FEMININE INTERESTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18652, 22 August 1930, Page 4

FEMININE INTERESTS.

PERSONAL AND FASHION NOTES. Living Poster Pageant: Nearly a thousand people watched a brilliant pageant of Living Posters produced at a ball at the Park Lane Hotel arranged by Lady Diana Cooper \n aid of charities. Gold and silver and richest colourings of the Orient were employed in a series of tableaux in which the wares of firms of national importance were portrayed by social leaders.

Lady Diana herself was the central figure in a long voluminous robe of snow-white organdie, through which glinted gold tissue ,and a head-drses of white organdie crowning her fair hair. Five small children clung to her skirts. She represented Charity, and the “captains” of the various groups brought offerings to lay at her feet. Lady Oxford and Asquith, in a striking panelled gown of steel grey, was a knife —each panel of her gown representing a rounded blade. Lady La very, in wonderful copper and gold draperies, headed a tableau jewels, in which Mrs Dudley Ward was equalling striking as Sapphire. Baroness Ravensdale was Emerald.

Mrs Baillie Hamilton represented a famous soap firm, and she wore a wonderful silver frock with bunches of glass balloons floating from her headdress—for all the world like soap bubbles.

Lady Ashley was Electric Light, Lady Sibell Lygon, Soapsuds, and the Ruthven twins, the Hon. Mrs John Barran and the Hon. Margaret Ruthven—a modern electrical company. For two hours before the pageant the bright young people spent their Lime in smashing crockery. A rough wooden dresser was set up at the end of a corridor, and a shilling purchased three wooden balls from the attendants. A prize was given for the number of cheap china articles which crashed as a result of the ball-throwing. Cuph and saucers, teapots, plates and jugs were smashed by the hundred.

Harewood House Thrown Open: Recently the park and beautiful gardens of Harewood House were thrown open to the public for the first time since the death of tho late Earl. The Italian garden, which extends the whole length of the south facade of the house, was specially admired. A series of terraces lead down to it, and a fountain, flower beds and borders ablaze with colour, and a frame of rich dark box trees pruned to quaint shapes make it extraordinraily picturesque.

When the London season is over Princess Mary will devote herself to

superintending the finishing touchws to her new home and the subsequent removal of her household from Goldsbcrough to Harewood House, where a ■scheme of modernisation is in progress. The Adam design of the state apartments. the Chippendale appointment, and the beautiful painted ceilings have been left as they but in other respects the house has been brought thoroughly up-to-date. The pictures and a wonderful collection of china have made Harewood famous throughout Yorkshire as a show place.

Royal Visitors at a Tennis Party: Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught, with Lady Maud Carnegie, were at a tennis party which Lady Wavei tree gave at Sussex Lodge, Regent’s Park. Princess Arthur wore a chiffon frock patterned in pale blue and yellow and a blue hat, and Lady Maud was in navy. One of the smartest of the women guests was Queen Augusta Victoria, who was escorted by King Manoel—a tennis enthusiast. They had lunched with Lady Wavertree before play began. The Queen’s dress was of exquisitely soft oeige chiffon, with huge red poppies and brown foliage patterned on it, the draperies caught at the front with a ruby and diamond buckle. Her hat was a large poppy-red straw. Princess Helena Victoria, who has seen a good deal of tennis at Wimbledon this year, was watching the matches with great interest, rs

was Princess Marie Louise, who Was dressed in beige. Lady Londesborougn. in a frock of powder-blue lace and chiffon. Lady (Edward) Chichester Grace Lady Wemyss. the Ranee of Pudukota. very charming in ivory chiffon, Lord Leigh, and Lady Evelyn Beauchamp were other guests.

Women Who Earn More Than Cabinet Ministers: Five women in one London advertising firm are receiving salaries in excess of that paid to any Cabinet Minister. All began in humble positions. Their names are:— Miss F. Sangster, managing director. Mrs A. Havinden. director. Miss I. B. Reid, secretary. Miss Eh Murrell, space buyer. Miss R. Zelinski, production manager. “These young women,” said Sir Wil-

lian Crawford, the controlling head of the business, to a “Sunday Express" representative, “have themselves to thank for earning large salaries. They had the same chances as the men but they did not neglect any of the opportunities that came their way. They have justified my belief that a woman can not only hold a responsible job, but can do that job efficiently. “Mrs Havinden’s salary to-day is larger than that of a Cabinet Minister. When she Joined my staff a few yean* ago she started at the bottom.” “It is quite true,” Mrs Havinden put in. “I joined the staff as an office assistant at 30s a week, and I waited for four years for the first great opportunity. A vacanacy occurred cn the executive, and I saw no reason why I should not be given a chance. I asked for the job and got it. I was made ft director six months ago. “I have been with the firm nearly as long as Mrs Havinden,” said Miss Reid “Sir William had just said that women are useful in knowing what appeals to our sex and the home. It is not easy to "explain” our jobs in del ails—the various departments work in such close co-operation.”

Sir William added: — • These women pull their weight. Miss Sangster shares with a male member of my staff the highest executive position in the agency. Mrs Havinden’s job is to co-ordinate the suggestions of a large staff employed on the task of creating advertisements, while Miss Reid, as secretary of the company is in charge of the booko and controls the finance'department, under Miss Sangster’s supervision. "Miss Murrel is the head of the space buying department, working in co-operation with those who decide where and to what extent goods shall be advertised, and Miss Zelinski. as production manager, is responsible for the collection of advertising lay-outs and their preparation for the Press.”