AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 26, 26 June 1912, Page 63

AUCKLAND.

June 24. A Quiet Week. OCTAL life has been of the very quiet order during the past A_-Z week, and with the exception of Lady Lockhart's two receptions no functions ha ye been held. However, in the coming week there will be a round of parties given in honour of the bride-eltvt, Miss- Betty Grierson, who is to be married on July 4th. Aliss Gillies is giving a dance on the 27th. Airs. C. Buddle on the 29th, and Aliss Thelma Bloomfield is having a “receipt tea” on the 26th. A Return. A return party was given to the girls who arranged the very jolly surprise party 'to Aliss Una Buddle last week. This time the “mere man” assumed his normal attitude, and instead of being entertained and waited upon by his fair partners, the positions were reversed. The party was given in Mrs. T. Cotter’s house, in a delightful room which can. at a few moments’ notice, be converted into a ballroom. The party was jolly and most enjoyable.

Basket Ball. On Saturday afternoon 1 went to see what, to many people is quite a newgame, basket-ball. One is rather -apt to

view new games in somewhat of a contemptuous manner, but basket-ball is full of interest and movement. As an exercise, it has many advantages, for every muscle in the body is called into play. No player is allowed to push or hold, so that players of either sex, or anv sizes, can play together with ini punity. Of course, a tall person has an advantage, as the ball is thrown from player to player. Many girls who are not nearly strong enough to playhockey (and many play it who should not), will find basket-ball a splendid game, without the dangers of the former but with quite as much excitement. There is one great advantage basket ball seems to me to have over hockey, and that is the player is in an unright position, and most of the time with arm, upright and outstretched, instead of, as at. hockey, in a crouching attitude. Basket-ball is undoubtedly a more graceful game.

Lady Lockhart’s At Home. Lidy Sinclair Lockhart was “At Home" on Tuesday and Wednesday, ami although there were a large number of guests there was no semblance of a crush. A string band was hidden away somewhere, and provided just that need ful amount of accompaniment that sets tongues wagging. The rooms looked charming. The drawingroom was in a scheme of palest pink and white, and the mantelshelf was lovely. In the smokingroom there were large masses

of red hawthorn berries and paper white narcissi. On Tuesday, the •tea-table wa.< a charming scheme of palest pink, with pink shaded candles, and on Wednesday red salvias and red shaded candies were used with good effect. Lady Lockhart received on Tuesday in a very sweet emerald-green charmeuse, veiled with black, which was most becoming, and on Wednesday a white silk frock, with overdress of white lace, was worn. Mrs. Power wore a black toilette; Mrs. Arthur Myers wore a lovely frock of Nankin blue chiffon velvet, with beauti* fui iloselle and gold embroidery, smart hat massed with black feathers and lined with blue, ermine stole and muff; Miss McKenzie (Wellington), nattier blue rharmeuse, with wide hem of velvet in a darker tone, grey hat with blue bows, grey furs; Mrs. W. Coleman, black charmeuse coat and skirt, lovely black hat with feathers; Mrs. Sweet, blue char incuse coat and skirt, black hat with feathers; Mrs. R< A. Carr, Wack cloth black hat, and lovely Wack fox furs; Mrs. Seymour Thome-George, black cloth, hands* me furs, ami black and gold hat; Miss Neville George, smart dark blue tailored suit and a pretty mole felt hat, with wings and touches of tangerine velvet; Mrs. Archie Clark, black cloth, and a smart hat massed with uncurled natural tips, and lovely furs; Mrs. Sydney Thorne George wore a becoming brown toilette; Mrs. H. O. Nolan wore a pretty frock in a lovely shade of blue, of charmeuse cloth, with touches of lovely embroidery, and a smart black hat and furs; Mrs C. Puddle wore violet cloth coat and skirt, hut to match with amethyst wings, and lovely fox furs; Mrs Pabst wore nattier blue; Mrs Drummond Ferguson wore pale blue tailored suit, and a smart grey velvet coat, black beaver hat: P. Digram grey tweed tailored suit, black hat with large red and black bows; Mrs Sydney Nathan, cinnamon brown eoat and skirt, braided, and a lunch of tangerine flowers in the coat. : mart black hat with lancer plume; Mr T. Horton, wore amethyst cloth, hat to :utch; Mrs E. Horton, grey cloth, black hat with lace frill, grey furs; Mrs Carpenter 1* oked swart in blue, and a black beaver hat : Mrs Foster, mole cloth, Wack hat, snd lovely black fox furs; Mrs T. Cotter wore a long smart black charmeuse coat, and small toque: Mrs Pritt wore black velvet; Mrs* H. Marsack, green doth, black and white hat; Mrs Southey Baker, smart mole-coloured toilette: Mrs Lloyd wore grey, with touch of blue: Mrs McDowell, dark cloth coat and skirt, black velvet hat. and handsome furs; Mrs Archie Denniston, brown coat and skirt, hat to match with wallflower tinted trimmings; Mrs Copeland Savage, dark blue cloth tailor-made, black hat with long green and black feather, brown furs: Miss Una Buddle looked charming in pale grey doth, hat to match with palest pink wings, grey furs: Miss G. Lloyd, dark blue, with blouse < f blue and gold veiled with blue ninon; Miss Eileen Dyer (Rotorua) looked nic« in cream, with toque to match; Miss Dorothy Nolan, blue tailored suit, with smart touches of scarlet, black velvet hat with white flowers, white fox furs; Miss Moyra Nathan (Wellington) wore a smart blue tailored suit, and a small hat trimmed with ermine, and a touch of cerise; Miss Esther Foster wot a pretty blue velvet frock with lovely lace collar, end a becoming black hat; Miss Muir Douglas looked smart in dark blue, and n black hat; Miss Winnie Cotter, bright blue coat and skirt, white furs, and a smart black velvet hat with a cluster of white osprey at the back: Miss McGregor (( hristclrurch), black cloth coat and skirt, black and green hat with white wings: Mrs Horace Walker, smart black and mole stripe*! cloth, braided, with black on emerald mole and green bat; Miss True Walker, navy blue coat and skirt, navy velvet hat: Mrs Rack, black d<»th, smart black and white hat: Mr- Lratham, smart mote doth coat and skirt, and a smart hat; Mrs P. Lawrence. grey coat ami skirt, black hat: Mrs W. R. Holm s, dark blue coat and skirt, smart black and white hat; Mrs McGuire, black cloth skirt, with short black velvet coat, ermine trimmed hat. end ermine stole and muff; Mrs Reberton. nude velvet, with .oxidised trimming, 1 at to match; Mrs 11. Kinding, dark cloth coat and skirt, pretty hat with trngerino on it; Miss Olive Lusk, dark mat and skirt, black hat with pretty >ieux rose wings; Miss Muriel Darga- • e, cream cloth cnat and skirt, artistic hat of steel grey satin and amethyst wings: Miss Marjorie Towle, mole cloth frock, saip blue velvet hat with trimmings of fur: Mis® Kisaling looked well M blaek doth, black bai with white

