MARGOT Goes Shopping

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 243, 13 October 1937, Page 2

MARGOT Goes Shopping

M. McKinnon, Needlework Specialist, 126 A Avenue, has something new in dainty worked organdie tea showers in assorted shades, 12s 6d. Also traced linen supper, wagon and tray cloths in new cross-stitch designs. Bridal Head-dresses. '• The modern bride chooses bridal head-dress with care. Order yours at the Ascot Millinery Salon, where individual styles of arrangement for bride and bridesmaids are featured. A small selection of veils also stocked. New Goods at the “Glory Box.’’ Here’s an article for the household that is decorative as well as useful and because of slight damage in transit have been reduced in price. They are solied linen baskets in small shapes and with lids. Made of cane and palm leaf, similar to Island baskets, they are very attractive and could be used as waste paper baskets if desired. They are being sold at 7s and were 9s 6d. Just arrived too, are work baskets in different sizes and colourings. And if you are looking for Christmas gifts to mail to friends overseas, there's nothing nicer than the New Zealand novelties at the “Glory Box.” Summer Shoe Fashions.

Plaited, perforated, or hopsack shoes you must have if you want to be fashionable this summer, for the new dresses demand this type of footwear. The many new ideas and colourings in shoes this season are. something to talk about and you will find them all at the Meikle Lang Shoe Co., Ltd. Do go along and see the attractive styles that are on display. You will dote on the Empire shoes in white kid strapped in a new and attractive way in Venetian red—and another model in blue. Court shoes of hopsack in oatmeal shade are both smart looking and comfortable for warm days. A plaited and strapped shoe in beige shade has an instep tie. This model is repeated in white. Straw-like braid form the plaited shoes in attractively combined colours of red and fawn, blue and white, or brown and white. Then there’s the Sahara style with throng stitching. All have the new Cuban heel and should be popular for summer. White plaited sandals for children are equally attractive. A perforated sports shoe, designed for comfort, is in fawn and brown, blue and white, or brown and white.