The Social Round

Southland Times, Issue 24138, 29 May 1940, Page 9

The Social Round

rhe adj editoj will he pleased to receive foi publication In The Soeial Round* each 4aj Items ot toctal o» personal n,ws Such Items should be sent In promptlj and should be fully authenticated Enßoßcment notices must bear the signatures ol both parties Correspondence is invited on sny matters affecting or of Interest to women Miss Maude Moran, Windsor street, will leave for Wellington by this morning’s express. Mrs T. O’Byrne and Miss E. O’Byrne, Dalrymple street, will leave this morning for Wellington. Mrs J. Prendergast, Akaroa, with her son Jack, is the guest of Mrs J. Lyons, Elies road. ( Mr and Mrs W. L. Cunningham, Castle Downs, will leave on Friday to spend the week-end in Dunedin. Miss Shirley Owen-Johnston will leave for Dunedin today to resume her studies at the Otago University. Miss Maud Henderson left on Monday to take up her new appointment at the Methodist Orphanage, Christchurch. There were nine tables of bridge at the Southland Women’s Club on Monday night when the Bridge Circle held its weekly gathering. Mrs S. J. Smillie, Forth street, who has been on holiday in the King Country, North Island, returned to Invercargill by the express last evening. A book-title competition will be a feature of the twenty-first birthday party of the Southland Girls’ High School Old Girls’ Association, to be held at the Women’s Club tonight. A programme of music and games has been arranged. Mrs Ina Allan and the three mannequins of “Fashions in Wool,” were entertained at a small supper party at the Brown Owl by Mr W. J. A. McGregor after the parade on Monday evening. Yesterday morning they were the guests at morning tea at H. and J. Smith’s tea rooms, of Mr J. S. Robbie. Mrs Allan and the mannequins, Misses Paddy Jacomb, Jean Hinton and Joy Allan, will leave today for Gore before continuing their tour to Oamaru, Timaru, Christchurch, Greymouth, Westport, Nelson and Blenheim. They are due to return to the North Island on June 17 and will begin their northern tour soon after. Members of the New Zealand working party who meet twice a week at the London house of Lord and Lady Bledisloe had a visit recently from Lady Willingdon. Lady Willingdon had asked if she might meet the New Zealanders and see the work they were doing. She was received by Lady Bledisloe and Mrs Jordan and had tea with the committee. The party at present is concentrating on the making of pyjamas, bed jackets for the helpless, and useful bags for holiday odds and ends. FASHION PARADE ENDS BRIGHT FUTURE FOR WOOL A bright interlude in Invercargill’s winter came to an end last night with the final showing of the “Fashions in Wool” mannequin parade. Many women whose ideas on dress have become more or less stereotyped, gained inspiration from the comprehensive range of frocks and coats presented to them in the most attractive way. Mrs Ina Allan, wearing a fine woollen frock in a Liberty print design, delighted her audiences yesterday with her very apt description of the parade as it progressed, interspersed with anecdotes of special appeal to women. She emphasized that the merit of the new woollen fabrics lay not only in their beauty of texture and colour, but also in the fact that they would launder perfectly and would not crush. The whole parade of sports wear, morning suits, house coats, afternoon frocks, dinner gowns, evening dresses and capes were again gracefully displayed by the three mannequins. Among the attractive ensembles for the younger girl was a long frock for evening wear in palest pink wool with three deep red roses at the neckline. With it was worn a perfectly-cut short jacket. Also for evening wear was a sugar pink jacket, heavily jewelled, and worn with a dove grey skirt. MILITARY INFLUENCE IN CAPES A grey evening cloak of incredible fulness and of military flavour, ornamented with bold motifs of black sequins and tied with long black cords, was worn over a plain frock of raspberry red. A much-admired black jersey frock, severely plain, was heavily encrusted on the sleeves with copper beads, and worn with a minute hat fashioned from. three skeins of black wool and a sprinkling of sequins. The three mannequins appeared in a tableau, wearing pyjamas, nightdress and house coat respectively in an entirely new material, wool taffetas. Much has been done to promote the use of wool by showing what it is now possible to obtain in New Zealand and new avenues have been opened up in the realm of dress. In the afternoon Mrs Ivon Wilson played a musical accompaniment, while

the musical items were given by Mrs E. K. Mills, Mrs Allan, Mr P. Linton Hodge and Mr Hartly Joel. At the conclusion of the display the mannequins mingled with the audience, affording them the opportunity of inspecting the fabrics worn. A patriotic note was struck by the singing of “Land of Hope and Glory” by the Technical College girls. The success of the evening performance was enhanced by musical numbers by the following: Mr L. Norris (violin), Mr P. Linton Hodge (Songs), Mrs Ina Allan (recitations), Miss N. Brumby (songs), Miss M. Alsweiler (songs), while Mrs Ivon Wilson again played the . accompaniments. A trio, Sonny McKay, Flower McKay and Paul Nutsford, was accompanied by Mrs McKay. ~ , The Civic Band played outside the Victoria Concert Chamber before the evening session at the end of which Mr W. Grieve thanked all those who had helped towards the unqualified success of the venture.