AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 1, 6 January 1909, Page 56

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, January 4. The holidays are over, and now I suppose all the visitors to Auckland will lie returning home, carrying with them the fortunate Aucklanders who have leisure to seek cooler breezes, either at the seaside or in the country. I hear of quite a number of people one knows going out of town this week. We didn't have particularly brilliant weather for the RACE DAYS. but still there were record attendances at Ellerslie on two, at least, of the four days. Last Wednesday, of course, was an “off day,” as far as attendance and dresses were concerned, and any simple little muslin was considered by most people to be quite good enough for that occasion. However, there were a few dresses worn that I think you will be interested in hearing fuller particulars of. Mrs Duthie was gowned in a charming Empire toilette of mole-grey chiffon, with small square yoke of white lace, outlined with pale green. Large mole straw picture hat, simply garlanded with large crush roses in mole and white. Mrs Lowrie (Hawke’s Bay) wore an effective gown of ficelle, ninon, and lace, surmounted by a becoming picture hat. crowned with ostrich feathers; Mrs Colbeck, very pretty shade of periwinkle blue eolienne. white hat, with lace drape and touches of blue. Mrs Waller's dainty white linen gown was encrusted with lovely Irish crochet lace, and was worn with a Tuscan hat, wreathed with roses in cerise shades. Miss Williams, very pretty pale grey toilette, with smart black upturned hat. Miss Foster was gowned in pale heliotrope. and wore a shaded hat of heliotrope and purple. Mrs Alfred Nathan was strikingly gowned in a lovely shade of blue satin marquisette; with it was worn a handsome ermine stole, and becoming hat of same' shade. Miss Roie Nathan's pretty pink Shantung silk had touches of brown and pink chine ribbon, a large black hat. wreathed with white roses, completed her costume; Mrs Benjamin, beautifully embroidered white Indian lawn, and black hat; her sister. Miss Marks, was also in white: Mrs Firth reseda green taffeta, with cream lace vest, black plumed hat: Mrs R. B. Lusk; pretty green, white floral mousseline. with Copenhagen blue hat; Mrs. Sharman wore a grey and black chiffon toilette with a smart lace coat, white and black hat; Airs. Myer (Melbourne) wore white, with a large black hat: Miss Olive Goodwin wore a striking brown linen costume with insertions of Eastern lace, large flop hat in same shade of brown: Mrs. Herz was verv prettily flocked in a pale shade of grey chiffon, hat en suite; Mrs. Moss Davis was wearins a black crepe de chine with black raffle, and a smart black and white toque; Miss Moss Davis, cornflower blue cloth Empire tai-lor-made costume, large plumed hat; Miss Muriel Moss Davis looked charm-

ing in a striped eoat and skirt, and large hut; Mrs. Roberts was gowned in black soiiened with white, small black and white hat; Mrs. Ross, green Louisine costume with cream laee guimpe and Tuscan hat wreathed with pink roses; Mrs. H. Clark wore a becoming toilette of raspberry chiffon over pink with pretty picture hat, the whole relieved with touches of black; Miss Ida Thompson wore a pretty pale blue frock with white lace yoke, hat wreathed with roses; Miss Nellie Thompson was in a dainty pink and white floral muslin with floral hat to match; Mrs. Walker was gowned in black with becoming floral toque; Miss Nora Walker was wearing a white Sicilian gown with pale blue facings, hat en suite; Miss Porch's graceful heliotrope mousseline was worn with a large Leghorn hat; Mrs. Southey Baker was gowned in a striking costume of white chiffon over taffeta, hat to match with drooping Paradise plumes; Mrs. T. Southey Baker, blaek silk and black hat; Mrs. H. Worsp (Waikato), white hail shower muslin and navy hat; Mrs. Hislop (Queensland) was charming in a straw coloured sunray pleated chiffon and Leghorn hat of same shade; Miss Ailie Yonge. white inserted muslin, white and pink hat: Miss Grey was prettily frocked in white, and wore a Tuscan hat wreathed with folds of shaded tulle; Mrs. Fred Yonge, ivory Sicilienne gown and blaek plumed hat; Mrs. Holgate. smart black chiffon taffeta, and black hat; Mrs. Alison wore blaek with a lovely little laee coatee, small hat en suite, On New Year's Day many, of course, wore the gowns they had appeared in on one or other of the previous days, but some of the fortunate ones of the earth had still another new frock to disport themselves in. There was a very large crowd there, though not, I think, quite up to the Boxing Day number. Amongst others I noticed: Mrs. Thorne George, wearing a blaek costume with a becoming blaek toque with long blue shaded ostrich plume; Miss Coates (Wellington), rich black taffeta and black hat ; Mrs. Dennis O'Rorke's charming ivory satin striped ehiffon Empire gown was trimmed with net and lace, smart white and blaek hat. garlanded with red berries; Miss Gorrie, azure blue and white striped taffeta, large blaek hat: Miss Raehael Gorrie, dainty heliotrope and white floral silk, toned with blaek, large rose-wreath-ed Leghorn hat: Mrs. Mitchelson was gowned in a heliotrope taffetas toilette with V-shaped yoke of lace, small toque to match; Mrs. Roy Wilson, ivory cloth tailor-made, Tuscan hat, garlanded with roses: . Irs. Chesson, pretty floral bordered mousseline in navy and pink shades, hat to correspond; Miss Dunnet, beautifully fitting sea green mousseline, worn with a hat of a darker shade; Miss Amy Moss, dark blue linen costume, Tuscan and blue hat; Miss Thorpe, white cloth costume, Tuscan and black hat; Miss Lily Thorpe, pretty heliotrope and white striped muslin, picture hat of white satin; Mrs. Percy Butler, white and grey striped tailor-made costume. black and white hat; Mrs. Bodie, dainty heliotrope crepe de chine, Tuscan hat, wreathed with black and white mar-

