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Show Women's World Kathleen Norris Says: Old Cotlon Bathrobes Easily Made inlo Pajamas for Kiddies Old Age May Mean Freedom M radical. WNU NEEDLEWORK PATTER) Ftaturaa. HOUSEHOLD Wits OSiiiiZfafi rtta Jiafi'tj CINCE inexpensive cotton printa are still scarce, you are prub-abl- y looking around fur ways and means to convert what cottons you have into wearable clothing. Theres nothing that takes up quite so much material and remains in service so short a time as pajamas for the young fry of the family. One of the common lights around most households I know are those wornout cotton robes which you may just now be taking out with your summer clothing. Prnt on the fabric has worn w luded to such an extent as rr,ake H look even more worn than usual, it would even be worth dyeing into a solid color. Follow your directions on the package of dye to get the best results. After the robe has been cleaned or dyed, and pressed flat, lit the pajama pattern to it. You may have to do some smart lilting to make It come out, but there is bound to be enough materia for the project e or Pajamas may be depending upon the preference. The type with the slip-otop will save a lot of work because there need be no buttonholes. There are no fitting problems in making pajamas because the only requirement la that they be loose and comfortable enough for sleeping. If you are making pajamas for a tot, be sure to choose one with a drop seat. HS . r :vd i rur By icc ecu stake wmlm ntetuary two-piec- QUIET 11.4PPISESS that doesnt discover the truth of it, along the road of die fifties and sixties. are acutely young men. So are old women and old ones men, and middle-age- d of both sexes. Its an unhappy world. Too many little things can go trail. Our lives are too complicated. Nothing is perfect The new tab? arrives yelling himself purple h the lace. Hit mother haa a few neks of complacency, albeit It is a leartd and nervous tort of pride, feta croup and measles threaten, hat the dear yet exhausting reipon-nhili- tj of him weara her down. She hot u pretty aa the was. No more lioets, no more flirting. Didiet and atttn give place to bad marks on Ut school cards and scarlet fever ttd loti rubbers. Then come girls ad alght dubs and the car out sights. The bliss of a radiantly happy aoon clouds over. Wed-fla- p cause more mental agonies dan almost any other farm of d pthering. Feelings are hurt Ormet are disappointing. Honey-Booare altogether too strange ad brief to be much fun. Housekeeping has its phases of lnexperi-axe- d old troublesome cooking, friends, family criticism. Only one thing Is and that's not worse, unying, not having a house and kaband and babies to worry about TJfe a Delusion. Nhj not face it? Life Is a de beta at all ages. We have a light hr the bright apots and pray for the nraity of spirit that rises above hi Fricks and disappointments and antes us Into a really happy old so-d- W. fee, here we are back at old age, d I believe It can be the hap-1 dont mean re-o-r patiently enduring, or 1odden and aalntly and I mean that with good something to do, and confl-hae- e in God's strange and per-hiways, the 50s can be hap-jhan the 40s, and the 80s better cither. Further than that I am Jd gialifled to go at present, but Ihe years to come. la real health, de-o- n Jr in age a body, I"11 hi eating, drinking, s. Something to do Is essential to good old age. are one million neglected Jobs for old women, and a lot women are Idly stagnat-vJttl-e warm parlors, playing Jr""1 bridge, eating too much, "J, Jeering from headaches, "jbluea. These are the old 'bave given old age a bad think it Is simply dread. long-afchi- g. g fr amuse-fatigue- 2t-The- of age. Its from the long years to do things she didnt V todo, its right to do the things want to do. escape the these narrow little cotton- old ladies. In the 60s y give up boring dinners; mtrnal obligations s n nBhts can be pref-- r MsT W food reading and filled with frree-reli- ef r deep. HcIP with Chares. itoiiorkT WeU-- 1 hsuLf? vrjr wthera who Mott people dread the coming of old age. Women especially hate to think of the later years. But, at Mitt Morris points out, the yean after sixty may be peaceful and happy. With reasonable security and fair health, it is possible for a woman to enjoy life more than the ever did. There is at last an opportunity for reading, ami for any hobbies that the may want to follow. The chance to study the tron-der- s of nature hat now come. Most important, says Miss Morris, is for the cider woman to have a real puriose. She mutt feel useful. Some tort of work, such as helping her daughter or daughter-in-lawith the housework or the babies, or some charity or social service anything really worthwhile will give the elderly woman a