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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH s WOMAN'S WORLD Start Sewing Early on Gifts for Approaching Holidays Gift Pinafore is to buy felt monograms in the de-sired size and combination, one, two or three letters. Apply the stitching over these to cover the felt, and you have a nice, raised monogram. Individualize Pinafores With Trimming Effects If you have little nieces, grand-daughters or neighbors' little girls in your circle who come in for pres-ents, nothing would be nicer or more glamorous than pinafores. Clever tratgey in the form of crisp ruffles, edgings, eyelet embroider-ies and big sashes and bows can transform any simple basic pattern into a thing of real beauty. It's easy to achieve the sweet, fluffy effects with a ruffler attach-ment on the sewing machine. Other trimmings which may be made with this same attachment, suitable for pinafore3 include plaiting and sew-ing to the garment in one operation, making dainty plaited or gathered rosettes, miffed ribbon and tuck tie most readily into 'oig, pert bows that are so attractive. Smocking Transforms Dresses Beautifully Dainty and durable smocking is especially appropriate for little girls dresses, and pinafores, as well. You'll find that machine smocking done with a gathering foot attach-ment is quickly applied. It will iron and wash more easily than hand smocking, too, and any mother who has many dresses to launder will appreciate , this fea-ture. Heavy duty thread and embroid-ery silk in contrasting color will yield pleasing effects. Try some red or white with an aquamarine dress, dark blue with yellow, coral with green and pink on white. In doing smocking, remember to lengthen the stitch to seven or eight to the inch. A longer stitch increases the fullness of the gathers, while a shorter stiich decreases it. i j V By Ertta Haley MAKI1 i 'iat list for STARTED presents yet? Yes? Most of the lists have a way of growing while th budget shrinks, so why not start sewing some things now for a happy solution to both? Some presents like dresses, pina-fores, bed jackets and coveralls are made to order, with certain people In mind, but there are many others which need no atten'' - as to size In this group belong the napkin and tablecloth sets, lingerie cases, tow-els of all descriptions, aprons, knit-ting bags and bureau runners. You can start from scratch with the remnant bag as a supply source. If necessary, check on some rem-nant counters foi more materials and notions counters for trimmings to add the festive look. Or, if you're pressed for time, just add some trimmings to simple, ready-mad- e things. Too much cannot be said for the personal touch you give presents. They're warming, thoughtful and inspiring. You give a little bit of yourself in every present, and peo-ple like it. If you plan to make many pres-ents then do it on a schedule to speed the work. Sew all aprons at one time; cut all pinafores when you're doing those. Have all towels ready to trim at one time. Once you've started on a project, you get into the swing of making that particular item. Finish all of one kind at the same time, and you'll be more efficient. It's Important, too, to have all essential materials on hand. If you shirring. Other trimmings which are ef-fective on little girl's pinafores in-clude applique work, lace insertions and even narrow cordlike tucking. These may be in contrasting ma-terials, selected especially for the age and coloring of the little girl. To be at their nicest, use sheer materials in the pinafore, as they will be worn over a simple dress during cooler months. Organdie is an excellent choice because it's al-ready starched, but other sheer cot-tons like nainsook voile and dimity may be used. Add style to the simplest pinafore with wide hems which give them a luxurious look. Long, wide sashes These Presents Will Please Women of All Ages Career girl or homemaker will be pleased with an attractive apron or two. Depending upon the activities of the woman in question, select an apron which will please her most. Some like the clever hostess aprons while others prefer attractive bib types which may be used for busy days. Half aprons In many styles can be made from about a yard of ma-terial. Percale or muslin is especial-ly nice when it's touched with con-trasting banding or scalloping in plain or print. This same material may be used for ties and pockets, too. Make pinafores for the little ladies on your gift list to glad-den their hearts, as well as those of treir mothers. Fluffy ruffles take to tubbing If you follow the advice nf local sewing center ex-perts In material selection as well as application. Trimmings can be easily applipd with sew-ing machine attachments. seams on the towels, and then run a band or two of rick rack, narrow band trimming or other trimming a little above the seam. Use a ma-chine stitch through the center of the rick rack. Dainty face and small hand tow-els may be hemmed, and then have a narrow edging of lace attached to them. This is usually done by hemming in small stitches. Monograms Personalize Any Type of Gift Perhaps you've already made plain towels, or purchased some pil-low cases, handkerclnef or bridge table cov-r- s. Maybe you're