SEW ING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Easy-to-Make Gowns Are Styled
Kor Smart Wear in Midseason
K athleen N orris Says:
77ic H it-a m l-R u n M arriage
By CIIEBli: NICHOLAS
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“ 4 /n l u o young persons could work their uay to successful m urnuge.if the
hushuml hud been taught the solemn resiwnsibilities of matrimony, ami the wife
were a u ell trained young creature, who tubes her marital vows seriously.
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' I 'H E rush and the excite-
A m ent of a busy holiday
season is over. Comes now
the qu ie t a fte r a sto rm when
women w ill have o p p o rtu n ity to lake
in ve n to ry o f th e ir w ardrobes. It's
tim e to see w h a t's needed in way of
one o r m ore s m a rt new gowns that
w ill accent the midseason style p ro ­
g ra m w ith outstanding chic and
ch a rm .
I f you find you need som ething
yo u ’ ll And th a t it w ill be th r ifty and
b rin g you no-end sa tisfa ctio n to
m ake y o u r own between - season
dresses. M aybe you are an expert
at sewing. H owever, i f you are an
a m b itio u s beginner you w ill get
along fine by ju s t ta k in g yo u r sew­
ing problem s to yo u r lo ca l sewing
center. You w ill be surprised and
d e lig h te d a t the w onderful fa c ilitie s
and h e lp fu l in s tru c tio n you w ill re ­
ceive in the a rt. In a few lessons
y o u r eye w ill be tra in e d to fine
points o f cut. At and finish, also
to keen d isce rn m e n t in m a tte r of
selecting patterns and fa b ric . It is
nothing less than fa scin a tin g to
le a rn of the w onders th a t the
m odern sewing m achine p e rfo rm s in
w ay of sh o rt cuts to s m a rt dress­
m a ke r tric k s thro u g h alm ost m i­
ra c le -w o rk in g attachm ents.
A ny one o f the m odish gowns p ic ­
tu re d w ill in je c t new "p e p ” into
y o u r m idseason w ardrobe.
And
w h a t a grand and g lorious feeling
i t w ill g ive you to have made it
y o u rs e lf! In choosing y o u r patterns
keep in m in d as a g u id in g s ta r that
so ft s ty lin g and easy silhouettes
s trik e high - fashion keynote fo r
sm a rte st m id w in te r clothes. Keep
in m in d , too. that no s ty lin g d e ta il
is o f g re a te r im p o rta n ce than are
sleeves. In fa ct. It m iRht w ell oe
said th a t a dress or a blouse o r a
coat is no s m a rte r than its sleeves
It's the deep a rm h o le sleeves that
a re cre a tin g the b ig sensation this
season.- e specially the new wedged
sleeves, such as style the gowns p ic ­
tured.
C lassic and new d e ta ils are co m ­
bined in the wedged sleeve fro c k of
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
rAR conditions have
certain ly put m a r­
riage in to th e hit-
a n d - r u n c a t e g o r y , ” says
Ju d g e R obert W illiam s J r . of
Suffolk, M ass.
“ F requently now,” he adds,
“ we have cases in which it is
ad m itted th a t the couple saw
each other only once, tw ice or
th ree tim es before they w ere
m a rrie d .
“ Often there is no such
thing a s ‘I w ant you to m eet
the folks.’ The first tim e the
p a re n ts see them is when
they a re brought hom e as in­
law s.”
beige gabardine as shown centered
in the trio .
T h is stunning model
takes its "c a s u a l" cue fro m sucn
ta ilo re d accessories as its w ide
leather belt, shoulder-strap bag and
square-brim m ed sailor. T h is is a
type o f basic dress th a t can lead a
double life ju s t by d e ft accessory
changes
H ip -s lu rrin g , curved slot
pockets and h ig h -rid in g in ve rte d
center fro n t pleat are good fashion
aids to stress below -hip Battery.
F o r tru ly d ra m a tic
accessory
changes the model shown to the le ft
presents an unbeatable basic dress
th a t's collarless. Its wedged sleeves
of co n tra stin g co lo r fan out in s im ­
ple m a n d a rin lines, and its m in i­
m ized w a is tlin e is accented by a
shapely c u rv in g stitched belt of self
fa b ric . The s k irt fro n t interest is
heightened by in v e rte d pleats th a t
are stitched down to w ell below the
w a istlin e .
A nother midseason sure success
p ro je c t is a two-piece wedge-sleeve
dress th a t d ra m a tize s the new
rounded look in easy-to-w ear lines
a fte r the m anner of the sm a rt m od­
el p ictu re d to the rig h t. R aspberry
spun rayon is used fo r the bow-tied
blouse, and black rayon fo r its
curved w aistband and fu ll-gathered
s k irt.
