A Lady's Letter.

Manawatu Herald, 5 November 1895, Page 2

A Lady's Letter.

• Wellington, Nov. 2, 1895. The Wellington College Annual Sports were held last Wednesday afternoon, in the College grounds, which looked quite festive on this occasion. Afternoon tea and cakes were laid out in a large room in the College, and was much' appreciated by the guests, for I must tell you that invitation cards had been freely issued. The headmaster Mr Firth, and Mrs Firth made an excellent host and hostess. Lord and Lady Glasgow accompanied by Lady Augusta, Lady Dorothy, and the Hon. J. Boyle, Major Elliott and Captain Campbell Preston were present. Lady Glai^ow irai wearing «

stylish grey lustre skirt and jaotat, light silk vest, and pretty little toru lace bonnet, trimmed with blue ihot ribbon and buttercups. Lady Augusta looked nice and cool in a pale blue gown trimmed on tht bodice with a tiny edging ofco&e^law, white straw boat 'sßapecTnat trimmed with blue satin ribbon- and forget* mfe-nots. Lady Dorothy wore a light holland frock prettily .irimmed with white braid, white sailor bat. Mrs Firth wore an elegant gown of soft white silk, with a wide belt of silver embroidery, and tbe full slews were partly draped with black chiflon, broad cream straw bat with a large black ribbon bow in front, and bunches of buttercups and forget-me-nots on the brim at the back. Others present I noticed w&f^Xady Hector and Mils Hector, ; Lady Stout, in a handsome black oeltume muoh trimmed with jet', Mrs and the Misses Bell; Mrs Ward, the Misses Hitchings (Napier) who wore cool white duck costumes, gloves and shoes to correspond. Mrs Hutchison, very stylish black orepon gown, beautifully trimmed with jet, small black bonnet trimmed with rosettes of white and pink tulle ; Miss E. Hutchison wore a blue crepon frock atid white sailor hat ; Mrs and Miss Richardson, Mrs and the Misses Gibson, Mrs and the Misses Tolhurst, the Misses Tuckey, Seddon, Hutchison (Dunedin), Hislop, Gore k 'Atkinson, Harding, Fairchill and Pownall. The boys were favoured with a bright, fine day, so that everything went off most successfully. >- Lust Monday night Lord and Lady Glasgow, attended by Major Elliott, were present at the Opera House, when " The case of Rebellious Susan '* was played by the Brough and Boucicault Company. Mrs Brough took the part of Lady Susan, and of course did lull justice to it. Hhe wears some extremely pretty frocks in this play. One was a walking gown of very pale heliotrope spotted muslin with a sash of ribbons to match and a large' turned down ecru lace collar and a pretty black hat trimmed with violets and a white osprey, and tied under the chin with a narrow velvet ribbon, completed this very becoming cos* tume. A handsome tea gown was of broad stripes of white moire silk and orange satin slightly trained, and a rather loose front of soft white gauze. In the last act she wears a lovely evening gown of oyster brocade trimmed with delicate white lace. I notice, that the latest idea is to have the lace falling over one sleeve only, and on the other shoulder a large bow is placed ; the gown in question was made in this style, and very effective it looked. Miss Faber who also takes a prominent part, looked very nice in a black cwpon gown, mide with a full loose bodice caught in at the waist; with a jet girdle, the sleeves were of bright red velvet, wry broad hat trimmed with black and red ; her dinner gown was of pale pink satin, with, a f( . full vnching ronnd the skirt and semi train and pretty transparent sleeves I of falling pink chiffon. . ■•-_. L.\dy Glasgow was wearing on this occasion very handsome very pale green satin, brocaded with a large d 8 : go of darker green and pink and among the folds of -white. &$£ on the corsage sparklod lovely.' ': diamond ornaments. The Vice Regal Party were also present at the second perLidy Glasgow wore #T ficli s lracJFfilk and lace, and grey silk opera cloak trimmed with fur; Lady,^Augusta, cream satin prettily trimmed with lace ; Lady Dorothy, a simple white muslin frock. I am sorry to say that Lady Alice Boyle has/.bqen indisposed for the last fortnight or so, but is now on the high' road to recovery. -Lady Augusta is quite' herself again -'and hatMpnly a very slight limp. .The Session is over .at- JasL^nd motet of the visitors have left. On the whole it has, not been,£Bob arfay session as its predecessors, for during the latter part there have been very few festivities, but perhaps we are afl the better for it. The Wellington Bowling Green was opened to-day by the Premier in the presence of a large and fashionable gathering. The ! ' Thortfdpn Tennis Club also opened their seatpn this afternoon, when the members and their friends took advantage of the lovely weather and turned up va large numbers.