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Show SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Iound olieJl 2)tJJ faltering Simple Slyh for young QirL Kathleen Norris Says: Three Unmarried Sisters Bell Syndicate. WNU Feature!. I Woman's World Selection of Suitable Fabric Important in Tot's Garments i & Crtta JJJeu "Wt all liked Herald, and eould share Margery's disappointment when he tgcU from the South teas to break hit engagement.'' By KATHLEEN NORRIS T HAVE three very at- I tractive daughters, aged 1 29, 27 and 23," writes Mrs. Baker of Illinois. "Two are schoolteachers and one is head librarian of our public library. My only son was drafted five years ago, married mar-ried the following year, and while he lives in our small town and everything is friendly friend-ly enough, there is no especial espe-cial sympathy between his sisters and his wife. He has two little girls who stay with us overnight occasionally. Otherwise we have small contact with his family. "About three years ago, a young naval lieutenant paid marked attention at-tention to my middle daughter. Mar gery. Her sisters, Emilie and Barbara, Bar-bara, found this rather amusing, but all liked Harold, and could thus Margery's disappointment when he wrote from the south seas to break bis engagement I believe tbt hat recovered from this experi- i ence, but she has had no other ad-I ad-I mlrer, and Bobs and Em have never had a love affair. I am writing to isk you if you can explain why, and also if you have any suggestions J that will bring these lovely young , women into the ordinary current of courtship and marriage? J "They are all nice-looking, pleasant-mannered, dress well and hold good positions. They have many friends, if no especial Intimates. ; Their father was an Invalid until three years ago, when he died. Since then, ours has been a happy, busy household of women. We love our (arden, put up apples and peaches nd berries from our few trees ev-oyyear, ev-oyyear, love books, enjoy good radio ra-dio and record music, take a deep Interest in each others daily recital re-cital of events. We attend church, tod the girls have a hundred small activities of ironing, embroidering, bitting, cooking, trying to win Prizes tor contests of all sorts, writ-hl writ-hl poems for competitions and so a. Skeptical of Marriage. "That they have a somewhat eptical and humorous view of "wlage and motherhood is Mtural; they see their friends bur-Md bur-Md with domestic cares, nurser-H nurser-H husbands not always easy to !, and they remember the ex-Muoni ex-Muoni and difficulties of their ta-' ta-' Peculiar nature. Perhaps T ire unconsciously too exact- their demands upon men, but w men don't come near enough to be Judged as possible hus- Mnda, Marppnr imtaV KlfimaM rtAiao1 : toil her broken engagement, as she J Harold about the closeness of relationship among us all, reminded him frequently that " u marrying the whole family, '"ma, have seriously Impressed at a long distance from home, o was not too well ,e2W with his wife's people. taow- or 1 suspect, that wuld make all three girls happy "We one of them marry well man in the group might bring er possible husbands. As their ftt m 1 ,m comPletelJ content tiaJi ,mootbly-running, harmo-nousehold, harmo-nousehold, but sometimes I 3 myself of selfishness, and tflM T"6 1 tafled them. If I it dvlc to the adoring mother w?" her-1 m oto to a. .aer let well enoueh alone. m than her share of fell- f A - ,S v WepMAnee, comforts . . LEAVE THEM ALONE A widow with three ut married mar-ried daughters is concerned about them. She says they are attractive and well educated. Two are teachers and the other oth-er a librarian. They have a pleasant home in a small city. While they have many friends, they have few close ones. Since their father died, these girls have been interested in church affairs, books, music and household matters such as canning and sewing. They enter en-ter various magazine contests, especially in verse writing. Their ages are 23, 27 and 29. The middle one was engaged to a naval officer, but he broke the engagement while ir the Pacific area. All the girls take a somewhat "skeptical and humorous view of marriage," disliking its worries, risks and problems. They wert depressed de-pressed by the long period when they had to care for their invalid father. This mother thinks, however, how-ever, that if one of them should enter a happy marriage, the others would be pleased, and perhaps follow suit. She asks Miss Norris how she can help to interest some desirable men. Miss Norris replies, rather rath-er startlingly, that the best course for her would be to do