Amusing Parties

Southland Times, Issue 20792, 5 June 1929, Page 12

Amusing Parties

(From Our Correspondent.) London.

There arc any number of amusing parties in progress at the present time. ' Recently there was a “Wild West” party given by a number of society bachelors, for which everybody dressed up as cowboys, cowgirls, or vigilants, and so great, was the- endeavour to obtain invitations that there was fear of crashing, and everybody was told to bring their cards. Some of the best people forgot theirs, and were turned away at the door, and vowed vengeance on their hosts. But those who got in safely had uproarious fun, and only ceased at breakfast, time. “Fork lunches,” at which everything is eaten with a fork and prepared like a quicklunch at side tables, is a craze of the mo-

[ ment with the busy rich, who never cease 1 going from pleasure to pleasure. Debutantes have found another mode of curiously eating.' It it a “saloon car lunch,” to which a “deb.” asks as many of her friends as will fit in a car, and has a lunch prepared by her own chef, which is taken in some park, preferably Hyde Park, if she can manage to prevent opposition I from the poli»e to a lengthy stoppage in a place where traffic is not supposed to park. That is the spice of danger which makes food that, could be more comfortably taken indoors taste sweeter out. The biggest ball of the ‘'little” season : took place in aid of a charity the other •night, and the Prince of Wales arrived at | midnight in time fpr the inevitable cabaret,, and remained standing behind his hostess owing to the fewness of available ehairs, leaving his gilt armchair for a lady. There were some wonderful frocks, of which the most exciting was a white one worn by the lovely young Lady Leigh, and which was trimmed with tulle ruches of black on the hem. It was made “en princesse,” and was fairly long all round, wtih the inevitable dip at the back. At this ball there were several women wearing gloves, and one lady in black lace had elbow-length black gloves in soft suede, and lightened her toilette by wearing red shoes. Mrs Reginald ,Fellowes, who has the reputation of being the best-dressed woman in Europe—a sweeping generalisation—was wearing a frock in the new parchment white satin, and had many, broad diamond bracelets with emerald drops hanging from them.