“WHITE HORSE INN.”

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1936, Page 11

“WHITE HORSE INN.”

ATTRACTIVE FROCKING. The frocl ving was very attractive in “White Horse Inn,” which opened its season at the Opera House last night. Miss Romola Hansen, who plays the leading role, made her first appearance in a Tyrolean friick of ciei blue grosgrin, with floral bands edged with silver inset in the loot of the skirt, and a white fringed fichu on the bodice. An embossed cream georgette apron, edged .with silver, made a. dainty limsh. Another attractive frock was in the same Tyrolean fashion and was made with a full skirt of black taffetas banded with red, green and gold, the short black bodice being finished with white guimpe at the neck and sleeves and a fringed ficliu of red and black brocade. A gold lace apron and bright red ribbons completed one of the most attractive frocks in the play.

Striking in its colouring was a frock made with a very full short wired skirt of heavy cream silk, hand-em-broidered with flowers and inset with a wide band of floral silk edged with emerald green satin and gold niching. The corselet bodice was laced with gold. A dainty fragment on an apron embroidered with blue and gold at the hem and a hat repeating the colouring of the frock completed a most effective costume. Very attractive also was a frock of green satin made with a short full skirt inset with hands oi bright embroidered cloth. The corsage was made with, lull sleeves and fichu of cream brocade edged with cream fringe, and Miss Hansen also wore this with an apron of coarse cream German crochet lace banded with pink and gold ribbon. .Her green Alpine bat was finished with a saucy cluster oi feathers at one side.

Miss Hansen looked charming, also, in a frock made with a quilted skirt of mauve satin, very short and lull, and bordered in a brilliant hand-painted floral design. The corselet bodice was laced with line silver chains, with silver buttons on each side. A dainty finish was given by the fringed fichu of cyclamen soil silk and hand-painted apron. Another attractive figure was Miss Miriam Lester. Her first appearance was made in a dusky pink suit with a little pink hat to match, touched with brown. A further truck was of French blue georgette worn with a coatee of sappfi.ire blue velvet and smart little blue hat to tone. Apple

green tarreta was chosen lor a picture frock, tlie circular skirt being finished with deep lriils. With it was worn a pink silk coatee, long taffeta trills failing ’ Irom tne eibow-lengtli loose sleeves. A large wide-brimmed green and pink hat was worn with this lrock. Also charming was a frock ul soft cream patterned net, the skirt ending in two deep and worn with a cherry coatee. Net frills finished the Jung sieeves and a little elierry-coloured hat trimmed with cherries completed the’ ensemble. A

graceful frock was of smoke grey georgette and lace, a wide flounce finishing tae skirt and a narrow frill edging the low-cut corsage. With it was aor ii a large picture hat of the same grey lacG. A facsimile of this frock was worn by Miss Marie Ann Conan. Another of Miss Conan’s 1 rocks was of cornflower blue and red patterned georgette worn with a coatee and poke bonnet to match, while one ol her appearances was in a cream and mauxe swimming suit, made with a short pleated skirt. Colourful Tyrolean . costumes were also worn by both Miss Lester and miss Conan. As the postmistress, Miss ivonne Banvaid was seen m a smart Tyrolean costume of deep blue cloth, with bands of green inset in the skirt, and a eoai.ee of green doth with tangerine collar and facings on the small pockets. Her apron was of puce and black figured silk. ~ii iuiss impline Lowe appeared to yodel in a full skirted frock of floral satin with bands and bodice ol sappnire velvet, tucker sleeves and apron of organdie and a leghorn hat. The ballets, the chorus, the dress parade and the dinorent sets all Helped to make Unite Horse Inn a memorable kaleidoscope of colour, movement, variety and beauty. Miss Ida McUunald is wardrobe mistress.