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Daily British Whig (1850), 30 Oct 1924, p. 8

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THE DAI i TTA 5 LY BRITISH WHIG 7 LIFE'S SOCIAL SIDE . Womati Page Bditor, 'Phone 2618. * Private, Phone 857W. . * . ' Autumn leaves, and the lovely, fich-hued flowers of late summer with a few pumpkins to give an air of Hallowe'en were used effectively 'to decorate the home of the regent of George Richardson Chapter 1.0. D.E., Mrs. Leman A Guild, when for a tea and shower for the ris received again in the evening when many of their young friends came in to convey their good wishes, . * * A luncheon was given at the Cha- teau Laurier, Ottawa, today for the delegates to the Woman's Institutes convention of Eastern Ontario now being held in the capital. Mrs. C. 'H. Thorburn was the speaker. Mrs. gave it on Wednesday afternoon | Dr. | Grenfell Labrador Mission. Mrs. H.{ the contributions tn Kennedy was decked WM. Stover took money, and Mrs. D. 'in charge of the big basket with a flag, in which the which are to bring comfort to the hospital in faraway Labrador, were dropped by the visitors as they came 4n. One of the most interesting con-| articles, | ! } i | J. D. Bhibley, Harrowsmith, and Mrs. G. W. Macnaughton, Syden- ham, are the officers from Frontenac district executive present, and Miss Mary MacGuiggan, Elgin, gecretary for the district of Eastern Ontario, were among the guests, as well as the delegates from the branches in the various county districts, . \ Mrs. Manley B. Baker, Willlam butions to the bale was a pair of | street, entertained at the tea hour child socks kn + is ninety-four years of age. "Guild received the visitors in jtted by a lady who | on Wednesday for her sister, Mrs. Mrs. | John Porter, Pittsburg, the been a drawingroom, and in the tea room stay in Pa., who has Hpuch tered guest during her town, Yellow and white 'Mrs. Peter Devlin and Mrs. Martin | was the color scheme chosen for the Riley made tea assisted by Mrs. F.| decorations of the rooms carried out ©. Hambrook, Mrs. Fred Mabee and Mrs. W. R. Booth. . . LJ The pretty rooms of Mrs. Harris' home on Macdonnell street were gay with huge yellow mums on Wednesday afternoon when she received for the first time since her marriage, wearing a charmingly simple white silk trock. Her mother, Mrs. C. F. Posselwhite, daughter in welcoming of visitors and In the tea where the polished table was cen 'fred with yellow chryanthemums a most artistic jar of the same color, Mrs. John Angrove made tea. assistants were Mrs. Mrs. Frank Angrove and Miss Vio-| were also used as the decorations jet Posselwhite. Mr. and Mrs. Har- Sd , | confections Ernest | Laidlaw made Tea and Mrs. James | { The: vedani, Prof, Marion and Mr. A. Horstall, Brown. | lott, pom-pom chrysanthe- and white Mrs. D..G. in the yellow mums and the yellow and fces. Haydon cut the ices, assisted by Mrs. Wendling Anglin, Mrs. Ross Livingston and Mrs. Henry F. Rich- ardson. . - - Miss Marguerite Mullin, Division sisted her street, was the hostess of a charm- her crowds ingly room, | Wednesday evening. bridge party on Four tables were in play and the winners of the arranged in' souvenirs were Mrs, Frank Newman, Mrs. Gelley, Miss Gibson, Prot, Bro- T. The supper table was lovely with roses and carnations, which for the other rooms. . . . Announcement is made of the en- gagement of Miss Anne Oretta El- Furby street, Winnipeg, To Rev. Dr. Eber Crummy. The mar- | riage will take place at Victoria, the end of this month. LJ * . Rev. A. K. McLeod, Brighton, and Rev. W. T. Brown, Jarvis, are the guests of Mrs. John Fairlle, Brock street, for the Queen's Alum- ni conference meetings. > . -. » Mrs. A. M. Adams and Mrs, H. C. Mabee, William street, entertain- ed at bridge on Wednesday after- noon and are entertaining again to- day. . . LJ At the Ontario 1.0.D.BE. conven- tion, in London, Mrg. Ramsay Duff, Kingston, replied to the address of welcome by the London Chapters. + . . Miss W. Gordon, educational sec. retary of the National 1.0.D.E., and Mrs. Ramsay Duff, regent of the Kingston Municipal Chaptef, 1.0.D. K., are in Loudon, Ont. to attend the Provincial Chapter meeting, and ate the guests with Mrs. Donald Mec- Lean and Mrs. Carr-Harrls. Miss Jean Chown, Toronto," has left to 'spend a month in Winnipeg and Regina. Se Miss G. C.- M. White, Toronto, editor of the Woman's Section of the Canadian Farmer, is spending the wéek in Ottawa attending the meetings of the Federated Woman's Instifites of Eastern Ontario. : » * * Mrs. Henry Joseph, Montreal, is to address the Women's Canadian clud of Smith's Falls today. Sir Henry and Lady Drayton and | WESTERN [DF 4: ----- of Sinple Gol : > 3 Misses DrayT0n are expected Home from Europe early in November. They have been abroad for geveral months. . Mrs. M. J. Ward, Consacon, is visiting her son, Mr. R. H. Ward and Mrs. Ward,, 446 Johnson street. Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith, Toronto, who have been visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. WN. Stanton, Sr,, Barriefield, have returned home, accompanied by Mr. Ted Stanton. . * * Mrs. H. A. Wilton, Arch street, has been visiting her daughter, Miss Margaret Wilton at Aylmer. Miss Muckleston, Clergy street, left for Ottawa toddy to visit her brother, Canon Muckleston. Mrs, John Porter, who has been isin her sister, Mrs, Manley B. Bakde, William gtreet, will return to Pittsburg, -Pa., on Saturday. Canon Dealtry Woodcock, Brock: ville, was the guest of his daugh- ter, Mrs. W. B. Kidd, Wellington street, on Wednesday. > The "Tabby Tread" By Hortense Saunders. New York, Oct. 29.--The "Tabby Tread" is the very latest and most approved fashion of coyering the distance between two given points. Study the feline if you want to be graceful. The tabb§ tread is mak- ing the debutante slouch of the flap- per as much of a back number in locomotion as the kangaroo walk of the original Gibson girl. If you can' get about ds neatly as a cat does you are bound to look well in the narrow, slinky frocks fashion decrees. 1f you don't--will, you may not. The fashionable walk is not par- ticularly a natural onée--any more than the common variety of walk is natural for & baby. The manne- quins in the fashionable London shops where it originated practice It for hours with their back as semi- circular es it is possible to make it and with arms outstretched at the back. ; Then when they put on one of the new 1924 dress models théy look as it they were wearing some entirely pew line of fashion. In reality all they are doing is to wear the same little tube frocks with new effect. Gives Credit To Oat. The Tabby Tread gives due credit to the cat for having the most grace- ful walk there. is, excepting perhaps the tiger's, and it's all in the family anyway. 3 A cat makes No UNNEcEssAry or ab- rapt moves. It presents & perfect rhythmic correlation of its body anc legs. The fashionable women: must learn the esoret. She must present ome continuous ghacetul motion &s she Walks, which seems to begin at the shoulders and leave the hips and knees out of the matter entirely. She must Step forward on one foot as #he withdraws the weight from the back one until ¢he is practically on tip-toe. Thén a4 brings the back one forward, shibting the weight with no unhecessary motion. London Takés It Up. This gives the effect of a swing- ing, swaying Hgure without a flut- ter ot counter nlotiop. In London, not only mahnequing but tashiotisble pitrons as well ate t the walk with painstek- 4 their new same 'This yeat, they say, the Way one holde the Body aud the general cars riagé while walking fs wiidt makes thie gown. So they advise us to mast: ar the Tabby Tread. ---------------------------- IN OF HALLOWE'EN. Hundreds of yéars dgo in Eng. thfid lived a race of PATRI called "the Celts." Most of th wete physicians, wonder - workéts of ts, and were members of a re ous order known as the Druids. ree times a year thdy built fires the hills in honor of thé sin. Oh ee NEWS AND VIEWS FOR WOMEN R | The Editor heors That lovely orange marigolds are blooming in the Kingston gardens and are sold in the Kingston shops. They will give color to the Hallowe'en decorations for the many parties being given to celebrate the old Druidical festival, the Keeping of which has been hand- ed down to us from the days our forefathers dyed themselves in wode and worshipped their gods under the mistletoe festooned oaks. That Miss Gordon, Kingston, edu- cational secretary of the National IL 0.D.B., gave a report on the develop- ment 5f the National Educational War Memorial on Tuesday at the meeting 'of the Provincial Chapter 1.0.D.E., being held this week 0 London, Ont. That Mrs. Percy Foster, fleld sec- retary of the National Couneil of the Y.W.C.A., who is a visitor in town, has a heartening account to give of this great world-wide organi- zation which has as its object the spiritual, mental, moral and physical development of young womanhood throughout the world. Speaking of the International Conferénce at Washington, Mrs, Foster said that of the women gathered there from all over the world, titled women from England and other European coun- tries and distinguished graduates of many collages, the best speaker was Mrs. May, & Chinese lady with thous- ands of years of a cultured civiliza- tion behind her and a degree from Columbia University to give her the peniefit of a western view point. Her subject was the work