HASTINGS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 14, 5 October 1910, Page 64

HASTINGS.

Sept. 30. Airs. A. Reid’s party last week was most delightful. Airs. Reid is quite a successful housewife and famous “pourvoyeur,” therefore we were not disappointed when we looked for dainties quite out of the ordinary. Indeed we lingered so long over the afternoon tea, and with unflagging chatter, everyone seemingly so deeply interested, time flew, and some of the set programme of competitions, which our hostess had arranged for our amusement, had to be cut out. An object table played havoc with our memories, Airs. Jack Aliller was fortunate in being most retentive, and won a beautiful green Doulton jug. Among those present were Airs. Lewis, Airs. Haise, Airs. Hurley, Miss Neu bigen, Aliss Wylie, Airs, de Lisle, Airs. Newbigen, Airs. Faulkner, Airs. Alason, Airs. Brodie, Airs. Lean, Airs. Beamish, Mrs. Tosswill, Airs. Alackersey. So far the majority of those colours appropriate to mourning and half-mourn-ing are being worn, and some of them are exceedingly modish and smart, and quite in good taste with the present season, which demands sombre colourings. Airs. (Col.) Goring is looking very handsome and nice in a smartly made black gown, black hat with upturned brim artistically arranged with laee motiffs. Mrs. Lewis looks very elegant and graceful in a black cloth coat and skirt, cuffed and revered in black eharmeuse and a large black straw hat of a coarse texture, swathed with black eharmeuse and finished with a choux. Airs. Scott looks very winsome and nice in a smart short black rep gown, girthed around the foot with a broad band of black merveilleux, transparent yoke, and sleeves of black tucked net and insertion, very pretty large Parisian black chip hat swathed with tulle, and a long black plum*. .

Airs. (Dr.) Aiaedonnell one of the ladies who looks particularly well in black. She is wearing a tightly fitting trained gown of black each moire with transparent sleeves, and yoke of spotted net; the bodiee and sleeves are trimmed with bands of fancy black braid, and chine silk, a small frill of Valenciennes lace running up the centre of the sleeves, pretty Welsh crowned hat of black chiffon with three large plumes clasped with a jet buckle at one side, jet jewellery. Aliss Luekie looks very handsome in black silk, laee yoke and sleeves and large blaek hat with swathing of silk, long flowing veil of black. Airs Wallace looks stately in a plain black chiffon taffetta, with yoke of ivory embroidered net, smart black pompadour, chip hat swathed with silk and tulle. Airs Perry is wearing a smart grey coat and skirt, braided with black, and a most enviable amethyst hat of a close-fitting shape. Airs Lowry, gowned in a simple, close-fitting mole tweed coat and skirt, and a hat garlanded with mauve roses, looks very stylish and stately. Aliss Evans, deep mauve cloth coat and skirt, cuffed and revered in eharmeuse of a corresponding tone, has ■been much admired; her hat of fancy straw and mauve satin, finished with a large choux, looks simple and smart. Airs Newbigen is wearing a lovely gown of pale mauve cloth, with rich ivory lace yoke and sleeves; a very pretty mauve hat of a Parisian shape, trimmed with two huge wings to harmonise, completes a very elegant and becoming toilette. Aliss Newbigen is wearing a tucked plush embroidered frock, with bands of white insertion, and a sweetly-pretty mushroom hat of tussore, festooned with tiny baby roses over and under the brim, rose A’enetian pebble necklet. The Anglican missioners have come and gone, and judging by the very earnest and frequent attendance of all the church people, a good exemplification has been produced, apart from the spiritual good derived therefrom. Aliss Wylie, who has been visiting Mrs Newbigen, left for AA’ellington on Saturday. Aliss Wheeler has returned from a holiday- tip country. The Rev. Canon Tupper-Carey- has been •the guest of Dr. and Airs Tosswill during the mission season in Hastings. Preparations are nearing completion for a huge Catholic bazaar, which is to last a fortnight. People of various denominations are assisting, fancy costumes are being worn by most of the stallholders and their army of workers, and altogether the interest centred therein is becoming very- infectious, and there is every- hope of great success. SHEILA.