TOPICS FOR WOMEN

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 124, 21 November 1935, Page 19

TOPICS FOR WOMEN

THE ROYAL WEDDING

SOME EARLY DETAILS

TROUSSEAU AND PRESENTS

(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, October 26.

Before this mail can arrive, the wedding will have been solemnised of the Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott. But it will be a private ceremony in the chapel at Buckingham Palace, and not the important public function that had been planned for Westminster Abbey. The bride will travel in a glass coach drawn by four bays, escorted by mounted police. The procession will be merely from Grosvenor Place to Buckingham Palace. At the express wish of the late Duke of Buccleuch, no mourning is included in the trousseau. Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, has helped the bride to make her choice. Lady Alice has been anxious to receive advice from the Queen in regard to her dresses, and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, is always tastefully and becomingly gowned. The bridal dress will be as arranged —a perfect material in pearl pink, that drapes ideally, and is more suited for evening occasions than for day wear. Immediately after the wedding, the fabric will become available to the public. It is hoped to display it in leading centres in the Mother Country as well as in the Dominions and the United States. The "perfect" shade is obtained from the reflections of the drapery, and success was achieed only after several experiments. Included in the all-British trousseau is a dinner dress of soft rose chiffon

slender handles. Each bears the City Arms and is suitably inscribed. The cost has been born by the Lord Mayor and leading citizens.

Six disabled ex-servicemen from Birmingham were received by the Duke of Gloucester and his fiancee at Buckingham Palace. The men were introduced by Mr. Ernest C. Thomas, founder of the Disabled Men's Handicrafts, Ltd., in the Duke's private apartments in the Palace, and the Duke and Lady Alice shook hands with each of them and talked for several minutes. The visitors presented a wool rug in claret, a shade chosen by Lady Alice, with the regimental badge of the 10th Royal Hussars worked in the centre. The Duke and his fiancee asked Mr. Albert Redding, who made the rug, how many pieces it contained, and were surprised when they heard it was made of 30,127 pieces of wool. The ex-servicemen also brought. a leather blotter for the Duke of Gloucester's use, and a toy Scottish terrier to the Duke and Lady Alice.

SCOTTISH FABRICS ON VIEW.

The people of Edinburgh have seen some of (he furnishings which Lady Alice ordered from the Dunsdals tweed industry, Selkirk. They include bedspreads, bedheads, and curtains in cream, grey, and green. A striking modern design for bedspreads includes the Buccleuch crest and birch trees which are a feature of the landscapes around Bowhill, Selkirk (says the Edinburgh correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph"). This industry was instituted for the making of furnishings from Selkirk tweed and fabrics to provide employment for Selkirk girls. Mrs. Charteris Graham, of Bowhill, has taken a great interest in the development of- the industry, and Lady Alice has given practical help to the venture. The tweed and fabrics have been made by Messrs. Edward Gardiner and Son, Tweed Mills, Selkirk, a piece of whose

made on simple lines with the hem of the skirt just clear of the ground and with wing sleeves lightly embroidered in diamante. A dress of silver tissue is tinted with brown and made with a high neckline, long, close-ly-fitting sleeves,, and belted with silver and embossed leather. A tweed coat and skirt has a hip-length coat with square pockets and a loose rolled collar. The skirt is in four panels and is slightly gored to give freedom for walking. Delightful is a black uncrushable velvet, with bloused waistline and a train gathered on to the back of the skirt from the knee-line. EFFECTIVE SIMPLICITY.

tweed was named Glamis Red by the Duchess of York. Lady Alice also ordered 20 pairs of blankets from Trow Mills, Hawick, to be dyed in blue, gold, pink, and white.'

A "PERFECT HEAD."

Many new hat fashions will be set this winter, says the "Daily Telegraph," which had some exclusive information. For her trousseau, the bride has selected styles that are either brimless, and poised well over the right eye, or with brims turned back off the face, showing the hair to the centre of the head.

