IN TOWN AND OUT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 500, 1 November 1928, Page 4

IN TOWN AND OUT

Kim

NOTES

Miss M. Rolleston, of Sydney, is at I the Grand Hotel. Mrs. J. Henry left Auckland for the South last evening.^ Mrs. Warnock has returned to Auckland from Hastings. Mrs. Syme, of Wanganui, is staying at “Fernleigh.” Symonds Street. * * * Miss Betty Manning, of Hamilton, is spending a holiday in Auckland. * * • Mrs. J. Gray has returned to Hamilton from a holiday in Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crawford, of Whangarei, are at the Star Hotel. Miss Chauvel, of Tahiti, is on a visit to Auckland, and is staying at “Fernleigh.” Mr. and Mrs. Amos McKegg, of Pembroke, are staying at the Central Hotel. * * * Mrs. M. Hart and Miss Darling, of Auckland, are at present visiting Hamilton. Miss Tui Bews, of Auckland, is staying with Mrs. Wynne Gray in Hamilton. * # * -+ Miss Jean Lawford has returned to her home in Remuera after a holiday visit to Hamilton. * • * Mrs. Ross, of Hamilton, is in Auckland to meet her sister, Miss M. Beatty, of Sydney. Both are staying at the Royal Hotel. Miss Irene Hawkins, of Hamilton, is in Auckland, where she is to be the guest of Mrs. A. J. Hutchinson, of Dromorne Road, Remuera. * * * Miss Harrison-Gregory, of Ceylon, Mrs. J. Cave, of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Beaumont Smith, of Sydney, and Mrs. A. and Miss P. Campbell, of Sydney, are guests at the Grand Hotel. Mrs. J. B. Dunn, of Hew Plymouth, Mr. and Mrs. J. Franklyn, of Sydney, Miss B. Lawrie, of Sydney, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hughes, of Sydney, and Miss Hardy, of Sydney, are guests at the Royal Hotel.

Further women’s news will be found on Page 7.

FOOTBALL DANCE

LAST OF THE YEAR The Devonport United Football Club celebrated the end of the football season with a gay ball in the Foresters’ Hall, Devonport, last evening. The decorations’ committee had set out to make the surrounings bright an* cheerful, and all the colours of the rainbow were blended in an artificial sky through which the electric lights shone like full moons. The dancers apparently had made up their minds to make the season linger a little longer, and at 1 a.m. the hall was still crowded. The ladies’ committee of the club is one of the most energetic and prides itself that each year it sends out the nine teams of the club equipped with a jersey. The members of the committee were guests last evening, and among those who were present were: Mrs. Newman, frock of black satin. Mrs. Scott, floral georgette frock. Mrs. Gentils, black georgette with floral motifs. Mrs. Ford, black frock of crepe de chine. Mrs. Archer, alice blue crepe de chine . with oriental reliefs. Mrs. Bowden, navy blue crepe de chine. Mrs. Brewer, japonica blue and fawn satin. Miss Scott, emerald georgette with touches of silver. The guests included:— Mrs. Doble, frocked in floral ninon. Mrs. A. Dalton, black georgette fi'ock. Mrs. Drake, lavender crepe de chine. Miss M. Webster, green georgette with argent reliefs. Miss L. Fletcher, silver tissue with old rose trimmings. Miss L. Webster, silver lace frock. Miss McAneany, leaf green taffeta and silver. Miss Hayson, wistaria mauve georgette and satin; soft pink posy. Miss M. Brown, forest green satin, mauve flower. Miss E. Driver, delphinium blue crepe de chine. Miss E. Prideaux, silver tinsel and lace over pink taffeta. Miss R. Gracie, Chinese red georgette and silver lace. Miss J. Prideaux, blue georgette and metal lace. Miss C. McGregor, peach bloom ring velvet and silver tulle tiered skirt. Miss K. Bonner, apricot georgette frock. Miss R. McGregor, midnight blue satin, relieved with silver touches. Miss Spagillo, powder blue taffeta. Miss P. Prideaux, orange satin and shawl to tone. Miss M. Newman, emerald georgette frock. Miss D. Gibbons, floral crepe de chine. Miss A. Barren, pale pink georgette. Miss V. Gibbons, coral rose satin crepe. Miss B. Gibbons, river green georgette. Miss A. Massey, silver tissue and georgette. Miss J. Anderson, sea blue crepe de chine. Miss C. Carey, lemon georgette and gold lace. Miss E. Hartley, apricot georgette with bead trimming. Miss Sutcliffe, almond green crepe de chine. Miss D. Rykers, mauve charmaline and silver. Miss M. Coe, black embossed georgette. Miss Nr. Proud, pale shot taffeta. Miss L. Lord, black satin frock of crepe. Miss T. Lord, seagreen georgette and silver. Miss E. Archer, pale pink satin and georgette. Miss G. Smith, leaf green crepe de chine. Miss Cauldwell, black taffeta. Miss D. Ryan, chartreuse green satin. Miss Pickering, hyacinth blue velvet. Mr. R. Doble, the club's popular secretary, managed the floor, and Stacey’s orchestra was responsible for the music. AN ENGAGEMENT

