CURRENT NOTES

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26095, 24 April 1950, Page 2

CURRENT NOTES

Miss Margaret Fiddis, Linwood avenue.will leave Christchurch on Wednesday for Australia where she will join the Ormonde for a visit to the United Kingdom. Ah interesting travel talk was given by Mrs Tahfier, at the April meeting J?..,? 1 ® Beckenham Townswomen’s GUild. Mrs J. A. Ironside presided. Guests of honour for the afternoon were Mesdames Tanner and King. A competition for a decorated sand saucer was Won by Mrs Malcolm, with Mrs Hayes second and Mrs Crampton third. A Sydney glove expert, Mrs Josie White, says that women’s hands are no lodger oihk tipped, lily-white, soft or small. They ate two sizes larger than they were 10 years ago. Mrs White blames extra houseWotk. “This thickens and enlarges the hands,” she said. “The fashion now is not for small hands, but for larger well-kept hands with long fingers.” The Champs Elysfee ballet company will shortly begin a five months’ tour of Australia and New Zealand. Complete wardrobes fend stage sfets will be brought by the 22 members of the company, who will leave London next month to open their season in Sydney and Melbourne. The first performance will be given at the Palace Theatre in Sydney four days after their arrival. TrkhspOrtl cOrtS alone will Involve some £3OOO, according to Sir Benjamin Fuller when he announced the tour in London recently. The Englishman can ho longer be said to be conservative in his dress, according to a New Zealand traveller who has just returned from overseas. “Smart meh are wearing tangerine, yellow, red and bright emerald waistcoats,” he sdid, “yellow, mostly ih chfemoiß, for town, ahd others for country week-ends. Austerity fashions seem to be over for men. I did not see a tartan dinner jacket, but I did sefe tartan shorts,” ,hfe added.

French couturiers put much careful work into their creations, said Mr Rene Thevendt* lecturer in clothing at the School bf Home Sciendfe, Dunedin, in an address given to the Home Economics Association recently. The great majority of the designers had had a thorough training ih all aspects of the making of garments; they not only draped and cut, working on the figure ahd not on a flat figure, but they knew the technical processes of Sewine and just what their workers could do. It wds in this way that they achieved the “chic,” which made their designs world famous. Admittance to the seasonal showings was by invitation only, for the big fashion houses were always on guard against copyists. Manv of th* l models were, however, sold to other countries where they were adapted to the needs of mass production, and the pattern makers, working on -flat tab 1 es. necessarily lost some of the original chic of the model.

A trip by scenic train all round the Cape district of South Africa was one of the highlights Of a holiday abroad for Miss Barbara Hadfield, of Lindale, Paoaparaumu, who returned to New Zealand reeehtlv. The tourists live on the train for 15 days, travelling the longest d’Stahces by night and spending the davs sightseeing at different stops. The train is appointed mdst luxuriously and has all the comforts of a first-class hotel, including comfortable sleeping accommodation and modern showers. The dining car was magnificent. Mifes Hadfield recalls, and the attractive lounge was complete evfen to grand piano.

Mbtfe than 100 members front branches of. the Women’s Division of Federated Farmers north of tne Waimdkariri river attended, a combined meeting at ftangiora oh Friday to hear the Dominion yice-pfCsiderit (Mrs Schroeder) speak. Mrs Schroeder dealt mainly With the history of the division Mnd thfe programme of the yearly conference, wnich would this yehr be the silver jubilee conference. During the diternodh Mrs C. Judson sahg two songs. She was accompanied by Miss M. Dailey. More than 80 persons, including delegates td the third international cohieience of correspondence educators, parpnis of cOtresfiohaehCe school

pupils, ana many prominent members. of tne correspondence school parents association, were entertained at a gathering dt Te Wai Poundniu Maori Girls’ college, last evening. The visitbtfc. wfei-e most impressed the work being cfohe in the school, ahd with the programme presented by thfe giHs during the evening. Many songs, pdi dances, games ahd pastimes peculiar to thfe Maori racfe, were included in the enlfertdinhieht provided lot the enjoyment of the gtifests. The matron bf the college (Mrs H. Daniels) welcomed the visiters, and a description of the theme behind fetich item was' giVen by Mr John Stewart. Members and friends of the Sydenham Ex-Pupils’ Association met recently, when a social evening was held in. the Methodist Chuich schoolroom. Brougham street. Prizes for the various competitions wfere presented to the Wihhfels by the president (Mrs tan CollingwOod). Attractive almanacs were presented to all members of the association. Visitors from other guilds were entertained by the Richmond Methodist Ladies’ Guild at. an afterhobh gathering recently. Sorigs were sung by Mrs Ingley, ahd bn amusing pldy was presented by membets bf the Linwood gtiild. Those who idok part in the play were Mfesdarilfes Bielby. Thorpe, Thorpe, and Miss D. Hoddinott. ?’he lady editbr of “The Prfess” gtately acknowledges gifts lor sick persons from Mrs Peter Graham (Waiho) and Mrs W. Toomey. Cyclax Open pofe Lotion, to help to correct a skin condition which mars a perfect make-up; Easily used. 5/6i 10/-. Ballahythes Cyclax Counter. Advt. Women are no Idhgfer worried over buttfef shortage for baking. They mix Hdnsell’s Imitation Butter Essence with dripping, lard, or fats, and get that “made with real buitor flavour.” Advt. Hygienically-wrappcd in cellulose for rotir protebtibh—Buchanan’s “Holly Brrtid” Grainus Cdtfeh Brfeakfast Cer al. Cellulbsfe wrapped tb maintain mill freshness. Economical farhily size from grocers. Advt.