nothing. Perhaps these girls are best fitted for the single life. A marriage among them might be a mistake, and would very possibly destroy the present pres-ent fairly happy situation. city now, a lovely home, no money worries, a son and grandchildren, and three satisfied, busy, useful daughters. Why go out of her way to bring in some element that, with these girls' peculiar upbringing may well upset the applecart once and tor all? Some Like Single Life. There are women who really like the Independence, freedom, comfort of single life. To be sure, there are not often three of this sort in one family, but here are three who, with their mother, have evidently built themselves a snug and com-placent com-placent pattern of life. They smile with superiority at the idea of a man's dominion over and influence upon, his wife, of the undeniable responsibilities re-sponsibilities and fatigues of home-keeping home-keeping and child-bearing. Ninety-nine Ninety-nine men out of a hundred would have no patience with them and their opinionated position, and the hundredth man would be of the spineless sort that would fulfil their dreariest expectations of matri-mony. matri-mony. If I were you, adoring mother, i would accept the idea of their bachelor-girl status, improve upon it with plans for a mountain or beach cabin, new collections and hobbies, pleasant ways of wearing hair or designing frocks that will express their own individualities. Let the idea of attracting men go; try instead in-stead to help the girls grow pleas-anter. pleas-anter. gentler, less assertive and smug. Their fate is probably singleness. But accepting that idea, and working work-ing from that angle, may well prove to be the bait that will draw them to truer and gentler ideals of womanhood, wom-anhood, and so find for each one of the three a wider happiness with- a real mate. New Bible Well Received. The Revised Standard version of the New Testament with a half a million copies sold since publication in February, has entered the bracket brack-et of the "best seller" field. Like all translations of the Bible the new version has been the center of con-troversy con-troversy based on popular conservatism. conserv-atism. One noted theologian, the late Dean William Ladd of Berkeley Divinity school, once told his class that "People want to read the Bible the way they have always read it" without any "tampering." iAXfHEN children are growing by '. vv leaps and bounds, it's sometimes some-times a difficult job to keep up their wardrobes. If the mother is handy with the needle, the youngster is lucky because he or she can always al-ways be kept in suitable toggery. ! Just consider the position of the average family. Dad's shirts can always be converted into boy's shirts for junior, pinafores or dresses and blouses can also be used for dresses, blouses and skirts tor the younger girls. When making clothing for the younger members, particularly in using old material, suitability should be carefully considered. Some plaids and prints used for mother's dresses or dad's shirts may be per-: per-: fectly stunning on the adult, but very poor for the young child. If there is enough fabric only for a skirt, make that out of plain or ; print, with little straps if there is enough material, and let the child wear a blouse of contrasting material. mate-rial. Classic Styles Popular For Girl's Dresses : Fortunately little girl's dresses vary little from year to year. You can buy several good basic patterns j and use them again and again, with just slight variations. If you are good at alteration, you might even I use these patterns for several .years, simply taking them in when you first get them, and then letting them out after a few months or years as the girl grows. I Jumpers with several changes of blouses are very much acceptable I for the girl under and slightly over 10. If you are using a heavy mate rial such as corduroy, be sure that the lines of the garment follow the rule of strict simplicity. Princess style dresses with buttons but-tons all the way down the front are ! very attractive on the immature flg-j flg-j ure. This type of dress may be made If you have some old shirts . . In any type of material and may also have a variety of trimmings. You'll want contrasting color tape on some, bric-a-brac on others and perhaps embroidery on still others if you have the time and are so inclined. Growing girls particularly need gored or full skirts, the basque type being very popular. It will particularly particu-larly please them if the garment has some grown-up feature like a plain colored bodice with a matching ; print In the