AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 17, 26 April 1911, Page 62

AUCKLAND.

April 23rd. The Easter Races. ¥IIE Easter race meeting held at Ellerslie is always a very favourite one, and this past meeting fully kept up its good reputation. The lawns and flower-beds were very beautiful with their artistic groupings of colours and profusion of beautiful blooms. The weather on the first day was very gloomy, and the result was rather a dull day, but Monday fully made up for everything. Easter Monday was quite delightful, and we had one of the jolliest days. Their Excellencies the Governor and Lady Islington were present. This was the first glance most people had had of Lady Islington, and those who had the good fortune to meet Her Excellency found her very charming and bright, and others who looked on thought her very pretty in grey charmeuse, whicii had an amethyst tone in it, and a smart b'aek hat sharply turned up at the side with a bunch of ospreys in the same shade as the frock. Miss Stapleton-Cotton wore a cream serge tailored suit, and a black hat. Among those wno were presented to hex - Excellency were: Lxdy Lockhart, Mrs. W. R. Bloomfield, Mrs. Hope-Lewis, Mrs. Harry Bloomfield, Mrs. C. Buddle, Mrs. J. Ferguson, and Miss E. Williams; Mrs. Lowry (Hawke’s Bay), Mrs. Duthie and Mrs. Fred Waller.

Among those present on the first day were:—Lady Lockhart, who wore a becoming amethyst frock, and a smart toque to match; Mrs Blackall (a member of "The Whip” Company), wore a white eloth suit, and a lovely black broad stole and muff, and a smart little black toque, e.dged with siilver lace; Mrs. Ferguson wore a graceful frock of grey, a white feather boa and a smart black and white hat; Mrs. Hope Lewis wore a smart navy blue Russian suit, braided with black, and a royal blue and black toque; Mrs. Hugh Williams, natural coloured

Shantung eoat and skirt, faced with black, ami a snxart hat massed with natural coloured ostrich tips; Mrs. Ted Horton wore a well cut tweed suit with bands and black silk military braid, and a Dutch blue turban toque which was very smart; Mrs. Harry Clark, a smart little brown frock with embroidery, which had a touch of green and amethyst in it, the hat had the same colours repeated on it, and suited its pi’etty wearer; Mrs. S. Roberts wore black ninon inserted with lace over white silk, and a black and white hat; Mrs Fred Waller was smartly attired in grey with a lovely grey hat with grey grapes; Mrs. Seymour- Thorne-George wore blaek, with tox.vh of blue, and a smart toque; Mrs. Harry Tonks, a smart little blue frock veiled with blue ninon, and a black hat; Mrs. E. Firth, wore a pretty blub frock with white lace, and a large black hat; Miss Elfie Williams looked nice in a pale mauve cloth skirt, and a long knitted coat the exact match, and a smart black and white toque; Mrs. Hartland wore a well cut grey cloth coat and skirt, and a grey toque edged with blaek velvet, and a smart green wing; Mrs. Markham wore a smart blue suit braided with black, and a black toque;' Mrs. Hill wore a pale green silk, softened with white lace, and a blai-k hat.

The Second Day. On the second day the frocking was much smarter. Mrs Ernest Bloomfield wore a lovely frock of black and emerald green, and a most becoxning hat with green feathers; Lady Lockhart, black embroidered ninon over white silk which hail bands of floral ribbon, and a black hat; Mrs W. R. Bloomfield wore a pretty toilette of royal blue toned to pale Ixlue, with touches of silver, a smart mole and blue hat; Mrs Hope Lewis wore a becoming dark blue velvet frock, which had Russian embroidery in blues and reds on the bodice, and a black toque; Mrs Harry Bloomfield wore a well cut grey coat and skirt, an edgeing of lovely embroidery on the coat, in tones of pink, smart grey straw

toque with touches ,of pink; Mrs Seymour Thome-George, black ninon frock,

veiling some lovely gold embroidery and a smart black and gold toque; Mrs Fred Waller was much admired in a smart coat and skirt of amethyst cloth, the coat being banded at the back with two straps and silver buckles, a tan coloured -crinoline hat mased with lovely sprays of shaded lilac and pink and red roses; Mrs Dnuthie looked smart in an amethyst toilette; Mrs Lowry, a beautiful mole and silver frock and large black hat; Miss Alice Walker, navy blue coat and skirt with black silk braidings and a black velvet toque; Miss Firth, blue coat and skirt, emerald green doque; Mrs Alison, blue velvet and a black and Royal blue toque; Miss Duder 'looked pretty in a Naples blue frock, ■and a smart black* hat and black fur stole; Mrs Algar Wiliams wore a smart blue suit with lovely embroidery on the coat, and a pretty hat; Mrs Worlfe wore a shaded brown toilette; Mrs Hugh Williams, well cut navy blue coat and skirt, trimmed with black military braid and a black hat with natural coloured ostrich tips; Miss Muriel Dargaville looked very smart in a cream cloth coat and skirt, and a large black hat; "Mrs 0. Buddle wore a smart little amethyst frock, and a black hat, with unfurled ostrich feather; Miss Una Buddlo looked dainty in white and a largo black hat; Mrs Foster wore a handsome amethyst toilette, . and her daughter looked pretty in blue.

