WAYS OF SPENDING WINS

NZ Truth, Issue 1197, 8 November 1928, Page 19

WAYS OF SPENDING WINS

TAKE your choice from the frocks m the half -circle. From left to right, you ■ have a pleated silk coat and a skull-cap made of petals, which is worn with tangly ear-rings. For the sporting lady, there's a rose jersey walkingsuit striped" m deeper rose and red-r-and for the race fall, .with -.which one celebrates one's amazing losses, a wonderful white crepe -de -chine evening gown, embroidered m black. . In the left oval comes something very lively m the. -black- -and.. white polka-dotted chiffon, which would speak with a .French accent if it could talk. The right oval holds one of the fashionable, mole coats, while the centre shows feather boas, -which are becoming almost as prevalent as they were m Grandma's day, but which now are colored m soft, cloudy shades to match the tints, of your pastel, gown. The satin shoes which these .models wear also "tone" with the general .'ensemble, and most people will agree upon the grace of the moulded and ■ draped hipline shown m the-, frock on the left.

Joy By The Jorum nON'T forget that the Commercial! I Travellers' "Joy Night" happens along to-morrow (Friday), the time. j being 8 o*clock and the place our Wellington Town Hall. . ,• . "The boys" usually spread themselves to a large extent m these annual efforts to provide Christmas cheer for the little ones .whom Santa might otherwise neglect, .and_ a secondary object this' year is to < Assist, the Blind Soldiers' and Sailors' Fund. ■ •■•■ ... Already the travellers 'have distributed about £5700-^-and,- speaking m j the vernacular. We've got to hand it to them for their cheery: and- unfailing efforts to help along their fellowmortals. ; v : -^ .•■•'■■'■ • . ! By the way, there's also an art union ; with, thirty fat prizes in:' tow, and the "privilege ■< of attending a : plain and faiipy dr,e§s ;bjall.i, : - -^-v,. 1 ". object- of- all' these r gaiti|a^-e,veri ; above the serious' busi;,ne6a:i,o^freh.joying n '.pur,selyes- : -is.to help ; those .who. 1 ' need '' if, "and, , seeing that Christmas is very muehin the wind, let's hope that our purse-stringa are already pleasantly loose. • '.*...'.■ •'■■'' Vera Moore 's Music

T EONARD BORWICK, ' English composer and master musician, was faddy as to his pupils. He would take only those who offended neither his eye, his ' ear nor his temperament — those, Vfhd,. apart from their musical

'capabilities or possibilities, suited his fastidious tastes. . ' Evidently, shy brown -eyed Vera Moore decidedly impressed the master, for he- not "only made, of her his .favorite, 'and one ■of his most gifted' pupils,; but at his death left ,her .his -wonderful grand piano and

all his -rare collection of music. It is easy to see why the little Dunediii: gii'l-^who must have been a mere child .when- she went to England ten years ago, 1 for-.she still preserves grace and /shyness of ' youtb-T-should , have appealed to the old musician^.' taste. , • She is, m some ways,. oldTfashibned--heir long skirt would'delight those who are inclined to \ snort like at the mention of the modern, girl ; she is completely natural, and her dark, 1 soft eyes hold a mingling ofV humor arid sympathy. ■•;;■":

Now, as. to the laurels which she has brought' home to Duiiediri, , where live the old parents .for whose sake she makes her periodic visits, to New Zealand. Her studies began under her brother, Frederick Moore,. w:ho is a noted musician and a member -of the Associated Board of Exatiiiners.' Then Leonard Borwick and his singing ■.piano came to light— and the evolution of- the girl musician who "\vas ; to ; delight Vienna begat). ', .. ■■' - '...-■ : In the Austrian capital' her happiest days have been spent. - Under',, State patronage, opera, and. music .there have come to their highest pitch, and the greatest critics of the day, adopted; a -parental tone, when speaking of ' Miss Moore's playing. •■'•: Just befoi-e she left for her New Zealand trip, she was invited to take part m the Schubert centenary . celebrations of that citj'T-surely the ; highest compliment that has ever been paid to a New Zealand musician, for Vera' s part would have been a good 'one, and ' she wbuld'have. played. in, the highest company. But . arraiigements for her trip had already been Mn'ade, v and a, few weeks later- m- Melbourne; she was niaking the Conservatorium^ sit up; arid take notice. ■■!';:.:.''; She iias been m New Zeaiand since August, arid, after ' her -one brilliant recital m . Wellington, departed for Hamilton, where the . musicians, "for miles around have gathered together to arrange a concert 'for her; She sails by the Ruahine frohi Napier;;: straight back to England, where she has .Christmas engagements m the^ North Country. •■; :."■.. ■ -.' ,' ' „-.•.,' . ■■„' -' .. - ..; The Wellington house where she stayed is worthy of mention.. It belongs^ to the Rowes, of Cecil Road, Wadestown— pals of twenty ; years before, who have arranged one" or two small and quiet parties for their guest during her .brief yisit. . , ; : The Rowe- estate is , one • of ; many fat and fair, acres, which have been left m a J wooded condition for the most part, though here and, there one conies upon "surprise" gardens— little emerald lawns, iris ponds, and, as the/hymnbook, and land agents put it, every prospect pleasing.' • ':- •'•'.■• - •'.'.;• The lady, of- the house is a keen\ gardener and takes, great pride\'ih : ' the cherry trees. .that /drip' pink /; arid; white blossoms over her- front-lawn. . . \