AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 18, 3 May 1911, Page 63

AUCKLAND.

April 30'. Vice-regal Garden Party. CoV OME hundreds of people watched ma the weather with anxious eyes on J Tuesday. We were all so anxious the first big party given by their Excellencies should lie a success, which indeed it was. The weather was ideal for a garden party and the grounds were at their best, and the pretty peeps one gets of the harbour through the trees were very charming. The Garrison Band played gaily, and the whole scene was very bright and festive. The Governor and Lady Islington stood on the steps in front of the house and received their guests, and, amazing as it may seem, shook hands with the last of about 700 people with as much graciousness and apparent pleasure as with the first. After this their Excellencies walked about among the guests, chatting. Mis Stapleton-Cotton, who is in attendance on her Excellency is charming end tactful, and quite won the hearts of a group of Maori clergy, who were rather shy. by taking them to tea. Tea was served in the ballroom. In the tnus e gallery the Royal Albert Ladies’ Orchestra (dressed in vieux rose fro-ks and white ribbons in their hair) play cd delightfully. One heard expressions of

admiration on every aide with the in. provements made at G-Jvern..ient House. The carpets for the reception rooms have not yet arrived, but one can see that when complete they wdl be very charming. Her Excellency. Lady Islington, was very much admired in an exquisite toilette of ivory satin charmeuse draped with a black char meuae sash around the knees and veiled with a tunic of ninou with a wide flounce of lovely lace. The drape y was caught up with pretty ivory buckles of quaint design, and the bodice was composed of lace and ninon with touches of black. A lovely hat was worn of white ehip massed with black and white ospreys. Mias Stapleton-Cotton wore • pretty frock of ivory charmeuse and ninon, and a large black hat ; Mrs Guise was wearing heliotrope; Bishop Averil and Mrs Averil were present, the latter was wearing stone grey voile and a hat to match; the. Hon. Mowbray St. John and Mrs St. John, who wore a handsome gray frock and a reseda green hat. which was very smart; Mrs Barton (Featherston ) wore cream and a black hat; Commander Stopford (of H.M.S. Pioneer) and Mrs Stopford; Mrs T. C. Williams was handsomely gowned in IdaeK and a lovely cream bonnet; Mrs J. Ferguson wore a pretty grey frock, feather boa and a large black hat ; Hju Elfle Williams wore a beautifully bonded frock of mauve pastel cloth and a smart blaek seal toque with white fur

