Woman's World
Flour Sacks Aid Seamstress
As Fabric Shortage Continues
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IF YOU’VE tried to do any sewing
lately and have scoured the
stores in a vain attempt to find suit
able material for yourself, then you
will welcome any suggestion that
gives material easily. Long before
we had the wealth of fabrics found
in prewar times, many homemak
ers were making good use of those
large, clean, readily available flour
or sugar sacks.
Some of the department and no
tions goods stores still carry them,
and you might well look to them as
material for a cheerful morning
dress or cover-all apron. Cheerful?
Why yes, of course. Just get out the
package of dyes and dyeing kettle
and go to work. Since these sacks
are cotton, they take dye very eas
ily, and of course you do not hav?
to bleach them first. You can have
any color you desire—a bright kelly
green, rose pink, aqua or robin’s
egg blue.
Depending on your size, it will
take from two to four of the large
size flour or sugar sacks to give
you the material you want. Take
out the seams first, and make cer
tain the sacks are clean. Use the
directions for the particular dye you
have on hand and go to work. After
the fabric has been dyed, dried and
ironed, lay it out for the pattern,
making sure that no materials will
be wasted.
Checking Measurements
Considered Essential
Some of you may say, “Well, it’s
not so important that my house
dress fits so perfectly.” Why
shouldn’t the dress you do your
work in, the one you spend most of
the daylight hours in, be well fit
ted? Actually, good fit is important
here as in a dress-up dress. Then
too, these dresses are relatively sim
ple, and you can learn good fitting
from making them—a thing of im
portance when you begin sewing on
the “more important” articles of
clothing.
Select or make a pattern that
comes exactly to your own bust size.
Adjustments of an inch or so can
be made easily, but remember it is
easier to make a pattern one size
larger—a little smaller, than to cut
// you have some flour sacks. , . .
slits in a pattern that is too small
to make it fit.
A good way to get this fitting
problem in hand is to take your own
measurements and pencil them
down side by side with the pattern
measurements. Then you will know
exactly the amount of adjustment
needed, and can allow accord
ingly.
In cutting a dress from a flour
sack, bear in mind the grain of the
material and place the pattern cor
rectly on the lengthwise grain. Mark
all sewing guides either with stitch
ing, tailor’s tacks or chalk. This
makes the work move along much
faster.
Here Are Tips
For Sewing
There are usually some parts of
dressmaking that are more tricky
than others. Take the sleeves, for
Convert them into a morning dress.
example. Just how are they tb be
eased into the garment without ugly
gathers where they should not be?
The best way I know is to take small
basting stitches around the fullest
Spring Fashion Notes
Cotton achieves new importance
this season by being handled not as
cotton, an inexpensive fabric, but
like silk or rayon.
Open-crowned bonnets, rather like
the old-fashioned poke bonnets, are
new, too. You’ll notice that lots of
them are of rough woven straw
we haven’t seen for a long time,
and they are flirtatiously trimmed
with embroidered pique or the like.
Cool Crepe
Here’s a newsworthy print in
spired by a newspaper girl’s
bright idea. This cool attractive
dress from Herbert Sondheim’s
collection has brief sleeves and
simple lines that keep you cool
and well dressed at the same
time.
part of the sleeve that fits to the
dress, and draw these gently until
the sleeve fits the armhole. Un
less you are experienced, do not try
to sew the sleeves on the machine
before basting.
After the sleeve has been basted,
try the dress on and see how the
sleeve feels. If it does not give the
fullest comfort, adjust the basting
until the dress looks and feels ex
actly as you wish.
Another thing you may have no
ticed in buying ready-made gar
ments is the waistline. If this does
not fall exactly where the natural
waistline is, the dress is uncom
fortable. You can determine the
natural waistline by putting a tape
measure around the waist and bend
ing to see that it is exactly in place.
Then mark the natural waistline on
the garment with chalk.
Even in morning dresses, the fit
over the bust is important. You
might try underarm darts, even if
they 1 are not marked on the pat
tern. These darts, you know, are
found on the most expensive clothes
just for the sake of fitting.
Sheer Materials
Now that warmer weather is
here and you are sewing on the
lighter weight materials, keep in
mind these pointers to make the
sewing easy.
1. When sewing on sheer fab
rics, use tissue paper or obsolete
patterns to place underneath the
garment when sewing with the
machine. The tissue paper comes
off almost by itself and insures
a seam that is not too tight.
