The dance hostess is doing very useful work indeed in town these days, when dancing, and, particularly, the tea-dance, is the most popular form of entertainment. By the way, the first charity ball of the war is to be held next week and Father Christmas will be present, wearing a gas mask as well as the more familiar white beard and whiskers.
'The modern dance hostess has many duties to perform other than dancing with guests. If you doubt this, ask Miss Vera Lumley-Kelly who has lately been engaged as a dance hostess at London's Grosvenor House. Her jobs' have included arranging games of bridge or expeditions to places of interest for memmers of foreign delegations visiting town. She introduces people to night clubs and plans tours round the Zoo; helps to choose clothes and jewellery, trousseaux and hats.
Once, a husband wanted to give his wife a surprise party and a surprise Wedding anniversary present Miss Tumley-Kelly was called in to de-orate the suite, undertake the send-fug out of an invitations, the making Of all arrangements. She was also Gsked to choose the husband's gift to his wife. After much careful fouls please any woman—a silver ought, she settled on one which
fox coat, They Call It "Semi-Astrakhan" on want to get ihe smart, sobhiüieated effect of the newest curled coiffures, London's haifdressers advise you to sweep up your heir. air is still worn short, but it is getting a little longer, about four joches at the back, lengthening to aix inches in front. The girl with a Siquant little face usually tends to Thur the hair out at the sides. The result. is quite youthful and pretty, Put it is rather "ordinary." That is the expert opinion. A girl will look much smarter if she piles the hair up over the forehead and sweeps it dickly off the eers, This change is Pte b I nan by a few flicks of the comb. ben" and it can be adapted to all shoulders and cut with elaborate fringes. For the evening, these long manes are confined in Juliet-snoods of pearls. Generally speaking,. it seems that American dress fashions are still taken chiefly from Paris.
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