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Show WOMAN'S WORLD JAILS Bi Smart! By ErtU Haley fine an art not was, but its just as Important. Unless the woman of tha house plans specially to taka care of mending as it appears, there's a constant scramble for needle and thread when members of the family are getting ready to wear something. Then, too, unless that you really give clothing stitch in time," your clothes budget is unreasonably high. Those who like to sew make a point of mending and doing it with some degree of skill as well as pleasure, but then again, many women Just don't like It. Fortunately, its a job you can learn to like and do well since its an easy job filled with satisfaction provided you have tha right equipment and proper organization. One woman says she likes to do her mending before washing because it gives her so much satisfaction to be able to wash and iron clothes without having to stop to u mend something while shes trying to get the laundry done completely. Another says she keeps her sewing basket handy while Ironing because its easy to do as you spot the tilings which need mending, and you have the iron handy for pressing such things as necessary, Others like to look forward to g their mending afternoon, or because they've learned to relax while doing this type of sewing. Ne one cam tell you which plan is beat for you. Try several and see which fits your way of doing things best At any rate, try to arrive at some sort of solution which Will give you smartly kept clothes w hand when you want them. If you think of the end, the means saay be much easier to solve. eve-stin- Organised Mending Box Speeds Up the Job Its no fun to do any kind of a job if you dont have the equipment right at hand when you're in the mood for the work. If you have to hunt high and low for buttons or snaps or a special shade of thread or tape, then youre defeated before you start. Keep the mending box in condition. Many of those available are really very pretty and invite you to the task. There you have all kinds of thread which you need in neat sections or rows. No te ' clothes. You'll find hot iron mending tape available in many colors which win save fhany a stitch during , mending time. Lingerie tapes are also a good idea for the mending box since straps on slips and underthings can be changed so quickly. If you want to keep the mending box in good order, never put in a jumble of old garments because you might want a patch from soma To make the darning as inconspicuous as possible, use a fine needlexnd a thread which matches the material to be mended. If you find it impossible to match the thread, its often possible to unravel some of the material on one of the inside seams. d fabrics such as wool tweed may be mended almost invisibly if you use the dominating color in the needle and the secondary color in the bobbin. Warp threads of fabric may be used by hand for small holes. all-ov- er KATHLEEN NORRIS Mother-in-La- w Wins a Daughtei THIS IS THE STORY of Margery of Toledo, 60 years old. I find her letter so full of strength and inspiration that I am passing it on almost entire. "My good husband died 11 years ago," writes Margery." At 49 I was left with a few thousands in the bank, and two sona, both steady and both working. But Robert waa killed at Coral Sea, and when Tom came back, a captain and decorated, he had to start over, and married almost immediately a girl for whom I had neither liking nor respect. I can write this frankly, because she neither liked nor respected me in that dark time, as we both admitted later, and because I know you will disguise our identities if you use my letter. "Cathy thought I had been a weak and extravagant mother and had spoiled my sons, and taken no thought to my own old age. She resented my dependence on Tom. I didnt like her because she was giddy, overdressed or underdressed, a winner of dancing and bathing beauty contests, and because she told me, just before the marriage, that if she didnt go on loving Tom she would leave him. Bewilderment and Tears My funds melted away, and increasing deafness and weak eyea made it impossible for me to obtain work. Miserable months of lodging and scrimping followed, then I had to give in, and go live with a daughter-in-lawhe didn't j w for mending. Launder these, iron and cut out the portions of material which can be used. Fold these neatly, pin and box them. Youll remember more readily what you have, and it will of them THE READERS COURTROOM vital and deeply in love. I learned to amile and say, 'One of you is the most wrong, in my opinion. But wild horses won't drag out of me which it is. They used to laugh at that, and a laugh is death to a quarrel. After Id been two months in the house, Cathy came over wholeheartedly; she does everything that way. She said she had said awful things about having me there, and I cried and said I had called her flighty and vain. We both cried. "We settled everything in those few minutes, and I had a daughter. A month ago a happy man came home to tell me and the boys there was a baby girl in the family; another Margery." Cathy and I are still as different as two women could be, but in spite of that, or perhaps because of it, this la