MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 December 1925, Page 8

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

NEWS AND NOTSB. There are some wonderful new shawls which are rivalling our Chinese and Indian friends, says a writer in an English paper. These new shawls are made of large squares of gold or silver tissue bordered with long strands of crudely coloured wools. Another idea is georgette worked with huge woollen or handpainted flowers, edged with long hoops of wool or feather fringe as the occasion demands. Ileal out lace arranged in gathers is also used as a border. For evening wear there are “shawls’ 1 ’ of fur, ermine, for preference, -or a pastel dyed pelt with an all-covering silver or gold fringe. If tile average girl were less conceited about her physical beauty she would probably not be as charming as she is—but it can be overdone. By bringing an action against W •■ Pogany, the famous Hungarian artist, Violet Rambeau, a modell, proves that she 'has an unust’ially high estimate of her beauty.' The artist exhibited a portrait which has been greatly praised and admired by all- except the original. Violet Rambeau protests that the picture resembles Venus more than Violet, and that her own limbs are more shapely than tne Greek lady’s. < ■ ( A craze which is establishing itself i among young society folk in London < (states an overseas correspondent) is 1

motor-boat racing. Lord Louis Mountbatten, who is Admiral of the Motorboat Club, is a leader in the movement, and he is expected to persuade the Prince of Wales to participate in the sport. A number of up-to-date society girls ar? exchanging twoseater cars for speedy motor-boats, and propose to indulge in racing during the coming Mediterranean season, as the North Sea and the. English Channel are too . cold for motor-boat racing except in the height of . summer. “To women with the requisite qualifications and artistic bent architecture should offer a fascinating and even lucrative career.” Unlike that ■f many other professions, this new field for women is not overcrowded ; two years ’ago the qualified women architects in England scarcely numbered a dozen. Nearly all the universities grant diplomas in architec-

verb! Vies gicuiv uipiumab in cuuhuvl ture and prepare students for the qualifying examinations of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The universities require students t o nave passed , the matriculation or a similar* examination but this is not necessary in the case of the School of Architecture, Bedford Square, which is under the auspices of t’lre Architectural Association. A suggestion that the fashion of shingling originated during the French Revolution is made by a correspondent of the Daily Al ail, who quotes the. following passage Fitmi the “Histoiie des Salons de Paris” of the Duchesse d’Abrantes :—“At the time, w'hen Fiance wa« plunged in mourning ami beheld each day lhe slaughter of her children, most of the women who were east into prison, being desirous of saving their wealth of hair, had adopted the practice of anticipating lhe. executioner bv cutting it off themselves. When later they were released from prison they appeared with short, hair. The finst of them all was Madame Talllen. As she was the perfection, of loveliness, the fashion suited her and she con -

tinned it. However, the fashion became general, and it was gallantly referred to as une coiffure a la vi> time. ” Flowers were thrown at Pavlova from every corner of the house, when she made her first appearance of the season at Covent Garden. Pavlova lias never danced better. She held her audience spellbound by her beauty and grace of movement, a. wonderful backward fall winning ' a roar of approval, says an English exchange. The programme opened with the ballet in two acts, envied “Giselle,” which has a dramatic theme and was beautifully staged and executed. In the second act Pavlova as the peasant girl who has lost her reason dies when her lover proves faithless appears as a lonely wraith, and in a forest theme bathed in moonlight dances to save her lover from the wrath of avenging evil spirits. ,As morning dawns, they fade into the a ; r, and as her ilover rushes toward her Giselle sinks into a bed of flowers. In this Ophelia-like role Pavlova looks like an inspired girl of 16. and so expressive is her miming that one • can follow the istory of the ballet without needing the syiiopis printed in the programme. She seemed to dance her very secret thoughts.

Five of England’s best women athletes are to visit Sweden shortly, states an English exchange to give demonstrations in athletics and advise as to the formation in that country of a women’s amateur athletic association, on the same lines as

those of the English association. Mrs S. C. Eliott-Lyn, {joint founder and vice-president of the Women’s Amateur Athletic Association, told a reporter that the. party will consist of Miss Florence Birchenough, Miss Violet Palmer, Miss Hatt, Miss Hall and herself. “We-shall include disc and javelin throwers, high and long jump experts, and exponents of the usual track races,” she said. “Sweden has .always been so keen on drill and gymnastics,, that I think we shall be meeting very good opponents.” If Sweden becomes affiliated to the International Women’s Athletic Federation in time, competitive-.events will be arranged: otherwise the English women will content themselves with exhibition events. “Our visit will probably mean that we can look for- . ward to having our Swedish sisters competing with us, for the first time at the Women’s Olympic Games in Brussels next August,” said Mrs Eliott-Lyn.