WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 20, 16 November 1910, Page 63

WELLINGTON.

November 11. At Newtown Park ~ It is hard to describe the scene at Newtown Park on Saturday. Brass bands, fancy dancing and athletic sports all went on at once on the wide expanse of turf, and the. high sloping banks were thronged with spectators. The sideshows were many in number, and all were surrounded by eager crowds’, while the Beauty Tent in particular attracted a surging mob of interested and excited people. The prize was awarded by popular vote, which declared Miss Lizette Parkes the winner, although some of the Other girls ran her very close. Another most successful competition was in connection with the Baby Show, and here the prizes were many and handsome, popular vote again deciding the honours. Lady Ward and Mrs. Izard were largely •responsible for the show, which was well managed. A band of heroines waited in the .tea tents, and it was a difficult matter to cope with the rush that set in about four o'clock. Punch and Judy, .Vaudeville entertainments, fortune-telling, sweet stalls, all coaxed money out of the pockets of people who were all willing to contribute money to Mother Mary Aubert’s Golden Jubilee celebration, and m almost everything was given free the

expenses were kept down. It is hoped there will be a balance of several hundred pounds to be handed over to Mother Auber.t In the kaleidoscopic crowd it was hard to find people one knew, but Lady Ward was there, wearing black and white ninon and a black hat; Mrs. Macarthy, Shantung tailor-made and a hat with flowers; Mrs. Corliss, mole Shantung and mole-coloured hat; Mrs. Luke, black voile and a black picture hat; Mrs. Izard, pastel tailor-made and a black hat; Mrs. Collins, black and white tailor-made and black hat; Miss Butts, tussore coat and skirt with moire revers; Airs. Findlay, grey tweed tailor-made and black and white hat; Airs. Rhodes, black crepe de chine and black poplin coat, black toque; Airs. Fuller, white lingerie robe and black hat; Airs. Brough, green ninon Princess dress and black toque.

School Sports. The boys of Croydon Preparatory School held their annual sports on Saturday at the College, when the grounds were kindly lent to them by Air Firth. The programme—a long one—was got off splendidly to time, and was most interesting. Excitement ran high over the championship, which in the end was a tie between Airs Field's boy and Airs Biss’s. The array of silver cups, bowls, and medals was a most imposing one, and the presentations were made by LadyWard, whose small son Pat was among the winners. Aliss Somerville wore a white embroidered linen dress, and a hat with roses; Airs Somerville had on a black tailor-made, and a black and white toque: Lady Ward was wearing a black and white shepherd's plaid costume, and a black hat; Aliss AlcKenzie—who came with her—wore a vieux rose linen, and a rose trimmed hat; Airs lan Duncan, blue Shantung and black sash, black hat: Airs Field, green tailor-made, mauve and green hat; Airs Sloman, dark blue linen, and blue hat ; Airs K. Duncan, navy coat and skirt, and dark blue hat: Airs Hall, Tussore Princess dress, and hat with wings; Airs. Firth, navy blue Russian costume, and navy blue hat; Airs Arthur Alyers, cinnamon linen, and hat with roses. The only disappointment on the programme was the parents’ race, which had to be abandoned as there were no entries.

Last week I had not space to tell you of the Wellington College sports, which always are a centre of importance to so many people. It was a glorious day, and the beautiful grounds' of the college looked delightful with the crowds of stalwart lads, seriously bent on athletics, and the" pretty girls, who had come to see their prowess. From the high bank that surrounds the sports ground, and from the long flight of steps leading up to the big building,’ one could get a splendid bird’s-eye view of the crowd and watch all the races from start to finish. Air and Airs Firth’s hospitality is unbounded, and there must have been .several hundred guests in the procession that by orderly sequence was admitted to the gymnasium, which made a spacious tearoom. Yellow broom en masse was used for decoration, as it is one of the college colours, and the bare wall , spaces were banked with greenery. Added gaiety was given by a band which played all sorts of cheerful and popular music from its vantage point on the plateau. Airs Firth wore pale lilac Shantung, the narrow skirt finished! with soutache, wliile the yoke was of lace and net: her Tagal hat had clusters of flowers. Airs Ward, Saxe blue voile, and blue hat with hydrangeas: Airs Field, brown souple cloth, with a bolero of lace, black and white hat; Airs Findlay, black and white ninon, and black hat; Mrs Corliss, dark greycloth. and grey hat; Airs AlcCrac. navy foulard, dark blue toque. A Jolly Dance.

