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Show Woman's World Choose Nightgowns and Robes Willi Eye to Harmonious Color 'V. .40 tb j TA1 ! women, no matter how 1 carefully they choose their daytime dresses, choose their own personal lingerie haphazardly. They will have an assortment of gowns or pajamas that look like they came from a table ot broken colors and sizes, and" their robes or lounging apparel have no color or fabric harmony har-mony with the other garments. Fastidious women, on the other hand, choose 'Heir personal lingerie with as much rare as they do their dresses. They bear in mind the color col-or of their gowns when they choose robes, and they try to have some color harmony in their choice of lingerie. The latter urogram does not cost any more than a haphazard one, but it does give you a chance to feel well dressed, and you can never be accused of looking dowdy around the house. Since slips, gowns and robes are still in the luxury class as far as consumer goods are concerned, and because sizes are still a problem with limited selection, it might be a good idea to make your own. You probably have old formals which would make up into attractive negligees, neg-ligees, and it's an easy matter to select a matching or harmonizing fabric to make up into a gown. Try to plan at least one good looking set for reasons of your own personal morale for Sunday mornings morn-ings or for the morning that you lounge around the house. You and your family will appreciate the change immensely. Slip Problems Solved By Home Sewing You've never thought of making your own slips? Well, neither did a lot of other women until they found themselves overcome with shortages short-ages that simply would not take care of their size and fabric requirements. require-ments. Now they wouldn't think of buying the finished garment until Select gowns and robes . . they can be well fitted and be assured as-sured well constructed garments within their budgets. Good needlework makes luxury underwear even if the pattern used Is simple. And need I say that well sewed garments will launder perfectly per-fectly a countless number f times and still look as though they came out new and unworn? You may select sheer cotton or some of the lovely rayons for your slips. Select and fit the pattern of the slip as carefully as you would sew a dress. A little attention to this will repay you well in wear-ability. wear-ability. There need never be any seam slippage in slips you make at home. Allow sufficient material to make a good seam, buy fabrics that are tested for strength and durability, and cover seams to prevent raveling. ravel-ing. Use a flat fell or French seam which allows no loose edges outside the garment, and the seam slippage slip-page problem Is easily solved. These slips will outwear most others. Tips on Selecting Gowns For Matching Robes Let's assume that you have an old formal which you are planning to make Into a robe. What should the gown be like to harmonize with To contrast or match each other. the robe? If the robe is of a solid color, the gown to go with this should be in a contrasting but attractive at-tractive color. If the robe is to be a print, select one of the colors in Fashion Gowns show body sculpturing, very definitely, and the bustle treatment treat-ment is still a favorite. Lace, cobwebby woolens and silk tissue are some of the luxury fabrics fab-rics which are coming into fash-Son fash-Son for the spring and summer. They are really exquisite, and the drosses are designed to show off the fsbric at its best. Lacy Sleeves y. fj i -, .!rffluP- Fashion showings in New York recently re-cently brought out something new in sleeves. This picturesque note for spring has the "Lady Windermere" Winder-mere" Influence. the print to go with the gown. If you are making pajamas to contrast with the robe, use the above plan, or if you wish to make the whole set look as though it really belonged together, do this: Choose a good sturdy material for the pajamas in a shade to contrast with the robe, then pipe the sleeves and the opening in the front with some of the same material used in the robe. Gowns and pajamas are best made in the light or pastel colors, and should be well constructed to permit easy launderability. Eemem-ber. Eemem-ber. too, that these are practical garments above all other considerations, considera-tions, and should be made loose enough to be comfortable for sleeping. sleep-ing. Too many fancy gadgets on them prevent comfortable sleeping, and also increase the fussing that must go into their laundering. If you are making contrasting colored col-ored bindings on them you will do well to baste before you actually do the permanent stitching, as there should be no slip-ups which will cause fraying later. Lace and ruffles are best applied by hand with small, careful stitches. Hide the stitching if you really want the garment professionally turned out. If you are making a quilted robe, it's possible to buy material already quilted. This is then simply cut out according to a pattern and