WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 136, 26 October 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "EU«en.") ' SOCIAL NEWS MEW PLYMOUTH. Bridge.—Last Thursday Mrs. Home entertained the East and West End! Bridge Clubs, and the prizes for the former club were won by Mrs. Simpson and Miss Tidy, while Mrs. Hirst and Miss Testar won for the latter. Mrs. Home received, her guests in a bine and pink flowered silk foulard, with a tunic of black ninon, edged with a silken fringe; Miss K. Hamerton, saxe-blue voile; Miss Brown, black brocade, finished with lace trimmings; Miss Tidy, smoke-grey ilowercd muslin, trimmed with Valenciennes lace; Miss A. Hempton. pale grey silk; Mrs. Hirst, amethyst Ilowercd muslin, trimmed with bands of mauve silk; Mrs. McKcllar, black brocade; Mrs. Collins, black sequiuncd net over taffeta; Miss Grant, vieux rose charmeuse, trimmed with Oriental embroidery; Mxs| Eitzherbert,

black silk, black and white embroidered scarf; Miss Testar, black sequinned robe, over satin;. Mrs. W. Bayly, moss-green charmeuse, veiled in green silk fisher net,' trimmed with gold; Miss Wood, black ' and white net, over black satin; Mrs. J. Wilson, black tail'eta, with tunic of beaded net; Mrs. X. King, French-grey charmeuse, veiled in ninon, finished with silk fringe; Mrs. Russell, black satin, with ninon tunic; Mrs. Wills, heliotrope crystalline, trimmed with bands of violet velvet; Mrs.' Courtney, oyster-grey charmeuse, draped with lovely black Limerick lace; Mrs. John Wilson, black taffeta, corsage relieved with silver trimming; Mrs. Mathews, black silk.

Mrs. A. C. Fookes gave a very enjoy- | able farewell card.parity to her. .daughter, r Mrs. Nichols, last Friday evening, which resulted; in Mcsdames Mills and Ward winning the prizes. Roses and lilies of j the valley were the principal floral de-1 eoration|S for the different rooms. Amongst those present were: Mrs. A. C. i Fookes,:black satin and lace robe; Mrs. I i Nichols, very pretty pale blue crepe de chine; Mhi M. Fookes, black silk, veiled in sequjnncd net; Miss G. Fookes, cream silK; Mrs. Wills, pretty pale pink silk, veiled in oyster-grey ninon; Mrs. Hirst, mauve'lloral silk muslin; Miss Wood, black satin, vdiled' in black and white flowered net; Mrs. Blundell, handsome black ;and silver striped ninon, over satin; Mrs. W. Bayly,"mauve colored taffeta, veiled in beaded ninon; Miss. M. Thomson, cornflower-blue velvet; Miss N. King, black ninon, veiling of slategrey satin; Mrs. Jas. Wilson, black silk, with iet trimming; Miss Thomson, .white

Ninon, :over a silk foundation; Mrs. H. I Fookes, smart 'white satin, veiled in black flowered net; Mrs, Asheroft, cream lace robe over pale pink silk; Mrs. A. MacDiarmid; 'jjald blue brocade, with lace j berths; ■ Miss.. Humphries ; -black ' silk, \ with.sjequinned over-dress; Mrs. Lysons, pale pink" crystalline, trimmed with j cream lace; Miss K. Humphries, black se-; qui.nnCjd net tunic, over white satin; Mrs. I Walkejr,' black satin, with draped tunic and ficjlruof Brussels net; Mrs. Courtney, j black. I Limerick ■' lace tunic, veiling off Frehcli-grey cnarmeuse; Mrs. Matthews, { paid grey charmeuse, corsage .finished I with beaded guimpe.

Golf,.—Las,t Saturday the-New :i Plymouth 1 Golf Club ended the season with mixed! foursomes, which resulted in Miss Glasgow and Reid (Wellington) winning ; : with 4 net score of ,72.' ,l)ming: the; afternoon the prizes won during the season were presented; by: Mr.s. Bewley. Amongst the plhyers.were: Mrs. G. Ivebbell, Mrs. Bewley,. Mrs. Glasgow, Miss : Glasgow, Mrs. Paton, Mrs. Johns, Mrs.. Whetttir, Misses; Roy ,(2), Miss D. Bedford, Miss Hall, iMiss Reid, Miss Bradbury, Mrs, Biroh-Jolinston,, Mrs. Penn, Mrs, T. Andprson, -Mrsi, :F.- Honan, Miss :'Webstei', Mrs. Kyngdon, Miss Kyngdon, Mrs. LeathamjMissi Saxtoln; Miss Missed Fitzherbert (2), .Mrs. Haslam, Miss, Stephenson, Misi Brewster;Golf Club.—The.. Tarahtia Club, fcelebrated the winding-up of its season: by lidding a social evening at Messrs May- and : Arrowsmith's. rooms' On W e,dju|sday a veiling,. ■ Therfun'ctibn pass-; ed ofii most en joy ably, a musical programme :6f more than usual merit (being submitted, those contributing items being: .JiLesdames T."C. List and CM. Hill; Misses N. Collis, White and Gideon,- and Messrs W. 11. Broome, C. M. Hill and J. Sinclair! ■: i

'Theatrical.—ln the second act of "JJVjr body's 1 Daughter,"; to be staged .by,, tho Plimmjer-Denniston Company ' at. tho;, Theatre Royal on 1 Wednesday; evening, next, ja ' wonderful and neyftrrJici-be-fpri-; gotten array of millinery, .scarves, etc., is ''displayed, enough to bring joy—or envy—fto tlw best or worst dressed, of. us'. [This scene is always a feaiurb' of the' production, and it is characteristic of r '"thh management that ' two' of - Tlie scarvtls alon? ;cost, over £'2s a-pioce,.-In. this:play the hats that dainty Lizette Parlce; wea,rs,;a,re : said tp.be a ( thirty, of beauty for ever. :: ' " " 'PERSONAL ITEMS.: ..:-!,.;, ':

Mrs| -Nichols, who has been the 'guest of heif .mAtliei;, Mrs., A, C. Fookes, .has returned'to .'hei;, home in Christchurch; ,'. Mrs| Allen Waters, of Auckland, isvori a visit to, her mother, Mrs. Crawford, 1 , New Plymouth. ',-'. . . : ', ' ' Mr. H. Davy, who have, been oiva vjisit to Jlew Plymouth, have returned-- to iAupkland t . B. .Evans, who went: to ,Auckland ■ with.hen-parents, is .now the tguest' of .hej - , sist.er, Mrs. Bertram, Eoiorua. lArchdjivconiand Mrs. .Evans are a;t TaumaranuL ~-;,. .. Mrs Heatherington has returned 'tb' ! New I'lymouth after a visit to the Wai 'rarapa district. Revj .Mr. Colvile returns to New Plymouth next week, but Mrs. Gplvile ■remains i in Auckland to welcome Miss Colvil? (the vicar's sister), who is coming out from England to pay a lengthV visit to- New Plymouth. . _'_ Mr. | and Mrs. Jack, of Wanganui, are on a yisit to New Plymouth. Mrs] Malcolmson, of Wellington, is the

guest of her sister, Mrs. Rollo, N*w Plymouth. Miss Read has gone to visit her friends in the southern portion of the North Island. Mrs. Sturtevant, New Plymouth, has left on a trip to Auckland.