THE LETTER OF ELIZABETH ANNE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19107, 27 June 1930, Page 10

THE LETTER OF ELIZABETH ANNE .

PRISCILLA, MY DEAR,— I was looking at some bags the other day, and some of the newest ones have a flat polished metal disc on the front which serves as a mirror. A charming decoration, don’t yotf think, and such a convenience? A delightful party was given at Ballantyne’s a few days ago by Miss Joan Cooper and Miss Barbara Gibson for Miss Virginia Cane, who has left to join the Tainui at Auckland en route for England. Miss Cane intends to join her mother and sister, who have been at home for some time. It was an awfully jolly party and amongst Miss Cane’s friends who were given the opportunity of saying good-bye were:— Mesdames F. G. Gibson, Charles Cooper, Guy Pasege, O. T. J. Alpers, William Day, Frank Scott and George Buchanan, and Misses Joan Oooper, Barbara Gibson, Alice Pascoe, Eliza--beth Harris, Prudence Wynn-Williams and Dorothy Day. My dear, you will be pleased to hear that collars are in vogue again. They are so very becoming to everyone—both to the young, and to the not so young. Here are some new ideas for you. A little satin collar that I saw the other _ day was made from a straight piece of material and sloped towards the ends had the monogram of the wearer in one corner. It look ed so simple and plain and yet so smart. Another one was of georgette edged with Valenciennes lace and had the sweetest little flowers embroidered in each corner. Another novel idea is to sew on small pearl buttons grouped together like a posy of flowers You could sew them on with coloured silk so that each centre would be of a different colour. Quite Fgsnch-look ing, don’t you think? I noticed that aasasssffiisigssiggisgigigjgigT

a recent bride had a dainty little satin collar on her wedding gown. It was fastened at one side with a dia mente ornament. Talking of brides reminds me of weddings for which this season has already produced some new and charming ideas. More than one bride has had her bridesmaids dressed exactly like herself, even to miniature veils and bouquets! A popular young society bride at Home had silvered wish-bones distributed as favours at her wedding, to obtain which her friends had been living on chicken for weeks.

My dear, you’re a card fiend, aren’t you? Well, here is a new idea for you for your next bridge party. Be the first in the field and have some bridge cushions made in the shape of a club, spade, heart and diamond. The patterns are quite easy to draw—and to carry out. Any fairly heavy material could be used—but be sure to choose a colour that will tone in with the rest of your furnishings. I know of someone who during the war made cushions in the forms of flags of every They ma<Je such a bright show' in the living rooms and were greatly admired. Last evening Miss Nancy McDougall gave a delightful bridge party for a number of her friends, at her home in Papanui Road. Vases of chrysanthemums and antirrhinums were used to decorate the drawing-room, while in the dining-room bowls of early freezias and orange marigolds looked charming. Among the guests included:—Mr and Mrs Harman Warren, Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Wood, Mr and Mrs Alan Hobbs, Misses Dora Warren, Doreen Kiver, Phyllis Clarkson and Nancy Minson, and Messrs Leslie Le Cren and Don Stewart. Well, Priscilla, that’s all the news/ Cheerio, ever yours, ELIZABETH ANNE. : ]£ os in is ® ffi m m m m si m in si ® ® m u is s