contem-plating making lingerie cases or smocks. If these are plain, too plain for gifts, and you have someone special in mind, plan to monogram them. Monograms are available in trans-fer patterns which can easily be Pretty, ruffled trimmings . . have to make a trip for certain thread, trimming, hooks and eyes and such after you've started work-ing, precious time is lost. Check supplies before shopping, notate them on a list and see that you have everything before coming home. Colorful Towels Are Always Welcome Brides need towels, but so do old-er homemakers who find theirs are on their last few days of service. These, then, can fill a need in al-most any home, and the most ama-teurish seamstress can make them. Linen remnants can be utilized if you want lovely towels, but cot-ton from old sheets, pillow cases, flour and feed, sacks can also be used. Plain white toweling is easy to finish with bias binding bought at the notions counter. If desired, cut some cotton dress remnants and make binding from that. If desired, make plain finishing will please any girl. applied to any of the above items. These are then stitched to make the monogram in any desired color by needle and thread. Another way to apply monograms SHOPPER'S CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY THOSE FIXiN'S Step up to the counter, ladies for cranberries are pouring in to your store, and you'll have plenty for those fixin's for your holiday turkey. Although production in high volume is limited to just a few states, distribution is nation-wid- e, and your grocer is getting more and more of these - . gay r e (j berries, A fresh, preserved. ffiftf- jellied and juiced. Of course you'll JlfiSCI have 'em with your FEATURE holiday bird but why stop there? That same tart flavor peps up many other meats. Ever try cranberry sauce with pork, instead of the traditional apple- -sauce? You have a tasty treat ,in store for you. Or cranberry jelly 'with lamb or beef main courses? iWhy not? Or combine cranberries, either whole or jellied, with such things as mincemeat, or orange, or lemon, for a relish with any meat, or fish or fowl? There's one irelish so like a fairy-tal- e that it's called Hans Christian Andersen, made with cranberries, either whole or jellied, mincemeat and chopped walnuts, that's delicious with any-thing. As for desserts, just to name one, how about a Cranberry Noodle Cup for that hungry family of yours, and a tasty, zesty and nourishing addition to the pudding family. " ,2HfiHissiiitfcsss4 Jellied salads, crammed with vegetables or other fruits, always make a hit with your family, ' friends, and your club-ladie- En closed in and smothered with cran-- . berries, your salad will add that festive holiday note to any lunch-eon. BOUNCING BERRIES Not enough for all these day-roun-uses? Lady, be of good cheer, there are plenty for the year-roun- JYou know why? Because an esti-mated 916,000 barrels of cranber-ries are available the country over! And that's 26 per cent more than the ten year average of cranberry production. You'll be seeing 'em everywhere, fresh, canned, jellied, semi-jellie- and just plain juiced, v If they bounce, they're good whole and fresh. When the berries are first harvested, and separated from the leaves and twigs of their na-tive bog, they are dropped over a series of inclined boards. The sound berries bounce freely over the hurdles, and the soft ones just drop to bottom and are collected in boxes and quickly processed. The bouncers are sorted and packed in bags, and sent on their merry way to market. So you can have 'em fresh or canned or bottled, for im-mediate and future use. When buying the fresh berries, choose the plump, solid, shiny red ones. For the processed fruit, this year, for the first time, the U. S. Department of Agriculture has set official standards. The chief grades are U. S. Grade A or Fancy; and U. S. Grade C, or Standard. So read the label before you buy. PROMOTION Central Maine Town Promotes Deer Hunting OLD TOWN, Me. For the first time in its history the little central Maine city of Old Town decided to advertise its greatest attraction deer hunting. According to legend the com-munity was founded by a band of pioneers who settled it because it provided the best deer hunting to be found anywhere. Be that as it may, Old Town citizens have always felt that they lived in the deer capital of the con-tinent, even though they didn't broadcast the information to any great extent. This year, however, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, issued a blanket invitation to hunters every-where to seek venison on the hoof on the outskirts of their commu-nity. They published an attractive booklet telling hunters of the at-tractions in the area. It said, in part: "On behalf of the city of Old Town it is a pleasure to extend to you an invitation to make Old Town your hunting headquarters." Hunter's Breakfast To start things off on the right foot the Jaycees staged a hunter's breakfast on the morning of the opening day of deer hunting in Maine. Afterwards the hunters' were advised as to where to hunt in the locality for the best results. The Jaycees frankly admitted the idea of the promotion was to aid the community economically. But they also told the hunters that the