MILLIONAIRE PARTY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 235, 3 July 1939, Page 4

MILLIONAIRE PARTY

Hilarious Evening At The

National Club

Thousands of pounds changed hands among junior members of the National Party on Saturday night. Female members received up to £lOO for a single dance; cigarettes changed hands for as little as £5 each; delicate digestions dealt with cream cakes from the supper table costing anything from £5 to £2O each.

To the singing of Auld Lang Syne, thousands of pounds fluttered like confetti round the dance lounge of the party, rooms, concluding the Millionaires’ Party held sixicially for members of the National Club.

The idea of the party was novel. On arrival, members were each presented with the sum of £-100—not Reserve Bank of New Zealand notes, but. coloured strips of pai>er which took their place. The object was to finish the evening the richest person of those present.-

Everything was charged for, payment being made in “National Club currency.” Bidders for trays of coffee cups resold them for fabulous prices, awl those who made sufficiently high bids to buy one of the wagons of cakes and savouries made handsome returns on their transactions.

The roulette wheel took thousands of pounds from the pockets of the “millonaires.” Never has Wellington seen such reckless gambling, hundreds of pounds being risked on the turn of the wheel.

It was expensive to dance. Up to £5O was a low price to pay for the privilege of a single “swing” with a favoured partner. A sheer extravagance was to leave the building, the entrance to which was guarded by a hurley Shylock, who demanded the minimum fee of £2O for re-entrance.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, all members turned accountant, as they earnestly sought the answers to intricate sums. The counting of accumulated or depleted wealth provided most members with the opportunity to express thanks that they were millionaires fop one night only.

An enjoyable talk on the early Maori history of Il’airarapa was given by Mr. J. F. Thompson at' the last meeting of the Greytown Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union. Mrs. Beu presided, and reported- that with Mesdames Orr, Denny, Johnson and Miss Eager, she had waited on the mayor and the town clerk, with the result that fresh tenders were to be called for the erection of a centennial rest room. Remits for the Dominion conference were dealt with. Mesdames R. Higley, Haigb, McPhee and Tulley volunteered to act as hostesses at the July meeting.

With the advent of Madame Korrick, at last we shall have what we have always wanted —a milliner who can create, who can mould a hat to suit one’s style, who has that “touch” that gives to every hat its individuality, Madame Korrick is a Viennese milliner who has had salons both in Paris and Vienna, and Salon Celia, Ltd., is to be congratulated on having secured the services of a creative artist who will add lustre to the firm’s already tine reputation for styles that, are exclusive and chic. Madtime is at Salon Celia, Ltd., Lambton Quay, for a short season. She hafi brought up from Christchurch a selection of smart spring hats mostly felts, but hats of all types, berets, toques, hats with brims, harts of velvet, hats of ribbon, hats with stitchings, and two-colour hats, hats for sports and hats for parties, hats for evenings with bags to match—hats of exquisite workmanship, and in perfect taste. Madame bars a colour chart of felts and books of styles, and women who value Individuality should be sure io see her with a view to buying now or ordering later on.—Salon Celia, Ltd., Lambton Quay, —Advt.