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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1954)
v t Sec 2) StertttmoiL Sdau 6r Svau TK. 11,1531 Speed Counts When! Teen Ager Sews Quick Tricks Attractive, to Beginners Br DOROTHY' ROE f Associated Tret Fashion Editor The main trouble mith teach lng teen agers to sew, say most dressmaking teachers, is : that they lose interest before the Initial project is completed. The solution to this problem )s simple start them on some- thing they can finish in an - af - ternoon, put on and wear proud l ly the same day - ' j About the easiest, garment un der the sun to make is a felt skirt, and It also is something practically every teen-age girl in the country yearns lor. relt needn't even be hemmed; inside seams t need no finishing, and decorations are easy to apply. Two are Same ' Pictured here are two skirts made' from the same pattern One is in striped denim, the other is felt Both are of ' the simplest possible construction, requiring two seams and a waist band, i The only trick is to adjust the pattern to size before cutting the material If the waistband,needs taking in or letting out, do it on the pattern before you start cut ting. Also adjust the pattern to the desired length. On the felt skirt, you cut the fabric exactly the length you want the skirt to be. On the. denim, you allow two inches for a hem. Quick Work ! After catting out the fabric, . stitch up : the two-side seams, leaving room to insert a zipper on the left one. Put the zipper in according to instructions on the package, add the waistband and there you are. Any number of amusing dec orations may be applied to the skirts. You can buy press-on - cut-outs to carry out almost any theme you desire, for the felt skirt Or, if you want to be or istinal, you ,- can cut your own motifs from contrasting colors of felt and stitch them on, using the ligzag stitch attachment The denim skirt pictured has big cobbler pockets and : fringe trim. The felt skirt has appli- qued knights and chargers cir cling the: bottom, with vertical strips of contrast felt applied from the - waistband. Dallas Dateline - Y 131 Ivlo 141 III Travelers Of Note By B. XORBERG DALLAS Leaving Friday afternoon for the State ! Jaycee spring board meeting in Ashland were Dallas Jaycee officers and their wives. Making the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sciac cotti, Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Luthe Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Wil liams. The group plans to re turn late Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Buller re turned to Dallas February 16. Herb, recently discharged from the U.SJ Navy, has been station ed in Hawaii for the past 18 months. ; His wife, the former Jacqueline Sharp, has been with him in the islands. For a time they will be at home with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sharp. Arriving February 23 and staying for the remainder of the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McKnight Jr., will be Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Schwarz of Seattle and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Roberts of Lincoln, Illinois. The visitors are parents and aunt and uncle of Mrs. McKnight. Mr. and Mrs. Lenthal Bollman of Enterprise arrived in Dallas this weekend for a visit in the Charles H. Greenwood and J. Paul Bollman homes. They were returning by the southern route from a two-week ; trip in the east. Mrs. Greenwood has heen in Enterprise caring for the Bollman children while their parents nave oeen away. Make Do ft" .!. .i.imij ' .i I nm.i. . -"'J i" hi. i . , ,, i,, SrmrtMtl-- '"!'.. . ..' ' ' 1 1 " " ":vl"" 1 Y- .;. py ; -'..:! h c . I; , - , j it " V r - ' '' y ' i tiv: ;(( L V" U.rT A ii' : v y-MA ':- i' - x v ,-:7 vr. - ... .' J ...i-..- . X . .), . r Kj : S I Two Skirts from One Pattern . . . Any amateur ixm make either of these skirts in an afternoon. Al left is a striped denim version with big cobbler's pockets and ball tinge trim. At right, the popular felt skirt with appliqued knights of silver beads and sequins mounted in chargers of contrast felt. Contrast strips also are appliqued at the top. Press-on appliques also may be used. f ; j DM)(op i By CARL HALL Line or Not TO RE-COVER laap 'hde fraac, cm A cootinuous 3-inch bias strip froa any kind of cetial. Fold the left edce of the saip' under about -iacb. . Artftcb strip wb tackmf stitch to the bottoa wire of the fraac. Trap the aateria) round the franc, auking snrc chat the folded edje overlap the raw edfe so there axe ao gaps. At the finish, fold both edges of the aaterial sadec tad cack to fraac. Culture is a by-product of imag ination. Imagination that faced the world and. saw that it was good, i It looked so hard at ' the world "that it saw through it and found that reality began under the skin, within the tree, beneath thf hill. tit looked lip inU the sky and discovered that the bine was the trailing edge an a profound mys tery. Above aU it 'looked lata the human heart aad found hope ad eorapastlon, aad because of theseji beauty. Imagination discovered that all things; are not what they seem and that the "seem to be" has more importance than the "saen." It is a forward outlook on life, not an opiate to numb the human respon sibilities of immediate concern nor an? ivnry tower to