DOLE-DRESSING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20363, 21 July 1934, Page 15

DOLE-DRESSING.

Competition Attracts Many Entr'H-s. SOME ORIGINAL IDEAS. The “Star” doll-dresKing competition, which was judged th-day, was an overwhelming success, sccVes of dolls arriivng by post and rail Krom everywhere. Besides every suburb in the city, entries came from Gre\'mouth, Stockton, Kumara, Reefton, 1 Rakaia and Sumner. , Every conceivable idea from "&he world of fairy tale and practicality h&d been adapted, Red* Riding Hoods', princes, Irish colleens, brides, schoolgirls, sailor boys, beach girls, hikers, shepherdesses, even Viola of “ Twelfth Night” had arrived! Crowds and crowds of baby dolls all clad in the finest of cobweb knitting and crochet in every stitch-, ply and colour of wool were there. A doll dressed as a Christmas tree from the coloured pages of the Comic Supplement was also very original, as was one clever boudoir doll in green and black. One wore the starched lace nainsook frills of the ’nineties, another beautiful little wax-faced doll went back to the same period. Three dolls were over twenty years old. The finals were judged by Miss Alice Wilson, of Beath’s, Ltd. The following is the prize-list:— FIRST PRIZE (order on “ Star ” advertiser to the value of £3). MISS JOYCE HATCH (12, Poynder Avenue, Fendalton). SECOND PRIZE (order value £1 10s). MISS G. GROOBY (Salisbury Road, Richmond, Nelson). THIRD PRIZE (4 orders value ss). Mrs J. O’Donnell (173, Tancred Street, North Linwood). Miss L. Laraman (Rolleston Street, Rakaia). Miss S. Morley (104, Idris Road, Fendalton). . Miss M. Anderson (49, Battersea Street, Sydenham).

Twenty double theatre tickets for “Little Women” will be posted to the following:—Dorothy King (Lichfield Street), May Kelly (Spreydon), Roma Alleyne (St. Albans), Jean Thompson (315, Barrington' Street), Mrs H. Cousins (14, Cornwall Street, Lyttelton), Meta Moore (Wilson’s Road, St. Martins), Gwen Bray (Milton Street, Spreydon), Thelma Paterson (Avonside), Betty Hardy (Opawa), Lucille Epps (Dallington), Mrs O’Donnell (Linwood). Noelene Dixon (Worcester Street), Molly Tapper (St. Asaph Street), Mrs F. M. Hampton (Conway Street, Spreydon), P. Gluestein (440, Worcester Street), Esther Brant (447, Madras Street), Kathleen Epps (26, M’Bratney’s Road, Dallington), Noela Russell (412, Worcester Street), Mrs J. Burness (184, Hills Road, Shirley), A. Groom (316, Durham Street). Judging was carried out with preference for hand work, and for suiting the character of the clothes to the doll they adorned. Miss Wilson remarked that she would have liked to have placed every exhibit on the prize-list, and praised the thoroughness of all the entries, special attention having been paid to all details in the most inconspicuous places. Very Highly Commended. Misses M. O’Malley (Cronadun, Reefton), P. Roughan (Riccarton), June Lawrence (Fendalton), Natalie M’Dougall (St Albans), Mrs Lea Retallick (Sumner), Ruth Powell (Somerfield), Joan Bailey (Sydenham), Jean M’Gregor (Bexley), Edith Buschl (Woolston),y Marie Ilickland (City), Mary Anderson (Sydenham), Eileen Groom (City), Monica Hickland (City), Kathleen Hickland (City), J. Gill (Papanui), Ina Moore (St Martins), Pat Eden (City), Phyllis Thomas (Greymouth), Dawn Hicks (City), Merle Hurndell (Beckenham), Jewel Besley (Spreydon), Shirley Blackler (Linwood), Ray Wendelken (Fendalton), Zane Scales (City), Betty Bryan (Avonside), Bess Ford (City), G. Haxell (Linwood), Nancy Price (Montreal Street), Betty Frankland (Spreydon), A. Robbins (Riccarton), Noelene Andrews (St Albans), Molly Clung (St Albans), Mrs W. Bassett (Richmond), Margaret Henry (Richmond), Thelma Paterson (Avonside). Betty Hall (St Albans), Dorothy Kench (Sumner), Andree Little (Beckenham), Ruby Evans (Brighton Terrace), Edna Wilson (City), Joan White (Ferry Road), Norma M’Mullen (Hillmorton), Muriel Bell (Linwood), Mrs H. Bunt (City), Nola West (Kumara), Gloria Sutton (North Beach), Muriel Payne (Linwood), Ngaire Spearman (Sydenham), Betty Quartly (Templeton), Rita Burrowes (Linwood), Audrey Rogerson (St. Albans), Alice Bunt (City), Daphne Terras (Aranui), Dawn Garland (Opawa), Barbara Moobey (Papanui), Ivan Frankland (Spreydon), Noeleen M’Lure (City), Shona Mann (City), Muriel Collison, Mrs H. Glenn (Woolston), Doreen O’Connor (City), Ray Hern (Clifton Street, City), Kathleen Read (54, Bealey Street). Highly Commended. Misses Beryl Parfitt (Greymouth), Jessie Beattie (Dallington), Olive Bennett (Stockton Mine), Maynie Robertson (St. Albans), Dolly Quartly (Templeton), Janet Stratton (Draper Street), Mabel Kennard (Riccarton) Marjorie George (City), Dorothy Stapleton (New Brighton), Jean Thompson (Spreydon). Commended. Misses Kathleen Few (St. Albans), U. A. A’Court (City), M. Williams (City), Betty Wilson (Richmond), Ellen Huxford (Richmond), Patricia Saunders. (Sydenham),. Muriel Groves (City), Dorothy Witham (Fendalton), Joan Witham (Fendalton). Arrangements have been made to display the dolls from Tuesday till Saturday next in the H.B. Buildings (top floor and take lift), corner of Cashel and High Streets. Admission will be adults threepence, children under fifteen one penny. The proceeds will be donated to the Mayoress’s Relief of Babies’ Fund.