Rivalry In Reminiscences

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 177, 29 July 1939, Page 5 (Supplement)

Rivalry In Reminiscences

For Women

r\o the children of to-dav still a. _ 'fL£?«l22 W-I" •' Am °ng Returned Travellers W4S£KJ k ySStt*jg, fancy not, though whether that is ° P ure blue of the winter skv, make a because families are not so happy It'* All a fam. n f Qlrill Ch»r*n- ,«J Rl„ff picture which, in its low-toned colournow, or because, broadly sneak b ' ChailCC and Bluff ' *&' has t he exquisite delicacy of a ■ , ul ' ■H" l ' Chinese print. mL k 1 ff r ? n '■ any - fami,ies I that .™ uthfl " game. There was the "B» reeled under the impact of this must De lett to investigators of sall >e surface politeness imperfectly veil- D improbable and breathless sentence, an social phenomena to decide. m 8 naketl rivalry, the same exuitation J3(7 ~ ~ effective counterblast to "B's" rapturlt whs, nt all events a favourite a , ml . the . chagrin. Luck is the ~ °us paean on the belibird. But the game «-««H«Ihood pame of the 'ninetie. and our I ° n,lnatin S '«*orin most games, and C ~~11 V went on - A description of the midnight <>«n particular variant was. known as n"I :' f , th , e ~la> 'e rs' •"■«'"» "er to LCCU T. iiU/t s " n »* Ber " en P a,ed before the glories "Air.. Pink.- As the name impUes the Jf ™'^ d H « infinitely better hand """ 0 f the Aurora Australis as seen by "A" families were called after colours "Be fl T*' h 'i' ln ' r two S " ,id > ear .* of far " ° ff Cai>e H°rnsides the usual list, I remember' mo«t ' ,„ ,Vi u a - alnst Bs scantv At this P°int the situation was berlistinctly the names of Ecu and Pon- remarked Mowevcr » as sonle °n« has Eloquently she discoursed upon a sprint coming so tense that I began hurriedly ceau. Never before or since have I heard ' d«wn in 'the Dolomites, and the joy of ~ dl „ the beau ty of the Scottish of ponceau, hut it is defined in Chambers' !- ifp ni »' t lioltiin' s<>o<i card-; gazing over a rainbow sea of wild J * kee - Both idayers regarded me with Dictionary as corn-poppy colour. It was l»la.niT « poor hand well. flowers towards those towerincr peaks, , contem Pt fe lt for the amateur by no doubt felt by the inventors of the A,lfl B > bv the judicious use of bluff thcir ru ««d outlines softened By float- th e professional. Apparently it was not game that such obviously Norman blood » ,in »led with a dash of imagination put m " wr *«th* of silvery mist. Then "B," s °. od ■ form to admire anything as couhl not belong to mere commoners, so U P a noteworthy performance against who hi,cl niissp d the Dolomites, "went T ri ,P p f r : y as * . Trossa cbs, but at least to set otr the drab plebeianism of Mr llollvv °dds. It all began with" that all Xew Zealand." and declared that tor l . , for a bnef s P ace united the two and Mrs. Brown we had Sir Reginald Kin 3 Charles' head in° the way of her the austere spirit of the dawn was a ?. ,*, mw " outsider and so had and Lady Ecru, while the others flaunted I>res«nt-day conversational topics the tv P'fied by the note of the I)ellbird in acl "« ved th e main object of my intertheir scarlet pride under the title of ln, port restrictions. Here A and B found tlle hea,t of the Stewart Island bush ventlon - Lord and Lady Ponceau. themselves in cordial agreement Both when there drops from each sleepy bird, _ _ Children, of course, are born snobs, and and tJlis llla y help to determine the sex Inot i°nless among the dewy leaves, one End Or the Battle it would be idle to pretend that the of tne players—deplored the comin-r si "o ,e silver note, exquisite and unfor- » f( . al . rVI • ~ , ... possession of Mrs. Blue or Mr Green Shortage of hair-nets. Sure v Z £ stable. -fffc w da, tto exchange of remimsequa.led in our eyes the capture oTan f«flor Prime Mincer oouh, " ""-to ■» «»t I ™ read some- %£1 JS"Et "wXuV'hofe XTthe Kern or a Ponceau. Thoughnotwitho.it looke<l a matter so vital to the self thl »S very like this in a delightful book °;1 milt I.7'ff „uT, i 41 j its fascination, it was" a supreme';; aspect of New Zealand women *" °" bird -111, by H Guthrie-Smith, but, g« #' a I't „ 'tS exasperating game, and it is perhaos its of course "B" might have had a similar f f . „, , . . " a f, f glow ,n f ac<ount lisappointment that looms latest P«-«.. Ml- experience. ct , a Buckmghan Palace garden party Ibrouch the mist of vea s »H S roems in Manchuria and s l ,ok e ot the pleasure of meetnig D Z T hi. 1i« "v-« *• Have y°" Fmm . • Cnlnur V«r««c 1.'.« Royalty amid the intimate charm of "ut will v ,n ■ ~?," Um £ , hantly - ,te, "R» a " " OtS . "; ' ,a . ir ,r tfi b,,t a e the ,ove, y P alace R ro "n ds - «»« delivered \ InVte 1 » ,/" e M ' SS la< ', k a *l' l i,J t , h " ba ", b - v rP " ,ark - There " as a brif>f P a " ap ''" what by herself bound into the enemy's hands, oder to ns t f r WM » rue '" " ;•= £' l 'J "- v ■•"». we fear, with a now had become hostilities (though ,n "Oh," drawled "A," "did you really order to ask for any particular colour "" s ' ,l<,on of s »«">< tliat she had never the modern manner war had not attend that quaint show? I remember niLhtr nf 'IhLf P ° S r ß9 . f eflSt <,ne cniv*p'r, re a " <-< ' f cssf " l or more incx- actually been declared) during which dining that night at the Austrian Emntiknl, Al' . I>,rtUy Wa * b .L'T 1 " aVe tha " * he hail '""versation was directed by both com- bassy and my dinner partner was so n,.,, n ' 1 thC o 'r rVant and vlnn, ."a" 11 oh «-. l,ro « , f , » l »'i»liinent in batants at the neutral member of the amusing about the behaviour of the 11 sen pu 011s player could, and fre- »••">«• A, scenting the battle from trio, and I began to understand some quests. Mobs of snobs, he called them, qucntly did swoop down upon innocent ;" ar - rwiponded gallantly to the chal- of the disadvantages of hein" a buffer who stood on chairs as if they were novices with devastating results. £"g P ; """red "By that both in State. ° watching a street procession. Of course, TL a » • r V.l\ r ArL a "' Man< - I, >V i ; a sl 'e had found ' Holland in tulip-time was "B's" next he added, the place was simply stiff with lite Remembering Game na.Kl.es.ers whose skill and cheapness lead. "A" thought the massed colour- Australians and New Zeala'nders who Listening the other d.v in « I. s " r P asSf " d . "nytlimg to be found .n display rather vulgar. "Give me," she know no better." versation between two re.-entlv returned h °fa . ofl?" J Pmand rd -tensely, "Lake Ix,uise after The game ended here, and I fear with trave..c,s I ua. irresistibly reminded of tria worth talking huS '£ £%**£*£ ffi," ffl ££