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Show nmans World Slake Slip-Covers for Summer To Add Fresh Color Scheme I j . rtta J4afeij rwEN though you may not spend b u nch 01 your lndoor, ' oo do outdoors, ifi smart to "j, fresh slipcover! lor dining 7 jiving room furniture Just to JJJ, the home a change of color md fceltag. t Slipcovers are expensive to buy 'md more frequently than not you aanot tod them In a color or patten, pat-ten, to suit your furnishings. If aaJ woman knew how really sim-le sim-le they are to make, I'm sure that Ivery home would have a set of coven to put on for the warm if tou are an Inexperienced seam- itres". better choose a plain fabric floral that does not need too much work when It comes to matching match-ing fee motif or having an up-md-down design. You'll have to measure carefully each Individual 'piece to make sure that you get enough iabric for covering. Here's how it's done: You'll need twice as much in -width as the chair measures, plus one-third extra for height, plus enough to go around each cushion. A dipper chair, for example, will take three yards of 50-inch fabric, 'an overstuffed chair, 4 yards, a large arm chair with reversible cushions, 6 yards; a loveseat will also take 6 yards, a large couch with reversible cushions, 9. Decide how much each piece requires and "add 14 yard extra where the design de-sign must be matched. It you want to save on fabric, you may decide that the bottom of the "cushions can be of a different, perhaps per-haps less expensive fabric. Or, the . bottom of the cushions can be paneled pan-eled from pieces of the same material ma-terial because they will not show. I HI Chairs and Conches As Boxes or Bodies Since no patterns are available 'for an the different sizes of chairs "and couches to be covered, you'll have to fit them yourself. That's easy, though, if you will just take a length of the material, pin it to the 'chair and make allowance for ;seami. When placing the fabric on tie chair, see that the grain of the iabric is straight this can be narked with a chalk and ruler be fore placing the fabric on the chair). Allowance for generous seams it important in making slipcovers. Jou will remember that these are nshed constantly, and are pulled vase. The seams should be made tang to withstand this. I After the fabric is cut, it should tasted, pressed and stitched. A IN idea is to cut and baste, then PKM and try on before doing the Mchine stitching. H there are any Pots that pull this matter can be wrrected before the cover is ma- etitched. I "total Room Chair .Easily Covered 1 atitch perfectly straight w slipcovers because that is the most important after fitting. . of course, will be easy If the hM been basted P0-. P0-. " a medium-long machine 1 tummer slipcovers. best results and chuck the tfieTJ? be sure 11 ls correct for Z !f6ric- AHow for ease around i kT"S the chair. dining room, the whole Job of one of covering only the . chalr. and perhaps the Select crisp, gay print . . . Summer Fashion Notes Jf otes art very smart when ; appear strictly tailored "lie to!-. you chance to wear Jbrt5S.prtot,lrM9e,'nd,olid- 1(tt--- wanx to look cool and col-aurtag col-aurtag the summer, avoid hst " summer, avoia 'erh.? ma"y frill", too much fierbre xney aeem ta. weigh and make it lose its , 'ei quickly. Smart Dinner Wear it n TTTI IIJII ,..lmtmmmwm ! ; "v r " 1 i i ? -V' "in '.;' : . ; . - ' f..' :'- ... " ' wiiJmiim Mti'i'i'i it i tiirii ' iTfirimr n fimm A smart version of the shirtwaist shirt-waist dinner dress, becoming to all ages, can be made in a few hours on your sewing machine. The blouse itself is a welcome addition ad-dition to the wardrobe because it can be worn the year 'round with skirts and suits. backs, if the chair is of that type. If the chair is odd-shaped make a cushion and cover for the seat, using us-ing two pieces of heavy fabric to fit the seat and placing a layer of cotton between these two and stitching around the edge. Cut a top and bottom for the pad out of the fabric you want for the color scheme, place in position, binding or cording it. Attach ties for this, and have these come around the two back legs to hold the cushion and cover in place. After you are certain the pleats fit as you want them, machine stitch. The final pressing is done while the pleats are pinned together togeth-er to make sure they will stav together to-gether properly. Use a damp press cloth and press only, moderately moder-ately hard. Remove the basting threads and then press again to remove any marks caused by these threads. Most slipcover materials do not ravel easily, and if the scams are cut with pinking shears, they will not have to be finished any further. If you want to use a binding or cording