NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 3, 15 July 1908, Page 61

NEW PLYMOUTH.

Dear Bee, July 11. The Whakatika hockey girls gave A MOST ENJOYABLE DANCE in the Freemasons’ Hall last Thursday evening, and never have I seen the hall so packed; but as it was got up to obtain money to send a hockey team to Wanganui, one agreeably and pleasantly put up with all those little inconveniences. Among those present I noticed: Mrs G. Kebbell, pretty pale blue floral muslin, decolletage trimmed with narrow Valenciennes lace; Miss Mountford, white figured muslin over a rose-pink foundation, pale pink flowers on corsage; Miss E. Collis, pale blue frilled muslin; Miss N. Collis, pale pink muslin, full tucked skirt, berthe of white laee; Miss D. Whitcombe, white muslin, scarlet roses in coiffure; Mrs Penn, black net over a satin foundation, scarlet roses in coiffure ; Miss Penn, turquoise blue silk, shoulder straps inset with cream lace; Miss Brewster, pretty cream striped net over cream brocaded silk, laee shoulder straps bound with silk, pale pink roses in coiffure; Mirs Harvey, white silk voile, white satin bands on skirt and bodice, berthe of silk embroidered laee, scarlet roses in conffure; Miss R. Crawford, pale pink silk, white lace berthe; Miss A. Crawford, white muslin, full tucked and insertioned skirt, berthe of frilled Valenciennes lace; Miss Carte (Wellington), pretty cornflower blue Empire frock, berthe of frilled silk banded with rose-pink silk, rose-pink ribboned sash; Miss Hanna, turquoise blue, cream insertion on corsage; Miss N. Hanna, cream flowered voile, appliqued with sprays of pink roses; Miss M. Addenbrooke, cornflower blue frock, white lace frills on decolletage; Miss Bedford, lettuce-green ninon, with chemisette of Valenciennes lace, relieved with deep red roses; Miss D. Bedford, white silk, scarlet roses in coiffure; Miss Clarke, canary coloured silk, profusely frilled; Miss Ivy Alison (Auckland), pretty pale pink Louisine silk, cream laee berthe and shoulder straps, dainty silver sequined shoulder scarf; Miss Olive Mackay was much admired in a cream silk taffetas, folded bodice trimmed with silver braid, full Empire skirt finished with silver bands; Miss Saunders, white tucked point d’esprit, trimmed with bands of satin ribbon; Miss Elsie Smith, pretty pale heliotrope silk frock, with cream

chiffon sash; Miss Ellis, blue and pink floral voile, with pink folded Empire belt; Miss O’Brien, cream silk, lace berthe; Miss E. O’Brien, pale blue silk; Miss G. O’Brien, pale pink silk, with heliotrope ribbon sash; Miss Colson, turquoise blue silk, cream lace berthe; Miss Quilliam, cream silk taffetas. berthe of embroidered silk lace; Miss Stephens (Hawera), charming frock of pale pink chiffon taffetas, decolletage finished with narrow Valenciennes lace; Miss Capel, white tucked silk, pale blue sash; Miss N. Capel, white voile, heliotrope and pink floral ribbon sash; Miss 11. Humphries, pretty rose-pink muslin, Valenciennes lace on corsage; Miss N. Dempsey, white silk relieved with scarlet flowers; Miss Hoskin, pale pink muslin, bodice prettily finished with frills of white lace; Mrs G. Gunson, white silk, corsage trimmed with white lace and scarlet roses; Miss Affleck, cream voile; pink roses in coiffure; Miss Hall, pale green silk chemisette, and sleeves of white net and Valenciennes lace; Mrs Rollo, pretty turquoise blue silk, shoulder straps inset with cream lace; Miss Fitzherbert. white embroidered muslin, gold belt; Miss V. Brett looked well in black frilled net, trimmed with hands of satin bebe ribbon; Miss Turner, cream silk, lace berthe, scarlet roses in coiffure; Miss Gross, puce-coloured cashmere, trimmed with cream insertion; Miss —. Gross, cornflower blue, with silk shoulder scarf; Miss L. Skinner, whit? muslin, trimmed with green hand-painted silk. green rose in coiffure; Miss (). Kelly, pale green silk, cream silk and lace blouse, satin shoulder straps and belt; Misses Roy (2), pale blue and green frilled muslins respectively; Miss T. Brown, pretty turquoise blue silk, corsage finished with white lac? and insertion; Miss Kerr, cream crepe de chine, real lace berthe, pale pink roses in coiffure; Miss Kirkby, cream lace over glace, pale blue ribboned belt and shoulder straps; Miss 1). Whitcombe looked pretty in rose-pink silk, berthe of white lace; Miss Kyngdon, rosepink tucked muslin, decolletage inset with cream lace; Miss Ada Whitaker, pretty turquoise blue frock, cream lace yoke, white ribbons in hair; Miss Martin, rose-pink, etc. Considerable interest attached to the final for the. . . . . . x . LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP of the Nga. Mota Golf Club, between Miss Standish and 'Miss Hoskin, which was won by the former. PERSONAL ITEMS. Miss Ivy Alison (Auckland) paid Mrs Fraser (New Plymouth) a short visitbefore journeying on to Wellington. Miss Amy Kemp (New Plymouth) is visiting her sist r, Mrs Robison, of Te Aroha. Miss Madge Salmon (South- Africa). who has been the guest of Mrs Bedford, New Plymouth, is now visiting the Rev. Canon and Mrs Mac Murray, Parnell. Miss Vera Brett, of the Telephone Exchange, New Plymouth, has been transferred to the Auckland office. Miss Pratt, who has been for some time living in Christchurch, is on a visit to New Plymouth, and is at present the guest of Mrs Kyngdon.

NANCY LEE.