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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 329, 14 April 1928, Page 18

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Mrs. A. Hunt, of Shannon, is a visitor to Auckland. * w Mrs. A. M. Anderson is a Wellington visitor to* Auckland. Mrs. B. Boddington, of Auckland., is visiting Christchurch. Mrs. C. Donald, of Palmerston North, is at present visiting Auckland. Mrs. C. H. Andrews, of Wellington, is at present a visitor to Auckland. Mrs. PI. N. Johnson, of New Plymouth, is spending a few days in Auckland. The Misses Hellaby, who have been visiting Raglan, have returned to Braeburn. Nlrs. A. B. Mitchell, of Wellington, is staying with Mrs. Sutcliffe, of Gillies Avenue. Mrs. T. W. Rhodes, of Thames, is the guest of Mrs. If. G. Fookes, St. Mary’s Road, Ponsonby. * * * Mrs. B. Chisholm, of Napier, is visiting Auckland and is the guest of Mrs. E. Bayly, of Devon port. Mrs. PI. W. Black, of Gisborne, is visiting her mother, Mrs. R. Johnston, Batger Road, Mount Eden. Miss M. A. Hennelly, formerly of Christchurch, was a passenger by the Maunganui for Sydney en route for Europe. Mrs. G. C. Neal, of New Plymouth, is visiting Auckland and is the guest of Mrs. M. E. Taylor, Laurcnson Avenue, Remuera. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hardley, of Herne Bay, and Mrs. A. E. Greenslade, the Mayoress of Northcote, who have been taking part in the bowling and croquet tournaments respectively at Cambridge, together with Mrs. Dowle, of Takapuna, returned to Auckland by car yesterday afternoon. Dr. Margaret Knight left by the Maunganui with her mother, Mrs. Herbert Kingsford, and Miss Kingsford. They will join the Orama on route to England. During her holiday visit there Dr. Margaret Knight hopes to see something of the work of the Girl Guides at “Foxlease,” the permanent camp of the Guiders. CHEERY CROCKERY By VERA RADCLIFFE Housewives who try to make breakfast as bright a meal as possible, by having the table laid with cheery napery and china, will he interested in the new china the shops are now displaying. . There are many new cottage-pottery breakfast sets, with . cream backgrounds and a variety of squat-looking fruits and flowers to give vivid splashes of colour. The most original design I have seen in the pottery-china is a pattern of vivid green leaves growing up at intervals from the bottom of the cups, with single brown and yellow flowers between. The saucers and plates are patterned to correspond, and there are bright green handles to the teapot, jugs and cups, A daintier design shows an inch border of spring flowers, growing in an abundant and realistic manner. Other breakfast sets in a deep, almost royal blue, have just a few oranges and yellow “apples” at one side. If a linen-crash table cloth is used, bordered with blue or orange, this richly-coloured china looks most j attractive. A blue ground, with rows of gold leaves, makes another vivid breakfast set. Again in blue is the jam jar with a floral border, which electroplated stand and lid completed by a blue knob, to match that on the end of the jam spoon. Quite a new pattern, somewhat on lustre-ware lines, shows the lower half of the cups in white, and at the top the colour, orange, red or blue, looks as though it had been put on and allowed to run down, for it appears in irregular streaks. For the fruit breakfast are sets of deep dishes in lavender lustre-ware, or in cream china with orange brims jutting into white “handles" on either side. One fruit set is bordered with orange checks, broken by motifs of coloured fruits. Another orangebordered set has two tiny fruits in the centre of the dishes. A black and orange bulb bowl, in the popular octangular shape, looks well as a table centre when orange china is used. For those who will he unusual, there is square china. The teapot secretes the handle and spout within its cube shape, and the cups follow the same design. I do not know what plates are to he used with this strange set, but the teapot stand is square and so are the saucers and the slender flower vase. The only thing I noticed that was not square was the tray, and this was, luckily, in a convenient oval shape.