Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 23, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba About society Winnipeg free press women s interests Winnipeg saturday july 23, 1938 Page seven. Miss Betty Banning and miss Glen Morrison shown in the Garden of the residence of or. And mrs. C. P. Banning Are am Njg the number of Young people taking advantage of the Holiday season. They left thursday for the East and the main item on their itinerary will be a cycling tour through parts of new Hampshire and Massachusetts. They will be away for about three weeks. Soft wools of Early autumn styles Ideal for late summer trips wrinkle proof frocks and smart Utility Coats Best for Holiday jaunts. By Elsie Mcintosh. A re you one of the women who simply could not get holidays "1 until the Middle of August if so you Are particularly fortunate it s a fact no matter where you plan to go and especially if you intend to take a Lonj trip you Are going to appreciate the new Early fall clothes which will comprise your Holiday wardrobe. 1938 is witnessing a finite change in styles a transition from the fluttery flared feminine costumes of the last year to the More mannish Type i tailored outfit. Without a Dof tit. If you buy of Are going to feel different and you Are going to look different. Take the dresses for instance. Every Drees that shrinks Means one Ley Are not Only easy to Wear less article in your wardrobe. In Are East to pack. And this is the new styles lend themselves mainly because the most popular East packing. The important brie is Wool. The fall Story skirt wil1 Foll in smooth ale of the combination of Woven i knitted materials made of same blended yarn. These lines and the attractive Dolman sleeves with their wide under Arm fold nicely especially in the Ward models Range from classic twin Rob trunks and bags. Is with skirts to three piece suits. T bather has become the under then you leave Home even for a i scored item on Milady s Ward Eek end it is More than con Robe list. Custom made cos raiment to have a wardrobe which Tumes of suede viewing with the refuses to wrinkle. Woollens May 13moother leathers such As kid emphasize the swagger Type and these Are always convenient for travelling for Ivey Are worn with any Type of dress. Scotch plaids and most unconventional stripes Are being sed for Coats and one of the More adored ensembles for travelling s the checked Topcoat worn with striped sports suit. Cast aside he striped suit and the checked oat is still permissible with one Olor one piece Woollen frocks. Another Type of coat suited specially to the person who plans a motor trip is the reversible Opper made on. Tailored lines some Laving completely reversible cuffs net Many being fashioned of the Lew wines and greens. A nother essential on any Holiday trip is at least one evening dress and possibly to. Lace is always Ideal for pack no whether one holidays on land r sea. And net is very practical easily losing the few wrinkles it May acquire in transit. Matching jackets whether hip length or Bolero Are always convenient for the formal frock May Hen be worn for less formal Occa ions. Unquestionably the woman who travels in Early fall is fortunate if she choose her wardrobe with care she May be assured that she books neat and trim no matter where she is. E Hung up. And Are soon ready o Wear. The sheer dra piness of Wol is making a popular fabric and on the continent Wool Jersey 8 fashionable in the smarter eve Ning frocks. Jed a word to the Wise if your Holiday takes you on the water you simply must take unc washable costumes with. You. It Story when a woman takes Pony summer crepes which shrink As a result of dampness for skin for favor and for the holi dayer what could be More suitable than leather leather Polo Coats or leather jackets Are always smart with a tailored skirt and so utterly prac tical. Skirts of soft Wool or of Camel hair Tweed Are being de signed in the mannish Mode with a hip pocket and leather belts worked through High waistlines. The Wise woman who boasts such a costume will be ready to enjoy a Cape ensemble for autumn in Grey and Green herringbone was chosen by Bette Davis film Star As adjunct to her wardrobe. The slim jacket is Green Grey Shadow plaid and has Silver buttons at the front losing. Anything from a game of Golf to motor trip in the mountains or mile walk around the deck of Steamer. Mrs. C. C. Lindsay who has been a visitor in Winnipeg left thursday Lor her Home in Collingwood ont or. And mrs. Hugh f. Cameron left by motor Friday for Cleveland Ohio where they will spend the next few weeks. Mrs. Gerald s. Rutherford has returned from Victoria Beach Lake Winnipeg where she was the guest of or. And mrs. E. R. Cameron. Mrs. James of Greenock Scotland is the guest of her brother and sister in Law or. And mrs. R. Rennie Swan Grosvenor Avenue. Mrs. F. F. Montague has left to spend a Short tune at the Lake of the Woods the guest of or. And mrs. Harry c. Ashdown at their summer Home. Mrs h. A. Walley has returned from los Angeles cal., where she has spent the last few months visit ing her daughter mrs. Roland Wagner. Nurse from Post in North guest at Garden Tea in Honor of miss prudence Hockin of Moose factory ont., mrs. F. G. Walker Jessie Avenue entertained the executive of the Rupert s land woman s auxiliary Friday afternoon. Tea was served on the Lawn. Mrs. R. O. Taylor presided assisted by mrs. D. Riley mrs. Douglas Walker and mrs. W. Mcilwraith Mcquaker. Miss Hockin is Home on furlough from the North and has been visiting her Home at Oak Lake. She is at present the guest of mrs. M. H. Helliwell Albermarle apartments and will leave monday to return to her Post As nurse superintendent at the Church of England Mission at Moose factory. Mrs. John b. Fisher has re turned to her summer Home at Why Tewold Beach Lake Winnipeg after spending a few Days in Winnipeg. Milady is sure to press her escort in and evening frock of Black silk net with embroidered effect and trimmed with Ruf. Fles. White flannel is the Choice of her partner. The smart