Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, August 31, 1949

Issue date: Wednesday, August 31, 1949
Pages available: 41
Previous edition: Tuesday, August 30, 1949

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 31, 1949, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 18 Winnipeg. Free , August 31, 1943 final 3 Days mid summer clearance entire Spring and summer merchandise must be sold. Try to resist these amazing values ladies dept. Gabardine Coats English Wool gabardine Box or swing Back style. Sizes 12-to 44. Regular to extra special Spring Coats Covert cloth and wools. Fitted Box or swing Back style. Sizes 10 to 46. Regular to 567.50. Super special Spring Coats Covert cloth and wools. Fitted and swing Back style. Sizes 10 to 46. Regular to extra special gabardine suits included Are a few worsted. Sizes 12 to 20. Regular to extra special dressmaker suits including a few gabardine. Sizes 12 to 20. Regular to super special blouses sweaters White blouses. Cardigan anti Pullover sweaters. Broken size Range. Regular to extra special gowns wedding and evening gowns. Sizes 12 to 18 collectively. Regular to give away Price. Dresses croup 1 sizes 13 to 18 regular to special 95 Cottons crepes prints eyelets cords jerseys croup 2 sizes 11 to regular to is 6.95 special croup 3 sizes ii to 44 regular to 528.95 special a group of fort Garry women who assisted at a reception held in Viscount Alexander school following the official opening of the new functional High school tuesday evening by or. R. O. Mcfarlane Deputy minister of education Are shown above. The Tea was held by the fort Garry Home and school association to raise Money for an auditorium fund for the new school. Left to right they Are mrs. R. A. Marvin Tea convener mrs. C. W. Hall co convener mrs. A r. Wife of the mayor of fort Garry and mrs. G. M. Farwell. Been. At in wheeled cottage meets topcoats broken size Range. 10 Only. Regular to special sport jackets 2-Button, single breasted lounge models. Tails and regulars. Sizes 35 to 46. Regular to special windbreakers broken size Range in Golf and casual jackets mostly one of regular to special. Eft Mil convenient credit terms t. . U t i t e o 335 Portage at Margrave saturday store hours 9 . To 6 . R from Ilet Amsterdam Early morning mists still hang among the Trees in the Temple like Forest around Het Loo Palace but a Bird is singing. An Early wanderer is surprised to hear the thud of Small hoofs rapidly approaching and around the Bend of a wide Avenue App ears a fairy like vehicle. It is a Little wooden House or Cabin on wheels and painted in quiet colors. Smoke wisps from the tiny Chim Ney. The horse an arabian Pony Whinney at the rising Sun. On the Box or is it a of the rolling cottage is a liveried coach Man. The Man on his morning walk feels like an intruder when he recognizes the face behind the Small window the face of his country s Queen during fifty years now Princess Wilhelmina. He Steps from the Road but she has seen Lim already and Waves a Friendly hand. The rolling Cabin leaves the Road and stops in a Clearing. The coach Man opens the door and Princess Wilhelmina wearing a Grey suit Steps out. She inhales the frag rant air then glances briefly to Eft and right up and Down testing the Light and the scene. They appear to be alright. The Coachman a hitches the Pony and starts walking the Way Back. The Prin Cess Steps into the Cabin and comes out again with her Painter s things and a Small folding chair under her . On a Small stove in the cottage she has left a Kettle of water. When it boils the Painter will come Back to make Tea for her breakfast a solitary breakfast in the Woods very far away from the pomp and the cares of govern ment which she carried for fifty years. To cd told maj Compaq he. Distal Hultad by King Feal Urti Syndicate chapter Twenty seven the blinds were drawn in kit s bedroom. The thin Cord of Light that slipped through touched the brightest squares of the that was thrown Over the bed. Kit woke up slowly. She traced the line of Sun that crept up the yellow wallpaper. She slept a great Deal these hot Days. After the harsh bout of Scarlet Feve she was renewing her strength with endless Little Catnap. Soo she would be eleven years old. I seemed to her that she had Slep almost the whole summer away. But As she grew wider and wide awake she remembered h a p p i 1 that she was to go downstairs of supper. She stretched lazily an then carefully raised her Hea from