The Archive · 1938

Still Going Strong

In the records referred to there ave mentioned nonics of many peo~ ple who. are members of this comounity. still; {tis amusing to note ttle girls, photographed in frilly bonnets, and innocent-looking ttle Days in sailor sults, who are now Known, among us"as responsible parents of young families. Some of the adult women look younger today than they do in their pictures 30 years ago when they favoured high colitures. with hale pads, collar supports, (how horrible those must have been in the dog-days), and CB, corsets with tight waists.

Unfortunately the publishers these records were lamentably retifeent_ in their captions, which Is accounted for by te fact that every Body knew "everybody else, and homes and details would have been superfluous, 10 readers of that time, The only type of caption beneath pictures seems to have been: "Group He'the Races," "Well-known rest dents at Yocent unt," "A prominent hostess," "Prineipals' in forthcoming ADE.. production." and so forth. Evidently suMicient unto the day wag the news thereof.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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