WOMAN’S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 252, 8 July 1926, Page 2

WOMAN’S WORLD

MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM FAR AND NEAR

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Lady Ferguson, Dunediu, is visiting Nelson. Lieutenant-Commander Sitwell and Mrs. Sitwell, Christchurch, arrived in Wellington yesterday on their way to Auckland. i The Rev. C. A. and Mrs. Foston, Pahiatua, arc visitors to Wellington lor a fpw days. Mrs. C. J. Teschemaker, Blenheim, is visiting Christchurch. Mrs. Anthony Fitzherbert has returned to Palmerston North, after a visit to Wanganui. Miss Lawrence, Invercargill, is on a visit to Wellington Mrs. W. H. Cowper has returned to Christchurch from a visit to Dunedin. Miss Farrow is visiting Christchurch. Mrs. G. Thomas, Napier, is visiting Wellington. Mrs. Hannah, of Invercargill, is on a visit to Wellington. Mrs. F. A. Cameron, Hastings, is i visiting Masterton. Mrs. and Miss Davis have returned to | Wellington from a brief visit to Napier. Miss E- Bonnington, who has been on a visit to Wellington, returned to Christchurch on Tuesday. The engagement is announced of Doris, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Rennie, Glasgow Street, Kelburn, Wellington, to Andrew B. Hamilton, eldest son of Airs. J. K. Hamilton, "Mount View,” Waipawa, Hawke’s Bay. A mah jong and bridge tournament to raise funds for St. Mary’s Home, will shortly commence in Wellington. There are'two prizes for each game. Those for the bridge tournament will be won by the player who plays the greatest number of games, and by the player whose score is nearest to the hidden number, which is not necessarily the highest. In the mah jong tournament the prizes will be awarded to the best score and also to the player whose score is the nearest approach to a hidden number. In the latter tournament both plus and minus scores are to be sent in. The games may be played at anv time and at any place, and those who desire to participate must have their scores signed by an opponent and forwarded to the secretary, Mr. Charles Birch, 53 Murphy Street, nccompanied bv an entrance tee of 2s. 6d., and in the case of players under the age of 21 Is. The prizes, which are quite substantial ones, may be seen in McKenna’s window', Lambton Quay. A similar tournament was organised some two years ago which resulted in over £lOO being collected. The Story Book Library that Miss Daisy Isaacs has opened at room 17, Hannah’s Buildings, should bring joy to the minds of many children. The books are bound in a uniform cover and smartly labelled. There are old favourites from Mrs. Molesworth and Mrs. Ewen; there is an entire set of Dickens, well illustrated; Kipling is there, and de la Mare, A. A. Milne, and Hose Fyleman. There are books of travel and adventure for boys. The library is reported to supply a longfelt w’ant in Wellington. PUBLIC SERVICE DANCE Last night the Public Service annual dance was held in St. Francis Hall, which was gaily decorated for the occasion with blue and gold streamers and native ferns. The committee consisted of Messrs. Hepburn, Jenkins, McKay, Nissen, Ohlsen, Wakelin, Wilson, and Woods, and the Misses Fitzgibbon, who wore a frock of flame and silver, Ellison, in pink and silver, Jelly, in blue brocade, Kitto, in coral marocain, McKeowen, in embossed lavender georgette, Williams, in blue marocain; Miss Willis, in pink with godets of silver, and Miss Torsion. The hostesses were: Mrs. J. Hislop, in blue marocain ; Mrs. G. Craig, in a green beaded frock ; and Mrs. Nalder, in black. Among the guests were: Mrs. Murray, in black with a floral border; Mrs. Rose, Miss Johnson, salmon pink frock : Miss Monahan, flame crepe de chine: Mrs. Adams, white georgette; Mrs. Waters, jade green marocain; Mrs. Mitchell, green brocaded frock; Mrs. Davidson, blue and white brocade; Mrs. Gledhill, blue marocain ; Mrs. Baker, green georgette ; Miss Pontawera, flame chenille georgette ; Misses Ward; Miss Foley, blue and siL'er; Miss Tanner, Miss Cameron, Miss Sawver, and Messrs. Hancock, Crain. NnJder, Mnrrav. Waters, Mitchell. Gledhill. Hislop. Robertson. Mair, Patterson, Davidson, Rose, and Moffat. The Fichu. Tn the picture dresses lace is used for the panniers or for the full serrated skirts that go with them. The lace fichu has also been revived, though it is apt to tie anywhere but in front. A favourite method is to knot it on the shoulder of the low neck, rather as handkerchiefs were knotted a year or two ago Dinner dresses,of lace might be described as handsome. Here black is most in vogue, white being reserved for dance dresses. Where lace and georgette are mixed the accentuating lines' are produced by the emphasis cither of the lac- or georgette! In drosses made of other materials the extras are frequently made of lace. Plain chiffon dresses have "dalmatics,” or sleeveless coats of lace. Sometimes the coats only reach to the waist, and, being loose behind, have the effect of a cape. A short loose lace coat with long bell sleeves may be worn with black or white chiffon dresses, of which the only ornamentation is that of tucks and pleats.

Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Wood arc visiting Christchurch. Miss Olive Rowe, the Christchurch holder of the Sir William Hartley Scholarship, will leave for England next month to further her studies at Somerville, Oxford, for three years. The engagement is announced of Ailsa second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Gold, of Wellington, to Mr. Henry Valentine, of Wellington. On Friday evening last a bright little party was ’given in the local Returned* Soldiers’ Association social hall by Mr. and Mrs George P. Gooday, of Hastings, in honour ot their sou Frank’s coming of age. The hall was artistically decorated. with jazz balloons and streamers of pink and mauve, while many Chinese lanterns added a pleasing effect to a scene of much merriment.' Between forty and fifty were present. There were no vacant tables at the Grafton Cabaret on Saturday night. Being the eve of July 4, a special American night was ’ arranged. A large American flag was hung beside the central mirror, and small American flags were the centrepiece of each table. Features of the evening were the. squeaker foxtrot and balloon waltz. The band was excellent, and everyone voted the evening a great success. The new Kelburn Cabnraet at the Kelburn Kiosk is expected to prove an excellent attraction for to-morrow night. Dancing will be held from 8.30 to midnight. music being supplied by Tinsley’s Eclipse Orchestra. Mr. and 'Mrs. Campbell Smith and their two daughters, of Dyerville,. left on a motor trip to Palmerston North and Napier. They will be away for a month. George and Doughty Ltd. have some exceedingly pretty cabaret frocks in fashionable models. Shot powder bine and gold faille makes a lovely frock, very bouffant, and trimmed with ruchiu.g’s of self material. Shot apple green taffetas makes an attractive dance frock with a band of ruching round the skirt and a much flared line. A frock of petunia and gold lace is made up oyer petunia georgette. Cyclamen pink georgette makes a frock which .has manv tiny picot-edged frills put on in a vandvke. Shot gold and petunia taffetas is most effectively made in bouffant fashion. Another frock in this fashionable fabric is in a soft apricot shade with faint blue embroidery work, ed on the loose panels.—Advt. ITEMS OF INTEREST Lace Frocks. Some of the prettiest lace’ dresses are made for the afternoons, am?> worn with broad shady hats, have an elegance of misleading simplicity. Mol\neux clings with justice to the after-' noon or race frock of biscuit lace, sometimes mixed with georgette of the same colour. Hat and parasol may also match in tone. The lines are of the simplest and generally straight. If the dress edge is irregular it docs not look so at a distance. Sometimes the waistline is marked; sometimes it is ignored except for a slight sloping in at the sides. Black and white lace together or used with black and whi.be chiffon produce those smart magpie effects for the afternoon to which the Parisian is always faithful. Lace .is also used with the black, ami white flowered materials, and it is an amusing little conceit to imitate the pattern of the lace on the chiffon. For the average person lace < omes in most usefully as an accessory. The cellars and miffs, the scarves, the return to some extent of the mantilla, the very long revers of thin cream lace, often pleated on plain black dresses opening over a V-shaped lace vest, the lace tunics under black, bolero-like bodices —all help to make very distinctive dresses. Some designers use little touches of lace very cleverly to edge pockets or the site of the pocket, and quillings of lace appear with equal success along the edges of turned-back cuffs and turued-down collars. With black taffetas lace is almost a necessity, and it makes vest, collar and cuffs, which are tied with bright-coloui-ed velvet ribbons. Long coloured strings hanging from the wrist arc particularly liked. Godets of lace are set into dresses, and in this case the lace is quite narrow and set on its triangles in close rows. It is also used for fins attached to the shoulder and falling the whole length of the dress. • When the lace is slightly circular the drooping folds are much increased and very effective. One more feature is the sash' of lace. This is often wired, and, while it shows off the pattern of the material, is perhaps a little stiff in suggestion. Less and Less.

Lingerie has been reduced to such a minimum that it is difficult to think bow there could be any novelty at all in the way of these minuscule bits of silk and lace that make up women’s “undies” these days. But any Frenchwoman can show that the best things almost always come in the smallest packages. One of the new fashion houses (says an exchange) is showing a charmingly new kind of chemise in chiffon printed black-grey-rose in futuristic manner, worked into the airiest underwear imaginable. The narrow shoulder straps arc of self material, and the only trimming of broad, black lace. Black chiffon combined with rose tints is one of the favourite lingeries combinations this season, with nearly always the top in rose, and the tiny lower knickers in dark bound witli rose. New step-ins shown by the Boue Soeurs are made with a semi-godet arranged round the bottom and up the short sides attached by hemstitching. Lingerie in this house is embroidered for "decoration, and a ruffle of cream lace edges the round border. Bright pink crepe satin makes a charming pyjama suit. Filet lace and erminctie trim the coat, and embroidered lingerie forms the cuff of the trousers. It is built on mannish lines, but softened by flowers, lace, and ribbons. . Crepe de chine is still leading for lingeries, for women find it so supple and easy to wear. A new rose, shade and green that is like a turquoise aie the popular shades. Lace is used. bountifully with applique and embroidered designs of the crepe de chine dipping over the lace at mitred corners or across the top of the side-bands. The iris is one of the favourite flowers used for this applique. Alencon, Breton, and Point de Paris are the most popular laces. Alencon makes the collar and cuffs of a tailored nightgown in champagne crepe de chine. It is finished with a few pearl buttons, and presents a new idea in gowns than the more usual slipon tvpe. Another tailored type is shown with' long sleeves finished with hemstitched cuffs. Interesting negligees are legion. An amusing bed-iacket comes in' crepe de chine with wide net sleeves drawn up with pale blue ribbon.