Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, May 25, 1921

Issue date: Wednesday, May 25, 1921
Pages available: 18
Previous edition: Tuesday, May 24, 1921

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1921, Winnipeg, Manitoba Personal Mai Octoba free May Ana Charles Wesley sic lean of will arrive in jul unites tomorrow to spend the s Montague in route to the where they will visit and it Stewart for several Mclean has for the past few Days been the guest of Edward Foley in a goodly number of ladies and gentle ave promised their patronage to ail entertainments Given by motion Pic Tufa Tref in Winnipeg on thursday of the Days proceeds will so her majesty maternity special Day has been arranged by the Winnipeg Trench of the Queen Mars Needle work a number of been arranged and the Day promises to be a great the following Are the patrons and Patr Nesses his Honor the lieutenant governor and a tidy his Grace archbishop chief Justice and per chief Justice and Justice and Macdonald Justice and Dennis general and Dean and sir Hugh John and lady and his worship the mayor and Par and and and and and Ami sir Augustus Edward and and and and and Edward flt and and t and Sanford and William and and and and Louis and Gordon miss Eva miss Phyllis miss Constance George bal Hugh b James 803 Jessie fort is receiving this afternoon from to 6 in Honor of Duff owing to the Large crowds Wirich Are expected on May and the difficulty of making change the managers of All motion picture theatres have requested that the prices of admission remain the same As and that the amusement tax beaded to Quee marys Hospital the commit tee in charge regret that this change has to be made but feel assured that it will meet with approval by the generous Public of Victor records at the beaches we give special Atten Tion to our customers de siring records delivered to their summer for particulars of this special after Many years residence in la leaving to make he Home in her Many friends in the City will be glad this Opportunity of wishing her Bon voyage Ralph Stratton and children have returned from the in Honor of miss a june Jameson will enter Tain at luncheon Macleod is the guest of her Athol and Dingwall and miss Jean Dingwall will leave the latter part the week to Speed the summer months in a miss Grace a june was the Honor guest at a Bright Tea Given by miss Ella miss Minnie sacks is Tho guest of her and sacks Anil family their 683 Dufferin miss sacks is from Tennes a fishing consisting of lec Wright and Wilfrid of accompanied Mccowan and of Kee left for Whitefish Narrows in search of d is upending a Holiday at her summer Home on the Lake at and Hastings Are pre paring to open Calypso for 223 Colony 223 Colony Street be at Home to the methodist min wives association this afternoon from 3 to 5 in Honor of those members of the society who Are soon to leave the Winni Eggers take fullest advantage of Holiday at Beach and Park heaviest Days traffic on record for electric Street railway Call a1863 the wests greatest music House the Home of the Hentzman piano and the Victrola 3 29 p or t a g e me guess a Ciurea miss Tan miss Stella mrs Phillip her Bert Misa miss Winnie miss the misses Helen and Audrey Parlee and miss the misses Marion Hays and Violet entertained at delightful miscellaneous Shower in Honor of miss Doris a june the Tea decorated with White streamers and centred with a miniature was in charge of others pres ent were the misses in Matthews and the Story the Mirror tells about laundry service the Mirror tells a Story to the woman who has her Wash ing done our laundry our laundry with its modern washing meth is specially devised to save women All the Labori Ous work of the old style try our phone new method washing phone n639798 Obregon overcomes great difficulty with firmness Mexico slay president Obregon apparently has met a difficult which last week threatened to disrupt the mexican in his policy is that All guilty persons shall be punished but that to matters strictly the province of his adm Nistra the president must not be subject of interference from political this appears to have Satis fied All the session of the chamber last evening was uneventful and there was no mention of the controversy which last week caused such bitter competent observers now declare that conditions Are favourable to a stable dark Grey Clouds drifted across the sky Early yesterday morning and Many anxious eyes must have Fol Lowed their erratic course wondering whether or not they would Blanket the heavens to Sash an exas to blot out the Sun entirely and then dissolve into showers of fortunately a Light Breeze was blowing and the threatening Grey squadrons were driven to the extreme limits of the horizon to be Fol Lowed by Light flocks of what the Irish country Folk Call White forerunners of sunny and Victoria Day was ushered in with a True Holiday atmosphere and Ideal Outing tempera to the and even to Many of Hose of More mature there is ittle to a Holiday unless it is heralded by some kind of asking the blare