wings; Miss Enid Recd looked charming in black velvet, with wide one-sided rever of white, and a smart little hat; Miss Dija Fletcher, smart dark blue coat and skirt, finished with blaek braiding, black hat with lancer plume; Miss Thelma Bloomfield wore a smart blue tailored suit, with piping of royal blue, charming blue and blaek felt hat with trimmings of vieux rose; Miss Una Saunders looked smart in a blue eoat and skirt, seal and ermine hat, and grey furs; Mrs Noel I'-amford wore amethyst cloth eoat and Soirt, hat to match trimmed with dull v‘>eux rose witjgs; Miss Mary Colegrove looked pretty in her nattier blue frock and large black hat; Miss A. Carr, blaek and white shepherd's plaid coat and skirt, and a smart hat. and lovelv white fox furs; Mrs Louis Myers, Mrs Baume, Mrs McMillan. Mrs A. Ferguson, Mrs Goodhue, Mrs J. R. Reed, Mrs Rose. Mrs (olegrove. Miss Binks, Mrs Prickett, Miss Prickett. Mrs J. R. Tole. Mrs G. Richardson. Mrs Rathbone, Mrs Mowbray, Miss Mowbray, Mrs E. Firth, Mrs Clem Lawford. Mrs Woolf. Miss Ruby Coleman. A Delightful Dance was given by the Takapuna Tennis Club on Friday evening. The committee left absolutely nothing un-thought of calculated to promote the enjoyment of their guests, and must, therefore, be regarded as the more unfortunate in that the weather proved so objectionable. The cold, wintry aspect of the night, however, had no visible effect on the attendance, and I believe that everyone would have faced the elements had they been in more rebellious a state for such a pleasant. evening as all spent. The walls of the little Lake Hall were deeorated with masses of bunting, and the stage with a trellis of -bamboo and greenery. The tables were tlorally arranged by the ladies with anemones and ferns, the committee of gentlemen who had so admirably done everything else in connection with the dance declining to venture. the Will to do bv no means ensures