The engj:% 0 f ent is announced of Thyra Margaret, oiily daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Baldwin, Lyall Bay, Wellington, to Hugh O’Neill, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Thomson, of “Langholm,” Epsom, Auckland.

“The Girl Friend”

Piquant Frocks and Other Things FRILLS AND FURBELOWS Miss Annie Croft in “The Girl Friend,” demonstrated to the full at His Majesty’s Theatre last evening that she has an unusual flair for wearing intriguing clothes, and for the matter of that, so have her satellites, too, for every feminine member of the cast and chorus appeared in dainty gowns of wondrous variety—slim, svelte gowns of velvet—diaphanous pyjamas of chiffon and cobwebby laces—bouffant and frilly frocks of flounce upon flounce of tulle . . . crisply rustling ankle-length skirts of taffeta . . . with everywhere some particularly distinctive touch that made every woman in the audience feel pleasantly the darts of envy tickling her.

Miss Croft appeared first in a delightful little wrap coat of springtime green tricolette lined through with apple green crepe de chine and softly collared with beige fur. Under it she had a ilared frock of white georgette, mado with a swinging circular skirt encrusted with shining motifs of greenbeaded embroidery, which appeared again on the sleeves, which from tightfitting shape to the elbow, widened surprisingly into graceful flowing things. A droopy hut of white straw was worn, swathed with soft green crepe. PYJAMAS OF LACE Pyjamas that Miss Croft wore were very adorable trifles of lace and mimosa yellow satin, softened with white fur, and given a gleam of colourful brightness by sparkling beaded sprays on the front of the little jumper which went under a loose-sleeved coat of lace, and floral motifs down each side of the transparent trouser legs. A negligee of rose chiffon worn by Miss Croft was given unusual charm by great appliqued flowers of multicoloured ribbon blooming all over its surface, and by its pretty bordering of delicately blended rose chiffon petals. It covered a little rose-sprigged gown of chiffon panelled with soft ivory lace.

In the last scene Miss Croft wore one of her most charming frocks, a dainty long creation of daffodil yellow organdie, made with a slender bodice that drifted into a skirt of a hundred petals, each edged with a deeper shade of yellow and falling to achieve a smart uneven hemline. A hat of yellow crinoline was worn, caught with green streamers, and made piquant with a big flower nestling under the brim. The green note was accented in the girdle and shoulder flower of the frock. IN HIGH FEATHER Miss May Beatty was as debonair as ever in her dressing with her cockaded hats and swagger suits. On her first appearance last evening she wore yellowy shades, the first ensemble of beige and yellow, made with a deep cape of beige, lined with yellow and worn over a beige skirt and yellow reefer coat bordered with gold. A closefitting helmet of beige felt had a tall feather that nodded energetically with every movement of its wearer’s head. Next she wore a primrose yellow coat and skirt with a waistcoat of white satin, with here and there the brilliance of rhinestone ornaments. Again her hat was t befeathered in ambitious ways. Her last appearance was made in a majestically draped gown of black lace over lotus pink charmeuse, and with it she wore a small black velvet hat with a feather tumbling in caressing fashion over one shoulder. Among the audience were:—Miss L. P. Leary, Mrs. F. Hunt, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. H. Colwill and Miss Colwill, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Davis, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Craig, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Goyder, Mi*, and Mrs. R. B. Purser, Mi*, and Mrs. C. J. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Johnstone, Mr. and Mrs. Herman, Mrs. G. W. Hutchison, Mrs. Goodfellow, Miss H. D. Montague, Miss Macindoe, Miss Kissling, Mrs. Hackett, Miss B. Sliarman, Mrs. Snedden, Miss Crawford (Gisborne),, Miss D. Farquliar, Miss K. Ince, Miss J. Parkinson, Mrs. Nathan, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Humphrey Clark, Mrs. Coster, Mrs. P. Hayward, Mrs. Gwynne.