Milliners are looking to Lady Alice for a lead in the matter of new modes. They are agreed that she has a "perfect head." It is oval, with a wide forehead, over which she arranges her dark brown hair.

"Lady Alice's love for exquisite materials and her skill in choosing and combining rich colourings are shown in a hostess gown of green tissue," says Victoria Chappelle, in the "Daily Mail." "This, while perfectly simple, is one of the most effective dresses in her "trousseau. It will look equally charming against white walls or dark age-old oak panels, and the shade of green is such that" it will make her brown hair look even more burnished than usual.

One, the Dutch bonnet, is worn well back, with "wings" at the sides and a veil to below the eyes. It is one of the trousseau models designed by the Hon. Lady Bingham, known in the world o£ fashion creation by the name of Marie Antoinette's celebrated milliner, Rose-Berlin.

"The wide sleeves are unusually cut and shaped, with inserts of matching net, and the full skirt, ingeniously narrowed over the hips, is belted by a wide sash of the material, which is fastened with a very large arid heavy old gold buckle. Gold is also used for the very big round buttons which fasten the dress on the shoulders, for the neck, both back and front, is throat-high." MOUNTAIN PINK AND FOREST BROWN. New shades inspired by the Highlands are a feature of Lady Alice's trousseau (says the "Daily Telegraph"), and they will be the craze in winter fashion.

Another interesting fashion reproduced is the looped cap. It is made of grey Indian lamb, with a small crown of flame-coloured velvet, finished with a loop that falls to one side.' This is her choice for a smart ensemble consisting of a flame-coloured dress and coat trimmed with Persian lamb. As the bride is petite, she has chosen hats that give her height. A tribute to her nationality is the black Scottish tam-o-shanter, trimmed on the left with a motif of brightly-coloured feathers.

Early in December, the bride and bridegroom will pay a private visit to Ulster to join a shooting party. They will stay in Northern Ireland for about a week.

"One o£ the most interesting is mountain pink—the misty shade of a hea-ther-clad slope. Two new Scottish chiffon tweeds, feather-light, have been woven in this shade for the bride. They will make one of her 12 smart sports outfits. The tweed for the coat has a camel-hair surface, while the material for the frock is in a diminutive self-coloured check. "Another shade of her ensembles, also made from Scottish tweed, is in a deep flecked forest brown. This consists again of coat and frock, and so does another two-piece in duck-egg blue.

A CHARITY BALL. The Duke of Gloucester's fiancee | was piped into a floodlit ballroom at the Dorchester. Park Lane, when she attended a ball there in aid of the Battersea General Hospital, her only public appearance in London between her engagement and her marriage. Lady Alice, who was presented by the matron-of the hospital with a bouquet of pink roses, wore a gown of taffeta, striped diagonally in pink, green, and silver, with roses of the material carried across the corsage. A beautiful diamond buckle sparkled on the left shoulder. Her only other ornament was a simple string of pearls. Lady Alice danced with Mr. S. A. Parkes (chairman) and with Dr. Robert Lee, senior surgeon. Every time she took the floor 20 big floodlights were turned on while cinema pictures were taken. THE JEWEL CRAZE Engine-turned white metal cigarette cases seen in London have jewelled borders, states an exchange.' They arc edged with paste or with imitation rubies or sapphires. Cigarette holders follow the initial craze, in ItlacJs y-'ifh. q silvep JniliaV. , -.-.

"Evening peach shades are.a feature of Lady Alice's lingerie models, many of which are carried out in crepe suzette and silk georgette. Few brides have had so many new colours created for them as Lady Alice in her all-Bri-tish trousseau." SOME GIFTS.

I Among the presents is a splendid I coat of dark Canadian mink which Lady Alice received from her father. The Lord Mayor of York, accompanied by the Town Clerk, visited Buckingham Palace to present York's wedding gift. It comprised silver replicas of two antique posset dishes which . form part of the York Corporation Plate.' Each is eight inches in height and just under six inches in diameter, land has flirted howls srtd Mds s3.rjd

HONEYMOON BY AIR

FROM ENGLAND TO SYDNEY

FLYING BRIDE'S ENTHUSIASM

(From "The Post's" Representative.) SYDNEY, November 7.

