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Show 4-H girls enjoy preparing for dress contest Lots of things in 4-H are fun. Girls participatiing in the dress revue program, for example, ex-ample, seem to enjoy every minute of it. They think it's fun to ( sew and exciting to get up before an audience and show off what they have made. However, even games have rules, so the young fashion models must abide by rules relating re-lating to their taking part in a dress revue. They learn to make the right choice of pattern, fabric and accessories. The garment also must be made according to the 4-H clothing construction construc-tion methods and the club leaaer s guidance. Equally 1m- . portant is the manner in which the clothes are worn. Judges of dress revues are often other 4-H Club girls who have been coached for the task. They are quick to evaluate eval-uate the wearer's general appearance ap-pearance and her abiUty to model with grace and poise. The experience also helps them to improve their own wardrobes. Last year 387,000 girls from 50 states participated in dress revues, reports the Cooperative Coopera-tive Extension Service. Extension clothing specialists, special-ists, county home demonstration demonstra-tion agents, club leaders and commercial styUsts pool their knowledge and efforts to help the girls reach their objective: to be an attractive young woman wo-man wearing weU-made clothes. Fifty-one girls wiU arrive in Chicago right after Thanksgiving Thanks-giving with their 4-H delegations delega-tions to the National 4-H Club Congress. They will be state winners of the all-expense trips provided by Simplicity. During the congress they will model their prize-winning ensembles en-sembles at the National 4-H Dress Revue attended by nearly 2,000 delegates and guests. Because of air conditioning more electricity is used in summer months than during ; winter. The orchid family has more than 6,000 know species. |