MARGOT Goes Shopping

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 84, 8 April 1936, Page 2

MARGOT Goes Shopping

N. McKinnon. Needlework Specialist, J26A Avenue, is ready for Easter with exclusive worked linen goods and new Continental traced dinner mats in '•ream Irish linen. <ilso a charming seleclion of hand-knitted baby garments. If you go into the shop you will succumb to the little knitted sets and all the dainty things shown, and you'll find the exact bonnet to match frock or jacket. Traced waste paper boxes are 2s lid. Easter Display at the “Glory Box.” A most fascinating place is the “Glory Box” this Easter, for there’s a new shipment of brassware in the latest coloured designs, combined with new shapes. Trays, oowls. vas OG . jewel and cigarette boxes are included in the attract! c display. There are also new linens at special prices. Walker’s Flowers Always Please. Beautiful flowers have found their way into Walker’s F.oral Art Studio and the display in the window calls I forth ex< lamalions of admiration. I.aster week is always a busy time at Walker's so you will he wise to place your order early for the debutante posies and floral sprays for .the coming ball and Easter dances. Airs. Sheppard knows just what flowers and colours will best suit you and your frock and will make for you a most artistic spray Enjoy the Easter Festivities. You will feel more fit and fresh "or the coming balls and the Easter week festivities if you are free from foot dis-1 i . oinfort. Pay a visit to Catherine En- ' w r right and banish your foot troubles.: I And of course you will want to look [ vour best for the gaieties, so don’t for- : I 3of all those necessary and most import-j iant finishing touches of coiffure, facial and manicure, as well as chiropody. Adylress; Beauty Parlors, Wakefield ‘Chambers (telephone 2435). The Ideal Outfit for Autumn. Hmart costumes in tweed and suit-1 ings arc some of the new attractions showing at, Kathleen Manning's Frock i Shop, Rutland Building (opposite Post' Office Chic little tweed suits are; sensibly priced at 59s Gd and 69s 6d, and the black and brown costumes are 79s Gd to 89s Gd. AJI are smartly cut I and designed and jr-t what you need for your autumn wardrobe. There’s also a selection of tweed coats at 69s 6d. New and Attractive Gifts. Nettleship's, Jewellers, always have something that is so new and charming in jewellery that you want it immediately. This lime it is a selection of necklaces, brooches and clips that would make an enchanting addition to a frock without overmuch expense. There is a variety of designs to choose from. as an Easter gift for a bride or a friend, what could be lovelier than one of the exclusive early morning tea sets or coffee sets of Aynsley china? New Designs in Engagement Bings. The diamond is considered the stone of love. That is why they are first favourites for engagements rings. Next in favour are sapphires. Since the vogue for platinum sellings these precious stones have gained in popularity. There’s a sparkling enchantment about the new rings at J. Williams and Co.’s., Jewellers. The diamond solitaire rings with shoulders of similar gems are unusual and beautiful, while sapphire and diamond, and emerald and diamond are among the newest designs. The two diamonds in the hexagon setting are particularly beautiful. These fine quality rings are reasonably priced. You will appreciate the line display at Williams’ for they have one of the finest stocks in the Dominion. Among the numerous gifts suitable for Easter are some newly arrived ham ami egg serv-

In Place of the Health Depot. What Shepherd’s Service Stores can do in the matter of providing Wanganui foik with health or dietic foods is shown in the enlarged health food department of their stores. People who require goods of this description can now come to town with minds at rest well knowing that, despite the closing of the Health Depot, they can obtain i heir supply of health foods at Shepherd s. The stock comprises shelled mils of all kinds including cachew nuts, also fruit meats such as fig, date and walnut, raisin and prune, and nut cheese. Then there are diabetic, rolls, rye biscuits, English crisp bread, dietine chocolate, gluten meal, sterilised pineapple and other .fruits, vegetable salads, Milo tonic foods, Aga gelatine, health dessert packets, and delicious pineapple juice. Gifts For the Bride. There are many beautiful things to attract Easter shoppers to Drew’s, Jewellers. This firm stocks the finest quality Sheffiekl silver plate and sterling silver, of which there are lovely modern examples— most suitable for wedding presents, gifts that would be appreciated by the bride-to-be and treasured for their usefulness. Then in British crystal ware you can choose an exquisite salad bowl, rose, bowl, vase or jug and set of goblets of originality and charm that would make an attractive addition to any table. Another useful gift is a clock. The latest designs are so delightfully modern it is difficult to resist them. Very new' and beautiful, too. are the cased sets of toilet, accessories. They are most outstanding in beauty, being of enamel with [dated chromium, in either cream, peach pink, green or h'lack. At Drew’s you will find just the gift to make your friend, the bride, most happy. Everything For Sport. The beginning of the golf season is a most exciting time and everybody, from tired business men to slim and trim lassies in tweeds and sports hats, find their way to the links these days. And, >f course, good equipment is needed. R. E. Cuthbertson’s Sports Depot foplosite Warnock’s) is an excellent place ■ : or all sports goods, because at this I iport depot you can see the best and I owest-priced collection in the Dorninon. Anything—everything—clubs, of

reliable makes, balls, bags and all requisites for golf, rackets and balls for badminton, and all requirements pertaining to hockey, basketball, football. And needless to say the Sports Depot has an excellent supply of equipment for that shooting holiday you are contemplating. There’s always something you need for sport, and at holiday time, so pay a. visit to R. E. Cuthbertson’s. Sports Depot, where you will find a splendid assortment of sports goods and where courteous assistants will advise you on requisites required. Footwear Smartness. Never have shoes been so smart or in such a variety of styles and fabrics as in this autumn season of 1936. The new’ footwear as seen at Crichton and Newman’s is certainly a fashion story and if you’ll call there you will find th? latest and most fascinating styles for street wear, golf and evening wear. ’To “go” with the. new Gloucester green there is a smart, and graceful kid court priced at only 27s Gd, or to wear with tweeds, a model in green capClla suede with strappings of kid is a perfect shoe for outdoor occasions. These are 33s Gd. Most important, too, are the blue shoes in kid and suede, for street wear, while there is no woman golfer who could resist the model in navy blue pig skin and calf. They are very distinctive and exclusive. There’s also a selection of new golf shoes in both navy and brown. Feet, will also look smart, this season in shoes in both monk and ghillie style. Evening shoes are equally attractive and may be seen in court and sandal shape in different styles. They are in gold and silver, and the crepe de chine or satin shoes that can he dyed to match an evening frock. A beautiful shoe is a bronze brown crinkled crepe that should look well with a lace gown. A brown velvet and satin shoe is elegant. It is amazing the variety of styles to be seen at Crichton and Newmans.