Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, July 7, 1949
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
W OMAN'S WORLD
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Junior Frock in G ay Contrast
Buying Right Swim Suit May Help Figure
By Ertta Haley
SUMMER COMES around,
W HEN
many women guze with dis-
Tricot Tiers
may at tha figures and «ay, " I Just
enn't plan to wear a buthlng ault
thia aurnmer."
Thera ore aome figures, ut course,
which a bathing ault cannot dis
guise, but t h e n
neither can
clnthei However, muny of the new
bathing aulta are designed to do a
lot for the figure, whether it'a good
or bud.
Don’t dlacnrd the Idea of wearing
a ault berauae of aome figure fuulta
which con be much minimized
by o good ault.
Trying on u ault la the beat way
of deciding Juat whut each one
doea for you. Juat aa In buying
dreaaea, aeveral m lrrora that give
a view of different anglea, can help
you to decide on the moat effective
ault.
Young and Klender
Cheoae Two-I'leee Style
Those who have u good figure
that can stand inspection muy wear
the two-piece ault. The figure
should be flat and firm because the
m id riff which la bare cannot hide
flabbiness In the wuistllnc.
Two-piece suits are available In
many styles und color«, and they
have become a real favorite with
women who like to get plenty of
sun. They’re comfortable to wear
ond the styles ore stunning, pro
vided. of course, you have the fig
ure for them.
Rayon knits are cooling and are
go constructed aa to hold their
shape. Cotton suits of this type ore
available In lovely designs and
colors.
Snug trunks and a trim bra In the
O ne-Piece Suit
Id e a l fo r S w im m in g
Those who plan to sit nnd bake
In the sun need a different type
of suit from the girls who really
like their swimming well enough
to do it. Divers and swimmers w ill
do well when they choose a slim
The short glr, who tends to be
somewhut plump w ill probably
want to choose one of the many
princess styles which are being
shown extensively this season. This
w ill give her the long, unbroken
lines which her short figure needs
to make it look dainty.
The princess styles come with or
without straps, the latter In a very
cleverly styled boned bodice.
Colors chosen should be solid so
as not to break the figure and thus
make it look shorter. I f there's
a desire for some decoration, you
can get this In neatly by choosing
a suit that is ruffled in a contrast
ing color on the bodice and on the
skirt.
Mature figures show off to best
advantage, not in a full skirted
suit but in a fitted suit, preferably
wool.
Suits are designed for all mature
figure problems, some giving more
support than others, depending
upon what each figure needs.
K a ffia , superb in color and
In its a d a p ta b ility to unusual
weaves. Is the newest m a te
ria l to m a ke Its bow In su m m er
fo otw ear. T h is fib e r is giving
expression to e v e r so m any
novelty effects, suited for cas
ual w ea r at the beach. In town
or resort. I t ’s eq u ally s m a rt
with solid color cottons and lin
ens. You’ll have a splendid
choice of colors as w ell as
styles, all easy to keep sp ark
ling w ith a d a m p cloth.
KATHLEEN NORRIS
Widow's Marriage, Fool's Project
C risp w hite In doubled tiers
gives an interesting look to this
new su m m er bathing suit. The
sm oothly fitted h alter bodice
c a rrie s out the tiere d m o tif of
the s k irt, thus giving the w e a r
e r an a ttra c tiv e look. The bath
ing suit, m ade of avlsco trico t
k n it rayon w ears w ell and new
methods of m a n u fac tu re m ake
the fa b ric run-proof, w ith a
m in im u m of stretching.
suit thut is designed to fit the body
closely, and thus does not hamper
activities in the water.
A wool maillot, slim and elegant,
cut low In the back, skin tight to
the fit, w ill cut the water like a
knife. There's no full skirt to bal
loon out like a jelly fish in Ihe
water and hamper swimming.
The slim, clean-cut silhouette
that has been ubsent from the
benches for several years Is coming
back this season. The combination
Know your figure type. . , ,
hand knitted wool, ribbed or cabled,
In black, white and colors, is a
favorite If you're In the market
for a really neat appearing suit.
