HIMITANGI NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3723, 20 November 1906, Page 4

HIMITANGI NOTES.

r OWN {'OKU ES POX I)EXT,

The greet event lias conic and gone. I refer to the Himitangi Rifle Club' I ', plain and fancy dress ball, held in one of Messrs Stevenson and Cook’s buildings last Friday night. To say it was a success is speaking mildly. It. was one of those social gatherings that the country folk do not have half enough of. We in the country have not the facilities of attending places of amusement that our town cousins have and are apt to drop into a don’t care sort of style, growing indifferent to our social duties, at the same time getting out of touch with one another and growing narrow-minded in our ways of thinking. Such should not be the case, we should meet more often. The committee deserve great praise for the aide manner in which the duties entrusted to them were carried out, and Mr Rakes as usual was the life of the evening. The music provided by the Conliu family was everything that could be desired, and as-we live in God’s own country it is only natural to suppose that every partner was an angel. The music consisted of piano, violin, and cornet. The floor was in splendid order. The supper was provided by the lady friends of the Rifle club, and they one and all did splendidly, the spread was fit for a king, the good things handed round plainly showing what delicacies the Himitangi land can produce. The catering was a credit to the ladi es and the members of the club fully appreciated their efforts. There were between 40 or 50 couples on the floor, all parts of the district being represented. There was only one gentleman in fancy dress, he hailed from Orona Bridge and came as Charles 11, looking gay in his old time costume. Now for the ladies dresses and the belle of the ball. In naming the belle and describing the costumes I claim the protection of the press, the risk makes me feel nervous and I am trembling like a jelly. The belle of the evening in my opinion was Miss K. | Conlin, who was dressed in white silk as Fairy Queen. Thecharac- 1 ter suited her and the fairy crown was in the right place, as she r crowned the evening as queen of | the fairies. Next came Miss R. j I Alvey, dressed very piettily as a gay Geisha of Japan, and her dancing was perfect. Miss C. , Conlin as “ Queen of the Night ” looked very nice. Miss B. Robinson was dressed as a gipsy and her sister, Miss A. Robinson, looked charming as “moonlight.” Miss M. Bradey, red cross nurse; Miss E. Richmond, butter cups and daisies ; Miss Hopping, Mary Contrary ; Miss K. Hewitt, ivy. Miss Hewitt completes my list of fancy dresses. At the conclusion Mr Hartley, in a few well-chosen words, thanked those visitors who had come long distances and by so doing making the ball the success it was, and in thanking the Conlin family he could not say enough, as they were not only the main stay of the function but of the 1 Rifle club as well. The committee were also thanked for work done, , as were also Messrs Stevenson and Cook for the use of their building. i Miss Alvey, of Rangitane, narrowly escaped a serious accident as she was leaving her home for Himatangi on Friday night. As she was getting into the trap her horse bolted and broke the trap to matchwood. Miss Alvey, nothing daunted, procured another horse and trap and attended the social function none the worse for her experience.