WOMAN'S WORLD
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Be Smartl
Tired Wardrobes Can Be Revived Easily
By Ertta Haley
Tissue Gingham
•THOSE CLOTHES you started
weurlng a month or ao ago
don't look da fresh nnd crlap as
they did when you firs t put them
on. you say? N aturally you've
laundered
them
or had
them
cleaned but Just what has hap
pened?
The same thing huppens about
the m iddle of every seaaon, be it
w inter, sum m er, spring or full.
Most of us ca n 't afford new clothes,
and probably w ouldn't buy them
for the few rem aining weeks of the
sum m er, ao what should be done?
N u tu ru lly this varies w ith each
In dividu al piece of clothing, but
there ore some definite tricks to
revive or restore them to origin al
freshness. No m ajor rem odeling Is
essential, uauully, unless you’ve
gained or lost weight, but some
slight touch may make the d if
ference between a piece of cloth
ing you rea lly want to wear and
one you'd like to hide In a dark
corner of the closet.
Revives Dresses, Suits
You m ay have been tu lrly reg
u la r about having dresses and suits
luundered or cleaned, but unless spe
cial care is taken, they may take
on a sort of dusty hue which de
tracts from th e ir beauty.
In m any Instances, a special
laundering or cleaning treatm ent
muy solve the problem of m aking
->t
2Ì A •• •
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This checked dress of tissue
gingham Is one of a group of
ventilated cottons for warm
weather wear designed by Ter
ry Rogers. A wide collar, deep
cuffs a n d extravagant flap
pockets at the hipline lend
subtle touches of flattery to the
silhouette. The row of small
buttons marching to the waist
line helps to fit the bodice of
the dress properly.
need be, since w arm w ater Is used
nnd only a sm all amount of color
need be dissolved in the water to
restore clothing.
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8354
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Tragedy of an A fflicted M other
TN A TRAGIC letter from a
north-Iowa
town,
Estelle
Owens asks me for advice that
is painful o give. Everything
about mental illness is excrucl
atingly painful for all con
cerned, and in Estelle’ s case the
patient is her dearly loved m other.
“ I am 36, m arried to a fine man
and with three daughters aged 14
12 and 6 ," w rites Estelle. "M y
brother, happily m arried, has four
very sm all sons. We two are the
sole support of our m other, who fo r
m ore than four years has been an
Inmate of a private asylum . The
charges fo r her care are $300
m onthly, exclusive of such extra
expenses as X-rays, clothing, dental
plates and other details outside the
regular routine.
"She shares a room w ith two
other cases; w ith another 3-bed
w rd they have th e ir own bath
room. But n a tu ra lly she is not per
m itte d freedom to bathe, and a ll
doors and windows are locked at
a ll times.
"M y husband and m y brother's
w ife are understanding and gen
erous in this situation, fo r we a ll
love—or did love, m y m other,” the
le tte r goes on. "B u t we are faced
now by the im p o ssib ility of con
tinuing this arrangem ent, and I
w rite to ask you if you know of any
less
expensive,
perhaps
sem i
p rivate institution? We could pay
a hundred a month. To whom
should we apply fo r inform a tion on
this point?
public institution she w ill be much
m ore intellig en tly handled, she
w ill have access to modern and ex
pensive methods and equipment
not available in any p rivate asylum,
and — and note this carefully, — it
w ill be to no one’s financial interest
to keep her there.
I t has been m y experience, in the
last two years, to make m any visits
to one of C a lifo rn ia ’s largest in
sane asylums. There are some fe ar
fu l cases there, shut away from
human sight, of course. But there
are also scores of borderline cases;
not a week goes by but what some
sobered, healthy, cured woman re
turns to her home. There are sun-
flooded wards containing ten or a
dozen smooth beds each—oh, I ’ ve
gone in at a ll hours unexpectedly
and always found them so. There
are long dining tables covered w ith
w hite cloths, set decently w ith glass
and china.