for trimming, baste this in place and then stitch so that it will not show too much. For simple summer slipcovers, this binding is not used often, although it is perfectly per-fectly proper if you desire it. Secret cf Pressing No garment can really look professional until it is carefully pressed. In sewing, for instance, it's a fundamental rule to press all seams after they are stitched, and definitely do so before one seam is attached to another. See that the board is well padded pad-ded with cotton, flannel or muslin. mus-lin. If there is any lumpiness in the board, it will show up on the garment when it is pressed. All pressing cloths should be free of sizing or dressing or lint, and should be washed frequently. frequent-ly. A heavy muslin is best for wool while light-weight muslin is regarded as best for- other material ma-terial v A sponge may be used for applying ap-plying water to seams for opening open-ing them. Place a press cloth over the material, sponge and press. Tailor's cushions should be used to press the rounded parts of the garment such as pockets pock-ets or seams that are curved These may be purchased or made at home from tv.o oval pieces of cloth, and filled with kapok or wadding. Before pressii.g any fabric, test a piece of the material to see how much heat the fabric will take and then adjust the iron accordingly. Shoes for summer still include the popular wedgie. See them in all colors to match the summer costume. cos-tume. . Notice the interesting effects achieved by the use of straw t summer hats and handbags. Cooli hats are very popular for beael; wear, but large brim, "picture hats are still very pretty for street and dress-up wear The Twerp Turns By WILLIAM J. MURDOCH McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Features. LUCIUS STEEMS stretched his frail spindly frame on the porch swing and sighed heavily. He was tired of being picked on. His wife, his employer oh, especially his employer! his fellow workers, bus drivers they all dished it out to him. Lucius knew why, too. He was a weak-kneed sissy and looked and acted it. He didn't even have enough gumption gump-tion to order his youngest, Johnny, John-ny, and that Rodney kid from down the street to take their argument elsewhere. They were around the side of the house, noisily squab-bi.ng. squab-bi.ng. ably abetted by their yelp- ing dogs Lucius wanted a little '. peace and quiet before returning to the office for the afternoon. Mr. Ralston had called him down in front of the whole office again that morning simply because he had posted the right sums in the wrong ledger. Mr. Ralston had a peculiar way of bawling out people. He smiled and uttered wisecracks but he wasn't kidding. "Steems, you funny-looking little twerp," Mr. Ralston said, banging bang-ing the ledger down on Lucius's desk. "I ought to make you eat this!" And after Mr. Ralston had j wisecracked Lucius into red-faced 1 humiliation, the big, bluff owner of Ralston's Pickle Works stalked j away and left his billing clerk to . writhe under the smirks and winks of the other employes. Slowly Lucius rocked the swing. i blinking his watery blue eyes. If he i were only half a man he sighed ; again, and dozed off. . . . "What a laugh!" The sharp words made Lucius's eyes pop open. It was that Rodney kid. "That funny-looking funny-looking little shrimp couldn't lick a flea!" "Say that again!" That was Johnny, John-ny, and the vigor with which the youngster snapped out the challenge chal-lenge made Lucius's heart bump. Could could it be that he had a champion after all? "You just say that again and I'll show you who can lick who!" "I said he's a funny-looking little shrimp and can't lick a ow!" The brawl was on, and Lucius ! peered over the swing in time to see Johnny pursuing the Rodney kid down the street, both bellowing at the top of their lungs. Lucius bounded to his feet. By George, this was just what he needed a champion, someone some-one to back him up! He'd had no idea little Johnny would take up so fiercely for him. That put .the old starch in the backbone, all right. Lucius felt like a new man a whole one. He paraded across the porch, jerked the screen door open i -ind snatched his old felt hat from ! the hook. "Doris!" he cried in a I sort of scratched roar. "Doris, I'll be home at five-thirty and I want ! supper on the table." He had read ; that in a book once, and it sounded ; swill. "Hear me? Five-thirty!" j Mrs. Steems thrust her head i around the living room doorway in 1 amazement. "Are you talking to " "To you." Lucius said, suddenly ' so angry that he trembeled. He had j to justify Johnny's faith. "I'm tired j of being treated like a hired man. i Five-thirty and don't forget it!" Lucius tingled with triumph. But ' what if he were still asleep in the ! swing? He pinched himself and it ' hurt and he was glad. His confl- dence swelled as he rode downtown, j,!Pd by the time he reached the of-: of-: fice he was nearly bursting with 1 tl3 new spirit he had found through I Johnny. ! He went directly to Mr. Ralston's ' office. "Mr. Ralston," he said politely but positively, "You've got to stop insulting me before the whole office. I make mistakes everyone ev-eryone here does. But I work hard, to, and not everyone here does that. If you don't like my work, get rid of me. But," and here Lucius shook his finger at ogle-eyed Mr. Ralston, "I won't take any more insults from anyone." He stood back, waiting for his employer em-ployer to say something and Lucius Lu-cius really didn't give two whoops what it was. But it was good. "Steems," Mr. Ralston said finally, final-ly, "it's about time you showed some spirit. I deserved that calling call-ing down and I'll raise you 25 bucks a month just to show you there's no hard feeling." "Yes, sir." Lucius went back to his desk. Bdt. before he sat down, he elaborated on his little speech to his fellow - workers. And no one talked back or even smirked. It was a wonderful day. the happiest hap-piest for Lucius in a long, long time. And he knew he owed it all to his Johnny. So perhaps it is just as well he never learned of the conversation con-versation betwen his wife and Johnny after he came home that afternoon. Never demonstrative in his affection, he simply patted the boy on the head, noted that supper was on the table and went upstairs to wash. "Johnny," Mrs. Steems whispered whis-pered anxiously, "Johnny, what's happened to your father all of a sudden? Do you know what's got into him?" "Huh? Dad? Shucks, he seems the same to me," Johnny said lightly. light-ly. "He's O. K.. isn't he? Say, Ma," he added indignantly, "you know what the Rodney kid said to me today? He said my dog was a funny-looking little shrimp that rouldn't lick a flea. Boy. did 1 paste him!" Kathleen Norris Says: Our Daily Bread Bell Syndicate. WNU rtaturu. Tim is hardly household in America hAom miatrt could not cut down ood waste.' By KATHLEEN NORRIS x TO WOMAN knows how lkl far she can cut down 1 the food waste in her house, until she tries," writes Mrs.. Elmer Hillgrass of Santa San-ta Barbara. "I've never thought of myself as wasteful, waste-ful, but I've always set a generous gen-erous table, as my mother did before me. "My family includes a good husband, a brother just back from four years' service, my mother and her ten-year-old son, and my own two babies. Milk, meat and grocery bills have run around $170 a month; that is, averaging $24 a month per person not high, considering the cost of everything nowadays. "However, when the call went out for food economy, I determined to see what I could do, took the whole family into my confidence, and set to work. Brother Chester approved, because In Europe he saw the bitter bit-ter need of food shipments to the starving; Elmer approved because our bills were worrying him a little and he saw this plan killing two birds with one stone, and Mother approved because she thinks we haven't character enough and hoped this would help. "Bread was one of our weak spots; do what I would,, we threw out what amounted to a loaf or two every week. Cut slices, cold toast, the end of a trench loaf all grew stale and sometimes mouldy, and when my Jar of crumbs was full there seemed nothing to do with It but throw it away. Saved It AIL "That I stopped. While conceding conced-ing to my family that fresh bread ls much more tempting than stale, I determined that no bread should ever be thrown out again. Housewives House-wives know a hundred uses for old bread, I employed them alL Odd bits, crisped in a little margarine, went into soups; old slices were freshened and put under asparagus, scrambled eggs, creamed things. "Once a week every last scrap was toasted, buttered, put into a tureen and covered with hot salted milk and that, with dessert, was our supper. Everyone liked it, and it was finished to the last ladleful and my bread box was washed, aired, and ready for fresh supplies. "Once the bread problem was conquered, the rest came easy. Every Ev-ery saucer of tomato sauce, every chicken or steak bone, every half-onion-, or spoonful of the babies' uneaten carrots or spinach went into the. soup pot Doughnuts, grapefruit, grape-fruit, chops weren't bought by the dozen any more, but on a strict ratio ra-tio of five, for my five adults. I say 'chops' but we rarely have chops; the proportion of bone weight and fat makes them a wasteful meat Pot-roasts, stews, ground beef, j lamb shoulders, all these are varied i by the cheaper foods, frankfurters, j tongues, pigs