NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4, 27 January 1906, Page 47

NEW PLYMOUTH.

Dear Bee, January 20. Last Friday, Mrs George Kingdon gave . A DELIGHTFUL AFTERNOON TEA at her home in Lemon street. Songs were sung by Mrs E. Rawson and Mrs Home. Mrs Kingdon received her guests in a black gown; Mrs Home wore a tucked biscuit-colour voile, and a lovely hat of cream straw, with clusters of blue and pink hydrangeas: Mrs P. Whitcombe, black muslin with white stripe, blaek chiffon hat; Mrs BadeGery, pretty cream and pink chine blouse, blaek voile skirt; Miss Dcveniish, gray costume, with grey motifs, blat-k- picture hat; Mrs A. ■ Watkins, blaek spotted muslin, cream hat with scarlet choux; Mrs 11. B. Leatham wore a charming white Indian muslin, with the flounces embroidered in blaek, and a. blaek hat; Mrs E. Rawson (Masterton), pretty blue and white cheek costume, with black insertion, white chiffon hat; Mrs Percy Smith, blaek voile and blaek bonnet; Miss D. Crompton, figured muslin froek, and cream bat; Mrs Griffiths, navy , coat and skirt, black hat; Miss’ F. Wood, navy delaine, and blaek hat with wreath of violets; Miss F. Standish (Canterbury) gown of soft ecru silk, black lace hat; Mrs Lang, grey costume, cream hat; Mrs AV. Leatham (Auckland), whjte voile skirt, heavily' embroidered white silk blouse, black hat with plumes; Mrs P. Blaek, white silk blouse, black skirt and

black hat; Mrs Courljiey. dark coat and skirt, ami blaek hat'; Mrs N.--King wore biscuit-colour, and a floral hat trimmed with roses; Mrs Bewley, grey ▼oile costume, black hut. AT TENNIS tin Saturday, Mrs Sladden presided over the tea. Among those present were: Mrs Griffiths, in a lovely cream Indian muslin heavily embroidered in biscuit colour, hat with heliotrope; Mrs Sladden, white blouse, grey skirt, hat with violets; Miss Cornwall, black and white muslin blouse, black skirt, hat with roses; Mrs Heard, lovely cream voile, Valenciennes hat with pink and blue flowers; Mrs C. Weston, navy voile, cream yoke, blaek hat; Mrs Oswin, rose pink silk dress; long sage green coat, burnt straw -hat; Miss B. Evans, pretty embroidered lawn dress, fawn velvet hat; Miss W. George, white tucked lawn, pretty' white chip hat with lilae ami black velvet; Miss Cottrell, black and white muslin, burnt straw hat with shaded pink ribbons; Miss Kent, blue and white voile, with cream lace, white hat; Miss W. Kent, pale blue muslin, and cream hat; Miss Skinner, gray. voile skirt, flowered blouse, green hat; Mrs. . Penn, cream voile, trimmed with handsome insertion, hat with heliotrope; Mrs Rollo, blaek voile skirt, long white serge eoat,, flowered hat; Mrs Hume, white 'linen, hat with roses; Mrs Roy. pink linen, black hat; Miss Dixon, black coat and skirt with white revers embroidered in gold, green tulle toque; Mrs Bewley, blue cloth coat and skirt, pretty black hat: Miss Roy, cream embroidered I ndian muslin, black hat; Miss D. Roy. dainty flowered pink muslin, burnt straw' hat trimmed with pink; Mrs Fitzjierbert, fawn linen, white hat with a blue chou: Mrs Cummings (Auckland), white linen skirt, white blouse embroidered in heliotrope, hat with heliotrope; Miss Kemp, navy blue cambrie, burnt straw hat; Mrs Kebbel, black voile, block hat; Miss Fraser, white muslin, red hat;’ Miss Mae Diarmid, Holland skirt, white muslin blouse, sailor hat; Mrs F. Wilson, green muslin, sailor hat; Miss D. Bedford, pink muslin, Panama hat'; Miss Webster, blue linen. NANCY LEE.