(The food is poor in a ll in s titu
tions.) The food in the a rm y, in
boarding
schools,
in
boarding
houses, is notoriously uninterest
ing. In the asylum I know, m y
patient complains loudly of meat
loaf and fish chowder, m eat loaf
and fish chowder endlessly. The
bread—oh, that's good. M ilk? Yes,
she gets a q u a rt a day. Jam? Oh,
yes, they are putting up cherries
and apricots now. Sometimes she
has to wipe dishes, clear tables.
Sometimes she shells peas, peels
potatoes. E very brigh t day she is
out in the open.
Disposed of Savings
Freshen halt with flowers.
Change T rim m in g
On Your Hats
Most sum m er headgear needs a
pick-up Just about this tim e, and
THE READER'S COURTROOM-
Give and Take in Divorce
'We have disposed of all our
savings, carhed w ar bonds, and I
am tu rn ing over every penny I
make in boarding and attending
sm all children, but it is not enough.
We have determ ined among our
selves, and promised her, th a t we
never w ill consider a public insane
asylum fo r Mama, whose heart
would break if we so much as
-By W ill Bernard, LL.B.-
1$ it too Late to Change
Your Mind— After the Divorce?
A drunken customer In a bar be
gan to get boisterous, and the bar
tender decided to eject him . He
threw the man out so vigorously
A young w ife divorced her hus
that the drunk crashed into a g irl
band, but both soon decided they
w alking past the front entrance. In
had made a te rrib le mistake. Back
jured by the collision, the g ir l sued
they went to the same judge, and
the bartender fo r damages. He pro
asked him to cancel the divorce
tested that he was ju s t exercising
decree. He did so. Then, about a
his rig h t to get rid of an obnoxious
ye ar later, the husband again
customer, but the court held him
changed his m ind and asked the responsible anyhow. The judge said
that, while the bouncing was all
rig h t, it should have been done with
\o u av » iuwrt>, uussavo
. . . food is poor in institutions . .
SM» Wir«...
regard for the safety of passers-by
hinted at i t We cannot have her
• • •
in our home as she has irra tio n a l
Moy a Landlord "Smoke Out"
intervals when she is dangerous.
But we are given hope of a cure
A Tenant Who Won't Move?
I
in her case, as the in ju ry to the
b rain m ay absorb. Often it causes
A landlord served an eviction no
delusions, but at tim es she is just
tice on an e lderly widow and she
Mam a again. Please help us to
agreed to get out by a certain date.
solve this agonizing problem .”
But when the day arrived, the wom
Estelle, m y answer is th a t you
an happened to be sick in bed—and
and your brother are riskin g your
court to cancel the cancellation! so she d id n 't leave. In a fu ry, the own m a rita l happiness by this un
He insisted that, once a divorce Is landlord opened the wood stove, rea listic attitude toward w hat is a
granted, it is perm anent—unless the poured some w ater on the embers. te rrib le tragedy.
couple gets m a rrie d all over again.
But the sensible course fo r you,
However, the court ruled th a t the
the most hopeful and prom ising
divorce was no longer in effect and
« A - o K é Í
one, the least expensive and the
the p a ir were indeed husband and
most responsible, is to place your
wife. The judge said, if a court can
m other in the state institutio n, and
give a divorce, it can take it back
begin to work fo r her com fort,
tool
your own, your husband’s and your
• • •
children’ s welfare, from there.
A man m oved into • bachelor
apartm ent, ta king a one-year lease.
Two months la te r he moved out,
com plaining that he couldn't bear
the foul language of the fa m ily In
the adjoining apartm ent. When the
landlord sued h im fo r the balance
of the year's rent, the man argued
th a t the landlord h im self was to
blame fo r allow ing such uncouth
language in the building. But the
court ruled In fa vo r of the landlord,
saying th a t he was not obliged to
Interfere in the situation—ju s t so
he d id n 't a ctua lly encourage it.
