NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10293, 30 May 1919, Page 8

NOTES FOR WOMEN

, PAGEANT DRESSES. I Last night, at the Opera •' House, • there • were some gorgeous colour effects among the dresses worn in the "Three Doors," as was to be. expected when Mrs James Hannah had the designing of them. The scene i which showed ' a ' large door in the centre of the'stage was very effective, •through this door the spirit of the kindergarten entered' to the ragged children. • Miss Vera Pegg dressed the part as a glorified nur s e, in white dress and apron, with a scarlet symbol on the front, white cap, and long white cloak, and carried a bunch ol white lilies in her hand She made a sharp contrast to little Elsie Dick in her torn brown frock and red petticoat. In this scene tne amusing ballets of milk and rusks, sponges and towels, etc- were all dressed to represent their names.' The milk jugs were verv iuimy, with long black logs supporting''the jug in w.iite, -as also were the sponges, set off with rod, and" the towels,, draped in Eastern fashion over red. The dancers in Ihe water ballet wore shaded draperies of blue, green, and grey, with water flowers drooping m their hair. Thelma ■ Harris, as soap, was-in opaltinted blue,,with white draperies and soip bubbles hanging from her arms. V*i\ quuiH Tiid charming were . ie nui<-en lliMiies, afted Jn tostum-, ti.e "Nut Tiee," siuroui.ded bj tin' buck* with t.i9i fiooUs pioUd out in while markings Ande.son and Peterkin, etc , in velvet suits, w ith a Swedish ' loun<? Ma a Veil,' m a Swedish pcas-n t s costume ot blue and flamo colour, hung with ribbons, and a «.<••> 1 let pninsol iho armour of the knights w s e: fective. and so the.i hobby hoisos in uhite and scarlet Tho'ini Cinoll was a quaint figure is a R~s„ian tcapot of whilo and blue, with a stiawcc loured handle and stocngs Ihe "Dinee S'o-j,' arranged M Mis>» Campbell, sinned some piett> coloming Miss Ituiccs Mutei, as the Sun, woro a robe of fli-ne c loui.jsold and green, with a gold-winged iieh.ict Kathleen Bojle, as 1 rost, wns in bh.e and silver, hung with icicles, and Ngnrio Plvpson impersonated Wind in torn soft drapeues of blue and gre\ The hgurcs of Shape, Coloui, and I'crfume were svmbolically awayed, the first in a tight-fitting frock with All sorts of peculiar -shape* such a question marks, etc , in n red fnims round her figure, Coloui. m «Hdcrl pink to gold wound round the bodies inf 1 hanEiaa ends and Perfume had a

charming Eastern dress of grey and silver. The Greek Pageant-was another beautifully clothed scene, the first group being in shades of marble white, grey, and taint blue. Miss Mabel IxalUchan, as the Piper, was in wmte, with a grey toga bordered with , bold blacK ana white check pattern, with a wreath of grapes and leaves on her dark hair. Tne second group was in shades of brown awl gold, and in the b:g processional group thera were rich tones from sort grey to gold, with blue and violet. Miss Williamson as the priest, wore a toga of white and gold, with a headdress to represent the sun's rays; the reader of the singing choir was ia grey and violet, with a golden lyre, and tho last figures were in vivid peacock and 'violet shades, carrying between them, a small child in Maaonna blue draperies. A notable figure in the procession was Mavis King, in toga of saxe blue, fringed with silver. She carried a Greek symbol, copied from a» old picture, which represented tho sun, Moon, Stars, and the .f Janets. . This was made for the occasion by Mr • U. Chapman, of the Hutt. The most gorgeous frocking of all, however, was seen in the last act, a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Aa Titania, Miss Zita Chapman wora shades of blue ninon over rainbowcoloured draperies, with a design or opal-tinted fleur-de-Iys. Her hugewingu were of opal, silver, and violet shades, and her tteur-de-lys headdress had tiny electric lights burning in each doner. &he carried a wand surmounted on a large iris. As Oberon, Miss Klien Miliar .was. gorgeous m emerald and gold, with gold wings and shirt of mail, and cloak of. transparent violet shot with green and gold. The-fairies were in shades of heliotrope, violet, and dull gold, with iridescent wings blurred like dragon flies, and Oberon's men wore in peacock blues and greens, with torches of flame. .. One remarkable iiithdPligure had vivid violet and copper wings, and a headdress of grapes. - As Moonlight, Xgairo Phipson was in blue draperies ovi-r gold, and rich-coloured wings'.and headdress. Hazel Hard- , wick, as Puck, had, her dull green cos- '■■ tuuio shot with patterns of insects' wings, and .spotted green branched livings of black and dull:flame colour, Land elf-like cap.. Among Oberon's followers was a charming Iltfie Indian boy, Peggy Cooke, a. little golden figure hung with grapes and cherries. In the ballets in this scene the ftamo gorgeous dressing prevailed. Irene ' Marsh, in her ballet, appeared as a red maple leaf in scarlet. The de-. ... signing of tho pageant and the paint- . rng of the'wings and nVtn : ls ;of the dressing. was thp work of Mrs J. Hannah, who has certainly surpassed her-; self in the arranging of tho spectacle.