THREE SMART 'OUTFITS.— Left, a fashionable touch is given to this navy jersey frock with its navy and white stuped top, by the novel arrangement of buttons on belt, side pocket, and pinafore top. Centre, this three-quarter-length coat is in tweed of a yellow and black mixture, while the jumper in plaid design continues the colourings,%with a novel fringed scarf in yellow. Black patent leather belt, black suede gloves and handbag, and black and yellow band on the tweed hat complete the colour scheme Right, coat in a pale blue woollen material, with detachable cape fastening vnth daisy buttons, the latter also appearing on the belt. The novel cut of the sleeves and the stitching on the coat are a fashionable feature. One of the smart berets in felt trimmed with a flat velvet bow is worn with the coat.

WORK OR MARRIAGE ?

The London Home Counties' Joint Electricity Authority was one of several corporate bodies which at the end of the half-year—June 30—decided and notified that all women employed by them would be required to relinquish their appointments on marriage, but the London County Council has revoked its twelve years old ban upon the employment of married women as teachers and doctors, states the Australian "Worker."

"I would not have missed it for anything," said Mrs. Edith Littlejohn when her honeymoon air trip from England ended at Mascot airport (Sydney). Hers-was the-first honeymoon flight from England to Australia. Sunburnt and obviously tired, the flying bride, who confesses to nineteen years and a month, stepped out of the aeroplane smiling. An English girl, she was married in July to the Australian,' Norman B. Littlejohn. On October 1 the young couple left in their Klemm monoplane to cross the world to their new home. Mrs. Littlejohn often acted as navigator for her husband.

"We were not in any i hurry," Mrs. Littlejohn said. "We stopped when we saw a place we liked, or when the weather was bad. Would I recommend all brides to take such a honeymoon trip? It might not suit everyone, but it is an exciting way of seeing the world."

The flying bride spent all of her first day in Sydney, in and out of shops. "The first thing I did was to get a haircut," she said.

Mr. Littlejohn has been away from home for five years, except when he brought ,a Royal Air Force flyingboat out from England to Melbourne for the Centenary. LIKE STEPPING OUT OF A TAXI.

Mr. and Mrs. Littlejohn stepped out of their monoplane at Mascot as cheerfully and unconcernedly as though it was a taxi-cab. They found to their

WEDDINGS

BUIST—HEWLETT.

The marriage was solemnised at Si James Presbyterian Church, Newtown recently, of Laurie Gold, only daugh tcr of Mr., and Mrs. G. Hewlett, Humphreys, Hokitika, and Thomas, elder son of Mrs. and the late Mr. A. Buist, Waipukurau. The church had been tastefully decorated by friends of the bride with pink cherry blossom and arum lilies. The officiating minister was the Rev. W. R. Milne.

The bride, who was escorted by her father, wore a beautiful gown of ivory angelskin lace over satin, moulded to the figure, the sleeves, were long and tight-fitting, the neckline finishing with a crystal clasp. A lace cap, circled with orange blosscn, kept the long tulle veil in place. Her'bouquet was of cream roses, lily-of-the-valley, clematis, and maidenhair fern. The bridesmaids. Misses Marjorie Stone (Wellington) and Boswell Buist (Waipukurau), were dressed alike in periwinkle blue floral georgette frocks with blue velvet sashes, and wide blue picture hats finished with pink and blue flowers. They carried beautiful sprays of pink cherry blossom. Messrs. Ron OfTwood and Ralph Swanson were best man and groomsman respectively. The reception was held .at "The I Elm," Willis Street, where the guests were received by Mrs. Hewlett, who wore a smart navy blue ensemble with hat to tone, and carried a posy of pink roses. She was assisted by Mrs. E. M. Barr, who wore a mauve frock, black coat and hat, and carried a posy of yellow shaded auriculas. After the reception Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Buist left for the north, the bride travelling in a navy blue costume, with navy and white hat and accessories. Their future home is to be in Napier.

