Tennis Club Dance.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 412, 10 May 1902, Page 2

Tennis Club Dance.

A very successful dance was held in the ■Academy of Music last night in connection with the Gisborne Tennis Club. There was a large attendance, upwards of fifty couples being present, and a very pleasant evening was spent. The interior oi the hall was gaily decorated with flags and bunting, whilst the front of the gallery was spread with tennis nets, with a number of racquets here and there. The floor was in excellent condition for dancing, and the best of music was supplied by Mrs Fernandez. A splendid supper was provided by the lady members of the club, the tables being most artistically laid. Amongst those present were the following:—Mrs Bright, black and cardinal silk; Mrs A. Beeves, Tolago Bay, black silk; Mrß Maude, black silk; Mrs Craig, cream satin and chiffon trimmings ; Mrs lan Simson, heliotrope ; Mrs Bousfield, white silk; Mrs Shelton, cardinal silk, black spangles; Mrs W. Martin, black silk, white Maltese lace and fichu ; Mrs W. Gibson, white silk, trimmed with white chiffon; Mrs Barlow, black silk; Mrs Willock, black silk ; Miss Olive Cuff (Auckland), white silk, yellow buttercups ; Miss Heany, yellow silk, black lover’s knots ; Miss McLean, white satin ; Miss Macfarlane, white silk, with insertion over blue ; Miss Bichardson, pale blue silk ; Miss K. Boylan, white silk ; Bliss Beynolds, white silk ; Bliss Bright, white muslin ; Bliss B. Spence (Tolago Bay), pink ; Miss C. Spence,blue ; Bliss Evans, pink ; Bliss Shelton, white silk, white chiffon trimmings; Bliss L. Shelton, white silk ; Miss Perry, white silk, over green ; Bliss Blay Ijeere, cerise ; Bliss Cooper, white muslin; Bliss O.’Meara, cerise ; Bliss Cuff, white’ muslin, trimmed with white satin ; Miss Theta Evans, pink and white striped silk, with pink roses ; Miss Beynolds, blue silk, pink roses ; Bliss Sherratt, blue silk ; Bliss Blay Johnstone, yellow satin ; Bliss Bees, white silk, with pink trimmings ; Bliss Freda Cooper, white silk, with lace trimmings ; Bliss Beeves (Tolago Bay), blue silk, white lace ; Miss Bedstone, white silk, pale green trimmings ; Bliss Bennett, white satin trimmed with chiffon ; Miss A. Gallagher (Tolago Bay), white muslin with satm baby ribbon; Bliss BVinter, white silk ; Bliss Srnythe, white silk ; Bliss BV. Adair, green silk, pink chiffon and roses: Bliss Foster, green silk trimmed with cream silk lace ; Bliss tfiggs (Palmerston North), rose pink silk; Bliss C. Beynolds, white satin ; Bliss Adair, pink satin with pink fichu and roses. Amongst the gentlemen present were Messrs Bousfield, Spence (Tolago Bay), Biorris (Hauiti), Kells, C. Adair, Bright (2). BVallis (Onetuhunga), Simson, Patullo, Watson, Iveson, Zachariah, De Costa (2), Sinclair, Syrnes, Sherratt, Beynolds, l)ods, Foster, Sherriff, Bichards, Maude, A. Bees; Teat, Bennett, Williams, Crawford, Hamilton, Buscke, Drs. Fisher and Craig, Garlick, O’Meara (2), Barton, Pasley, Tucker, Trotter, Barlow, and PeLautour. The gathering broke up at an early hour this morning,