The rounded ra g la n shoul­
ders are co n trive d to fo rm a d i­
agonal bodice yoke th a t w ings out
Into deep arm hole sleeves. W ith the
aid o f dolm an shoulder pqds such
as ore featured at local sewing
cb h t^rs .^in a v a rie ty of colors and
sizes to r dresses, coats and suits
one can m ore easily achieve per
fected rounded shoulder and deep
arm hole lines.
Am ong o ther style details played
up in la st-m in u te m id w in te r fash­
ions, the idea of d ra w s trin g belts
makes w ide appeal, fo r you are
assured of a p e rfe ct fit, in th a t the
w a istlin e m ay be adjusted to any
size.
Felt Suit Hat
C o u rt a u th o ritie s fo llo w th is up
w ith the statem ent th a t m a rry in g on
a
m ere
speaking
acquaintance
was the cause of the fr ig h tfu l ju m p
in d iv o rc e .staU atics; n e a rly 2,300
la s t y e a r as against 1.500 in 1940.
T w e n ty - three hundred hopeful
young hearts — no, tw ice th a t m any,
fo r boys’ hearts can b re a k too, —
w recked and e m b itte re d and d isa p ­
pointed. I t is a fe a rfu l to ta l o f un­
happiness; i t is som ething to m ake
o ld e r m a rrie d fo lk th in k .
W here are we fa ilin g o u r ch ild re n ,
th a t th e y can leap in to the m ost
serious re la tio n s h ip hum ans can
know , so ig n o ra n tly , so lig h tly , and
often so fa ta lly ? F o r fo rtu n a te sec­
ond m a rria g e s d o n 't often fo llo w on
m ista ke n firs t ones. Som etim es the
scars o f the o rig in a l fa ilu re la st a
life tim e . And i f a c h ild , o r c h il­
dren, re s u lt fro m these hit-o r-m iss
m atches, th e y s ta rt life on m ost un­
fo rtu n a te term s.
Blamed on War.
" W e ll," say the m others and
fa th e rs ru e fu lly , " th is is one o f the
tra g e d ie s o f w a r. The youngsters are
d e m o ra lize d and excited.
Young
m en have been to m aw ay fro m home
and college, are to be sent to fa r
and d is ta n t countries,
perhaps,
never to re tu rn . G irls are p re ­
m a tu re ly m a tu re d by the atm os­
phere o f chance, m ovem ent, em o­
R r le a s r d bv W e s te rn N e w s p a p e r U n io n .
tio n a l c ris is , d ra m a tic situations.
W ith so m a n y chances s u rro u n d ­
ing the fu tu re , g irls and boys
plunged ahead absolutely w ith o u t
thought. “ M aybe he w on’t come
back fo r years. M aybe the w a r
An up-to-date version of C inder w o n 't end fo r a long tim e . M aybe
e lla ’ s slippers has been designed th e y 'll liv e in some fo re ig n co u n try
and they surely w ill enchant the a fte r the w a r.” M aybe th is and m a y ­
m odern P rince C harm ing. These in be th a t, b u t not often the sober p ro b ­
trig u in g and novel sandals are of a b ility , the unsensational tru th .
c ry s ta l-c le a r lu cite , and they are
Not often “ m aybe h e 'll come back
here fo r party-goers as w ell as fo r w ith o u t a job. M aybe we won’ t lik e
women who lik e to re la x lu x u rio u s ­ each o th e r when w e 've seen each
ly at home This am azing new foot o ther m ore often. M aybe h e 'll look
w ear comes w ith co lo rfu l ribbon lac­ v e ry d iffe re n t to me, out o f his u n i­
ings, run through slots to fo rm criss- fo rm . M aybe he w o n 't im m e d ia te ly
crossings and ankle ties. Square- get a good jo b a fte r the w a r, and
toed soles are cut in a single piece w e 'll face the necessity o f liv in g on
The firm ly fastened hollow heel !s the fa m ily . M aybe he ought to m eet
2>/4 inches high.
Colors are also m y m o th e r and fa th e r firs t. M aybe
a va ila b le ,
in clu d in g
tra n slu ce n t he's tie d up w ith some g ir l in his
black, red, green and blue. R ib ­ own state—o r w ith h a lf a dozen g irls
bons range fro m m u lti-c o lo r stripes in h a lf a dozen states. M aybe I ’ ll
to solid colors in ro y a l blue, green, fa ll m uch m ore deeply w ith some
red, gold, black o r w hite. In a ddi­ o ther m an, w h ile he’ s away. M a y ­
tio n to its beauty, the p lastic ha3 be I ' l l have a baby im m e d ia te ly , and
the p ra c tic a l value of being lig h t­ have to g ive up a good jo b and sta rt
w eight and v irtu a lly unbreakable.
ta k in g care o f the b a b y .”
