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S o u th ern O regon News Review, Thursday, M arch 17, 1949
W O M A N 'S W O R LD
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
New Window Curtains Give Crisp Look
By Ertta Haley
UbT BEFORE
the w a r m e r
T weather makes its appearance,
many a woman is apt to take a
good look at her windows. The
curtains look very dirty and sleazy
after a winter's heating. If you’re
certain they won't stand another
laundering session, then get out the
tape measure and sewing ma
chine It ’s time to make new win
dow dressings!
Glass curtains are among the
easiest items that can be made at
home. Most of them require only
long stretches of straight seams.
There's no fancy stitching or cut
ting. no elaborate patterns, and
hardly ever any ripping if you
follow the simplest rules.
Soft, full gathers will make the
simplest materials exquisite when
they're made into curtains. First
measure the windows as to height
and width. The curtain material
should be purchased twice as wide
as the window. You’ll need at least
two inches at both top and bottom
for seam allowances, and from two
to four inches for a shrinkage tuck,
so add at least eight inches to win
dow measurements on the length.
Net marquisette, scrim, sheer
rayon or nylon are all used for
glass curtains. A good quality, firm
ly woven material will give you
the most satisfaction and most
wear and is well worth the few
cents more a yard which it costs
Measure windows carefully . .
It ’s very important to buy good
m aterial if you live in a community
that's dirty or smokey, because
then curtains will have to with
stand frequent washing.
You need never again worry
about what to do with your
purse when dining out, if you
have one of these smart purse
holderettes. These inexpensive
gadgets are small and compact;
they fit into your bag when not
in use. and will help you avoid
uncomfortable juggling of the
purse on the lap or trying to find
a place on the table or floor
for the bag. They may also
be used for holding unbrel-
las or packages.
cloth to catch any dirt, or you will
soil the curtain.
Whenever possible, tear the cur
tain fabric, rather than cutting it,
as this will give you straighter
seams to sew. It the fabric does
not tear, draw a thread and cut on
the thread line.
If you cannot
pull a thread use a yardstick
or ruler, and draw a chalk line on
which to cut.
Pay special attention to the grain
of the fabric in cutting, folding and
stitching so the curtain will hang
straight.
Selvage edges are woven tight
er the the curtain fabric and should
be removed before cutting and sew
ing the seams. Why? After the cur
tain is washed, you may find your
self with baggy curtains which nev
er can be ironed smooth.
This selvage does not show up
in the new curtain, but it will al
most always show up after laun
dering.
Have Edges Straight
For Good Appearance
Because curtains are so large, Use iron to Save
it is best to cut them on the floor Basting Stitches
where you’ll have enough space
Professional seamstresses always
to spread them out. I l you place work with an iron and ironing
the curtain material on a rug, the board set up, ready to use. in their
fabric adheres to the rug and you sewing room Many edges can be
pressed immediately after cutting
so that the fold is sharp. This may
be stitched without basting.
As soon as the curtain is cut or
torn, turn the side seams, using
an iron to fold them neatly. The
hem edge on these is one or two
inches when finished. Press first
a quarter of an inch turn, then a
second one inch turn. Pin the hem
on the outside edge and then stitch,
thus saving basting.
The top edge is turned in a cas
ing, out this usually is basted first
so that you can hang the curtain
For nice, full curtains.
for a trial to see that it fits your
curta.n rod. This fitting will also
need no pins to secure it.
Use the vacuum cleaner on the help you in seeing that the curtain
rug, and run over it with a damp hangs properly.
V*e Stiffening
At Heading
If you like transparent curtains
to hang properly, it's best to use
some stiffening at the heading of
the curtain. Usually three inches
or slightly more is best. Firm
crlnobne or buskram are fabrics
which are best.
In measuruig the turning neces
sary tor the heading, decide first
on the depth of the pleat then turn
the t»ip edge in two Inches more
than this measure
allow a double
turn so the buckram will not show.
When measuring the buckram,
measure two Inches from the edge,
because ‘he top stiffening should
not extend to the outside hem of
French-pleated curtains
It's also possible to use washable
buckram banding made with eye
lets ti form the French pleats. No
rings are needed. The curtain pole
Is slipped right through the eye
lets, thus giving the necessary
pleat.
If vou are putting in the shrink
age hick of two to tour inches, put
this in at the top in a narrow head
ing above the casing. Or, to avoid
the shrinkage tuck, wash the curtain
material before sewing and it will
shrink as much as it is going to,
and oc allowance need be made.
Bell
Syndicate— W N U
Features
U FH EN MY SISTER was th ree
’ ’ and I alm ost five y ears old,
our loved Daddy was killed in a
m otor crash,” says a lettei ly
ing here on my desk. ‘‘M other
was left penniless, but she resumed
her old profession of teaching and
we had some happy years, we
three together.
