The Archive · 1939

A London Letter

London, Aug. 4 July was steady rain, "August tat hag been a deluge. We hopefully pricked out a lot of seedlings yester~ day, the night brought a cloudburst ud to-day we have been picking out of the mud with a button But of course such weather gives a grand opportunity. for pioneers fre new bottilions which are to be worn in the autumn. I saw a. pair Our walking yesterday, they seemed tot be. made of, waterproof silk Sdorued with a pattern of large spots. Thooe for the autumn will be of felt Of a colour to. match hat or beg, They go on over the shoe, lace up ihe back, would be called alters in pisig English, and are a good answer Torthe masculine Joke that women put alt their warm clothing on the Upper extremities and none on the running a riding school for some time. "We fell in love on horseback," she said to a reporter, "and thought It would only be thing to have a horseback wedding'

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

Your account