Show TIMES GARLAND THE GARLAND WOMAN'S UTAH WORLD ( Use Your Ingenuity in Making Welcome Bridal Gifts By Ertta Haley BRIDE who had been entertained at a novel shower was with more showing off her gifts than usual pride She had received nx pairs of pot holders in addition to a pair of padded mittens to use two bib aprons and as holders three hostess style aprons a large crocheted tacked carebedspread fully onto a bottom spread of Amercolored taffeta ican Beauty two sets three bridge sets luncheon and a dozen kitchen towels You’ll agree that it’s quite a start lor her new home but the unusual of the whole shower was feature that all these gifts were handmade Those who made the gifts sisted they’d had as much pleasure taking them as the girl had who received them Some of the items took a bit longer than naturally but each will give cithers to make A long service and will be cherished all the more deeply since there was thoughtfulness put in their snaking Whether you’re planning to give a shower or have an invitation to ne and whether or not the hostess that the gifts are to be specifies bought or made you might give more to than passing thought than can be made by something you It’s a real joy and accomplishment to turn out something attractive on your sewing machiny your knitting needles or crochet hooks Your inspiration might be something you’ve received or seen Your Ingenuity can do the rest Some of the simplest items such as bib aprons or pot holders an be something of a sensation upon how they’re exedepending cuted Your remnant pile may give you just that necessary piece of material for something especially Tiny dots of black decorate this pink washable rayon crepe dress for spring An attractively priced dress from a New York designer this fashion features such important details as cuffed sleeves a black leather contour belt the new shorter length and pearl buttons KATHLEEN No Two LAST or percale are good choices in fabric since they launder easily For more elegance you might consider linens or organdies The latter are types especially attractive when decorated with appliqueed designs such as flowers croPot lifters can be sewed cheted or knitted depending upon attractive are Items Here Made In Little Time cloths with Bridge or breakfast napkins to match can be put toamount of gether in a minimum bme with the help of the sewing machine Use plain white material with contrasting trimming or a checked or printed material edged in one of the colors predominating ha the cloth Sizes for cloths of this size may be one of three: 42"x42" 45"x45" r 54"x 54' Napkins for these are usually tea size ll"x 14" Good quality broadcloth muslin — THE household accessories skill but no type your particular will consume much time If you know what the bride’s color scheme is then carry it out since pot holders are most handy when they can be hung near the range and Many designs are available READER'S COURTROOM By Will Bernard it Your Own Fault W Yon Mistake a Stairway For a Closet? A woman took her kitten to a house one morning and neighbor's asked if he could leave it there walked The neighbor lor awhile ver to a door opened it alightly ’’Put her in there” and said: Thinking it was a closet the picked up the kitten and stepped Unfortunate-ttirough the doorway the door opened onto a stairway LLB woman member sf a small country church was a pretty good coaxAfter considerable organist to she agreed ing by her friends play the organ every Sunday mornwas a about salsaid Nothing ing two the years ary After about woman decided that she was entifor her tled ts some compensation suit against work— and she filed the church for two years’ pay the court turned down However The judge said that her claim the woman's playing was presumed to be "a labor of love” A May If You You was arrested A college student ea a charge of drunk driving At fce trial a girl was put on the witness stand to prove that the student Promptly the bad been intoxicated objected to young man's attorney her testimony on the ground that on the she was not sn “expert” The girl reintoxication subject of torted: “I may not be an expert but I was sitting on his lap at the me!" That was enough for the Judge who declared her testimony The judge said she had acceptable been ‘‘close to the situation” ladies lost into the fished out for but ready safe and sound the steamship She sued trouble and the for damages company court granted her claim The judge said that as a public carrier the ship should have provided a safer gangplank for its passengers Sure enough one of the her footing and splashed water She was speedily — an Idaho woman and asked me if I But well have been successful me never to know whether or not her thought her daughter room and her kitchen and the who is stone blind should marry and The man who loved her had a good flowers in the sitting room the books in the cases were in orjob with the local electric power der never to be able to drive to plant and had been her beau since meet CarltOn at the office aiwajs high school days My answer to this to be the helped and the pitied one woman was definitely "no” among