FEMININE INTERESTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18629, 26 July 1930, Page 4

FEMININE INTERESTS.

PERSONAL AND FASHION NOTES princess Mary at Sale of Work: Princess Mary 'must have done a record amount of business when si«. sold painted fabrics made by disabled soldiers at uady Fitzwilliam’s house in Grcsvenor Square. Her stall, which was decorated with huge vases of madonna lilies and orchids, was sur~ rounded by eager purchasers, and tin.-. Princess had as much as she could do to answer the enquiries as to price, or the different colours in which parasols, bags .scarfs, lingerie and coatees were made. She handled with great care the daipty painted fabrics which she sold as quickly as she could picn. them up. H.R.H. took her duties as saleswoman very seriously. She stated the prices clearly and often added a word of recommendation of her goods a u well. “That is a very pretty blue,” she said to Lady Alexander, who, with pink flowers on her black satin coat, was hesitating between two parasols, and Lady Alexander’s mind was at once made up. Princess Mary sold a record number of these sunshades. Lady Plumer was another of the many women who bought one of these ga> silk parasols stencilled in vividly coloured designs, and Princess Ottoboni chose a black scarf similarly patterned.

Princess Mary never appeared to be in the least fussed and looked com

and charming in her slim black coat of silk marccaine over a cherry-pink silk dress spotted in white—a new colour scheme for her. A shady black straw hat edged with black tulle covered her lovely fair hair, and two rows of pearls encircled her neck.

Lady Fitzwilliam is fortunate in haying several daughters to help her entertain. Lady Joan Philipps received for her mother, looking very attractive in a blue and white patterned frock, and her sisters. Ladv Donatia Gething and Lady Helena Fitzwilliam, both acted as saleswomen. Lady Fiizwilliam, who wore a most becoming gown of black chiffon, printed with circles of colour, escorted Princess Mary to her stall.

Before she entered on the duties of saleswoman; the Princess saw the mannequin parade of painted fabric fashions. Lady Helen Fitzwilliam who displayed to advantage a charming pyjama suit in pale green and orange, with a little jacket of wine colour, had enlisted the help of a number of her friends to act with her as mannequins. Lady Jane Egerton, one of Lady Ellesmere’s daughters, wore a grey silk dress patterned in bright pink; the Hon. Nancy Allsopp looked prettily Victorian in a much flounced frock of palest green with a rosebud and forget-me-not pattern and a waistbelt of blue ribbon, another pretty girl was Miss Marjorie Glasgow, in a smoking suit of black crepe de chene. Others who took part in the parade were Miss Jean and Miss Marjorie Scott, daughters of Lord George Scott. Miss Nancy Darrell, Mrs Ferguson and Miss Amelia Cavendish.

Lady Helena Fitzwilliam, as head of the mannequins presented Princess Mary with a posy of lilies of the valley. The Hon. Mrs Edward Lascelles.

wearing a spray of red flowers on her black coat, was among those who made march a ses at the royal stall. Lord Fitzwilliam helped the amateur stallholders in various ways. The Hon. Mrs Henry Fit v- Alan, the very youthful and pretty Miss Elizabeth Loeffler, and Miss Joy Verney, were other attractive saleswomen. Exclusive Stage Modes:

Some attractive creations were worn in “The Command to Love,” which play was “tried out” in Glasgow before it appeared in London. Both Miss Isobel Elsom and Miss Yvonne Amaud wore very original Paulette creations. In the first act Miss Elsom wore the smarest of evening frocks in a lovely pink shade of Phoenician satin, moulded to the figure to below the hips, when it started to flare, trailing gracefully into a train at the back. The corsage of severe simplicity had “bretelles” in a pink diamond trellis design, that opened on to the top of the arm and formed a sort of collar of jewel work and a deep “V” at the back.

A quaint 1830 model was designed for Miss Elsom in the second act. This yellow chiffon dress was tucked and flared and bordered with a narrow piping of crepe satin. The fascinating bonnet shape of the same period was of yellow crinoline, trimmed with a bluster of shaded asters.

Most alluring of all, perhaps, was Miss Elsom in a widow’s garb (in the third act) of black chiffon and lace. This had one of the new transparent capes and a bonnet of straw cire, with a long veil of black tulle. Miss Yvonne Arnaud in the first act wore a fascinating evening frock of white chiffon, studded with diamonds. The top of the corsage was finished in a square yoke, formed with inset tucker and studded with diamonds, with a suggestion of the interesting new cape-sleeve on the top of the arm. The skirt was of ankle length, and right across were placed graduated frills to give that becoming "slanting” line. Coloured Furs:

The International Fur Exhibition recently opened at Leipzig by the Prime Minister of Saxony, was called Ipa for short, from the initials of its German name. It might very well have been called woman and her furs, for the exhibits gave the whole story, starting in the wastes of Siberia and Alaska, the steppes of Asia and the forests of Canada, or less romantically in the European rabbit farm, of the ermine and sable cloaks of the rich and the sealskin coats and chinchilla wraps—genuine Lapin, which even women with very small incomes can afford.