feet, beef short-ribs. I tripe, fish, curries of all sorts, j "These are my figures. In March i a year ago we used 70 loaves of bread, 80 pounds of meat and 17 i pounds of fish. In March this year we bought 41 pounds of meat, 1 44 loaves of bread and IS pounds of fish. The money saving is very noticeable. Our milk still stands at 4 quarts a day; eggs we get from our own chickens, about one dozen THE STAFF OF LIFE We have all been requested, in the strongest terms, to save all the bread we can. This is to conserve wheat so that there will be enough to ship to the starving peoples of Europe and Asia, wheat is the most satisfactory food to feed the hungry, so the emphasis is on this grain. Of course, we should avoid wasting any food at this time, for many other products besides wheat are scarce, especially meat and butter. One woman who successfully successful-ly did all this wrote of her experiences ex-periences to Miss Norris, who is passing it along to her readers. read-ers. It is a simple, cheerful story, of how a busy mother trimmed down the waste in her household, and yet served better meals than ever. She also was able to reduce food bills by about a third. Miss Norris commends this woman for her unselfish desire de-sire to help others. At the same time she was rewarded by a substantial montetary saving, sav-ing, no little item in these days of high living costs. Every family, says Miss Norris, could save a good deal of food, even if not as much as this woman did. It is every housewife's obligation to he as economical as she can in this time of crisis. a day. The family is deeply interested interest-ed in this experiment of food saving, sav-ing, and claims that It never has lived better. In fractions this means that we save about one-third in cost and bulk of food, and throw out almost nothing that is edible. I don't cut on my vegetable or fruit bill, and haven't calculated in here the help that homemade small breads give me. cornbread. muffins, and so on, because that ratio remains re-mains about the same. Remarkable Record. "But isn't a saving of one-third encouraging and illuminating?" concludes this cheerful and helpful letter. "Elmer and I say that no matter what the food situation gets to be In the future, we never want to waste again." Everyone, I suppose, cannot follow fol-low this brilliant example, and reduce re-duce food consumption so remarkably remark-ably and with such success. But there is hardly a household in America Amer-ica whose mistress could not cut down food waste in some such proportion pro-portion as that accomplished by Mrs. Hillgrass. Apart from the national na-tional food demand, and international internation-al food demand, there will be immediate im-mediate financial saving, and perhaps per-haps a lesson to the younger members mem-bers of the family that will stand them in good stead in their own homes some day. Scrimping and parsimony and squeezing pennies is ugly business, but to live more simply sim-ply and at the same time interest and satisfy the family: to serve not only our own government and help to end the suffering of the world those are objects worth any woman's wom-an's time and effort, those are as important today as was the actual winning of the war. Shells Become Bells Three hundred Korean churches whose bells were confiscated during the war have been equipped with ' substitute chimes made from Jap-: anese 240-mm. mortar shells origi-; nally earmarked by American military mili-tary authorities to be dumped into the sea. Church authorities acknowledge ac-knowledge as their benefactor Ma : Roy B. Southworth, ordnance of-fleer, of-fleer, who intercepted a carload of live shells earmarked for disposal, had them rendered harmless and presented them to the churches. ' Economical Milking Parlor for Farm Saving in Capital j And Labor Costs Economy, both In initial cost and labor, is the chief attribute of the pen-type dairy barn with attached milking parlor used by many dairy men. It it particularly advantageous advantage-ous when adding to the size of the herd. The cows are allowed to run loose in the barn and are milked and fed in an adjoining lean-to milking parlor. The total cost for materials of the lean-to shown in the sketch would be approximately $900, including a fire-resistant asphalt roll roofing and gypsum exterior walls. This will permit the farmer to qualify for producing Grade A milk. The six-stall parlor ls large enough for a 30-cow herd. It does increase the amount of bedding needed by nearly 50 per cent This results in a corresponding increase in manure value. One of the malun advantages of this type construction is that the herd may be added to without expense ex-pense of new stanchions. Farm Safety Week to