WOMAN'S WORLD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 205, 18 January 1913, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Conducted by "Eileen.") NEW PLYMOUTH SOCIAL NEWS Glorious weather prevailed for the opening of Llie Tarauaki Association's annual championship and handicap Uurnament. wliieh commenced on the New Plymouth Club's courts on Thursday. Why music is prohibited on these occasions passes woman's understanding. Is it thought by the worldly-wise that ili effect would be too great a stimulation to the enthusiastic tennis player, or. in the reversed order of things, damp their ardor'.' Dainty afternoon tea was served iu the pavilion uiyler the able management of Mrs. Kirkby. Amongst those present were: Mrs. Colvile. who wore a very pretty drc-ss of heliotrope silk muslin, trimmed' with lace; sfmavt black hat, with large white feather. Miss Colvile. apricot colored costume; pale pi,nk hat. Mrs.. Nicholson. black. Mrs. J. B. Roy, grey coat and skirt; black hat. Mrs. Medley, grey silk voile, cream lace vest; black liat. Mrs. H. Stocker, smart saxe-blue costume. cream lace yoke, finished with black buttons; black hat. wreathed with white rosea. Mrs. Chancy, cream costume; black hat. ilrs. W. Fitzherbert, smart pale fawn costume, with saxe-blue silk shoulder scarf; fawn r»nd saxe-blue hat. Mrs. S. Fitzherbert, white and brown spotted muslin; cream hat, wreathed with pale pink and blue forget-me-nots. Mrs. Courtney, black silk, with Oriental embroidered yoke; black hat, lined with pale blue silk. Mrs. Addenbrooke, black and white striped costume; black hat. Airs. B. Griffiths, white muslin; blaek hat, with peacock green and.pink striped ribbon bows. Mrs. E. Griffiths, white linen coat and skirt; black feathered hat. Mrs. Home, black embroidered silk over white silk; black hat. ill's. .T. Reid. pink and heliotrope flowered voile; white feathered hat. i Mrs. W. Spencer (Wellington), smart J golden brown silk, with cream lace embroidered yoke; pretty hat to correspond. Mrs. Rollo. rieax rose costume; black hat. Mrs. Ryder, smart pale fawn costume; fawn hat. lined with pale blue. Mrs. D. Cornwall, cream costume, fawn and saxe-blue embroidered yoke; black hat. Mrs. L. Webster, black, and white costume; black hat. lined with pale blue silk. .Mrs. Bertram (Rotorua), smart cream coat and skirt;, pretty black hat, with white Lancer plume. ; Miss Evans, white muslin : saxe blue hat. Miss F. Evans, white muslin; Panama hat. Mrs. Penn. black and white striped silk; saxe blue hat. Miss Bedford, white book muslin; black hat. Mrs. R. Bay ley, dark grey costume; black hat. Miss Barley, white linen; pretty blaek hat, with tulle bows. Miss Roy, white muslin; hat massed with rose-pink roses. Miss Sinclair, pale blue muslin; bat to correspond. Miss Read, black and white striped costume; grey hat. Mrs. Whitcombe, slate-grey coat and skirt; blafck hat. MLss Whitcombe, white muslin; hat en suite. Mrs. C. Weston, white coat and skirt; black hat. Miss D. Roy, pale pink crepe; hat massed with pale pink and blue forget-me-nots. Miss Stanford, eau-de-nil linen coat and skirt, black hat.j Mrs. R. Cutfield, silver-grey linen cos* tume. relieved with shaded roses. Miss Hanna, pale heliotrope costume, hat swathed with aprieot-colored veilLawson, pale blue crepe; cream hat. with shaded roses. .Miss Mackay, brown coat and skirt: riolet and magenta colored hat. Miss G. Stanford, vhite muslin; black hat. Miss 0. Stanford, pale green linen costume; hat relieved with roses. Miss McMichael, white muslin; black crinoline straw hat. with tulle bows. Miss Wade, tussore silk, faced with royal blue; hat relieved with same. ilrs. F. Parkinson, white muslin, embroidered in black; black hat, with white ribbon bows. .Miss X. Cootes. peacock blue costume, finished with black buttons; burnt straw li.it, swathed with white silk. ilrs. Britchard Dannevirke), white muslin; hat relieved with pah: blue ribbon bows. Mrs. Leatham. very smart white silk, faced with black; saxe blue feathered hat. Miss C. Leatham, white muslin; black and white hat. iliss K. Leatham, white muslin, pale grey hat. Mis? E. Grant, pretty white muslin; hat to correspond.

PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. ami Mrs. W. Spe per. formerly o r New Plynioiitli, and now of Wellington. are the guests of Mrs. Rollo, New Plymouth. Hon. O. and Mrs. Samuel are at present staying at the Central Hotel, Auckland. Mrs. Syme. Christchurch, who has been the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Henry Weston. has returned home. Miss Brewster has returned after a pleasant trip to Napier. Mr. and Mrs. G. Neal (Vogeltown) are 011 a visit to Auckland and Rotorua. Archdeacon Evans, New Plymouth, is acting as locum tenens for Canon MaeMurray, vicar cf St. Mary - # Pro-Cathed-ral. Parnell, Auckland. Dr. and Mrs, Bertram, Rotorua, are the guests of Mrs. F. G. Evans. Mr. W. Pearse. Tcmuka, is viaitin" Mrs. J. B. Roy. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson, Wellington, parents of Mr. C. Nicholson, are taking over Mr. Addenbrooke's house whilst the latter is away in England. Mr. Claude Weston is on a visit to Christchureh. Mr. W. Melville, Rotorua, is visiting New Plymouth in connection with the tennis tournament.