AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2, 12 January 1907, Page 44

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, Jan. 8. RACES ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. Unfortunately for the raee-going people, the weather for the last two days* raSng can only be described as fiendish. It rained the whole time on New Year’s Day and was so fearfully hot that everybody seemed quite limp. However, everyone remained quite cheerful, and as most people had come prepared they wandered round as usual and enjoyed themselves fairly well on the whole. The racing and attendance were particularly good and some of the finishes were unusually exciting. Though rain coats were the order of the day, some of the braver ones wore pretty costumes, a few of which I give below:—Mrs W. R. Bloomfield looked charming in a black chiffon taffeta with a white laee vest and a becoming black hat; Mrs But hie wore a white doth tailor-made

costume and a Tuscan hat with a shaded blue feather; Miss Gorrie, pretty pale grey summer tweed faced with green, white vest, and a green tulle swathed hat; Miss Gwen Gorrie, white cloth costume with a becoming heliotrope hat; Airs L. R. Bloomfield, becoming gown of black taffeta, with white vest and a smart blue plumed hat; Mrs George Bloomfield wore a brown eoat

and skirt, cream vest and a pink toque; Airs Ruck iu a handsome black taffeta relieved with white and a black and white toque; Miss Grey was gowned in a royal blue chiffon voile with a cream lace vest and a blue hat to matclr; Miss Davy in a dainty white embroidered muslin with a becoming white and black hat; Miss AL Cotter, dark blue cloth coat and skirt, dainty white vest and a blue hat to match; Miss \V. Cot-

ter, white tailor-made costume and black hat; ills H. Nolan, dark grey tweed coat and skirt with a becoming black hat; Mrs Bodie wore a navy tailor-made gown, smart hat en suite; Mrs Holmes, white cloth eoat and skirt with a Tuscan and black hat; Mrs E. C. Smith, pale grey costume, hat trimmed with pale green: Mrs Alfred Nathan was strikingly gowned in a brown and violet chine silk with beautiful cream laee jabot, brown toque finished with a group of peacock’s feathers; Mrs Benjamin, pale grey check taffeta, with cream lace vest, touches of pale blue, blaek, and white toque; Mrs E. Benjamin, dainty grey toilette, with black plumed hat: Mrs Hertz, pretty white embroidered muslin frock with becoming pale pink hat; Mrs Alorrin. navy aud white pin spot eolienne with cream lace yoke, blue toque to match; Mrs Lawson, blaek chiffon taffeta with dainty cream lace yoke, white hat; Airs. Dargaville, handsome black siik gown and dainty blaek toque with white ostrich plumes; Miss Dargaville, crush strawberry linen Eton costume faced with white and white vest, Tuscan hat; Mrs H. Thompson (Eltham), navy serge tailor-made, black picture hat trimmed with blaek and white ostrich plumes; Airs Markham, black gown and black and white hat; Airs Sharnian. cream hopsacking eoat and skirt, white plateau hat trimmed with leaf green; Mrs R. B. Lusk, navy blue coat and skirt, and white hat with pink roses; Aliss Lusk, navy gown with crimson cloth coat; small blue hat; Aliss O. Lusk, Bordeaux costume with cream vest, hat of same shade; Airs Forbes, pretty pale blue embroidered linen, small burnt straw and white hat: Miss Ireland, blue costume and blaek and white check coat, small gem hat? Miss J. Ireland, dark blue with fawn coat, and black hat; Airs Dunnet, wore grey with blaek toque brightened with pink roses; Mrs Marsaek, tomato red hopsacking Eton costume, pretty shaded pink hat; Miss Brodie, dark

