A MAID IN MAYFAIR.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

A MAID IN MAYFAIR.

A)SSIP FROM LONDON TOWN. BLACK AGAIN POPULAR. '*■ r <-'-rrfbp,-.n<Jeac.) -o D'lc.io-? « f • >rk i.-, wearing lii. "• ma, is Mile just now, an.l i n■;; c111 r«• v-j, w ] lo j, Jlve g one j, ' ' ' . it m tln".r now materials l hat her fondness lor it wil. ;:1 vo g"'"- for (.!».•. It is vcr\ "only a iilll • • lighter thnn the I".civ lapis hizuii hiuo, ami «\\actU 'i'H <i r the bird's egg after wh.ch I'r * nam-!. Xnt , n -orv woman <"iti weav '' • ■ f Mil.'. Some t,<; t .?'• shades : , r."ty, hut s 0 hard against anv but , • rp.-i-t completion. Mavis b.ue," how ■ " r i is -o SDit ami becoming that noneed hesitate about choosing it. i I.' I'uche-s w.n wearing it at a matinee ■ nr. Hie British Industries Fair when ." uv ■'"•r. Her frock was of crepe '-n.no, in which th>; l.!ue mmes up verv #!cl "mt c:y, |,er mat win of siipp.e woofH0,.],, and .lie had a little felt hat *-'t tuc Aiimo colour. Black Dresses Still. Variy everybody, however, has a • >i.u \ tiock jus t. now. \cl\et is a popu'■J- material tor these black dresses. [ Amery, who is just hack in London after her Dominion tour with her -lu.-.hand, at an afternoon partv a lew ■ lavs ago in trie loveliest \ - civet gown It. fiad j,i« t a touch of blonde lace on •.k> crossover cor-aqe, and the skirt was •I •' :»• I. and then swathed at. the waist. v- id. belt vv inch finished in loops a- one side. The skirt, by the wav. was dist.ncMy longer than frocks were " fore ( hiistma-. Short, dre-ses are 7 ' r - sp en to anything like the extent ■ iiar. they were a few months ago, ami people in the street turn and sta.e if a n l ' ■ '" ''h a frock above her knee® pa---- by. And yet it seems a verv -hr. time ago b nee everybody was l.uiient ng that our knees were not de covered. What the Children Wear. --mall people look perfectly charming t:i day-. The idea of making mini.i----'r'-' models of our coats and frocks for 'or- little daughters was rather over•l"iio the last two or three sea-ons. and. as iL result, c!i Idreri are having thenown childish styles again. 1 thought tuere were fewer wooUen jumper ~u.trund knitted coats wiien 1 was in Kensington Gardens this week, and 1 was jeallv rather g:ad. One laundering, even by an expect. and those hand-knitted, or machine knitted, things ne>er look the same again. The smart littie cloth coats made for girls who have got past the toddier stage are so attractive, and tne babies so all to have copie.l I'ttlo l'i incess Elizabeth and to be *,°a ring that mo,s delightful of all out-of-door garment-, the pelisse. Tne last time I -aw Princess Elizabeth the cape of her pelisse had a narrow band ot beaver fur to trim it, which means, 1 suppose, as her second birthday is so Hear, tnat she is considered to be growing out of the all-white baby staged The ittle people one sees in tlie park are rather giving up flame colour, ceri.-e and Ode green tor .-ream and ivory. There ire not near A -o many bright splashes there wore, although tiny horse- '•• ciion and horsemen are occasionally ecu in emerald or scarlet as they cant'■; by on their ponies. But the babies tacm>elve3 look so sweet, and winsome, and "British" in their white garments tnat they more than compensate for the ai'HTice of the colour. New Style Wedding Presents. Young people are beginn ng to find it possible to set up estab.ishments ot their own again instead of occupying suites of rooms in the houses of their parents. This means that wedd ng presents change round, and e.ectric kettles, sets of attractive French casseroles, and collections of laboursaving household devices are taking the place of personal gifts like; shagreen cigarette boxes and embroidered handbags. Blotters, for some reason, stick in people's minds as "suit-i able" wedding gifts. One recent bride; had 14, another nine, and another 12.j But for the most part there is notj nearly the duplication, especially ofj cruets and morning tea sets, that there; used to be. Small pieces of old furni-' fire, suitable for flats, are favourite gifts just now. , Teetotal "Sips." \ The innocuous cocktail has arrived, as it was bound to do. The "cocktail hour i« the most amusing time in society s day, and women who find it • iifncult to deal with gin and vermouth and the other ingredients which go to niake up the generally recognised aperitif have clamoured for some time for a iruit juice concoction to t&ke itsj place. In a hotel there was naturally! *ome reluctance about serving inexpen- 1 sive "sips" of orange and grape fruit' juice in.-itead of potent liquids, but priv-. ate hostesses introduced them so that 1 heir teetotal guests should not feel out of things. The clubs followed, and now the restaurants are corning into li ne J Between thorn they have produced a' series of delicious drinks which leave nn' after-elTects. I The Beautiful Duchess. "Our most beautiful duchess" is the! description which often been ap-| plied to the wife of the Duke of Port-' land. She is going to entertain the King and Queen at Welbeek Abbey for three days in July, wh,en they go up to fulfil public engagements in Nottingham. The Duchess is tall and slender, has large dark eyes and a beautiful' smile. Most of her time in London is spent in organising functions for charity and presiding at hospital meetings. In Nottinghamshire she is lookeo upon as the ministering angel of the county, for there is scarcely a philantropic institution there in which she does not take a practical interest. "Deb." Dances. Debntantes' dances are the prettiest entertainments in London just now. Each year brings its own particular group of charming girls to be launched into London society, but it does seem this year as if they are more winsome than ever before. The fact that frocks are more picturesque, that hair is waved more softly, and that quite a number of girls "come out" now at 17, probably account--for this added attractiveness. If there are not as many well-known names from the aristocracy in the lists this year, there are a number of important "offi cial" presentations to be made during the season. Not only Lady (Austen i Chamberlain and Mrs. Winston Churchill nave daughters to take to Court this a?* Lad ? As tor, Lady Iveigh and '?^**'"M a itla n d are each presenting « tW* girli-