MODERN LONDON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22988, 16 March 1938, Page 5

MODERN LONDON

AN AM OF PROSPERITY. MORE GAIETY THAN PARIS SMARTNESS OF ENGLISHWOMEN "One hoars a groat deal about changing London and it is true that, while retaining its regard for history and tradition, it has changed greatly. London has become very gay and very modern," said .Mrs. Alan J)onnld, of Arney Hoad, Heinuera, on her return to Auckland yesterday by the Aivatea after a year's stay in England. "The number of English dress designers who have come into prominence in recent years has contributed greatly to the Englishwoman's smartness," she added. "People are

realising that English houses and English workmanship can cater for the English in every way as well as the foreign designers." Mrs. Donald said that in furnishings and entertainments as well as in clothes, London was setting a high standard. The latest fashion in floor carpets was for clipped fur, while the furnishings were very simple but very rich.

"There is not so much talk of war in England as there is in New Zealand, although one is constantly aware that England is preparing, in the event of war. on a tremendous scale," said Mrs. Donald. "The general opinion is that Britain, sufficiently strong in armaments and the machinery of war, can do much to prevent a repetition of 1914."