blue gown, small blaek hat; Mis« Witchel. blue and white striped summer tweed coat and skirt, la-coming green hat; Airs Lecky, green cloth coat and skirt, green hat draped with green chiffon scarf; Miss Bell, blue cloth with brown facings, small hat to match; Airs Alison, navy blue and white spotted voile costume trimmed with eream insertion, blue and white hat; Miss Alison was gowned in white, small white hat with eluster of blaek marguerite daisies at one side; Miss Ivy Alison, white cloth with touches of blaek, dainty hat ensuite; Mrs Devore was gowned in black with becoming black and white bonnet brightened with pink roses; Aliss Devore, white cloth with black picture hat; Airs T. Hope Lewis, smart brown cloth tailor-made gown with pretty heliotrope hat; Airs Maxwell, red cloth Eton coat and skirt. Tuscan hat swathed with pink; Airs Walker, black voile with touches of cream, black toque; Airs Barter, navy blue chiffon taffeta with white yoke, .small black hat; Aliss Thorpe wore white embroidered muslin with black hat: Aliss S. Thorpe, pretty cream eostume, burnt straw hat: Airs Roberts, brown costume with pretty brown hat; Aliss Spieer, pink muslin, pretty white hat garlanded with pink roses; Aliss Percival, navy blue silk with cream laee yoke, Tuscan hat; Miss Little, blaek and white gown, black hat; Miss Devereux was wearing dark blue relieved with white, white hat; Aliss Peaeoeke, blue grey coat and skirt, blaek hat; Aliss Dueler, pale grey, black hat; Airs Jones, wore grey with blaek hat relieved with touches of red; Afiss Davy; Airs Coney, navy blue costume, white hat turned up at one side, with cluster of crimson roses; Aliss Bush (TFi lines), dark blue toilette with pretty white and heliotrope hat; Airs McDonald, blaek gown relieved with white, pretty blaek and white bonnet; Aliss Ale Donald was gowned in grey, white and black hat; Airs C. Owen. Burgundy cloth coat and skirt with white vest, pretty pink rose toque; Airs Alasefield, navy blue silk with ercaiu laee yoke, dainty pale blue hat; Mrs Laurence, navy costume with smart green hat; Aliss Wylde Browne, brown silk toilette with cream lace yoke, hat en suite; Airs Gibson (Kaipara), blue grey figured silk inset with lands of white insertion, blaek hat and blaek chiffon boa; Aliss Bagual, grey striped summer tweed, pretty crimson hat; Airs Hamley, brown cloth tailor-made costume, black hat; Airs C. Dawson (Waihi), blue cloth Eton eostume with blue hat brightened with pink roses; Airs Tonks, navy blue eoat and skirt, Tuscan hat trimmed with shaded ribbon; Aliss Buckland, brown • cloth eoat and skirt and blaek hat; FOURTH DAY’S RACES. Airs. Duthie was wearing a pretty pale blue mousseline, a Tuscan hat with a shaded blue feather; Airs. George Bloomfield wore a charming gown of pink and white floral mousseline, with white laee, and a white hat wreathed with pink roses; Aliss Gorrie. grey summer tweed eostume, piped with green, and a green tulle hat; Aliss Gwen Gorrie, white cloth coat and skirt, and a pretty mauve hat; Aliss Al. Cotter was becomingly gowned iu a leaf green chiffon taffeta, with a green hat to match; Aliss W. Cotter wore a pretty pale blue gown, with white laee vest outlined with chine ribbon, white hat with blue ribbon and pink roses; Airs. John Reid was gowned in a dark green taffeta, with touches of cream, and a black toque; Aliss Reid, navy tailor-made costume, Tuscan and blue hat; Airs. Ranson, in a grey and black figured mousseline, with bands of blaek laee, and a pretty blaek and white toque; Aliss De Camp, black, with a long white cloth coat, and a black and white toque; Mrs. Bodie was gowned in a royal blue chiffon voile, with a cream lace yoke outlined with apple-green velvet, and a blue hat to match; Airs. Nolan wore grey, with a becoming blaek hat; Ali-s. Owen was charmingly gowned in a biscuit-coloured voile, with touches of brown, and a Tuscan and brown hat; Airs. Alasefield, dark blue ehiffon taffeta, with a pretty pale blue hat; Airs. -Martelli, cream cloth eostume, black plumed hat: Airs. Churton, grey tweed coat and skirt, and a smart red hat; Aliss WyldeBrowne was gowned in a pale grey eolienne, with white lace yoke, and ft becoming blue hat; Mrs. Yonge wore a grey tweed coat and skirt, pretty white vest, and a black hat; Mrs. Grey, cream chiffon voile gown, trimmed with cream lace and insertion, and a red hat; Mrs. Lawson, iu a pretty black aud whit« cot-

pink linen coat and skirt, Tuscan and pink hat; Mrs. Walker was gowned ill a grey and black spotted grenadine, over black, aud a black and white bouuet; Mi-s Yonge, white embroidered muslin, with a black hat; Aliss Walker, pretty, pale pink muslin, with white Valenciennes laee and insertion, Tuscan and blaek bat; Mrs. Lyons wore a becoming cream toilette, with a pretty toque composed of Neapolitan violets; Airs. Lecky was gowned in leaf green mousseline, with cream laee, and a black picture hat; Miss Ireland, blue and white sniped summer tweed, with a white hat; Aliss J. Ireland, blaek and white striped

