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LADIES’ COLUMN.

(By Sister Ann.)

OF LOCAL INTEREST. Mrs. Homo has returned from Wellington. Mis. Fitzhorbert returned home on Thursday night from Palmerston. Miss Livingstone left by this morning's train lor Wellington to spend her holidays. Mrs. Beane is staying with her sister, Mrs. Kebbell. Next week she goes on to tie torn a. Miss I’emi and Miss Kathleen Penn hit cm Ifriday night on a vLit to relatives in Auckland. Airs. Booth, of Paten, is spending a day or two in Amv Plymouth, being the guest ol Mist- Shntlkworth. Airs. Boy and Aiks Gladys Boy returned on Wednesday Ironi a long visit to Wellington and ilie* Booth Island. Airs, C, Arnold Jones returned homo tram Hie South. Mis Joins, who has la en spending a lew days ill New Plymouth, goes to Auckland oil Monday. The engagement is announced of Miss Oila dans. ,), sister ol Airs. Ken. Mobile!', to Air. 11. I'iceman Potts, ol the 11anit of New Zealand's Jailiapo stall. Alr.s. Denny Brown, whose husband has been appointed district agent ol the A.ALP. Society, was given several larewoil parties before she lelt Kelburne, her lonner homo. Aliss Blandish was the recipient of a pi .SL'iit litmi tin- lady incmoeis ol St. .uary's choir beiorc she lelt .or Kingland, idle presentation, wnstii took u.e ronu ol a travelling-bag, was. made by n.e Lev. J. Wilkin: .m at an altcruoou | lea at the Ivia Ora rooms on .Monday, I at which about a score were present, j Miss Blandish lelt tor Wellington Ihe-j loih.wnig day to join the Beimura, v.vuch sailed for London on 1 holiday .'iiternoou. A SUCCESSFUL EVENING. (By “Peggy,” in the Sydney Alorning Herald.) “But why 'scissors’ ?” 1 woudeml aloud. "What are you talking about?” asked my brother doiu, iuolung up from Ids morning paper. “Here's an invitation from Nora joins both on Thursday evening, and she has put on it, 'Please bring a pair of scissors’,” I explained, "and 1 can’t think what she moans by it.” “Dorcas meeting, I expect,” teased Tom; "no place tor this child; you’d better refuse tor me, Nan.”. “Ob, Tom, don’t bo so provoking; of course you’ll conic. Can you imagine Nora and a Dorcas meeting in the same room?” Tom grinned. On the- following Thursday evening we presented ourselves at Nora’s home, with two pairs ol scissors, and lively expectations of a gay evening. “I thought I’d be on the safe side and bring two pairs of scissors,” I explained to Nora ; but she laughed, and said we’d given ourselves unnecessary trouble—one pair would have been enough. First of all Nora told us we bad to hunt for slips of paper hidden about the room; the girls were each to find a pink one, and the men a white one. They were not hard to find, anil 1 soon Had" a little pink slip with “Delilah” written on it, which (acting on Nora’s instructions) I pinned to the front of my dross, so that “Samson” would Ire able to find me. I soon saw Jack Featlicrstone, who is rather a particular friend of mine, hurrying across the room to mo, with “Samson” pinned to bis coat, so I knew that I, at least, was going to enjoy my evening. I sawTorn wearing “Tony” on his coat, and limiting for a “Prudence” ; luckily for him, she turned out to be the prettiest girl in the room. When each man had found his partner. Nora led the way into the morningroom, where there was a big table, with piles of old magazines, in the centre, while round the sides, at intervals, wore placed pots of paste, and dear little grey books, tied with white ribbon. I examined one of those books to see how it was made, and I found that sheets of drawing paper had been cut to a convenient size and folded over to make a book; then a cover had been cut of plain grey paper, and the whole thing held together with white belie ribbon. On the cover was written “Their Eonianco,” and at the bottoms of the papers were these titles in the order given;—The Heroine, The Hero, Her Palatini Besidonce, His Humble Homo, Their First Aleeting, His Hated Bival, The Proposal, The First Quarrel, Its Cause, An Exciting Aloment, Won at ■Last, Ten Years Later, Life’s Evening. “Now I’ll explain what you have to do,” said Nora. “Each couple must take charge of a book and a pot of paste, and then with the scissors you brought you must cut out of these magazines tho pictures that are appropriate to the different pages.” AVe set to work eagerly, and had great fun hunting through tho magazines to find just what wo wanted. In some cases we had to join two separate pictures to get what was required. When we had finished out books, Jack wrote on tho cover, “By Delilah, the Notorious Haircutter, in collaboration with Samson, the Champion Strong Man.’-’

Tbo books were passed round tho table, and each couple gave a vote for the one they considered the best, but no one was allowed to vote for thenown.

Nora presented copies of tho latest novel to the “author” and “authoress” whose work received the largest number of votes; but as the girls were all allowed to take their picture books home with them, we each felt that wo bad received a prize—a most satisfactory state of affaire.

“DOWDY” QUEENS. ROYAL LADIES POORLY DRESSED. It is usual to think of a queen or a princess of Royal blood, not necessarily as a loader of fashion, but at least as a woman who always dresses in expensive garments of the finest fabric, designed ami fashioned by the leading modistes of tho day. Rut sad is our disillusionment 1 Ear, indeed, from being always clad in robes of “regal splendour,” it would seem, not so much from tho bills paid by the wives and mothers of reigning nionarchs as from tho results thereof, that Royal ladies are given to being rather “dowdy” in regard to their everyday attire. A, certain American fashion expert

(they know all about Royalty in America 1) ba,-: proven, by uw i.ciurlailiug statistical method, that, what- ; ever her age, scarcely a Royal woman i in Europe is really well dressed on or- ; dinary occasions. Rut, quite apart from this American's conclusions, a talk with some of the leading Court dressmakers of Condon and Continental cities reveals undeniably how very badly most Royal , ladies dress.

None of them seem to possess that happy “knack” .of “carrying” clothes successfully.

One who is in a position to know says that most of the younger princesses wear dresses suitable only to women much older limn themselves, whilst the Royal matrons of Europe are given to garbing themselves in modes far too young in style for their “maturing” years. Still, oven queens have vanity! And what woman, he she queen or flowor--cllor, likes to carry an index to her age in her attire? Perhaps the best-dressed Queen m Europe is the Empress of Germany. And, as it is a known fact that the Kniserin never buys her clothes in Paris, but pal ionises London and Berlin, there is all the more credit due to this Royal lark's taste.

One of ihe worst dressed of Royal ladies is Queen WilMmina of Holland. Yot slip spend.-' about twice as much on her clothes as Queen Mary. Sonic excuse can be found for the “dowd-iiKr«” of the Queen of Holland, for, in loyalty to her country, she always patronises her own Hutch dressmakers. Who ever heard of a famous Dutch modiste, nr a well-dressed Dutch woman outside of eomie opera ?

Queen Helena of Italy dresses very quietly and plainly. .Most of her gowns are made in Paris, and she spends just under £IOOO a year <vi frocks, hats, and everythin": else combined. The Czarina is one of those rare women for whom personal adornment has little or no charm. She does not .mend r, thov'T’dth part of the money she can afford cm. clothes. Her gowns cost about £IOOO a year, and her purse exceeds £125.000! Queen Ena of Spain is a censed by many of dressing “flashily.” She chooses excellent frocks, and spends nearly £IOO a month on her wardrobe.

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Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143782, 4 May 1912, Page 5

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LADIES’ COLUMN. Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143782, 4 May 1912, Page 5

LADIES’ COLUMN. Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143782, 4 May 1912, Page 5

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