AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 11

AT HOME AND ABROAD.

Miss T. Ring, of Wellington, is spending the Easter vacation in Hamilton. Mrs. Clemow, or Monavale, Cambridge, gave a delightful dance for Miss G. McLarnon on Wednesday. Those present were: Mesdanies McLarnon, Derban, Kingsford, Misses L. McLarnon, H. Taylor, R. Souter, Brabant, Bertlesen, R. Brown, J. Banks, Peake, Hart, U. Armstrong, Hardy, Veale, R. Bertlesen, Boyce, Jackson, Xelson, E. Garland, M. Souter, McCarroll, K. Fisher, A. Brown. A most enjoyable evening was given at the home erf Mrs. J. Paget, Frankton, for Miss M. Stewart, prior to her marriage. The guests spent a happy time dancing, and musical items were rendered by Mrs. G. McKenzie and Miss Moon. During the evening Mr. J. Paget presented Miss Stewart with a dinner service and teaset. On Tuesday, at Te Awamutu, a farewell bridge evening was given by Mrs. J. Hawkins in honour of Mrs. G. Hall. The guests were: Mesdames Peake, R. Lord, C. Teasdale, Bowden, Bluck, Bray, K. Dawson, Potts, Dunn, A. Jones, Reece, C. Pollard, Misses S. Empson, Ahier, Elliott, Wallace, Bray, Locke, Peake, A "kitchen" afternoon was given for Miss G. McLarnon on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Hart, Cambridge. The bride-elect received a fine assortment of kitchen articles. Those present were: Misses Hart, G. McLarnon, M. Souter, B. Swayne, A. Nelson. H. Taylor, E. Uarland, C. Bertlesen, J. Veale, Brabant, A. Brown, McCarroll, R. Souter. An enjoyable afternoon tea was held at the home of Mrs. Dunn, Te Awamutu, on Wednesday. The guests were: Mesdames J. Oliphant, Hall, R. Dawson, J. Hawkins, E. Potts, Reese, C. Pollard, Jones, King, Misses Ahier, R. Lord, J. Peake, M. Jones.

BOBBED HAIR "NOTHING NEW." ; Bobbed hair has been relegated to the "nothing new under the sun" class by : a scientific investigator, Dr. Cabanes. ' who recently asked a. medical paper if [ any precedent for the fashion was | known, and said it was in fashion in ' 1796 and twice since. ] Dr. George Petit replied that in 1700 ; women wore their hair cut short in : : memory of the victims of the Reign of | Terror* whose hair was always cut ' before their heads were placed under i the guillotine. This style was then known as "the sacrifice." The fashion did not last long then, j but it was revived in IS.lt>. when l'rin- | cess Marie of Orleans, the daughter of ; King Louis Philippe, exhibited her | statue of Joan of Arc. who is always ] represented with bobbed (not shingled) hair. Short hair came into vogue iif honour of the royal artist and lasted i for about a dozen years. It was called "Joan of Arc" style. It was once more resurrected in the early days of the third and existing republic, when it was christened the "Ninon style," after the celebrated Ninou do Lenelos, who wore her hair short. Her close-cut hair was on one of the brainiest heads of the times.

COLOUR ON DRESSING-TABLE. The modern dressing-table is far from being the subdued affair of the time when silver, ivory or ebony appointments were practically all that the shops offered, except to the fortunate individuals who could afford tortoiscsholl and gold. Both lacquered and enamelled sets provide the dressing-table with a row of bright brush hacks, aid in addition there is the gaiety of coloured tops for scent bottles and trinket boxes. The lovely peacock l>luo shades obtainable in sets in enamel on silver are the most popular, although the pink and yellow ] ~ enamels are almost equally attractive. T Very pretty and inexpensive ><.-ts in an ji imitation of quartz effects are a novelty. , ,!' the favourite shades being pinks and!; , ' blues. The oval brush is substituted in iij these sets by the shingle brush, which is j |'l round, and tits tlie shorn head better !ji

than the old shape. Shinglo cmnbs are j J; also supplied, and the pretty, squat I "j little mirror matches tlie brush." The set '' '' •is as suitable for a child's table as for i ;! an adult's. The price of tortoiseshell, | <>■ by the way, is by no means prohibitive jl at the present time, and tortoiseshell ! appointments inlaid with silver or gold j I are having a considerable vogue. i 1 LEADLIGHTS SOFTEN NOISES. |;' It was recently observed that the I lead-lighted windows of a cafe in the ji busiest part of Manchester appeared to I I prevent street from penetrating | } into a room. headlights should cor- hi tainly keep out noise bettor than a plain j j! ; window containing one sheet of class. I ij A one-piece article (si-icntilically known! "j as homogeneous) is a bettor transmitter; | of sound than a many-pieced (or 1 j';, heterogeneous) article, such as a lead- !' ] lighted window. Those architects who H do not scorn science are aware of tin.* I ll fact, and accordingly try to construe; ! j their buildings with as many joints as is possible without being det'remental to the building in other ways. American , architects make a practice of erecting | !| doors and walls in blocks separate frorri j flic main structure. The Royal Acndeim I !! of Music in London has many joints anil ! '■. particulars mude of cork and folt com-' ,: position, which is a bad transmitter of :' sound. The importance of isolating the! ' music in such a room is obvious.

THE FRILLED HEM. A Parisian novelty which will revolutionise the world of dress (writes a Parisian), if it catches on is the frilled hem on dress or coat —in some cases both. Closely-pleated frills of taffeta or crepe do chine, about eight inches wide, border the extreme heiu°of a gored or circular skirt. In one of the more exclusive niaisons in the Kue de la Paix I recently saw a big ruche of thin taffeta introduced in this way. This is decidedly a frilly age, provided the frills in question be knife or ripplepleated. When, however, it comes to an eight-inch frill or ruche at the hem of a skirt which is in itself wide, we find a complete change of silhouette introduced. At the moment this idea is novel, and only shown by a few daring designers, but I should not be a bit surprised to find it generally accepted before the summer days grow short. When the frills occur oil the hem of a fairly short coat, the outline is quite, a change from the slim silhouette which has 'been so long in favour. Very chicare the new long waistcoats for "wearing with slightly longer coats, waistcoat and coat being of different materials. For instance, a waistcoat reaching well below the hips, and made of carnation-red taffeta, was to be worn with a navy serge suit, in which the shaped coat reached the knees. The taffeta waistcoat was double-breasted, and fastened with one handsome marcasite button, while the coat will swing open and proudly display its lining of carnation-red taffeta. The skirt was very finely pleated, and abnormally short.