A Lady's Letter.

Manawatu Herald, 2 March 1895, Page 3

A Lady's Letter.

Wellington, Feb. 28, 1895. The Star BoSting Club held their annual Swimming Sports last Satur\day "afternoon, though the weather was itifij thing but favourable, as abourtwo o'clock, the wind changed to the South and the rain began, and continued on and off during the rest of the afternoon. However, with the exception of one or two, all the events were got off, the most interesting one being the two hundred yards handicap, which was won by the scratch man, Mr Dacre, after an exciting finish with Mr Home. Afternoon tea and cakes were dis* pei&ed by several ladies in the large icniijnc room up stairs, which was psettily decorated with flowers. In spite of tne rain there were a num* her pjresent including several ladies, among those I noticed being Miss Pearce (President's sister), Mrs Field -(Captain's wife), Mesdames Blair, Pulton, Bell, the Misses Blair, Fairobild, Johnston, Friend, Gore, Morrah, Dransfield, Williams, Izard and others. Mrs H. D. Bell gave a very en» joyable little dance last Tuesday night, the house being prettily decorated with flowers, chiefly Marguerites. Mrs Bell wore a be* coming gown of primrose silk and tulle, and the Misses Bell wore preffcy white muslin frocks. Among the guests were Mrs Dr. Collins, Mrs DujyHftk Miss Pearce, the Misses Johnston, Cooper, Gore, Grace, Izard, etc, A .very pleasant and successful meeting of the Wellington Sketch Club was held last evening in the Art Gallery. It was the first meeU ing held since the Christmas holidays, so there were an unusually large, number of sketches on view, some of which were excellent, and showed great improvement sinoelast meeting, those especially so being the-tVork of Miss Mabel Hill ; Mr Nair was also showing some very gos&«ketches. During the evening softgs !> were sung by the Misses Parsons and Mr Alfred Hill, who also played the accompaniments, and light refreshments were handed round. V The Amateur Athletic Sports are to, be. held next Saturday on the BasiO Reserve, and ought to be unusually interesting as there are large number of entries for the different events, including some from Cbrisfcohuseh. I hope to give you a good account of them next week. Broad bands on sailor hats have been - replaced by narrow ribbon about a quarter of an inch wide — black and navy blue are the most fashionable. ' Golf capes will be all the rage tb-g coming winter. I must say they are most useful and con-

fortable, as Well as becoming, ess pecially when lined with some bright plaid. I see- the D.I.C. are showing some very smart golf costumes, mostly of rough light brown tweed, and consisting of capes, Norfolk | jackets and short skirts. Toreador hats of precisely the same shape as were fashionable two winters ago, will be again much worn, the trimming being just a twist or band of velvet round the crown, and finished with two or three pom-poms at the side. SicMA.