put together to-gether as instructed. The thing to remember here is to iave the garment gar-ment sewed carefully, adjusting the stitching to take care of the heavier material You may make your own quilting, if desired, with a special attachment attach-ment on your machine. Material to put in between the lining and outside out-side covering is now generally available. Simpler robes for warmer weather weath-er may be made of light sheer cottons cot-tons such as dotted swiss, organdie and lawn. Allow plenty of room for seams, look for permanent-finish materials, and you will have several sev-eral years of good wear from these clothes. Choose Your Style No matter whether you are choosing daytime or evening clothes, hide your weak points by following these clothes tips given by fashion-wise experts: For narrow or sloping shoulders, shoul-ders, select well padded shoulder shoul-der treatments that give you broadness. The square, padded shoulder line is best. For broad shoulders, do everything every-thing to cut the broad shoulder line and concentrate on raglan or dolman sleeves. Use little padding. pad-ding. Flat chested figures require soft treatment about the neck and bust. The ruffles and soft lace effects are for these girls, and they can be very charming. For Ml busted figures use vertical ver-tical lines and the "V" neck treatment. Contrasting colors from shoulder to waist are very effective also. Small waistlines may wear high treatments in dresses. Pep-lums Pep-lums and broad, bright colored belts also are recommended. For thin or heavy arms, wear soft treatment sleeves. Avoid particularly the too-tight sleeves. Forecast Berthas, scarves and sashes are in the news again as more fabric is available for designers 10 pUy with. The new sleeves you have on your clothes may be of infinite variety. You may push them up or blouse them, or you may make them hark back to history by putting billowv ruffles and lace on them. GALLANT PEDRO By Robert Abel WNU Features. THE military courtyard was as quiet as only a cemetery can be; and the firing squad at parade rest were as motionless as tombstones. Pedro Gomez and I stared at each other. I couldn't help but admire that splendid body of Pedro's; so vibrant, so at ease. I noticed the arrogant tilt of his handsome head; the half smile on his lips. I remembered the first time I had met him. Four years ago I had; trailed a killer to a little saloon in Caliente. As I stepped from the blazing blaz-ing glare of the torrid sun into the semi-dark saloon, I was temporarily blinded. I could not see a thing; but not so the killer. But the movement was never completed for the long black whip coiled around his arm like a boa and yanked him off his feet. I had him trussed in an eye-wink. I turned to my rescuer, a tall, handsome laughing caballero. "Captain," he said, "I am Pedro : Gomez." He said it as though Pedro Gomez meant a name to be reckoned with. It was. He was the j chief lieutenant of that rebel lead- i er Pancho Villa. His fame or j infamy was only second to his j chiefs. I I thanked Pedro for saving my j life. "I am Manuel Beuno." ! t I ' - ' 1 iisl The second he spied me he cocked his heavy gun and raised it to his shoulder for the aim that means a quick death. Two years ago I ran across him for the second time. I was leaning against the bar of the "Devil's Drink" when the doors swung open and several men entered. They spied me. "A Carranza! Let's get him!" They were on me before I could turn. I fought for my life. My breath came in gasps. My arms felt like I was holding up heavy logs. I can't recall how many times I went down and came up, or how many men I knocked sprawling. Suddenly a. loud roar pierced through the fog that engulfed my dizzy swirling brain. The world had come to a standstill. Only heavy panting and breathing disturbed the otherwise silent room. Someone lifted me gently from the floor. I could hear his voice scream in anger. "This is my friend. Who dares kill a friend of Pedro Gomez?" He looked like a keg of dynamite about to explode. The men slunk out of the saloon. It was Pedro, all smiles again, apologizing and asking my forgiveness forgive-ness for the stupidity of his men. He depreciated his deed with a wave of his hand and a shake of his head. "It is nothing." After a few drinks he again asked me to join his army. "The government govern-ment is practically in our hands Manuel." He looked at me sadly. "I might not be able to help you a third time, my friend. Your government gov-ernment is always putting Villa's captured men in front of a firing squad." He gulped his whisky down with gusto. "Pancho says he will put all of Carranza's men against the wall, too." Another drink and then he told me to leave town. Pancho and the rest of his men would soon arrive, and, he shrugged his shoulders, Pancho might not like me like he did. That was two years ago . . . and here was our third meeting . . . Pedro and I staring at each other. Come, oome, Manuel," he said to me. "Be brave. We all have to die sometime, I know you would rather die