NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 5, 3 August 1910, Page 65

NEW PLYMOUTH.

July 27. A Dance. Last Friday evening Mrs Walter Penn gave a most delightful dance at her residence in Avenue-road. Two rooms were arranged for dancing, while the spacious verandah was enclosed with canvas in a very cosy style for sitting out. A most recherche supper was served in the din-

i ng-room, t'.e table decoration* bei masses of violets and spring bulbs. Mrs Penn received her guests in a black sat. a robe prettily finished with lace; Miss Penn, white net over a silk foundation; Miss E. Penn, white Louisine silk, silver sequined berthe; Miss Standish, pale blue taffetas, silver sequined guimpe on deeolletage; Miss T. Webster, white silk; Miss T. Fitzherbert wore her dainty dove grey ninon over a foundation of rosepink silk; Miss F. Evans, white muslin; Miss Stocker (Invercargill), black silk, real lace berthe; Miss E. Bayley, black crepe de chine, Maltese lace berthe; Miss Simpson, white silk; Miss Roy, white niessaline, decolletage draped with silk lace; Miss C. Bayly, black net inset with lace insertion over white glace, decolletage relieved with pale blue; Miss Saxton, pale blue cashmere de soie. cream lace yoke and sleeves; Miss B. Mathews, pale blue muslin; Miss Blundell, pale pink flowered: crepe de chine; Miss Myles (Timaru), pretty cream lace robe; Miss Kyngdon, white silk; Miss 1. Lewis (Gisborne), white silk; Miss G. Fookes ; black satin, cream lace berthe relieved with pink roses; Mi' L. McAlhun, pale blue silk; Miss E. Atkinson, saxe blue cashmere de soie, finished silver passementerie trimming on corsage; Miss Robinson, scarlet silk, with cream Oriental lace panel in front of skirt; Miss S. Brown, turquoise blue silk; Miss G. Shaw, pale blue silk ; Miss 11. Humphries, black satin; Miss N. Capel, blaek satin, cream lace berthe, relieved with lovely pink roses; Miss Mae Diarmid, cream taffetas; Miss Dempsey, pale blue silk; Miss Mackay, cream taffetas; Miss Bedford, cream silk, with lace trimming; Miss Brewster, pale blue crepe de chine; Miss S. Thomson, cream satin; Miss V t Kirkby, white muslin.

A Delightful Dance. On Wednesday evening last the younf girls or "Flappers’’ held a dance in th<

Hall, which was thoroughly enjoyed by those present, as the atmosphere was deliciously cold. The table was prettily decorated with pink and scarlet camellias, and the music was rendered in turn by a bevy of girls, their nameo being Misses S. Fitzherbert, M. {Evans, D. Bedford, A. Brewster, N. Hanna, and K. Bennett. Amongst those present were: Miss Bedford, white embroidered muslin; Miss 1). Bedford, cream silk; Miss M. Evans, white embroidered Indian muslin; Miso Hanna, black net over satin; Miss N. Hanna, cream silk relieved with gold; Mrs Penn, black silk, real lace berthe; Miss Gwen Foote, pale green cashmere de «oie; [M’sses W. and K. Bennett, white muslin; Miss S. Fitzherbert, white embroidered muslin, vieux rose silk ceinture; Miss Ida (’holewell looked pretty in pale blue mibdin; Miss Pellevv, a dainty shell pink silk; Miss Al. Snowball, white muslin, pale blue hair ribb.ms; Miss D. Sturtivan, pale heliotrope silk trimmed with a darker shade; Miss J. Sturtivan, pale blue muslin; Miss N. Jackson, pale blue muslin; Mi<<s Winifred Webster, white eilk; Miss I). Newtorj, cream silk; Miss J. Kempton, pale heliotrope muslin trimmed with a darker shade; Miss K. Mills, white muslin; Miss 11. Rollo, cream silk; Mms Tansey looked pretty in pale blue silk with floral ribbon Kish; Miss S. Bayly, white silk, bottle green, ribbon sash; Miss E. Spence, pretty pale pink muslin; Mitss K. Penn, cream silk. Personal. Dr. S. Whetter, of Dunedin, is on a short visit to New Plymouth. Rev. Air. and Mrs. F. G. Evans and Miss F. Evans (New Plymouth) have gone for a trip to Auckland. Mr. Southey Baker, of Auckland, has been on a short visit to New Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. A. Alexander (New Plymouth) have gone for a trip to Sydney. Mr. G. Tisch, Mayor of New Plymouth, who has been on a visit to Wellington, has returned. Airs. A. 1). Gray has gone for a holiday to Auckland. Miss Bayly and Miss Carrie Bayly are visiting Auckland.

NANCY LEE.