HAWERA ITEMS

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1933, Page 14 (Supplement)

HAWERA ITEMS

Miss M. Lilley, Auroa, is progressing favourably in the Hawera Hospital after an operation.

Mr. ahd Mrs. J. le Bas, Napier, who have been visiting Mrs. Nightingale, Mrs. le Bas’ sister, at Hawera, have returned home.

Miss Betty Page returned from Wellington during the week-end to stay with her mother before taking up her position in the Napier hospital. Miss B. Rawson, New Plymouth,. who was spending a few days at Hawera for the Laird-Thomson wedding, returned home on Thursday.

Mrs. A. Rawson, who has been spending a few days as the guest of Mrs. Lysaght, returned to New Plymouth on Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Cree-Brown, Dunedin, were visitors to Hawera for the LairdThomson wedding. Mrs. P. Thomson, Stratford, was a visitor to Hawera on Wednesday for the Laird—Thomson wedding.

Mrs. Preston, Perth, proceeded to New Plymouth on Wednesday and will continue to Rotorua.

Mrs. Nichol is staying with her mother, Mrs. Burrows, Turuturu Road. Mr. and Mrs. W. O'Callaghan, who have been motoring in the north, have returned.

Miss M. Washer was a visitor to New Plymouth during the week.

Among the guests at the Laird—Thomson wedding were Mesdames Turner (Stratford), Burrows (Tiere Plains), Nichol, N. L. Douglas (Stratford) and Misses K. Soleman, M. Hawken and Lewer.

Mr. and Mrs. Meikleham, New South Wales, who have been touring the Dominion since December, spent last weekend at Hawera as the guest of Mrs. J. Houston.

Mrs. F. W. Sutton has returned home after a visit to Wellington.

Mrs, Houston was hostess at an enjoyable morning tea party she gave in honour of her sister, Mrs. Meikleham. Mrs. Houston chose a pretty frock in rust red and wore a small hat to match. Mrs. Meikleham was attired in a suite of cream patterned lightly in green and wore a large cream hat. The room was artistically decorated with pink and mauve asters. The guests included Mesdames W. Dingle, Buist, L. Bull, Duckworth, R. Page, V. Powell, G. Chisholm, H. McWilliam, Ablett, Misses Walty, E. Elliot, Dingle and Duckworth. Mrs. Rota is visiting New Plymouth. Miss Frances Thomson has returned to the Otago University. Mrs. Gosnell entertained a few friends during the week. Miss Helen Wood is on a visit to Mai’ton.

A pleasant evening was spent at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Powell, when a number of their friends “surprised’ ’them. Among the guests were Mesdames E. R. Bavin, H. Swinburn, Misses Betty Page, Anne Page and Helen Theed.

Mrs. H. R. Kemp leaves early next week for Urenui, where she will spend a few days camping at the beach. Friends of Miss K. Tregoweth and Mr. S. F. Prosser, Hawera, gave them a kitchen tea on Wednesday evening in view of their approaching marriage. There was a very large attendance. There was dancing to music by Mr. C. Davis, with extras by Misses T. Jones and G. Purser and Bonetti’s Hawaiian Orchestra. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Jones sang. A Monte Carlo was won by Miss P. Gannaway and Mr. D. C. Ryan and a statue onestep by Miss T. Jones and Mr. H. Taylor. Mr. N. Smith was master of ceremonies. Good wishes were extended to the couple by Mr. T. J. Allan.

CHANGE OF FASHIONS,

AN UNWELCOME REVIVAL. Surprisingly little concern seems to have been created in New Zealand by a cablegram announcing that, inspired by the romantic fashions set by Mr.. Noel Coward, the London playwright, in his work, fashion dictators in Paris had decided upon a return to 1900. That such a return would not be very welcome was made evident by several leading dressmakers and other authorities on dress, who were interviewed, •One authority dismissed the announcement with a shrug. “Such statements are frequently made with a loud fanfare of trumpets and die a natural death before anything comes of them,” she remarked. Others, however, not quite so sure, are adopting the resigned policy of “wait and see,"

No indications of a complete return to the 1900 fashions have come to light in New Zealand so far, judging from the remarks of an authority in a leading drapery house. Even the latest fashion books from Paris, London and New York made no reference to a complete reversion to the 1900 modes. It is obvious, of course, that for gome time the trend of fashion has embraced, in a modified form, some of the styles which were features of the Edwardian era. The longer frocks, the puffed sleeves and the high waists all hark back to that period. But it is fervently to be hoped that the actual fashions of 1900 in their entirety will not invade New Zealand.

An ominous note is struck, however, in a leading fashion book from Paris. “Many noteworthy styles are suggested in the dresses of to-day,” it reads. “Empire, middle ages and reminiscences of the fashions of the past ’nineties are introduced this season. And we may select the high-waisted bodices of the first consulate, the low waists of the Burgfraulein, or else the natural waist, whichever one of these types suits our individuality. The new season’s styles show a striking change in the treatment of sleeves, which it is to be hoped will be the only echo of Edwardian-day fashions. Tire styles of the sleeves are varied, but all are on the full side, some simply puffed, others adorned with epaullettes and peplums, while the Bishop style has already made its appearance here this summer. '

That the tendencies of recent years for a simplified sporting apearance are now dead and forgotten, and that the elaboration of decorative details would be all the rage, was another statement included in the cable item. Interviewed with regard to this, a well-known sports girl expressed her antagonism to the idea in decided terms., "Whatever fashion dictates I shall continue strongly to adhere to the simple type of frock now worn by girls in tennis and other sports,” she said. “After the freedom 'in dress which we have enjoyed on the sports field for so many years, a return to the elaborately decorated frocks of the early ’nineties is unthinkable.”