Short on luggage space for
the week-end invitation to which
you’ve been looking forward?
One good answer Is one of the
pretty ensembles that are de
signed for just such contingen
cies. Take the four-piece cos
tume such as the one sketched.
It Includes a swim suit, a two-
piece sun dress, and, with the
addition of a glistening white
T-shirt, a spectator sports
dress. One of the most popular
fabrics lor these ensembles Is
cotton poplin, but you may also
choose heavy broadcloth, in-
dianhead, or spun rayon in a
heavy linen-like weave. Choose
from the many gay colors the
one most becoming to you.
KATHLEEN NORRIS
«858»
K tt'it’» J r i m i w ith trimmings . . . .
these iterps a pleasure to wear.
Check over collar, cuffs, pockets
and hemlines. I f you find any d irt
at all, concentrate on this special
spot and make It Im maculate.
I f the suit or dress docs not
hang Just rig h t, you m ay have to
do soma m in or adjusting fo r per
fect fit. This Involves p ra ctica lly
no tim e at a ll and renders the gar
m ent wearable.
Sometimes a dress sim p ly needs
to have the hem line shifted or new
shoulder pads, and It w ill pick up
am azingly well.
O ther points ■ to check on gar
ments include the belt and Its
buckle. These fra y easily some
tim es and d etract from the dress,
coat or suit. M ending m ay e lim i
nate this problem ; If not, revive the
dress w ith a new belt or buckle.
M ost women used to do a lot of
changing w ith trim m in g s to refresh
th e ir clothing. This is ari old fash
ioned habit which we would do well
to revive because so often the fra g
ile laces on blouses need changing,
as do collars and cuffs. F or basic
dresses, you would do w ell to make
or buy an alternate set if you rea l
ly want to get the most wear out
of the garm ent.
Clothes which hove faded badly
m ay sim p ly need a b it of tin ting
to restore th e ir good looks. T intin g
does not mean dyeing. It can be
done easily in the wash basin if
you don’t hove to be a professional
to know how to handle the rejuve
nation. I f you feel o il thumbs about
hats, then the best thing to do is
to see how the trim m in g on the
hat Is put on.
When you remove veiling or
flowers, observe ju s t where the
stitches were to attach them. M ark
them w ith chalk. Take o ff original
ve iling w ith care, so that If it's
folded or draped In a p a rtic u la r
style, y o u 'll know how to adjust
fresh veiling.
Flowers
which
have
become
g rim y on hats should be replaced
w ith new ones of s im ila r size and
type, If at a ll possible. They m ay
sometimes be changed slightly, but
if you're a novice and are afraid
of d rastic experim entation, safety
lies in copying the o rig in a l hat.
Ribbons can be changed In much
the same manner as veiling and
flowers, either w ith new ribbon or
the old one refreshed
Ribbons,
usually, are fa irly durable and can
be washed if handled w ith care.
Use m ild soapsuds and shake them
In a Jar. Rinse ca re fully and hang
to dry. Most ribbons. If pressed
while s till rath er damp, w ill be
firm and starchy, and a ll ready to
put on.
True C lennlincsa
Smartly Tailored Two-Piecer
School Dress Is Easy Sewing
Dangerous Burden
You and your brother are putting
a dangerous burden upon the gen
erosity of your mates, and it is
and "le t it smoke.” The harassed im p o rta n t to stop that at once.
woman fin a lly got out—but later W orry about money, discussion of
filed a suit against the landlord for the waste of it, paym ent of out
assault. He protested that a tenant rageous charges and unexpected
has no rig h t to rem ain on the prem expenses creates a strain that no
ises after the eviction date. How m arriage can long endure.