Our little four-
room apartment was full of love
and harmony and Lily and I wanted
only to be with mother for the
rest of our lives.
“ When mother married the fam
ily doctor, a widower,” the letter
goes on, “what has preved to be
a fatal injury to my development
took place. I was not conscious
of it then, naturally, but the seeds
of what grew to be absolute morbid
ity were sown then.
Sense Of Injustice
“Our stepfather loved Lily and
me, but two boy babies came to
take our places, and at 12 and 14
we were sent to boarding school.
Our happy country suinineis and
the letters and packages from
Mother never could remove our
sense of deep injustice and it has
colored both our lives. Lily never
married and has worked for years
in the county home for mental cases.
I have married twice unsuccessfully
and now feel that while my present
husband is an absolute angel, I am
too sick, weary and disillusioned
to be a good wife for him or good
mother to my boys, now 17 and 5
years old.
“It was my psychoanalyst who.
searching painstakingly through my
past, unearthed this unhappy situa
tion in my girlhood and has helped
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turned too long ahead.
Sandy or light soils may need
only a raking to fit them for plant
ing. The soil needs to be loose; that
is all.
In planting large perennials as
peonies or trees and shrubs, the
soil need only be prepared where
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E x a g g e r a te d S e lf-P ity Is P o iso n
Beware of Over-Cultivation
the plants are to be set. The area
in between can be taken care of
later
Heavy soils will be aided if rotted
humus of some kind is worked in.
Leaves, old sawdust, manure, peat,
compost are all valuable This can
be mixed in when the soil is pre
pared Generally a depth of eight
inches is enough for most plants.
Trees and large shrubs may need
more
Cultivation in the garden should
be limited to one idea: killing
weeds.
In lawns and around
shrubs the new preparations of 2-
4D are fine; in the garden a light
iioeing or scuffing of the soil is
generally sufficient.
Watering is a chore unless a hose
is able to reach. Watering and
weeding can be kept to a minimum
or eliminated if a good mulch is
used. Dried leaves, grass clippings,
straw, old manure, sawdust or
strips, of heavy, weighted paper
can be used to cover the soil be
tween plants or around larger ones.
The mulch prevents weeds from
taking hold and keeps the soil
from drying out.
Fertilizing may seem difficult but
in the home garden a sack of a
complete plant food is the best and
cheapest way of adding fertility.
Manure is excellent if it can be ob
tained and worked into the soil.
Testing for individual elements may
be a pleasant pastime but the
amount of special chemicals needed
in most can be more easily added
in a ready-mixed, balanced formula.
Pests may cause trouble but now
there are many preparations that
will control all of the garden pests
with one spray. These combination
products have been supplemented
to good advantage by DDT, which
most of them contain.
This season silk prints are
really hark, for the first time. In
substantial quality and quanlty.
You II see them now as one of
the favorites for resort wear:
very classic as to lines, extremely
brief ss to sleeves and pleasing
as to pattern. Polka dots will
continue their popularity, and
prints are Innumerable. New and
refreshing are the small scale
patterns, often so conventional
lied or stylised that they are
entirely new looking. The love
ly hand of silk makes It possi
ble to give these new classics
many original collar Interpre
tations, and most of them are
low-cut .
KATHLEEN NORRIS
THE GARDEN SPOT
“TA K E IT EASY, You’ll live
longer,” is a common saying and in
the garden you will enjoy yourself
more if you apply that principle.
The most pathetic garden is the
one that started out early in the
spring as a grand affair and then
fizzled out as the hot weather caus
ed the worker to “done run out of
ambition” as one lady put it.
' The first factor is soil prepara
tion. A clay, loam or any stiff soil
is benefitied by a turning to loosen
it up Plowing, spading, or rotary
tilling will do the job. In hand spad
ing remember that you do not plant
all the garden at once. Dig it as
you need it. This will save back
aches and keep a crop of weeds
from starting on the soil that is
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me enormously by putting the
blame for this injustice where it
belongs—on the accident that rob
bed me of my father and my
mother’s second m arriage.”
This is only part of a 17-page let
ter, which I have not answered.
It takes more patience than I
possess to sympathize with such a
woman. And yet she is typical of
actual hundreds who write me
every year that fancied slights in
justices and disadvantages far
back In their perfectly normal,
everyday,
give-and-take, up-and-
down American childhoods, have
upset their mental balances for
life.
It has become the fashion to seek
back for something Mother or Dad
did or something they left undone
and lay today’s stupidities, resent
ments, failures and flaws tn char
acter all to that.
destiny It is to complicate further
rather than help straighten out this
enigma that is life.
Some 40,000 of us die In auto
crashes every year, so that detail
didn’t particularly distinguish these
little sisters. Terrible, but it's the
truth. And as for a pretty mother,
at 29, taking a second mate, for
happy years of motherhood and com
panionship— was that such a crime
never to be forgiven?
