Hostesses New Ideas

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 273, 18 November 1936, Page 15

Hostesses New Ideas

Hostesses should bo congratulated upon the indefatigable way in which autumn after autumn they produce new ideas for charity balls, and so maintain so ■ many institutions and also give young people such varied pleasure, remarks “Tho Queen.’' Dancing to music that has been relayed from New rork is the exotic idea of tho organisers of the Virginia ball on December 16 at Grosvenor House. A “floor show," the American name for cabar.t, and an American stage show will also be features of this ball, and on the supper menus will be such famous Southern dishes as peach-fed Virginia ham, chicken a la. Iviug, corn on the cob, and pumpkin pie. A number of smart American hostesses in London have promised to help Lady Howard de Walden to make this ball a success, and tho proceeds will go to the . American ward of Queen Charlotte’s Hospital,

A month, earlier 'will bo the Noah’s Ark ball, at which pretty vivacious Lady Solsdon is making her debut as a vice-chairman with the Duchess of Portland in the chair. The Duchess of Gloucester is coming to this dance at Claridges to see the cabaret that Mr. Cochran has undertaken to organise. And Lady Sclsdon’s old panelled draw-iug-room in Grosvenor Square —where one of the first television panels has been installed —is to be the scene of the first committee meeting shortly.