NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 24, 10 June 1908, Page 61

NEW PLYMOUTH.

Dear Bee, June 6. Last Monday evening Miss Bessie Bayly gave A MOST ENJOYABLE BRIDGE PARTY at her pretty home in Vivian-street. The first prize, a handsome silver-topped bottle, was won by Mrs. Jack Wilson, Mrs. Blundell taking second honours. Miss Bayly wore a pretty black point d’esprit over glace; Mrs. Bayly, rich blaek chiffon taffetas, kimono bodice, over a cream lace blouse; Miss Carrie Bayly, dainty cream lace blouse, black silk skirt; Mrs. Percy Webster looked well in black chiffon taffetas, decolletage finished with rich cream lace; Mrs. Clement Webster, pale blue silk blouse inset with cream laee insertion, black silk skirt; Mrs. Evans, heliotrope figured silk muslin, trimmed with narrow Valenciennes lace; Miss Humphries, handsome cream lace blouse, black silk skirt; Miss M. Humphries, blaek silk with heavy sequined yoke; Miss Read, black silk, cream lace berthe, relieved with scarlet roses; Mrs.

Collins, cream silk blouse with strappings of cornflower blue silk, black satin skirt; Mrs. T. Carthew. black silk skirt, heliotrope and white silk blouse; Mrs. Alexander, blaek silk, chemisette of cream lace; Mrs. Leatham, lovely frock of white chiffon taffetas, veiled in black lace, decolletage and skirt trimmed with pale pink ehiffon roses; Mrs. Lysons, white silk blouse, dark skirt; Mrs. Fletcher, heliotrope silk blouse, trimmed with Valenciennes lace, blaek brocaded skirt; Mrs. Fred Bayly, black; Mrs. H. Russel), black silk with tucker of white ruehed chiffon; Miss Hammerton, black; Mrs. W. Shaw, white embroidered silk blouse, black silk skirt; Mrs. Jack Wilson, navy blue chiffon taffetas blouse, trimmed with eream lace, black satin skirt: Mrs. Blundell, pale pink silk and cream laee blouse, blaek silk skirt; Mrs. A. D. Gray, pretty pale green brocaded satin blouse, finished with cream luce, black satin skift; Mrs. 11. Baily, black crepe de chine, tucker of white chiffon;

Mrs. Gibbons, black silk, Maltese laee wart; Mis. N. King, black silk skirt, white lace blouse; Mrs. I). Laing, cream blouse with Ince liolero, black silk skirt ; Miss Wood, cream silk and lace blouse, brown silk taffetas skirt; Mrs. Addcnbrooke, black silk grenadine with lace sleeves and yoke; Mrs. 11. Stocker, cream with silk and lace blouse; Mrs. Waiter Bayly, pink silk blouse, veiled in cream point d’esprit, black silk skirt; Mis. Claud Weston looked well in a pale blue voile, profusely trimmed with cream lace, lovely laee scarf; Miss B. Rennell, pale blue silk taffetas blouse, black lace scarf over glace; Miss A. Hempton, cream smk taffetas blouse, black silk skirt; Mrs. W. Newman, black satin blouse, finished with frills of lace, black silk skirt; Mrs. McKellai, black silk, relieved with cream laee; Mrs. Simpson, black silk. The girls of New Plymouth got up a jolly IMPROMPTU DANCE in the Freemasons’ Hall last Wednesday evening as a kind of finish to the Prince of Wales' Birthday, am- to my mind this sort of thing is ten times nicer than long-arranged dances. Amongst those present were: Miss E. Bayley, rich cream lace frock over glace; Miss Hanna, turquoise blue, decolletage prettily finished with cream laee; Miss N. Hanna, cream striped crepoline, daintilly reliev-

cd with bretelles of pink roses; Mist Madne 'Salmon was much admired in shell pink muslin, full frilled skirt, scar let ruses in coiffure; Miss Bedford, pale lettuce green ninon de soie, decolletag*) finished with narrow Valenciennes lace, deep red roses in coiffure; Miss D. Bedford, cream figured silk with folded berthe of point d’esprit and Valenciennes laee. scarlet rose in coiffure; Miss Brewster, cream silk, relieved with broad pale pink silk ba mi on hem of skirt, decolletnge finished with pale pink and black laee insertion; Miss King, white embroidered silk; Mrs. Penn, cream lace frock, gold embroidered belt, gold butterfly in coiffure; Miss Penn, turquoise blue silk, cream laee on corsage; Miss Standish, white book muslin with satin bands on skirt; Miss Wordsworth, black silk, cream laee tucker; Miss Colson, turquoise blue silk; Miss Messenger, heliotrope floral chiffon muslin. piped with emerald green velvet; Mis s Blundell, pale blue voile, cream laee berthe. blue ribboned sash; Miss Kirby, cream lace frock, pale green ribboned sash; Miss V. Brett, pale blue muslin; Miss Jones, yellow silk taffetas, cream lace insertion, finished with black velvet be be ribbon; Mrs. Oswin, pah* blue voile; Miss Addenbrooke, cream silk, inset with Paris-tinted lace: Miss A Aleck, cream voile with mauve velvet belt and shoulder straps; Miss Clarke, pah* blue silk. finished with bands of satin.

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. F. Parkinson- (Hawena) are at present spending a few months In -Sydney. Mrs. 11. Stocker, who has been visiting her relatives in Wellington, has returned to New Plymouth. Mrs. Everard Gilmour, who has been the guest of her sister (Mrs. Macklow, Fairfax-road, Auckland), has return to New Plymouth. Miss Poynter (llawera) left last week for her future home in South Africa. Mrs. Fred Webster, who has been visiting her daughter (Mrs. Farley, Timaru)/ has returned to her home in New Plymouth. Miss Douglas (llawera) is spending a month in Napier. Mr. and Miss Caplen arc now in {Sydney for a short holiday. Miss Campion (Rangitikei) is now the guest of Mrs. Stevens (llawera). Miss Hewitt (Palmerston) is staying with her sister (Mrs. D. Willis, Rawer a ). Miss Kinder, who has been the guest of Mrs. R. F. Poge, has now returned to her home in Auckland. Dr. and Mrs. Browne have returned from their visit to Wellington. Mrs. Penn, who has been on a visit in Auckland, has returned to her homo in New Plvmouth.

NANCY LEE.