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Quick Tricks
Attractive, to
Beginners
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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best ever! 79 embroidery, crochet,
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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.
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This pattern easy to ue. simple to
sew. is tested for fit. Has complete
illustrated instructions.
Send Thirty-five cents in coins for
this pattern add i cents for each pat
tern for 1st -class mailing. Send to
Anno Adams, cart of Oregon State
man. Pattern Dept. P. O. Box 710.
Chicago 80, m. Print your NAME,
ADDRESS with ZONK; SIZK. STYLE
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