South African Pictorial - Volume 17 (Jul-Dec 1923)

20 SOUTH AT SPORTS REQUISITES Box 1036. forgot “‘ the slump in the Market ’”’ and the hundred-andone things that make hubby totally unable to buy us a new dress. It reminded one of Johannesburg before the War. Mrs. Percy Hutchison was watching her husband’s success, and with her were Sir Llewellyn Andersson and Mr. Ward, Mr, Saxon-Snell joining them after the ‘‘ curtain raiser,”’ in which he is a fearsome burglar. Mr. Nelson (“‘ R.A.N.”’ of The Star) was watching his niece, Miss Betty Nelson, who certainly never gave him an instant’s cause for anxiety, making good at once; and I saw Mr. John French, Mr. and Mrs. Myer Mendelsohn, Mr. and Mrs. Islip, Mr. and Mrs. Rosenfeld, Miss Saloman, Dr. Brinton, Mr. Abelman, Mr. Phillips (of East London), Miss Ethel Brown, Dr. Mary Gordon, and many others. The gowns sre a_ revelation. They are the very latest from London, and one, an exquisitely-made gown of Nottingham lace with a very pale pink tight-fitting sleeveless corsage, is an exact copy of a dress in the Duchess of York’s trousseau—the Nottingham lace that Royalty has again revived the craze for. Worn by charming Elsie Stranack, it has a deep lace bertha cut at the shoulders to fall softly, and a bouffant skirt that is slightly wired and has at the waist a round plaque of pearls with long ends. In the first act Miss Betty Nelson wears a gown of white, pleated on to a yoke with a centre-panel of white and rose beads, and over it a smart red coatee that is made short in front and longer to the full back, the hem being embroidered in white wool and also the ends of the wide sleeves. With it she wears a chic little red and gold brocade turban, very flat, with a string of red and crystal beads making a long chin-strap. And the one bright touch of colour on the dress is the scarlet girdle that confines the waist. Another gown that I loved is worn by Miss Stranack. It is of ‘‘ Mary ’’-blue crépe-de-chine and has quite a Quaker air with its deep white georgette collar and the smart little black velvet bow at the neck with long ends, its wide falls of georgette at the elbow and a full skirt of the material, the frills, smaller at the waist-line, deepening to the hem. With it she wears a very smart blue hat with a bunch of ribbons falling to below the waist. We have Miss Kate Carew, best dressed of women, in a really wonderful black charmeuse that is swathed round and has a jet overdress to the skirt that merges into dull gold on the corsage. The train is formed from a flat panel that comes from the waist and is lined with gold tissue, and the half-back of georgette has jet strings of beads hanging to the waist-line and tucked under. And then I loved the costume of golden brown maracain with its Paisley cuffs and collars, its simple band at the waist and the chic cornflower-blue hat with its wreath of flowers toning with the Paisley. And Kate would not be Kate did she not carry a bag ta match, beaded to the latest fashion. And the famous black pyjamas that were all the rage in Town, with their yellow bands embroidered in royal blue—they suited pretty Betty exceedingly, and so also did the petticoat of rainbow hues in accordion-pleats. | Miss Stranack wears a lovely negligée of palest pink banded with jade and silver, and looks most attractive in it. She also has a lovely orange cloak of velvet. And when one sees on the programme the fascinating names of Guyvers, Hanover Square, Kurlmans, of New York, Dorothy Ridley, of Cadogan Place, and Revelle and Rossiter, of Hanover Square, one understands, dear ladies, that one has seen models such as we are not often privileged to cast our eyes on—and envy. And at the Empire Miss Victoria Carmen is wearing some gowns that I shall tell you all about next week and that make her dressing-room look like that of a London revue star. oo AFRICAN PICTORIAL. THE LEADING SPORTING HOUSE OF SOUTH AFRICA. ELOFF STREET, JOHANNESBURG. FOOTBALL JERSEYS and SCHOOL COLORS Our Speciality. NOTE: All Leading Makes of Tennis Rackets and Balls stocked. Consignments arrive by every mail, therefore goods are always fresh. Juty 28, 1923. BY ALL THE BEST MAKERS WARD & SALMONS. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. *Phone 2770. Sports, 4194. 4 Two Weddings. Two interesting weddings are shortly to take place—Miss Vera King to Mr. J. W. Easterbrook at St. Mary’s on August 4, and Miss Marguerite Versfeld to Mr. Robert Scott Miller at Yeoville on August 11. With all the pretty fashions in the shops at present the bride-to-be has an enjoyable time selecting her trousseau, and I notice that Paris is decreeing the palest of shades and the most unassuming of styles. 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