CUP DAY AT RICCARTON

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20998, 28 October 1933, Page 9

CUP DAY AT RICCARTON

Pleasant Anticipation SHOPPING CENTRES BUSY Gup Week, the most exciting racing carnival of the year in the whole Dominion, will begin in Christchurch next Week, and already in the city may be felt that spirit of suppressed excitement and. eager anticipation that is shared by all sections of the community. With many ol the older generation, attendance at the Gup meeting at Riccarton is a custom that with the passage of time has become almost a rite, a part of family tradition that to break would be unthinkable, in Canterbury are many people who do not follow racing news closely, who hardly know the names of half a dozen horses, who have little or no interest in the totalisator, but they look forward to one visit to Rifccarton each year—on Cup Day—a day of excitement, an occasion for seeing and being seen, a time for renewing old friendships and making new acquaintances.

Around this great national race Meeting has grown a group of interesting and entertaining gatherings, until- now, during Carnival Aeek in Christchurch, people of all ta stes, of all ages, and in almost all V/ alks of life may find enjoyment. Pour days of excellent racing are provided at Riccarton. Then the aristocrats of the trotl'ng world, the fastest pacers and Cotters of the Dominion, are seen their best at the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's threeday meeting at Addington, and those wishing to see real excitement — a 'ticulate, contagious, exhilarating—s!Wuld be at Addington during the c up race on the Tuesdav of Carnival Week. The Agricultural and Pastoral Association's show at Addington atracts hundreds who do not concern themselves with races. Many busy country men—and women, too—who leisure during the busy onth November and cannot "Pare time for gaieties, find it to neir interest to visit the show, where much is to be seen and 'earned. For children the show is a y <y-dream of delight.

Social Gatherings. With this welter of attractions, it is not surprising that visitors from aJI parts of New Zealand come to 'Christchurch for Carnivcl Week. This gives great pleasure to our hospitable citizens, who are always desirous to do honour to the stranger within our gates. So balls, dances, afternoon and evening receptions, parties of all kinds are arranged for Cup Week, making it the gayest week of the year. This year the evening gaities will begin with a "Back to Childhood dance to be held at the home of Mr L P Barrett on the Friday before Cup Day. The most important dance will be that which is being arranged bv a strong committee and which will be held at the Caledonian Hall on Thursday, November 9, in aid or St. Saviour's Orphanages. Other dances to be held during the week will be a charity cabaret at Irascati and a Navy League dance. Vice-Regal Party. Christchurch this year will be honoured by the presence of his Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, and Lady Bledisloe, who, attended by Captain Tweedie, will be the guests of Sir R- Heaton Rhodes at Otahuna. Other welcome visitors will be Rear-Admiral Surges Watson and his wifa and tne nmceis

and men of H.M.S. Dunedin, which will be at Lyttelton. Feminine Attire. With such diversity of entertainment, women, to feel their happiest on all occasions, will require fairly extensive wardrobes. As the coping stone, as it were, of her outdoor ; attire, the wise woman will choose ! a smartly-tailored suit or an en- ; semble of light-weight wool, the ! coat varying in length to suit the wearer's figure. For young people organdi will prove irresistible; it is so dainty, so feminine, so youthful, and the colours and designs now procurable are a joy to behold—and to possess. Used for accessories— I collars, cuffs, bows, flounces —it has a freshness and crispness that are unrivalled. Flowered chiffon, georgette, and ninon of too beautiful shades to be neglected, and the great variety of crinkled materials, light wool, silk, and artificial silk, many of them uncrushable, are at once very smart and very useful. For informal wear, the new tweedpatterned linens are the last word in chic, and cambrics, prints, and ginghams are obtainable in hundreds of attractive designs and colours at j very low prices. The shops are showing a bewildering array of hats, large, small, medium, pleated, tucked, stitched, black, white, and gaily coloured. But the woman who knows how to make the best of herself will not be flurried or bustled into a hasty choice. She knows that her hat is the most important item of her toilette. She will choose it carefully, not with a critical eye on the front view only, and she will be • rewarded for her prudence.