when you are young and brave; and not when you become old and feeble and are scared of death." He was right. That is the way I would rather die. How tall and proud Pedro looked. I slowly straightened out my body. I thurst my shoulders back and closed my eyes. I could hear a hoarse voice; it sounded as though it came from my very inners. . . . j Ready. . . . Aim. . . . Fire!!! Five shots blended into a single j echo. The unerring aim of the fir-i fir-i ing squad had found its mark. ! I opened my eyes in time to see i Pedro smile at me. I Slowly . slowly Pedro's mag-! mag-! nificent vibrant body, so full of !ife ! a momem before, wilted like a tut- tering scarecrow and sagged lifeless life-less to the ground. v. w V' j Kathleen Norris Says: Standing Behind the Breadwinner Bell Syndicate. .... ' '.II. ...I.L - "tie grew more tmtavte unirt ri Von because she and her mother and slaved to earn." By KATHLEEN NORRIS IT ALWAYS gives me the creeps when a married woman says fearfully to her husband: "Pete, what would the children and I do if you died?" It seems ghoulish and unfeeling un-feeling somehow, to put this 'problem to a normal cheerful man who is just starting off for the office after a good breakfast, or settling down for his evening paper under the lamp. And yet It has to be asked sometimes, some-times, because the thought behind it is one that haunts even the most loving wife and mother. When every cent the family spends comes through the efforts of one man, and that man is only human, and subject to all the ills and accidents of today's to-day's living, then despite her healthy optimism and faith in the future, a woman has her anxious and puzzled moments on this particular subject. There was a San Francisco woman who met and conquered this dragon few years ago, with really exciting excit-ing results. Her husband was a newspaper man, nervous, unreasonable, unreason-able, his rest and his system upset by the irregular hours and snatched downtown meals that , are a part of his calling. There were three small boys in the family and a good strong helpful grandmother, and the house ran smoothly and happily and economically, too. Whether Philip was jealous of his home and nursery world, or whether an increasing tendency on his part toward drinking and card-playing upset up-set his common sense is uncertain. But certain it is that he grew more irritable, exacting and ill-tempered with every passing week, and finally began to snap at Von because she and her mother and the boys spent all the money that he slaved to earn. If they had to earn it, he said, they'd feel differently about it. She Bought Big Old Home. Veronica Graham knew perfectly well that this was a phase; that Phil was overworked, tired, headachy head-achy and fretted because two younger young-er men had been given office promotions promo-tions ahead of him. She knew this would pass. But she also realized that to be the one bread-winner in a family of six really is too much of a strain for any man to bear, and she quietly completed a nursing course. Curing the war she made her steady $8 for an eight-hour day. Not sensational money, compared to Phil's $150 a week, but she banked it, and added it to other money she had saved, and two years ago she bought for $13,000 a roomy, handsome hand-some old place on the edge of town. Real estate was low-priced then, and for her 11 sunshiny rooms and big garden, Von has been offered just three times that sum since. However, she did not sell. She and her mother have with them now six delicate children, and could have many more, but they stop at six. The gross income from this venture is $750 a month. Von's mother, who was a teacher, is carrying forward the education of the four older ones, one of whom is a bone case and another an-other a lovely girl of seven, almost al-most . blind. The three-year-old twins, orphans, run free. This means an income for the older woman as well; a Chinese couple do the heavier heav-ier work, and Philip is steadying What would became of them?" WKU features, L J ..,.,!, I ....., t y'& ie ,,, y jwfi,- the boys spent all the money that he EXTRA INCOME Most families have to spend most of the father's earnings to maintain even a fair standard of living. There is little left over to save. Mrs. Graham was one of those women who worried about her husband. He was earning a comfortable salary as a newspaper news-paper man, but his health was suffering from the strain of his work. He became more and more irritable and suffered frequent fre-quent sick spells. With her own small savings she bought a big old mansion. Being a former nurse, she knew that there were many sickly children who would benefit by a stay in a well run convalescent convales-cent home. With her mother's help she now operates a borne that takes in $750 a month. This extra income has changed the whole outlook for this family. Philip realizes that he does not have to struggle so furiously to earn every cent he can. Veronica knows that she now can face the future unafraid. una-fraid. down into a much more