Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 01, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday october 1, 1938 news about society women s interests Page nine. Mrs. John f. Lind with her husband has been a popular visitor in town for the last fortnight. She was the guest this week of mrs. David Kilgour while or. Lind was enjoying some Manitoba shooting weather. Or. 3rd mrs. Lind left on thursday for their Home in St. Mary sout. Czechs were Carefree in july 9 germans and by Ethel steel. A Happy Carefree people in carnival spirit. That was the picture tourists received of the czechoslovakian in Prague As recently As july. They knew of the possibility of War but pre pared for it in an entirely different manner to their German neighbors. Miss Alison Warner who graduated this Spring from the University of Manitoba and lately returned from a tour of eng land. Scotland Germany France and Czechoslovakia noticed a striking contrast Between the celebrations in Prague and those in Munich. Our party of undergraduates travelling under the overseas educational league to czech Capi 10 primarily to see the tenth Sokol Congress in Progress miss Warner explained. For five weeks there had been a series of mass drills an inter National contest and other exhibitions and during the first week in july when the Canadian undergrads arrived the grand finale was on. The Sokol is a nationalistic movement and every six years since 1882 a Congress has been held. This year people took part. Everyone dressed in native cos Tumes and in the evenings there was singing and dancing in the miss Warner said. At the same time Gas mask factory was running full Force in Prague and the Congress included a Public performance by the army. But still there did t seem to be spirit of impending trouble soap Parent in Germany. In Munich when we arrived Hitler was there to attend what was. Known As an Art festival. It was mainly a Parade of floats depicting German Progress up to the present Day. The cheers and shouts of appreciation seemed so mechanical compared to the spontaneous out bursts in Prague. There were sol Diers everywhere. As soon As we crossed the German Border the trains were full of them and they All looked so conversation about War is almost an impossibility in Germany the canadians discovered. They do not Call the troops which filled the streets soldiers. Instead they Are i called members of the party and i he War office is known As the i party office. Only the comparatively Small percentage who carry arms Are termed soldiers. The quaint Little town of Carls i bad in Czechoslovakia is near the i sudeten area and tourists usually flock there to the famous Baths. This summer the threat of War i them away. One hotel had Only j four guests when the Canadian Stu arrived. What impressed miss Warner most the amazing housekeeping of the townspeople in Carlsbad " she enthused the. Cobblestone streets Are scrubbed three times a Day and the Mountain paths running through the town Are swept just As every Day of their stay in Czechoslovakia was packed with educational entertainment and amusing Incisi its. Good Fellowship and High spirits abounded and the members of the Canadian party were even serenaded we were used to hearing music in the streets but we weren t pre pared to be awakened from sleep in our wonderful Feather Beds in the hotel in Prague one sunday morning by a group of musicians playing the familiar strains of the Indian love Call. The Harmony was pretty bad but they kept it up until we threw them some miss Warner laughed. Misses Frances and Helen Congalton sailed from South Ampton saturday on the pm press of Britain after spending six weeks in England and the continent. Mrs. Proud wife of or. C. W. Proud Vancouver ., with her daughters miss Pat and miss Barry who have been spending a few Days in Winnipeg guests of mrs. Proud s sister mrs. W. H. Barry and her nieces mrs. W. S. Dunlop and mrs. C. Julian have gone on to new York City where they will spend the next nine months or. And mrs. P. F. Kennedy will leave saturday for Toronto where the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth june to or. Jack Lorner Arnson Fowler will take place Friday oct. 7. Or. And mrs. Henry Are occupying their new Home at 127 Cordova Street. Or. And mrs. A. P. Johannsson arrived at Montreal thursday on the Montrose after spending Sev eral months in Iceland Denmark and England. Or. And mrs. P. L. Watson arrived at Montreal thursday on the Montrose in route to their Home in Winnipeg. 