withdrew from the frictions, the barbarism of our time. imagination is the use of our heritage of past and present, to intensify, enliven the evolving heritage that blossoms before our eyes with every vital second. It is based on the understanding of life rather than the urge to sit in judgement. Imagination removes th "fT from fact. "The reality above 'the report," said Emerson. It discovers the center located be tween, selfish ecstasy and wordly disillusionment. , Imagination and Quality Imagination endeavours to give quality to life, place emphasis on the ultimate things in life, to place you id life in order to share the btessiags, the wonder, as well as the pain. Without imagination un derstanding is impossible. For imagination transports you from yourself into other, realms of spirit of body. You have to be a tree, a sipk man. a dying city, a starving refugee in order to be human for ypu discover compassion. ! The March or Dimes, the Unit ed Nations, the One Man show at a gallery are imaginative ex pressions of equal meaning and intensity. All three are for the good of life, because of their lack pt indifference to existence. s To appreciate artistic expres sion you must approach it imagin atively. If you approach the orki; of art in a semi-neutral way, as you should, your imag ination reinforces itself on that imagination that is contained in the work of art. A Chain Imagination is a sequence con cern! chain of cause and effect, ft is" also a tetrospective dike behind which you collect this sequence in order to generate its Significance within yourself for lourftime. Imagination has the Obligation that you channel its Intensity into specific directions !o ehrich, deepen and intensify his life, he e and now. I Every human creation of worth in the arts is an island of com passionate understanding upon which the human imagination can takc holr" of itself and say, with a proud humility, here am I freed. Shorn of all my smallness, all liny frailties of character, of spirit: nere in the work of art I face the Simplicity of myself hence of all mankind, aad all time. 1 For in art is discovered the country of the heart. Imagina tion! gives it a constant life, and ?we Scan believe with William Blake that "Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth." i Al meeting af the beard af trustees of the Salem Art Assoc ution will be held Monday night at the Salem Art Museum (Bush Home) at 8 p.m. Willard Mar shall, the new president, will tire- ride and committees for the en suing year will be appointed. Should you line your draperies or leave them unlined? Linings protect the drapery fabric from soil and direct sunlight, lengthen ing its life, but make the curtains harder to launder or more expen sive to dry clean. The lining also adds to the initial cost; Some homemakers prefer the effect of sunlight coming in through un lined fabrics to the opaque effect of lined drapes. j Draperies and glass curtains us ed together at a window should be similar in feeling. Chiri'j drap eries, for instance, look attractive with glass curtains of marquisette or organdy. Draperies of a heavy material such as denim combine well with glass curtains of thea trical gauze or fish net f Alpha Psi Chapter af Beta Sigma Phi will meet at the home of Miss Lucile Higby, Station A, Wednesday night at 8 p. m. Dra ma is the program. theme for the evening with Mrs. Howard Hun saker the leader. Mrs. Earl An dresen will give a report on the new Broadway hit, fM Three Angels" and Mrs. Frank Marshall on "The Death of a ; Salesman." For roll call members will re spond with the favorite stage pi4 they have seen. I Package Close BehindProduct In Importance, Firms Find raitern t If By STEVEN V. DAVID NEW YORK UPi - The Ameri can 'manufacturer is laying : out a lot of money to make sure his package catches your eye when you shop in a self-service mar ket. Attractive packaging has al ways been important for makers of consumer products. Industrial designers will tell you it's become more important than ever since the trend toward self service stores got underway.- "The fate of consumer products used to be in the hands of shop clerks and storekeepers,' I says Gerald StahL who designs pack ages for some of the leading man ufacturers. "But in this era of the food supermarket and depart ment, drug, hardware and appli ance stores are following suit the clerk is a mere change-maker and a product has to be its own salesman." Because of this situation, ; Stahl remarks, there is a growing aware ness among sales and advertising managers of top companies that the package design is a foremost factor in present-day merchandis ing. Wrapping Expensive Stahl estimates that American manufacturers spend about 12 bil lion dollars a year to wrap up their products. And, he says, they are continually asking: What can be done to our package design to improve its salabuity in self-ser vice operations? Stahl says several things have to be borne in mind when answer ing that question. First of all, he says, the pack- ag must attract attention. Among other things, that means the use of plenty of color. "You can't use just any Color, the designer comments. ' Black Homo Sewing Big Business For Merchants The sewing woman is a muclj more important person than some folk realize. No longer is she an unusual individual, a bit too frugal. according to