SPLASH PARTIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 1 August 1928, Page 7

SPLASH PARTIES.

MAYFAIR’S LATEST.

MIDNIGHT GATHERINGS

LONDON, July 14. Midnight “splash parties,” at which dozens of young men and women in brilliantly-coloured costumes splash and frolic in the water to the accompaniment of a jazz band, while changing coloured beams of light are played upon them, are Mayfair’s latest sensation.

The first was hold at St. George’s Baths, Buckingham Palace Road, and was given by Mrs Plunkett Greene, the wife of the well-known singer. The guests, who were requested to bring a bathing costume, a towel, and a bottle, arrived at the stroke of midnight in taxicabs and motor-cars. There was an extraordinary medley of costumes. Some were in evening dress ,others were in pyjamas and dresing gowns. A few were actually in bathing costumes over which coats were worn. A policeman guarded the entrance to the baths, and closely inspected the invitation cards. He locked the door after the arrival of each guest.

FLOATING GARDEN. Hon. Robert Gathorne _ Hardy opened the party, diving into the water through a large rubber belt. Soon dozens of young men and women were frolicking in the flower-strewn water. . . One man made a high dive clad in a dressing-gown and a soft hat. Many stayed in the water until the early hours of the morning. . Those present included Prince George of Russia, Lord and Lady Hastings, Lord Rosse, Hon. Stephen Tennant a relative of Lord Grey, of , Falloden, and Miss Ponsonby, daughter of the Labour member of the House of Commons. '