A ll these p o ss ib ilitie s have come
true, fo r hundreds and hundreds of
All Plastic Sandals
Latest in Footwear
High Colors Competing
With Subtle Neutrals
T h is dashing fe lt hat in beige is
p e rfe c t to w e a r w ith y o u r ta ilo re d
clothes, e sp e cially w ith the su it you
a re w e a rin g u n der y o u r fu r coat
d u rin g the cold m id w in te r months.
L a te r on it w ill top y o u r u n fu rre d
cloth coat o r y o u r classic wool
fro c k w ith in fin ite chic. The high
crow n has in te re s tin g d e ta il in its
so ft draped m a n ip u la tio n . The tw o
handsom e q u ills in n a tu ra l tones are
placed a t e xa ctly rig h t angle to fla i-
You w ill see high co lo r in the
new wool jerseys, w hich are being
n eatly ta ilo re d in re so rt toppers and
suits, w hich of course assures th e ir
style prestige in the sp rin g fashion
p ictu re . V iv id co ra l is on the new
co lo r lis t, and tangerine, ro ya l blue
and a lo ve ly cornflow er blue as well
as chalk blue, also s trik in g green
tones and s ta rtlin g new reds and
b rig h t copper shades. Just as im ­
p o rta n t, however, are the subtle
n eutrals stressing soft grays and
lig h t beige, such as pu tty or strin g
beige.
‘Boys’ heurts can break too.
JOYS ANU SORROWS
OF MATRIMONY
Att uns anticipated, hastily
contracted marriages entered
into under the stress and ex­
citement of war, are breaking
up at a frightening rate. Miss
Norris points out that it is part­
ly the responsibility of parents,
who have failed to impress
upon their children the seri­
ousness of matrimony, and the
necessity for various adjust­
ments by both partners.
The misery and heart-break
of these divorces can hardly be
calculated, Miss Norris says.
Young lives are often perma­
nently wrecked, because those
who have once failed to find
happiness in the married state
the first tim e are frequently
unable to make a success of a
second marriage. The early
scars remain, and doubt and
distrust arise easily.
Our parents and grandpar­
ents understood the problem
of marriage better, in many
ways, than we do. They en­
tered it determ ined to make a
go of it, come what would.
G raceful P rin cess.
O FT flowered m a te ria l m akes
as lovely a d ay tim e frock as
you’ll see in th is slim , graceful
princess style w ith p retty sq u are
neckline and scalloped side closing
edged in bold ric ra c . S m art, too,
in lightw eight wool or gabardine.
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P attern No. 8891 is designed for sizes
12. 14. 16, 18. 20; 40 and 42. Size 14, slip,
requires 2,.i yards of 35 or 39-inch m ate­
rial for built-up shoulders: 2’ » yards for
ribbon straps; pantie, l 1,» yards; l ’.j
y ard s lace.
Due to an unusually large dem and and
current conditions, slightly m ore tim e is
required in filling orders for a few of the
most popular pattern num bers.
Send your order to:
SEW ING CIRCLE PA TTE R N D E P T .
709 M ission St., San F ra n cisco , Calif.
Enclose 25 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
P attern N o .------------------------Size-----
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P attern No. 8907 comes in sizes 12. 14.
16. 18 and 20. Size 14, short sleeves,
takes 3'« yards ot 39-inch m aterial; l?s
yards trim m ing.
Slip and P an tie
MOOTHLY tailored slip and
pan tie set th a t fits like a glove.
You can have ribbon s tra p s or
built-up shoulders on the slip—
you’ll like th e d ainty lace trim too.
So Easy! No Cooking. Real Saving.
The pantie is easy to m ak e with
elastic back and w aistline d arts, j To get q u ick re lie f fro m coughs due
Why not m ak e a d ark slip, for a , to colds, you should make sure by
change, to w ear under sh eer or j m ixin g y o u r own cough syrup a t
home. I t ’s no trouble a t all, and you
d ark dresses?
know i t ’s pure and good. I t needs no
To Get Better
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rash young couples. In New Y o rk □
few m onths ago a g irl asked her
chum to go w ith her to m eet her
husband, who was in va lid e d home.
She had seen him about a dozen
tim e s in a ll, and was a fra id she
w ouldn’ t know h im .
