AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 6, 8 February 1908, Page 52

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, February 4. 1 promised you quite a lengthy epistle this week. I am glad to say that I shall not have to disappoint you. The GARDEN PARTY GIVEN BY HIS EXCELLENCY AND LADY PLUNKET last Tuesday was an altogether Plunket last Tuesday was an altogether delightful affair. The weather was perfect, a wee bit warm perhaps, but one could always find a shady place under the trees on the lawn, and there were most delicious ice creams to assist in the cooling process. We were received by their Excellencies at the edge of th lawn, and afterwards we wandered about the grounds at our own sweeh will, tea was served in the ball-room, a splendid idea, was it not? as it prevented all crowding. Of course, there were heaps of people one knew there, but I missed many familiar faces whose owners no doubt are still away holiday-making. Now, for a few of the pretty gowns worn: Lady Plunket was charmingly gowned in a white lawn gown profusely inserted with Broderie Aning hat with drooping shaded blue osglaise, pale blue waistband, and a becomtrich plume; Hon. Miss Plunket was attired in a pretty black and grey striped marquisette, with lace vest, black hat, wreathed with shaded roses; Miss Williams wore a lovely semiEmpire gown of ficelle cloth, with net and lace vest and sleeves, and a folded ceinture of gold tissue, large picture hat of Copenhagen blue straw, with a long blue ostrich feather; Mrs. Bamford was gowned in a pretty toilette of myrtle green chiffon taffeta, relieved with cream lace and touches of velvet, small black toque; Mrs. Bedford, lovely black chiffon taffeta, brightened with touches of salmon pink, black plumed hat; Mrs. Benjamin, dainty grey and black striped gown, relieved with pale blue, black hat; Mrs. Arthur Baker wore an effective toilette of stone grey silk, with white vest, black hat, with Bird of Paradise plumes; Mrs. Hughes, white insertioned lawn, worn with a black hat; Miss Ella Brigham, pretty white muslin, white Leghorn hat, with a large white ribbon bow; Mrs. Abbott was effectively gowned in white, with hat en suite; Mrs. Pritt, handsome black silk toilette, and black plumed hat; Miss Brodie, dainty sea blue muslin; Mrs. F. E. Baume, charming gown of black and white striped marquisette, relieved with touches of pale blue, black hat; Mrs. Beale, white embroidered lawn, worn with a black hat; Miss Beale, white, with a floral chiffon shoulder scarf, hat draped with a flowing black and white veil; Madame Boeufve wore a dainty toilette of pale grey striped ninon, smart hat to correspond ; Dr. Eleanor Baker, pretty floral muslin inserted with lace, black hat; Mrs. Ball, Wack chiffon taffeta, with white vest and revers, black hat; Madame Buchard was gowned in a mouse grey toilette, and wore a small white rose wreathed hat; Lady Campbell, effective gown of black and white ninon, cream

