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Free Lance, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1905, Page 8

Social

THE perfect weather and prospectus of some excellent racing tempted a gieat many visitors to journey out to the Hutt on Saturday and Monday last. It was an ideal occasion on which to weai ouir pretty summer frocks, which, alas, have been so little needed. Quite a numbei of strangers weie in town foi a few days, and the laces made quite a pleasant break in the quiet, do-nothing life of the last few weeks. * • * Mrs. Seddon, on the first day wane a very handsome gown of black canvas cloth, mucli strapped, and piped with white, and a pretty black and whi^r hat Mis-> Seddon's gown was of ivoiy ciepe-de-chine, with lace insertions, and a black picture hat with Wee ostrich feathers and chiffon streamers. Mi«s May Seddon wore a pale blue voile gown and black picbure hat. Mrs. C J. Johnston wore a black and white costume, wide 01 earn stole, and black hat • Mrs. Walter Johnston (HiehderA handsome black gown, white vest, and black hat. # » * Mrs. W. Tuinbull woie a veiy piett% gown of electric blue silk, much gauged, and burnt-stiaw hat with gold lace ami pink roses Mrs. Harold Johnston wore a white muslin, with tiny black spots, and large white hat. Mrs Arthur Young was wearing a royal blue gown and pictureKoue larsre hat with crimson roses. Mr«. C Pearce had on a white linen dress, burnt-straw hat. and yellow roses Mrs Wright steel -grey voile and black hat. • • * Mis* Harcourt woire white and f white hat Mi-s Kenneth Duncan, nav^ blue cloth gown and black hat. Mi « H Raw=on wore a red oloth crown and

red hat , Mib. Arbhui Duncan, a musLn gown, with chaitming desLgn ot Luge pink roses, pink sarah, an,d bumt-stiaw hat, Mis. Buchanan, a veij pietty cream dre^s, and -*tiaw liat ureatlied with roseb, Mis. Kennedy Macdouald, handsome gown of black voile much strapped with black vehet, black liat with white ostrich tip> , Mis Pollen, pale, green gown, trimmed with black lace insertions Mrs Bridge, prcttv biown taffeta gown and white hat -t * * Mia Waltei Blundell was m .1 piett\ blue oostuine, and cieam hat Mr-.. Bolton, pale blue gown, knots of ilatk velvet and' cream lace, black hat with tips Mrs. E. Donne, fctvhsh gown of fawn and brown check silk, much trimmed with cream lace, large hat with shaded yellow loseis. Mrs John Blundell, a black and white gown bLi.dk bonnet with pink iose<i Mi«s Fell wore a pretty pale blue voile gown, and black hat relieved with lace Mrs A M Stevenson, handsome <row n of white silk with overdi ess of black lace M'ss Preston (England) rova! blue sown, trimmed with lace andhiao l . hat » * • Miss Simpson wot c a gown of brow 11 voile trimmed with a larce brown hat with chiffon bows. Mm* Q. Khr-couii-t was wearing a soft white muslm gown, and burnt-straw hnt and pnik ro«eis M'ms Reid, a pretty cown of lierht brown voile, much cmup-pd. and broTvn strniW h^t Mis^ Sta^ord pvpim voile crown white hat Mv= O-ca 1 Kember c ea.m voile p'nw n wth FvwiHi folds ostnch stole nnrl! Lt o-p blpoV hit Mrs C Plimmer handsome bla^k oown and blac l " p'ctnre hit • * * The engagement has been announced of MiSs "Rdeen Le<wis o"lv clauHitior of "Or Hone Lewis. Auckland to Mr Oiu Williams son of Mr T C William^ "Wpillinfton. • ♦ • The Hon Walter Johnston and Mrs Johnston came to Wellington for the races a.nd have been staving at the Royal Oak. • * • Theie was a crowded hou<se to bid farewell to the Knight-JefFnes Company last Saturday, the play being "The Lady of Lyons." Miss' Jeffries looked very sweet and pretty as Pauline, her gowns, made in the Empue fashion being most beeomiing. One w,is of floii al design, m crepe-de-chme relie\ed only with a wide niching it

