The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-09-25
IN TOWN AND OUT
DFssSmakeFs And
Designers Guild

The Dressmakers and De-
signers Guild is on its way tt
meet its many friends and vel
wishes for the 1954-1955 sea
son.
At the closing meeting last
June the Guild saw fit to elect
an almost new roster of Of
ficials with Miss Mabel E. Diggs
of bingham as President.
The former president and
Organizer, Mrs. Edna Morgan
started the Guild in 1851, her
idea was to form a group of
Dressmakers and designers who
were ambitious to help the
average person become clothes
minded and we'll dressed. No
one can forget the very fine
work Mrs. Morgan has done
with the group for these few
years and no one can, or wants
to, take from her the great
honor that is hers for starting
the Guild. Around that time
Mrs. Morgan asked Miss Diggs
to become a member feeling
that the years of experience
and know how Miss Diggs had
would be an asset to them.
Busy tho Miss Diggs was and
still is, she concented to help
simply because in the first
place she loves to help young
people and secondly because
Mrs. Morgan's idea had been
one Miss Diggs had cherished
for years, but laid aside when
she established residence out
of the city of Boston. Tho not.
willing to accept a. bona-fide
office in the Guild until now,
she did give much time as
possible to boost Mrs. Morgan
in her efforts.
There is no tendency on the
part of the new head to change
the policy of the Guild, for
to Miss Diggs the working wo-
man loves nice clothes and
can be eXcellently dressed
once she realizes that there are
those amongus who can make
her look as if she stepped
from Harpers, Vogue or any
other fine fashion mold. The
Guild can certainly cater to
the discriminating woman and
give her all he fanfare imagi-
nable, but the average woman
and man too, needs to feel
that in attending a fashion
show they will see something
suited to her or his peculiar
personality and size. In Eugene
Marsman the Guild has some
one who designs and makes
mems clothes as well as wo-
mems.
Plans are made for the
the Guild at Rowland Manor
November 2. The date of the
1855 Fashion Show is March
II in New England Mutual
Hall. The date is always Sc
cured in June, but the pub
lie has not been informed of
it quite this early, so for all
concerned we would like our
friends to mark the calendar
for that important Friday
night as a MUST. The mem
bers of the Guild are plan
ming few pleasant surprised
for you. All business folk
realize that a new enterprise
needs years to become a
smooth running organization
The Guild has done exceeding
ly well, but is profting by
some of its inevitable mis-
takes. Our next years show
will bo almost all Fashion
Show and much less enter
tainment, thus cutting down
the running time. The club
is fortunate in having so
many people who want tt
help, that it has been very
hard to say mo" to those whc
ask to appear on the program
but now, we have come OF
age and must dispense with
much that we would like to
have. Our chief aim in cater.
ing to you, aside from show
ing lovely outfits, is to donate
our profit to a worthy charity
selected by the Guild.
So we are on our way
any communications may be
sent to the recording secre-
tary, Miss Keitha Burke. Is
Eolborn Street, Roxbury, OF
the President, Miss Mabel E
Diggs, 10 Blaisdell Road
Hngham; other officers are
Financial secretary, Mrs. I'll.
pha Mitchell; Vice Presiden,
Mrs. Naomi Balm; Treasurer
Mrs. Lydia L. Mclean; Cha.
plain and Publicity Chairman
Eugene Marsman; Parliamen.
tartan, Mrs. Daisy Marshall.
heading committees are Mrs
Edna Morgan, Mrs. Balm anc
Miss Edith Munroe, the yer,
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