the bouse of complete harmony. On Sunday nights we all have dinner together; other nights the boys and I are apt to have the food we three like aomewhat early. But theres no fixed rule. Cathy goes out as much aa she must, or likes to, which isnt much. I have, my crowd in every Thursday for tea and cookies and goaalp, and she respects my one hospitality and often Joins us. "Were not perfect I think little Dunk ought to be spanked; ahe ays, horrors, no, that'll give him fixations or neuroses or inhibitions or confused ideologies or something. Dunk escapes, but not without certain enlightenment a a to his crime and to his luck. I am a happy, useful, needed and yes, I dare add deeply loved old woman. Can any old woman say more? And for some of this I thank you." Woes on USCG A woman was summoned for Jury ' duty in a murder trial. Asked whether aha had an open mind on the case, she admitted that she bad read about it in the newspapers and had formed a tentative opinion as to the .guilt of the accused man. However, she added that she felt ne personal prejudice May You Prevent Your Neighbors From Cooking Onions? An elderly couple lived in an apartment over a shoe store. As it happened, both husband and wife dearly loved onions and cabbage and they ate these succulent foods every day in the week. In fact, they even kept their windows closed, so as to preserve the beloved odor ay long as possiblet As a result of this habit, the smell seeped down into the store below. When the storekeepers complaints wereN unavailing, he went to court for an injunction. The judge decided that it was perfectly legal to cook onions and cabbage In an apartment, but it wasn't legal to impose the aroma on the neighbors. If a Bui Window Drops On Your Elbow, May You Collect Damages? and would make her final decision on the basis of what was brought out in court Under the circumstances, the Judge decided that the woman could qualify as a juror. He commented: "Most intelligent people and all educated people read newspapers, and they would have to be more than human if they did not form some opinion. Therefore, to reject them as jurors for this reason is to put a premium upon ignorance!" A salesman took a girl for a ride in the country, during a rain storm. Although the ' tires were worn smooth, the man drove along at a lively pace. On a curve, the car began skidding and finally crumpled against a large boulder near the edge of the road. Tha girl waa badly injured, and sued for damages. The salesmans defense was that.be hadnt been exceeding the highway speed limit, but the court decided he had been negligent anyhow and held him liable because of the dangerous circumstances. A man was riding downtown on a bus, resting his arm on the sill of an open window. As the bus Jogged over a street car track, the window dropped down on the man's elbow. He was painfully injured, and later sued the company for damages The company insisted that this was 'D.F want me, and ask a burdened son for every penny I spent I dont excuse myself for letting things come to this pass; thousands of women are doing now just what I did when times were easy and a good man protected me. Like many another, I paid in lonesome bewilderment and tears. "WeU, I wrote you then, Mrs. Norris, because I knew you had written with sympathy for both sides of this everyday problem, and to my surprise you answered me. I read your letter to rags, and then I made my plan. I disposed of gtmcrack I could every possibly spare, mental as well as actual, and the first encouraging word Cathy said in a rather chilly, resigned hour of reception was a pleased, 'Is this all you brought?' "I determined to see nothing in her but what was good There Was a fat boy baby then, and another on the way; Cathy needed help, and although she would havesaid then that my help was the last she she was wrong. wanted, I proved You told me- - to keep my mouth shut, and God knows I say this in all reverence, for He helped me I did. You said to remember that he who would be first among us must be as our servant, and I was I quietly washed dishes, didles,' laundry upstairs, answered the telephone, answered the door. Giving Robin his dinner of cereal and stewed fruit, I added tea, and had mine. When Tom came home, Ma had her dinner and was upst&'rs. with the baby. Saved Babys Life , "Duncan was bom, and if Qthy had needed me before, she needed me twice as much then. He was delicate. I took him up to the third floor with me, and they say I saved his life. I aired him on the roof Horeh, and cooked his meals on a alcohol stove. r Cathy and Tom had a disand thy did, being vnung and old-lad- carried just an unfortunate strident, but the court nevertheless granted the riders claim. The judge said that, there being no evidence of anybody tampering with the latch,- something must have been wrong with the mechanism and that was the fault of the bus company. - Book Has Wacky Requests Made of Unit NEW YORK. From a yacht off the Virginia coast the distress message flashed: "Wifes hair has been set by home permanent wave outfit. Neutralizer spilled and lost. We have no way to remove permanent solution. Advise soonest what to do. Ashore, a coast guard lieutenant rubbed his chin, sighed