sente of real importance. There are even some opportunities to earn a employgood bit at part-tim- e ment, such as clerking in a little store," The freetlom of old age is a great compensation fur the bos of pleasure that belong to youth and middle age. The realisation comes that a lot of the scurrying around doesn't matter, that a lot of the social obligations are just a nuisance, and can well be forgotten. Obi age ran be happier, all things considered, than any other time of life. h I had the tired talk to me of eulty of trying to get some- - Ing on to keep going during the g Use Routine in Sewing. Pajamas are very easy to make, especially if you use the following method in cutting and sorting. As you cut, sort out those that require sewing and pin the pieces togclher. Then you need nut go scrambling through the lot of them when you start sewing. In making the pants, be sure to allow a generous cut. The legs should be comfortably wide without being Time-Savin- ; ' winter. Youre rhil lime green crepe with kandslHchlng around the high neck, down the fly front and on the high pockets is worn by Donas Herd, now appearing la They Were Expendable." to make sure the lengthwise thread lucky especially If you have your own vegetable garden because then you can gather the vegetables and cook them immediately, without undue loss of precious vitamins and minerals. Take a tip from the Chinese when Use only a you cook vegetables. mall amount of water when cooking, and don't overcook. You'll aave color, flavor, and nutritious quail' ties. of the sleeve is exactly In Una with the top of the pajama, not with the forward shoulder line. Baste on the seam allowance and then try on for fit. Move the arms shout, up and down, in front, etc., to make sure there is no undue train. Stitch on the basting thread to serve them something when you are sure They fit. Or, stitch doesn't need sales talk. y0U need Don't forget (hat you should h.v. two or three good sired servings nf Buttonholes, if you make this type these yellow end green vegetables of pajama are easily made with the to maintain good health. It's better machine attachment Select your gtill if you serve them fresh, first and try out button- - caulie they lre th (hrr tssly hole on a piece of material so that best, and there's been no loss of jrou can get ft the right size, and ed- - valuable nutrients In rooking. Just the stitching on the buttonhole ' , , real,5r deliC,0l,, p,ant maker according to the material. ' ' ,h 'T Use matching colored thread for the ferred In vegetable cookery. beat appearance. nn oven dinner when you prepare it this way: Baked Crumbed Eggplant. (Srrvea 6) 1!4 pound eggplant How carefully do you select 4 tableapoaaa Ilnur your clothes colors? Are yuu lit leaapeana aalt wayed by the most popular colK teaapoaa pepper or do ors, 1 you honestly select rag and use only those that look beat 5 tablespoons water on you? Here's a guide to help. H cap fine bread or rraehrr The color of the eyes ia more crumba H cup water important than hair color in K cup drlpplnga selecting juat the right shade. Those colors which are closest Cut eggplant into Vfc Inch slices. to your eye color will make Peel, if desired. Dredge with flour them appear most attractive. mixed with salt Since you wear your coat the and pepper. Dip most, select one with a good in slightly beaten baaic color and build your wardegg (which haa robe around that. A basic color been mixed with like black, brown, navy or dark 2 tablespoons wagreen ia beat. ter), and then In When you want to appear socrumba. Place in phisticated, combine black with cusierole in overlapping slici-s- . Add the following color: red, kelly cup water and bake In a modgreen, chartreuse or orange. oven for erately slow When you want to be soft and 1 hour. Before serving, pour meltfeminine, utc these colors with ed drippings over eggplant black; pink, yellow, turquoise Scalloped Zucchini Squash. and lavender. (Serves ) Some people look their best In 1'4 pound zucchini squash brown than dark rather black, '4 teaspoon sail especially teen-ag- e girls. This 4 tablespoons butter or substitute brown Is most flattering when 2 tablespoons flour combined with the following col1'4 cups milk ors: pale blue, turquoise, pink, 1 teaspoon minced onion and chartreuse, yellow orange 'i cup grated chrese green. i cap soft bread crumb There are loads of colors that look well with dark green, that give pleasing variations to the Lynn Says: wardrobe. Try some of these: yellow, luggage tan, orange, Eat Vegetable? Twn Why chartreuse, pink or pale green. servings of leafy and green The texture of the fabric ia v cgetabiei plus one or more very Important in the color you be Red choose. crvings of potatoes are crepe might ' in the diet because they very attractive