a group of amusement lovThis week I have another letter friends — this would prove too a ing a marriage between regarding hard a task but sighted and a blind person if her And unlike other women are this time the circumstances somewhat different Barbara also marriage went on the rocks console herself with couldn’t is 27 and the man is a war veteran four years younger Barbara was the bitter philosophy that after all reform she might get her freedom his nurse through a long and painlines ful hospital siege and so they know her life on more endurable Avaline would have been handed each other pretty well He has obto Carlton and her over completely tained a job at only $80 a month as organist in a church family would be relieved of what Barbara is head night nurse in a even she must realize is a burden three It would be impossible to go back large hospital and makes a But as I wrote her mother times as much They could be comblind person is a burden only when fortable in her hospital rooms is placed in a false Hugh’s love and devotion to Bar- that blind person and there are many posibara are the deepest and happiest position can be tions in which blindness emotions he has ever known almost to the vanishing minimized Raised and somewhat neglected can be at home by a busy father and stepmother point While she with the mother and brother who lovhe has never known intimate And exactly love her Avaline is as fortunately ing companionship that is what Barbara longs to give placed as she could be anywhere But as 1 wrote her she would be him She herself has been hungry for wise to prepare for the time when will not be with her and love and domesticity early or- her mother brother the may marry I younger phaned lonely plain— but the picture she sent me showed an intel- suggested that she get in touch with handle institutions the ligent and likeable face— she is Just whatever of the blind In her comthe girl to appreciate Hugh’s sensi- problems learn a hand craft learn munity tive hungry eagerness for the mirafor a mental the just his language cle of her love and her help in open a few of the many In the picture she is stimulus darkness to those who wheeling Hugh’s through doors that are open some magnificent garden and Hugh cannot see But when all is said any maris smibng success a can be any one can riage Most Perfect Unions be a failure Some conditions seem So I say to these two go ahead harder some seem more ideal pd God bless you This might be one of the wonderful marriages for many of the most perfect unions Patriots Drew Foe's Respect Old Diary Discloses Hessian's Sympathy sn ladies’ auxiliary hired a steamexcurand went on an the sion At the end of the trip and the was lowered gangplank ladies began marching down to the the gangplank dock Unfortunately had no railing was very narrow and was tilted at a 30 degree angle A boat are the ones apparently handicapped on the other hand My reasons for writing the Idaho woman as did were based as every marriage is upon circumstances that make it just a little different from any other Her daughter Avaline had fallen in love what might be called a the mill young man That Carlton had a salary of $55 a is week ear a club i circle of friends who liked an occasional duck hunting week end a weekly of game poker a certain amount of informal entertaining A smart woman could manage all that perhaps on less than $3000 a year but Avaline although she is brilliant cultured and alas for her! deeply in love couldn’t pos sibly take over the careful market ing the kitchen details that must be watched every hour if this pair were to remain solvent Too Hard a Task had been If Avaline’s sweetheart man an established professional whose home was in the hands of a good housekeeper or if he had been a much older man the family doctor or lawyer the marriage might GERMANY — The WIESBADEN chance recovery here of a German manuscript has throw new and sympathetic light on the as he American soldier of to a Hessian seemed mercenary officer of King George "American troops should not he as a motley dismissed lightly crowd" the author Capt Johann of a comcommander von Ewald riflemen pany of Hessian "I hkVe seen a company of Rhode Island Infantry and thev march as and carry their arms as straight well as any soldier in Europe ” United States air force historian Pa Joseph Tustin of Harrisburg the 1500 page three who discovered volume diary after it had gathered dust for nearly two centuries among declared German family archives find ” historical it “an important literate in highly said “and provides and expert appraisal to subdue Britain’s attempts ragged civilGeorge Washington's ian army” fea“One of the most Interesting tures in von Ewald's sympathetic treatment of the American soldier a Here of It is something paradoxwe have a professional officer commanding a Hessian company serving with the famous Queen’s Rantor gers and cited by Cornwallis service and devotion to outstanding the British cause writing about the colonial troops with obvious sympathy and admiration “It is written style" Tustin l professional of 8579 mi Combines rESIGNED Like Marriages Are