guerites; Mrs. W. Woodward, brown and red heather mixture'summer cloth tailormade, blaek hat; Miss Hunter, pretty ciel blue taffeta, toned with white, white and blue hat: her sister was gowned in white embroidered muslin; Mrs. Alison's gown of blue chine silk had a yoke of exquisite laee. black and white hat, brigntened with pink roses; Mrs. Fotheringham, _ exceeding pretty ficelle tinted net and laee gown, black hat, crowned with white ostrich feathers; Miss Ivy Alison, charming blue taffeta and mack

and white hat; Miss Berry, cream point d'esprit aud white hat; Mrs. Dawson, lilac taffeta, large white hat with black and white ostrich plumes; Mrs. Dawson, jun., pretty pale blue cloth gown, white hat with white ostrich leathers and pink roses; Miss Muir Douglas, white inserted muslin and a picturesque black hat; Mrs. Bullock Webster, brown and white cheek skirt, smart brown cloth jacket, Tuscan and brown hat; Mrs Alfred Nathan was charmingly gowned in grape bloom chiffon Princess robe, blaek and white plumed hat; Miss Hoie Nathan was picturesque in pale grey chiffon, worn with a blaek hat garlanded with roses; Mrs Ehrenfreid, rich black silk and lace costume, black bonnet; Miss Ehrenfried wore a noticeably beautiful gown of Brussels net and lace, black hat; Mrs Sharman, becoming white lace toilette and black hat; Mrs Myers, striking golden brown erepe de chine, with brown hat to match; Miss Gwen Nathan, dainty white inserted muslin, white stretched satin hat, with silver cord; Mrs Gore Gillon’s willow green taffeta skirt was worn with a satin Empire jacket and black hat wreathed with shaded roses; Mrs Duthie wore a Parisian robe of biscuit satin, with a large mole grey hat wreathed with mole and white roses; Mrs George Roberts, pretty grey toilette and grey hat to match; Miss Alice Walker, very dainty black and white striped marquisette, patterned with a tiny pink rose, White and black hat with wings; Mrs Hamley, handsome gown of buff Irish poplin, with a smart lace eoat and cream hat covered with shaded ostrich plumes; Mrs W. R. Bloomfield, black and white striped marquisette toilette, hat to match; Mrs George Bloomfield, dainty mist grey chiffon, large blaek hat wreathed with pink roses; Mrs Benjamin, black chiffon, inset with lace insertions over white, black and white hat; Mrs Herz was daintily gowned in white with a lace coat and a pretty old rose hat; Mrs Purdy wore a white embroidered linen with floral trimmed hat; Mrs Ranson was gowned in black and white check, with small hat en suite; Miss De Camp, sapphire blue eolienne with incrustations of cream lace, black hat swathed with blaek and miroir green tulle; Mrs Lowry (Hawke's Bay) wore a graceful toilette of black and white striped bordered ninon, black picture hat crowned with shaded roses; Miss Edith Isaacs was daintily frocked in pale grey ninon; Mrs Raynor's lovely pale blue toilette was worn with a becoming plumed hat; Mrs Baume wore a graceful gown of ivory crepe de chine, much inserted with lace, large blaek hat; Miss Browning looked charming in a dainty’ w’hite inserted muslin, with black picture hat; her sister, Miss Lulu Browning, also wore white with w’hite satin hat to match; Miss Sybil Grey wore a' beautifully fitting white cloth costume with pretty blue hat; Miss Vera Duthie was prettily frocked in white inserted muslin, with picturesque green hat with purple roses; Miss Ivy Buddle was in white cloth, with dainty white lace coatee and smart green hat; Mrs Moss Davis, handsome gown of black crepe de chine, pretty blaek toque and feather boa; Miss Muriel Moss Davis, grey and white striped tailor made costume, becoming white hat wreathed with roses; Mrs F. Waller wore a graceful gown of cream point d’esprit with touches of gold, black lace hat; Miss Moss Davis was daintily attired in white, and a large white hat with white wings and clusters of lilac.

