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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 24, 1938
Page
7
The Duchess adopts a two way hair style by day and night with tiny curls and jeweled stars. An Edwardian evening coiffure of piled curls recalls Queen Alexandra, while often smoothing into a page boy style to fit events. The shift signals a broader fashion shift as women embrace versatile hairdressing after years of simple styles.
Young Graham Archer, a year-old pianist from Queensland, performed at the Brisbane Women's Club under the Governor's presence. The event highlighted native dance studies led by Miss Jeannette Wirt and linked to plans in Melbourne and New Zealand for further ethnographic and evening wear displays during Brisbane festivities.
A bridge party at the Lady Mayoress’s reception room hosted about 80 players to raise funds for the Valma Sullivan Scholarship. Guests wore black attire, with tables set for refreshments as proceeds were earmarked to offset annual debts. The Mount Tamboring branch of the Greensland Country Women’s Association announced a sale in October to clear remaining dues, with a new meeting on Friday, September 4.
MISS MARGARET McROBERT, daughter of MG and Mrs John McRobert, will wed Mr Demaist Chivtis Otter in Sydney on September 2. The notice notes wedding plans including flowers and spring fashions for the event.
The Lady Bruche will travel from Melbourne to Brisbane aboard the Nieuw Holland this morning on a three month East Coast holiday. She has many friends in Brisbane dating from her husband Sir Whids Bruche’s time as General Bruche commanding the British troops here. Other arrivals include Mrs Bell and Miss Pike with her husband, and many long-standing local social connections are noted as events unfold for September weddings and society gatherings.
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