RECEPTION TO GENERAL PAU.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16415, 8 January 1919, Page 2

RECEPTION TO GENERAL PAU.

! THE WOMAN'S STANDPOINT. i ■■ 1 TT "Prince and its wonderful : num . women women wno wore • >Cr i 1 ; K audience which welGccera? r»« . »' courcu gathering was n o |ShiV S roprcsontativo one from a ; Tht which it t - this, as it enable.-J mam fo. ...^ ,v th little tTW.«r it t wave'l enthusiastically - 7 ,n i act . »t »=> sav that no oversea visitors to t )£ , ltv nave ever been received with a more Jenuine enthusiasm., oi a greater depth of fool in- th f n /''T^h ( rfn<r displayed by ye-sierday s o v a' All the speeches wi-re punctuated by ficquont outbursts of though, of -ov.rse. General Pan recen vl the ovation of the day . The Mayor * speech touched a chord in man j luaits. for he spoke of the satisfaction which it gave parents who had- los« jons in the war to know that the graves of their loved ones were being carefully tended l, y the women of liance, who would lay iiowons upon tliom ironi time to time; and eve*yone who heaid the IMavoi -? words remembered ttiwt Mr Holland himself has a son who is sleeping Ins long sleep in the holds of aistaut Franco, a -Frunze that mi.ut for over bo Faired to New Ziuhuul people for t'lio reason that so many of our best and bravest lie burioil there. the lighting in the Tlnuitre Royal was very dim, so tjiat it was ivi'.pnssibl'.! to sco any of tho audionco except thcee who wero nearest to c>i\c.-->li, but among those noted was tho Mayoress. -Mrs Holland, a gleam of pui-pie and gold against tue dark bluo or her costume revealing the iaet that she was wearing her _ 0.L.1';., a decoration which every patriotic woman in the city rejoiced in her boing aecordod. Among the men on the platform was M. Arnaud, a French soldier who fought at Verdun, and who rocoived the Modaillo Militairo and the Croix de Guorro (palm and star), and who will bo lastingly remembered by Christehurch poop!:' as the man who sang the '•Mam'.illai* o" in t!io Square on the memorable d.-.y on which news of tho signing of Iho armistice tamo_ through. Tlie mcst do-Diutivo note; in the assemblage was struck by General l'au and Commandant lJ'Anclro, whose uniforms wero of that indefinite shade of bluo which has come to be known as ' "horizon" blue, for its invisibility at a distance. ''Diablo Blcu"_ is another name for this colour, this appellation coming from the fact that it is tho colour of tho uniforms of tho famous "Diableo Blons"' of France. To Miss Millicont Jenningsffel t the honour of singing ijao "Marseillaise/' which opened the proceedings. Miss Jennings, who was in 'splendid _ voice, made a vorv attractive iiguro in her artistic gown of grapo purple velvet. Tho slorl. was made with a high-swath-ed belt, whilo tho corsage was of chino silk in soft toneu of purple and brown, tho brown noto being repeated in tho bonnet-shaped hat which completed the cnsomblo. Naturally, the throo colours which are shared in common by the British and French nationalities predominated in tho decorative scheme at the lunI clieon which followed the reception. I Sweet peas, in colours of red, white, and bluo, were on the tables, while streamers of the colours vrero hung from above, the tricolour and Union .Jack being prominently displayed, Among ladles who are affllete-d with ruperfluous halts Dr. Wal&ron'a preparations prors a boon, as they can be applied w'M) perleot safety. A special outfit for summer uso comprises Massage Cream foi Freckles and Sunourn, Vanishing Cream for applying before powder; Kougetie, an emollient for the lips and a delicate powdor, any of four shades. Pries 16a, postage 10s 6d.

MRS lIOLLESTON, Dominion EuUdiagf, 1 Cathedral •nusre.