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Show British Women Organize 'Go to It' Savings Drive LONDON.-Battered silk stockings, stock-ings, with a few stitches here and there, can be converted into effective effec-tive dresses for children, British women are learning. A child's frock and knickers, made from an old blue print from an architect's office, also help to contribute con-tribute to the great antiwaste campaign cam-paign which is being carried out with such vigor. The "Go to It" women of Britain are alive with ideas on how to save, save and save. They are performing such tasks as the conversion of old destiffened top hats into carpet slippers. Dishcloths are never thrown away now. They can be made into coats for the children. One woman saves all her bacon rinds and saves all her used match-sticks. match-sticks. She sticks the matchstlcks In the rind and wraps it up in pieces of margarine paper, making excellent fire lighters. These "Go to It" women, who are attached to 1,450 centers throughout the country, say that their main principle is to keep their minds occupied oc-cupied in useful work. |