If the waistline is only slightly
flabby, and you're all set for the
one piece model, try a few bending
exercises to whittle the waistline.
A week or two w ill do wonders for
the waist and make it within the
lim its of possibility to wear the
suit on which you’ ve set your
heart.
Y oked Beauty for Sub- T eener s
Princess Style Hull
Also F avo re d
r»T AM 3C, widowed and with three
* children, girls 12 and 7 and
a boy of 10. My 12 years of m ar
ried life were ideal. Gene left me
comfortable and the children are
fine specimens. My mother died
five months ago. and since then I
have been bitterly lonely. I am
w riting to ask your advice about
m arrying again.
“ I wouldn't be asking your ad
vice," continues this very odd let
ter from a Texas woman, “ if I
knew whom to m arry. But 1 don’t.
This town has no interesting free
men in it. I have played about oc
casionally with men I wouldn’t or
couldn't m arry, and have found
no satisfaction in nightclubs, danc
ing, and shallow relationships of
that sort.
“ Do you know, and can you put
me in touch with, two or three men
anxious to m arry a handsome, well-
fixed woman who loves a good time,
keeps a comfortable house, and
needs a sympathetic companion?”
And "D ot,” to call her that, goes
on with a list of the qualifications
she would expect in her new mate.
He must be 40, he must have ex
ceptional references and he must
like a good time.
Selfish, Inexp erienced
He/ore buying iw im suit.
wool and lastex suits that not only
help mold the figure to better lines,
with their control built right in the
suit, are an invaluable nid to the
girl who needs some support in her
suit.
Intense colors are favored In
these suits as well as in other
clothes, although you can still get
them in black, white and navy, if
that’s your choice.
It is incredible to me that a
woman so placed could be as com
pletely Inexperienced and childish
ly selfish as “ D ot" reveals herself
to be In this letter. I answered her
personally, and at once, but I
haven't much hope that my very
forceful warning w ill have any
effect.
My reason for quoting her letter
and her problem lies in the rather
pitifu l fact that, every year, thou
sands of women deceive themselves
with the fond thought that a second
marriage w ill give them the hap
piness. the dear companionship
THE READER'S COURTROOM-
Passenger Resents Fare Play
-By W ill Bernard, LL.B.-
II the Railroad Agent Sells You
The Wrong Ticket, May the
Conductor Put You off the Train?
May on Accident "Victim"
Collect Damages if Not Hurt
But Just Scared?
A railroad traveller paid for his
passage to a distant city, but the
clerk of the depot accidentally gave
him a ticket good only to a nearby
town. When the train came to this
town, the conductor insisted that
the passenger either get off or pay
more fare. The man flatly refused.
At last, the irate conductor dragged
him bodily out of his seat and
A widow lived alone near a ra il
road track. One morning while she
was sitting peacefully on her back
porch, two freight trains collided
and one of the cars toppled over
into her back yard. Although not
physically injured in any way, the
woman sued the railroad for giving
her such a scare. However, the
court denied her claim.
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/ have played about . . "
that death has taken away. They
w ill not recognize the simple truth
that one happy marriage is more
than the normal allowance, that
their memory of Tom and his ten
derness has been softened and
exaggerated by time, and that
How Rough May a Policeman
their chances of finding a real mate
Be in Arresting a Drunkard?
in this sort of a risk are not one ih
a thousand. Loneliness and vanity
A policeman was summoned into and hope rise trium phant over all
a cafe to arrest a drunken patron. arguments, and every year we can
The officer told the man to “ come all count among our friends the
along,’’ but the drunk just sat widows who want to try again.
there motionless. Angered, the
In all this, their children are the
policeman snapped a handcuff on first victims. Mother has told them
the man's left wrist and then or sweetly, pleadingly, that they must
dered him to lift his right. When be nice to Uncle Dick who is going
the drunk stubbornly refused to to come live with them, and take
comply, the officer slapped him Daddy’s place. And for awhile how
pushed him off the car. Afterward three times on the face with his jo lly Uncle Dick is with young
the man sued the railroad for b illy—then led him away to Jail. Stan, how pleasantly he teases
Carol and spoils Baby Sally.
