TOUR OF AMERICA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22777, 10 July 1937, Page 25

TOUR OF AMERICA

HOSPITALITY received advance fashion news To have visited all the States of lA'mprica in four months is the "achievement of Mrs. Scott-Young. ' of-item"era. who returned to Auckland bv *the Mariposa yesterday. Mrs. Scott- Young visited the United States ■n-ith her husband, who attended the American Steel, Export Company's conference at Now York and at AtlanticCity. From Los Angeles Mrs. Scott-Young took the "Santa l-'o trail" by motorcar to Xc-.v York, where ahe stayed for a month visiting all the show places, the Metropolitan opera and night clubs, ghe returned via Salt Lake Citv and was very impressed with Utah, the homo of Mormonism and found the Jlormons themselves a very sincere, simple and honest people. A visit was paid to the immense Mormon church, through which tours were conducted every half hour. An immense structure] built entirely, without supporting pillars,, the acoustics properties of the church were so perfect that a pin dropped on the altar could be clearly heard from the back seat of the building. Domesticated Women "Only the people who have been ' a visitor in the homes of the American people can realise the extent of their . wonderful hospitality," Mrs. ScottYoung said. ''The women are very ■ domesticated, boing excellent cooks, jvrhile their homes, which are 'all electro' and full of every conceivable labour-saving device, aro models of gmooth running." New Zealand will have to bo prepared for some rather striking fashions if those which Mrs. Scott-Young ob- ' served in the United States find their Hvav here. Turbans, entirely without crowns anil held on to the head only with bands, were seen by Mrs. ScottlYoung, and summer hats were again flat-crowned. Halo hats were very popular and were worn by both young and old. / Hair-dressing Styles * Hair-dressing styles had altered considerably, the hair now being done in big rolls with an almost padded effect, and small butterflies and birds were jvorn on the hair in place of flowers. ' The latest fashion feature in America ■wpre the house-coats, which were worn for any occasioti, including for the beaches, the tinib for which they were to be worn depending entirely on the : material used in their making. Cut on long, close-fittmg -lines, without belts, they had small revers, short widely--1 puffed sleeves and reached to the ankles. /