"JAPANESE ART."

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 267, 10 November 1937, Page 11

"JAPANESE ART."

SENSE OF BEAUTY.

"N.Z. WOMAN'S WEEKLY." I «HE-MAN " STORIES. Featured in the current issue of the "Xew Zealand Woman's Weekly" is '"Gardens and Ghosts in Japan,'' an article by JSelma A. Xewton. "Our cultured modern ideas of decoration and arrangement must fall back and give first place to the refinement and artistry of the Oriental. . . . He actually dares to improve on Nature, knowing just how to make her graciously conscious of her own wonder," says the writer. Under the title "He-man Stories" is an interview by Hedda Dyson with a prominent wrestler. This "matman" expresses his views on the fair sex, and explains at length his definite theory in wrestling. His slogan is: "Prepare to meet yoiir better and you can't go very far wrong." The story of little Deanna Durbin is told on the film page. Aged 14, she i« an important musical personage whom doctors declare has a vocal rarity —a woman's voice in ft child's body. Experts agree that Deanna will be one of the great opera and concert singers of her generation. Some of the details are given of Mrs. Grubb's career in "Darkest China" with her missionary husband. Some do's and (lon'ts for the party of women motor tourists are contained in another article. Beside the usual weekly menu and recipe pages, there are details-for the knitting of an attractive jumper, as well m a dress for a child. The' pictorial pages contain photographs of players in fhe Wellington Thespians' production, "The Two Mi*. Carrolls," and appealing designs in evening gowns. Details are again siven of the child's dress competition, which carries £'25 in cash prizes. Readers have the opportunity to win themselves a Christmas box. This week readers have the choice of 10 free patterns.