the Same Collect Damages Off the of a Ship? Style Simple to Make Yoke Frock in Pretty Contrast Two or three durable boxes which you may already have or can purchase may be covered a durable with carefully wallpaper and thus give a present which every bride can use You may also use glazed chintz or some of the materials on the market plastic for coverings NORRIS Fall Gangplank — and the poor woman tumbled all the way down to the basement shaken up by the Considerably fall she later sued her neighbor for damages But the court turned down the woman's claim saying it was her own fault for carrying the kitten through the door The judge said the natural thing to do in is to push it kicking up a kitten through the door with one’s hands and then quickly close the door! YEAR PATTERNS If you crochet square doilies to make a luncheon set would be exThe and lavish effective tremely to go with these should napkins be plain linen with an edging of lace that goes with the crochet work on the doily shower presents such Inexpensive as closet accessories are frequentnow that closets ly is ell received sre getting such great decorative attention chair Lesson in Locking Up Cats k nine touch for luncheon sets is the use of eyelet ruffles This is used on the two short sides of the doilies and on one side of the napkin After the doily is hemmed it is applied side of the easily to the reverse hem Most luncheon sets have mats 12"x 18" Luncheon size napkins are made the same size Sets may be made with four six eight or twelve place settings Brides like having their linens and you might try monogrammed this on any item if you are adept at either hand or machine sewing Monograms may be purchased and then can be stitched to the material hn with any desired color tiny stitches they range from squares to circles to flower pot and tea pot shapes with appropriate decorations Pot holders should be padded enough so they will be of good Use heavy yarns use practical when crocheting or knitting For those which are sewed use several thicknesses of material inside the lifter to provide proper Insulation on any of the three Edgings types make these items practical Plan to use some of the new lusefcious colors to get spectacular fects Bib and hostess aprons to match deeither the cloths or lifters scribed make attractive sets as gifts Lavish or Simple Gifts May be Chosen From These If you’re looking for an idea for an inexpensive luncheon set why not make one of checked gingham? Red and white checks take easily to a royal blue edging that is easily in different applied Appliques shades of blue at the corners add to the expense and the time it takes to make the set but this is up to you Those who want to make more elegant luncheon sets can choose weaves in good cottons or rough textures or linen itself uses One effective lace edging which may be crocheted or purchased Either sew the edging on with fine stitches or crochet on if you are making some specifically for the doilies A distinctly different and femi SEWING CIRCLE Dress-U- p a Charm K CHARMING frock with a air that goes todress-ugether like a charm The keyhole neckline is so young and flatterisleeves are cool and ng brief comforta ble Pattern No 14 4' biepuitirn B9 a for hues ydrUs of 14 ch Id IB and and summer FASHION has spring icit s foi smart summer fibnc mws free pattern muted spiel inside the book Send 25 cents to The host of ioy Sjjeet Potato Color sco n as they’re peeled raw potatoes iave a strong tendency to turn color this can be prevented by keeping them in water until ready for cook- As sweet ing Grind Bread Crumbs When bread crumbs are to be used for frying put stale slices of bread through the meat grinder and mix the crumbs with equal parts of flour Counteracting Salt If you get too much salt in the it by soup or gravy counteract of sugar and adding a teaspoonful one of vinegar and cooking it a while longer M in goodness! Heap up breakfast bowlfuls' of sweet Kellogg's Corn Flakea They’re —freshen Crisper! So heartyl the “power’ of corn and its values in iron Vitamin Bt niacin! A bargain in goodness— Corn Flakea Kellogg's MOTHER KNOWS y BEST I to Fabrics flatter the larger Two figure this matron’s dress for pleasant afternoons combines two fabrics with ease The shaped yoke has soft shirring tiny ruffle trim Pattern No 8579 Is rated pattern in sizes 50 and 52 Size 38 yard contrast 48 a 38 40 42 yards of per tv 44 40 SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT 530 Seath Wells II ChUsfo 1 III Enclose 25 cents In coins for pattern desired Sizs Pattern No idi Nam Address Use For Margarine To color margarine for table use put the electric mixer to work Then without cleaning the stray margarine off the mixing paddles use the mixer for whipping the mashed potatoes for the the stray evening meal Thus margarine ends up in the potatoes No Soggy Salad To prevent a salad from getting soggy put a saucer upside down first in the bottom of the bowl then put the salad on top of it ' Cleaning Frying Pan If a frying pan is exceptionally greasy and must be washed fill it with soap hot wSter and ammonia and let it soak awhile first |