the wrinkled Linen cover Pillow. She was afraid of Makin too Quick a move lest the bed Sli away in the dizzy turning of the room. She raised herself up fur ther nothing happened. She was Safe. She looked at the Dusty Little zinnias still in a Blue bowl on he Rosewood desk and then at the painted chairs and table. The Oval braided Rug from her Nur Sery was on the floor too b u she could t see it from her bed last Spring with no warning letter addressed to her had com from Uncle Proctor informing he that the furnishings of her of room together with some boxes o her mothers were being Shippe out to her. She had been a pleased As Marvell had been an gered but he had Given in after Nedda had talked him around most of the toys were consignee to the Stane Eskis the furniture she welcomed happily. She Hac done without it for so Long and now it seemed As if it could Neve have been anywhere else. But the boxes had been the exciting thing filled with heavy linens allem Bro dered in undecipherable letters that were her Mother s initials Silver that was lavishly scalloped and chased and incredibly tarnished and a Dresden Tea St so thin the Light shone through the cups when they were empty. Mar vell had made it Clear that they belonged to kit. Your he said rather bitterly. Gradually after the first wonder Over such riches had passed they fell into disuse. Most of the things were packed away mrs. Crane Hac pounced on the Linen sheets and cases during kit s illness. Does t give a snap kit had. Insisted upon writing Uncle Proctor. Why thank Hirr for what is demanded Marvell. He does t give a snap for because he she insisted and i want to Tell him about he made her Promise she would confine her letter to herself a silly thing to ask he admitted and privately kit agreed with him. She Laboured Over the note till it was ready to show to him. Dear Uncle Proctor thank you for my things. I need a desk now because i am writing plays. We Are very Happy on the farm which is a big place mostly running Down Hill. I have a lot to do. Thank you for my Mother s things. They will come in Handy. With love your neice Katherine Marvell groaned when he had read it. It was so free from any fault except the conversational what could he do but Jet it go Why do you end it that he asked irritably. They know who you Are. Just say Kather Ine i Don t think that s she objected. Anyway it s All Fin Niece is spelled he was As determined As. She. Kit stared at the offending word. Is that she asked Wither singly. The letter was posted but no reply came Back As kit had hoped it would to prove her Fathe wrong. During her Long convalescent the writing of plays had Bee neglected but Marvell had Rea her All the Barrie he could la his hands on. In the cubbyhole of the desk were Only Nedda daily notes on thin Gray Pape Nedda had never failed to writ her when she had not been Able t see her. Some of the toys a helped pass the Long stretches by none were so much fun As poker which Marvell had taught her. No could any game be As full of sur Prises As the magic Fea which Marvell had borrowed from Aladdin. He practice his Art o a Small Blue Glass brass trimme Oil lamp. It was a childish Gam she would never have enjoyed in Good health but she had to Confes it had worked for almost every thing she hours and the three cornered Meadow near Nedda s Orchard where so had first discovered the Brook. So had seen it so clearly marked of. By crumbling Stone into mis Shapen Triangle an Oasis i the hot stretches of fever. It woul surely fit into the room she fan Brown and Green with the uneven Silver markings of the water where wild Iris and lady slip pers and the almost invisible Whit violets grew. She must have ii she must or at least see it again could t she wish for just glimpse it knowing it a impossible she wished for it Al the harder. Marvell was stumped. But you can see it kit in your but it s not mine that Way i want it mine i can think o Nedda s House or anything and i Don a Large red Seal the next Day Marvell presented kit with an envelope. She Drew out a Sheet of heavy White paper neatly typewritten and decorated Vith a Large red Seal. She Looker lard at the perforations of the Seal and then turned inquiringly o Marvell. There s your he said she did not know what he paper meant but she trustee Lim not to fool her. Recorded for All to see. Yours and read it to me know All men by these presents that i Marvell Coomes of Colcord county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts n consideration of the sum of one Dollar and other valuable considerations paid by Katherine Coomes of said Colcord the re Seipt whereof is hereby a know edged do hereby give Grant bar gain Seal and convey unto the Aid Katherine Barlow Coomes a Ertain lot of land lying in the Northeast of said Colcord bounded and described As follows he topped out of breath. I Haven t paid any the lamp took care of e first it told me that to do and then paid she smiled at him in sudden Ove. She would never give him away. Blinked like a cat there was a Bustle outside of Ler door. Mrs. Crane came up bout this time every afternoon to make the bed. Kit could hear Larvell too snorting in Little vispers. A was going to carry or downstairs. She blinked like cat pretending warily just to ave waked up. Do you feel like getting up Earie miss kit. I Nedda and suggested this formality of address. In mrs. Crane s rhymed with Mouth mrs. Rane s Square plump face under or Gray fuzzy Bangs always looked warm and worried. Of course she said mar Ell. Nedda s. Bringing ice Cream he wag gazing at kit in what he considered an unconcerned manner but the Little wrinkles around his eyes were deepened by unceasing search for signs and symptoms. If. I can Wear my Challis Tea said kit grandly. That was one of Nedda s gifts. Its soft Light Wool Felt Good Over kit s thin arms. It was enchantingly Long Spriggel with yellow roses and tied with yellow Satin ribbons. Marvell fussed noisily about the room pulling up the shades while mrs. Crane helped kit. Into the Robe. After she had licked her face off. With a Damp cloth mrs. Crane asked her in a piercing whisper when she had last used the pot. Kit feeling elegant in her trailing gown ignored the in dignity. Her warning As Marvell lifted her expertly in his arms mrs. Crane cautioned she should t be downstairs More than two hours at punctuating her warning with a terrific rattling of the be slats As she Hook out the mattress. Kit Felt something should be said against mrs. Crane for her unfortunate reference to the pot. She passed on to Marvel the Only information she had As they descended the Back stairs. Mrs. Crane keeps Cuti Cura soap in her Bureau to give her that i thought that was pure unadulterated mrs. Crane i be been All to Laid her Down on the sofa acing the windows to the Volley. To was so strange that kit kept perfectly still Little by Little re assuring herself that nothing had Een changed since she had last Een in the room. When Nedda comes Well have he ice Cream maybe out on the Terrace of she thinks at will be All right for kit was charmed with every thing. All the weeks of hateful inaction and isolation melted away Vith the Lovely feeling of being in her right place the room which folded around her As softly As the first delicious ache of fall ing asleep. When later she heard voices the Lark of Marvell s and the lighter ringing tones of Nedda a she was Only half awake. To be continued in Complete dependable service phone 926401 with Wesr sandwiches better with prepared Mustard Transcona pair wed saturday a wedding was solemnized a Transcona United Church August 27, at 5.30 when Phyllis Adeline Only daughter of or am mrs. Percy Beaumont Transcona became the Bride of Jerry Budyk Only son of or. And mrs. A. Budyk Transcona. Rev. W. G. Macl Ean officiated. Miss Fay Quelch was soloist the Bride wore Blush Pink Satin Over Laid with White lace Cut on victorian lines. The fitted bodice featured a High neckline and lacs Bertha. The sieves were Lily pointed and the full scalloped skirt had slight train. Her head dress was a Juliet Cap of Matching Satin and lace from which Hung a fingertip veil. She carried White Gladioli and carnations. Miss Jean Pyra was maid of Honor and the Bride s attendants were mrs. D. Tomblin and miss Janet Romnie. The Best Man was Lloyd Beaumont brother of the Bride and the Ushers were Luman Beaumont and Walter Budyk. A reception was held in the labor Temple Hall Transcona. Or. And mrs. Budyk left on a honeymoon trip to Niagara Falls and other Points East and on their return will reside in Transcona. Three hold Shower for Joyce hard Jack Gordon Fraser and miss Margaret Fraser i were joint a Kitchen i and pantry Shower monday enter Taining at the Home of miss Fraser in Honor or miss Joyce Hurd whose wedding to Grant Fraser will take place september 3. Little Lynne. Scott presented the g. Hurd presided at the iks. 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