trumpets and the crash of brass the usual firecrackers and other pyrotechnic combinations were fully Aken advantage of and the night be Ore made hideous to grouch and dyspeptic by the crackling reports of All kinds and sorts of it Many a Home monday afternoon lad been a Busy time preparing for he first real Holiday of the baskets for the time honoured picnic had to be garnished with the Many traditional toothsome delicacies which Are always expected for the 1fresco meal in the Meadow or the hade of the sparsely leafed cake and fruit and pop and other varieties of Oft drinks had All to be safely stored Way in the Holiday there Fere also the Small to be made to the kiddies stitch Ere and a ribbon or a slight change in last years clothes to meet a twelve months increase in height and the grownups had Golf clubs and other sporting paraphernalia to overhaul Canvas shoes to Daub with pipe Clay and fit with new flannel pants to press and the general Holiday out fit to carefully prepare for the Days yesterday was observed by even larger crowds than in previous years although Victoria coming As it does at what might be termed the official i opening of the summer season is always one of the most popular exodus from Arhat with railway trips to the beaches and to Shoal trolley excursions to the outskirts of the City and the neighbouring and amusements in the Many motoring and Cycle movies and even the More prosaic jaunts on Shanks there was no Lack of variety of spending a pleasant and enjoyable trains running to the various sum Mer resorts were All Well patronized and merry crowds gathered Early at the stations to be sure of a com Many of those who spend the warmer months of the year near River or Lake took full advantage of the Holiday to visit their Camp Sites and get the place in proper order for the time when they would leave the cites dust and noise for the fresh country air and the quiet and peace of the health giving resorts by the Waters Banks or in the Fields and Forest camping outfits of every description were among the personal Luggage taken natures your wife will never forget the Honey Moon spent in with an Ideal comfortable and nature at Iti it is indeed a lovers forty by magnificent steamers from new ask your local steamship agents re rates and or write fur ass Bermuda limb Fiu Nemhouse Whitehall new York i Stan Lorr trait far Tom Tomb official to Milt Gaul by a number of Holiday trip the pure source of the cites water the Beautiful of Shoal and the Distant Lake of the Woods and Winnipeg River were visited by Large and the a fair proportion of the pleasure seeking Large numbers travelled Down the red River to Andrews locks and keen Ora where they enjoyed the games swings and other attract the dancing on Board the Steamer and at the Park was fully taken advantage and those who chose that Way of spending the Holiday got an abundant Sipply of fresh air from the very moment they set out in the morning until they returned late in i the City Parks the principal were the City Parks and the Many sports and games in the Public play the electric Street railway ran every available car to those places of popular Over and this it is stated by the officials of the electric railway is a very conservative Fig visited River Park Over attended the Ball game in the morning and More than followed the afternoon similar Large where All sports and games found crowds gathered at the other their Large quota of fans and Admir it estimated by the com pants officials that the Street cars carried Well Over Quarter a million practically every one of them using the Street railway purely for Holiday it is also stated that at least visited Selkirk the car traffic was the heaviest Holiday traffic Ever handled by the according to the reports of those who had the super vision and handling of the vast a relatively Small number of motor cars were seen on the cites streets yesterday As practically All the Auto mobiles were used by their owners to get into the the same applies to motorcycles and Plain which also carried Large numbers to the open spaces where the air was full of the fresh fragrance of Spring and the Joy of healthful children As far As could be Learned there were no serious accidents of any kind to mar a most delightful and pleasant of As on All similar some Young sters got separated from their parents and guardians and seven child Ren were lost and taken to the police where they were later claimed by their anxious and worried friends and in the evening the principal attractions were the dance pavilions at the and these were patronized by thousands until the time had come for closing them at the conclusion of the great Day of there were those who took advantage Holiday to prepare their summer while a number wielded the paint Brush to beautify their Victoria Day is supposed to he the first Day upon which to sport the first Straw and there were quite number of the summer head covers ice Cream Cones were in every Youthful hand and literally on every kiddos and the refreshment Booths at the playgrounds and