new wools so popular for late summer and Early autumn frocks and suits Are featured in the two frocks shown Here. Below is a Green sheer Wool Tweed suit with Long sleeved jacket and pleated skirt. Fashioned of sheer est Wool crepe is a pastel Blue frock with a skirt of All around stitched pleats. S emus by the stroller news hounds across Canada and the United states have been hot on the Trail of j. V. Harowitz of London England. Newspapermen sought interviews with him in every Railroad station and restaurant he chanced to imagine their Surprise and amazement when they discovered that he was not the great Vladimir Harowitz world famous russian pianist. J. V. Harowitz is Only a perfectly harmless very efficient English shoe sales Man who insists that he has no desire to steal any of the Thunder of the famous musician. It s a smooth Tongue and a Clever wit that helps Many a Young Man Over the bumpy path of life. Only recently a Young Chap about Twenty had enjoyed an evening of dancing with a girl whom he knew to be Twenty eight. When she chanced to ask him How old he thought she was his facile mind quickly framed the answer i Don t know whether to add ten years for Wisdom or take off ten years for manners count for much but one fourteen year old boy found them of no Avail in postponing his tonsil operation. It seems that he and his two Sisters were having their tonsils out on the same Day. In his most gentlemanly fashion he said ladies to his Chagrin he was the first to be taken to the operating room. When a Little teen age girl attending the . Camp in one of the City Parks discovered her lunch had Dis appeared she cried help i be been a Bright fellow Camp member ejaculated what can you expect it s a Gypsy hospitals seem to glean an overdose of kiddy sayings. An anaesthetist in one of the Winnipeg hospitals tells about the usual practice of having a. Child count until he is under the Anaesthetic. In one Case the child stopped at 20. Those at tending thought him ready for the operation when suddenly his thin Little voice queried what comes after comfy Lake cottages pre War Vintage treasures Lase family rocking. Chair still rocks Long forgotten gramophone records and books galore Are found. By Geraldine b. Taylor a cottage at the Lake is the dream of most Winnipeg families one that a Good Many have realized and that More Are making come., True every year. Today they Are marvels of convenience and the latest thing in Interior decorating. They have electric Light hot water telephones radio a landscaped Lawn a Cris Craft at the Dock or a car in the garage. They Are pretty Nice there is no denying it. It is fun to tear through water at goodness knows How Many Miles an hour fun to put on a Crisp evening dress and take the launch across Moonlit Waters to a dance delightful to stretch out with that dinner will Cook to a turn in a regulated that is life in a summer Home. But is it More fun still to Row across the Lake to meet week end guests and walk them Back Over the Trail to where you left the boat a Canoe and Slacks Are much More comfortable for viewing Moonlight and Steak never tasted so Good As the one you grilled yourself Over that Little old stove in the Camp Kitchen. Proceedings like this can not go on in a summer Home they place in a cottage one built of logs. Of scuffing from Days slum Brous by the boys As have to take preferably in Many years ago and lived in and loved by the family that built it through a generation of Summers. You can find such cottages at Ken Ora and at Matlock and Ponemah at Winnipeg Beach and All the other spots which have made themselves dear to Winni Eggers on Holiday. They May not be As smart nor As convenient As their newer neighbors but they have something new ones have not and the Way things go today never will have. Today we feel that we must keep up with the times. Yesterday s Chintz must come yesterday s chairs look funny. They do not fit into the modern scheme and in the summer Home they Are put of place. But in a cottage Well the Day before yesterday s Homey things Are still doing very Well thank you. That old Rocker May have a new coat of paint but the family can remember being rocked in it before it took to color. The Ham mock on the Verandah has shared Many Young secrets the rungs on the chairs lined up round the Oil clothed dining table scraped Bare by years growing feet. The summer Home has porcelain plaques or smart posters on its Walls the cottage has Pic Tures Cut from Magazine pictures dating Back even to years before the War. A naughty Bath ing girl from an illustrated London. News of 1909 looks a Frump today but she still dominates tie dining room. Handsome Young soldiers and sailors Cut by the girls in romantic school beauties chosen exemplifying their Ideal woman surely no collection is com the housewife chose Busy romper de children while the Man of the House found pictures of fishermen of ducks flying and Woodland life More to his liking. Today for the family each picture brings a Mem Ory for the visitor they provide a never ending source of entertain ment. There Are other sources of entertainment. The s Bookcase one. When you Are stay at. One of these old family cottages take a Batch of magazines or. A new Book to your hosts by All Means but Don t bother with Reading matter for yourself. On a cottage bookshelf you will find plenty. They will not be the Book of the month club selections however for when they re published people made up their minds for themselves As to what they wanted to read. You May find for instance once aboard the it happened to be our first grownup Book May be it was yours too. A lame dog s bars of by Ethel m. Dell adventure stuff by Frank l. Packard and Jack London a Gem called Marguerite s wonderful Lavender and old main Street we could go on for pages like this. Even More fun Are the magazines. A fashion Maga Zine for 1928, featuring Cloche hats and Long waists shows How quickly taste changes. Story magazines Lack the gangster touch and judge 1 punch or life 1 reveal that the gags is fleeter still ;