I Jottings About Town

NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 15

I Jottings About Town

H Roses In Waiting BbMOTICED at the Hutt Valley Flower . Show, held a while back, that Mrs. Reid's lovely garden at her ■Home, "Totara," has been behaving m her absence, for more than one HRrst was carried off by the lady exHbiblts. ■fc Mrs. McCarthy Reid, who has been a trip to England with her niece, MMolly Rutter, and is due back m New ■•Zealand very shortly, is favored of the ■ gods — or anyhow,, of gardeners — for the ■ giving of lawn fetes. ■$•'■■ Last year, Her grounds were a blaze ■:©f zinnias and the orchestra concealed ■ itself on sundry festive occasions be- ■ f -hind hydrangeas which were blue ■'mountains of bloom. W, The grounds, at "Totara" have been ■ furbished up, however, under the H supervision .of Mrs. Fisher, our lady n landscape gardener, and we may exwjr pect something very lovely to match ■ the natural beauty of the settings. m. One individual who will be very E glad of Mrs. McCarthy . Reid's return I. is her Dog, Dooley, a very chummy X fellow, Irish as his name indicates. If * * • I And Why Not? I TTHE glories of New Zealand sunshine [. ; and the wonder of New Zealand [ ; fresh air having been expounded to us ! until we can almost feel the freckles : pop up, we would like to ask one small , ' and very sensible question. Why 'aren't there more general and : more efficient means of sun-bathing m this much-favored and much-advertis-ed country? For the home or business women, sun-bathing is almost an impossibility, unless she is going to start off before the lark or after the nightingale.' '','•■ To drag herself and family to one of our excellent- beaches, either before breakfast has been called for or after the supper dishes have been wiped up, is something that would try the ener- ; gies of a lady Robot. ■ „ i' - Why not utilize the acres and acres .of ; roof -space, on which, at . present, the sun is serving no bet- v ter. purpose than to blister the paint? The flat Moorish roof, built around with low; battlements, ensures perfect privacy, a good look-out for would-be beholders of sunrises and sunsets and, best of all, a place where sunbathing - could be done m one's own home, without possible embarrassment to visiting bakers. ' We probably spend as much. In tramfares to and from the over- populated and over-rated seaside as would provide us with a perfectly good roofgarden and basking ground of our very own. .