitney was gowned in a pretty orchid mauve silk with a cream laee yoke, and a becoming mauve hat; Mrs Wilson, in a grey and blaek striped yamaga, with a smart black toque; Mrs Cotter wore a handsome gown of blue spotted crepe de chine with lovely lace trimming, and a most becoming blue toque; Afrs Tewsley, in a lavendar floral muslin with folded bodice with Valenciennes laee, and a floral toque: Mrs E. C. Smith wore a dainty white inserted muslin with a charming white hat garlanded with green; Mrs White, in a black chiffon voile gown, relieved with white, and a pretty black and white bonnet; Mrs Chambers wore a handsome blaek costume with a charming black bonnet'; Mrs J. Chambers was charniisgly gowned hi a cream - voile-with cream yak insertion, with a blue ceinture and a blue and white toque: Mrs Moss was ill a handsome black costume, relieved with white, and a blaek bonnet : Mrs Pollen was gowned in a reseda green silk with Tusean-coloured laee vest, and a pretty green hat with shaded ribbon ami trails of wistaria: Mrs Diomas wore a white embroidered linen costume and a white hat to match; Mrs R. R. Hunt was gowned in a heliotrope mousseline with cream laee and insertion, and a smart black toque: Mrs M ilson wore a dainty cream voile, inset with cream yak, and a blaek picture hat; Mrs J. Beale was in a sapphire blue chiffon voile costume with a cream lace yoke, and a blue hat wreathed with cream roses; Mrs Hunter was in a navy eoat and skirt, faced with white, and a dainty white vest, ami a black and white toque; Mrs I pfil wore a charming gow n of white canvas voile, inset with Paristinted lace, and a pretty blue hat; Mrs Derry was in a pale mauve and blaek striped taffeta with a white vest, ami a becoming toque to match; Lady Campbell wore a handsome black gown, relieved with white, and a charming black bonnet; Mrs Arnold was charmingly gowned in a pretty floral muslin, with a becoming toque to match; Airs Roberts wore a sapphire blue canvas voile, with cream laee and insertion, and a charming blue toque to match; Airs Savage was in a charming gown of white and pink floral muslin, and a becoming pink and white hat; Airs E. Russell .was daintily gowned in a white inserted muslin, with a pink ceinture, and a charming white hat wreathed with pinkroses: Airs Dargaville was in a blaek crepe de chine relieved with whits', and a blaek toque with ostrich tips; Mrs Alarsaek looked remarkably well in a pretty pink muslin, with a eream lace vest, and a white hat garlanded with pink roses; Airs Brough was gowned in a blue chiffon voile, with cream laee. and a blue toque with inched Valenciennes laee; Airs Bull wore a biscuit-coloured glare, with front panel of cream lace, and a smart toque to match; Mrs Lyons was in a white tucked linen, with a most becoming white hat with mauve flowers; Mrs Kenderdine, in a black chiffon voile, with eream laee and Insertion, and a pretty hat en suite; Mrs Reid was in a blaek voile gown with green Oriental embroidery, and a black plumed hat; Mrs

J. Kankin Reed was gowned in a white inserted muslin, with a green ceinture, and a pretty green hat; Mrs Duthie was in a dainty white embroidered muslin, with a most becoming green hat garlanded With autumn leaves; Mrs Kissling wore a black and white spotted voile, with cream lace, and a pretty black and violet bonnet; Mrs Eliot Moss Davis was in a lovely white lace robe* over glace and medallions of black lace, and a white hat with a yellow bird of paradise; Mrs Innes, dainty cream shirred vpile, with a most becoming pink hat; Mrs Bruce looked remarkably well in a blue and white floral muslin, with a charming blue and white hat; Mrs Friend wore a white and navy spotted cambric, with a white hat garlanded with cornflower; Mrs Birch was gowned in a blue and white embroidered voile, with a blue and white toque; Mrs Young was in a navy blue figured silk, with a pretty toque to match ; Mrs H. Kissling looked charming in a white inserted muslin, with a blue ceinture. and a blue and white hat; Mrs Pavitt was daintily gowned in a white canvas voile, with a white lace yoke and a charming black plumed hat: Mrs P. Dufaur wore a black taffeta costume, with a black picture hat; Mrs Hill was in a pretty cream voile, with a blue ceinture, and a becoming blue hat; Mrs Arch. Taylor wore a black voile skirt and a black pleated silk coat and a picture hat; Miss Ireland was daintily gowned in a white embroidered muslin with a white satin folded belt and a becoming heliotrope hat: Miss J. Ireland wore a pretty eretarn costume embroidered with green and a smart Tuscan hat with black and white wings; Miss Moffett (Invercargill), looked charming in a pretty tussore silk with a becoming white plumed hat; Miss Lusk was in a white linen coat and skirt with a pretty white vest and a small b'aek hat; Miss D. Gilfillan was in a pretty white muslin with, transparent yoke, white hat swathed with green; Miss Lightfoot wore a dainty white shower muslin with a white and blue hat; Miss Dfitihistihi Fcblieil eharming in a white inserted muslin with a becoming pink lint; Mi-s Cotter was daintily frocked in a wltite ''embroidered muslin with a white picture hat; Miss —. Cotter in a white inserted muslin threaded with bhT'r rrbljoti and a Tuscan hat wreathed with daisies; Miss Dargaville wore a becoming gown of shell pink voile with cream lace and insertion and a white hat wreathed with pink roses; Miss Ware was in a dainty green and white muslin with a pretty reseda green hat; Miss Cracroft Wilson looked charming in a pretty white inserted muslin with a becoming white hat; Miss Kissling was in a white linen costume with a charming white and blue hat: Miss Walker was daintily frocked in white embroidered muslin with a white hat to match; Miss Moss was in a charming white and black spotted muslin with a black and white hit io match: Miss Young wore a dainty eream voile with cream lace and insertion and a black p'eture hat; Miss Bireh in a pretty blue and white figured muslin and a white hat garlanded with blue; Miss Buller, white frilled silk with IJue ceinture ard a black plumed hat; Miss Muir Douglas was daintily frocked in cream voile and a pretty cream hat: Miss Isaacs was in a pretty white inserted muslin with a shrimp pink ceinture mid a black picture hat; Miss White wore a navy and white figured delaine with white lace insertion and a smart black toque; Miss Rhodes was daintily gowned in white with a becoming white hat; Miss McAndrew was in a pretty blue and pink French muslin with cream lace and a pretty floral toque; Miss —. McAndrew wore a white and black barred muslin with pink rose design and a black lace hat.

PHYLLIS BROUN