other places of amusement As Well As the Candy stores and ice Cream Parlours did a roaring Many motor cars were decorated with Canadian flags and Union jacks and a number of stores had also beautified their windows or shop fronts with pictures of Victoria the Bunting and Floral ten thousand at Assiniboine Park about ten thousand it is visited Assiniboine the Bright Sunshine with which the Holiday was favored dried the grass and the visitors got Gam Boling about on it to their hearts the Park was looking its and proved so delightful to the thousands that it was not till Sun Down that they began to make a reluctant Start for there were numerous picnic it is Evi Dent that Assiniboine Park is this year going to be As popular a venue As Ever for the socialist party was one of the organization which had an Outing it was very merry base a tend rounders were the forms sport indulged the Tennis court were occupied most of the an1 those looking after the grounds received some Well deserved compliments for the Fine condition of the the zoo was As usual the big attraction for the children who got any amount of fun out of the bears with the favorit in the Dens was undoubtedly a Cul which is no bigger than the Teddy the he is a Livel is steadily mastering the Art of catching the flying Peanut and cuts a whole lot of Capers which makes him an entertainment in him relics of too War in the form of German guns and an air Piam which was used by the huns attracted a Good Deal of Kildonan Kildonan Park was the Mecca o Northend pleasure seekers yesterday thousands citizens availed them selves of the Holiday Opportunity and under the Ideal weather conditions prevailing throughout the picnics no family outings were in great Evi several Hundred members of the salvation army 3 corps enjoyed their first general Outing of the and a full Days programme of sports conducted without mis the younger generation was out in full Force and the swings and see saws were by the Happy the Park also attracted a Large number of and out Side of the few who encounter the inevitable the majority of the a toasts appeared to assume a Superior air indicating feeling of sympathy for the less fortunate be tempered by Lake born the sweltering rays of the summer Sun shot Down from an almost cloudless gentle Ripples broke the sur face of the Long vistas of Waters and Laved the Sandy Shore with soothing Trees were beginning to show that the sap of life was again running after the Winters the grass showed Green in Many tonirae Down the Glare of the White nature was in Happy she had donned her Best at tire to Greet the Cit tired anxious for a breath of fresh air far from the stress and turmoil of the workaday it was the opening of the 1921 sea son at Winnipeg famous summer resort and the Peg had sent its thousands of Holiday makers to revel in the delights which the Beach had to offer in plentiful transported in several including a special and the Moonlight the thronging crowds invaded the buoyed with the Prospect of a few Brief hours in the midst of Ideal they were not the pleasure seekers found them the midst of Sylvan scene which struck straight and hard to the Core of each children revelled in the Cool Waters scampered along the Sands or Rol licked in the luxuriant Chil Dren of a larger growth found relaxation in quieter living again thu Days of their youth in watching the activities of the youngsters or in pre paring creature comforts for the Ihne keenly alive to the that to make the resort popular there mus be attractions other than those which nature had the Canadian Pacific had left no Stone unturned to ensure the Success of the new season additions have been made and More Are in contemplation to those with Are already and the Beach this year bids fair to become More popular than Ever before in its Beach attractions at the Southern end of the Beach a Jack Rabbit coaster gave the venturesome thrills and not far away there is the As the season there will be boat ing and and the bathing Pavilion will also prove a Welcome Earnest consideration is being Given to a suggestion to add a track for ponies and goats where children May ride Shetland ponies or drive Little carts drawn by trained it is will prove one of the principal especially for the other places on line All credit is due to the for he admirable Way in which the Days rage traffic was and at the Beach end of the journey Sta Ion handled the crowds with the utmost not All the thousands who left Winnipeg made the Beach their w e v e m a 11 o c Boundary Sandy Hook and while not possessing the hectic attractions of Winnipeg being Well peopled by summer and Many delights All their own to pre ent for the delectation of the Holiday each was attractive and Beautiful in its own particular is All flavour Young leaves generously in the always you want fact dear sir i beg to inform you that i have used one of new wonder hair restorer and so far i have found v h f the one bottle i have used has almost hair to what it was 20 years it 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