tails on it; Lady Sinclair Lockhart, t>laek ninon inserted with lace over white silk and a black hat; Mrs W. R Bloomfield wore a pretty royal blue and blue cloth, braided, and a black hat with pink rose and feathers; Mrs Hope Lewis looked smart in a little black ninon frock with lovely embroidery in black silk and a smart toque with a touch of royal blue on it; Mrs Harry Bloomfield; Mrs Boseawen; Mrs. E. D. O’Rorke, white charmeuse veiled with Iqvely blaek lace and a black hat with light blue tailette and a large mole and blue hat; Mias Hilda Bloomfield, nattier a soft lace frill in it; Mrs Scott-Smith, heliotrope pastel cloth coat and sk’rt and a black hat; Miss Scott-Smith wore a pretty pink pastel doth tailored suit, and a large blaek hat; Mrs Seymour Thorne-George wore a handsome froek of black charmeuse, with lovely embroideries, and a pretty toque to match; Mrs Fred Waller looked charming in soft cream satin draped with a blue sash and veiled with a tunic of lace un a deep cream tone, and a large hat with white feathers; Mrs Henry Nolan was smartly frocked in mole coloured ninon over charmeuse, and touches of lovely deep blue embroidery, and a hat to match; Miss Dorothy Nolan wore a dainty white frock and hat;_ Mrs T. Gotter wore a very handsome toilette of black chiffon velvet, with exquisite embroidery, with emerald green woven in it, a black t'oque with just a touch of green velvet; Mrs Towle wore black; Miss Marjorie Towle, a pretty blue charmeuse ’ and a smart hat with blue trimmings; Miss Mary Towle, cream, with large blue muff and*a hat to match; Mrs Howard Richmond, cream ninon prettily draped, and a nattier blue satin hat Mrs Torrance (Te Aroha) wore amethyst; Mrs St. Clair, biscuit coloured bengaline, and a pretty hat; Miss St Clair wore a pretty amethyst frock, and Miss Nonie St'. Clair wore a smart shot blue and green frock and a pretty hat; Mrs Nelson, gray cloth and a smart black jetted toque; Miss Nelson wore a very pretty ivory charmeuse with tunie of net, with embroidered lace, a smart black hat lined with pink, and with wings of pale pink and white; Mrs Drummond Ferguson wore a smart tailored suit of mole cloth, with hat to match, and a lovely wide fur stole; Miss Beresford wore blaek and white; Miss Dora Beresford, dark purple •cloth beautifully braided and a black and white hat; Mrs John Reid wore black; Miss Jessie Reid, reseda green chiffon taffeta, and a pretty grey hat and ermine stole; Mrs Louis Myers, Mrs W. Coleman, grey silk with tunic of black ninon and a large black hat; Miss Ruby Coleman wore a lovely white frock with a touch of pink, and a large flower-wreathed hat; Miss Dorothy Nathan wore a dainty frock of lovely hand embroidery and a pretty hatj Mrs Greig, black, with a smart toque; Miss Roysie Greig was prettily frocked in white, and a smart black panne hat, draped with lovely la.e, and a large pink rose; Mrs Stride wore a striking toilette of pale amethyst and gold with hat to match; Mrs Sharpe, amethyst charmeuse with lovely embroidery and a smart hat lined with blaek; Mrs Philips wore blaek velvet coat and skirt, and a black hat with a pink rose; Mrs Milnes wore a pretty toilette of grey charmeuse with a tunie of ninon, bordered with a wide flounce of Carrickmacross lace, the same lace was used on the bodice, a lovely black hat with a long ostrich feather and a gray boa; Mrs. Whitney. a lovely blaek frock; Mrs Fierce, black; Miss E. Pierce, amethyst, with hat to match; Mrs. Percy Williams, Mrs. R. A. Carr, wore black; Miss Irene Carr, Mrs. SoutheyBaker were smartly frocked in mole colour; Mrs W. Lloyd, nattier blue coat and skirt, black hat with dull silver roses and cords; Mrs Guiness, black velvet coat and skirt and a pretty Paisley scarf, and a becoming hat; Mrs Samuels wore electric blue velvet and a black hat; Mrs George Roberts, a pretty black and white toilette; Miss Alice Walker, a beautiful gray frock and a pretty hat; Mrs Markham, Mrs Oliphant, the Misses Oliphant (3). Mrs Cumming, and Miss Isidore Cumming, Mrs Devore, the Misses Devore (2).

A Charming Party. The Society of Arts Gallery was the acene of such a charming party on Tuesday, the 25th. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Not in issued over three hundred invitations to their friends in honour of their only daughter, Dorothy’s, debut. The lower hall and stairway was very prettily decorated and furnished with cosy corners. Very wisely, no decorations were

