CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 11, 14 September 1910, Page 68

CHRISTCHURCH.

September 9. Musical Afternoon. A musical afternoon was given on I bur-day by Mrs. Frank Graham at her residen t- in St. Alban's, in honour of her daughter. Mrs. Le Cren (Dunedin), who is ■staying with her. Delightful songs were sung by Mrs. Gower-Burns and Mrs. Norman Mcßeth. Mi-s Muriel Ollivier accompanied them and afterwards played some pianoforte soloe. Mrs. Graham stood in the hall to receive her guests, —lie wore a handsome gown of black crepe de chine and cream lace; Mrs. Le Cren, a robe of rose-coloured crepe de chine with cream lace inserti.ms; Mrs. Julius, gown of black silk voile over white glace, black bonnet relieved with white: Mi-s Julius, navy olue cloth eoat and skirt, black and vhite hat: Mrs. Gower-Burns, gown of e.ixe blue cloth, black hat: Miss Burns, grey cloth costume and big grey hat; Mrs. Stevenson, green cloth costume, black picture h.it with plumes; Mrs. John Anderson, costume of vieux rose cloth, hat en suite: Miss D. Anderson, grey coat and skirt, grey and white hat; Mrs. Ollivier, blue cloth dress, hat to match: Miss Ollivier, pale pink crepe de chine, white hat : Mrs. Molineaux, navy blue coat and skirt, black hat: Miss Molineaux, dark grey tailor-made costume, large grey hat: Mrs. \V. Stringer, gown of rose-coloured cloth, large picture hat. A dainty tea was served in the dining-room: the table decorations were violets and irises. A Bridge Party. A bridge party was given at Fendalton on Friday afternoon by Mrs. A. Paterson: quite a number of players were present. The hostess, who received her guests in the drawing-room, wore a Princess gown of apricot-coloured satin charmeuse. Among the guests were: Mesdames Stringer. Hall. Bennet:, Madlin, Hallenstein, Norton. Gralstvin. Le Cren (Dunedin), Appleby. Moore. Brittain. Mcßride, Laurie. Webb. Diamond, Morris, Jameson. Clark. Smith, McEwen, Ledger. Misses Paterson. Jameson. Guthrie, Niven and Jennings. The prizewinners were Mrs. Diamond and Mrs. Moore. Afternoon Tea. Mrs C. Cooper gave a small afternoon tea in honour of Mrs 1-rank Harris i Canton). The guests included: Mrs C. Reid. Miss Merton. Mrs J. Duncan (Wellington . Mrs Tripp I Wellington). Mrs Beals. Miss Cowlishaw, Miss Sise (Dunedin). Mi-- ("tti-rill. and Mi" Russell A Concert. Madame Calve's first concert, which took place at the Theatre Royal on XX ed-I’.r-slcv evening, was a huge smei-ss. >he delighted the Christchurch music lovers, and was most generous in re-ponding t - their numerous encores. She tvas as-ist.-d by Signor Galih-a Gasparri (tenor 1 and M. Jacques Pintel ■ pi.m--i-l i. Madame Calve -wore a charming robe of rich gold brocade, and scarf of black ehifi’on embroidered with gold, lovelv string of pearls, diamond ornaments and high diamond comb in her hair. A ngst those present were: Miami Mi— Julius. Mrs A. Fl worthy. MrPercy Elworthv. Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes. Mi- G. E. Rhode-, Mi- G. G. Stead. Mi-s Dull. Mr and Mrs J. D. Hall. Mrs Deans. Miss Park. Mi--Symes, Mr and Mr- lan Dunean (Wellington), Mrs Siracliey. Mr and Mr- Kin-'.v. Mrs Moore i Dunedin >. Mr- L Gibb-. Mrs J. Fail burst. Dr. and Mr- Fox. Dr. and Mrs 1. rras Bell. Mr and Mi-s Ferguson. Mrs < hilton. Mrs i oleridge Farr. Mi-- l airhurst. Mi-s Cook, the Misses Devenish Meares. Mr W. Moore, and the Misses Moore. A Successful Dance. A return dance was given to Mi-s Selby (who was the inaugurator of the Sumner assembly dances, which were so suece-sfully carried out. and proved so enjoyable) was held on Tue-day evening in the Pari-h Hall. Amongst those present were: Mrs Cranston Wigley, in a black sequin over black satin; Mrs Jennings. black silk; Mrs Pratt, black satin gown, bodice trimmed with sequins; Mi-s Selby, white silk; Mi-s Jennings, white