deeply and reached for the telephone. W.tnin an hour, dots and dashes spelled out this message to the distressed husband: Try four ounces peroxide in quart of water. If no peroxide available, wash 10 times with any soap and shampoo." And so the coast guard search and rescue division chalked up another victory over disaster and another story war entered in a remarkable log knows in coast guard circles as the "D F." book. "D. F." stands for the kind of question that people keep asking the 3rd coast guard district night and day by wireless, by phone and in person. They get some dillies at their headquarters "Do barnacles bite? (No, ma'am Truman Adds Laurels As Honorary Artist To Varied Talents WASHINGTON. President Har- ry Truman has a new laurel to add to his collection for feats of verIn addition to being a satility. pianist of some renown, he is now an honorary cartoonist. He was presented with a inscribed to show that he now holds honorary membership In thi National Cartoonists society. Tbe newspaper cartoonists who made the presentation, also gave a and honorary membership to Treasury Secretary Snyder. But the cartoonists, who had been aiding in a treasury bond ales campaign, did not give him the accolade of artist they merely our fellow recognized him as bond salesman. President Truman sat at his desk, before he got the award, and with a crayon drew a cartoon showing himself peering from behind a sketch' board. In one corner he wrote H. S. T. From a distance it looked as if the smiling President was doing a pretty skillful job. He was enjoying himself, for he said, "This is a lot more fun than working for the Keep Posted on Values By Reading CUT-OU- T CHILDREN ) "How deep is the Atlantic ocean? (It vaHes, sir up to 5 feet at a point north of Puerto 30,-24- Rico.) "How can I avoid sea sickness? (The one sure remedy is to stay under a shady tree ) To some extent the search and rescue division is a victim of its own good reputation. People expect it to know everythingrdo anything. Witness this item from the 'D, F." book: "Received call from excited woman requesting we find am board husbands fishing boat somewhere in Long Island sound and see if a silly acting, dumpy little redhead is with him with this little girl cut out of plywood. Her blue frock, white apron, red watering can and fetching hat are easy to paint. 'cause you Ite'ewi so; Patterns 328 and 327 five actual-siz- e cutting guides end directions. Price to oi patterns Is 25c tacb. Address order WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Drawer IS Betters Hills. New Terk How Its Done The story of an escaped lunatic occupied most of page one of the newspaper and the small boy read every word avidly. Turning to his father after he had concluded the story he asked, Daddy, how do they catch lunatics? His father, who had been busily writing out checks for the monthly bills, replied, "Oh, they use funny little hats, perfume, jewelry, and so many other little things like that." He ducked just in time to miss a platter as it came sailing out of the kitchen. Sweet-toaste- d fresh, cause folks eat Kelloggs Corn Flakes fast aa we make em! Get your bargain in goodness, Kelloggs Corn Flakes. MOTHER KNOWS yaBESTI Buy U.S. Savings Bonds! YIIEN SLEEP WONT ntCfv CODE AND YOU FEEL GLUM VEASYI No dull itquifwL aadlc. like puny ..andhvdaa LOOSE HANDLES , Try This Delicious Laxative into wood Chewing-Gu- m a Whoa yww roll and tozg all alaM-- M headachy and lust awful because you need a laxative do this . . . Chew rxn-a-ni- nt delicious chewing-gu- m laxa tire. The action of rxxx special medicine detouu the stomach. That Is, it doesnt act while In tha stomach, but only when farther along In tha lower digestive tract. ..where you want IS to act. Tou feel fine again quickly I scientist! say chewing makaa fine medicine more effeo-- tl readies" u o It flow gently Into tt tha system. Get at any 10 drug counter 15., SO or only.. And re ttzh-a-uo- ' On electric fans, lawn mowed roller skates 31 N -- ONE Oil FEEN-A-f.lIN- famous T CMEwme-cu- uxsnvt rso smasPsctALAcrm v&y&srvtssowss ff&rm taxpayers." When the President was finished Milton Canlff, president of the society, presented the stainless steel 30 minute Star 2 , hot cross runs leaps dflad SpStetheOryT Ik asps esa wstw (105 t 1I f 4 1 V Kcppiagw lkt.Mpsoa.MH 2 d psrpaa uce amt1 fASTRISmi Utt ACTION Is Problem to Animals wooden spoon, am mixed. t.p a. Soooejtourt DENVER, COL. Modern civilization with its confusion and demands that ofttimes are blamed by psychologists for lowering the standards of motherhood, have their effect on animal mothers as 0 a- b'tin, u oi muffin oouJ3y,ast 4no St Remoim from papa ana gem mak UMT tdns. Whea cool, tong. Yield! It to 24 bona. well, gniffis rm with top - fj 20 minute-Ma- p There' was the case of old Jennie and the fire engine. Jennie was about the kindest mamma grizzly bear they ever had at city park zoo here. She was downright silly about her cub. Couldnt do enough, in fact, for the little bear. Sometimes shed even let the cub smell her hollyhocks. Somehow, some seeds had fallen the earthen floor of Jennys bedroom. And, somehow, the seeds took root and flowered, and Jenny apparently thought the world of the bright