Mundane Musings

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 368, 31 May 1928, Page 4

Mundane Musings

Gloves and the Man “Suppose I may send your young | woman some gloves? What's her size? And what’s her style? I've noticed women do not go in for white kid nowadays as they did when I was a youngster! ” Fifty-five, just back from abroad, rapped the sentences across the club dinner table at Twenty-five, newly engaged and soon to be married. Twentylive drank his wine more vaguely than ever and stared at his uncle as if he were looking at something quite new ! in cabaret stunts, about which ,it was j not yet decided whether one laughed ! or not. Then Twenty-five suddenly realised that Fifty-five was in earnest, and confusion settled upon him. “But, I say, I don’t know. How should I know what size gloves she wears? As a matter of fact, I’m fairly certain that very often she doesn’t wear any at all!” He stumbled over the sentences, and ! then, with a valiant desire not to snub j the old chap, led his tangle of words to the brilliant suggestion that it would be a ripping idea to send her some cigarettes. Fifty-five stared and stumbled, too. but from entirely different reasons. “Mean to say you Are engaged to a girl and that you have never bought her a pair of gloves!” he demanded. His voice was condemnatory rather than interrogative; his eye was basiliskic. Custom That Has Changed He considered his nephew as a strange individual among men; which showe dhow long a time Fifty-five had been away from home. Otherwise he would have known that Twenty-five is typical of his genus, and that a woman’s gloves do not play the same part in love and life for a young man ot-to-day as they did jn the life and love of the young man of yesterday. It is a social custom that has changed. It is one of the ways in which Romance has died—a stupid little ignominious death, not a glorious end with trails of departing glory. It is such a pity. Throughout the ages Milady’s glove has been linked to love by much more than a mere initial letter. The very phrase of “a lady’s glove” conjures up a quick moving pageantry of pictures. There is the knight of old in armour bold going forth to fight the foe, with the glove of his fayre lad3-'e as a dear token of his courage here is a whimsical lady of the Restoration flirting her perfumed gloves at her anguished lover, and even while she laughs at him, letting fall one of her treasures for him to rest near his heart; here are the lovers of the late \ ictorian and Edwardian days, a whole regiment of lovers, whose wooing might never have won success had it not been for the gloves of the lady of their heart. The fiction of this latter period is filled with picturesque “love and glove” scenes. Young Men To-day Charming little scenes, all of them. They may make the hardened reader of to-day smile or sneer, but what the hardened reader of to-day probably fails to realise—unless he is old enough to be reminiscent—is that the fiction merely reproduces the facts of life in those quite near days. Modern youth finds it difficult to understand how indissolubly glove and love were linked together even 20 years ago. For what young man to-day can tell who are the chief glovers of London and Paris? What man knows the size gloves worn by the woman who matters most in his life^—or whether she wears kid or suede? What man, be he never so loving, would spoil the flatness of his pocket by pushing a woman’s glove into it? What man, indeed, brings gloves into his wooing at all in this twenty-eighth, year of the new century? There are still many sellers of women’s gloves who remember the time when the better part of their trade was done with men; but that time is quite gone. ORANGE BLOSSOMS RUTHERFORD—SWANWICK St. Mark’s Church, Remuera, was the scene of the w r edding yesterday afternoon of Miss Alice Batelle Swanwick, only daughter of Mrs. S. Swanwick, of Ake Ake, Waiuku, to Mr. lan Marshall Rutherford, eldest son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. S. Rutherford, of Awahiti Central. The Ven. Archdeacon Mac Murray officiated. The bride was given away by Mr. J. E. Ashley. For her wedding-gown the bride chose ivory georgette, with an under-bodice of wild rose pink chiffon and a silver yoke inset. The frock was ankle-length, having a hem of vandyked silver lace, and a girdle of silver leaves and pink roses finished the waist. Her veil was of honiton lace, caught to the head with small sprays of orange blossoms over each ear. She carried a bouquet of white gloxinias, roses and pink rosebuds. The bridesmaids were Miss Dorothea Wyatt and Miss Marian Rutherford, sister of the bridegroom. Their frocks were of wild _ rose pink georgette, slightly gauged in front with silver yokes inset, and finished with silver leaf girdles. Rose Marie head bands were worn and bouquets to tone were carried. Mr. Walter Rutherford was best man and Mr. William Rutherford acted as groomsman. CUNNOLD—KIDD The marriage of Thelma Eva, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kidd, of Auckland, to Edward Vivian, second son of Mr. F. Cunnold, of Auckland, was celebrated in St. Matthew’s Church last evening. Canon Grant Cowen performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a frock of ivory crepe de chine, ornamented with pearls round the waist and finished with a large pearl ornament at one side. Her veil of embroidered brussels net was held in place by a wreath of orange blossoms, and fell to form a long train. The bridal bouquet was of white roses and lilies. Miss A. Broderick was bridesmaid. Her frock was of naples blue crepe de chine, finished with a silver flower on the shoulder. She wore a headdress of tulle, and carried a pink and white floral bouquet. Little Misses Betty Marshall and Chrissie Kidd attended as flower girls. The former’s frock was of lavender crepe de chine, and that of the latter shell pink crepe de chine. They wore head-dresses of tulle to tone and carried small Victorian posies. Mr. Fred Cunnold attended the bridegroom as best man.