6 t or. P. Gellatly is returning Home on the Empress of Britain sailing from Southampton saturday. Do yom re Mem Twenty years ago today word was received that the woman suffrage Bill was Defeated in the United states Senate 54 to 30. Lady Aikins left for the East accompanied by her daughter Helen who continued her studies in Toronto. Members of the Calgary press club entertain d in Honor of mrs. Anne Anderson Perry of Winnipeg who was the guest of mrs. Baldwin Hutton in Calgary. Miss Kathleen Phillips British red Cross nurse addressed the members of the women s Canadian club telling them of War conditions. Mrs. H h win Earls held a reception in Honor of her sister mrs. G. A. Henson prior to her departure to reside in Vancouver. Flight Lieut and mrs. Cedric Gallagher whose wedding was a recent event left to visit in Eastern Canada. Mrs. Edward Fortin returned from Edmonton Alta where she had been the guest of her parents or. And mrs. W. J. Webster. Mrs. A e Rosevear and her two daughters Marion after spending three months at their summer Home near Montreal que. Mrs. R. A. Sara and her Small daughter left for new York to join or. Sara and make their Home. Miss Jean Maclean arrived this week from her Home in Ottawa to be the guest of or. And mrs. John Brophy Cambridge Street. First. Fighters in new abodes find drama centres on unexpected by Geraldine b. Taylor. Many of you this week end will be spending your first night in a new Home. It is too late now for timely advice As to snags to look for when you go seeking a new place to live so the Best we can do to add a note of cheer to the scene is to warn you of a few shocks which Fate May have in store for you. If you have moved into one of the older residential districts you bad better examine the inner Walls of your new abode. If there Are cracks you May be in for a time because your House will prob ably need to be jacked up pretty soon. Almost every second House in the older neighbourhoods it seems. Is suffering at present from fallen Arches. It is an expensive complaint to cure and even if you have a landlord to shoulder the Bill the workmen make an awful mess Anc plans you May have for fall planing will have to go by the Board All this happened to a Young Anc unsuspecting couple who this summer. Then there is the matter of the duplex and the garbage. Perhaps you have just moved into the top half of a renovated House and of course it s going to be rather fun not having a door. But How will you empty the garbage can in Kitchen. That is a question which was worrying one local Young Matron last week. Another duplex Matron discovered last win or that the radiators in her top m Douglas Logan and her David who have spent the past two months with mrs. Logan s parents or. And mrs. C. A. Mac Kenzie will leave thursday Foi their Home in Toronto. A mrs. R. G. Holmes entertained in formally wednesday in Honor of miss Edythe Pratt a Bride elect of saturday. A gift was presented to miss Pratt on behalf of the guests who numbered 16. In Honor of mrs. A. G. Taylor formerly miss Elsie keen whose wedding was a recent event her Mother in Law mrs. S. Taylor held a reception thursday. The Tea table was presided Over by mrs. J. Boucher and the group of assistants included mrs. E. Bender. Misses Gladys keen and Katherine Mann. Miss Fern Speers will return Early next week from the Pacific coast where she has spent the past four months. F miss Elsa saner left thursday evening for England where her marriage to or. Charles s. B. Morison son of major and mrs. J. B. Morison Wardlaw Avenue will shortly take place. Or. And mrs. Frank Morriss leave saturday for a month s trip along the Pacific coast during which they will visit Hollywood Seattle san Francisco and Van Couver. Or. W. A. Gardner chief surgeon of the Shriner s Hospital for crippled children Winnipeg unit will be guest speaker at a meeting of the ladies auxiliary to the shrines Hospital for crippled children monday at 2.30 . In the clubroom Donalda Block. Or. Gardner will speak on the care and Healing of crippled children. V in Honor of miss Laura Holmes and or. Daniel Mcwilliams. Whose wedding will be an event of octo Ber 7, or. And mrs. William Walsh will entertain at dinner sunday. E mrs. A. A. Alsip and mrs. Harold Hough have returned from a motor trip to Minneapolis and Chicago. C or. And mrs. G. Lyon arrived Friday from Vancouver and Are guests at the fort Garry hotel. 