NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 214, 10 August 1937, Page 11

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND THERE. (By “Nanette.”) Spectacular Bathing Costumes. Owing to the enterprise of two ambitious Australians, Sydney's beaches are destined to be the background lor most spectacular bathing costumes when summer comes. Alter a year’s secret laboratory work, they claim to have evolved a process of printing on wool which is < practised in no other country. Last season, silk, rayon, and cotton costumes showed brilliant floral designs. 'lbis year’s patterns on wool are less conventional and more amusing; certainly just as artistic; and they make history through coming to us on woollen swimming suits. One costume lias white palm trees waving on an olive green background, and on another a blue mermaid and her attendant fish swim in a white sea. Crimson crabs and prawns crawl over a white gown, and a black background is brightened by brilliant yellow fish. A white wool suit has printed on it a black island scone, and yellow and white seahorses frolic against the nut brown background of another smart costume. For A 21st Birthday Party.

If von are planning a twenty-first birthday party, there is no more suitable place in which to hold it than at tho Royale Dutch in the Square. They have a splendid room upstairs for .just such a purpose, and it will accommodate a large number of guests. It is also suitable for wedding receptions, meetings, and social functions. *

Bargains Galore. “If you want to secure real bargains, go to the Scotch AA’ool and Hosiery Shop,” a lady advised another when they met in Broadway. “They are cleaning up their stock of cardigans, wools, gloves and hosiery, and there are bargains galore l I’ve just bought myself a remarkably cheap cardigan which is wonderful quality.” * Are We on the Map? Two New Zealanders who are on a motoring tour of Calitornia and Canada recently wrote to relatives in AA’anganui and told the following little story: “We were travelling through the country and stopped to look through a quaint little church a few miles out of a place called Monterey. The caretaker of tho church, while showing us through, chatted away and asked us the usual questions about where we had conic from. AYheu we told him we had come all the way from New Zealand, he wanted to know if wo had motored all the way from there. AVhcn we got in the car again we asked each other if New Zealand was really on the map.” Be in Time.

If you hurry along ' to Hutchins’ Furniture AVarehouse, you’ll be lucky enough to secure one of their lino remnants, in odd lengths six l'eet wide, suitablo for bench tops, etc. They are amazing value at remnant prices, and are very good quality. The offer is sure to be rushed, so don’t be too late! * Fashion Whims.

Knee-length stockings are being worn in tho United States for sports wear and the beach. They are made from open-mesh lisle. Evening gloves in tulle finished with posies of spring flowers are a pretty whim of Parisian designers.

Two butterflies fasten the pink lace coat of a French model ensemble for the evening. The coat is made with puffed sleeves and worn over a black tailored taffeta frock.

Now In Splendid Order. “How is your car running now?” Mr Brown asked his neighbour “Weren’t you having some trouble with it a while back?’” “Yes,”’ replied the neighbour, ‘“but it’s in splendid order now. It was overhauled by Fowler Motors, and they always do a job thoroughly. Their charges are reasonable, too.” * A Modest Celebrity. The great German composer, Johannes Brahms, once received, to the amazement of one of his friends, a letter from a well-known swordmaker saying that his order for ten dozen rapiers would be despatched at once. The friend, realising that Brahms could not possibly have sent such an order, was still further astounded when the musician merely pocketed the letter, and made no attempt to write and deny the absurd order. Then the friend realised! The letter was merely an attempt on the swordmaker’s part to obtain Brahms’s signature. In the same way, a woman wrote repeatedly to Brahms, ordering from him “one of your famous pianos,” but he never wrote back to explain that he was not a manufacturer of pianos. This great composer, who could be kindness itself, shrank from cheap publicity, and persistently refused to give his signature to mere inquisitive autograph-hunters. Welcome News.

Ballroom pupils of the Broadway School of Dancing and their friends will be delighted to learn that Miss Gwen Gibbs is holding another studio party on Saturday night, commencing at 8.15 p.m. These parties are always popular ; having established an enviable reputation. Several items and competitions are included in the programme, and the enjoyment of all who attend is assured. *

Drindl Frocks for Spring. The influence of peasant fashions continues, and the central theme of the first public showing of spring prints in frocks for day and evening wear at Sydney had the drindl frock as its central theme. Features on both are gathering at the front of the frock, and bands of shirring at the waist continuing'down the skirt. For evening, the drindl frocks feature • the new length eight to 12 inches from the ground, with charming effect. They are, of course, designed primarily for young people. The demure - effect , is heightened by the high neckline, and quaint little sleeves. Quite often, they are made from black lace with a con-

trusting colour for a foundation. AYaltz frocks- are romantic in inspiration, and generally mado from white chiffon, with flowing skirts. For tho daytime, candy stripes in sheer materials were shown with woollen coats, among which hi yellow was vei-y smart, and beige was second favourite.. They were all lined with the same material as the frock.