Southern Oregon miner., August 10, 1950, Page 3, Image 3

THURSDAY, AUG.
SOUTHERN OREGON NEWS REVIEW
10, 1950
PAGE THREE
W O M AN 'S WORLD
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Clever Mending Tricks Save Odd Pieces of Material
By Ertta Haloy
Rubric furnishings don't always
wcur out altogether, us most home-
makers know, und there's always
the problem of knowing what to do
with those parts which are not com­
pletely worn out.
Drawers, attics and closets are
often full of pieces cut from dress­
es, drapes, bedspreads and other
furnishings, but the problem Is: Just
to what use should these be put?
Now Is a good time to start a
project using old materials, not only
to give you space for things to be
bought this fall and winter, but to
rvnovute some of the furnishings
which need mending.
It's never wise to muke something
simply for the sake of putting It
together und using It, If the Item
does not fit Into your furnishing
scheme. With a little thought and
perhaps a little more work, you can
make something that actually goes
with your home.
Tuke, for example, two old sheets
which are torn In the center, but
which huve good widths of material
at their sides than con be used In­
stead of using these In their white
color, dye them to match or har­
monize the color scheme In the
bedroom. Put them together with a
bolder or baud cut from some old
drapes, which might also be dyed
If It doesn't work out In its original
color; or, buy some band trimming
that can be used with the sheeting.
In i e ih g a te n e w u n i
The band trimming can be used
on each side of the bed with one
lurge width of fabric to cover the
bed. and two narrower pieces to
full down the sides. All of these can
be attached to the two bands.
Extra sheeting m aterial and con­
trasting band might be used to
make a matching pair of drapes or
a dressing table skirt, runners for
the dresser of a chair cover. The re­
sult: new use for old material, new
furnishings for the bedroom.
Chiffon Over Taffeta
Those who wear women's
sizes will enjoy this classic
dress of gray chiffon over taf­
feta. The bodice Is made of
shirred rhlffon, buttoned with
rhinestones, while the collar Is
layers of plain chiffon.
match the center. Sew or hemstitch
this in neatly.
Tablecloths which have worn at
the edges can have this cut off and
be replaced by some contrasting
material used as a border. If the
napkins to such a cloth have been
lost, make napkins to match the
border, and you'll have a practical­
ly brand new tablecloth and napkin
set.
Cloths which are worn In too
many places can be cut down for
dollies or table runners. Old lace
is put to good use as an edging, as
are other materials for contrasting
borders on the doilies and napkins.
Many inexpensive edgings arc
available, too, for use as a trimming
on these doilies If you have nothing
to press Into use
Old Curtains, Towels
Can Give More Service
Old sheer curtains which are torn
In many places may offer several
possibilities. If they have ruffling
which Is torn in a few places only,
Many Solutions Offered
For Worn Tablecloths
Every now and then we acquire
a tablecloth which for one reason
or another Is a particular favorite I
with us. These are used over and
over again, but no m atter how much
tender care Is lavished on them, the
best will finally show a worn spot.
There's still use in the cloth, how­
ever, if the worn spot is near the
/o r good, though old, fabrics.
side or edge, because an applique
can be used to cover It. You may rip this off the curtain and put to­
buy appliques or cut them from m a­ gether the good pieces of ruffling.
terials with patterns. Some women These may be used for trimming a
cut them from flowered
print dressing table skirt or to give a
draperies which have no further frame to several pictures used In
use, thus taking two worn articles the bedroom.
Women who do not like curtained
und making one of them useful.
Holes In the center of an other­ windows during warm weather find
wise good tablecloth can be treated an ideal solution in the narrow
thus: use a white or colored cloth ruffle placed around the window for
to go with the old tablecloth to give framing. This permits light and air
a square center and a border to to come Into the room and still gives
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Jealous? Don't Lose Your Temper
-By W ill Bernord, LL.B
Joes Jcolousy Justify a Husband
n Mistreating His Wife?
May You Glance A t a Movie
Poster While Driving a Car?
A young housewife sued for di­
vorce, listing many examples of
‘cruel and inhuman treatment" by
íer husband. In his defense, the
tusband said:
"Perhaps I have
lone wrong, but It's only because
if Jealousy. I'm Jealous of my
vife's friendship with her nlght-
ichool teacher." However, further
evidence showed that (1) the teach-
■r's Interest In the young woman
vas "Just fatherly” ; and (2) he
vas 74 years old! Under the clr-
umstances the court ruled out the
lusband's excuse ano granted the
vife her freedom. His Honor felt
hat jealousy especially based on
limsy grounds, was no Justiflca-
ion for the husband’s misbehav-
A young man, out for a ride, de­
cided to look around for a good
movie. As he neared a theater, the
youth slowed down a bit and looked
at
the
posters.