2. A double stitched seam is
the simplest type to use for finish
ing sheer fabrics. The first row
of stitching is on the seam line,
and the second an eighth of an
inch outside it.
3. A lapped seam is often used
on bulky net or closely patterned
lace material. The surplus edges
of the seam are trimmed after
the edges are overlapped.
4. Overcasting is another neat
method for finishing seams on
sheer fabrics. In this case, make
a plain seam first and then press
it open. Overcast both edges. ,
5. The fabric which you use (
determines the type of hem. For (
chiffons, organdies and geor- ,
gettes, use a rolled or picot hem. j
Border prints offer an attractive |
suggestion for your play clothes. The
gay colored bands may appear in
the skirt, in the bodice or on the ]
sleeves.
If you’re planning on wearing a
print blouse with your suit or skirt, 1
a neat touch is to put matching print 1
on the cuffs of your gloves. This is 1
especially effective with black or I
brown or navy.
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. PERRY, GEORGIA
Artificial Breeding
Shows Advancement
Expert Knowledge Is
Vital Part of Plans
By W. J. Dryden
Results obtained by artificial
breeding shows great possibilities of
not only increasing returns from
dairy cows but other farm animals,
inc! | ng sheep and poultry.
Ai. .icial insemination or breeding
requires expert knowledge. Those
Artificial insemination create* de
mand for highest quality bulls, such
as this Holstein.
undertaking this work must be fa
miliar with the anatomy and physi
ology of the reproductive organs
and have a sound understanding of
correct sanitary precautions.
Preparation of artificial vagina,
care and collection of semen, its
dilution and storage as well as the
equipment required, places artifi
cial insemination out of reach of the
individual in nearly all cases. It is
because of these factors non-profit
artificial breeding associations have
been established in most states to
carry on the work.
The quality of stock has been ma
terially increased where artificial
insemination has been practiced,
and at a considerable reduction to
the individual farmer. In many
cases he is able to secure the serv
ices of a high quality bull that would
not be possible, or financially feasi
ble by using direct methods.
Good Luck Dinner Bell
The tone may be regulated by
the length of the rawhide, as well
as the type of horsehoe and density
of welding. A series of chimes may
also be made from horseshoes.
A good luck dinner bell may be
made by welding t
two horseshoes to
gether as shown in
the illustration. A X'\
window sash serves if j FI \'\
as a clapper. It r I i*
should be hung on jP7~- I •■’ll
rawhide. V/; * Kc 4&)
The tone may be --iL^
regulated by the
length of the raw
hide, as well as the «
type of horseshoe and density of
welding. A series of chimes may
also be made from horseshoes.
Fast Hatching Proven
Desired Characteristics
Chicks that hatch first in any
group should mature at an earlier
date, should be pre-
dominately female,
more rapidly than
those that are slow-
'' * cr m * iatc hing. The
later hatched chick
slloul<J also have a
f Ihigher mortality.
L "maM J Tests at the Maine
; agricultural ex
periment station
First Out would indicate that
hatching time is a
matter of inheritance, thus by selec
tion, these desirable qualities can
be bred.
Place for Tools
n
Each barn could be equipped
with a rack, as shown, in which
all tools like shovels, hoes and forks
could be placed to keep them from
getting underfoot. Not only would it
be a safety measure, but the tools
would be kept in much better shape.
Vaccinate Against
Swine Erysipelas
In localities where swine erysipe
las has appeared, farmers should
vaccinate pigs against this disease
as soon as possible. If the farm has
been infected, vaccination is a must.
This costly disease has spread so
rapidly that it is now present in
practically every state, the Ameri
can Foundation for Animal Health
reports. The disease may be mis
taken for hog cholera by the aver
age farmer.
NEVIS HOUSE . . . Seated, Mr, and Mrs. Donald J. Murray,
Wausau, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred U. Stitselbergcr, New York;
standing, Mrs. Dorothy Walker and her husband, Charles U., San
Jose, Calif. While husbands attend Columbia university, (he wives
enjoy the colonial mansion at Irvington-on-thc-Hudson.
VETS ARE LUCKY
Colonial Mansion Used by
GI Couples at University
NEW YORK ClTY.—Three couples from Midwestern and
Western communities who planned to live in New York City
while doing graduate study at Columbia university are beating
the critical housing shortage by sharing an old colonial mansion
on a country estate an hour’s drive from the school.