skirt 1 If your youngster is old enough, i let her work out some of the deco-! deco-! rative details of the dress herself, i She may be interested in sewing a feather-stitch around a full skirt, for example; or perhaps, she has ; learned some interesting weaving or braiding at school with which she ! might like to trim the collar, pock-, pock-, ets or sleeves. Speaking of pockets, these are a i very handy feature in the young-1 young-1 ster's dress. Children Just adore i them, and they can easily carry decorative detail that will make the Use them for daughter's dress. iress unusually attractive and endearing en-dearing to the little girL If you are making a dress out of old things of your own or out of dad's shirts, and find that you are short of material, you might try a band along the hem, around the sleeves and neck in a contrasting color. This will not only add length to the dress, but is a very smart feature in youngster's clothing. If the girl is in the under 10 group and you are making skirts and Summer Fashion Notes Simplicity of line offers real beauty in summer styles; stress medium prints rather than too large designs. Bathing suits are here to cater to each taste. There are very brief ones for sun-tanning; there are others oth-ers that cover more of you if you want to be conservative. like the one-piece type, or the two-piece with bloomers, skirt and halter top. Sashed Slimness n A A sashed waistline slims this full skirted sun-dress. Slit pockets re set In at the rounded Upline and the low -square neckline Is held up by wide halter. The Jacket and top of the dress are made of red and "white coffee" striped balloon cloth. blouses for her, consider them as separate garments. When you finish fin-ish them, however, sew a tape around the waist of the skirt and place button holes all around It Then sew buttons on the blouse so that the two can be attached together. to-gether. In mis way you prevent the blouse from gaping from underneath under-neath the skirt, and this is. especially especial-ly important If the girl likes active play. Shirtwaist effects are popular In this age group and many tailored dresses can be concocted from shirts. If you have a blue or white shirt parts of this might be made Into the bodice and the sleeves while another shirt in a print might be used for the skirt Buttons are used extensively on children's garments because they are easy for the youngster to manipulate. manip-ulate. Furthermore, they are economical eco-nomical and add decoration even to the simple dress. Because of the many washings which children's garments must take, always select a sturdy material mate-rial that will not lose its color or firmness of weave. A chiffon dress may be available for remodeling remodel-ing and it might occur to you to make a youngster's dress out of It but neither the material nor its lack of wearability is suitable for the active girls under the age of 10. Ironing Tricks To iron sports dresses or blouses with an action back, use the small end of the ironing board. Iron the gathers toward the yoke then turn and face to the wide end of the board so you can iron down from the yoke to the waist When ironing seams, nose the iron under the seams (on the wrong side) to eliminate seam marks. When skirts are completely com-pletely ironed, turn to the right side and finish off such details as lapels, pockets, cuffs and hem. When gored skirts are cut on the bias, iron with the weave of the cloth, keeping them smooth and free of bulges at the seam. Iron gently, smoothing the fabric fab-ric as you go along, and do not pull. ' Pockets are important! Poorly ironed, they look like something that does not belong to the dress. Turn the garment to the wrong side, then to the right side and press carefully into place. Avoid a limp, bang-dog look in pockets. To iron zipper plackets, close the zipper first and iron close to the zipper with the nose of the iron. Smooth out wrinkles on the zipper tape, but never iron directly di-rectly on the zipper itself. Iron tucks slowly until abso-lutley abso-lutley dry. For vertical tucks, pull taut and iron lengthwise. On horizontal tucks, start at the top and Iron downward. Striped dresses are always cool and neat looking. Look for interesting inter-esting buttons to relieve the tailored look. Beach coats are popular, too, and a definite must for bathing activities, activi-ties, particularly if you change at home and want to walk to the beach. They're also protective when you don't want to expose yourself to too touch sun. I 1 I S I , -iK -. .'v.- t.