“Mother." says anothei part of
Diana's letter, "was always trying
to make us like Uncle Rob, as we
called her husband. But we saw
through her devices.”
In other words, you and Lily were
ungracious little jealous minxes and
did all you could to ruin your
mother's chances for happiness in
her marriage.
I'm all for modern psychological
methods when they deal with the
problems of the immediate present.
Many good doctors and teachers
and all good mothers know bow
to handle those cases that arise
in connection with almost every
child's development Their adroit
ness in analysis and method is
amusingly evident to those of us
who can remember our own young
vagaries, inhibitions and fixations
—only under simpler names.
As
long as the psychologists take to
day, tell their patients just what’s
wrong today, then I ’m with them.
But when they encourage us to
dig into the past, to discover that
at four months one's bottle was
late in arriving and at three years
Mother said she already had
kissed us goodnight and was going
downstairs now—and that these
heinous crimes lived on a n d
malignantly affected all our later
years, then that is sheer nonsense.
Silly? You’ll find all these in
stances solemnly portrayed in a
recent moving picture that sup
posedly represents a woman's ex
perience in a madhouse. These are
the causes that sent her there.
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The Questions
1. When Colum bus discovered
the new w o rld in 1492, where did
he land?
2. How m any registered A m e ri
can voters fa iled to vote in the
1948 presidential election?
3. Has a vice president of the
United States ever resigned?
4. W hat w ould you do w ith a
dem ijohn?
5. How long is the w o rld 's long
est ra ilw a y tunnel?
6. In w h a t country was th e B a t
tle of W aterloo fought?
The Answers
1. On San Salvador, in the B a
hamas.
2. A p p ro xim a te ly 20,000,000.
3. Yes—John C. Calhoun in 1832.
4. F ill it w ith liq u id —it is a glass
or earthenw are vessel w ith a large
body and s m a ll neck enclosed in
w ickerw are.
5. 12 m iles, 560 ya rd s—Sim plon
tunnel in S w itzerland and Ita ly .
6. In B e lg iu m —about 12 m iles
south of Brussels.
F luorescent tubes convert u l i t
tle c u rre n t into a lot of lig h t. So
when R alph B. M cKenzie of Kane
county, Illin o is , put 1,000 laying
hens into a pen 40 feet wide and
100 feet long in a rem odeled d a iry
barn, he in stalled 10 four-foot tubes
to augm ent the little lig h t w hich
was ava ila b le through the w in
dows.
The lig h ts, when a ll burning,
consume 640 w atts per hour. A t
the reduced ra te M cKenzie pays
fo r e xtra e le c tric ity , the average
is less than seven cents per hen
a n n u a lly ; thus, tw o of the m any
e x tra eggs la id by each b ird d u r
ing the year, pay the lig h t b ill.
MIGHTY FAST RELIEF in
RHEUMATIC
ACHES-PAINS
^>1 MUST e r o LE
(W O BAKE AT HOME)
M icrofilm to Preserve
Records for Posterity
A campaign to save part of the
world's cultural heritage is being
carried on by the United States
library of congress.
A library of congress laboratory
in Mexico City, Mexico, has photo
graphed 20,000 historical docu
ments of northern Mexico. The li
brary operates a second laboratory
in Japan. A third project, still in
the planning stage, is photograph
ing medieval manuscripts of value
in St. Catherine’s monastery in
Palestine.
George T. Smisor, head of the
Mexico laboratory unit, recently re
turned from Washington where he
conferred with library of congress
officials.
“Both the state department and
the library,” said Smisor, “feel a
responsibility for cooperating to
preserve documents throughout the
Must Compensate For Wrongs
world, documents that are a part of
But, good heavens, which one of our heritage and part of our cul
us hasn’t suffered wrongs far ture.
deeper than these imaginary ones
“The United States is the only
Diana lists here, not once, but all country in the world with the ex
through our younger years! Par perience and the desire to do it.”
ents will have favorites, teachers
The desire entails plenty of hard
will put the blame on the wrong
child, and young bewilderment and work. Men from Smisor’s unit have
confusion will lead children into ridden muleback across Mexico’s
embarrassing and humilating mo bleak Sierras to photograph pre
rasses.
Unless we make up our cious manuscripts in old colonial
minds, at 5 or 7 or even earlier, that towns. They have, to date, put on
that’s the way the stupid world of film the complete cabildos (records
grownups is and develop some sort of city councils) for Durango from
of shell, philosophy or spiritual the 16th century to the time of
balance to offset it, we shall grow Benito Juarez, the middle 19th cen
up like Lily and Diana—lopsided tury. Durango was a big operating
human beings whose wretched base for the early church fathers.
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