Though there was, of course, nothing like the crowd at the races on Saturday 7 as there was on New Year's Day, the stand was pretty well filled, and some very 7 pretty- costumes were worn. The day was beautifully tine, and the fact that you could find room to sit down, which was quite impossible on New 7 Year’s Day, added considerably to our enjoyment. Among those present I noticed: Mrs H. Nolan, who was daintily gowned in a very fine white muslin, tucked and inserted, becoming heliotrope hat. and white feather boa; Mrs Lowrie (Napier), ■ attier blue tailor-made costume, smart cinnamon brown hat with chine ribbons; Mrs George Bloomfield wore a graceful gown of pale grey chiffon, with white embroidered lace, large black hat garlanded with roses; Mrs Edwin Horton looked charming in a straw coloured Marquisette, with white lace coatee, and a becoming white and blue hat; Mr 3 Wilfred Col beck was prettily 7 gowned in pale grey 7 ninon, with hat en suite; Mrs Mills, pale heliotrope ninon de side, black hat with white ospreys; Miss Mills was daintily frocked in white inserted muslin, becoming black hat with Juuk shaded rosea; Mrs Raynor, beauti-

fully fitting white linen eostuhie. white and blue hat; Mrs I>. Ferguson wore a white embroidere-i muslin frock, large white satin hat with black wings; Mrs Benjamin, lovely black chiffon, inset with black Chantilly over white, black hat with touches of white-. Mrs Herz wore a graceful gown of pale pink Shantung, Tuscan hat with pale pinik roses; Mrs Bodie was gowned in black chiffon voile, with yoke of white laee, black picture hat; Miss Hunter, cream serge Eton costume, with a pretty flower-wreathed liat; Miss —. Hunter, navy tailor-made, with becoming heliotrope hat; Mrs Ranson, black ninon gown, with white lace vest, Tuscan hat with pale pink roses; Mrs De Camp, handsome gown of black chiffon taffeta, with small green hat; Mrs Foster, dark blue tailc»--in::de, with white and blue hat; Mrs George Elliott, becoming gown of green and white striped ninon, with white lace guimpe, pretty green hat: Mrs John Reed was gowned in navy Shantung, with V-shaped yoke of cream lace, hat to match; Mrs Angus Gordon, black and white checked costume, pretty 7 black hat; Mrs Devore, black mousseline de spie, with touches of cream and pink, black and white bonnet; Miss Devore wore a becoming pale blue Sicilian costume, with a Tuscan hat garlanded with shaded roses; Mrs Tonks, Tuscan coat and skirt, with a pretty blaek hat: Mrs Firth, dainty- white crepe •de chine Empire gown, with black hat swathed with white; Mrs F. Ross was prettily frocked in white inserted muslin, and Tuscan hat with clusters of pink roses: Miss Browning, graceful white inserted muslin frock, with becoming blaek hat: Miss Lulu Browning, biscuit-colour-ed tailor-made, with hat to match ; Mrs Lawson wore a peach pink Lonisine, with Tuscan hat trimmed with pink and green; Mrs Hume, white Sicilian costume. with black plumed hat: Mrs Holgate. grey- and white checked ta-i’eta, trimmed with black, pretty black and white hat to match: Mrs Alison, handsome gown of blaek taffeta, with lace coatee, black plumed hat: Miss Ruddock, pretty reseda green pinafore frock, relieved with white, pretty floral hat: Mrs Hartland was gowned in a pale mauve ninon, with a blaek and mauve hat; Miss Hartland, uainty white embroidered linen, with i uscan and white hat; Lus George Robert, handsome black costume, relieved with white, black and white toque to match.