Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba 18 Winnipeg free thursday August i 1968 hints from Heloise by Helois Cruse dear Heloise what is All this stuff about writing on tape to Mark plastic Freezer Cartons am i the Only one who rummaged around in the Kitchen drawer and found a stub of Black Crayon from the Days of Small children you can write As much As you please. It All comes off i the warm sudsy water you use for washing Freezer containers after you have used them. G. A Pon my soul it works Heloise dear Heloise i found a very easy Way to make a toddler s birthday party run More smoothly. I asked the mothers of my son s guests to bring their High chairs and we lined them around the Kitchen table. The Little ones can eat babble and play with their toys without the risk of falling off regular chairs or spreading cake throughout the House Roberta Wladis dear Heloise i have three Small Chil Dren and it seemed that every time i turn around one of them has fallen Down the stairs. I had my husband add a lower Banister that the Chil Dren can reach. It has prevented Many Falls and cuts. Candie Freck dear Heloise let me pass on a hint 1 picked up on a Canoe trip. Everyone was worried about dropping things out of the Canoe if we turned Over. Except for one girl who put her lipstick identification card keys etc., in a Large plastic travel Jar. She said she does the same thing any time she s near water. It keeps pm dry from splashes and if it goes in the water it does t get soaked like a purse cause it floats Beth Resler dear Heloise my Little granddaughter gave me a very helpful present for my birthday that she had made herself. used a Small Oblong Box painted it Gold and Green and filled the Box with headed sewing pins in Bright colors. If i drop some of them while sewing i can find them easily. I can also see these pins much easier in the material. This gift is wonderful for older people with poor Eye sight. Mrs. C. E. Heveron new woman Bank manager was stenographer in 1941 Montreal up when j Georgette St. Cyr was appointed the Royal Bank of Canada s first woman Branch manager she thought the directors were teasing her. It was so unusual. When i realized they were serious i was worried it might be too much responsibility for a but with the encouragement of her husband Raymond an inspector at an aircraft firm and the statement of Georges Mercier District general Mana Ger for Quebec new Brunswick and Eastern Ontario that it was simply a matter of selecting the proper she accepted the top flight Post. When mrs. St. Cyr began in 1941 As a july 21, i remember it exactly few women employees at the Bank held relatively minor positions As Ledger keepers and machine operators. The picture changed during the later War years As More and More men were called overseas. The Bank now employs More women than men in its Ca Nadian branches and 114 branches in 26 other countries. Mrs. St. Cyr worked her Way through the ranks until she be inside fashion Eugenia Sheppard came the Bank s first woman. Accountant in a Large City Branch in 1965. I think there will be More and More women in important positions now. I was the first woman accountant and now there Are several others. I think there will soon be More women managers. The problem is to find women who want to make a career of Bank ing so that giving them the Nec Essary training will not be a the High turnover in women employees largely because of marriage is the major reason Why More women Are not Al ready in positions of authority or. Mercier says. There s been a change in the past few years he notes. For various economic Rea sons there Are now More mar ried women planning on Ca Reers. There Are also Large numbers of married women re just a few Days Ltd a of our great closing out Sale Spring and Winter Coats to Reg Valmi the 119.98. To close Oki import knit suits at Givi away prices 259 dresses a11 rag. Values to close out 10 special 150 summer Sheens it All sizes and colours. Regular values to close out 7.99 wedding and formal gowns 5.00 to "20.00 while they last Many Many Many More items to Clear. Buy now at the House of Mark Mills Ltd. 231 Portage ave. And notre Dame open tonight Rome the status fashion of the season Here is one special Belt that s Slung around the hip Bones of both men and women. Made of Gold or Silver Metal it looks like the Anchor Chain of a yacht. The Belt comes from Carlo palazzi on the via Borgognoni. He has sold so Many of them that he s expanding the Anchor Chain look into a whole collection of jewelry. There will be cuff links buttons and belts made of three rows of links when he shows them with water Blue corduroys and voile shirts in abstract patterns at Capri the first weekend in september. Even though he designs men s fashions himself Valentino wears the palazzi Belt in Gold with narrow Black pants and a Lacy White shirt. So does his business manager Giancarlo. The Lacy shirt comes from Carlo palazzi too. There Are a dozen each slightly different at every party in Rome. The men All like them because they Are elegant enough to put on without a jacket. J in Carlo palazzi s shop the other Day new York decorator i and designer Howard Rothberg i had on a White shirt with two lace strips Down the front above a pair of Blue jeans. It s the contrast i he said. I would t Wear this shirt with formal women like the shirt just As much As men. Jacqueline Ken Nedy orders it for herself and so does Anne Ford. It was in Carlo palazzi s place that the evening Turtleneck got its real Start. It is dead palazzi says. I next year s Chic shirt for both sexes is made of the finest embroidered Swiss Batiste. It has a Small standing Collar but not a Nehru and instead of a Necktie a pair of Diamond buttons just slightly off Center. I mean diamonds. The shirt costs but the buttons May be anywhere from to on Rudi Crespi s shirt one of j the first out the buttons Are i sapphires surrounded by tiny i diamonds. I palazzi s fashions Are terribly1 elegant but always look like a Man. That