- iinnsrtiTr T I ail, iYH ir m iThi-iT- i-:iisWr First Choice for a Picnic Fried Chicken (See Recipes Below) Eat Outdoors! The time has come to take the picnic baskets out to the shady glen or under the old oak tree In the back yard and let the outdoors spread its Inimitable Inimi-table seasoning to savory-cooked foods. Why not plan to eat out doors at least once a week this summer? Eating out doors WO! get Mother out of the sweltering kitchen tor at least two hours; It will give Dad time to contemplate the beauties of nature; and It win give youngsters a chance to catch up on out-of-doors secrets. Outdoor eating is spoiled if there's too much fuss connected with It so plan everything as simply as possible. pos-sible. The family will enjoy nib-ling nib-ling on a chicken leg with their fingers much more than trying to carve a piece of pot roast for every bite they take. "If they don't want to wrestle with salads, take along whole fruits like oranges and tomatoes, to-matoes, pears or grapes, or such things as carrot sticks and celery hearts and let them get their vitamins vita-mins that way. If It's pie or cake for dessert they like, bake and leave In its pan, as it's easy enough to place that In a box and slice as it's needed on the picnle. Here's an unusual way of preparing prepar-ing potato salad that's both flavorful and easy to make. If you are having hav-ing a light supper, you won't need extra meat: Hot Potato-Sausage Salad. (Serves C) 1 pound sansage links 6 medium-sized potatoes M cop minced onion cup vinegar S tablespoons water I teaspoons sugar W teaspoon salt Pare potatoes and cook. Drain and cut in tt-inch squares. Place sausage links in skillet and add a small amount of water. Cover and steam for 5 minutes. Drain off remaining re-maining water and cook sausage over low heat turning to brown evenly. Remove links from pan. Add onion to drippings and brown. Add vinegar, water, sugar and salt. Stir and cook about 10 minutes. Pour over potatoes. Top with sausage sau-sage links. Lynn Says: Sandwiches for Summer: Nut bread tastes mighty good when spread with orange marmalade, currant jelly and a grated rind of lemon mixed with cream cheese. Or mix chopped, cooked fruits with cream cheese and spread on date bread. Date paste or mixed dried fruits ground Into a paste and mixed with cottage cheese offer a taste treat on raisin brown bread. Cut peeled cucumber very fine, mix with mayonnaise and give it a dash of onion juice and spread on thin slices of white bread. You'll also like these combinations: combi-nations: cottage cheese with grated carrots, apple butter with raisins and chopped nuts: cream cheese with finely ground, hard-cooked egg and minced green pepper. Cottage cheese mixed with ripe olives or green stuffed olives gives an attractive color to pin-whe pin-whe I sandwiches. Sweet salad desserts are excellent excel-lent for strictly feminine luncheons lunch-eons Diced canned cling peaches plus assorted fruits, frozen in gelatin-thickened whipped cream, are tops. For enjoyable eating, include shiny black olives in your picnic lunches. To keep them shiny and to prevent shriveling, roll them in a few drops of olive oil or salad oil and wrap them In wax paper. Lynn Chambers' Means Outdoor Mena Fried Chicken Potato Salad Carrot Sticks Whole Rip Tomatoes Bran Bread and Butter Hot Milk Cake Beverage 'Recipe given Fried Chicken. Cut chicken Into serving pieces. Chicken may be dipped In seasoned flour, corn meal and flour, or cracker crumbs or flour. If heavier coating is desired, dip In I i egg. beatenlK, slightly, then in If Ami awhatlnt f Ti uuw vvauus), wss heavy skillet and have S to 4 Inches of fat in It Fry chicken on both sides until golden brown. When browned, turn fire down very low and allow chicken to cook until ten derfrom 30 to 60 minutes depend ing upon size of the pieces and ago of chicken. Or, If desired, finish cooking In moderate (350) oven. If you prefer your chicken in a loaf, bake it and when ready to serve your picnic lunch, slice it from the loaf tor sandwiches, or serve with tossed salad: Chicken Loaf. (Serves te 10) 4 U I pound chicken, cut In pieces I small carrot 1 small onion t stalks celery 1 clove - S peppercorns 1 teaspoon salt t caps bread crumbs 1 cup cooked rice IK teaspoons salt I tablespoons chopped plmlente Vcupi chicken broth, milk or both mixed 8 eggs, beaten Place chicken In large kettle and add carrot onion, cloves, pepper corns and salt Cover with cold water and sim mer until tender, about I hours. Strain chicken stock and let cblcken cool. Combine diced chicken with remaining ingredients. Add more seasoning If desired. Place In a deep loaf pan and bake in a moderate (350-degree) oven for one