silk frock: Miss F. Jennings, brown chiffon over brown silk and trimmed with brown velvet; Mrs Patterson, heliotrope silk, and embroidery of gold sequins and lace; Mi-s Patterson, white lace gown over white glace, wide belt of gold tissue; Miss Preston, blue silk; Miss K. Bloxam, pale blue glace silk frock, with silver embroidery; Miss Reid, frock of yellow chiffon over yellow silk; Miss Collins, pink silk Princess gown, bodice relieved with lace; Miss Gosset, white silk and lace: Miss E. Secritan. pale pink chiffon taffeta gown; Miss Gladys Thomas, gown of cream satin; Miss Spooner, gown of reseda green ninon; Miss Munro, pale blue muslin de soie, and loops of pale pink roses; Miss B. Buss, white satin gown, and cream lace on the bodice: Miss E. Thomas, pale blue silK froek. with silver bead embroidery; Miss Guthrie, black and gold chiffon over black silk, black and gold embroidery; Miss E. Croxton, brown ninon, bodice relieved with blue and gold and pink roses; Miss Fairburn, white Oriental satin froek. with fichu of chiffon and silver sequin embroidery: Mi-s Wiggins, dark blue velvet gown: Mrs Ceeil Wood, froek of white muslin and insertion; Miss Dougla-. pale blue silk: Mi-s —. Douglas, eau de nil -ilk fr.iek; Mrs C. Dudley, white muslin: Miss Restall, white muslin, and pale blue belt; Miss Laurence, pale blue -ilk frock: Messrs Pre-ton. Thomas, Goyne. t asey, Beck, Eustace. Evans. Marshall. (. ooper. Marchant. Parson, Parsons, Haskins, Reid, Barker (2), Wiggins. Gosset. Webb (2), Fryer. Symes, Hazard, Polhill. A Rink Party. lhe visiting golfers were on Tuesday evening entertained at lhe Olympia skating Rink. Amongst others present were: Mesdames Thomas, Boyle, Loughnan, Williams, Pratt. Namarrow, Ronalds, Stevenson, Hail. Merton, Borthwick, Andreae, Reid. Bond. Deans, Wilkin, Dunean (Wellington), Campbell, Algar Williams (Wellington), Misses Nolan (Gisborne), Gorrie (2) (Auckland). Miles (Wellington), Brandon (Wellington), Thomas, (.ampbell, Boyle, Ewen (Wellington), Symes, Anderson (2),Kitson. Burns, Bowden. Wood, Wilson. Prim (21, Butterworth, Cotterill, Humphreys. Thompson. Hindmarsh (Napier), Gould (Dunedin), Rutherford, Messrs. Dunean. Godby. Pratt. Nanearrow. Bidwell, Campbell. Rutherford, Thomas. Reed. Gore, Abraham, Wood, Boyes. Shore, Gould. Britten. Biss. WallToth. Revell, Douglas, Fryer and Capt. Shannon. Skating Carnival. The Olympian Skating Rink carnival, which took place la-t night (Thursday), was so successful that it will be repeated next Thursday night. There were a large number of competitors in the various event-, and the prize-winners were: Pest poster a Ivertisement, Miss Dorothy Steele. representing "The Cadena Tearooms"; best fancy costume, Miss Marjorie Haigh (Shepherdess); men's. Mr. J. Britain (Mephistopheles) ; most original costume. Mi-s Higgens (Terra Nova) : men’s, Messrs. C. Lewis and W. East, (a giraffe) ; best comedy character. Mr. F. J. Green las Madame Butterfly). Personal. The Rev. H. D. Burton, th- n. >■ V : -ar of s t . Michael's, and Mrs. Burton have arrived in Christchurch, and were for a few days the guests of Mrs. Julius at Bishopscourt. The Misses Burton are expected shortly. Mis- Boyce (England) is staying with Mrs. J. Studholme. Bealey-avenue. Miss M. William- (Woodbury) is the guest of Mrs. Julius. Bishopscourt. Recent departures from Ciiristchureh: Miss Hamlin returned to Napier: Miss Fitzgerald to Wellington: Mrs. Wilfred Stead to Hawke's Bay: Mi.-s J. Heil to Auckland: Air-. I.m Duncan io Wellington; Miss Chaptor to Nelson. Mrs. Le Cren (Dunedin) is the guest of Mrs. F. Graham (St. Alban's). Mrs. Moore (Dunedin) is the guest of Mrs. J. J. Kinsey (Merivale). Vi-i:ors to Christchurch include: Mr. and Mrs. Hope (Timaru), Mrs. Arthur Elworthy (Timaru). Mrs. Percy Elworthy (Timaru), Mr. and Mrs. lan Deans (Homebush). Nir. and Mrs. T. Phillips and Misses Phillips, Mr. and Mr-. Savill (Waddington) (The Point), Misses Ewen, Miles, Brandon (Wellington), Gould. Butterworth (Dunedin), Nolan (Gisborne). Hindmash (Napier). Mr and Mr-. Actor-Adams (Tepapa), Mr. and Mrs. F. Burns (Orari). DOLLY VALE.