IN TOWN AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 267, 1 February 1928, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

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{ Mrs. H. Desborough, of Khandallah, 1 Wellington, is visiting her relatives in ! Auckland. * * * Miss Alexa Stewart lias returned to ! Masterton after a visit to Mrs. Wail, I Remuera, Auckland. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Archer, Wellington, are visiting Auckland. ! Mrs. A. W. Blair and . the Misses Blair, of Wellington, arrived in Auckland by motor and they will reside here in future. Miss Keary and Miss Ray Keary. of Auckland, are leaving to-day on a visit to Taupo.. Mrs F. Gordon, of Auckland, left for Hamilton recently, where she intends to reside. Mrs. Gaffney and Mrs. T. Cotter, of Auckland, left yesterday by the Aorangi for Sydney. Hr. and Mrs. J. A. Watson have returned from a holiday spent in the Bay of Islands. Mr. and Mrs. D. McCormick and family, of Mountain Road, are staying at Sanders Avenue, Takapuna. Mrs. E. W. Griffiths has returned to Auckland after a visit to New X J ly-* mouth. * * * Miss Phylis Neale, who has been on a visit to Auckland, has returned to Napier. * * * Mrs. P. A. Syres, of Epsom, is the giiest of Mrs. C. W. Hart, Evans Bay, Wellington. Miss Joan Cousins, who has been spending the holidays at Paihia, has returned to Auckland. Mrs. Scott, of San Francisco, is at present in Auckland and is staying with her sister, Mrs. W. Stanley Cooper, of East Avenue, Eden. Mr. and Mrs. E. IX Chapman, of Sydney, Mr. and Mrs. G. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Wallace, of Christchurch, are staying at the Star Hotel.

MISS V. PEACOCKE, of Owen’s Road, Epsom, the pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Peacocke. S. P. Andrew, Photo.

| Mr. and Mrs., H. B. Dowslin, of Rotorua, Mr. and Mrs. "VV. McLaughlin, of Sydney, Mr. and Mrs. A. While, of England, and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Clark of Christchurch, are among the guests at the Hotel Cargen. Mr. H. White and Mrs. A. Guy, of Palmerston Xorth, Miss E. Jordon, of Te Kuiti Miss A. Parke and Mrs. ; EL. Warbridge, of Honululu, are staying at the Grand Hotel. At the Royal Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. L. Johnston, of Dunedin, Mr. and Mrs. Hann, of Petone, Miss M. Berry, of Hamilton, Miss K. Ellis, of Cambridge, and Miss fc>. R. Arthur, of Dannevirke. Dr. and Miss Fulton, of Hamilton, and Mrs. Frodsham, of Te Aroha, are at the Commercial Hoteh Miss Elaine de Chair left Auckland for Wellington last evening. Lord and Lady Grimtliorpe left for South by motor this morning. They will visit Rotorua and Taupo on their way.

PEACOCKS AND TRAINS Undoubtedly the idea of the train came from the bird. Human beings, forgetful that they ever had tails, saw what they had missed in the sweeping feathers of the peacock, and the useful flirt of the sparrow’s tail, says a writer in an exchange. The tail gave dignity, lent expression. It supplied something which character alone could not give. Thus the train or the tail became a mark of dignity and honour, and the wearer even had someone to hold it up for him or her. With short skirts the tail disappeared for a time, except at weddings and presentations. There it was worn with the short skirt, and once again became bird-like in character. For the peacock has a short skirt, too, and sees on the ground at the back. A few months ago only the short skirt began to droop at the back. This season it droops a great deal more, and even touches the ground and trails upon it. Skirts are a shade longer, but not so much as all that. In evening and semi-evening dresses the peacock effect has come back entirely, and is even emphasised by the cut of the bodice. Black tulle skirts are made of a number of frills which droop away behind and trail on the ground, the fronts remaining short. They are worn with a bodice of gold or black cire, which is cut away on the h ips.

MRS. H. R. BURRETT, of Victoria Avenue, Remuera, a popular hostess among the younger married set. S. P. Andrew, Photo.