but the same rontributr vitamin, minerals shade in satin would be ton end roughage to the d'et. Select color ai:d For vitamins A, B1 (thiamin), texture at the same time for i;2 or G (riboflavin) and C (asbeat effect. corbic acid) and the minerals calcium, phosphorous and iron, vegetables are good sources. For vitamin A. calcium, phosphorous and iron, eat kale, spin-v! eJUn 1 ' do an one to sit with the hours ironing, clean out the vegeta- ble cooler, sit and d M am fr up that mending basket. Scores of elderly women will aclur.lly go to see a beloved daughter or ni- ce and lament with her over the lack of Intelligent household help. They will it In the young mother's parlor, looking about aadly; no one to help you with dusting dear. They will over the heaped washing, all the while Interrupting the household routine and adding cigarette stubs to the trays. Nancy can't get anyone," they complain, themselves perfectly fit- ted to atep Into that little household three times a week and go straight for the dish towel or the clean rillnw Ups. Three times a week to Nancy, three timea a week to George's wife, quiet, unquestioning, cheerfully what a blessing these Idle, hands could be! A blessing not only to Nancy. It ! a blessing to oneself to be busy, an idle useful, beloved. It Sunday a treat It warms one's heart with the disproportionate gratitude of the younper crowd. It makes the days fly and all thoughts of age fly with them. While we can make ourselves necessary to those we love, we i are never old. Wearing what yuu ke. reading, eating, seeing the plays or con'd pictures you like. What more youth offer you? Youth, with its vagaries, doubts, fears, ignorances, offers you heartaches, chances, much lesi. If helplessness, illness, incnpabil new ity come upon you, you need new philosophy, new faith. But until they do and they may don't cheat your- never come! elf out of the deep happiness and security of old age. you hare a rollon bathrobe . . . baggy, and the crotch must be long enough. Avoid making the pajamas too long, as th y will only get wround around the legs and make for un- -' comfortable sleeping. The sewing construction in the pa-- ; Jamas is very simple. Most edges can be finish' d with the pinking shears, and the seams are plain, j iewjng (he legs together, the t type of seam to use Is the flat fpj ber;t mu it is sturdy and lies fiat, p0 moke this, stitch first on the seam ine froIJ1 ue right side. Trim away of an OTe rdl,e t0 within inch of the stitching. Turn the other edge tint over this, turn In the raw edge and stitch the seam from the right side. The instructions given here apply to any type of sleeve, but particularly to the pajama sleeve, which must be filti d well to offer the greatest comfort. First place the sleeves hi position, making sure the notches on the sleeve and the armhole come together at exactly the same point, (,r-s- - time of life. dependence nne-pfe- n T! Young women unhappy. So are n are unw old.' one-piec- KATHLEEN NORRIS is no more to be unhappy as an woman than as a This sounds ridicuone. joung lous, but it is a poor heart . to thou ac love, Midriff Sports Set for Tots Pineapple Motifs to Crochet one-eigh- th ut : j Adjust the fullness at the top by making small runr.ing stitches which can be pull d to make a gather for fitting the sleeve in the armhole. all the fuilriess between the . In other words, none of the gathering should fall anywhere Ccpt at the top nf the sleeve none the arms, pin the sleeve in place. When pinned, hnld the sleeve in your hands Ad-lu- luti-hi-s- ur.-lc- r : Mittens from Scraps 1.000 innw suits and RIO capes made for European reinf by (iff the free lints are jrouthfiil apthe Kalamazoo. Mich., chapter ot If models. sailor are as 6Cwa the American Red Cross pearirg. s of mittens. you prefer, however, the garden companied by a pa-as ty variety, can be just as chic to Mrs. Fred W. Seilers. Sh mnicrciul iny other. ia an employee of the Poxy Jackets are favored fnr firm that cut out the entire q:i"n You can wear of several hundred snow suits. Tice lummcrtimc wear. over sport dresses, trimmings provided material s.zes. i box Jacket ifternoon dresses a: d even evening 1,800 pairs of mittens in three Sellers owns. Choi sc white or one of the Mrs. tweed. warm of made and loft pastel shades. extension pattern used her knowledge In designing the mittens , b-- r I J'' , Color Selection -- Vfc Each of c- I i nec-f.sar- y harsh-lookin- I , Halter necklines with wiuc straps at the back are p'pular, as are wuh a deep, sports top. Sviiibuck dcsrrt which come and iun (lyie agni). go have Many of these have 'he straps dune in a pinofi-reffect at the bark to permit plenty of vitamin D rays from the sun to cover back and houldera. greens and carrots. For vitamin C, get plenty of