THE FANCY DRESS SKATING CARNIVAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 934, 29 September 1910, Page 6

THE FANCY DRESS SKATING CARNIVAL.

■ .-.v..;' K,' ■'.. It was an. excellent; idea to..tliink' pf ..a--, •fancy , dress skating ■ carnival'as a meansof raising . money ,t'or -the :purpo^' : 'of .'fit-;| tingly, celebrating .the ? golden';'jubilee' of / Mother' Mary. Joseph Aubert,' "for 'although people are' very; glad to further and assist' her'in- her' work ih ' any/way J they , can, they do.'not. object to receiving a ' li ttle ".pleasure " by, thie way , as'i - well. • :' TlieV carnival,-'held in: the. Olym-; ■ pin. Skating Kink last' evening,' vvas... a brilliant . success from; . .every . poiiiti'. of i view. A. very:. large- number of . people were - presentj' ;: the galleries . reing : filled J with onlookers," while/ the floor' was occupied by . a great hiany.skaters : tliroiigli-, I ,out. the/various ■ events!': ■' It - was absolutely. watching. so vivid; was the colouring of. the. .costuinesj; ;so graceful - the '-.skating,and so varied -the . ideas• which had been - put into execu- • tion.- '. freakishness, and.ugliness, (one must say .mth' . reflections of the gollywogs ! andl : other weird- things : \that were, seen) ..whirled round : ahd,round in ■; a way that left one' uncertain; as to" pher. ther they were familiar ; faces' or 'not. Probably, as rcgards costumes, last evening's carnival ;was the best ono that has been held for some time, for the characters, many .of them, displayed ■much originality, .prettiness, and I»mpleteness of,detail. Si<le ;by' side one : sajy-: skating .together; all '.sorts of:* incongruous ;;J': beings.- from various periods, and from; various countries, en-. • gaged;in' aV pastinie iwhiehv-would ;consid: erably . the/originals'- could they, only -have ..been present. : - There were quite a. 'number • of/ Indians;' and it' was. interesting; tb;v;nAticeithe. different';'ways in"'.which j-. tliey carried-.;out;;the -;idea; There,'.'%erba few Quakers in- most ; de-, inure," attire . tobe eee'n," Eighteenth J cen-: Itury/ ;/-Puritans;/;.and; -Maoris,°while tbere; was:.even:.t6 .be.'seen';a; circulating 'library .flushing by. . Cobra" blacking . was - represented by. two /Hmdoo; . ladies - .bearing ;/. a .placard, /of ■/ "Cobra."; The,, sensation - of ..the evening, -however, ..was^h^Va. ; 'Kiige,-.vsevei , al7tiered\..se44'"Br • . sailing, majestically; down" the'room, irresistibly bearihg r all'. beforei. .it: This, . was Mr.', Mr.' ''-'b'^>Mßflmpleteiy?jfeamedcrat -.by /himself" It was'-certainly, most; striking, and'* orig?; inal,'.but it : struck/one as ; being' a/most ' difficult thing to' manage, so large was the area, covered by it. represented by Mrs. T.,(}. Macarthy, was very ■ pretty—and suggestive of cold . 'at once.: The poster.representing a lampshade from the Misses..Macandrew/ and IlayesT was . very cleverly carried: out !':aiid s most / effective,' MissvHilda Burtonrepresenting' -.tie, idea.-/ .A -team; of.;Dutcli':girls,.from ; The Terrace; . dressed, in "white and ipse '.col-; ours, rose-coloured skirts with' white bodices and turnover .collars -of the same warm shade, -worn with littlo Dutch caps, ' was':very'charming,' and; it..seemed; a pity' thMe":were';not;more teams/.M'be 1 seen.' . Those who formed it /.were the Misses Watson- ,(2), . Miles, Haybittle, Simpson,; and Dean. The fancy skating, performed by Mr. I).- ' Eeegan was /very., wonderful; but/made' some.'of.- the;:, .on'-: lookers Icatch'.their breath ,at'-,pmK. In presenting the , prizes' later ; oh in the, evening- /Sir., Joseph' - Ward/, spoke, of ; the pleasure it gave him to do ; so, a probably- only. -equalled* by -that oi : tho recipients. ".He .wished'to; .in recognition'of the difficulty: -that laybefore the judges; that'wening; all; was so good. All sections of the community reoognised/and):appreciated the 'work - done by. Mother Mary- '. Jowiph Aubert for;the -incurables; and foundlings; of . this ; 6ity, ' elsewhere,'. a' work'to, which' the people of Wellington responded, very freelyJlrs. Macarthy; informed- him that she had 'received:: notifications-from • several people' • that >• they,- were /, giving cheques of. eaeh 1 ./ 1 Many.i.thanks'. were due to Messrs. ;IMUer and-, Sons ;for.;plac-. ing their rink- at the' disposal. of. the. com;. ; mittee'free of charge, as.well as skates, and to Mr. Shepard they were greatly indebted'also.. ... ,: The prize-winners-were as -follow tr/The most 'graceful : couple' of skaters, Mrs. Swanscn . and: Mr. : Kothchild. • Best - historical characters,/Mrs.'Gilmer'Bhd',.-Mr. Hamilton /(Puritans);. The'• most..'graceful.6kater,. Miss. Jones; 'Most', .graceful . gentleman, Mr., Crewes.. Most . comical ■ dress, Mr.": 'Houb" (enthusiastic-/-skater) Best' dressed.couple/ Miss F. Murray (up-to-date Pierrotte) and Mr. A. /1?./- Orr "(Pierot);. Befet; fancy dress :;of-lady,',■.Mrs.'. Rntter (Monte Carlo)..--Best- poster; lady,Miss ; Hilda ;-Burton: - (lampshade/* from' Misses -Macandrew and Hayes).,./Best; sus^. : ;tained character, Miss ,; Cutler , (Maori woman). .-'■ : : : ;i-• - .- ; The judges -.were' Lady ,Ward,' Mr. H..E. Davis, and : - Mr. C.: -Maitlfind., The/secretary; for/the whole affair was . Jlr.:' A. Amodeo, who - worked. most i energetically for- the sucoess of : the evening, as, indeed, did -all concerned in it. ; /