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Show SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS - V' . Kathleen Norris Says; All Yours for Nothing Sdeat eSporU eSet in 3liree jParh Scalloped 2)ay timer for Iflflatron Cheerful Curtains for Kitchen Are Made from Chintz Goods Beu Syndieste. WNU features. Woman's World Tk fundamental essentials of food, shelter, love, home, books, light, wo-9 wo-9 njety from fear, tee take calmly for granted." R KATHLEEN NORRIS SOME time ago our town sent crates and crates of clothing to stricken Europe. Probably your town did, too. We stripped our closets of everything warm nA wearable that we could spare, and of some things we U-.i i 41 t COulu not spare, lur me saao of shivering women and babies ba-bies overseas. Our thanks come Drincitial- ly in the consciousness of a mnrt AppA well done, and the knowledge that many a shak en, forlorn mower is grateful grate-ful to the God to whom she prayed for help, and whose ministers we were crivilesed to be. But sometimes a little trickle of personal thanks creeps through, too, and such tribute came to me this week from an unknown friend in Poland, whose small daughters are wearing mv granddaughters' coats this winter. ; Ihli woman lived in America for Kveral years, and writes In good EnzUih. She hai ona room fat an lawrt destroyed building, win- oowi nave recently been put bacs, 111 lays, and running water ia nnlv i few hundred feet away. "Water ll iih a mrsMa . im fce letter. "And to have this whole pet room to ourselves teems to us tttlricla. ton Tnsui (- ... h . WW .1. Dt U. VV, VU nukj to the Quaker and the Red b is sure, and fear Is gone. Sna COUld knnw what If maana tint be afraid! tin Starved to Death. TdT ttlMhant KntVi , wuu. iuviuhi, 111 Bfter, were starved to death, or wr me want of water. I hid ehildren in the ruins of the o& tar many weeks Now an that is Now we walk the streets free-- W'CM we can make friends. w I eaa get up early and watch unrisa, and ltop m cnurcn for B nitautea. And now. with spring k!T what beauties on every r1 w hve a Jar of wild flowers, mw potatoes are coming along, T"wt will have beans and cher-rTTei7 cher-rTTei7 day some new delight MJ. we say, we will live out ann, for the farms need hands, M I am familiar with dairy work. fte old days." the letter con-2? con-2? 7.Winted o much! My hus-, hus-, , a wen-furnished flat, ?i buy d "res, e were dinner parties fcd wedding feasts. How fast tt Our homo gone, our rtttesta the bank confiscated. gera everywhere, my hus. 2 bit, himself a prisoner, fadiv v,. e1fether wno would so fki' rirht w ,tarved- ept out t ,,v!,ML'oull8er child waa born "wtoS? " eomp,ny to fcJhL"' ricn EvT little old lnta down through the newivRt c5ureleMi ringing, Plowed neld-ow beauti- res re! work "fiStaw! betanln train. unt houses, and hear worn . 1 : en snow." TlCEiV FOR GRANTED Even the poorest Americans have much to be thankful for, compared to people in Europe and Asia. Such simple things as water and plain food, a tight roof and some kind of heating, heat-ing, are often difficult to obtain ob-tain over much of the war-devastated countries. Warm clothing cloth-ing is very scarce. Medicine is hard to get except where the Red Cross or some other agency agen-cy has a station. All sorts of plain, everday necessities are missing. It is particularly hard on women with young children. chil-dren. The story of a Polish woman wom-an is told in today's article. She had been accustomed to a luxury level of existence before be-fore the war. . They had a fine apartment, a car, good furniture, furni-ture, money for travel and social so-cial events. The war changed all this. Her husband, brothers broth-ers and father are all dead . . . they starved. She managed to survive by begging and scavenging scav-enging in the ruined city. One child was born in a sheep born, Now that hostilities have ceased, conditions are better, but there is still much suffering. suffer-ing. She has -learned to appreciate appre-ciate ordinary things that all of us take for granted. en calling their children and laughing laugh-ing it seems to me that life is too beautiful to be borne. Now I can say of our enemies of yesterday, as my poor father did, dying, forgive them. They know not what the; dot" This letter has made me see my own environment with new eyes, and has made me wonder how much we appreciate the miracles that are all about us. Sunsets and sunrises, sun-rises, the glory of spring, moonlit nights in summer, and the first timid tim-id flutter of snow, these are all ours, If we will but claim them. Clear cold water, a anug roof over our head, books to read, meals however how-ever plain to enjoy, a smooth bed at night and deep sleep let these things be taken away for a while, and we begin to know their value. Worry ever Trifles. 