blossoms. Shed lie on her back under the hollyhocks and turn her toes up and play with the cub, letting him romp all over her. "She was that kind of animal," says Supt. Clyde Hill, boss of the local zoo for 28 years. "Then one day a fire engine came roaring down the street. She grabbed the cub and killed it." Hill says the noise scared Jenny out of her mind. On another occasion. Hill saw a lioness kill her cub as a direct result of1 the housing situation. She was caged next to a loud mouthed male lion and their duplex was surrounded by a number of other noisy cages. Hill says the lioness got so worried that something was going to happen to her cub that she couldnt sit still. One day, when the male lion next door began slapping at the bars and wharoomphing louder than usual, she snatched up the cub and broke its back. She was trying to stuff the cub in a far comer of her cage, as far away from the male lion as possible. She didn't mean to hurt her baby. on let (hi. terted recipe Introduce you to wonderful Red Star yeatt. You'll want to uie Rod Star la all your recipes. Remember, it keeps fredt for month, without refrigeration. Dont let Cold Demons" make his cheat feel aore and conrub on Menthole turn gested Fast, safe Menthols turn helps Its vapors soothe Inflamed passages, ease lessen congestion. coughing apasms. For head colds, too . . . makes breathing easier. In jars, tubes. mm tmar 'iw faurjii Eugmm Lips rough as a file? Up. Ifte Ihot need new Menlholotum Medicated Stick Mngi qukfc relief for dry, crocked, chopped dpt. Ear to carry, eary to pm. for pocket or pun. Mentholotuni medication In ttlch tone. Only 35d. 4 X the Ads LAWN FIGURES will and grown-up- s Civilizations Dizziness By Will Bernard, LLB. Must You Have a Completely Open Mind In Order To Sit On a Jury? hungry, his only comfortable moments have been spent in the lockup. He never misses a chance to get there. Six times in 1949 Schmidt was booked for idling. Six times police recorder A. W. Callaway sent him to jail. Not long ago, policemen again found Schmidt sleeping in a doorway. When the patrol wagon appeared, he chuckled. Schmidt was taken before Judge Callaway, his head bowed, perhaps to hide a grin. This seventh time, however, Mr. Callaway refused to send Schmidt to jail. "Whats the use when he enjoys his punishment?" Mr. Callaway protested. "Find some other place for him," be told Mrs. Clyde Aven, a policewoman. Mrs. Aven asked Schmidt what his pleasure could be. Schmidt replied that he wanted to "work with the road gang." Told that he absolutely would not get a jail sentence, he almost wept. "Ive no place to go," the wrinkled little man mourned. I like to be around the jail. People are good to me there. The authorities are trying to find a solution to his problem. Here is the secret of Mr. Trumans success as a cartoonist: one of the professionals had sketched out the picture in faint pencil lines and the President traced it with the crayon. Public Dumps - Regard Jurors as Human Beings -- must for wear now under your coat and later as a gay spring dresa la a silk print. Many of the patterns are rather conventional as to design, effects in soft mall, foulard-typ- e allka being a favorite. These lend themselves to beautifully casual dresses that are very wearable. Typical details of 1951 are sketched pointed Byron collar, reflected in the cuffs, the line of the shoulder, the pleated skirt and the easy shirtwaist silhouette. A Two-tone- The ideal composition for Spring Is Lenestas little sailor of navy and white striped belting, banded in wide lipstick red grosgraia ribbon. Note the narrow brim which the hat uses and the ascot of belting to match the hat. Matching red is used to line the aacot. than 40,000 mechanical checking gages to help with the task. jails. Ever since he arrived here several years ago, broke and Keep an assortment of needles already threaded on a pin cushion in the box so that you won't have to stop to thread them. Machine Mending Saves Both Time and Effort Many women with sewing machines do not realize how much time can be saved by machine mending in some cases. True, a darning foot for' the machine is necessary, but the time and small outlay required are well worth the bunting for the right shade necessary I Scissors are here, toe, and a box of buttons which youve collected by buying extra ones for garments as you sew or by reclaiming them from garments no longer of use. Another good idea is to keep a box handy in the laundry room so that you can collect buttons, snaps, etc., as soon as they come off the Vis matching thread , , , police ATLANTA, of this Georgia metropolis have a problem on their hands. He is Charlie Schmidt. 65, who likes you follow this procedure. effort Add Sparkle To a Yard GA.-- The be in excellent condition to use, if Spring Sailor Modern Minute Men Watch - factory inspectors are the worlds most fastidious detail men. At a plant in Elgin, 111., it has been estimated the inspectors check annually more than 150 mill inn small, precision parts, and they have available more Lawn Figures Cut-O- ut Prefers "In' to 'Our Skill in Mending Can Save Clothes Cost Mending Tuesday, March 7, 1950 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE SIX |