F or every reason your m other
ever, the judge said that was no
excuse for such m alicious tactics should be moved at once to the
by the landlord and ordered h im to state asylum. T e rrib le words, a re n 't
pay damages to the widow.
they? But so are the facts. In the
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On Commercial Scale
Crisp, Casual
H SIMPLE, casual two-piecer to
* * make up in a crisp, brightly
colored cotton. The slanted closing
is accented with a gay novelty
button, the peplum flares out just
right.
P a tte rn No. b293 Is In sizes 12. 14. 16,
18 and 20. Size 14. 4 ya rd s of 38-inch.
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25 cents.
Make Several
•PHIS DARLING little school
dress is so easy to sew you’ll
want to make several in different
colors. Rows of bold ric rac trim
the front panel, a narrow sash ties
pertly in back.
P a tte rn N o. 8354 comes In sizes 2, 3,
4. 5 an d 6 y e a rs . Size 3. 2Va veard s o)
35-inch.
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Would Reach Far
Enough ice was produced in the
United States last year to load a
train six times as long as the dis
tance between New York and San
Francisco, made up of two million
cars, each car carrying 25 tons.
Sturdy Picnic Table
Seats Entire Family
•THERE’S nothing like having an
old fashioned picnic in y o u r
own backyard. Especially so when
you have this sturdy table all set
up ready to seat the entire family.
Its construction permits leaving it
out the year round.
Besides saving money, wood
working provides hours of com
plete relaxation. Once you’ve ex
perienced the deep down satisfac
tion of seeing lumber turn into a
useful picnic table or lawn chair,
you w ill undoubtedly become one
of a huge army of ‘‘Build It your
self” enthusiasts.
NEW YO RK.—The synthesis of
v ita m in A by a new process that
makes possible its production on a
com m ercial scale was announced
here by D r. H. M. Wuest, d irector
• •
•
of research at the W arner in s ti
Bend 25c fo r F u ll S ize P ic n ic T a b le
tute fo r therapeutic research of
P a tte rn No. 22 to E a a i-B ild P a tte rn Com
W illiam R. W arner company.
pa n y, D ep L W . P le a s a n tv ille , N . T .
U n til now, v ita m in A, necessary
for the growth of children, the nor
m al functioning of the eye. night
vision,
and other physiological
needs of the body, including resist
ance to infection, could be obtained
only from fish liv e r oils. One of
the drawbacks of the natural pro
duct was that even the purest con
centrates s till had a fishy odor and
taste, which made it unpalatable
to a large num ber of users.
The synthetic v ita m in is prepared
from a s ta rtin g m a te ria l named
beta ionone, obtained from lemon
grass oil and also found in violets.
It is this substance
that gives
violets th e ir ch aracte ristic pleasant
odor.
Although v ita m in A was one of
the firs t of the vita m ins to become
known, it was not u n til 1931 that
its chem ical structure was eluci
dated by D r. Paul K a rre r of Z ur
ich, Nobel prize w inner. However,
a ll efforts to synthesize the com
plicated molecule of 20 carbon
atoms arranged in six “ rin g s,” con
taining
fiv e
conjugated
double
chem ical bonds, and a hydroxyl
group (OH) at the end of the
“ chain” hooked on to the ring-struc
ture. failed fo r years.
Chang» to S A N O — ffo
A m a jo r reason fo r the failure
d is tin tiv o cigr,rotto with
was the in s ta b ility of the molecule
and its se nsitivity to acids, lig h t
and the oxygen in the air.
In 1936, the prom inent B ritis h
chem ist S ir Ia n H eilbron made
some headway tow ard synthesis by
building up an interm ediate sub
stance w ith eighteen carbon atoms.
Not a S u b s titu te-N o t M e d ia te d
But even the pressure of the war,
Sano's scientific process cuts nico
and the necessity fo r assuring large
tine content to half that of ordinary
amounts of h ig hly active vita m in A
cigarettes. Y et skillful blending
■ makes every puff a pleasure.
fo r the a ir forces (to increase or
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m aintain th e ir visual acuity for
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night fly in g ) did not lead to a syn
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