Mccarty—Jonathan.

The wedding was solemnised at St. Francis de Sales Church, Wellington, recently, of Bertha Lilian, second daughter of Mrs. C. Jonathan and the late Mr. C. Jonathan, of Island Bay, and Basil Vincent, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. McCarty, Island Bay. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Maloney. The bride, who was escorted by an old friend, Mr. J. Stewart,. wore a gown of ivory uncrushable satin, cut on long classical lines, moulding the figure to the knees, from where it fell into a full flare with a train. Her silk embroidered veil of dainty Brussels net was held by a coronet of orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of white roses. The bridesmaid was Miss Lorna Bourke, of Kakaramea (cousin of the bridegroom). Her frock was of shell pink satin, and she carried a bouquet of pink sweet peas. Mr. W. McCarty, brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The reception was held at the Southern Colledge studio, Manners Street, where 80 guests were entertained. Mrs. McCarty wore a brown marocain frock with accessories to tone, and carried a posy of autumn shades. Mrs. P. Bourke, of Alton, grandmother of the bridegroom, wore a black ensemble and hat to match, and carried a posy of pink sweet peas.

evident surprise, and even consternation, that a large crowd was waiting to welcome them; that there was a prospect of speeches; and that a newsreel camera was standing close by. They accepted the situation, but made no secret of their surprise at the interest which their trip had created. "Naturally we are gratified at the very warm welcome we have received everywhere in Australia," said Mr. Littlejohn later. "Everyone has been most kind. Still, we do find this interest a little strange. It seems to me that the aeroplane has won the right to be regarded as an ordinary means of transport. We do not consider that we have done anything remarkable." Mr. Littlejohn said that the most exciting incident of the trip was when they ran into heavy rain after leaving Rangoon. Torrential rain completely obstructed their vision, and they were forced to fly very low over the water. Eventually they located the island of Mergui, and sheltered there. They also had some uneasy moments when the engine brackets began to give trouble on the flight between Sourabaya and Koepang. The best aerodrome on the route was in India, where a Maharajah had built one specially for his own use and that of visitors, for whom he had also set up a magnificent hotel. The worst aerodrome was Mascot. It was quite fair when he left Australia, but when he returned he thought someone had been over it with a plough.

VAN LOADS OF FLOWERS

Flowers arrived literally by van loads for the Duchess of Kent the day after the little Prince was born, states the London "Daily Telegraph." Two vans were unloaded outside her house. They contained quantities of magnificent roses, dark red and yellow. White flowers included lilies and chrysanthemums, and among the blue and mauve flowers were violets and gentians. Bouquets were also brought by chauffeurs in private cars. There was a long continued procession of blooms. AH the colours' gave the effect of a rainbow against the all-white walls of the Duchess's bedroom. The task of arranging the flowers was a lengthy one.

The Manchester City Council, after six years' experience of a similar plan, refused last year to accept the suggestion of its Education Committee that it should be re-adopted. The long and expensive education of professional women was the argument winch won the day against the matrimonial ban and the opinion that if a woman's husband is able to maintain her he should do so. The industrial unions expressed the view that the affairs of women of that class were of jno concern to them. | A USEFUL IDEA I When giving your furniture a fresh I coat of enamel, to your materials add a piece of tin, or strong cardboard, cut in the form of a right-angled triangle —one measuring about Bin by 6in would do (states an overseas writer). Then, when you come to paint the frame round your mirrors, or glass doors, place the triangle on the glass, and hold it firmly pressed against the frame. You can then paint round the edge without leaving dabs of paint on the glass, thereby saving yourself the I trouble spent, in cleaning H off. V. ■-*"■'■ ■ ■ -*