Spring-cleaning is a time which most people regard as disagreeable. but there are ways of getting enjoyment out, of it. At the Misses Alorton’s big 'house on Golder’s Hill advantage was taken of the carpets being up to have a very jolly little dance, the committee including such well-known hostesq?s as Airs. Fulton and Mrs. Finch. They were assisted by Dr. Hay, Air. Branfill, Mrs. Etherington. Jjpring flowers decorated all the rooms, and the verandah and lawn gave ample space for sitting out. Airs. Fulton wore a Princess gown of crepe de chine, will'll draperies of lace; Airs. Finch, black ninon, with sequins and entre deux of lace; Mrs. Etherington, pastel chiffon taffetas and lace; Aliss Fulton, a Princess gown of hydrangea charmeuse, with horizontal touches of lace; Alias Morion, blaek Princess robe of crepe de chine and ■lace; Miss Finch, apricot charmeuse, the corsage softened with luce; Mioo Rus-

sell, ivory ninon de aoie. with jewelled embroidery; Alias Simpson, pastel erepe de chine en tunique; Miss IS. Simpson, sea-blue taffetas; Aliss Aliles,ivory eharmeuse veiled in nion, and finished with lace; Aliss Macintosh, white Liberty satin en Princess; Aliss Nathan, palest pink charmeuse, with an overdress of ninon; Aliss Ward, mist-blue crepe de chine, with silver embroidery; Miss Beauchamp, a Princess robe of chiffon taffetas, softened with lace. A “ Rose ” Tea. The tea given by Airs. Joseph Joseph at her residence. Grant-road, last Tuesday was essentially a rose one. Ro»es were everywhere. Some lovely single blooms on the mantelpiece in the drawing-room at once attracted attention. These had been sent, from the Upper Hutt. I hen there were silver bowls filled with roses, and the tea table was prettily done with cream and pink blooms. In the cofleeroom there was a different scheme ot colour, the flowers being irises of all shades, and a lovely bowl of escholtzias, shading from palest lemon to deep red, occupied the centre of the table. Airs. Joseph is the happy possessor of that almost extinct luxury in Wellington, an old garden, and when that "old garden" has tin’ best of attention and skill lavished on it it becomes indeed a thing of beauty. Sheltered from the winds as it is, everything seems to flourish. Roses , run riot everywhere over trellis, screens and pergolas, and make the most charming outlook. The lawn, which was in capital order, was much in request for golf and croquet. A band played during the afternoon. Airs. Joseph wore a beautiful gown of dull heliotrope popliu. made with a yoke of fine lace and Eastern embroideries, and her little daughter, who was helping with the tea, an embroidered frock of white muslin and pale blue sash; Aliss Joseph, who presided at the tea table, a brown cashmere de soie with lace yoke and most beautiful and uncommon embroidery of Egyptian design, burnt straw hat with roses; Airs. Jacob Joseph, grey coat and skirt, finely braided, grey hat with feathers; Lady Ward, black ninon, cream_ lace yoke and undersleeves, large blaek hat; Aliss Ward, black and white satin foulard, blaek and white hat; Airs. Newman, black ninon., lace yoke, with embroideries in pale shades, outlined with gold, black hat with 'ostrich tips; Airs. Wilford. periwinkle blue Shantung, strapped and braided, in the same Jone , of silk, black hat with plumes; Airs. Dymock, brown ninon, lined with Paisley In shaded brown tints, hat with roses; Mrs. Burnes, royal blue Shantung, hat to match, covered in feathers; Aliss Burnes, smartly cut grey gown, narrowing at the hem, with coat to match, grey hat with grey poppies; Alr-s. Riddiford, very smart finely-tucked black ninon, mounted over Paisley silk in shades of rose at yoke and hip, yoke finished with frillings of black satin ribbon, black hat; Airs. A’ivian Riddiford, coat and skirt, the latter pleated, in fine oyster-coloured cloth; with filmy lace scarf, embroidered in faint shades of blue and pink:. Airs. H. D. /Crawford, heliotrope lineh co.it and skirt, finely braided, black hat; Airs. Herrie.s (Auckland), green and white satin foulard, made with hobble skirt, and deep hem of pale green satin, brown hat with green flowers; Airs. lan Duncan, soft white muslin, with insertions of tine black lace, and blaek velvet bows, white hat: Airs. Arthur Alyers, grey velvet, grey hat; Airs. C, Crawford, pale amethyst Shantung, with light skirt, large •hat with shaded pansies; Aliss Coates, amethyst reseda coat and ’ skirt, black hat; Airs. Nairn (Hawke's Bay), cream cloth gown, Spanish lace scarf, black hat; Airs. Collins, grey cloth, much braided; Airs. Van Stuveren, petunia linen, black toque; Aliss Seddon. effective gown of black and white striped Alarquisette, over white silk, with touches of pale blue on the bodice, large black hat; Mrs. Morison mole-coloured gown and toque; Airs. Ewen, petunia cloth, wilt'll laoe vest, hat to match: Mrs. Hwang, Iblue satin skirt, with overdre.-e of brocade; Aliss G. Harcourt, navy serge Russian coat and skirt, wide hat with poppies; Miss Nanearrow (Christchurch ), eleetric-blue tailor-made; Mrs. Lnrnach, black and white striped ninon, hat with .roses; Airs. Head, vieux rose cloth braided, blaek chiffon toque, with white osprey; Airs. Frank Leckie, white embroidered muslin, wide hat with blue flowers; Airs. Bell, mole doth braided in the same shade, burnt straw hat with flowers;. Airs. Stott, reseda Shantung tailor-made, ami black picture liat; Misses Stott (Scotland), navy blue Sicilienne coats and skirts, blue hats massed with hyacinths; Airs. Bemlall,

