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Show s j WOMAN'S WORLD .kill in Mending Can Save Clothes Cost Spring Sailor By Ertta Haley ENDING is not as fine an art as it once was, but it's just as lortant. Unless the woman of house plans specially to take i of mending as it appears, "e's a constant scramble for tMle and thread when members i ;he family are getting ready to hr something. Then, too, unless l really give clothing that ''!tch in time," your clothes bud-J bud-J is unreasonably high, siiose who like to sew make a it of mending and doing it with (e degree of skill as well as isure, but then again, many nen just don't like it. Fortunate-jiifs Fortunate-jiifs a job you can learn to like j do well since it's an easy job d with satisfaction provided d have the right equipment and j jer organization, me woman says she likes to do mending before washing be-se be-se it gives her so much satis-;--;jion to be able to wash and iron hes without having to stop to i y j J j i . S r n ! be in excellent condition to use, if you follow this procedure. Keep an assortment of needles already threaded on a pin cushion in the box so that you won't have td stop to thread them. Machine Mending Saves Both Time and Effort Many women with sewing machines ma-chines do not realize how much time can be sayed by machine mending in some cases. True', a darning foot for the machine is necessary, but the time and small outlay required are well worth the effort. To make the darning as inconspicuous incon-spicuous as possible, use a fine needle and a thread which matches match-es the material to be mended. If you find - it impossible to match the thread, it's often possible to unravel some of the material on one of the inside seams. Two-toned fabrics such as wool tweed may be mended almost invisibly in-visibly if you use the dominating color in the needle and the secondary sec-ondary color in the bobbin. Warp threads of fabric may be used by hand for small holes. The ideal composition for Spring is Lenesta's little sailor of navy and white striped belting, belt-ing, banded in wide lipstick red grosgrain ribbon. Note the narrow brim which the hat uses and the ascot of belting to match the hat. Matching red is used to line the ascot. hunting for the right shade neces-saryl neces-saryl Scissors are here, too, and a box of buttons which you've collected by buying extra ones for garments as you sew or by reclaiming them from garments no longer of use. Another good idea is to keep a box handy in the laundry room so that you can collect buttons, snaps, etc., as soon as they come off the clothes. 'You'll find hot iron mending tape available in. many colors which will save many a stitch during mending time. Lingerie tapes are also a good idea for the mending box since straps on slips and underthings can be changed so quickly. If you want to keep the mending box in good order, never put in a jumble of old garments because you might want a patch from some Bit u Use matching thread . . . jofd something while she's trying ((,5et'the laundry done complete- Smother says she keeps her sew-i sew-i i basket handy while ironing be-&nse be-&nse it's easy to do as you spot things which need mending, red- ou ave the iron handy for nosing such things as necessary. arthers like to look forward to 'r mending afternoon or eve-,, eve-,, because they've learned to re- mo one can tell you which plan is K for you. Try several and see 16 P'ch fits your way of doing ' f Pgs best. At any rate, try to ar-lj ar-lj at some sort of solution which Ih s; give you smartly kept clothes hand when you want them. If think of the end, the means ' be much easier to solve. Tanized Mending Box Jptls Up the Job Ws no fun to do any kind of a i if you don't have the equip- t right at hand when you're in mood for the work. If you have niunt high and low for buttons JJlsnaps of a special shade of ad or tape, then you're defeat-EBBbefore defeat-EBBbefore you start. eep the mending box in up-to-condition. Many of those to "liable are really very pretty and lMte you to the task. There you " e all kinds of thread which you s'i in neat sections or rows. No nt l and sewing machine for mending of them for mending. Launder these, iron and cut out the portions por-tions of material which can be used. Fold these neatly, pin and box them. You'll remember more readily what you have, and it will |