Second card and Mah Jongg evening for the club

The second of the series of monthly card and Mah Jongg evenings being held in connection with the Toowoomba Croquet Club, took place at the residence of the captain, Mrs. George Hooper, in Neil-street, last evening, and in spite of the wet weather there was a large attendance of members and their friends. Bridge was played in the dining room, which was beautified with bowls of lilies and rambler roses, and mah jongg tables were placed in the drawing room, which was artistically arranged with vases of russet gerberas, roses and apricot amaryllis, to harmonise with the deep red tones of the walls. Card tables were also placed in the lounge, which was beautified with a profusion of Crimson Rambler and New Orleans roses, in silver bowls. Mrs. Hooper received the guests in a gown of chrome and black Paisley repp silk, piped with black ribbon and finished with a long central panel of black material, tipped with fringe, and Miss Clarice Hooper wore a girlish frock of saxe blue net over buttercup taffeta.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 20 November 1925. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)