These q u ick m a rria g e s are dan­
gerous enough, but the real danger
lies in the q u ick divorces. I f o u r
boys had been som ewhat schooled in
the solemn re sp o n sib ilitie s o f hus-
bandhood; if they had been ta u g h t
gentleness, patience, courage, fa ith
in them selves, th a t they h a rd ly
knew these g irl-w iv e s o f th e irs, it
would not be so serious a m a tte r.
M aking I t a Success.
I f g irls w ent in to even th is h ig ­
gledy-piggledy sort of m a rria g e p e r­
suaded, under a ll the surface e xcite ­
m ent and h yste ria and passion, th a t
any m a rria g e m ay be made a suc­
cess, i f the w ife determ ines th a t it
shall be. Any tw o persons, granted
the firs t physical a ttra c tio n th a t
h u rle d them in to m a trim o n y as a
sta rt, could w o rk th e ir way to a suc­
cessful m a rria g e , i f the husband
w ere possessed o f the afo re m e n ­
tioned q u a litie s of ch a ra cte r and
the w ife were a sweet,- in e xa cting ,
sensible, w e ll-tra in e d young cre a tu re
who m eant the g reat prom ise she
made when she said “ I do.”
The g lo ry of golden w edding days
has shone on m a n y a m an and w o m ­
an who h a rd ly knew each oth e r
when th e ir hands were united. M y
own g ra n d m oth e r, at 17, was sum ­
moned to the lib r a r y to meet the
m an to w hom she was to be m a r­
rie d on the same day. Of clean
strong Ir is h stock on both sides,
n e ith e r the p rin c ip a ls nor the de­
voted parents had any m isg ivin g s
as to the outcome.
I f we tra in e d o u r ch ild re n m ore
c a re fu lly fo r the g re a t duties o f the
m a rria g e state, it w ould not m a tte r
so m uch who they m a rrie d , and
there w ould be m any few er divorces
am ong them .
M A D E -O V E R C LO TH IN G
M a kin g o ve r garm ents fo r s m a ll­
e r ch ild re n is m ore than m e re ly c u t­
tin g th e m down to size. Colors, p a t­
te rn and w e ig h t of fa b ric a ll need
to be considered in such cases. F a b ­
ric s adults w ear, m ay be too heavy
fo r a s m a ll ch ild . I f the m a te ria l
is not lig h t enough in w e ig h t to be
co m fo rta b le , use it fo r some oth e r
purpose. A vo id stripes, plaids and
p rin ts th a t are too big fo r the ch ild
When p la nning a m ake-over, con
su it the youngster. M ost tim es it's
ju s t the lit tle things th a t m ake
clothes acceptable to ch ild re n .
Address
cooking, and it's so easy to make
th a t a child could do it.
F ro m y o u r druggist, get 2% ounces
o f Pinex. P o u r th is in to a p in t bot­
tle, and add enough plain syru p to fill
up the p in t. To make syrup, s tir tw o
cups o f granulated sugar and one cup
o f w a te r a few moments, u n til dis­
solved. O r you can use corn syrup or
liq u id honey, i f desired. The fu ll p in t
Cutting knives a re best kept by thus made should last a fa m ily a long
them selv es in a wooden rack in time, and gives you about fo u r times
as m uch cough medicine fo r your
the kitchen d raw er. If allowed to money.
I t never spoils, and children
rub ag ain st o th er knives or uten­ love its pleasant taste.
A nd fo r quick results,you've never
sils, they dull quickly.
seen its superior. I t seems to take
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hold in sta n tly, loosening the phlegm,
If you w ant to m ake your letters soothing t h e irrita te d membranes,
absolutely su re-seal, glue them and helping to clear the a ir passages.
shut w ith colorless nail polish, j Pinex is a special compound of
These c a n ’t even be steam ed open proven ingredients, in concentrated
form, w ell know n fo r q uick action on
by unscrupulous persons.
th ro a t and bronchial irrita tio n s . Just
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tr y it, and i f not pleased, y o u r money
Stiff brushes and broom s will w ill be refunded.— Adv.
last longer if w etted now and then. ’
This p rev en ts fibers or b room straw ,
from becom ing too b rittle and con­
sequently b reak in g off.
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An o rd in ary double book stra p
is excellent to have with you when
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su itcase, w rap it in su itable w rap­
ping over a card b o ard base, bind
it w ith a book s tra p and c a rry it
by th e handle.
When excess stomach acid causes p ainful, suffocat­
ing gas, sour stomach and heartburn, doctors usually
prescribe the fastest-acting medicines known for
symptomatic re lie f — medicines like those in Bell-ana
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