tunir, with a Waek toqu*; Miss Spicer, coat auj skirt,' with a small ‘hat; Miss Zoe Gworge wore a white linen costume, pale bine ceinture, and a becoming blue and white hat; Mrs. R. B. Lusk, pretty black costume, relieved with white, hat with pink roses; Miss Stevenson, cream cloth gown with touches of blue, blue and white hat; Miss Daisy Stevenson, dainty white muslin gown, and a becoming white hat to match; Miss Irnsk, eream canvas, lace yoke threaded with shaded ribbon, blaek hat; Miss O. Lusk, white muslin, long red coat, and a pink luit; Mrs. Robert Dargaville was wearing a pretty grey and black gown, with a black and white toque; Miss Brodie was daintily gowned in white embnoidered muslin with folded belt, and a smart white hat; Miss Marks, white frilled muslin with Valenciennes lace and insertion, and a blaek picture hat; Miss J. Alison, pretty white inserted muslin over pale blue, blue hat with blue shaded feather; Mrs. Herr wore a red coat and skirt, cream laee vest, and a pink tulle ■wathed hat; Mrs. Seavil, white doth costume, Tuscan hat with black; Mrs. Sbwerhy was gowned in a grey and black embroidered chiffon over black glace, with touches of green, and a black toque; Mrs. Hamley, in a striking gown of black and white embroidered muslin, and a blaek and white hat to match ; Mrs. Dargaville wore a handsome gown of blaek silk grenadine over white, white boa, and a black plumed toque; Mrs. Thompson was in a white embroidered muslin, .with a becoming blaek liat: Miss Dargaville was daintily froeked in a white inserted muslin, threaded with blue ribbon, and a becoming white hat; Mrs. Shepherd, cream cloth costume, faced with blue, blue and white hat to match; Mrs. Markham, white linen costume, with a black hat; Mrs. Benjamin was wearing a pretty grey toilet, with a grey and white toque; Mrs. E. Benjamin, navy blue voile with cream lace, and a blue hat to match; Mrs. Hany Keesing wore a striking gown of striped silk, with a black and white toque; Mrs. Louisson; Mrs. Johnstone, dark tailor-made costume. smart green toque; Mrs. Clem Lawford wore a white linen coat and skirt, with a smart red hat; Mrs. Roberts. pretty royal navy voile costume with white lace, and a blue and white hat. .

BROUGH-FUEMMING COMPANY. It goes without saying that the audiences at His Majesty’s 'Theatre are large and brilliant, ami that the Brough-Flem-ming Comedy Company are enthusiastically received each night. All were delighted to welcome back our favourite, Mrs. Brough, who looked exceedingly well well, and acted with all her old animation and eharm. The dresses worn in “Mrs. Carriage's Necklace” were very pretty and effective. Mrs. Brough wore a cerise velvet gown in the opening scene, made with a gathered skirt into the waist, and cream lace entredeux. Her second was a pale blue satin tea gown with blaek lace insertions, and she wore a petunia silk encrusted with black applique in the last act. Miss Beatrice Day was charmingly gowned in a beautiful white net evening frock covered with opalescent bugles, and wreaths of tiny pink roses festooned round decolletage. Her other dresses were a lemon silk and a pretty pale blue cashmere house gown with bodiee cut to form bolero effect over a white Irish lace full blouse. Miss Kate Gair looked very dainty in a pale heliotrope net evening frock with a deeper tone on tire corsage. and she also wore a soft white mousseline with small frills on the skirt. In the audience on Friday night I noticed Mrs. Mct ’osh Clark in a blaek chantilly lace evening gown; Mrs. Hope Lewis, white point d'esprit evening toilette; Miss Fenton, white silk with silk yak yaee on decoUetage; Miss Nora Goreie. primrose silk, with lovely Brussels lace berthe; Miss Blamlie Gorrie, pale blue silk and white Josephine scarf; Mi’s. W. R. Boomfield, white silk and blaek lace evening frock; Mrs. H. Lloyd Brett, rose pink figured silk, with cream lace yoke; Mrs. Monckton, pale pink silk and cream lace berthe; Mrs. Walker, blaek taffetas with cream lace entredeux; Miss Florence Walker, white silk evening frock; Mrs. I. Alexander, blaek taffetas; Mrs. A. M. Ferguson, white broderie Anglaise; Mrs. Gamble, blaek crepe de chine with cream lace insertion; Mrs. Ranson, cream crepe evening gown; Mrs. A. Hanna, blaek evening gown, brightened with jet; Miss Ivy Buddle, white silk and white coat faced with maize silk; Mrs. O. Nicholson, blaek evening gown; Mi’s. C. Chapman, white silk.

PHYLLIS BROUN.