navy coat and ak-irt, hat with rose*; Miss ( haytor (Picfon), tussore coat and skirt and black hat; Mrs. Eivkelbaum, pale grey tailor made. the grey toque with blue wings; Misa Morrison, white lingerie* costume, and hat with roses; Mrs. Jones, navy foulard and black hat; Miss Jones, grey cloth Russian costume, black hat with white lace bows; Miss Ewen, white tailor-made faced with black. black hat with rqses: Mrs March* banks, white cloi'h Russian costume, braided in black; Miss Dean, blue and white spotted foulard, deep hem of blue satin, hat of blue and white foulard, with a black choux: Miss Beauchamp, fawn tailor-made, and black hat with berries; Mi's. Holmes, turquoise blue Shantung with soutache in the same shade, blue hat with hyacinths; Mrs. Russell, brown crepe de chine and brown hat: Mrs. Fitzgerald. navy coal and skirt, black and white toque: Mrs. Kane, grey resilda with a yoke of iace, black hat: Mrs. Chatfield, peacock blue charmouse, with yoke and sleeves of black lace, black picture hat ; Mrs. Litchfield, grev tailor-made with black and while levers, black hat with tips: Mrs. Tripp, electric blue coat and skirt and blue hat ; Sirs. Harcourt, tussore silk, with Eastern embroideries and hat with roses. Dr. McEvedy, whose engagement to Miss Campbell is just announced, is. of course, known to fame all over New Zealand from his prowess on the football field. He was one of the Rugby team that came out from England a few years a»o. One of his comrades. Mr. Vassal!, has also lately married a New Zealand

girl, Mias Chase Morris.

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