A Charming Party. Mr and Mrs C. Buddle gave a very charming and a very smart party in ■honour of their daughter Una, who made ■her debut, two of her friends making their plunge into the whirligig of par•ties at the same time, Miss Betty Grierson and Miss Ruth Spencer. The ball room was quite charming, being a long low room with wide lattice windows, •with broad sills, and an ingle nook with Wide seats. The walls are cream, panelled with stained green wood, with a china shelf running right round the room on which were lovely bits of china, and vases of roses, earnations and maiden hair fern, and lighted with softtoned electric lights. A most delicious supper Was served at small tables, whibh were decorated with roses. Mr and Mrs Buddle and Miss Una Buddle received their guests standing just within the ; drawing roonl. Our hostess wore a smart pale blue ninon over blue silk, and a pretty white shoulder scarf; MissUna Buddle looked very charming in a beautifully simple short 'frock ot gleaming white satin, with straight tunic of white ninon reaching nearly to the hem of the frock, and bordered with a narrow band of crystal bugle trimming. The daintiest wreath of tiny white and pink flowers suited its pretty wearer. A posey of flowers completed a lovely tout erisemble. Miss Betty Grierson looked lovely, and her frock was very smart white charmeuse, with tunic of ninon, with border of white fur and silver crystal beads. A lovely bouquet of white flowers with dainty loops of white satin ribbon, finished a charming toilette. Miss Ruth Spencer looked pretty and graceful in a soft white silk frock, veiled with ninon, bordered with Limerick lace. The bodice was prettily draped with the same lace, and ‘her well-dressed hair was banded with a pretty pearl chaplet; and a pretty bouquet was carried. Lady Lockhart looked well in a lovely grey frock; Airs Grierson wore a black satin charmeuse with overdress of net, embroidered with jet, and some white laco on the bodice veiled with black net, a beautiful toilette. Mrs Spencer wore a handsome gown of black crepe-de-chin over silk, with some handsome trimming on it. Mrs Hairy Bloomfield looked pretty in a lovely cream frock, with silk embroidery with a touch of pale blue. Miss Grierson wore a dainty frock of palest blue and pink. Mrs Graham (Miss ■Winnie Scott, of “The Whip” Company), was admired in a dainty pale pink short dancing frbck with chaplet -and small pink roses on her hair; Miss Fairweather, a sister of Mrs Graham, wore a smart frock of white satin bordered with white fur and a dark green.belt and long ends; Miss Ivy Buddle looked very smart in grey charmeuse, with tunic of steel and jet beads; Miss Buddle looked pretty in pnle pink with tunic of pretty white Ince; Miss Una Saunders looked very dainty in, a smart Pittie frock of heliotrope satin with tii nic of ninon, edged with silver fringe; Miss laobel Clark the gueat of hon-

our (who will be Mrs. Sydney Thorne-George before this is in print), looked charming in rose pink; Miss Jessie Reid was admired in a smart peacock blue frock; Miss Hilda Bloomfield wore a graceful ivory charmeuse frock, with a touch of gold on it, and gold leaves in her hair. Want of space prevents me from describing other beautiful toilets worn. Among the guests .were: Dr and Mrs Hope Lewis, Mrs Hugh Williams, Mr and Mrs A. Ferguson, Miss Fenton, Mr H. Fenton. Mr and Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Mitchell (England), Miss Gillies, Mr and Mrs Fred Waller, Sir Robert Loekhart, Miss H. Buckland, Miss E. Dyer, Miss Cotter, Mr Harry Bloomfield, Mr Grierson, Miss Muriel Dargaville, and Mr Dargaville, Miss Vera Duthie, Mr W. Garrick, Mr A. Reid, Mr A. Denniston, Dr Berrie, Mr Joyce, Mr Robertshaw, Mr Grundy, Mr Roy Towle, Mr J. Burns, Mr M. and S. Thorue-Gedrge, and many others.

University Tournament. The New Zealand University’s tenth annual tournament was held this year in Auckland. There was a large number of students of both sexes who arrived on Saturday and were welcomed by the (Mayor of Auckland at a civic reception held in the Municipal Buildings. From this on till Tuesday the visitors were kept busy. There were tennis contests at the Devonport lawns, debating contests, athletic championships, picnic and concert on the harbour, and the round of pleasure ended wttn a ball held in the Choral Hall on Tuesday night. Though our representatives (with the exception of Miss Cumming, who won the ladies’ tennis 'championship) did not score at all, let us hope they maintained the honour of Auckland by winning the Hospitality Championship, and judging by the expressions of many of the visitors, I think they all had a very good time. The University Ball.

