WOMAN'S WILD

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 264, 4 August 1919, Page 5

WOMAN'S WILD

(Continued from Paee 4) Dance at Shannon. Very successful was the ball hold in tho Druids' Hall, Shannon, last Tuesday night, organised and carried out by a number of ladies. The hall and erase were beautifully decorated with flags, ferns, and Chinese lanterns, and the eupper table arranged with violets and ferns. Tho chaperons were: Mesdames J. T. Pickett, frocked in powder blue soft satin and ninon; Warring-Taylor, in dark evening dress with pale blue cloak; A. Trowcman, frock of Waok taffetas silk and cream ninon; Knowlos, soft black silk dress with whito trimmings; Lnurvig, a brown frock. Others present included: Mrs. Staples, wearing black ailk. with silver trimmings; Miss Gootch, 6oft cream satin; Miss Treweman, frock of emerald green ninon; Hiss Knowles, pale green; Miss M. Dunkley, frock of emerald green satin, and her sister in blue; Miss Law, strawborry silk frock; Mass Kitty. Salmon, Miss Stratford, Miss F. Cameron, Mrs. A. Cater, Messrs. rickett, JVarring-Taylor, Murray, Adams (Levin), Clarke (Levin), Stratford (2), and many others.

THE PROBLEM OF THE SMAXL ROOM . ' HOW TO CREATE A SENSE OF SPACE. A "bachelor" girl I know makes quite a little incomo by renting flats and the upper and lower parts of houses and reletting them (writes "C.8." in tho "Dajly Hail"). Her Chief talent lies in creating a sense of space in small rooms, a,nd especially in those, so cramped, of the one-turned-into-two rooms of converted houses. "It's an art," she told me, when I asked her to confide her methods, "into which camouflage enters pretty largely. Didn't we learn at school that the light rays of certain colours travel more quickly than others? Red, for instaaoo, is rapidly moving. A room done in red, then, appears smaller thau one in blue. All neutralised colours are' a good choice for wallpapers and distempers. When we U6e intonso shades we hnd that our backgrounds leap out in front of our furniture, bric-a-brac, a.nd pictures. "Thafs why I choose papers of taupe or fawn, and carpets of the same' tones for small rooms. Soft greens are as good a choice as soft blues. And as for pale, mild yellows ( wasn't it Richard lo Oallienne who 6aid, 'Paper your room with yellow and it opens like a flower?" "But colour is by no means the only element that enters my scheme. Thero is line to take into account. The old rule holds good, that upright lines tend to increase height and horizontal lines to diminish it. So wherever I can I introduce upright lines and avoid valances across tho top .of the windows and do away with sambrequins—and as chandeliers make a room look lower, I banish them too. "As to pictures, I choose them with a new to creating vertical lines. Brilliantly coloured paintings jump to the eye so that the walls on which they are'hung are brought to the foreground. High and narrow furniture, rathej' than low and broad, is right in a small room; and anyhow, a few dignified pieces look better than q clutter of inferior furniture. My, Adam dining-room is tiny, really, but looks double its size owing to carefully-thought-out effects. The rugs and curtains are black, with two shades of tan. "In a drawing-room with which I've had success there are but two largo pieces of furniture, a grand piano and sofa. The rest of the things are so small that a sense of spaoe is given to the room. The panelled walls are of glazed ivory, tho upholstery of striped mulberry and tan, and mirroTS cunningly placed suggest vistas beyond. The only ornament is one of my Moved old Dutch flower paintings. "Economy oi size, again, is shown in the furniture of a little bedroom of mine in a flat. The curtains are dim rose, the bed has a lace apead, and the chaise longue and chairs are upholstered in a striped material of yellow with a little rose, \ "To sum up. If one wants to create a senso of 6pace in 6uiall rooms one must choose soft colours, pieces of furniture that are inconspicuous, however charming, and vertical lines."

The planting of trees is a simple form of war memorial which is making a strong appeal in Great Britain. It is a memorial which is within the reach of everyone and which, under certain circumstances, is not without propriety. A clump of trees in a. school ground, for instance, would keep green the memory of the old boys of the school who fought and died, and would ha quite as impres-, sive as many a monument beyond the financial resources of the scholars. The idea is worthy of consideration in this country, where we have such a variety of beautiful trees to choose from. Further fixtures arranged for during Lord JellicooV visit to Christohurch aro a ball, to be given by the Christohurch Ckb, and a conversazione by the Navy League. Various organisations, such as the Lady Liverpool Fund Committee, the Victoria League, and others are also busily at work making plans for the entertainment of the petty officers and men. The decorations in connection with the Citizens' Ball are to be allowed to remain in the Colosseum all the week, to be used for all the succeeding functions.