THE HOSPITAL BALL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 221, 11 September 1908, Page 3

THE HOSPITAL BALL.

It was a groat ami gay and brilliant ttrrag which last night filled th e Theatre Koyal. The occasion was the hospital tall, and the attendance was cosmopolitaa as tic qualification lor admiw°n to the hospital.. The floor was filed with dancers, and the stage and dress circle with onlookers and restb" couples. It was a brilliant function" we success of the year. All the committees work had "licen carefully planned, with the exemption of the management of the supper-room, the ladies' committee not receiving that consideration "which was their due. Of the music none could complain, Mrs. George's orchestra oaviiia" encomiums for excellent time and so" lection of airs. Messrs. E. Humphries and W. Way were the M.'sC., and carried out their onerous duties in their usual courteous manner. The supper provided by the ladies of th- district was in abundance, and most toothsome. The supper-tables were decorated with narcissi, .violets, and other spring blossoms bv Miss Banna, yellow being the predominant shade.' The ladies' eommitt"e comprised—Mesdames Dockrill (president), Lealhnm, Wvlip, G. Tisch, F. E. Clarke, Penn, S. Hooper, Rollo, iStocker, Back, Simmons, F Richards, R. Jury ond E. M. Smith, Misses Wade, E follis, Godfrey. Humphries (2), Nicol and Ha una (2). The Beereta ry to the committee, Mr. A. Humphries, was undoubtedly the r i™7it may for the position, and he was enthusiastically supported by Mr. F. Hellringer, chairman of the- Hospital Board. The success of last night's function has i resulted in a proposal to make the New Plymouth Hospital ball an annual , MTair, and, if it is carried out on the , •ame lines as were adopted this year, j It should Income the popular gathering , of the year. ,