And they readily admit they cn- ®
joy their leisurely country living
much more than city dwelling “be
cause it’s so much like home.”
The couples are Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Murray of Wausau, Wis.;
Mr. and Mrs. John McDonough of
Seattle, Wash., and Green Bay, Wis.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Brem
seth of Leeds, N. D.
They and 11 other married vet
erans and their wives live the part
of country squires in Nevis, a 20-
room mansion built in 1835 on an
oak-studded 75-acre tract which
gently slopes down to the Hudson
river. The mansion, located at Irv
ington-on-Hudson, New York, was
converted into single room apart
ments by Columbia university to
help solve the student veteran’s
housing difficulty. The estate was
acquired by the university from
Mrs. T. Coleman Du Pont in 1935
and had been used as a botanical
experiment station before its pres
ent tenants moved in.
Mrs. McDonough, the former
Marie Mornard, who was brought
up on her father’s farm near Green
Bay, summed up the attitude of
the couples from west of the Mis
sissippi.
“Country life is the life I’m used
to and although I wanted to live in
New York City while my husband
was studying, I far prefer Nevis,”
she said. “Just to feel more at
home, I’m raising vegetables on a
small plot of land. It helps the shop
ping problem.”
Caught Some Whoppers
In Cumberland River
JAMESTOWN, KY. When John
S. Osborne, his wife and his twin
brother went fishing near Lock 21 in
the Cumberland river recently, they
caught 11 fish weighing a total of
more than 600 pounds.
They were sturgeons, John said,
and it is only once in a blue moon
that the condition of the river and
the spawning period of these fish
coincide so that they may be caught
in such quantities. The trio used a
single large hook on a drag line,
and for the line they used a No. 14
electric light wire. It took four men
to land one of these fish one on
top of the lock to throw the hook
and snag the fish, one to hold the
fisherman to keep the fish from
dragging him off, and two down in
the water to get the fish into a boat.
Once a Hobby, Rugs
Now His Business
LARGO, FLA. Several years
ago S. M, Rife started making rugs
from rags cut and torn by his wife.
It was just a hobby which he en
joyed after his hours at the post
office. He enjoyed working out new
patterns so kept it up.
Today Mr. Rife is in the rug busi
ness. Church organizations and in
dividuals began buying his product,
and the demand grew steadily.
Soon he purchased a loom, bought
carpet warp and started in earnest
to supply his customers. Recently
he bought a house and has turned a
shop in the rear into a utility house
devoted to his former hobby, which
is now a profitable business.
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‘Possum for Danner’
PASADENA, CALIF. Sunday |
dinner walked into Carson G. Bell’s j
back yard recently when an eight I
pound opossum came in to sample j
the grapevines.
Bell rounded up sweet potatoes j
and called in Van Williams, famed
Negro chef, and invited his friends.
The opossum was presumably a
descendant of some brought to Cali
fornia in 1900 by Tennesseans who
wanted their favorite eating im
ported.
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yVVIATION NOTES
STILL FLYING HIGH
Capt. Warren B. Smith, a mem
ber of the Gates (lying circus back
in the ’2os and a veteran Panagra
pilot, recently crossed the Andes for
the 1,500 th time, from Santiago,
Chile, to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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HOW TO GET BUSINESS
Harold Briney, implement dealer
near Bluff City, 111., completed a
landing strip next to his place of
business, just for the convenience
of flyers. The first plane to land was
flown by Bud Flowers of Canton, '
who got acquainted with Briney and
ordered a couple of trailers for his
trucking business. The deal ran into
hundreds of dollars.
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AIB TRIPS FOR HUNTERS
Guests from the east will be flown
to Cleveland to board the United’s
“hunters’ special’’ plane to the
pheasant country in South Dakota.
Branlff is to operate weekly round
trip flights to Aberdeen, S. D., from
Houston and Dallas. This new serv
ice will start in late September.
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AIR CHATTER
Billy Heher, age 16, of Franklin,
Pa., won a Piper cub in a contest
and within a week had logged four
hours of instruction. . . Arthur W.
Grant, Medina, N. Y., insurance
agent, lands his light plane in
the back yards of farm homes and
then talks business. . . Arthur C.
Jackson, St. Petersburg, age 80, is
taking flying lessons. . . . Frank L.
Brandish, age 71, fire chief of East
port, Me., recently soloed. . . . C. J.
