FRIDAY NIGHT IN TOWN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2657, 31 December 1915, Page 3

FRIDAY NIGHT IN TOWN

"Well, my dear," said Mrs. Barr, relaxing in Iter chair with a sigh of great contentment. "I think wo may 6ay that we havo got Christmas very successfully over, don t you think?" "I think so, too," said Mrs. Johnson, "and now for the New; Year, eh, my dear?"

Mrs. Johnson looked business-like at once. "Yes, the New Year, as you say. I liavo a good deal of shopping on ray mind, but 1 think that wo will still have time to.spare for Shortt's Picturo Theatre. What is the special attraction this week ?"

"Well, there are two that we really must see—Miss Edna Mayo and a number of other famous actors in a big drama called 'The Woman Hater,' and some very fine pictures of the Navy, showing the warsh'ipß guarding tho French Coast. I think that will"be most interesting. Next week, I hear, they will show a very fine drama; I forget the name of it, but everybody I know is simply dying to see it." "I took my old school friend Mrs. Crawley to see the pictures during the holidays. She had never been before, as 6he has always , been so shorb-eighted. I simply compelled : ber to get a pair of glasses. We went along to Spear, the optician, in Willis Street, and she got a very nicu pair of Fit-U glasses; quite smartened her up. Then wo went to tho pictures, and you never saw such a change in a woman. She was just like a child at its first pantomime." ' "How nice for li'er 1' Have you much to .do to-day F" "I have quite a Jot of shopping to do at the Wairarapa Farmers', on the Quay. I thought I would get everything done earlier in the week, but it has been such a rush. I was in their shop yesterday, and felt q(ite bewildered by the variety of New Year things they have on view —hampers, fruits, wines, and all sorts of specialities." "I bought some delicious dessert fruits there the other day—raisins, aJmonds, and tigs. By the way, I want to get a box of handkerchiefs as a New Year present for my little niece."

"I saw some lovely ones at Lees and Church's, in Cuba Street, yesterday. They were done up in fancy boxes of half-dozens and dozens, and they seemed to me to be ideal New Year presents. I also saw- some pretty patriotic handkerchiefs and others witl« suitable New Year greetings on them for children. Oh, while I think of it, my dear, I want you to have lunch at the Sanatarium Health Food Cafe to-day." "Delighted!" said Mrs. Johnson. "Wo can vary the menu in such a number of appetising ways one goes along quite curious about the experienco of tasting a new dish. I like their system of arranging the dinner courses so that one gets the best combination of proper food, for that is a great help, to digestion." "By the way, have you ever thought of a pair of shoes as a New Year present?" ' Yes, but the fitting-on is always an obstacle. Of course, one could always change them." i "I wanted to surprise Milly with a nice i pair of Goer's single-bar white buck shoes ' at -17s. 6d. Of course I know her size and foot. I happened to look in Goer's window as I was coming down Majoi'ibanks Street this morning, and the thought struck me. I suw such a nice pair of white button boots at 123. Gd." , "Have :.you> seen . those beautiful os- ! trich feathers in Stamford's window in I Cuba Street this week?" "Yes—oxrjmsito. aren't they?" ) "They have just been landed from • South Africa, they toll me, and it struck me that here I could solve at least one of my New Year present worries. You know, my dear, a sood ostrich feather is really a splendid asset. It is the crowning glory of a good hat, just as people ,

say that the crowning glory of a woman is her hair."

While we aro on the subject of hair, 1 must make a note to get a bottle of ualvin s Hairaid for Molly. You remember how thin her hair used to be. ami what a different-looking girl she is now? Well, it was simply Hairaid, and constant, regular attention that did it, and nlthough wo h.-iro settled Molly's i 'roubles, yot I believe in keeping a bottle in tho house as an occasional tonic, for anybody." "Oh, by the way, my sister's family aie all going to bo photographed at tho Trevor Studios next weok. "A lot of soldiers go there, judging by their framed exhibits. You know, there Is a. big difference between a photograph which aims at making tho mo6t of your good looks, and a photograph that catches your natural expression—j-our personality ~and that is where I think the Trevor Studio is so successful. By the way, 1 want you to have lunch with me at the Tyrol Rooms, in Manners Street, to-morrow."

"Delighted. The service is very good, and clean, and the cooking ie excellent. Wo will have a three-course lunch—it is only a shilling—and I'm quits sure I shall onjoy it." ,

"Yesterday, I had a lovely fruit salad, perfectly delicious. AVe must have tea there some day to try their fried fish, which they servo beautifully."—(Published by arrangement.)