It may be that the Prince of Wales, who is a great film fan, was one of the first to make attendance first nights in the Westend cinemas generally, a fashfonabl habit. In any event, the cinema is threatening to outrival the theatre in the smartness of its audiences on growing number of events, ud, now, Mayfair is thinking of imitating: Hollywood and going in for private cinemas attached to their houses. "Mrs." Cunningham Reid, the other night, fitted up the squash rackets court' at her home in Upper Brook Street for the frst showing in London of Dougla Fairbanks' new film, "Robinson Grusoe," and afterwards her guests were eiven a foretaste of Walt Disney's Coloured Symphonies, this one, a Mermaid Ballet, "King Neptune." The Squash Court wus built specially for the triple purpose of being used for" squash rackets, the showing of films and for dancing, ax the Moor is dance The party, which included Prince George, ended in dancing and music, with gramophone amplification, relayed from America, To-day's Underwear The present, day lingerie hax taken on a entirely new line. The Enipire influence is noricable hee itis in dresses and. coats. "In fact, underwear is qut to imitate the modern frock. Nightgowns are particularly in this respect. The newest bed attire in a twopieco ensemble of nightgown and cout, the former showing a low back decolletage and a daely fitting warnt line, Tt is. essential that all, modern lingerie should be close fitting over the hips. Flowered silks, satins and fine w 4 i fine' woollen. stuffs are aspect ally popular in many models: which have' precitely' "the. same. single Mhoulder strap as ie a tenture of evening at. the moment. A. beat fu floored nightgown has a rather high neck in front, gathered should era and failed cults and sleeves:
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