success in the doing- Mrs Shakespeare wore an effective silk toilette with crimson roses; Mrs O’Niell, handsome blaek silk robe; Mrs Corry, rich mauve silk; Mrs Matt, black lace over white satin; Mrs Lionel ALoott, brown charmeuse; Miss Cairns; Mrs Morgan, handsome blaek jetted robe; Miss It Niell, a charming pale green ninon; Miss Clara Corry, dainty pink voile veiled in spangled chiffon Miss Dorothy O’Niell wore her pretty coming-out frock of white eham-meu.-e with overdressing of ninon; Miss Bessie M att, turquoise velvet trimmed with white fur and violets; Miss Rita Ashton, pretty grey velvet with silver trimming; Miss C. Bell wore an effective blaek ninon; Miss May Knight, dainty white frock; Miss Lorie "(Hamilton) pretty- green ninon over satin; Miss Katie ONiell (Hamilton), pink satin with overdress K'f ninon and crystal trimmings;' Miss Greta Hungerford was charmingly fracked in white satin and ninon, edged with white fur; Miss Ida Lorie tHamilton), pretty white satin with overdress of blue and white dewdrop chiffon; Miss Wilson-Smith, blue velvet, pink rose in hair; Miss Potter, white charaiense edged with silver trimming; Miss Ogilvie, pretty pink frock; Miss Guthrie, rosewood chiffon over -atin; Miss Bartlett, green silk: Miss Minna Ansenne, dainty white muslin, red in hair; Miss Cassie Macky, pretty white silk and silver; Miss St. Clair, blaek; Miss —. St. Clair, white, with pink wreath in hair; Miss Buchanan, pretty blue frock; Mi->s Mahony wore a dainty pink satin dress; Miss Cox, pale green ninon over satin; Alius Connie Jones, eharming white silk frock with laee; Miss. Wood, white eharmeu-e; Miss Yelia Gerard, green Oriental satin; Misses Laxon, dainty white frocks; Miss Jossie Akers, pretty blue ninon with pearl trimming; Miss Berta ONiell, white muslin; Mies Bessie Dalton, a charming white costume; Mass Gillette, pink. A Good Cause. The Ladies’ Committee of the Protection of Women and Children and the Prevention of C-ruelty to Animals Societies each year raise a substantial sum of money towards the funds. This year it has been decided to hold a popular concert in the Town Hall. Herr Wielaert has undertaken the management of the concert, and among the performers will t.» Madani Wielaert. Mias Major. Messrs Harold Gregson, Farrow, the Lyric Quartette, and several others.

Mt. Eden Croquet Club. A very successful progressive euchre party was held on the 10th June, in the

of the Mount Eden Club. Over eighty guests took part in the game, and when scores were counted the successful players were: Ladies’ first prize, Mrs Read; second prize, Miss Squirrel; the gentlemen’s prize fell to Mr. Parkinson and Air I. Jones. Mrs F. Oldham wore cream silk; Mrs E. W. Burton, blaek silk and jet, royal blue scarf; Mrs M. Mackay, nattier blue frock; Miss Esam. palest pink ninon and satin, cream net overdress relieved with blaek; Mrs H. j'a ttersall, black chiffon taffeta, with black Maltese trimming; Mrs Read, black dress, blue coat; Mrs Squirrell, lovely robe of heliotrope silk and eream laee; Miss Squirrell, dainty ercam frock; Mrs Orminston, pretty pale blue silk, with Oriental embroidery and blue fringe; Mrs Michaels, black silk, blue coat with large satin collar: Mrs Passmore wore blaek and turquoise blue, biue satin eoat with fur trimmings: Miss Pilcher. handsome white silk, with silver beading; Mrs Rankin, green silk, grey coat; Miss Martin, pale blue spangled ninon over blue satin bodice made with fichu effect; Miss Chalmers, dainty blue e-ystaline; Miss Stitchbury, pale pink silk; Miss Ivy Buckland, dainty white muslin, cream coat; Miss Hazel Tattersail. pale blue voile, cream net yoke; Mrs Dickinson, cream dress, blue coat; Mrs Mann, blaek; Sirs Brierly, grey pailette silk. Oriental trimmings, pale pink coat relieved with black; Mrs Hamblin, pretty grey silk; Mrs Cahill, grey voile; Miss Wyatt, pale pink silk, lively silver scarf; Mrs Hill, dainty lace blouse, blaek skirt; Mrs D. Smith, cream; Mrs Norbury, grey silk; Mrs Parkinson, white silk; Mrs Harvey, blaek and white frock; Mesdames Jones, Court, Carter, _Martin, Hurfit, Stitchbury, Cox, Burrows, Misses Clarke, Midge, Martin, Saunders, Harvey.