Boyd of Santa Fe, N. M., hunts
antelope by plane. . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Wheaton Miees of Winthrop,
Mass., newly-weds, flew more than
3,000 miles in a light plane on their
honeymoon. . . . The Boston Store,
Milwaukee, has regular airplane
delivery service as far north as
Sturgeon Bay.
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Tests of airplane dusting of
pecans for control of scab and
pecan nut casebearer will be re
peated this summer. Tests
made in 1945 were inconclusive.
SPEEDY ROCKET . . . THE
Rocket 185, built at Fort Worth,
set a world speed record for per
sonal planes on January 6 when
it flew from Savannah, Ga., to
Roosevelt field, N. Y., at an av
erage speed of 226.2 miles per
hour.
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AIRPORT EXPENDITURES
The airport bill, lately debated by
congress, provides a billion-dollar
program for seven years, with em
phasis on private flying facilities. If
the bill becomes law, $21,249,005 will
be available for New York, $24,-
478,073 for Texas, $18,744,576 for
California, and $16,132,735 for Penn
sylvania. New Jersey and Con
necticut will get $6,118,274 and $2,-
619,216 respectively. These sums
must be matched by the states or
municipalities.
■rfARD LANDING ,
Ellen Terry always felt that the
efficiency of property men contrib
uted as much to the success of a
play as did the dramatic talent of
the actors involved.
One night the audience sat in ab
sorbed silence. Miss Terry was
about to commit suicide by jump
ing from the high rock into the riv
er. However, the property men had
forgotten to place a mattress in the
stage “river.” Thus she landed on
the bare floor with a loud thud. The
audience’s titters turned to roars of
laughter when someone in the gal
lery shouted:
“What do you know—the water’s
frozen.”
IDENTIFICATION POINT
Feeling thirsty, the professor
crawled out of his berth and made
his way through the silent railway
coach to the water cooler. In his
abstraction he had failed to note
the number of his berth and soon
found himself hopelessly lost in the
maze of curtained compartments.
“Can’t you remember the num- 1
ber of your berth?” asked the con
ductor.
“I’m er afraid not,” was the
reply. i
“Well, haven’t you any icfea
where it was?” '
“Why, uh—oh, yes, to be sure.” 1
The professor brightened with a
sudden recollection. “I did notice
one time this afternoon that the
windows look out upon a little
lake!”
Oh Fudge!
Shocked by the language used by
two men repairing telephone wires
on the post, the chaplain reported
them to the executive officer, who
ordered the men to make a report
of the incident. Hero is what Pri
vate Smith wrote: “Me and Pri
vate Jones were on the job and
I was up the pole and accidental
ly let the hot lead fall on him and
it went down his neck and Private
Jones said: ‘Really, Private Smith,
you must be more careful,’ ”
Broad Hint
“Daughter has arranged a little
piece for the piano.”
“That’s fine,” commented Dad.
“It’s about time we had a little
peace.”
MEETING AT LAST
Groping downstairs in his bare
feet, the British householder sur
prised an intruder packing the
family silver into a bag.
“By Jove, a real burglar! I say,
wait a minute, will you?”
“And you’ll call a bobby I”
snarled the burglar.
“Oh no, only while I call my
wife. She’s heard you every night
for 20 years, and I’m sure it will
be a real pleasure for her to meet
you at last.”
Breaking the Peace
Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Wil
liamson had been quarreling for
years. At last, through the good of
fices of the local clergyman, they
had been brought together at the
parsonage and induced to shake
hands in a mutual pledge of peace.
After an embarrassing silence,
Mrs. Thompson exclaimed, “Well,
Mrs. Williamson, I wish you all
that you wish me.”
“Now who’s saying nasty
things?” snapped Mrs. Williamson.
A Long Wait
When the Chicago subway was be
ing dug a drunk stopped beside the
excavation and called down to the
man at the bottom of the pit;
“Shay, watch doin’ down there?”
“We’re building a subway,” one
of the men responded.
“How long is it goin’ to take to
buil’ it?”
“Three years,” came the answer
“Three years! I’ll take a taxi.’
Small Change
At a meeting Dr. Oliver Wendell
Ho'jjim once attended, there were
many tall men present. Someone
said to the doctor, “You must feel
rather small among those big fel
lows.”
“I do,” replied the doctor, who
always thought rather well of him
self. “I feel like a dime among a
lot of pennies!”