4 or. And mrs. Frank Mathewson have returned from a Short Holiday in the East. They made the trip via the great lakes. A miss Ethel m. Barrie daughter of or. And mrs. William Barrie has arrived from Ottawa to spend three weeks with her parents at their summer Home Lake of the Woods and Winnipeg before returning to the Capitol. Or. And mrs. Bradley be Page of Charlottetown. P.e.i., will spend the week end in Winnipeg the guests of or. And mrs. R. D. Bellen route Home from a Holiday at Vancouver Miss Phyllis James of Calgary is the guest for a Short time of miss Rose Baker. R. And mrs. E. Esau sailed. M thursday from Montreal. Que. On the Manchester port for England where they will reside. Mrs. Esau prior to her wedding in june was miss Isobelle head. S miss Caroline Brown has returned to her Home in Calgary after a Short visit in Winnipeg. Prior to their departure to make their Home in Toronto. Or. And mrs. Edmond Lindsay and master Herbert Lindsay Are of guests of Lindsay s parents. Or. And mrs Charles Coutts. Yale Averlue. V miss Ruby Peterson entertained tuesday Honor of miss Ruby hods Irison a Bride elect of october. Mrs w Annis entertained at a miscellaneous Shower thurs Day in Honor of miss Hodgkinson. It a s miss d. Julian Home after spend Rie a. Few months in -. A Lively interest in life never Dies. Those attending the annual meeting of the old folks Home at Middle Church wednesday found some of the inmates enjoying the Sunshine in the grounds. The chief topic of the old gentle men was the world situation. One said i would t take or. Hitler s word for and it seemed that All were As vitally concerned about the Issue As the Active Man in the Street and his womenfolk. News from Vancouver ., May bring a spot of cheer to University of Manitoba Fres Hettes. Sometimes the under dog puts one Over and this year s crop of University of British Columbia Fres Hettes did just that. During their first Days the girls were made to Wear huge Bright Green dunce Caps. One Bright lass experimented with hers folded the Peak Down half Way folded it again and achieved something rather like a scottish Cap. She stuck a Gay Feather in the Centre. Sister Fres Hettes hastily followed her example and Tipper class women gnashed their Teeth. May be that will put a Little bit of cheer into your hearts As your Day of reckoning approaches. O peaking of headgear and Bright colors promoted us to o wonder who had chosen the color scheme for the uni forms worn by members of the Moorhead Rugby team. They certainly looked very dashing tuesday night but we have a Hunch their girl friends must have gone into a huddle when it came to picking colors. The boys jerseys were in Pale Pink and Bright Cherry and from where we sat it looked As if they were made of Satin. Their helmets were As the society column would put it. In Matching tones of Cherry. A clipping from the free press of 1908 is headed any lady can do it at the genteel occupation then described is not tatting but something far More Subtle As the quotation Here below will reveal a new tasteless and odourless discovery which can be Given secretly by any lady in Tea Coffee or food. Heartily endorsed by temper Ance workers. It does its work so silently and surely that while the devoted wife sister or daughter looks on the drunkard is reclaimed even against his will and against his knowledge. Many have been cured in a single hardly the cup that cheers but certainly the cup that spares Hostel boys buy with first Job s earnings nine years ago several Public minded business men founded Tome for Young boys from 9 to 14 years who came before the juvenile court and would otherwise have been the reformatory or perhaps to an impossible Home environment. This institution is called the sir Hugh Johari Macdon Aid memorial Hostel. No race Creed or color line exists. It is controlled by a. Men s Board and supervised by a House father and a House Mother. Not More than .20 Joys Are in residence at one time consequently individual attention is Given each Case and an Effort made to remove the cause of Delin Quency. This year four boys were placed on farms and two in City jobs most of these Haye Bank accounts and Are very proud of it two of them have bought bicycles Neces painting cobwebs is new version of gilding Lily mrs. A Brunt Clopton a 60-year-old grandmother of Huntsville ala., has been painting on cobwebs during her spare time for the past 40 years. She is perhaps the Only artist of her kind in the world. She has More than 200 painted cobwebs to her credit sary to their work besides paying their Board. The ladies Guild whose responsibility is to Supply the necessary clothing and House furnishings be cause of. The heavy demands for Winter equipment Are holding a Silver Tea at the Hostel 175 Mayfair Avenue wednesday and All those interested in the work will be welcomed. Receiving will be mrs. G. K. Gainsford honorary president mrs. Edwin b. Johnstone president mrs. George h. Gillespie and mrs. H. G. Dawson vice presidents assisted by the executive mrs. W. A. Mckean mrs. D. Williamson mrs. Walter Burman mrs. E. B. Wright mrs. George Moore mrs. A j. Mckay and mrs c. E. Moore. Convening the Tea table and Sale of jams and pickles will be mrs. Ross Mitchell and mrs. F. N. Cowley. I m is. Harris a. Skinner Nassau Street will be hostess of saturday afternoon when she will entertain in phor of miss Yetive