tko hem. Another, of gieen crepe had a sash, of lilac chiffon. * * * The audience included. Sir Joseph Waid (who had with him Di. Cain 11 and Mebsrs. Cyril and Vincent Waid), Mi . and Mrs. Arthur Young, Mrs. an 1 the Misse* Fell, Mrs. Buchanan, Mis D T Stuart, the Misses Stua.it, Miss Simpson. Muss Reid, the Misses Stafford, Mn> H. Rawson, Mr-,. Kenneth Duncan, Miss Martin Kennedy, Vlivs Laishley, the Musses Wallas, Miss Grace, the Musses Flora and Lucy Biandb'i, Muss Higginson, Mis. and the Mi«-ie Seddon, the Misses Haroourt, Mrs. and the Misises Marchant, Mrs SandfWd Cox, and Mr. a.md Mrs G. Broad, * » • Mr. and Mi-s. Norman Gurr (Danneviu ke) are <spendiner a few days hero and are staying at the Empire. * • • Mr. J B Hey wood and Miss Heywood leave shortly for a trip to Rotorua. * ♦ • Mrs Gilruth and Mips Scully aio visiting friends at Otago. * • * Mr. Stanley Hai court ha^ returned fiom his vi>.it to Amenca and. England * * • Mrs Cniwfoid, who has been paying a round of visits m Rangitikea, ha> lately been staying with Mrs Skeiman, at Mai ton. * * • Mis. Cecil Courfo.id (Napier) is visiting her paients, Captain and Mrs. Bendall. * * • Mi and Mrs George Broad (nee Miss Madge Hindmarsh), Napier, hare been staying at the Royal Oak Hotel for a few weeks. * • • Mr. and Mrs. F Waldegrave have returned to Wellington Miss Waldegrave is still visiting her relations at Palmerston. Mr and Mrs. Watson have gone to Duneddn. for a few weeks. * * « Mrs. Rhind and her family are spending some weeks at Rona Bay * * * Mr. Geoffrey Kemp, of the A.M. P. Society, has been transferred to Nelson and left this week. Mrs. Kemp has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Biss, at Dunedin.

Mr. and Mrs. Macintosh and their daughters, who have beeu staying since their retui n to New Zealand at Day's, Bay House, have moved into. Miss Izaad'ib residence in Hobfcom-istreet. * ■* » Sn Edward and Lady Osborne-Gibbes a.ie returning from Auckland, via Rotorua. * • ■• Miss Stove ls visiting Mis Ark w right, at Overton, Rangitukei. * * * Mrs. S. Gilmer has returned from Penang, Straits Settlements, where she has bee*n visatang her daughter, Mrs. Lawne. * « * Miss Iza,id is just now staying at Mins Malcolm's, the Terrace. * * * MussS Stuait is visiting fnends at Timaru. * « ♦ Mrs. and Miss Wright intend going the "Northern trip" m the Ngapuhi, leayina: Auckland early in February.' Tliis excursion haLS yet to become popular, but those who have been on previous occasions are enthusiastic about th<* trm. Mrs Corrio^m, who has been spending a holiday at Plimmerton, has returned" to town. * • Miss Stead 1 COhrktahnroM has h<^\\ spend in q; a few days: with friends he'-e. * * ♦ The Wellington bowlers who visited Christchuroh for the tournament, spent a most enjoyable tame, the weather boing perfect throughout the weak. * * • Miss Paitndge has gone to Christchurch for a holiday, and is the guest of Mrs. Buchanan, Little River. * » • Mrs. H. Crawford, Mr. andl Mrs. Peaice and Miss. Cooper have gone the Sounds trip. There arte two hundred excursionists this year. * * * Miss Zita Broad is staying in Napier, having gone there to be pi-e-sent at the marriage of her brother. Mr. George Broad, with Miss Hindmarsh. * * • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee contemplate a visit to England 1 very shortly. Their daughter, Mxss Myrtle Lee, who is continuing her art studies at Home. will probably return with them.