Unfortunately,
another car stopped just ahead of
him—to get into a parking place—
and there was a collision. The oc­
cupant of the front car was in­
jured, and sued the young man for
damages. At the trial, the latter
pleaded: " I wasn’t going fast, and
besides I looked aside for just a
moment. How could I foresee that
the car ahead was going to stop?”
But the court held the youth liable
for the mishap. The judge said
that, even while moving slowly,
looking at a movie poster instead
of the road ahead was "gross negli­
gence."
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May a Schoolboy Be
Expelled For Refusing
To Take Dancing Lessons?
As part of their regular curricu­
lum, the students of a certain
school were required to take les­
sons in ballroom dancing. As It
happened, the parents of one of
the boys considered such dancing
Im m oral—and they forbade him to
participate. When the school final­
ly expelled the youngster, his par­
ents sued to have him reinstated.
At the hearing, the school board
insisted: "During school hours, It’s
up to us—not to the parents—to de­
cide what the children should be
taught." But the court disagreed
and ordered the boy readmitted at
once. The judge said that, when It
won’t interfere with general school
discipline, the religious scruples
of parents ought to be respected.
Is a Store Liable If a
Customer's Finger is Pinched
In a Swinging Door?
A man walked up to a cigar store,
just as the swinging door was
coming back fast from inside. In­
stinctively he put out his hand to
protect himself, but he only suc­
ceeded In getting h I s fingers
pinched between the edge of the
door and the frame. Painfully in­
jured, the man filed a damage suit
against the owner of the store. He
based his claim on the ground that
this kind of a door was a constant
source of danger to all who entered
the premises. But the court granted
him nothing. The Judge figured
that swinging doors are such a
common
pheribmenon nowadays
that shoppers ought to be able to
get through them safely.
a curtained appearance In place of
the bare look. Old ruffles saved
from curtains, neatly starched and
ironed, are excellent for this use
Sheer curtains which are torn
beyond repair can be folded several
times, then stitched and used as a
filler for pot holders.
Large beach towels which arc
torn or frayed but which have
enough serviceable material In them
might be used to make youngsters’
robes for beach or Indoor wear as
they arc cool but lightweight.
If you have no robes to make, cut
down the large bath towels into
hand size, sew simple herns In them,
and use In both kitchen and bath.
Smaller sized towels can be cut
down to wash cloth size and simply
hemmed or crocheted at the edge
for many months' usage.
possibilities of making them out of
some of these colorful fabrics. If
the color does not go Into the room
In which you want to use it, then
you might Investigate colors Into
which it can be dyed or tinted.
Some of the satin dresses with
their elaborate ruffles might well
be used for lampshades. This re­
quires careful work, but the results
can be beautiful.
Colorful chintz materials which
have been drapes can also be used
as pillow coverings. If you’d like
to use some of these as drapes or
a spread, then add enough solid
color as a decorative border to
make them the proper size.
Old oilcloth table covers can be
converted to seat covers for porch,
kitchen or playroom They are oc­
casionally put to good use as liners
for shelves or drawers in young­
sters' rooms when you want some­
thing easy to clean and durable.
Old oilcloth Is fine, too, for m ak­
ing a clothes pin apron or bag which
can slide along the line as you hang
the clothing.
G/oss Rod's Future
What of the future of the glass
rod in angling? How do glass rods
differ? What should the angler look
for In choosing a glass rod?
For authoritative and expert an­
swers to these questions, this w rit­
er contacted the Wright & McGill
company of Denver, Colorado, who
pioneered the development of the
glass rod and whose Nyla-Glass
casting rods are rated at the top
of the field.
A. D. McGill, himself, forwarded
the information sought. He wrote:
Basically there are three types of
glass rods, or rather three methods
of making glass rods. Each method
Colorful edging on kitchen towels,
makes a rod that differs from the
which will only infrequently wear,
other two.
can be trimmed off to be used as a
There are solid rods made from
decorative edging for table linens,
glass fibers and plastic binder.
casual skirts, blouses or curtains.
There are rods made from glass
When cutting these off, trim enough
fibers and plastic binder that have
of the material ori either side of the
a wood core running through the
Clean and Dye Fabrics
border to fold under to give a fin­ Before Cutting, Sewing
center of the rods. There are hollow
ished edge.
If you want to enjoy your Job of glass rods made from woven glass
Miscellaneous Materials
making new things out of old as cloth and plastic binder.
Offer Various Uses
greatly as possible, then do your
We followed the method of m ak­
There's many an attic or clothes cleaning, dyeing and tinting before ing solid glass rods from glass fib­
ers and plastic binder.
closet which houses several old for­ starting the new project.
