St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-11-10

Arriving at ago p. M, Monda
port, the champs wife "came, saw
her warm friendliness, unassuming
manner, her beauty and charm. The
dance, crowd was simply carried
away with her indebtedness.
After the fashion revue; Mrs.
Louis met the models and members
of the Women's Auxiliary of the
Urban League. Then, refusing to
have a separate table away from
the crowd, she selected one in the
midst of the crowd and proceeded
to sign the many papers and cards
handed her by autograph seekers.
She remained for some time, greet
ing the many persons who. wanted
to meet her.
With Mrs. Louis, came Mrs.
Marian Downer, of the Chicago
office of the Pittsburgh Courier,
who took the place of Mrs. Frances
Moseley. of Chicago as fashions
commentator. With a witness
and vivacity that kept the crowd
in gay spirits, Mrs. Downer pre-
scented the models and described
their apparel. Her activity added
much to the success of the revue.
Thirty local models assisted Mrs.
Louis in presenting winter fashions
from Longing attire through eve
ming wear. Clothes were loaned
and displayed by Gateley's Clothing
Store, featuring furs; by Robin
sons Women's Apparel Shop, pre-
senting dresses and lounging at
tire; and by local modistes and de-
signers who were Miss Marguerite
Tresvan, Miss Dorothea Harris,
Mrs. Maude Francis, and Mrs.
AnnabeIle Rideaux. Many of the
models displayed their own ex-
quisite clothes.
The revue began with a dance Of
the old-fashioned waltz by Miss
Adelaide Sykes and Mr.. Alfred
Stewart, to evoke memories OF
grandmother's day from which
many of the winter fashions have
been borrowed. Models then pre-
scented sports attire, afternoon
dresses, street dresses, Longing at
tire, dinner and evening wear, and
coats and furs.
Mrs. Louis Clothes
Mrs. Louis first appeared in a
stunning black outfit for horseback
riding featuring an English derby.
Her second appearance was in a
moss green wool wasp-waisted
street dress designed by Germaine
Monteil. Her hat and bag were i'm
ports by Sally Victor in that new
"stop-red" leather.
For afternoon wear, Mrs. Louis
displayed one of her own creations,
a two piece dress of red and black
Schiapareli print lame with bodice
of black jersey. Particularly strik-
ing was the black velvet sombrero
hat with two and a half inch lace
band around the brim.
Liked Cocktail Hour Dress
The crowd was, particularly en-
thusiastic over the, dress for the
cocktail hour designed by Mrs.
Louis. Of imported gold MORE
lame it was Egyptian draped, Civ
ing a sleek silhouette. She wore
a draped Egyptian turban of the
same material as the dress, and
carried a huge black antelope
pouch bag.
Particularly lovely were the furs
of Mrs. Louis. She appeared in
sable scarfs which could be
draped into a stole; a blue fox
jacket of smartly arranged pelts;
and an exquisite silver fox cape.
Mrs. Louis and Mrs. Downer left
at 4:40 a. m. Tuesday morning via
Northwest Airlines for Chicago.
While in the city they were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. K. Mcknight at
$50 Fuller Avenue.
So pleased was Mrs. Louis with
the reception accorded her on her
brief visit this time, and so inter-
ested did she become in the descrip-
ton given her of st. Paul's Winter
Carnival, that she promised to re-
turn for a purely social visit the
last of January.
Hunters Band Pleases
Lloyd Hunters Band from
Omaha played for the fashion re-
vue accompanied by Edward Doty
of st. Paul, the fashion show ac-
companist. The crowd was also
pleased with the hot rhythms pre-
scented for dancing.
Miss Brooks Crowned Queen
Miss Mildred Brooks, one of the
models in the revue, was crowned
by Mrs. Louis as queen of the Win
ter Fashion Revue, for selling the
highest number of tickets. She re-