A PRESENTATION POLICY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1925, Page 14

A PRESENTATION POLICY.

OTSTJBAITCE PZHMTTJM. '-/ HEME FOP. SOCIAL STHTVEE3. LO.VDO"N", September 5. This is an age jr. which r allegedly, -we are more and mom democratic Ye*, there are more people r.han ewr anxious to arhievs for themselves and their daughters that imprima-tiir wh>h rr.arlca their position in society— presentation at Court. Certainly there are more people from than ever in our hiatory ready and anxioua to Kake their bow at Buckm(fham Palace, a portent, no doubt, of the fact that the <<»K-governing Dominions have arrived at full age. J ;The ranks of society received aaneaaiona outside thoee inner and jifeof whici* look aakanee at. jr*net7 of to-day, and these new accea-eie-ns in thernaelTea pr<wiicate a still %S sr inrush, for it is in no other way ilia* one can explain the support being f" iiyen to a new insurance scheme which. as to do with, presentation at Court, i J*, has been the boast r/f Lloyd'e that they will insure anybody against any tialc —at a premintn! E7»n if the pre|oii33R3 are based on risic.s for which, ©ley have no basis to guide the actuary ijpr, assessing them, we may be sirre that ■Jpliat the insurance company loee on the £win£3, they will make on the rotmd- * (Trie temerity of nnderwriters ia once Biire shown in the drawing up of a policy," whereby anxiotis can here and now provide Isjjainat t.he expense of a 4s£iJj?htAr at Coarfc. f'oT a daughter now eleven, whom it is desired to prefl)E*t at the awe of eighteen, the premium fis'£7o. For younger ones the premium §iof course, 1e33. la it worth, it? gjThe insurance arheme is baeftd on the tounsel of two peereaaes, who, after tttch thought, declared that £500 was S«ie33ar7 for the onf.fit <A a debutante 4|4 Court. Here i* the way part of the has been allocated:—

" 1 f4ll 2 0 j This, then, is what a London "season" i<3»bound to entail, that first season ■Men society has_to be faced and the 31ayfair marriage market entered. ;: If one were a philosopher one would #fck will that marriage market exist Tj;ljen, say, the infant countess of 1925 is \pi presentation age? What may not t&e insidious upward tide of democracy have achieved, what another decade or two have produced of emancipated women? v One must envisage reaction, a -womanhood once more shackled and a mere chattel ... immersed in the social round.

Court drew £30 0 0 Feather and Veil 1 lt) q gljir dresser, cut flowers, etc 10 0 0 w* evening dressea at £15 each.. &0 0 0 '<J,njB opera cloak 12 12 0 Teo day dresses, including Aacot 84 0 0 TA hats at £3 3/ each s t K , 0 Six pairs day 8hoa3 15 0 0 'RAee palr9 evening shoes..!. "* e 0 o Cilderclothlng, etc., including gowns 30 0 0 jpghteen pairs of etoekin?s 13 io c, "iwelve pairs of gloves at £1,... 12 0 0 3Jojwn and country coats 35 O 0 Canntry skirts, jumpera, and. £ woollen clothes 40 6 0