Waitemata Croquet Club Social. The Waitemata Ladies’ Croquet Club celebrated the termination of the season by a special gathering in the Northcote Masonic Hall on Thursday evening, when about 100 ladies and gentlemen were present. The programme opened with a whist drive, in charge of Mr. Wm. Luke, the scrutineers being Messrs. Win. M. Jacks and \V. IL Glover. The prizes for the highest scores were annexed by Mrs. E. D'Esterre and Mr. B. Van Veen, and the ‘'booby” prizes were awarded to Mrs. E. J. Tremain and Mr. H. Cadness, who were the lowest scorers respectively. Mrs. George Fraser, Mayoress of Northcote, subsequently handed ■the winners the prizes. An adjournment was then made to the supper-room. The arrangements in connection with the supper, solely carried out by Mrs. F. Hubble and Misses Palmer, reflected considerable credit on those ladies, and the floral and other decorations of the table were arranged by Miss Violet Palmer. Dancing was kept up with zest till well into the next morning. The committee of the Club, Mesdames A. Bartlett (president), W. Luke, J. R. Bethwaite, P. W. Bolland, Arthur Greenslade, J. T. Fearnley (treasurer), Miss V. Palmer, and the hard-working secretary, Mrs. B. Van Veen, have every reason to be proud of the sueeess that attended their efforts. As the outcome of representations made, the Committee has decided to hold further social gatherings during the winter months, probably at monthly intervals. The music for the dancing was supplied by Misses Ruby Gifford and Moody and Mr. Thos. Coward, the M.C.’s being Messrs. Wm. Luke and Jas. T. Fearnley. Among the dresses of the ladies were the following:—Mrs. Geo. Fraser, handsome black silk; Mrs. J. T. Fearnley, Oriental satin, riik fringe and pearl trimming; Mrs. A. E. Greenslade, pink, trimmed with silk fringe; Mrs. R. A. Meek, black velvet, old gold trim-

mings; Mrs. I. Cramond, grey satin trimmed with silk fringe; Mrs. J. Leonard, white satin and overdress of ninon; Airs. F. Hubble, green dress triiumld with sequin trimming; Mrs. P« W. Bolland, heliotrope silk, sequin trimming; Mrs. B. Van Veen, white silk, with brocade overdress, pearl trimming; Mrs. W. Luke, pink silk, jewelled overdress, Oriental trimmings; Mrs. Fitt, nattier blue silk, spangled trinuningsj Mrs. Atkinson, Oriental satin, ninon overdress and bead trimmings; Mrs. J. R. Bethwaite, cream silk, medallion trimming; .Mrs. G. IL Lyon, striped silk, prettily trimmed; Mrs. Hardie, pretty blaek dress; Mrs. Palmer, blaek silk; Mrs. W. M. Jacks, blaek velvet, pretty Oriental trimming; Mrs. Baverstoek, striped silk prettily trimmed with silk lace; Mrs. W. H. Glover, white net over white satin, bead trimming; Mrs. E. D’Esterre, black dress, insertion trimming; Mrs. H. Cadness, cream satin, silk laee trimmings; Mrs. W. Laurie, cream dress; Mrs. F. W. Brooking, black, with lace trimmings; Mrs. J. W. Brown, heliotrope satin, prettily trimmed; Mrs. A. Martin, green silk ; Mrs. A. 11. Messenger. light blue with white trimming; Miss S. Fraser, light grey lustre; Miss Malavey, turquoise-blue, trimmed with point laee;- Miss R. Gifford, pale grey sils, piped with black and white silk; Miss V. Palmer, violet velvet, with spangled trimmings; Miss R. Birley, Tussore silk, trimmed with nattier blue and. pearls; Miss V. Bell, blaek velvet, with real laee trimmings; Miss E. Bell, palo pink; Miss Palmer, black satin, beautifully trimmed with Oriental trimmings; Miss Warner, pale blue silk, laee trimmings; Miss Jenkinson, pretty eream dress, bead trimmings; Miss C. Nicholson, black silk, ninon overdress, and spangled trimmings; Miss Brooking, white satin, ninon overdress, medallion trimming; Miss White, crepe de chine; Miss Cadness, pretty white dress, with lace trimmings; Miss Lewis, white satin, with bead trimmings; Miss Mellor, pale blue, with ninon overdress; Mi-s Moody, cream dress; Miss McCrea, white silk, with ninon overdress; Miss Bennett, pretty cream dress, bead trimmings; and Miss Freda Hubble, cream silk. Personal. Miss Iris Dunlop is visiting the North with her brother, Mr. F. G. Dunlop, who is there in connection with Native Land Court business. Mrs George Roberts is spending a month in Auckland. Mrs Seymour Thorne George and Miss Neville George leave early in July for a visit to Wellington, where they will be the guests of Mrs V. Riddiford, the Lower Hutt. Mrs Gore Gillou is at present in Melbourne, where she will remain for the winter. Miss Wynks (Christchurch) is the guest of her uncle. Mr Gore Gillon, with whom she will stay for the rest of the winter.