normal and agreeable husband, in the relief of lessened strain. Faced Problems Early. Veronica had to do this against the prejudices of both husband and mother, but from the beginning she seemed to see her way clear and went straight ahead. There were many hard and puzzling moments of course, but in any worth-while effort ef-fort there are those, and Von only faced them in time, rather than waiting until need and grief and panic pan-ic were making any fresh start doubly dou-bly hard. When a man invents a new dog food or ice-cream sandwich or radio ra-dio program and sells it for four million, we hear of it with wonder and envy. Such a simple discovery and such a rich reward! But there are thousands of obscurer successes all about us, successes that don't bring in millions, but do bring in the comfortable thousands that mean a good home and pleasant work and sufficient recognition and, best of all, security. There is no human being over the age of eight who doesn't want security. se-curity. A humble home perhaps, simple meals, 10-cent movies and catalogue cat-alogue dresses at $6.39. But security. secu-rity. Kings have lived long lives without ever being sure of it; millions mil-lions of men and women are seething seeth-ing about in the oriental countries, in Europe itself today longing only to be sure of the next meal, of sheltei for the night never daring to dream of a permanent sense of having always al-ways enough. Enough food, enough shelter, sufficient clothing, freedom from persecution what heaven that would be today to six out of 10 of the world's peoples! "Just a chance to work. Madam,'' said a starving European to me 20 years ago, "just to be able to show what I could do!" This chance is yours, as an Amer-ican Amer-ican woman. It might pay you to consider first, and what you would do should the head of the house be stricken down, and secondly, whether wheth-er the time to do it perhaps is now. Higher Fur Prices Indications point to higher prices for desirable fur skins and fur garments gar-ments later in the year, according to a statement by the Retail Manufacturing Manu-facturing Furriers of America, Inc. The organization said that labor costs will not be lower this year than in 1948 and cited the trend of prices at fur auctions and skin markets during the last 10 weeks, which It said has been upward. The organization or-ganization held that merchants will "very likely" pay higher prices when they replace stocks lur. STAGE3SCREI Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE WHEN George Burns and Gracie Allen shared a nine-week bill at New York's Palace theater with Eddie Cantor and George Jessel they had reached the very top in vaudeville; doing a couple of guest shots on Cantor's Can-tor's radio program was a mere sideline. But two months later a new career got under way; they were starred with Guy Lombardo on an air show just fifteen years ago come February 22. That same year they began their movie career in if V Gracie and George "The Big Broadcast of 1932." Surveying Sur-veying 15 years of success, they don't hesitate in picking out the highlights high-lights of their lives, the August day in 1934 when they adopted a baby girl, and the day a year later when they adopted a boy. . Kenny Baker will realize a lifelong life-long ambition very soon. The star of "The Kenny Baker Show" (American (Amer-ican Broadcasting Co., Mondays through Fridays,) will record an eight-side album of religious songs, which will include his favorite, "The Lord's Prayer." .. :-: Remember those six Goldwyn Girls who've been traveling hither and yon, earing beautiful clothes and looking lovely? They're making mak-ing a two-month tour of 38 Latin American cities at present; began by dining with Cary Grant and How. ard Hughes in Mexico City, watching watch-ing a bull-fight, and being officially greeted by Mayor Casas Aleman. Ever since "The Bbolleri" was made some 16 years ago, the fight between William Faraum and Tom Santschl has been considered as the greatest two-man battle of all time, whea veteran movie critics get together. to-gether. Bnt at KKO they claim that the acrap between Lawrence Tier-ney Tier-ney and Barton MacLane In "San( Qnentln" tops It. It was rehearsed j for five days, runs for a reel and a half as the picture' climax. T Paramount'! new release, "Suddenly "Sud-denly It's Spring," features ' two "Great Gildersleeve" air actresses in support of Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray. They're Frances (Eva Goodwin) Robinson and Georgia Geor-gia Backus, who plays a maid on the air show. Radio comedy shows usually grow from either situations or gags. But not the highly successful "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Don Qulnn, the writer, gets humor out of homely, run of the mill situations In a way that no one else can master, apparently. appar-ently. After more than a decade of being funny once a week, he continues con-tinues to produce the highest quality script topping the Hoover polls I ' When Director Vincent Sherman told Kent Smith how to