One saw here what can be done to make a woman look grander than she can possibly afford to be. There was ior instance what appeared to be a perfect silver fox skin, but which a truthful exhibitor explained was made out of lambskin. The furs that the Hungarian cannot imitate in lambskin, are, in fact, not worth mentioning The process of turning the skin which the trapper takes from the animals into the dainty garments in which women look so charming was shown in the halls of the exhibition from beginning to end.

The British section did great credit to the organisers, and, as a German expert remarked, was one of the best things in the entire exhibition.

In the French section Paris had her last word in the fashions in fur and showed pelts, especially white fox’ dyed the loveliest colours—pale green’ rose, forget-me-not blue. it appears that ma dame must have a different fur for every frock.

It is said f,h ~*■ now farms in Germany alone where silver foxes -u.-oeuring mals are bred, and in Canada the number has risen by leaps and bounds m the last few years.

The Prince at Ball to Press Delegates • The Prince of Wales came to the Bridgewater House party given by the Earl and Counters of Ellesmere to meet the delegates to the Imperial Press Conference, says a London paper. Lady Ellesmere was a dignified figure in her silver brocade gown, with which she wore the family emeralds and diamonds, and her three daughters,L ad.v Anne, Lady Jane and Lady Mary Egerton, prettily dressed respectively in yellow, jade green and pink, helped to entertain the several hundred guests, while Major and the Hon. J. J. Astor stood near at hand. Many took up a position near i- e stairs to watch arrivals, and among these were many members if the peerage.

Azaleas Wedding: Tall rhodendrons, azaleas of pink and white, and beautiful hydrangeas were sent from the bride’s home, Castle Kennedy, Lochinch, to decorate St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, for the marriage of Lady Marion Dalrymple, second daughter of Lord and Lady Stair, to Mr Richard Hanning Phillips, younger son of Sir Laurence and Lady Philipps. The birde wore a beautiful gown of parchment satin, the classic draperies caught up in front with a buckle, and the train, which was six and a half yards long, was draped by the bridal veil of old Brussels lace—a family heirloom

Lady Jean Dalrymple. the bride’s elder sister, was chief bridesmaid, and the retinue of twelve attendants included Lady Ida Ramsay, Lord Dalohusie's daughter; Lady Janet Montgomerie. a daughter of Lord Eglintou, Lady Helen Fleydell-Bouverie; * and Miss Gwen Phillipps. Lady Margaret Ogilvy, one of Lord and Lady Airile’s girls, and Miss Betty Buchanan acted as train bearers. The bridesmaids all wore flowing dresses of chiffon in all the azalea tones, varying from pale primrose yellow to deep salmon pink, and carried azalea bouquets, which were sent from Lochinch.

Lady Marion received some beautifully jewellery. Her parents’ gifts include a diamond and sapphire brooch and a pair of diamond earrings, and one of her presents from the bridegroom. to whom she gave a silver and ivory fitted dressing-case, was a diamond and sapphire bracelet. Nature and Art in Flowerland: There is great revival in the wearing of both real and artificial flowers. Some daring leaders mix them together. If the fresh blossoms be of a lasting character, such as camellias or gardenias, a cluster of the two can be charming. These blossoms are, in fact, nearly always part of the tailored mode, to which this year other bright spring flowers like auriculas, marigolds, and pansies are added to give a splash of colour to a tweed “ensemble.” On the chiffon and georgette gowita for evening the floral spray of the “Nineties” has returned. One can recall that maidenhair fern in old photographs. The sprays now' worn have real beauty, for flower-making has advanced in an amazing way. The sprays are in wax, leather, lace, straw, and cotton, as well as in all the glory of satin, silk and velvet.

Painted and stencilled blooms have been used in great beauty for Court and dinner dresses; a shoulder or hip spray can be varied by a flat nosegay placed in the centre of a sash, low' at the back.

Little flat posies of real flowers that can be carried in the hand, to match the artificial spray on the shoulder, are a dainty fashion.

A cake for the King: When the Queen admired a cake on the tea table at the Cowdray Club, where she took tea after the ceremony of accepting purses for the College of Nursing Endowment Fund, she little dreamed of the care and enthusiasm with which that special cake had been baked.

One of the six women cooks at the club had made the cake. It was iced with white and pow'dered all over w'ith small bunches of fiow-ers, of which each petal and leaf had been made out of sugar. Each posy was tied with ribbon. On top of the cake was a bunch of blue hydrangeas dashed with pink, a colour the Queen -happened to wear that very day.

The Queen did not eat aiiy but she liked the look of it so much that she was asked whether she would accept it. Smilingly she consented, with the remark that she would like to take it home to the King.

Handsome Presents for Bridesmaids: Sedom, if ever, has a bevy of bridesmaids been rewarded on such a princely scale as the long retinue of seventeen girls who attended Miss Margaret Darrell at her w-edding to Mr Helmut Schroder. The bridegroom gave an enormous dinner party at the Embassy to the bridesmaids and the twenty ushers, and when each girl took her place at the long table she found a flat leather case, W'ith her initials stamped upon it. Inside each case was a pair of long diamond earrings hung with a tourmaline drop, and no sooner had the delightful surprise worn off than the recipients realised that Mr Schroder had even taken the trouble to find out who had pierced ear-lobes and who not.