MISSIONS TO SEAMEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 18

MISSIONS TO SEAMEN

The arrival in Wellington on; Saturday last of the Australian Fleet, and three New .Zealand, ships, gave, the various ■committees interested in, the. work of the missions to seamen a busy time in arranging" for .the entertainment of the men. That all the functions p-.wer.eiattended: so; fully ■■•.and 'the : activities': eriteretfcinto;';wjith; such obvious ..is;.proof in itself that thfe ;,rnen appreciated ;all that .was; done-for them. ,The:-';sportirig"-portion of tlje- programme wasvam'ply catered for by Hhe- missioner, Avho .filled up as. muchy'time "as possible -of -the short stay, with tennis and; football matches, combined with indoor; games' in the institute itself; • while on' Tuesday afternoon one .hundred of/the-men were given the . opportunity of/seeing : the countryside'at its best, /;three : large buses being -placed at their disposal fora drive along 'the' Marine Parade. A.;.most refreshing .afternoon - tea was provi(3ed.at the JVEission- No.programme of amusement would be complete for the■.sailor,.withqut;a. dance, -and every, opportunity was given { the'men to enjoy .^themselves;: so, ■« for;-the.:.! ladies; arranged two very bright,.dances—one on Saturday, the. night of theic-arrival; and the. cither ion Tuesday, "the eve -of, their; departure.; The, hall had beeri: freshiy decorated' by the Junior Guild and*,; balloons,' streamers, and- .novelties1 added to everybody's amusement. The dancers appreciated the supper; served by: the-Ladies* Harbour Lights.l; Guild.; Special thanks aie particularly duetto friends' who placed: tennis courts at the, disposal of the -Mission1, ..to' Miss ArP der^on for. her music, and to": all, the ladies <wh'oseV ■assistance was so- neces-, sary to; the. smooth working'of the programme. ..:!,-:>■.■';..':'';■■;'■'■ ; '4y-':-..'■';■.>. . .' ■

Worthy uses embroidery as his most important trimming, shoulders particularly being worked in colours. Chanel uses quantities of flowers, trimming the decollete on evening gowns or covering shoulder bands. Beautiful beading appears on numbers of evening and formal afternoon gowns. Jane Duvergne shows a cocktail bolero entirely covered in delicate blue, rose, and pearl beads., Appliqued work, of patent leather in designs, on coal sleeves, of real leather on coat backs, of flowers cut out of prints and used around the throat, all are typical of the French passion for perfection of detailed handwork. '