M e following: chicory, escarole, diindelion greens, lettuce, rowatercress. ll aine, cabbage, i arrots, celery, parsley, peppers, radishes, scallions, tomatoes and lurrips. Eat green leafy vegetables raw I!, saliid form, whenever possible. aa vitamin C ia easily destroyed by rooking. Pineapple Doiliee NE of the most popular of e is the crocheted pine apple motif shown on the doilies illustrated above. At top, the flow er petal center makes it an unusually effective lacy piece. The completed doily measures 10 inches in diameter. The doily et girls of three, four and bottom woe copied from an old LITTLE like to b cool when doily. A must" for every j theyre frisking around on hot collector of pineapple doilies. Wash Uis squash and slice It summer days. Here's a gay bare crosswise Into to inch pieces. Cover ' midriff play set to do the trirk. Ta ntitsln complete crocheting dlroe with one cup boiling water to which j Tlta buttoned topper has a pretty ttnns fur the Lary Pineapple Dolly (Pattern No. SIX!) and the Illlnoli Dully (Patto teaspoon salt has been added. square neck and crisp wing tern No UO), ornd M cento In coin lor your nama, addrcoa and Cook for 15 minutrs. Make a aauce sleeves. Make it in seersucker, each pattern, number. of S tablespoons butter, tbs flour. flowered percnles, plain chum-mil-k pattern Due ta an unusually Isrgs demand ond current enmtliums, elielilly mura time in or water, stirring while It brays, checked ginghams, required In filling orders tor a tew et the thickens. Hace half the cooked I must popular pattern numbers. j ! quash in casserole, sprinkle with I To obtain complete cutting pattern, some of the onion, half of tbs Iflniithina Uistriw lions for ttw Miduit Play (Pattern No. Mil), sires 1. 4. 1 years cheese and half the sauce. Add the .Suit included, send SO cents In coin, your Inremaining squash and other gredients in same order. Top with bread crumb to which 2 tablespoons of butler have been added nd bake In a moderate oven fnr 10 mlnuteo. ! California Beets. ) (Serve A General Quiz cups sliced rate brrle I'i 1 cep eraoge juice 1. 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Iftif I T J XSERVEST to your to the lowly potato tor InThe Answers spiration when you are having a pot roast on one of your lucky days. 1. George Washingtons. Molate Fnnrakea. 2. The electric eel hoa used a (Make 12) process similar to radar ia locatZ cup grated or ground raw food. ing Complete Rehabilitation Center for potatoes all typaa of sirknaoi except Mantel 3. Speaking In an undertone. 2 eggs, well beaten and Contagious. 4. Blue. 1 teaapoaa onloe juice cloak-lik- e 5. An Arab ( garWrits erfbeueerFru Beeilet I to teaspoons salt ment and hood woven In one piece) to teaspoon pepper THE PTOTT SANITJUmiM & CUNIC 6. At birth. . SS lake City, IM 111 Snt IM Sort Plare grated or ground potatoea In 7. Julius Caesar. PSoas a lieve and let drip until almost 8. Frigate. dry. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls Into skillet which haa been greased and cook over a low flame until brown oa one aide, then turn and brown th other aide. There are some very good waya of preparing green beans so as to The Baking make them palate teasera. YouD enjoy using these two waya: Green or Knap Beans. BALANCED Double Action (Kervea 4 to 8) 1 pound green or wax beans Gabber Girl Is today's baking pow I to 4 strip baron, diced . . lha natural choice for lha dar to teaupoon salt to teaspoon pepper modem recipe. Us balanced double t largo outer letluec leaves action guarantses utt lha right action fa teaspoon nutmeg In Hie mixing bowl, plot that Anal rise Wash and drain the beans. Cut Into narrow atrip. Fry baeon In (o Bghl end fluffy flavor h lha eve heavy skillet until crisp and add green bears and seasonings. Place lettuce leaves over the top, tucking them in at the side to keep In the steam. Cook over a low llama until beam are Just barely done. Discard lettuce, add nutmeg and serve hot. These bem.s may alsn be cooked with small new potatoes. Sugar and vinegar may be used for seasoning in place of nutmeg. good way to preLooking for pare wilted lettuce? Here it la: Wilted Lettuce. ) (Serve 1 largo bead of lettuce, chilled I table poos minced onloe I alire bacon, diced M cup vinegar to teaspoon null 1 d egg, sliced of lettuce end head Separate IIUISES STIFF JOINTS MUSIDUI ACHES All FAINS break into eating piece. Dace in with onion. bowl salad a Urge Fry baron slowly until crisp, and transvinfer crisp bits to lettuce. Add egar and salt to bacon fat; bring to Pour over lettuce, toss a boil. lightly and servo gamlshod with egg RiteisrS ky Wsalora Krwipaptr Union. Look .. FOR BETTER BAKING Powdar with lha Th, Savinqs, fitmdL! no nm u i c kk iinmTK&Mmt hard-cooke- STIFF JOINTS and BRUISES (feu NEED ii S LINIMENT pei |