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The dressing for .the "Country Girl," whioh was produced by tho Wellington Amateur Operatic Sooiety in the Opera House lost evening, is vers, charming in its colour soheme and general design. Miss Mairjorie Saunders nnd Miss Daisy Isaacs designed tho frooks, which were' carried 1 out by the. Misses Sinclair (2) with most successful results. Mies Helen Gard'ner, when singing her crinoline song, wore a crinoline frock to suit the part'. The. frock was caught with ribbon, and posies and a pretty poke bonnet to match was worn. Her parasol was also in colours to tone with the frock. Her next was a pink, flowered one-piece frock, opening over a full-length panel in the front of frilled white muslin _ embroidery, and with it she woro a pink smibonnet. In the. next act she appeared in a frock of pule saxe-blue net, opening over nn underskirt of saxe-blue satin with fur lirimming. It was a very charming gnnnent As Marjoi'le, Miss Anne Sullivan wore for her first appearance, a very simple blue voile skirt and. white muslin blous?, with n white sunbnnnpt, followed in the next act by a beautiful directoire gown (worn for the fancy dress ball) of old gold Rutin, with a nanel of heliotrope and green net frilling. The combination of colours was rharnivnjf. and the hair was. of course, worn according to the period. A black and white jmnner frock, with a black hat trimmed with flowers, was worn'by Mrs. Bridsre as Mrs. Quintal Raikes, an English lady, and she carried a black and white parasol to match. At the ball her directoire froek_ was of black velvet, and was very picturesque in effect. As Sophy. Miss Eileen Clifford, in her first appearance, woro a grey silk jumper frock with sun-ray plealted skirt and grey hat, with rosecdlonTcd trimming. Hrt- next frock wan of a pretty shade of green, worn with a pink hat, and for tho ball sho woro a frock of vienx-ro.se satin with bole.ro of beao'edi embroidery, Miss Saunders's frock, in tho firsrt; act, was of green embroideivd linen and a white but As n dairymaid she wore * flower-patterned frock and nn opron, with a sunbomiet, and in tho next act us T arty A nohester she wore a most handsome dress of gold tissue, with overdress of cornflower blue not caught with ribbons to match. As attendants upon the Indian princes?. Mis? Daisy Isaacs and Miss Rvolyn Myers were in white swathed frocks, with coral pink veils, embroidered with bends. \q the ■Princess Mis* TT, M']>llnn wove n strikingly handsome dress of old gold and maroon breaded saUn. embroidered with iewels, and o long violet veil. Her next frock was even more effective. The diw= _ worn by tho men ,u( the dirwioiro hall was eounllv picturesqu* and lent itself to handsome effectß.

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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 63, 8 December 1920, Page 8

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Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 63, 8 December 1920, Page 8

Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 63, 8 December 1920, Page 8