SUNNY WINTERS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1932, Page 7

SUNNY WINTERS

COCKTAILS AND SUNBURN LONDON’S NEW CRAZE. LONDON. March 3. Whiter is no longer snnless for Mayfair. It has carried sand from the beaches, water from the ocean, and lias sought to capture the glory ol Australia’s sun —from the potfeihouse. Young Mayfair, middle-agecl Mayfair and “oldish” Mayfair (though it obects to the name) has developed the sun-party craze. It has thrown out the drawing room and filled it with the glare d sun-ray lamps. Heavy furniture has been scrapped for tiny cubicles and the cellar has become the beach. Ihe craze started on a bleak, foggy day, when a young society man substituted for "the orthodox wedding break! ast a cote d’azur party in his country home. . Inviting his quests, the modern youth sent a beach scene cuid, and added a footnote: “Wear what you like, but bring your bathing costumes.” Scores of young women added their beach pyjamas, and wondered what the new craze was likely to be. As soon as they arrived they were hurried to bedrooms and told to change for the beach. Then down they jumped, giggling with joy, to the cellar, ' and found—not wine shelves, but a beach of golden sand, with blue, warmed water lapping the edges. Next thrill came from the “sunbathing room,” once a sedate drawing room. Here powerful sun-lamp were concealed, but the ra>s "eie there, and soft, creamy-skinned maidens were warned that three minutes wore sufficient for the first dose of sunlight. Some stayed longer and paid afterwards—they were almos t roasted. The innovation has “caught-on, and Mayfair is crazy about getting sunburnt in the drawing room or cellar.