WOMAN'S WORLD

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 288, 1 September 1919, Page 3

WOMAN'S WORLD

(Continued from pago 2.) Oance in the Goring Street Hall. j On Saturday evening n diuteu was given, by Miss Borlnse ii> tlio Goring Street. Hall, which was greatly enjoyed by those present. It was not intended to make it a big dance, and in consequence there was space enough in wliicn to get plenty of "swing" in dancing, a condition that has been conspicuous by its absence at most of these thai: have i . taken place this winter. The decora- , tions of the hall were vor.v prettily car- ; ried out, and as it had been given m honour of the Tecent naval visitors, red' white and blue streamers were conspicuous, balloons and lycopodium also having been used with good effc-t. Spring ilowers decorated the supper table in the adjoining .'room. With Miss there wero also present the Misses IC. . Cruick'shaiik, 1. Duncan, Macandrew, l Beryl Earle, Myers (2), Mrs. Moore, Midshipmen Bravington, Hoggayd, hihl Porter, Messrs. Moore, Atyers, Winder, M'Caul, Macandrcw, and others. A Stoker Lady. One ox the most amusing features of Saturday's dance for the men of the NewZealand at the Town Hall was the antics of a lady in a skirt short enough to attract comment, a highly-decora.cd complexion, a long pig-tail, and a summer hat (with white stockings to mutch). This : sii'i, who looked as if she' had escaped from a comic film, though certainly I sroiesqua in get-up and make-up, proved to be an admirable dancer, and was not neglected by '.he sailors, who seemed to enjoy her company, quite overlooking her eccentricities. .Some considerable time elapsed before the whisper went round that the "lady" was really a\stoker on H. 11.5. New Zealand, who was so accomplished a performer thai he won the first crisis in the amateur .rials at His Majesty's Theatre on Friday, night "last. It was to his credit that lie cheerily sustained the character of the summer girl right up till '.lie National Anthem on Saturday night.