The ball was a great success. There must have been fully 401) people there. Needless to say, youth predominated, with a fair sprinkling of “grey hairs," which lent dignity to the proceedings. Among the ladies who arranged the supper tables at the hall were Mrs. Milnes, Mrs.'Archdale-Taylor, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs Bedford, Miss Wallace, and numbers of the students. The hall was tastefully decorated, the music was good, but alas-! the floor was awful, in spite of an immense amount of hard work. The Minister of Education, the Hon. G. Fowlds, was present with Mrs. Fowlds and the Misses Fowlds. Mrs. Fowlds wore a pretty black and white toilette of ninon over white silk, and a white feather boa; Miss Fowlds looked smart in a pretty frock of palest pink, with touches of gold; Miss — Fowlds was much admired in a very dainty frock of white ninon over satin, the drapery caught up with flat pink roses; Mrs. Egerton looked desfinque in pale blue with an overdress of <blavk jetted net; Mrs Dettman wore a pretty white toilette; Mrs. Jarman wore cream silk trimmed with,handsome gold embroidery; Mrs. Milnes wore a dainty frock of palest pink net over ninon and lace; Mrs. Bedford, black jetted lace and silk; ' Mrs. Aubin, gold tissue over bright blue silk; Mrs. Wylie wore a pretty grey toilette; Mrs. Bush was in a smart cream frock; Miss BrowTi golden brown charmeuse; Miss W. Brown looked graceful in a frock of blue charmeuse and silver embroidery; Mrs. Andrews wore, pale pink ninon over white silk, trimmed with pretty dull gold embroidery; Mrs.. Archdale-Taylor wore white; Mrs. Oliphant wore a handsome cream toilette; Mrs. St. (’lair looked well in blaek. There were several debutantes, among whom were Miss Dettman (:» sister of Professor Dettman), who looked pretty in her frock of soft white satin and carried a lovely bouquet of white flowers with satin streamers; Miss Wylie wore a pretty dainty white frock and carried beautiful white flowers; Mrs. Rosenthal looked handsome in a smart jetted net bla-ck frock; Mrs. Thomas wore a smart pale pink frock; the Misses St. Clair looked pretty, one in heliotrope and the other in pale blue; Miss ScottSmith looked pretty in a cream satin and lace frock. Among the visitors present were: Mrs. Boyle, Miss Scott, Miss Alltel, Miss Macintosh, Miss Clemant, Misses Cooke (2), Miss Edwards, Miss Hall, Misses Clark, Cross, Patterson, Jameson, Crawley and Farnie, Miss Wallace wore a becoming frock of rose pink and silver; Miss Dickinson looked graceful in cream charmeuse eatiu; Miss Nesta Thomas, golden brown

ninon; Miss Mary Oliphant wore a nretty pale blue frock; Miss —Oliphant was in white; Miss May Cameron, blaek la-e ant jet; Miss Lusher, eream silk with pretty pale blue velvet sash; Miss Dolly Denniston, pink.

A Water Excursion. The delegates who attended the conference of the Libraries’ Association of New Zealand, which held its session in Auckland this year, were entertained by the president of the conference, M’r T. W. Leys, and Mrs Leys. The party took the form of a water excursion, and was attended by about a hundred guests. The weather, though unsettled, cleared up as the party left the wharf. After a delightful cruise up the harbour, tho guests landed at O’Neill’s point, and there took the tram to Takapuna. Here afternoon tea was partaken of, at the Kiosk. After this pleasant, function, tho party walked over to Mr H. Brett’s garden, and spent some time admiring this beautiful place. The following afternoon the delegates, at the invitation of Mr and Mrs Leys, enjoyed a run on the tramlines, going to Mount Eden, Remuera, and Onehunga. Here the party were entertained at afternoon tea in the Onehunga Kiosk, and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the outing. Handkerchief Afternoon.

An enjoyable Handkerchief Afternoon was given last week by Miss Marie Cronin, of “Nadmore,” Milford Bay, Takapuna, in honour of the Misses Marie and Kitty Ralph, Ruby Blake, and Ida Bond, and also as a farewell to Miss Kathleen Buxton, who leaves for England. A competition was won by Miss Kitty Ralph, who received a unique prize. Miss Ivy Alison recited charmingly, and the Misses Alda Ralph and Jeannie Hutchinson, played, and the Misses Rallager, Alison, Cronin, McCabe and Kelby sang. Tea was served on the verandah, and altogether a jolly time was spent.

A Party. Mrs Dunlop, of “Edenholm,” Epsom, gave a party in honour of her son, Mr F. S. Dunlop, on the occasion of his completing his course of study in the New Zealand University, where he. has distinguished himself by passing all his law examinations with honours. The party was most enjoyable, and did not break up till fihe early hours of morning. Among those present were: Dr and Miss Scott, Mrs and Miss Donner, Mis Bennett (Gisborne). Mt and Mrs Quarterly, Captain and Mrs Sharp, Mr and Mrs de CourCy Clarke, Mr and Mrs F. Waller, Miss Waller, Mr and Mrs Dawsoni, Captain Lebien, the Masses Dickinso.il, Hay, Beaumont, Denniston, M. Lucher, Donna, Hellaby, Messrs Denniston, Joyce, Dunlop (2), Graham, Berkeley, Mackenzie, Smith, Commons, Hellaby and others. ,

PHYLLIS BROUN.