'If we can see one meal ahead for the children we feel rich," aaid a French woman a few years ago. "We look no further ahead than that" And here we Americans are, fussing fuss-ing about the cost of spring clothes, about summer plans, about the shortage of butter and mayonnaise, about the babies' college career in the 1960s, about the lost letter and the embarrassing invitation, about the slowness of the dry cleaners and the non-delivery of the Didy Wash. The fundamental essentials of food, shelter, love, home, books, light, water, safety from fear, we take calmly for granted. It is worry about the non-essentials that keeps us from ever seeing the breath-tal-ing beauty of sunrise, the light of cold winter sunlight on snow, the Ulacs that begin to toss and blow In the spring wind. Our own quarrelsome, quarrel-some, complaining, discontented voices keep us from listening tor Shakespeare's rain that whistles in the April wind, or sharing the immortal im-mortal wine of Emily Dickenson's September. Epldemlo Fighters Four emergency aid units now are prepared to help public health authorities combat poliomyelitis epidemics, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced recently. Each unit consists of a physician, an orthopedic nurse and two physical physi-cal therapists. When caHed Into epidemic areas the teams will help to set up faculties facul-ties for patients, assist in their treatment, and instruct local phyti-elans phyti-elans fa the latest techniques. By Crtla A RE your kitchen curtains weary x after year-long use? Is the material ma-terial too heavy to be suitable for warmer days aheadT If you have either of these problems prob-lems and cannot find a nice material mate-rial for curtains, perhaps you have an old chintz bedspread or drapery material tucked away in an old trunk in the attic. This is ideal for sewing gay attractive framing for kitchen windows. A single-sized bedspread will usually yield at least two pair of one or two piece curtains for kitchen windows. Tea, this includes ruffle from the same material, too. Of course, if you prefer to make the curtains look Just a little bit more tailored, then you might consider con-sider trimming the edges with a contrasting con-trasting colored piping, particularly if the pattern of the material is wen-covered with a floral design. Your best pattern for kitchen windows win-dows is to cut a tissue paper facsimile fac-simile of the curtains you now use. I am assuming they are the correct cor-rect length and fit properly. The important thing in windows Is to have sufficient fullness so the curtains cur-tains do not look skimpy. If your home, and particularly the kitchen is done in a very early American motif or is strictly modern, mod-ern, you might forego some of the fullness for an effect of simplicity or good tailoring. Then you will plan to clothe the windows differently: avoid the ruffle, settle for bric-a-brac or a contrasting band around the edge, and let the curtain fan In soft folds rather than in a gathered effect ef-fect Correct Measurements For Curtains Curtains are generally measured from the rod to the silL If you do not have curtains that fit well. It Is well to make the measurement and see that you have ample fullness and length. If you are using a piece of old material as suggested, and It has you have a worn-out bed tpread. . . . been washed, you wfll not have to allow the two inches per yard of shrinkage as is done in new mate rial, but you win have to make allowances al-lowances for the following: bottom hem, which is two Inches plus a one-quarter inch turn; top neaa-ing neaa-ing which is one ang one-half inches and casing which ia one inch plus one-quarter inch for turning. If you are making sash curtains tain nWe nr half curtains. 88 thev are sometimes caHed measurefrom the center rod to the bottom of the sin for the lower halt For the upper halt measure from the top rod to one and one-half to two inches below the center rod. If desired, the two parts may be in different materials and colors. Procedure Given for Making Curtains Tt I. mrv Imnnrtant to have all edges absolutely straight before starting to sew on the curtains, as Sew tome kitchen curtain. they hang within plain sight of everyone ev-eryone and can give a slightly askew appearance to the room tt they are lopsided. Straighten the ends of the fabric by tearing or puU-ing puU-ing a thread. Measure from this end ' Spring Fashion. Notes HOOd lor m deed, and it's especially good with the hauer styie Look for the unusual in prints ... ..... vmi will aee right ai me - geometric figures and designs that 6 t...y4 Inlb give you a cun For suits for the week-end out of . .nmothfno- fetching at town, weal - the neck of your suit Bippllng ruffles ruf-fles are feminine and charming. J4a$eij Smile, Little Boy This little gentleman doesn't have to be so self -conscious because be-cause he's well turned out In a two-piece ensemble of klduroy.the new corduroy that eaa take a beating such as only a youngster can give It and if necessary straighten the fab-tic. fab-tic. Watch this closely when working work-ing with a printed fabric. Some women prefer leaving the selvage on the curtain to save sew ing a side, but it is advisable to cut It off and finish