bonnet toned with black velvet and finished with clusters of buttercups; Mrs. Cheeseman, black chiffon taffeta, with white guimpe, black plumed hat; Miss Isabel Clark, very pretty black and white pin striped silk, with velvet ceinture, white and black picture with ostrich plumes; Mrs. Corbett, black and white toilette, and black toque; Mrs. Colegrove, dainty striped toilette, with white straw nat; Mrs. Cutler (Dunedin) was strikingly gowned in a sapphire blue and white striped silk, black picture hat; Mrs. Dargaville, very handsome black embroidered Louisine silk mounted on white glace; black toque; Miss Muriel Dargaville, very pretty chine silk frock, toned with pale pink, hat to match wreathed with roses; Mrs. Devore, handsome toilette of grey and black silk, eream and black bonnet, brightened with shaded roses; Mrs. Collins, dainty floral ninon, with finishings of smoke-blue velvet, black hat;Mrs Douglas, black taffeta, relieved with white, black hat; Miss Douglas, pretty mousseline gown and Leghorn hat wreathed with roses; Miss Dunnet wore a striking heliotrope and white toilette, with fiat to match; Mrs. Dyer, black and white costume, relieved with touches of pale blue, black hat; Miss Dyer, heliotrope and white floral muslin, with heliotrope silk ceinture, Tuscan hat; Miss Fenton was wearing a floral ninon gown, with a black hat; Mrs. ,Savage, very pretty mignonette green chiffon over taffeta, plumed hat of same shade; Miss Ferguson, brown floral muslin, inset with cream lace, hat en suite; Miss — Ferguson was wearing a pretty glass lawn gown, and a brown hat; Mrs. S. Thorne George was charmingly gowned in black chiffon taffeta, with cream lace vest, outlined with touches of pale blue, white and black toque; Mrs. Gorrie, handsome black silk gown, softened with lace, black bonnet; Miss Pearl Gorrie, dainty white inserted muslin, rose-w-reathed Leghorn hat; Mrs. Glenny wore black, with a black and violet hat; Mrs. Angus Gordon, black and white striped Marquisette, small black plumed hat; Miss Geddes was in a pretty white frock and a Leghorn hat; Mrs. Guinness was effectively' gowned in pearl-grey, and wore with it a becoming white hat; Mrs. Heather wofe black; Miss Heather was strikingly gowned in deep rose pink; Mrs Hazard, white gown and a small floral hat; Miss Isaacs was prettily frocked in a heliotrope and white striped silk, and wore a black picture hat; Mrs. Keesing, a very pretty grey check silk toilette, with a smart hat en suite; Miss Keesing was dainty in a pink floral muslin, finished with chine ribbon bands, white and pink hat; Miss Gill, pale grey gown and a black plumed hat; Mrs. Keesing, grey and black check silk gown, with a small green hat; Mrs. Leece, very' handsome black silk toilette and a black and white bonnet; Mrs. Leckie wore white tucked silk, with ivory insertion, black picture hat; Mrs. Seegner wore a Nattier blue silk toilette, encrusted with ecru lace, hat en suite; Mrs. Suggate, ivory silk gown, inserted with lace, small green hat; Mrs. J. P. Stevenson, striking pink embroidered frock, with hat to correspond; Mrs. Steele, black chiffon taffeta, toned with white, hat to match; Miss Steele, white, white hat with large‘white bow; Miss Lusk, cream cloth skirt, with a guipure lace blouse, black straw hat; Mrs. Lyons, black chiffon taffeta, toned with white, black picture hat; Mrs. Harry Marsack, pretty cream costume, with white and floral trimmed hat; Mrs. Arthur Marsack, black chiffon taffeta and black hat; Mrs. Louis Myers, handsome toilette of black and white silk, bonnet to match; Mrs. Arthur Myers wore a beautiful crepe de chine gown, over shell-pink glace, pink hat with drooping ostrich feathers; Mrs. Mills, charming grey silk toilette, with a white vest, black hat; Miss Mills, effective pink striped cambric gown, black hat with large white crush rose; Miss W. Menzies, pretty white tucked silk, green straw hat; Mrs. MacCormick, white embroidered lawn gown and black hat; Miss Marjorie McCormick, pretty white muslin; Miss Roie Nathan, very pretty embroidered Swiss muslin gown and white Cloche hat; Mrs. Pollen, crushed raspberry Marquisette, with cream yoke, outlined with black, black plumed hat; Mrs. Payton; Miss Payton, dainty white muslin and a white hat; Mrs. Prickett, black open-work canvas gown, mounted on green glace, black bonnet; Miss Prickett, pale green; Mrs. Pritt, black silk and black plumed hat; Mrs. Rathbone, black eolienne, with cream lace yoke and bretellos, blank hat; Mrs. Reed, black chiffon taffeta and black plumed hat; Mrs. Rayner, beautiful gown of embroidered

■ilk grass lawn, with Oriental design, hat iin; Miss Stubbs wore white, with a white to match; Mrs. Spicer, pretty white muahat; Miss Ida Thompson, very pretty Ciel blue mousseline, with pale blue nat to match; Miss Towle wore a pink and white striped silk, with hat en suite; Mrs. Upton, rich black silk toilette, and black hat; Miss Nellis Upton, white inserted muslin, white hat trimmed with hydrangea blue; Miss Alice Walker was strikingly gowned in grey silk, and wore a black picture hat.

PHYLLIS BROUN.