hoodwink hi Inquisitive wlfe regarding "the other woman" In a scene for "Nora Prentiss," Smith said "I know what you mean. When I was in the army I played m a picture called 'Resisting 'Resist-ing Enemy Interrogation.' " To reproduce the popular dances of 1880 Paris for "The Private Affairs Af-fairs of Bel Ami" Director Albert Lewln studied old books and old paintings and finally said he might as well just have consulted a jitterbug jit-terbug expert, because that's what the dances looked like when filmed. - . . The pretty skating instructor who taught Alan Young to ice-skate for "Margie" visited the comic's air show the other night A couple of other chaps in the cast tried to move right In but it was Alan who took her out for a soda. ODDS AND ENDS That recent "disappearance" of Virginia Mayo'i couldn't have been tamer she just registered with her mother at a Palm Springs hotel, under her own name, Virginia Jones, only she forgot to notify the studio. . . . If touthernart tee a nice-looking couple touring their towns in a 1938 coupe, it may be Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitcbum, vacationing vacation-ing from Hollywood. . . . Maybe Diana Lynn bat started a fad; she's wearing six rings on her engagement finger. . . . Malibu Beach it the setting for many of the most dramatic scents in "Humoresque." EN RADIO SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS tailored jpajamas Smart )woPiecer for SbreM-lfp l 1559 12-42 Comfortable Pajamas TTHESE crisp butcher boy pa- jamas are sure to delight the girl who bkes tailored things They're so useful and comfort able you can t have too manyi Pattern provides short or long aleeves. And for an extra person al touch, why not put your mono gram on the handy pocket! Pattern No. 1550 comes in sizes IS, 14, 16, IS, 20; 40 and 42. Size 14, short Slesv 414 yards ot 38 or 39-inch. Juaf Personal He Like simple things? She Are you proposing? i Maybe Not - f Hubby This place it to dirt) I fan write my nam the dust. i WifU Stop bragging that yerr educated. 4 Agree There Bill I ain't deaf and dumb. Don't shout at mel His Wife Who said you were deaf? Admitted i Bix Did you think that up your self? ? f Dix Yep, out of my head. Bix I thought you pre. Sign In a restaurant-"We make gravy to match any vest." Blankety Blank Hank Does he play much golf day? Joe-Oh, about 36 hile, roughly rough-ly speaking. Hank-Yeah, I've ie. J him. A man was arrested for picking his way through erowd one pocket at a time. , mm flLsdLifaJa Rub in Ben-Gay, quick! Gently warming Ben-Gay brings speedy, welcome relief from chest-cold discomfort discom-fort You see, Ben-Gay contains up to 2Va times more methyl salicylate and menthol -two pain-relieving agents known to all doctors -than five other widely offered rub-ins. Insist on genuine Ben-Gay, the original orig-inal Baume Analeesiaue. Also for Pais due ts RHEUMATISM, MUSCLE ACHE, and STRAINS. A Ask for Mild Bes At.VVVrer 1386 f fSfev Spring Two-PIecer VVANT a soft, feminine two-piece frock for spring? HeM8 an attractive version that will e perfect for special dress-up dress-up evnts. Short sleeves are gently gatheted, the nipped-in waist pares your fluire smartly. Pattern 1388 is easiV followed our sewing chart glides you step by step. Pattern So. 1388 Is designed for Jm 12, 14, 16, A, 20; 40 and 42. Size 14, short Sleeve, 3',k yards ot 39-Inch. b an aolltlsaal twanty-Bva etuis f ocr eopr ( tha Sarins FASHION. It's lit ts tha srlm with smart ideas far sprint wardrsssa. Frsa pattern prints Inside tha keek. rua tn mn iinnaiinTlv lane demand and current conditions, slightly more time Is required In MUng erders for a few of the moat popular pa (tenia. Send your order tot SF.WINO CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 10 Million It., Saa mtaciscs, CaUL Unclose 29 cents in coins lor each pattern desired. Patten No. Sua Nams- Address- Splendid Cough Relief, Mixed In Your Kitchen Eaves Big Dollars. No Cooking. Tea, ma'am, right in your own kitchen, kit-chen, you can easily mix a cough medicine that is a wonder for quick results, and gives you about four times as much for your money. And It's no trouble child could do it. You'll need a syrup. Make it by stirring I cups of granulated sugar and one cup of water a few moments, until dissolved. No cooking needed. Or you can us corn syrup or liquid noney, Instead of sugar syrup. Now fret IVa ounces of Pinex from any druggist, and pour It Into a pint bottle, and fill up with your syrup. There you hare a full pint of remarkable remark-able medicine for coughs due to colds. It lasts a family a long time, and tastes fine children love It. You'll say it's hard to beat, for real relief. It loosens the phlegm, soothes the Irritated membranes, and helps clear the air passages. Eases tha soreness, and lets you rest at night. Pinex Is a special compound of proven Ingredients, in concentrated form, well known for quid: action on throat and bronchial Irritations. Just try It, and if not pleased, your money will be refunded. Buy U. S. Savings Bonds! - Gay for Childrea. |
