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The Mainland Day by Day
From Our Special Correspondents.
MELBOURNE
Sunday.
Derby Day.
Derby Day was a complete success.
The horses, the weather, and the lawns
were all as the public would like them
to be. Perhaps the new calmness with
which people are taking the Cup week
contributed not a little to the harmony
of the day. The women were dressed
for any weather in smart between-sea
son's suits. There was an absence of
Haunting colour; in fact, as one woman
who has juBt returned from Paris put
it, our women aro learning to dresB
with one eye on the background, and
the result was that nearly everyone
looked graceful. I am told that at
least 50 per cent, of them wore jumper
suitB and the new floppy felt hats; the
others neat ensembles, with black
straw hats. Tho only startling gown
for the week was Irene Vanbrugh's
trousered boudoir frock in "Caroline."
The quietness of the dressing may have
been in some degree due to the bad sea-
sons up north, as was, I think, the com-
parative lightness of individual bets;
but, after all, we grow up, and the days
of the cigar lit with a £5 note are gone
forever.
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