damages. He maintained the con
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ductor should have taken his word
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Jealousy Enters
for the fact that he had already
GOT M E R IT S
But Inevitably his newly-married
paid his full fare. However, the
Jealousy b e g i n s to complicate
court disagreed, ruling that the
everything, and the children are
man should have paid the differ
the firs t to feel it. Mother is torn
ence then and settled the matter
between Dick's demand that she
later with the depot clerk. Not all
go with him on a three-day trip,
courts take this viewpoint.
and the claims of the feverish, be
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wildered sick child upstairs. Dick
says im patiently that kids don’t die
"Is a Wedding Valid if the
of upset stomachs, and Mother
Bride Just Nods Her Head
As soon as he was released, the agrees with him. But she doesn’t
Instead of Saying "I Do?"
man sued the officer for using un go off in any very gay spirits, just
necessary roughness. The officer the same.
The delicate attentions, the com
On the complaint of her husband, insisted that he had a right to “ get
a woman was charged with adultry. tough” in such cases, but the court pliments. the murmured intoxicat
At the tria l, she claimed that she decided that he had gone much too ing promises all have faded out of
could not be guilty of that charge far. Denouncing his action as “ a Mother’s life now; she is a har-
because she was really not married vicious exercise of brutality,” the rassed, overworked woman, with
at all! Blandly she explained that, judge ordered him to pay damages claims pouring in on every side—
at her wedding ceremony, she had to his victim . The judge pointed claims that she simply can't meet.
not said ” 1 do” but had merely out that citizens are not required She loves Dick, but she didn't ex
nodded her head. The court de to “ jump at the snap of a police pect, in m arrying him, to have to
give up all other loves completely
man’s finger.”
cided the wedding was valid.
This is the most promising view.
But very often the picture is far
darker than this. Dick wants to
help handle the business of his
bride. He knows of Investments
that w ill double that comfortable
income of hers. She mustn’t be
afraid, women are all too tim id,
she can make herself a very rich
woman. What can Mother say? " I
married you, Dick, but I have no
faith in your Judgment.”
So she goes to the bank with Dick,
and Dick takes her to a champagne
lunch and assures her she has
shown good judgment. And that,
many times, is the end of her
money, and often the children’s
money, too.
Letters aren't often as childish
as the one I quoted in the begin
ning of this article, but all women
have a way of bringing arguments
into line when they plan the deep
injustice to their children that a
second marriage almost always in
volves.
And if this is the case in what
Mrs. Wiggs called a “ sod” widow,
it is doubly the case when it is a
"grass” widow who is concerned.
Then children’ s delicate nervous
system may be actually destroyed
by the palpable efforts of Mother
to show that he does love them.
Only she has to love Uncle Dick,
too, and Uncle Dick isn’t always—
quite—well, you see, darlings ----- .
The darlings don’t see anything
but one complicated, nerve-racking
mistake piled on another, for the
excellent reason that that is what
the situation becomes. With no chil
dren, or with motherless children
needing her, or perhaps with one
grown child, the experiment often
is a success. But with girls of 12
and 7 and a boy of 10—well, no
sensible woman need go out of her
way to invite that sort of trouble
into her home.
Festive Affair
Honors Barnum
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Connecticut City
G rateful to Showman
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — This
city went all out with a three-
ringed din kept up several days
in honor of the late Phineas Taylor
Barnum, the legendary showman
who in the distant yesteryear said:
“ There's a sucker born every
minute.”
From early afternoon into late
evening, the music blared, the ban
ners flapped and Bridgeport’s men,
women and children frolicked and
danced in scores of streets, in com
munity houses and in the armory
at the Big Top Ball.
A ll this was a reminder to young
and old that P. T „ as the souvenir
program proclaimed,
did f o r
Bridgeport what a catalyst does for
the chemist—start all the good re
actions and bring about the desired
results.
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It was Bridgeport’s firs t annual
Barnum festival which w ill be re
peated every year coinciding with
the a rriva l
of the big show,
Ringling Brothers and Barnum
and Bailey Circus.