Stop Accident Gains Making life on the farm safer for children and adults ls the basic aim of Farm Safety Week. President Truman, In proclaiming the week, July 21 to 27, suggested "that the r4 Proper confinement for the bull may save lives. farm people of the country observe the week by resolving to eliminate at least one hazard a day until their farms are as safe as they can pos sibly make them." Open wells, improperly fenced dangerous animals, ladders, dangerous danger-ous parts of machinery unprotect ed, cluttered barnyards, all take toll of thousands of farm children and adults annually. Grit and Shell Box An easy to build grit and shell box for the laying house may be made of box lumber but should be strong enough so that it can be nailed to the side of the house, six inches above the litter. Concrete Measuring Box for Measuring Concrete Materials. A box for measuring sand and ;ravel is shown in the illustration. For a 1:3:5 mixture the frame should measure inside 4 feet seven inches, 2 feet wide and 1 foot deep. On the Inside and 33 inches from one end, a partition is placed. Ants in Garden May Be Controlled by Pyrethrum Ants in lawns, fields and gardens can be controlled with a concentrated concentrat-ed pyrethrum product, according to W. A. Price, Kentucky experiment station. A preparation containing 2 per cent in a vegetable oil soap is recommended. The dosage should be applied at the rate of one table-spoonful table-spoonful to a gallon of water. A gallon is sufficient for a hill 12 inches in diameter and two inches high. SEWING CIRCLE juniors oCile a SHint, a5y-toAh)ear J4ome Lroch j J 5 f hL ' ' l Tf 8973 Junior Date Dress ITJST THE THING for romantic J summer evenings a cleverly styled junior date dress with the popular figure-paring midriff, full dirndl skirt, pert wing sleeves. Picture It in a colorful printed fabric accented with narrow whits ruffling at neck and sleeves, and for a change, unusual shaped buttons. Pattern No. (913 comes In sizes 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18. Size 12 requires yards ef 39 or 38-Inch fabric; Sis yards ma chine made nulling. Sit at work whenever you can. Tired backs and feet slow up work ana make you less emcient, Mucn ironing can be done sitting as well as standing. Sit while you part vegetables. Keep everything you need within easy reach and use your best tools for each task. To lengthen a bemless dress, get one-fourth-inch colored braid and sew in slightly overlapping rows to the narrow bottom seam. There ls more carotene in carrots car-rots that are in their prime than in young or old carrots. To remove a fishy smell from dishes, soak them in salt water before washing them. Yellowed piano keys can be cleaned with a cloth dipped in cologne water. Be careful not to touch the black keys. A lump of glossy starch rubbed over the grease spot on the wallpaper wall-paper will absorb the grease. Green peppers and celery sprinkled sprin-kled with tomato sauce and added to leftover meat make a good sandwich spread or filler between layers of biscuit dough. ' f' lull Vi liis II' - i lls " - Keeps for weeks on your pantry shelf . . . You can bake at a moment's notice If you bake at home you'll cheer wonderful New Fleischmann'a Fast Rising Dry Yeast. Easy-to-use . . . extra-fast, New Fleisch-mann's Fleisch-mann's Fast Rising stays fresh, potent for weeks on your pantry shelf ... lets yon turn out delicious bread quickly ... at any time. No more being "caught short" without yeast in the house ... no spoiled dough because yeast weakened before yon could use it. With New Fleischmann's Fast Rising you can start baking any time . . . finish baking in "jig-time." It's ready for action when you need it. Get Mew Fleischmann's Fast Rising Dry Yeast at your grocer'. PATTERNS titled IflfliJtifi Slenderizing Boose Dresi LOOK CRISP and cool at the breakfast table In this Jiffy-oa button front house frock that's so easy to cars tor. Bold ric rac trims the pretty sweetheart 'neck and ample pockets, the set in belt slims you nicely. You'll want several in different fabrics. Pattern No. S!8 Is for sizes 34, SS, 3S. 40, 42, 44, 46 nd 4S. Size 36, S'4 yards el 39 or 8a-lnchi h yards trimming. ..... Due to an unusually "large demand and-current and-current conditions, slightly mora time Is - i, required in Ailing orders for a few el the h " J most popular pattern numbers, ..? .-' Bend your order tot SEWINO CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. tOs Mtilloa IL, Ssa Friaclico, Cilli. Enclose IS cents la coins (or each pattern desired. Y Patten No. . 8ise . Warns i I i ii ii .in Address TtS, You can also get this cereal in Kcllogg's VARIETY 6 different cereals, 10 generous packages, in one handy carton I mm &msll |