SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 25716, 13 February 1946, Page 9

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs S. M. Satterthwaite, accompanied by Miss Marie Satterthwaite, left yesterday for an. extended holiday in the North Island.

I Teachers of ballet dancing and dance enthusiasts entertained Mr Harold Robinson, of Dunedin, to a Saturday morning tea at the Vedic prior to his leaving for London on a bursary granted by the Rehabilitation Department, to study at the Sadlers Wells Ballet School, Mr Robinson, besides receiving the good wishes of all, was the recipient of a useful gift from those present. Well-dressed Men.

I Three thousand men's fashion authorities in America voted General Dwight Eisenhower as the best-dressed army man for 1945. Edward R. Stettinius topped the list for the bestdressed statesman, with Anthony Eden first among foreign statesmen. Fredric March won the stage vote, Adolphe Menjou that for the screen, and Mr A. G. Vanderbilt was listed as the bestrdressed man in social circles.

News of Vera Moore. The first news of Miss Vera Moore, [one of New Zealand's outstanding pianists, has been received since the German occupation of France. Miss Moore studied music in Dunedin, and later left for England to continue her studies. A short time before the war she went to France, as a professional musician, taking up her residence at Chandon. south of Tours, but her work as a concert pianist was interrupted by the war, and when Tours was bombed she moved to Riberac, inland from Bordeaux, where she lived during the German occupation. In November, 1945, she went to Paris, where she gave her first recital since the war.

Vogue for Elaborate Buttons. Sydney women have adopted a new vogue which calls for frocks as simple as possible, enlivened with elaborate and out-size buttons. Many returned servicemen have turned the making of these buttons and costume jewellery into a profitable business. Individual sets made of silver and copper are being eagerly bought up, and antique buttons. which have r long been stored in old chests are to-day's most popular possession.

As the frock or suit with which they are worn is designed merely as a background, Sydney dressmakers have been quick to seize upon the trend. However, the value of the hand-made ornaments sends prices skyrocketing. Buyers have the satisfaction at least of knowing that the buttonswill be usable long after the frock is discarded.