FROCKS AT TRENTHAM

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 260, 24 January 1928, Page 4

FROCKS AT TRENTHAM

AN ANIMATED FLOWER-GARDEN’ The Wellington Racing Cluh was favoured, by glorious •weather for th© opening day of its summer meeting on Saturday, aaya the "Dominion/* The grounds are always at their prettiest at this time, with the gayest of summer flowers, a hed of marigolds and one of nemesias and another of statice, making lovely spots of colour. Coolloaking trees, green lawns and specious stands combine in making for pleasure and eomfort. Of course dressing was at its best. Looking down on the mass of people watching the "money go on” was like poking at an animated flower garden. Every- conceivable shade was worn and with so many brilliant sunshades, some of them jewelled, the effect was gay in the extreme. Miss Harcourt, who accompanied Mr. Harcourt, president of the racing club, wore a gown of jade green georgette with Piping of fawn and a jade green hat. “AS SHE IS SPOKE” OUR LANGUAGE Modern drama was severely criticised by Mrs. Patrick Campbell in the course of an address delivered at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. “Plays qf to-day are not written for fineness or for beauty of language,” said Mrs. Campbell. “Because of this they fit the pretty walk-abouts and the pretty sitabouts who people our stage. Of course, it is very hard for a girl to be passionate when the frock barely covers her kneens, and her hair is 'probably Eton cropped. I saw a play recently where a young girj tried har<t to convince us that she had murdered her lover because he had been unfaithful to her. She had on a short skimpy frock and shingled hair. That girl would have done no murder — she’d have snapped her Angers, whistled, and walked away.” Gone, she said* were the days of passionate diction. To speak to a child of 12 about diction was to make it selfconscious; to speak to someone qf 25 was considered an impertinence, so that they had to listen to people saying: “Whart a bryte dye,” and even worse things.

Perishable flowers are “in” again for evening wear. They do look very “right,” even when we have said all we can say in favour of the artificial decoration! Somehow, gardenias always did “go” with ear-rings, and a hint of subtly exotic perfume; not to mention the very finest of silken hose.