HALF-QUINEA DANCES

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 11

HALF-QUINEA DANCES

The first of a series of "half-guinea" dances, arranged on economical lines, took place last week (says a Sydney writer in the "Australasian"), and .was a great success. These dances are arranged by a committee of girls, whoso pocket-money, either earned by their own exertions or "allowed," is .limited; and have been proposed to encourage girls "to be their own dressmaker." The whole dress worn at ' such entertainments must cost no more than half a guinea: shoos, gloves, and other items are allowed as accessories, and the regulations are so strict that positive proof must bo supplied to the secretary, of tho cost of'tho article in question. One girl who could scarcely put a seam together,■ joined a dressmaking .class, and expended live shillings on ten lessons, in which she mado her frock. The material bought in salo-timo cost 4s. lid., and the extra pennies supplied buttons and ribbons. At . such dances the gentlemen pay for the hire of a' hall, while the girls proride the supper, which comprises coffee, ices, and cake, so that the girls hope that expense will not be an excuse for any nonappearance during the season. ,