the material The selvage edge may shrink and give the curtains, and naturally the room, a rather bizarre appearance. If the selvage is removed, make a hem on the fabric. If plain stitching Is not desired for the hem, the material may be hemstitched or darned with colored col-ored stitches, featherstitched or even bound in harmonizing or contrasting con-trasting colors. Casings at the top of the curtain usually depend upon the size of the rod. This may require from one and one-half to two Inches. If you are worried about shrinkage, place a tuck across the curtain on the inside in-side below the casing. Use a long stitch on the machine for this or baste in place. If you have decided upon ruffles for your curtains, then measure one of the long sides and the bottom and make the ruffle two and one-half one-half times this length. Use long stitches on the machine first then gather to fit the curtain, the ruffle going to the inside of the curtain and at the bottom. If you have tie-backs tie-backs for the curtains, here again, use two and. one-half times the length of the tie for making the ruffle. ruf-fle. For placing the ruffle on the curtain cur-tain stitch in plan and finish with a trench seam. For the tie backs, however, tuck the ruffle In-between the material (tiebacks are made of a wide piece of material folded) and stitch once or twice on the edge, depending upon the fabric. Furnishings Women who are handy with the needle can do a lot toward making mak-ing the home attractive and livable. liva-ble. Slipcovers and draperies, weU matched and with an eye to good taste, can bring together a room If It contains many odd pieces of furniture. For dark rooms, consider the lighter fabrics to add cheer to the room. For bright rooms, you may use darker colors. If you live near an Industrial section, choose fabrics that launder laun-der easily so that you can keep clean and stlU be kind to your cleaning budget It is worthwhile worth-while to buy good fabrics with good finishes for covering much-used much-used chairs, etc. When selecting binding and draperies for chairs and sofas, make sure that the material is washable or easily cleaned. It's far better to hunt than try to mend or re-dye the binding after the first cleaning. Special patterns are now being created In cotton to make that textile tex-tile attractive even for dressy frocks. Lady-like elegance Is the phrase being used more often as we get back on a prewar bask In the world of fashion. That's why you're seeing see-ing flowery hats, swathed In veiling, dressy suits and blouses that are the height of frllliness. m iygyi,iwiuwMHuiuiWttiMiMuuLUiiuiauikiwwi.gj ; " v 1 i ! 1 1 t 1 - ' - L.J.Igj, n n- . ( M When Weather Is Sizzling, Try Mint Ado (See Recipes Below) Refreshing Drinks that brief stop In the afternoon when you want to relax re-lax and cool off, or tor a light company snack, there's nothing quite like the cool, frosty drink. Whether you are a husky eater or a daintv snacker. vou'll want to keen these refresh ing recipes on file tor these hot summer months. One woman I know keeps cool drink ingredients on a special corner cor-ner In the pantry so the beverages can be ready at a moment's notice. no-tice. She also keeps dainty cookies on hand so there's always refreshments refresh-ments if company comes or if the children get especlaUy hungry be fore dinner. Cool drinks can fortify the diet with both vitamins and minerals If you use eggs; milk and fruit or berries. But not only wffl they be a toast to health, for they provide that restful relaxation that is so essen tial to wen-being. If you want to get fancy with bev erages, make colorful ice cubes by using fruit )uice and water in the Ice tray. Or, drop bits of leftover fruit In the Ice trays before freez ing. Glasses can be garnished with mint leaves, lemon or orange slices. puffs of whipped cream or meringue. me-ringue. The rims may also be dipped In beaten egg and a bit of sugar to give them that delightful, frosty look. For beverages that add nourishment nourish-ment as well as sparkle, consid er these milk, egg and fruit drinks. See that the children get some of them often: Fyilt Float. (Serves 4) 2 eggs, well beaten teaspoon salt H cup sugar hi cup water H cnp raspberries or strawberries straw-berries Juice of 1 orange Juice ef t lemons Cracked tee Combine eggs, salt water, sugar and berries. Mix to dissolve sugar. sug-ar. Add orange Juice and lemon Juice. Beat or shake thoroughly. thorough-ly. Pour Into tan glasses half fined with cracked Ice. Garnish with a few whole berries. LYNN SATS Quickie Lunches: Broil liver sausage slices Just slightly, serve with creamed lima beans, sliced tomatoes, fruit and milk and cookies. Leftover ham can be creamed with peas and served with shredded shred-ded carrot and raisin salad, peaches and cream and a beverage. bev-erage. Don't forget a dish of garden vegetable soup makes a well-balanced well-balanced lunch with toasted peanut pea-nut butter or bacon and tomato sandwiches. Pork sausage links are awfully