ABANDONED JAZZ PARTY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 16 July 1925, Page 3

ABANDONED JAZZ PARTY

LONFLY SAILORS' ARRRA'L AI)YFRTLSLNTd FOR RAR'i’XFRS oykryottfluki) wrnr rfrlths The dashing sailer with a girl in every port lie visits lets been famed in prose and rhyme for uncounted years, it is natural that sons of the sea, particularly those on merehant ships, who i:for dreary weeks on end apart from tne gracious inlluenee of feminine society, shutild seek to live up to the reputation with which they have been clothed, just I v or unjustlv as the case mav he. : On the arrival in Auckland last week of an overseas vessel the. officers, who nave the handline of a dark-skinned crew, naturally desired to take part in sue.i social diversions as were available to reputable members of an honoured profession, says the Herald. Strangers to the city.- t.tiey sought advice from a loc.il resident, whose duties led him to interview them. In enumerating the various attractions of the city the Aucklander mentioned a well-known cabaret where dancing parties are provided with soothing music amid pleasant surroundings. The cabaret suggestion was hailed with delight by the officers but on being informed that they would have to bring their own partners further advice on the matter was earnestly invoked. The counsellor, 1 imbued with a keen sense of the-., value of advertisement, suggested, that, a, notice, in the daily papers asking for ..partners' to accompany, the officers to the cabaret would probabiy prove effective:. In adopting the suggestion .tile visitors,. though members pf a hardy calling, had not the faintest idea of the passion for jazzing, particularly, with sailors, possessed by Auckland girds. Replies to the advertisement, [loured in by.the dozen, the total exceeding 109. in addition bevies of blushing applicants invaded the wharf and made personal application to he included in the party. Tint response. in fact, was so overwhelming that- the party, which was fixed for Saturday evening, was wisely abandoned.

\ new avenue of social activity is now being sought by the visiting office i s.