s Why the women want them too. Both sexes keep trying on his fur Coats which have collars revers and a deep Pleat Down the Back from the Welt. There Are three orders already for the Blond Seal with the Collar reverse and the whole inside Mink. Ben Zuckerman and Howard Rothberg will both be wearing the palazzi coat in new York. Carlo palazzi s is just one hot spot on the via Borgognoni which is rapidly becoming the Madison Avenue of Rome. It runs parallel to the via con Dotti famous for shops like Bulgari and Gucci where the prices Aren t budget and the atmosphere is Cathedral. The via Borgognoni is so narrow that you can almost reach across it but the real estate values Are already soar ing. Given Chy will soon open a boutique there. Mila Schoen who wants a place in Rome for All the wealthy visitors is still holding out for via Condotti but May finally Settle for Bordog Nona. Already open is Giorgio Gucci run by the son of the original Gucci. Though it has the unmistakable Gucci look Giorgio s boutique is quite Dif Ferent from his father s where everything is under Glass. It s Young and wide open and less expensive. Gucci shoes Are lighter weight and More flex Ible. Whether father and son Are feuding or just deciding to eaten More customers i Haven t the faintest idea. Almost across fran the new Gucci is the wild horse a boutique with leather doors embossed in horses Heads. Just As a sampling there were dozens of roman sandals for Sale both male and female shirt dresses for around s30. If the via Borgognoni is Only about half As expensive As Condotti the next parallel Street via Frattina is Down another third. It too has been booming in the past year. Right around the Corner Are dozens of new boutiques including la Folia at 55 via de Fiori. It is owned and run by Carole what is Normal and who decides new York it s not i Normal for a Man to Wear ear summer Sale continues we Welcome you to come in and browse see our selection of teak dining room and teak bedroom suites in timeless scandinavian design. Wood that resists All household stains. You will be surprised at the reasonable prices. All regular furniture items 10% off during our summer Sale custom drapes rugs at competitive prices furniture stereos gifts Winnipeg s newest Vilas colonial furniture dealer a Friendly experienced staff sincerely interested in your needs 1365 Pembina Hwy. Terms available pm. 284-1781 rings or a woman to smoke a pipe. Or is it just what is Normal and who decides the family economics Bureau of Northwestern life insurance co. In Minneapolis has prepared a report that attempts to answer statistically what is Normal for americans. Some highlights of the report state it s Normal to suffer from backaches. Eighty per cent of the population has them at some time in their lives. It s Normal to be Over weight half of american adults Are. The average adult drinks alcoholic beverages. 74.1 per cent of them drank an average of 3.7 Gallons of spirits last year. 11 s Normal to Wear glasses. Fifty seven per cent of americans Over age five do. Are nor Mal making up about1 half the adult population. To Wear a deodorant is highly Normal. Not to be Normal is to snore or to Wear a Toupee according to the report. Only 25 million americans snore and 1.5 million men Wear toupees. The latter is a big jump from 10 years ago though when Only Tou Pees were sold. Struggling into a Girdle is Normal for women and Abnor Mal for men. Sixty five per cent of women spend million on such things. Only 15 per cent of men get support from corsets. To find what makes the exception is More difficult. So Hubby has been promoted to vice president. He s not rare. There Are at least a half million vice presidents in the United states of America. So someone in the family was awarded a Token of recognition. That s not rare either. One person out of three Between six and 65 receives some kind of medal plaque trophy pin or other award every year. It or Normal. Stevens Piro an american girl married to an italian screen writer. La Folia has an open store front and the freshest kind of decorations with a life size play House in the background. Dres ses come fron Hong Kong Mexico and seventh Avenue but the most intriguing finds Are the silk crepe shirts in a wild russian paint. The fabric comes from Tad Zhik Stan. The Clear plastic sandals with soft plastic toe straps have already been photographed for Vogue. Back at the couture almost the last to show was Sanlorenzo said to be masterminded by an sex Castillo Helper. Brightest moments were the two Long Black gowns one leather and Hie other Wool with Lions head buttons on the front. The Power behind the House is Erika Sanlorenzo an attractive 21-year-old whose owner Mother is willing to give her free rein. She promises a Young collection not so couture the next time. The collections Are ending with two real hits a few misses and lots of in Between. Pretty simple clothes and Lovely fabrics make the Story but no exciting news. Some of the Small collections Are too much alike to remember which is which. Will any of the european collections produce news the next answer is from Barcelona where the Spanish designers All showed together last weekend. Entering the labor Force some thing that is happening in All so far mrs. St. Cyr has encountered no opposition to her being manager of the place Longueuil Branch. Male customers seem to have sensibly decided that if i be been appointed manager then i must be competent. Women have seemed very enthusiastic too though i under stand women Are often More reluctant to Deal with a woman than Are to keep up her responsibilities both to the Bank and to her Home mrs. St. Cyr says she has to have an almost dual personality. When i am a Bank manager i m All Bank manager. When i leave the office i am All for the time being she is making the acquaintance of her clients and in the fall will begin drumming up new business for the Branch. J Ting More business for Bis Bank. 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