BEAUTY IN THE HOME
HIS EXCELLENCY'S ADVICE
EXHIBITION OF CHINA
"I hope that those who visit this Exhibition will learn something that will help them to make their homes more beautiful and that, thereby, it wiJl have a lasting effect upon the cultural deevlopment of' this Dominion," said his Excellency the Governor-General, when opening the exhibition of English china at the Dominion Museum yesterday afternoon. "The arrangement of china is a compliment to the beauties of a room," said his Excellency, "it must not be too crowded nor yet to sparse. If well arranged it will be noticed at once the beauty it gives to a room, but if it is too crowded it will just look like a collection in a china shop. Study the arrangement with a view to form and colour, and a harmonious and lovely effect will be the result."
Professor Rankine Brown, who gave a very interesting address on the development of the art of china making, also spoke of the influence which a harmonious and beautiful home had upon children and others. "If this exhibition of English china," he said, "inspires us even in the smallest degree to introduce greater beauty into our homes and every-day life it will not have been in vain."
Lady Galway, who accompanied his Excellency, was wearing a 'schooner blue two-piece suit of wool boucle, a small straw hat to match, and a fox fur. Others in the official party were Professor H. B. Kirk (who presided), Dr. and Mrs. W. R. B. Oliver, Sir Harry Batterbee, Lady Shirtcliffe, Mr. Heathcote Helmore (acting A.D.C. to his Excellency), and Miss Biggar. Mrs. Oliver was dressed in a brown selfstriped tailleur with a small brown hat and a fur stole. Lady Shirtcliffe wore a duck-egg blue ensemble with a matching felt hat and a fox fur. and Miss Biggar had a navy blue redingote over her floral silk frock and her boater-shaped hat had a veiled brim.
After inspecting the exhibits, the official party and a number of guests were entertained at tea in the committee room.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 63, 14 March 1940, Page 5
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346BEAUTY IN THE HOME Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 63, 14 March 1940, Page 5
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