the ideas of her neigh bors. She now one of a very large group who sew not only because they believe they save money, but probably because they like to. Last year $100 million was spent on fabrics for home sewers, $370 million on sewing machines, $100 million on notions and $40 million on patterns. No wonder the shops have large and attractive displays of materials and sewing machine departments to catch the fancy of the housewives. The average woman who sews at home is between the ages of 20 and 39 and is married. Her in come is not necessarily in the lower brackets, though many are. This . average home seamstress sews about 21 garments a year. Once was a time when the home made dress stood out like a pair of slacks at a party, but the mod ern seamstress, with the aid of excellent patterns, has become a professional as far as workman ship and style are concerned. Many women simply like to sew. They believe that they can get a great deal for their money, and have a larger and more individual selection when they build their clothes from the fabric up. The last generation man who wore a home-made shirt was pretty ridiculous, because some how, except for an occasional skilled home sewer, women seemed unable to do good tailor ing. But these days the man with a clever wife proudly wears pro fessional looking sports shirts or jackets, the product of his wife's sewing machine. Missing Many Returns Home ASTORIA ; uB William H. Flanders, a' house painter and part-time trapper missing a week from his home at Jewell, turned up safely at Jewell Saturday, while search parties were in the woods looking for him. Flanders said he went out' to check on his coyote trap line, and became lost. Police said he ap peared in i good condition. Needlecraft and purple wouldn't do on a pack age of broccoli, but might be just right for a high - priced cosmetic. For Contrast "Sometimes," he adds, "it pays to disregard this rule. For in stance, we are using white for the package of an upholstery cleaner because all the competing products come in brightly-colored boxes. The manufacturer, he adds, must understand the market he's try ing to sell and aim at it in a, lan guage that market will understand. "The package shouldn't involve any use of the thought processes. It must I embody something to which the shopper can respond. If in this supermarket age a cus tomer hesitates, the manufacturer loses." I What ft boils down to, Stahl con cludes, is that selling is emotion al, ! not logical. "its not me man wno duuqs a better mousetrap who gets the business, but the man who can make his product look as though he's built a better one, he ob serves. Salem, Canby Gh Due on Transport SEATTLE ( The transport Gen. Simon B. Buckner will arrive here Tuesday i with these , Oregon men among the 1,567 aboard: A.l.c. Herald E. Graves, oute 3, Salem; CpL Russell C. , Aurs lanian, Canby. . Gov. Patterson Returns From U.S. CapitaL Governor Paul L. Patterson, in days attending a conference of President Eisenhower's group of Traffic Safety, ; returned here Saturday. j Governor Patterson said the conference was attended by rep resentatives from Virtually all states in the union and a large number of suggestions were of fered how to cope with the traf fic safety problem. The presi dent, in addressing the confer ence, deplored the increasing number of traffic fatalities, Gov ernor Patterson said." The governor ; made the trip by airplane and; reported good flying conditions.! . State Senate President Eugene Marsh, McMinnville, served as governor during I Patterson's ab sence from the state. Swimming Pool Dedication Chilly AKRON. Ohio (P)-Brave fire men of Minerva dedicated that village's new outdoor swimming pool ia midwinter. Beivre a cheering crowd,: a dozen (volunteer firemen discard ed topcoats they had placed over their swi.T, suit, and took the icy plunge. The, thermometer read 32 de grees. The volunteer fire fighters who built jthe 450,000 gallon circular pool during evenings ad week ends had rroi -ed to dedicate the pool when :t was completed. Protect a new chair refresh a "tired" chair with this fan-shaped set? If you wish, use this pattern for a striking buffet set. Easy, jiffy to crochet! Chair-back, ir x 18 inches; arm rest, 7 x 12 inches. Pattern 660: crochet directions. Send Twenty-five cents in coins for this pattern add S cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Oregon Statesman. Needlecraft Dept., P. O. Box 5740. Chicago 80. 11L Print plainly YOUR NAME, AD DRESS with ZONE, PATTERN NUM BER. 1 SEND NOW for our new 1954 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog the best ever! 79 embroidery, crochet, color-transfer, dressmaking patterns to send for plus 4 complete patterns printed in the book! Ideas for gifts, bazaar sellers, fashions. Send 20 cents! FOLLOW those sleek, smooth curves from pie-cut neckline to back-flared skirt! You just couldn't pay a nicer compliment to your figure. What's more, everyone will agree. We see this in faille, silk print, shantung for spring linen, pique for summer. Pattern 4609: Misses' Sites 12, 14, 16, 18, 2a Sizes 16 takes 3 yards 39-inch fabric. 1 This pattern easy to use, sim ple to sew, is tested for fit Has complete illustrated instructions. ( This pattern easy to ue. simple to sew. is tested for fit. 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