used in the dancing-room, which really is amply decorated with the many beautiful pictures on the walls. The dais at the entrance end of the room was carpeted, and arranged with lounges and easy ehairs for the chaperones, who did not seem to get a bit weary. Indeed as there were lots of them, many of the chaperones liad quite a good time and did lots of dancing. The musie was at the far end of the room, and was especially good. The floor has never been so good, so what could the heart of youth want more. A buffet was arranged in the lower hall where icesand champagne and claret eup were much enjoyed by the heated dancers. Supper was served in the downstairs supper room, and was a very delicious one. Mr and Mrs Nolan and Miss Dorothy Nolan stood just within the dancing room to receive their guests. Mrs Nolan wore a smart frock of heLotrope ninon over satin with some lovely fine embroidery with gold in it; Miss Dorothy Nolan looked so sweet in her white froek of white satin, with a tunic of lovely embroidered net. Around the bottom of the frock was the daintiest garland of tiny pink roses. Some lovely strings of pearls (a much treasured heirloom) were worn and a pretty pearl spray at the back of the head. A lovely bouquet of flowers completed a charming toilette. There were two other debutantes. Miss Gwynewn Cole and Miss Tom Thomas. The former wore a simple but dainty frock of white embroidered ninon over charmeuse and a pretty white bouquet, and the latter looked smart in her pretty white satin and ninon with crystal bead Embroidery, and carried a lovely bouquet of white flowers and dainty loops of narrow ribbop; Mrs Harry Bloomfield wore a lovely English frock, which was perfectly cut. The foundation was of rich charmeuse satin of a lovely shade of green with a fish tail train. Over this was a tight fitting tunic of blue ninon with gracefuly arranged lines of lovely embroidery and very smart touches of black. The Hon. Mowbray St. John and Mrs St. John were among the guests, the latter wearing a very smart frock of deep royal blue charmeuse with tunic of jetted net and lace ; Commander Stopford (of the Pioneer) and Mrs Stopford, the latter wearing a pretty black frock with some steel bead trimming on the bodice; Mrs Mitehell (England) wore a lovely white frock of satin with lace overdress and a touch of pink; Miss Williams (Gisborne) wore a pretty Empire froek of rich ivory satin; Miss Batty (Waikato) wore a dainty frock of pale blue ninon, with silver trimmings; Miss Hartgill (DamieVlrke) wore a pretty shade of pink charmeuse, with braiding of the same; Mrs. Dut'hde looked well in a charming black ninon over pink satin charmeuse; Lady Lockhart wore a handsome cream silk frock; Mrs. Seymour Thorne-George wore a net and lace over charmeuse; Mrs C. Pollen was in a pretty grey frock; Mrrs. Cole wore b’.a-ek, with a touch of blue; Mrs W. Coleman wore a smart frock of Royal blue and white ninon; Mrs Atkin Carrick ♦ore a very handsome silk velvet frock with touches of jet; Mrs Grierson wore a a black and white toilette; Mrs Charlie Buddle looked smart’ in pale blue; Miss Una Buddle wore her charming debutante frock of satin and ninon; Mrs Greig wore black with some touches of deep cream lace on the bodice; Mrs Angus Gordon was in rose pink satin; Mrs H. Horton was in a handsome blue frock; Mrs Louis Myers wore a rich black and white gown; Mrs Thomas wore a smart pink frock; Mrs Clem Lawford wore •cream satin and red roses in her hair; Miss Betty Grierson was very much admired in her pretty white froek; Miss Hilda Bloomfield looked charming in a sweet ma ; ze-eo’oured charmeuse, veiled with ninon in the same tone and a swathed high belt of gold gauze, go-id slippers completed a pretty toilette; Miss Gwen Beale looked pretty in grey charmeuse; Miss Una Saunders wore a smart little white charmeuse frock, wiith long straight tunic of heliotrope ninon with silver fringe; the Misses Muir Douglas wore pretty grey frocks; Miss Jessie R<*id wore a smart frock of pink and grey in just the right tones; Miss Ogson (Dunedin) looked dainty in white; Miss Sybil Payton wore pale maize silk; Miss Ruth Buckland looked nice in a pretty blue froek, and Miss Hazel wore a reseda green taffeta with white lace on the bodice; Miss Winnie Cotter wore palest pink charmeuse, with tuna: of pale grey ninon; Miss Muriel Dargaville looked very smart in cream satin, with wide belt of gold gauze, with long ends falling at the side, and gold shoes; Miss Grierson wore a pretty pale pink, with touches of pale blue; Miss Nesta Thomas

wore goblin brown ninon; Mins Vera Duthie looked charming in gleaming white satin; Mise Blanche Devore wore a graceful blue ainon frock; Miss Boyaie Grieg wore a dainty cream frock with a flounce of lovely laee and a snod of ribbon in a lovely shade of flame gink, which was very becoming; Mina Snodgrass wore white; Mise Edith Isaacs wore a lovely frock of white and silver net over satin; Miss Ruby Coleman looked handsome in a pretty frock of palest blue charmeuse, with short tunie of white embroidered net, eaught up round the hem with tiny wreaths of pink roses; Miss Gillies wore a trock in two lovely shades of blue ninon and satin, with crystal fringe, and a wreath of dark blue forget-me-nots; Miss Mary Towle, v.ieux rose charmeuse, with tunie of grey ninon; Miss Audrey Stubbs wore white; Miss Dolly Denniston, pink. The Diocesan Girls’ School.