Mr. and Mrs. Gladden, the Americans, who are touring the world ,vi the famous ' Napier" raotor-oar, patted thiough Wellington last week, en route tot the Southern sights. Although gieatly impressed with the wondeis of New Zealand, they have ically onJy time for a hasty glance, as they evidently do their travelling .it a gio.it pace 'all the time. During: the five yea's Mr. Ghdden has been flvme round the globe, he has never been compelled to travel acroisb countiv otherwi.se tha.n bv his motor but the (Mara Gorge trip, which he is paitioularlv anxious to do, has proved a check, and the car will wait "at Chnstehurch whilst Mr. and Mr-. Ghdden do the trip per coach « * It wat> Mr. Ghdden, you lemeniboi, whosuipnsed the native* some* heie in the vicinity of the Aictic regions by suddenly appearing in lvs trusty Napici." One tlnng has gieatlv impiessed the Ameiican lad\, Mr, Ghdden, and that i, the women's franchise, and during her short \ lsit to New Zealand she is endeavounng to become wellacquainted with cvoty it form mteiestmg to womankind n *" * Alas toi oui poor baigain^' Wellington people generally, and women ou shopping aite/it in particular, received a tiemendouo surprise on. Thursday moimng when the D.I.C. was. found to be m lunib. Just that day, of all da^s in the yeai, with the muoh-looked-foir summer bale to commence at 10 am., the fire was most unfortunate Such a complete wreck, too Not a vestige of a>iy matena.l left A stia.n.gea- could not even have guessed the nature of the establishment fiom the ruins No wonder the employees wandered round looking, hopelessly ' lost" and sad The lo«s must be a tremendous one, ami the manager (Mr Co'iiariii) will have the sympathy of everyone. • • • M sk N McV.iv (Napiei) is on a visit to "Wellington. * * * Mm. Glover-Eaton has leturned fiom m\ enjoyable visit to Rotorua New Plymouth, anl Cambndge Her son, who is uudeigoing tieatmemt at the Sanatorium, is improving gieatly w health. Mis Glover-Eaton intends forming a Leidorkianz having had much expeuence in choir w oik. Some vprv delightful music — Elgai and Ga,ul chiofly — will be included m the first woik done * * • A mainage of inteie&t to Wellington people was celebrated at St. John's Cathedia,l, Napiei, on, January 17th, when Dr. Charles H. Giegorj, youngest son ot the Rev. T. G. Gregory, of Leamington, England, was married) to Miss Mildied Amelia, yoraigest daughtei of Mrs. R. Pasley, Napier The ceiemony was performed by the Very Rev. De Berdt Hovel), Dean of Wajapu. Mi. Goidon Saxb> gave the biide awa\, .md Mr. P Pasley was best man The bude woie a \ery pietty gown of ivory voile, softened with chiffon and lace, and canned a showed' bouquet. She WcU> attended by her sisteis, the Masses Helen and Ethel Pasley, who wore pale blue voile gowns, black pacture hat^,. and earned bouquets, of sweet peas. Subsequently a few friends weie cut ei tamed at the i e-si-dence of the bnde's mother. Dr. and Mrs Giegoiv passed thiough Weillmgton en loute to Cheviot, w r here the honeymoon is to be spent Dr Gregory has many f i iend-s in Wellington he having acted as locum tenons for Dr. Ansel during the latter's* absence in En el am d Lieutenant Simpsom and Mis. Siinpson, of Menmdie, and Mr. and Mrs. A . Simpson, oi Mo-yjit Loft^ (Austialia), aie spending thiee moaiths m New Zealand. * • • There is o'iie thing certain, li we want to be ultiaz-taihioruible and up-to-date, we have only to search theiecoidb ot old pictures, and to copy the *>tj le*>, slightly modified. Romney, Gainsborough, Rubens, aaid Rembaandt affoid good hunting grounds, aia well ae> maiiiy evem earhei portrait painters, for oui garments must be built on histoncal lines before everything. • * * Mrs. Willoughby Kenny, of Auckland ha*> come' oai a vLsat to her si-stet , Mrs Wilson, of Tumaa," Watsonstreet . ■* * » The Stai Boating Club swimming sports are to take place om Saturday next, and promise to be very mteiesting. • * • Mrs Holt and her daughters left last week for Western Australia, wheie they intend to reside. Mrs. Holt has been actively associated with musical matters in Wellington for many years, and, with her family, will be much missed bv a laiee circle of friends.

Mis. and Miss Ch.mtiey HcU'ns intend leaving \eiy shortly loi a. visat to Aubtiaha. Blaok it. just as much worn as, e\ei. At tlie theatre one night, when the audience was especially fashionable and nell-dressed, quite three-fourths of the women woie black One gown of ci epe-de-e-hme was voiy becoming and simple — gauged deeply on the shoulders, and at the hips A wide belt of tuiquoise blue and a cluster of pale pink rofios were worn with it. * * * Another pietty black diess was of glace, made with deep flounces almost to the waist. The bodice was finished with a deep lace oollai , fastened with one of the quaint 'spidei" brooches so popular just now A lovely dress too pretty for theatre wear, was worn bv a stiamser. The material was white chiffon, spotted with the tiniest black velvet spots and fashioned with an old la^e fiohu and knot of black velvet • • • I notice a nunibei of \ oxing girls a,i c introducing, the fashion (popular in Sydney) of tying on their hats with nai low black velvet ribbon The success of this fashion depends laigelv on the g'rl— and the hat » • • A erieat many visrtoib have visited the Kiosk during the week, and are very pleased w'lth t.he damtA r ted and poi feet view

Ihe nuui who knew the news yebteiduy (^i'hui^day) as lie came uwv-d in theCeil was a. licro. -big hie that!" Where.''" at>ked the pas»sengeis. D.I.C. !" said the ma a with the unctuous importance oi the pemon with neiv knowledge. An eught-page adveit lament, issued by the D.I.C. on Weduesday night, lemarked tliat the Great Summer Clearance Sale' would 'legm on Thursday morning. Thete was ho bale. At niae o'clock, the ciowds of work-people hurried aloaig to ftll the work-rooms of the great shop In piar-e of summer good was debns. Wh JOJ 'O the many young ladae^ were engaged in turning out fashionable millinery woie gloom and burnt rafters A melancholy wire dummy" swaj'ed in the smoky atmosphere wheie once had sat the tailoi-rnen. The crowd was quite unoriginal. "Mj woid'" seemed to be the pievailing comment Tlie 'Economic" also wat> olobed so that order might be evolved out of chao>. The crowd peeied in through chinks, wondering in a vague wav why the big buck buildimg should be chosen bv the fire fiend when there weie lots oi old weatherboard shanties about » * * The head ofhee of the louribt Depaitmeiit is still where it w as, but w ith no windows to &peak of. The fire is a great misfortune to the company concerned, for, apa.it fioni tlie great loss, the best business of the year is dislocated. Ladies who had their eye on lovely things are wandeung wistfully past the chaned building They will go without thear new finely now? No' It's an ill-wind that blows nobody any good, but it is a distinctly ill-wind that puts sevaiail hundred employees out of "collar" for some time, for a large business with £100,000 worth of stock can hardly be reinstated in five minutes.