good on baked potatoes with cream gravy. A light salad of lettuce, fruited gelatin and milk tops off the meal Spanish Rice can be made quickly and served with a few strips of broiled bacon, a chopped vegetable salad, floating island pudding and a beverage. When you're serving frankfurters frankfur-ters on a bun, spread the bun with mustard mixed with butter. Accompaniments: Ac-companiments: glass of tomato juice, hot or cold, a dulled mixed fruit salad and cookies. fl LYNN CHAMBERS' MENUS Baked Corned Beef with Mustard Sauce Potatoes with Cheese Sauce Horseradish Salad Bowl of Tomatoes, Celery, Mixed Greens, Radishes Soft Rons Beverage Raspberry Short Cake Milk and Honey Nectar. (Serves 1) M eup mashed banana ' IX tablespoons orange Juice 1H tablespoons honey t drop almond extract Pinch at salt 1 cup milk Mash banana. Add fruit Juice, honey, salt and flavoring. Mix well. When ready to serve, add cold milk and beat with egg beater. Garnish with whipped cream and serve im mediately. Pineapple Mint Punch. (Serves 6) cups cold mux S cups cold pineapple Juice 94 cup coffee cream 34 cup sugar IH teaspoons lemon Juice Pinch ef salt U drops peppermint extract Combine all Ingredients In a shaker shak-er or beat with egg beater until foamy. Pour Into taU glass; garnish gar-nish with a mint sprig and serve Immediately. For the adult crowd, there are an entirely differ ent set of bev erages which are certain to delight Both of these have coffee as a base. Do not use leftover-from-morning coffee, but make it fresh. Brazilian Chocolate. (Serves t) (squares unsweetened chocolate 1 cup strong coffee I tablespoons sugar Dash ef salt I cups milk Add chocolate to coffee in top of double boiler and place over a low flame, stirring until chocolate Is melted and blended. Add sugar to salt and boU 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Place over boiling water. wa-ter. Add milk gradually, stirring constantly. Heat then beat with rotary beater until frothy. CooL Pour ever cracked ice and top with whipped cream. Iced Coffolate. (Makes 1 quart) cup ground coffee cloves 1 4-incb stick of cinnamon Dash of salt 4 cope milk t squares unsweetened chocolate cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour 1 egg, well beaten Add coffee, spices and salt to milk and heat In double boiler until scalded. scald-ed. Strain and return to double boiler. Add chocolate and heat unto un-to It melts. Mix sugar and flour and add graduaBy to chocolate and cook and stir until thickened. Then cook S minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool slightly; pour over egg and blend. Chin. Pour over ice. Mint Ade. (Serves 6) tt cup white com syrup K cup water stalks fresh mint S tables pee ns lemon Juice 1 Ne. t eaa grapefruit Juice S cups gingerale Bof) corn syrup and water togeth-ei togeth-ei fot a minutes. Remove tips from mint and crush stalks Into the hot syrup. Add tips and let stand for 30 minutes. Strain. Add lemon Juice and grapefruit Juice. Chill thoroughly. Pour over ice in tan glasses and Just before serving add gingerale. Garnish with additional mint and whole strawberries, if desired. de-sired. Beleased kf Western Newspaper Union. Outdoor Sports Set UERE'S three piece sports 1 1 set that's ideal for your lift in the open. The youthful, brief-sleeved brief-sleeved dress buttons down the side and has bright contrasting color to edge the round neck and skirt bottom. Bra and shorts complete com-plete as clever an outfit as you'll sna. e e Pattern Ho. 1448 eomes In sizes 11, IS, a w ,m ..J ta el., la .1 .. w .1 aa .1 aain.U, mUftrtm anit hr lit w. WW w. ww-.a.w.i, w.aw.w it. aM m A pretty decorative effect may be achieved by slipping pressed leaves under the cellophane cover of the lamp shade. e Fold household linens over the clothesline with hems together. Prevents their tearing in the wind. To avoid cutting the material when removing buttons, slide comb under the button and cut the thread with a razor blade. a Have a place In the kitchen where you can sit down to do your work and use it CZAQKIE! 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You'll be the envy of all your friends. . a Y - J Pattern No, S94S Is designed lor sizes' S4, 86. SS, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48. Size 10. , cap sleeves, yards ol Si or 39-Inch. ..' B8WINO CIRCLBj PATTERN DEPT. 101 Hlisloa St Saa Francisco, Calif. Enclose as cents In coins (or each pattern desired. Pattern He .iii.imm i u glse . HamS t ii Mr ii In. i unniuT Address m i - i imr. mi. A light dessert Is best after t full, substantial evening meal. Keeps you from feeling groggy the remainder of the evening. . Cellophane from a lampshade) should be removed as soon as the shade Is put in use. Otherwise, heat from the bulb may shrink the cellophane and bend the frame of the shade. Make a paste of cornstarch and rub into the crease or mud snot on the rug. When paste is dry, brush, it out with swift, strong strokes. Grease and mud comes with it ANV TOP! SAYV 'A ' ft A t 4 f .1 Rising Dry Yeast keeps |