RAKAUNUI FOOTBALL CLUB.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9621, 14 October 1909, Page 3

RAKAUNUI FOOTBALL CLUB.

PLAIN AND FANCY DRESS ~ BALL. (From a Correspondent). The Rakaunui Football Club held a very successful Plain and Fancy Dress Ball on Friday last. Over a hundred people were present, and al 1 entered heartily into the enjoyment of the evening. During Friday afternoon some of the footballers were busy erecting a supper room and decorating the hall with nikau palms and evergreens, and among those who prepared for the ball special mention must bs made of Mrs Woodhouse and Mrs Caverhill. Just before dark the visitors from a distance began to arrive, batches from Pongaroa and Makuri, Waikereu, Tiraumea and the Waihuki. The ball opened with a grand march, and the number of fancy dresses made it very pretty. Almost all of the Rakaunui people were in fancy dress. Among the ladies were Mrs Woodhouse, in an effective Gipsy dress; Miss Caverhill ' | gave a pretty and elaborate represenj tatio:i of Folly; Mrs R. B. RobertI { son was a nurae; Miss Bowles was a 'very gocd Britannia; the Misses West were a happy trio —Miss Florrie 1 as Night, Miss May as a Puritan | Maid, Miss Lily as a R?d Cross , Nurse; Mrs Ca/t-rinil a Japan-* 1 ese Lady; and Miss Poppy Caver hil a jolly Highland Lassie; Mrs Dickens represented Winter; and Mrs Robertson, Lilac, in a pretty costume; Miss Murray was a Dolly Varden; Miss Hamilton a Dutch Girl; Mifs Flora McDonald a D dicing Girl; the Misses Dickens, lolly, and Red, White and Blue. Among ; the men Mr R. Larsen was a cov | maiden, and several of the menfolk i danced with him, thi.iking they had a lady partner. Mr C. Mci Kenzie made a fine Jack Tar, and during an interval danced the Sailor's Hornpipe very well. Mr Woodhouse was well got up as a Mandarin (Mr Wong Tart), and Mr Caverhill looked cool and comfortable as a Chef. Mr H. Murray was a Mexican Cow boy. Mr W. McEvoe a jockey in brilliant attira; Mr A. McKsnzie, j Father Christmas; Mr W. Coe, a Cricketer; Mr A. Roberts, Black aud White, and Mr Bilby as "Jack Johnson," in clothes whose fit and colour would delight a nigger's heart. During the evening Mr C. McKenzie, on behalf of the Rakaunui footballers, thanked those present for their attendance in a happy speech, promising them that Rakaunui would coin the banner before the next ball. ' The Rev. G. Stephenson, on behalf of the visiting tootbailers, thanked Rakaunui for invitir 'Sem to euch a pleasant evening. Mr Caverhill spoke on behalf of the barrackers, the youths and maidens, the mothers and old men, who were keen enough to travel to match after match. The (farcing did not cease till daylight, and then very quickly horses were found, and before long the groups of people were ' [hurrying | homeward after a,£veryjfenjoyable I night. J