LODGE DANCE NEW TEMPLE OPENED Members of the Ara Lodge, 348, 1.0., j held the first social ill their new temple in Airedale Street last evening, j The idea was to allow the wives and friends of the members to see the new temple, which is a beautifully appointed building. The hall was attractively decorated for the occasion and a dainty supper was served during the evening. Among the large attendance were: Mrs. War nock, black beaded crepe de chine. Mrs. Wiseman, black and silver frock, Spanish shawl. MLrs. Campbell, brown and jade beaded georgette. Mrs. Norman Kerr, powder blue taffeta. Mrs. Schnauer, black floral frock. Mrs. G. R. Hogan, black and coral georgette frock. Mrs. Davenport, black and crimson georgette. Mrs. Headisch, fawn lace frock, pink shawl. Mrs. A. G. Lee, old rose and lace. Mrs. Doughty, black georgette and silver. Mrs. Tyne, blue georgette. Mrs. Spooner, old rose silk and lace. ! Mrs. Vercoe, black crepe de chine. Miss Vercoe, shell-pink beaded georgette. Mrs. Clark, pink taffeta and lace. Mrs. Schiscka, midnight blue frock. Miss Brotherton, pink crepe de chine. Mrs. F. Clark, blue georgette, gold shawl. Mrs. Thorburn, black georgette and lace. Mrs. Daraham, duchess blue and silver lace. Miss Barrodale, pink and lace <- frock. Mrs. Russell, eau du nil georgette. Mrs. Jones, rose du Barri georgette. Miss Reynolds, blue satin. Mrs. Bland, lavender georgette. Mrs. Powley* black frock with pretty lavender shawl. Mrs. Armitage, gold and rose. Miss Armitage, Paisley ninon frock. Mrs. Perkins, rose du Barri marocain Mrs. Hunt, black taffeta and pink panne velvet. Mrs. Mackay, primrose marocain and cream lace. Mrs. T. Tyne, turquoise satin, silver lace and beautiful shawl. Miss Smytheman, cyclamen crepe de chine. Miss Bygate, shell-pink taffeta and gold lace. Mrs. Wood, black georgette embroidered in gold. Mrs. Fletcher, black beaded georgette, embossed shawl. Miss Wood, jade., flame and silver. Miss Barry, apricot crepe de chine, diamante trimming. Mrs. Wattridge, black silk and georgette. Miss Austin, jade taffeta. Miss Dawson, figured crepe de chine. Mrs. Saunders, black velvet and georgette. Mrs. Ward, black satin and georgette. Mrs. A. E. Greenslade, black silk, relieved with blue. Miss Esam, periwinkle blue ninon over satin. Mrs. Esam, black panne velvet and gold lace. Mrs. Rusher, nattier blue crepe de chine. Mrs. Hayward, cherry crepe de chine. Mrs. Webster, biaek satin petalled frock. Mrs. C. Wat!;in. black charmeuse. Mrs. Ashby, cyclamen crepe de chine. Miss Wallace, lemon taffeta. Miss Macaulay, apple-green crepe de chine. Miss Stitchbury. white lace frock. . Miss Osborne, violet panne velvet. A woman at 20 puts on airs; at 30, iowrels; at fcO. wcighu

SWIMMING CLUB SOCIAL EVENING The Pukekohe Swimming’tt* an enjoyable social evening Oddfellows’ iiall on Monday- of , The function took the eS social and dance. aP<l bv were pleasantly K atllle £ items contributed b * End O’Connor, Thelma FltßeS w usi c Wesley College bo>' 3 - ches traplaced by Edwards s oren F J. Treanon was ML. jfesThe committee consist®* dames W. F J. M; ‘ nro *• Hi O’Loughlen. B. Wright and F. J. Tl '- rCC ent The prizes won at tne tte carnivals were distribute® " rec«t sident. Mr. W. F. J. rtm nition of the valuable 5 * Mr jr dered by him. the secretary- W* 1 * G. Law, was presented «*■ i Hour* oloeU. -