DIVERSITY OF MATERIALS

NZ Truth, Issue 1194, 18 October 1928, Page 19

DIVERSITY OF MATERIALS

, tF\Eiii:R'Pixie,— Dost .remember, last time: you struck this .town: a •sharp blow.;' '■M;>Z'bput eighteen months ago, iUhink: it was— fthere were-^proposals -to ; open a, cabaret club -which; would once and'for?all 'dp away with, the" legend that Wellington, 'considered as a. burg, is an iceberg? X;J?prty club '■*'' were designed by'someibody'sV.bright brain — and I completely forget : h6w;iKan^ ■ : fbathr6bms,/alcoy€!S'arid/auhdriesi .", ■\ "■ \x\ ? "' / / . ! . '..s^^^ ' „! '^ Up above, was the- big, shiny cabaret floor, and. a; nook for anHorchestra • loUd venough to deafen all Wellington, whenever necessary. : Well,, all the : . ! r village shiekhs and V shrieks had prepared^to shake.; the mothbans but- of, their/funeralvwear, :but at the .very I . last moment, sprnfebody in;, the tiity. Council" stkrtedt to Btroke the old-beard m- virtuous he'sitation-r-and ' the end' of --it / • . was ■••that, the'' license was refused. ' " i i; ' 'vi.. v -' : -i, v I<fp.w,, comes .; another of life's- little 'ironies. ; 1 ?® Sbuilding : has .been, taken -over by the Salvation Army (bless: Yth'eir^humorous hearts!) ; • •• - -arid forty' iilitttexgirls' will find a : ' home awa#, 'frqiri- nome and a Ma > away from mo.ther;ih the gorgeous bedrooms. ' Dcf '■'■' you .think- they'll eyer be haupted'. by , the ghpsts of ail the littlevj' cigarettes tha,t were never smolcfsd— -the; little- champagne ft,- corks . : th'af X f he.v.er .ppppeil ; . . . W and so on ?-rWistf iilly yoursl: ■ i \M ■■- ' •1"".' ■ ' *"".' ■' ■ ". .' ■ '• ' rri" m \a ii^

, >w *> . CTRAWv velvet, felt and velours make the small hat. These materials & are used alone and combined with each other, and all sorts of unusual trimmings have been introduced to make this season's headgear more interesting. " At one'tinie felt and feathers together could never have been con- , > sidered for a moment as possible, but now some of the smartest felts have feather' rriounls, r and a close-fitting turban — to be .worn .by the woman With a 'classic regularity of feature — has been produced m straw and velvet with an osprey at one side. i \