of the "Y" among the girls of her own country. That according to a Berlin de- spateh, German housewives are de- manding compulsory cooking lessons trom German flappers. While ac- cording to a despatch from Atlantic City, Atheritah gas companies are to start cgoking classes for men whose womenfolk can't or won't cook. | WOMAN'S INSTITUTE | HARROWSMITE. The Harrowsmith branch of the Woman's Institute met with Mrs. Thomas A. Kerr on Tuesday after- noon, the 28th. Thirty ladies were present and responded to roll call with "dn ecomomy wrinkle." Regular business was disposed of and further plans for the free library and reading room were discussed. A transportation committee was formed to see that all members have ways of getting to the next meeting, which will be held at the home of Mrs. Willlam Botting. The commit- tee is Mfs. E. Ryan, Mrs. B. Day, Mrs. 8. Sigsworth, Mrs. C. Ellerbeck, Mrs. William Botting. Two new members were enrolled, Mrs, F. Dennison gave a splendid paper on "The Woman as a School Trustee. Do we need her?" which appealed very strongly to her audi- ence. " After a brief period of community singing a very pleasant social half hour was spent and delicious re- fresiments gerved. A hearty vole of thanks to the hostess for her kind hospitality and singing 'God Save. the King" brought to a close the hest meeting the institute has enjoyed since its orgeilsation. GODFREY. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Institute was held at Mrs. George Brown's, on Oct. 29th. After the business part of the meet- , Mrs. Percy delighted the mem- with a very interesting story. Miss M. Leslié gave a recitation Which created mich laughter. The November meeting will be at Mrs. C. 0. MoKsight's. Hach member to give one number towards the pro- gramme. Mts, Brown served dainty refreshineénts at the close of the meetifig. . ee a? INSTITUTES ANNUAL CONVENTION The tenth annual cofivention of wi the Woinen's Institiibes of Bastern on T in Ot tor so WIR: | hy two the right touch of | Other members of the convention committee include Mrs. Calvin Blair, Billings Bridge; Mrs. J..E. Caldwell, City View; Mrs. A. H. Robeptson, Maxviils, and Miss J. MoGuiggan, of Bigin, while Mr. George A. Put- ham fis the supemintendent of Wo- men's Institutes with headquarters in Toronto. ' ' "If she's old enough to hope bob- bin' it will make her look younger, it won't." : Held Enjoyable Euchre. The ladies' auxiliary of the Hotel Dieu held a very enjoyable euchre party on Wednesday evening. There were seventeen tables in play. The ladies' first prize was won by Mrs. D. Murphy and the gentlemen's by Mr. L. James. The ladies' comsolation prize was 'won by -Miss C. Milne and the gentlemen's by Mr. H. Ward. The winner of the special do prize was Mrs. F. McGuire. After the euchre, dainty refreshments were served. The convenors were Mrs. J. Lawrefice, Mrs. F. L. Lumb and Mrs. J. A. Sowards. -- CONSOLE TABLE FOR DINER eniently contain a semi-oval console table, at the entrance to the kitchen, which may be used for serving purposes, The apparent and only use for a serving table is thus obviated at Jumes when the dining-room is not n use. Keep some silver polish in your salt shaker' over the sink _so you have it to remove stains on your sil- ver as you wash your dishes. You'll Get Rid of Blackheads Sure There is one simple, safe, ai sure way that never fails to get rid of blackheads, that is to dissolve them. To do this, get two ounces of peroxine powder from any drug stor rinkle a little on a hot, wet cloth--rub over the blackheads briskly -- wash the parts and you will be surprised how the blackheads have disappeared. Big blackheads, 1fttle blackheads, no matter where they are, simply dissolve and disappear. Blackheads are a mixture of dust and dirt and secretions t form in the pores of the akin. The roxine powder and thé water dissolve Jue DikekS eads so they wash right gut e pores and clean and in | their nafural condition. Sain EADERS Time to get up = 9 and have some \ REAL Coffee [dT RT 1:0) BS SEAL BRAND COFFEE \ \ ) 4 CS I Farle BNR A'Friend of the Famniiv NP % B om RN ENSO | nfl 1 | ARTE. / |Z NS 'mm N SPECIAL PRICES ON FRENCH CLUNY LACE PIEEES Beautiful, Hand-made Lace with Pure Linen Centres, in all sizes. Im- ported direct. Note sizes and prices: " "Doylies--6", 124c.; 8", 25¢.:° 12" at 50c. each. Centre Pieces -- 20", $1.50; 24", $2.00; 36", $4.00; 45", $6.00; 54", $9.00 each. Ovals -- 8x12, 50c.; 10x14, 65¢.; 12x18, $1.50; 14x20, $2.00; 20x28, $3.00. Oblong--10x14, $1.00. W. N. Linton & Co. "Phone 191. The Waldron Store GALLAGHER'S TAXI Service DAY AND NIGHT ; p . b b Ain. : * ' Hoard LINDSAY $405 'A new model which hias met with

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