Our method is to take glass fibers
Working with new colors, or, at
m al* * or bridesmaids*
dresses.
They’ll never be used as clothing least, freshly cleaned or laundered which come to us from the manu­
but they can be put to useful work. materials is more satisfactory than facture of fiber glass filament and
If you need some decorative pil­ trying to cut and sew accurately resemble in appearance the fine
lows for living room, porch or bed­ from slightly dusty or wrinkled m a­ hair-like filaments of raw silk that
is spun by the silkworm or the fine
room, you might check Into the terials.
filaments of rayon or nylon.
Upon receiving the glass filaments
KATHLEEN NOURIS
they are laid up in lengths to form
a rod of desired diameter a n d
length. The filaments are then coat­
ed with plastic binder and then
stretched tight to hold each fila­
T LEAST 300 WOMEN have w rit­
ment
taut and straight to avoid
"Manny came back, and dined as
ten me in answer to an article
an old friend with one of the most any one filament from crossing any
of mine on the "perfect wife." that
harmonious and devoted families other filaments and to allow the
they were the lucky companions of
in all America. We tore up the com­ plastic binder to coat each filament.
perfect husbands.
After the rods are coated as stat­
pact and now when we speak of it
Most of them admitted that—well,
we laugh. And I have the perfect ed above, they are then placed in
he wasn't exactly perfect to start
a form and heated to set or harden
husband.”
with, but after the first year or two,
Altogether, this report on perfect the plastic binder.
when two young inexperienced per­
Glass Rods made with wood cores
marriages has been very hearten­
sons had settled down to a certain
ing to me. There are lots of them. are made in much the same manner
amount of consideration and com­
A great many women tell me that as above described; however, the
promise, and appreciation of the
playing fa ir with finances is one wood core is used to help hold the
fun of being together, then sudden­
great secret; Dad being generous glass fibers, as they are wrapped
ly he began to take the first steps
with mother. Mother not cheating to the wood core by means of a
toward beihg perfect, and perhaps
Dad. Being able to maintain silence spiral wrapping which is removed
discovered In his turn that the wife
in domestic crises is another clue. after the rod is set by heat.
he had was pretty near perfect, too,
Most hollow glass rods are made
Letting Dad share the responsibili­
.That's the way of it. Silence, pa-
ty of the children is an important by wrapping woven g l a s s cloth
t i e n c e, confidence, compromise
thing; if Mother stands between around a tapered mandrel. They are
work their Inevitable miracle. Let­
them and their father, fights their then saturated with plastic binder
ter after letter on this subject of
battles, sacrifices her own pocket and heated to set the binder. The
the perfect mate begins with the
money for them, tells lies to pro­ mandrel, or core is then removed
story of early failure.
tect them, a man begins to feel that leaving a hollow rod.
"We stuck together because we
Fiber Glass is not new, but it
he does not count at all, and he
couldn't do anything else,” writes
wonders why on earth he's support­ was glass fishing rods that made
one woman. H arry wasn't making
ing this crowd of self-absorbed per­ the public very conscious of the
any money regularly. When Shirley
sons. God gave children two par­ qualities of fiber glass.
was two and another baby coming,
Glass Rods are also made in var­
ents; not one all-wise parent and
he deserted me. The police found
one completely unconcerned sup­ ious shapes. Wright & M cGill have
him, when I was in the city and
porter. The father counts as much made rods of square or quadrate
county hospital with Beverly Ann;
shape as this shape gives truer
as the mother.
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Harry came to see me, and he cried
But t h e supreme secret of all flexing action, more power a n d
and 1 cried and we started all over,
these letters about perfect marriage quick, even flexing with less danger
only with more didics and cribs and
is contained in a sentence from a of side action when casting. How-
bottles added to the dishes and
, ever, many rods are made round in
wife in Springfield, Ohio.
dust and beds I thought I couldn't
"B ill was jealous, unreasonable, shape and some are made pentagon
handle before.
bewildered, critical, worried and or five sided.
llad Long Talk
Rods made from fiber glass are
terribly tired for the first five years
"Aren’t we funny! We had a long of our m arriage,", writes Edna Le here to stay and the past four years
talk, and moved into an establish­ Roy. "In the first 30 months I had have proven that glass rods are
ment that was composed of a large three babies. I was inexperienced very popular and that they can de­
room, a glassed porch with two and despairing. I had married at liver what most fishermen have
gas-burners and a hopper with a 17, and the future looked pretty , hoped for in rods.
dark. Then Bill got ill, and it seemed
They are durable, have fast ac­
that our ship was sunk. But friends tion and power to fight and land the
rallied 'round, a loan company gamest fighting fish. They with­
stand the damaging effects of salt
stood by.
