WELLINGTON.

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

WELLINGTON.

Dear Bee, January IS. We have al) Isjen revelling in :r glorious spell of summer weather. Warm, cloudless days, and a complete absence? of wind have made everything delightful, and picnics and eutdooi sports have been very popular. THE POLO MATCH, Orona v. \yellingtcn._)vas a great.c.ve.nj. Of eburse it was a foregone conclusion that the fornx'K .team, who hob I the championship of the colony, would win. but Wellington played a plucky, up-hill game. The weather was ideal for the game and numbers of people drove out. to sec it. Mrs IL Johnston wore pale blue limn de soie, anil a pale bln? hat. white chiffon futile; Mrs Levin;-white embroidered muslin, and white picture hatf ’Mrs W. Johnston, white cloth ami rose hat; Mrs A. Dunean, cream cloth, and floral hat: Miss Dunean, white ami pink voile; Miss Cooper, pale gtjy canvas, ami smart toque; Mrs StraJ* (Palmerston North), embroidered v<iiy, and flora! toque; Miss Harcourt. 1 whit - muslin l ami lace; Miss Abraham, pale grey tailor-made; Miss Sdntervillc. white muslin and floral hat f Mrs Young, floral voile and blaek toque; Miss Fell, while muslin and hat with flowers.

bows on corsage: Mr* 11. Connell, in a blaek skirt and a pretty pale blue silk blouse; Mrs Kallender,'black skirt and a dainty white silk blouse; Mrs A. I*. Wilson wore a handsome blaek gown, relieved with cream lace; Mrs Simpson was in a dainty white silk, and a white opera coat with jirftk Oriental embroidery: Mrs It. Walker was in black, relieved with creamfand cream lacc'yoke; .Mrs Kekewiek was gowned in grey with a'charming grey eoat with l*irris-tinted lace collar; .Mrs Maitland wore a pretty cream silk gown with corsage bow of rose pink ribbon; .Mrs Pabst was in a blaek shirred silk with a cream lace yoke: Mrs Lawson was in a pretty white ■silk gown jWHi a eluster of red roses on corsage'|ind in coiffure; Miss Cotter was daintily gowned in white, with rose pink satin ceintitre; Miss Gore Gillon looked charming in a pink Oriental satin with cream lace and insertion; Mis« F. Walker wore a charming gown of white taffeta, softened with silk lace and chiffon; Miss Lusk was in white, inset with Valenciennes lace, and a blue opera coat; Miss Gorric was gowned in black silk with tucker of black folded chiffon; Miss T. Binney was in a white cloth skirt and a charming white silk blouse; Aliss D. Schcrff wore a dainty gown of white mousseline with white lace ami insertion and touches of blue; Miss Cook was in a pretty while silk gown, softened with chiffon: Miss Latimer was gowned jn a pretty shrimp pink silk with a 'berthe of cream lace; Miss Dawson wore cream with a charming pale blue opera coat with cream lace collar; Miss M. Dawson looked dainty in white with pale blue chon and ceinture; Miss Possenniskie was in white silk, profusely trimmed with lace and insertion, with a shell pink ceinture; Miss Peacoeke was gowned in black, relieved with white: Miss Henderson wore a black skirt and a rose pink silk blouse with a cream lace berthe; Miss S. Henderson was in white silk, veiled in cream lace, and pah- pink ceinture and,choug-Mrs Kees-. iug was gowned in black with a white Maltese luce scarf, and a cluster of pink roses on corsage and in coiffure; Miss Grierson iVorc a pretty pale blue silk with silver embroidery and a chann-

iug silver and white scarf; Mrs IL Dargaville, black satin evening gown; Mias Dargaville, dainty white silk evening frock and crimson eo.it; Mrs Morton, black satin with silver sequin galloon round decolletage; the Misses Hiss wore blaek satin with Honiton lace berthe and white silk frocks. re>|«ectively; Miss Thorne George, white silk evening gown; Mrs Lyons.-blaek evening gown: Mrs IL Thompson.'black chiffon with touches of white: Mftfs Ida Thompson, shimmering heliotrope satin evening frock; Mrs Harry Clark, black point tl’esprit evening gown; Mrs V. Rice. black and white piivspot gown; Miss Rice. dainty topaz silk evening frock with Honitou lace lierthe; Miss Oxley, effective daffodil yellow silk blouse with chiffon ruchings, and black satin skirt; Mrs H. Bloomfield, white' silk evening frock; Mrs Alasfen, black and ’ white'-spotted silk, bodice with white lace ciitredeux; Mrs R. M. Watt, pale blue silk and white lace transparent yoke; Mias Arey, cameo pink silk blouse and blaek skirt; Miss Aubin, white voile with silk ehi-fu lacs insertion; Mrs Kent, black satin with touches of white; Mrs F. King, black toilette; Miss Eva Beale, white silk evening frock and rose pink coat; Mrs Webb, black skirt and white silk blouse; Mrs C. Buddle, blue silk, white and black spotted net transparent yoke;. Mrs W. Lambert,' black evening toilette; Mrs Tanton,—blaek- satin- evening -gown, brightened with jet; Misses Tanton wore black and white evening frocks, respectively: Mrs Baunie. black and.amethyst silk gown; Mrs F. E. Baume, white and pink chine silk. PHYLLIS BROUN.