WANGANUI.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 22 March 1911, Page 66

WANGANUI.

March 17. Afternoon Tea. Mrs Moore gave a very enjoyable afternoon tea as a farewell to Mrs Barnicoat, who leaves New Zealand thia month for a lengthy trip to England and. the Continent. Afternoon tea and ice# ■were served on the lawn, where it was delightfully cool. Amongst those present were:—Mrs Barnicoat, Mrs Wall, Mrs Chamberlain, Mrs Good, Miss Good (Hawera), Mrs Crombie. Mrs Krull, Miss Krull, Mrs E. Cowper, Miss Williams (Sydney), Mrs Wilford, Miss Wilford, Mrs Allen, Mrs R. Jackson, Mrs PaS.ner Mrs O. Lewis, Mrs Atkinson, Mrs Hut-

ton, Mrs Christie, Miss - Waling, Mrs Babbage, Mrs Lomas, MrsJasnes Andes*•' jon, Miss Anderson, Mrs Innes, MissScott (Gisborne), -Mrs Earle,. Mrs Peek,* Mrs Izett, Mrs H. Juekson, and others. Garden Fete.

On Thursday the weather was simply perfect for the garden fete in aid of the funds of the Beautifying Society. The attendance was very good, and the racecourse grounds 'were looxlng their best. All the arrangements were carried out most ■ successfully, and reflected great credit on the various officials. The Horal: teams, decorated go-eai ts, bicycles, etc., were very artistic. Amongst those at the tea kiosk were: —Mrs F. A. Krull, Mrs R. Jackson, Alisses Moore, Krull, Stevenson, Blundell, Jackson, Thompson, Parsons, Christie. Coffee stall: Mrs James Watt, Mrs Stone, Misses Hadfield, Hatrick, H’arper, Allison, Cowper, Nixon, lee cream and fruit salad stall': Mrs Wall and Miss Wilford, Mrs Crombie, Mrs O. Lewis, Miss Ashcroft, Miss Hole, Miss Spenser. Sweet stall: Mrs H;‘ F. Christie, Mrs E. Walker, Mrs J; Sutherland, Misses Christie, Baddeley, Swan, Walker, Taylor, C. Nixon, Jones, Sutherland, McMurray, Carroll. All the assistants wore dainty white frocks with mob caps and shaded ribbons. Forty-seven bachelors had a tea stall in a marquee near the stand where O’Hara’s symphony orchestra supplied delightful music. Needless to say, they did excellent business. Amongst such a crowd, it was difficult to see people, but I noticed: — Mrs Dove, in slate grey tweed coat and skirt, cream vest, fine black straw hat, w-itlr aigrette at the side; Airs Stevenson wore a beautiful robe of black and white foulard with a band of very wide black silk insertion at the foot of the hobble skirt, and the same on the bodice, large black hat, with chiffon and ostrich tips; Airs Chamberlain wore a smart cream and black striped flannel coat and skirt, black silk revers and cuffs, black and white straw hat with chiffon and osprey; Airs D’Arcy, heliotrope linen coat and skirt, fancy straw hat, with wheat ears in it; Airs Earle, black lin* en coat and skirt, with muslin and insertion lace, black hat with wreath of white flowers; Airs. Aloore wore a

chariipagne shaded frock with lace, wine-coloured straww hat with wings; Miss Aloore, white muslin frock, mob eap, with crimson ribbons; Airs. AVall, white muslin with insertion, mob cap with maize shaded satin ribbons; Airs. Gill-Carey, pretty electric blue hop sack coat and skirt with black satin revers, and touch of gold braid, pale blue straw hat with crown of pink roses; Airs. Alqdhurst, black muslin robe, with lace, black hat with chiffon and osprey; Airs. P. Lewis, pale blue linencoat and skirt, black straw hat with ruche of blaek chiffon; Airs. Wilford, pale champagne shantung coat and skirt, heliotrope straw hat, with wreath of blinded flowers and chiffon shoulder scarf in the same tone; Aliss Wilford wore a white embroidered muslin gown, white muslin mob cap with maize-shaded ribbons; Airs. 11. Wilson, white linen frock, blaek hat with wreath of rose pink flowers; Aliss Krull, white muslin robe, mob cap of white muslin; Mrs. G. Saunders, cream lustre coat and skirt, blaek and white hat, black shoulder scarf; Aliss Williams (Sydney), blue linen coat and skirt, straw hat bound with Coronation blue silk and flowers in the same tone; Airs. E. Cowper wore an embroidered white linen Princess robe, with blaek satin shoulder scarf, and black velvet hat with black wings at the front; Mrs. Palmer, cream linen coat and skirt, black hat with chiffon and tips; Mrs. James Anderson, white muslin and lace coat and skirt, green straw hat with heliotrope; Miss H. Anderson, pale blue figured muslin frock with lace, blue straw hat with scarf of pale electric blue silk; Aliss D. Brettargh, white muslin frock with insertion, large black hat with wreath of deep crimson roses; Airs. Sorley, white linen coat and skirt, black hat with tips; Aliss Aletn Lethbridge, cream coat and skirt, black hat with gc/td' eorfl; Mijs Cruickshanks, white gown with strappings of blaek satin on the Jbodice, black am.l white hat. Afternoon Tea. On Friday Mrs. Palmer, gave an on joyable afternoon tea. During the afternoon a number played tennis. Amongst those present wcre-r-rAlrs. Hole, Aliss Hole, Airs. Wickham, Airs. Innes, Miss Scott (Gisborne), Airs. Moore, Miss Aloore, Mrs. 6. Lewis, Miss • Wilford, Mrs. Wall, Mrs. Earle, Anderson, Aliss Stevenson, Alias Blundell, Mrs. J. Anderton, Mist E. Anderson, and others.

Tennis. .„ -• On Saturday at the tenniM courts afternbdri -tea Was provided'-by Miss Wilford and Afrt. 1 Good.' ' Amongst 1 ' those pre-s’ieriVwerefL-Miss Kerr, Miss W. Anderson, Miss Blundell (Dunedin), Mrs. Addison, Airs. T. Addison’ (Australia), Airs. G. Saunders,' Air. O. Lewis, Airs. Wilford, Aliss Aloore,' Aliss H.' Anderson, Aliss AsKeroft, Airs. Hesse, Aliss Cave, Aliss Darby, Miss Christie, Miss Krull, Aliss Parsons, and many others. Personal.

Airs. Barnicoat, of Wanganui, left this week for Wellington. She leaves New Zealand in the s.s. Corinthic on Alareh 23rd, and , will be absent for about eighteen months or two years. . - ( Air. and Airs. John Stevenson and Aliss Ida Stevenson, of Wanganui, left on Alonday for Auckland where they join the .Moldavia, and go to Sydney for some weeks. Aliss Williams, of Sydney, is the guest of Airs. E. Cowper in Wanganui. Mrs. Lomax, of Wanganui, left this week for Australia. She will be away for some weeks. 1 •Dr. and Mrs. McNaughton Christie, of Wanganui, left last week for Auckland, where they join the Moldavia. They intend to reside in England for some years. Miss Hilda Blundell, of Dunedin, is the guest of Airs. H. F. Christie, St. John’s Hill, Wanganui. lIUIA.