Before we knew it we were on our water. They will not rust or rot.
feet again. During his illness I had They are fungus proof and under
kissed Bill good-night the very last normal fishing conditions will not
thing, and said ‘God bless my dear­ , take a set or break.
est,’ and he says that's why he got
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well. He says he lay there sick and
"Lite a duck takes to water” is a
weak, waiting for it, and that he
familiar expression. Swimming, of
would quietly have died if he hadn't
course, is a natural instinct w i t h
got it.
ducks. Young mallard ducks, upon
their first venture from the nest, have
been known to swim as far as a
third of a mile.
A A A
. police found him , .
M a n y P erfec t M a rria g e s Exist
Height in Wildcats
In a Spot
Mike and Pat went on a camp­
ing trip. While hiking through
mountainous country, they were
suddenly confronted with a wild­
cat about to spring at them. Mike
scrambled up a tree, but Pat,
terrified, stood rooted to the spot.
The wildcat leaped on Pat, and
the two went rolling over on the
ground. “ P at,” shouted Mike,
finally recovering his voice, “do
you want me to come down to
help you hold him?” "No,”
gasped Pat, “ but you can come
down and help me let go of him.”
“ I’m very happy to inform you
that your husband has passed the
crisis,” said an English doctor to
a woman whose husband was
dangerously ill.
"Passed the crisis?” she de­
manded. “ You told me 'e couldn't
live a week.”
“Well, I’m going to cure him,
after all,” said the physician.
“Surely you are glad?”
The woman nodded slowly.
“ Guess so,” she admitted, “ but it
puts me in a bit of an 'ole. I've
bin an’ sold all ’is clothes to pay
for 'is funeral.”
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faucet, and a porch closet.
And
were we happy! Now it's six rooms,
front garden, back garden, washing
machine, twin boys, radio, refriger­
ator and car—and now we're keep­
ing our twelfth anniversary! And
we’ll write you again on our silver
wedding.”
That’s the story, right straight
through. Not marrying happiness,
but making happiness out of m ar­
riage. The w riter of this last letter
certainly had pretty poor materials
with which to work, but she made
it.
"When we had been married 15
months," writes another woman,
"we were so completely uncongen­
ial and miserable that we made a
compact. I was to be as good a wife
as I possibly could to Greg, until
Manny, the man I really loved came
back from war service. I had loved
this second man all through high
school and business college, but we
had quarrelled, and I had married
Greg in anger and resentment at
Manny. This was in 1942, and Man­
ny didn't come back until 1946. So
for four years Greg and I worked
at making a temporary arrange­
ment satisfactory. We had two chil­
dren; I wanted children, and our
compact included the disposition of
any we might have; school terms
with me, Christmas and long va­
cation with Greg’s mother.
The P erfect Husband
“Of course, you know how it
turned nut.” thia letter concludes
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Fly Fish Upstream
In fishing fast water with flies,
the most productive technique will
upstream fishing. After the fly
Grecians, Romans Had I be
is cast, pull the line through the
guides with the left hand to keep
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rpHOSE STORIED “footprints in out slack, and watch the line or
the sands of tim e” probably led end loop where the leader is tied,
to the local waterhole or mineral If there is any slowdown, or side-
wise movement of the leader,
spring.
We are merely following in those strike — and strike hard! Also,
same footprints when we immerse strike at any flash of color or other
sign of trout moving for the fly.
ourselves in water—whether for
Almost all the strikes will be
sport, for relief from the heat, for
missed if you wait until you feel
medical treatment, or for cleanli­
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fish. Many strikes are missed
ness.
by experienced anglers, but even
While In many things we can
a beginner will hook enough fish
count ourselves much more ad­
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vanced than the ancients of Greece
teresting.
and Rome, we are not fa r ahead of
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them In bath equipment and facili­
The praying-mantis is said to be
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min’ hole” baths all figured in their around and look over bis shoulders.
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scheme of living—and on a lavish
scale.
Salmon Spreading
The medicinal qualities of water
Due to their repute, and the fact
have been stressed down through
the ages, and In the 1600’s it was not that the land-locked species can
unusual to stay chin-high in water survive In cold, clear, deep lakes
for as long as 124 hours at a where minnows are plentiful, sal­
stretch. Today the Spa, or health mon have b e e n introduced into
bathing resort, is extremely popu­ many northern waters during the
la r on the continent, and is favored past few years.
They may be taken in more re­
to a lesser degree in America. We
have just as many kinds of natural gions than is generally known, and
waters for the treatment of disease, each season sportsmen from all
but our forte has been the advance­ parts of the United States and Can­
ment of the swimming pool and of ada, and even from Europe, visit
the select salmon rivers and lakes.
Indoor bath facilities.
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