DRESSES AT THE '' PEN AFORE."
— Mrs Richmond, "black silk. — Miss Hylton, white cashmere. —Miss White, striped "black velvet. — Miss K. Isaacs, white dress with tartan scarf. — Miss Thompson, pale blue dress trimmed with pale blue satin. — Miss L. Thompson, crimson dress .trimmed with crimson satin. —Miss C. Beale, white dress trini.med with pale pink hows.
— Miss Edith and Eva Isaacs, grey cashmeres laced up the back, and trimmed with blue. — Mrs Tom Morrin, seal brown silk trimmed with silver lace ; diamond and gold ornaments. — Mrs McDonnor, black silk. Her pretty .children were in black velvets trimmed with pale blue satin ; and white muslin pinafores. — Mrs Frederick Ireland, seal brown satin trimmed down the front with a lighter shade of Thrown pompadour satin. Her two children were in blue silk with with white lace jersey — Some of the ladies wanted to know who the exceedingly handsome man was, sitting in the back seat of the centre, who slept calmly, with his hat on, during the whole of the performance, on Tuesday evening last week, .though roused up several times by the ticket taker. — Auckland Resident to Melbourne Swell : — "Well, what do you think of it?" Melbourne ; Swell: — "Aw! pretty little theatre enough; where are the orchestra stalls ?" Anck. Res : — "Orchestra stalls! my dear fellow we don't have such things. There are our stalls." Mel. .SAvell : — "What ! those bare benches !" And i the Auckland resident" collapsed.
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Observer, Volume II, Issue 40, 18 June 1881, Page 439
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234DRESSES AT THE ''PENAFORE." Observer, Volume II, Issue 40, 18 June 1881, Page 439
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