hour or until firm. A good salad to take In a well-chilled well-chilled bowl to the picnic grounds is this one that Is light but chewy and rich in vitamins: Tenle Salad. (Serves (.) I cups cabbage, sliced fine 1 cup grated carrot 1 cop chopped tart apple M cop chopped green pepper 1 small onion, minced Moisten all Ingredients with a little lit-tle salad dressing. Salt If desired, and serve cold. A delicate yellow cake that is made in a square pan is another easily transported item. Ice this with a little orange powdered sugar icing or a chocolate frosting: Hot MUk Cake. I egg whites, beaten stilt t egg yolks, beaten light 1 cup sngar 1 cap floor 1 teaspoon baking powder M cop hot milk 1 tablespoon butter, melted Add yolks to egg whites, then blend sugar in slowly. Fold in flour which has been sifted with baking powder, then lastly add the butter. Bake in a square pan in a moderate oven for 25 to 30 minutes. When cool, ice with: Chocolate Frosting, t squares chocolate 1 tablespoon butter H cop rich milk Powdered sugar Melt chocolate with milk and but ter. Add enough powdered sugar until frosting is of a spreading consistency. con-sistency. Flavor with vanilla. This will yep soft and smooth. Bieawd by Western Newspaper Vnloa. I I ii 1527 sVMsVkVHslHsl Flattering Frock AS PRETTY a summer frock ia you'll see is this flattering yoke charmer that make tip ao nicely in contrasting fabrics. Wide extended shouldera accent a tiny waist, darts insure a neat fit. Try it In a heavenly pink stripe with a plain fabric or white eyelet for yoke and sleeves, and trim with oversize ric rac. e Pattern No. 1527 comes In sites It, 14, 16. 18. SO: 40 and 42. Blze 14 requires Xtt yards ot fabclo in SS or 39-lnch lor lower part ot drew; H yard tot contrasting yoae ana unto, When game is on the menu, avoid handling before cooking by flouring this way: Put a small amount of Sour in a paper sack, pour in the pieces of meat and shake the bag until each piece is well coated with flour. e To soften putty for removal from window panes, draw a hot soldering solder-ing iron over the material, being careful to keep the heat away from the glass. Most putty, however, when it needs to be replaced, can be removed with a small screwdriver. screw-driver. e Ii you're planning to paint your house this summer and intend to do the work yourself, remember it is smart to let the first coat dry ten days before applying the second. sec-ond. e If yon prefer to close up the shelves where your canned goods are stored, try .this trick. Fasten worn out window shades, still on rollers, to the top shelves and pull down to desired length. Record the guests who have dined at your table by having them autograph the tablecloth. Then, before the next dinner, you can embroider each signature in outline stitch. LETS YOU TURN , KJ Quick acting... easy on SijBnwiilUUUUeh' eflans tnV 1 &X Tt -fSS 8021 0-14 yn. $lmple, Cool, Comfortable HERE'S A wonderfully simple dress to make for that young daughter of yours. Brief cap sleeves are cool and comfortable, and she's sure to like the full skirt and narrow belt that ties in back. Why not make it sow to have ready when the first day of school rolls around. Pattern No. 8021 Is for sizes S, S, 10, It. , and 14 years. Size t requires I yards of 94 or JS-lncb fabric: 3 la yards rio rae. 8EWINO CinCtB PATTERN DEPT. lot lllssloa St, Saa rraadsce, CautV Enclose IS cents Us eolnt tor each pattern desired. Fatten No. i i Sirs Warns in i.iiniiMiiiiiui'i io j- in. Address l-EEUr In building a casement window in the kitchen remember , that it should open out, not in. And the base should be at least a foot above the sink. "One meat ball" will go Just bit farther if you will only remember remem-ber to add little cooked macaroni maca-roni to the meat mixture when serving with tomato sauce. The oyster shell is good for something. some-thing. Put it in the bottom of the tea kettle and it will prevent formation for-mation of hard-water scale, A basket equipped with such items as soap, polishes, short-handled brushes, sponge, clean and lintless dustcloths, and the like Witt save time in cleaning as you go from room to room. 6 FLAVCRS-AT GROCERS OUT BREAD of a moments notice sv .iff h 5 w i to use-keeps for weeks your pantry shelf IF YOU BAKE AT HOME-you can make all the delicious bread you want to, any timt you want to with wonderful New Fleiachmann's Fast Rising Dry Yeast. No more being "caught short" with no yeast is the house ... no spoiled batch because yeast weakened. New Fleischmann's Fast Rising keeps fresh on your pantry shelf for weeks. Keep a supply handy. At your grocer's. ' 'I ! i I I : I . ' |