Gourlay and Mir. George Benning Monk Liose wedding will take place monday. Mrs. G. N. Mcbride misses Joyce and Enid Mcbride arrived at Monr Treal thursday on the Montrose. E or and mrs. John Martin have closed their summer Home sunny Brook and Are occupying residence part Boulevard. Their Story bedroom would not turn off so she nearly died of heat except when it was forty below and As the House was not insulated she broiled All summer As Well. She moved again this week Are cheering things to j turn Over in your mind As you wrestle with cupboards und picture hanging but perhaps they will not happen to you. It is much More Likely that you will be faced with such problems As win Dows too big for your curtain sup ply and a Bank account to Small to allow new ones one smart woman Here Cut up some of her Glass curtains to make deep soft ruffles on the Bottom of the balance of her Supply so they fitted her new win Dows. Chintz curtains May be wid ened and lengthened by bands or pleated frills of Plain material in the prevailing color of the Chintz. Plain curtains May be treated in. The same Way using bindings of the material you have for slip covers or cushions. Living room rugs have a horrid habit of turning out to be much too Small for the new room. Your Rug will look far less isolated if instead of parking it in the exact Centre of the room you put it Down towards one end the Bare floor at the other place piece of such As a Chesterfield or a refectory it will balance the whole room More satisfactorily. S your new dining room a bit smaller than the old one seems to be full of nothing but dining room chairs fill in very Well around the House and they can always be mobilized in the dining room when you have guests. Per haps one would go in the hair by the Telephone i and another in the living room by the desk. Whatever your problems May be the. First few Days keep Cool and Don t slave in the Kitchen. Plan simple easily pre pared meal s and get your husband to treat you to dinner downtown. If you can also take his holidays just he can fill of useful moving Day roles but that of course is Al just a Beautiful dream. If he s holidaying at All now he will be out in the marshes and expecting you to provide a Large Duck dinner even if the curtains Are not be Hung. Dinner party is Given to Honor betrothed pair or. And mrs. John c. W. Hislop will entertain at dinner saturday in Honor of miss Laura Holmes and or. Daniel Mcwilliams whose wedding will be an event of october 7. Covers will be Laid for 10 guests. Tall Pink tapers and Pink and White Chrysanthe mums will form the table decorations. Iss Miriam Norton left Fri Day for new York where she will a Post graduate course at teacher s col Columbia University. V miss Winnie. Tait and miss Ina Thome left Friday evening for a visit to California. They will visit in route in Calgary Vancouver Portland returning by Way of hic ago. To inaugurate its social season members of the . Will hold their annual yom kippur dance wednesday in the Crystal Ball room of the Hoyal Alexandra hotel. Mrs. Ernest Phillips Winnipeg Beach and mrs. F. Holmes have Eft to spend a Short Holiday in the United states. Is or. And mrs d. R. P. Coats and family Are occupying their new Kingston Crescent. Is. E. Govan 161 Cordova Street will entertain at a Trousseau wednesday from 4 to. 6, and 8 to 10 . In Lonor of her sister miss Madeline Vigus whose marriage to or. Hil Liard Franklin Taylor will take place october 8. O miss Nora Longley of Kenora ont., who has been the guest of misses Madeline Dorothy and. Evelyn. Macphail for the last week will leave. Sunday by motor for. Her Home. Or. O. Ringsby who has made his Plain man., for the last ten years will leave shortly to reside in Oslo. Norway. E mrs. A d. Jackson accompanied her Mother mrs. A. Watson of Hamilton ont formerly of Winni Peg Are visitors in Winnipeg at present renewing Many friendships and Are the guests of or. And mrs. George Teeter. In Honor of mrs. E. J. Lindsay who husband will leave shortly to reside in Toronto mrs. George Sharpe Pasadena court entertained informally at wednesday. Mrs. A. C. Sinclair presided. E or. And mrs. J. W. Hoosier of Lancaster perm., Are guests at fort Garry miss Georgina Hannaford of Winnipeg has accompanied her Mother mrs. G. Hannaford of Pinawa man., on a three months visit to the islands. They sail saturday from the Empress of and will be the guests of mrs. Hannaford s son or. Clarence g. Hannaford Manila. M1 m mrs. Thomas boys and her Small son Roderick of Toronto Are visiting mrs. Boys sister in Law mrs. Ralph Maybank and or. Maybank for the next few weeks. Mrs. Christopher Vokes and Frederick have spent the summer in Winnipeg and at Why Tewold Beach. They left late in the week for their Home in Ottawa. I i ;