The circus ar
rived for a two-day stand to bring
the festival to a climax.
Barnum might have been born in
Bethel, 23 miles away, on July 15,
1810, but the guiding fathers want
the world to know that Bridgeport
was his preference. It was here that
P. T. wintered his “ Greatest Show
on E arth," the small wagon affair
that became the forerunner of the
circus which inherits the slogan.
Incidentally, ever mindful of get
ting the house packed, Phineas
away back said: “ Give ’em what
they want,” and proceeded to do
just that. He imported the famed
Jumbo, the elephant from England,
and he discovered a midget, Char
les S. Stratton, in this town, named
him Gen. Tom Thumb and shared
his fame. When inspiration was at
a low ebb, Phineas had a mule
painted with stripes and exhibited
as a zebra.
8330
4-12 yn.
For Party Wear
TJRETTY enough for party wear,
* practical as a back-to-school
dress is this yoked style for young
girls. Make the yoke and pockets
Two-Fabric Number
C*OR DAYTIME or date-time—a in contrast and trim with tiny
stunning frock for juniors that ruffling.
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uses two fabrics very effectively.
Pattern 8330 comes In sizes 4, 6, 8, 18
The comfortable sleeves a r e and 12 years. Size 6. ltk yards of 39-lnch
trimmed with buttons in threes. ‘-a y a rd contrast.
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Dry in no time. A quick way of
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them as dry as possible, then roll
tightly in a turkish towel for five
minutes. Hang in an airy place
and they will dry in a jiffy.
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Deposit rubbers here. A wooden
box or carton placed inside the
kitchen door to be used as a re
ceptacle for rubbers and galoshes
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Experience taught her. One on rainy days will save the home
mother who sends a boy and girl maker much linoleum cleaning.
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away to college makes a list of the
things packed in each trunk and
Add the juice of one orange to
secures it to the lid of the trunk apples, peeled and chopped, ready
on the inside with thumb-tacks. to be cooked for apple sauce. The
This way she gets back at least a orange juice gives the sauce a
golden color and a delicate flavor.
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Overdone. Take a look — are
there too many things of no value
on the mantel of your living-room?
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Time enough. In making perco
lated coffee, allow the brew to
“ You should be ashamed of percolate for only five or ten min
yourself,” reprimanded the father utes after the water begins to be
as he gave his son a dressing amber in color.
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down for not having advanced be
Consider
the
mop. Floor mops,
yond the errand-boy stage at his
place of business. “ Why, when as a rule, are somewhat neglected
George Washington was your age when it comes to washing. Give
he was hard at work as a sur your mop a good bath in boiling
soapsuds every week or so. Soda
veyor, earning good money.”
“Sure,” replied the youth in a added to the water will loosen the
swift counter-attack, “ and when dirt wonderfully.
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he was your age he was President
On
the
bias.
Try cutting the
of the United States.’’
thread on a slant when threading
“I don’t agree with your theory a needle. It will point the thread
of prenatal influence,” said the and make it much easier to thrust
young lady as she sipped her tea. through the eye of the needle.
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“Take my case for example,”
Sprinkle plain muffins, just be
she said. “My mother was acci
dentally hit with a phonograph fore they go into the oven, with a
record just before I was born, but mixture of melted shortening,
it has not done me any harm, any brown sugar and cinnamon or nut
meg.
harm, any harm.”
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Hubbie—“ You look tired, dear.
Why don’t you go to the moun
tains for a nice rest?”
Wifie—“Oh, I don’t know. I
don’t think the mountain air
would agree with me.”
Hubbie—“Well, it would be the
first thing that didn’t.”
Wash line technique. W h e n
washing heavy blouses, shirts,
etc., hang each one separately on
a wooden clothes hanger and then
on the line. They will dry more
quickly and in better shape than
when pinned directly to the line.
Teacher—“So you want to be
older so that you can do many
things that your brothers and sis
ters do, eh?”
Small boy—“ Yes, maam.”
Teacher—“ Well, who is the old
est in your family?”
Small boy—“Daddy is, but he
got a head start.”
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