The sixth annual Speech Day of the Diocesan Girls’ School will long be remembered by all the girls, I am sure. It is not often that one sees so many notable people at one function in New Zealand. First, there was the Governor, Lord Islington, and; Lady Islington, then our new Bishop, Dr. Crossley, and Mrs Crossley, Bishop Averil and Mrs Averil, Bishop Williams and Bishop Julius, so you can imagine that there were some fine speeches. The two most interesting speeches, in my opinion, were those of Lady Islington and Miss Ward, the acting head mistress. One felt quite proud of one’s sex when listening to two such eulteredi speakers. When- Lady Islington was seated on the platform three little girls came up with bouquets. Audrey Laurence presented Her Excellency with a lovely bouquet of pink roses, and lanthe Baker and Muriel McAlvie presented Mrs Crossley with one of red flowers and autumn leaves. Miss Stapleton Cotton was in attendance upon Her Excellency. The Governor, as usual, made a good speech, and was applauded to the echo; but the speech of the afternoon was undoubtedly that of Her Excellency, who possesses a good carriage and well modulated voice. Her speech was a most happy one, full of pithy remarks, eouehed in graceful language, and her advice to the girls, “Rather to shoot arrows at the moon than to aim at owls in the eaves,” is very sound. After the long and loud applause had died away, Miss Ward read out the names of the lueky winners of prizes, and the girls came flocking up all dressed in white, with blue ribbon on their hair. Just after Her Excellency’s speech the Hon. Joan Dickson Poynder came on the platform and took a lively interest in seeing the girls receive their prizes. Miss Ward’s reading of the condensed history of the past year’s work was most interesting. When Bishop Crossley rose to speak he was given a very warm welcome, and he made such a bright, happy speech, and made a touching allusion to the splendid work that Bishop Neligan had done. (This was greeted with loud applause.) Bishop Julius made an interesting and characteristic speech. Lady Islington looked charming in a white charmeuse veiled with blaek ninon, a large white satin hat lined with blaek and trimmed with clusters of black ospreys; Mrs Crossley wore a mole coloured Shantung coat and skirt, a black hat draped with vieux rose charmeuse; Mrs Averil wore a stylish grey toilette; Miss Ward wore ivory white charmeuse, with tunic of black ninon, with fringe, and a touch of emerald green. The hall was crowded with the parents and friends, who, after the speeches, sauntered through the building and grounds. The new chapel eame in for general admiration. Tea was served to visitors in the diningroom, and we were nicely waited on by the girls.

At Dl■>■■■■» t. On Friday afternoon a very pleasant function took place in the Library at Biehopcourt, wbvn Bishop Crowley invited all his elergy to meet him. A' pleasant time was spent in conversation, ami afternoon tea was much enjoyed. There were about 200 elergy and laity present. Vi ee-re gal Dinner Party. The Governor, Lord Islington, and Lady Islington gave their first official dinner party in Auckland on Wednesday, April 26th, and from all accounts it wag a very brilliant function. Her Excellency wore a beautiful black and- white toilette, and wore some lovely diamonds. Those who were honoured with invitations were: .Sir Robert and Lady Lockhart, Hon. E. Mitchelson and Mrs Mitchelson. Major W. R. Bloomfield and Mrs. Bloomfield;, Mr and Mrs T. C. Williams, Mrs. James Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. C. Whitney, Dr. and Mrs Bedford, the Mayor and Mrs Bagnall, Captain and; Mrs Stopford, Colonel Wolfe and MrS Wolfe, Mr and Mrs Prickett, Mr and Mrs. Arthur Myers and Judge Kettle. Kettle. Personal. Private letters have been received from Dr. Neligan, who resigned the Bishopric of Auckland on account of ill-health* saying that his health is greatly improved. Tofua on a six month’s trip to the soutE Tofua o na six months’ trip to the south Sea Islands and Australia. • / Airs and Miss Vera Rose, of TiraiL have just returned after a holiday td Australia. They visited Melbourne, Sydney, and the Blue Mountains. The many friends of Mr Mervyn Sf. Paul will be glad to hear that he is ex" pected to arrive in Auckland next Sunday by the Sydney steamer, after an absence of some five years in the East, during the greater part of which he has been attached to the Calcutta branch of the New Zealand Insurance Company. Latterly, however, Mr St. Paul has been stationed in Madras. He is now intending to spend his six months’ holiday leave amongst his old friends in Auck-

land.

PHYLLIS BROUN.