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Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1926, Page 1

DEAUVILLE SEASON'. DEAUVILLE. August I. Like a l)oa util'u I tropical ilower, Deauville blooms brietly but vividly once a year. Into this short period ol activity is crowded as much lover and fashion, as much intensity and extravagance ns would keep an ordinary water place supplied for many years. For Deauville is a mayfly that becomes intensely active directly it is hatched and then as suddenly dies until next summer. To-day begins the fortnight which is the climax of the Deauville butterfly’s full emergence from her chrysalis condition. During ihe next two weeks she will hardly sleep or slacken. Already crowds of players from all over the world are crowding her baccarat tables. Though it is Sunday, shops with well-known Paris names have been open all day. to lose no moment of the rich harvest of the Deauville season. Inside the entrance to the Casino itself stand two mute priests, each with a tray for aims, and the silent reproach of their presence has pricked the consciences of the gamblers to such nu extent that I notice their plates are laden with celluloid discs which arcworth 100 francs at the cash desk of the baccarat rooms. The smartest people from all Europe, and North and South America ns well, will he arriving in Deauville all this week. From the villas rented and the hotel reservations already made it looks as though the place will be almosl annexed by the .United States for the coming fortnight. Polo began to-dav. The well-known English player. Lord AVodehouse, and his wife arrived from England this morning..

DROWXED GIRL’S JEWELS. GENEVA, Aug. 1. Lucerne police are trying to establish the identity of a girl whose body, gleaming with jewels, was found in the River Reuss. On her right arm and hand were a gold bracelet, a gold wristlet-watch, and gold rings with large brilliants. She wore on her loft hand several more gold rings. Around her necE was a massive gold neckl ace. and in her ears heavy, pendants studded with brilliants. The body bad been in the water only a short time.