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Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 303, 22 December 1944, Page 3

DUCKWORTH'S Jtk |pD Broadway USEFUL GIFTS OF HOUSEHOLD LINENS, FASHION GOODS, Etc., from DUCKWORTHS FROCKS COLOURED from f/ t 59/6 TOWELS 6 /H ea. FANCY BOXED SOAPS HOLLYWOOD SLIPPERS I'll • t \f & TABLE MAT 511 4 11 pr TEA TOWELS 2 6 ea - LADIES’ HANKIES 11*4 GENTS' HANKIES 1/6 ea -

FASHION SEAL XMAS PRESENTS SEE OUR SPECIAL WINDOW DISPLAY. A FEW KIDDIES’ STUDY NURSERY SETS FRUIT TROUGHS—RADIO TABLES—FIRE SCREENS—SETS (Desk and Chair) 49 7 6 (Table and Two Chairs). 596 17 7 G 32 7 6 A&~ SUGGESTIONS PIANO STOOLS—WALL MIBBOES—SMOKEBS’ COMPANIONS—--79 7 6 41 6 42 7 6 WALNUT OCCASIONAL TABLES— fJQ/WALNUT INLAY TEA TEAYS— 32 7 6 FIRESIDE CHAIES— 52 / 6 MOUNSEY’S FURNITURE HOUSE RANC-ITIKEI STREET, PALMERSTON NORTH AND FERGUSSON STREET, FEILDING.

-fv m i iJW THIS IS WHERE WAR CAME IN Just when the name Berlei had become a symbol of beauty and suppleness, and the old word ‘corset* forgotten, war stepped in. Beauty was no longer in Berlei’s hands. Suppleness, too, departed. For industrial regulations reduced the amount of elastic in a garment to a bare tew inches, and the time and material allowed for beauty’s sake alone, to absolutely nil. Berlei went to wan—turning out battledress and other necessary clothing tor the Services- and this supple Berlei beauty of 1939 became virtually a museum piece 1 1 But an end is in sight. Already a Berlei executive is in America examining synthetic rubber. And war has at least perfected Nylon and the other gossamer-light synthetics which shall make your peace-time Berlei a thing ot beauty and a joy to wear, beyond your wildest imagining ! Thanks are due ... II e uould like to express our gratitude to the many women who have helped mitigate our labo'tr shortage especially those who, without manpower direction, gave up their leisure and voluntarily undertook the regular hours of work at Berlei. Their labour has been of real service lo the community producing not only foundation garments, but also huge quantities of battledress and other apparel for the fighting forces. We thank them. m m