people of the community make their living largely by employment. in the town's many industries, which draw their raw materials from the nearby forests. "As a result," the welcoming pamphlet read, "this area not only supplies sport for you but enables our citizens to earn their livelihood. Please be careful with cigarettes and fire." Yielded 6,002 Deer To disclaim the claims of Old Town's boosters that the com-munity is the hunting center of the northwest would be quite a job. Penobscot county, in which the town is located, yielded 6,002 deer last year, many of them in the or over class. The county led any other in Maine by a con-siderable margin. Old Towners say, and its a fact, that you don't have to go more than 10 minutes away from the center of town to run across a deer. The community is 12 miles north of Bangor and is reached over a major highway, by transport plane and by train and bus. The Jaycees will give you any information you need about hunting or the com-munity. In fact, they are so en-thusiastic about their program they'll give it to you whether you need it or not if they see you first. Shirtwaister Designed $ For the Sho TNESIGNED expressly for 0 U slightly shorter figure is tliH" charming shirtwaister that is i versatile as can be. Buttons dov the front make it easy to care fc Half sizes save hours of patter!! alteration time. 5 Pn'.tcrn No. 1205 Is a sew-rit- e per rated pattern in sizes 14V2. 16'. 18 20Va, 22Yi and 24. 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Creomulsion stood the test of millions of useitw CREOJVlUIfSlfrJ r.litvot Couglu, Chet Colh, Acutt Bro KATHLEEN NORRIS Chicago Is in Heart of Nation but he proved not to be badly hurt either. Mothers of some 10 nations smiled over the boys' relief; we didn't need words. "America, America, America!" I kept saying in my heart, "This is your city. Not my own western city, with its fogs and hills. Not great New York where the plays and songs and styles and shows are born. Not sprawling Los Angeles, too rich with oil, too blinded with Klieg lights. Not any port city; ports are on our fringes, but Chi-cago is snug in our very heart." Sinta Escapes There was a reason for that mood in which I discovered Chicago; a reason for that hot night when I walked about, and came into my hotel at the highly disreputable hour of four o'clock. A few days be-fore I had had a letter from Sinta. Sinta escaped from a European city a few years ago with her baby and her son, her husband having been tortured and shot before her eyes. Sinta heard footsteps coming up dark stairs in the night, over and over again. Sinta's baby girl, two years old, died of thirst in her mother's arms. There was water in sight, but not for the baby. BLESSINGS that we Amen- - THE inherit, and take so much for granted, culminate and effer-vesce and are symbolized and reach their heights In Chicago, the great lake city in the middle of the Union's very heart. This is the American City Amer-ica of the Americans. Here we are in our glory; our whole incompara-ble story epitomized; past, present and future. The glass of this magnificent lake reflected Indian canoes not so very long ago; the dust of covered wag-ons rose in these Bagdad streets. The acid test of a devastating fire swept over them; the later test of great battles between labor and capital rocked the city; the wheat pit shook the markets of the world, the jeweled Fair that commemo-rated the voyages of Columbus rose shining from the ashes; crime touched its highest mark but the graph that is Chicago's story showed many a higher mark; the marks of great social improve-ments, of care for the aged, of charities and civic betterments. I Meet Chigago One night in October of this year I met Chicago. I walked in a warm sunset to the cathedral and had supper in a resturant on Chicago avenue near State street. Then 1 walked on to see the last light on the lake, and afterward turned south into the very heart of the city. There was more light glittering and shining in that city that night than there was in .all the capitals of Europe put together. Yes, per-haps it was wasteful, but it vas gloriously gay. The shops were lighted, the theatres and movies gushed happy folk, the restaurants were all aglow, and along the side-walks streamed the Chicagoans, re-laxed after the hot, hot day, and gratefully looking up at the cool high vault of the sky. ". . . Indian canoes . . ." After awhile I began to ride about on buses. I went out to the end of lines, and everywhere it was the same. Some' of the homes were small and shabby, but they had tri-cycles and baby buggies near the doors, shabby little cars parked every which way, and television aerials like little fences up against the sky. People were still on their doorsteps at 10 o'clock, and babies wandered about unreproved. And we all discussed the senational ninth-innin- g of October 3; some with regret, many with rejoicing. Lots of these people were not of my religion, color, race or back-ground. Some didn't speak my lan-guage. But when a woman came screaming out of a drugstore shout-ing that she had taken poison and she hoped that would show them, we all helped her into the ambu-lance and agreed thankfully that she was more hysterical than hurt. Three little boys gathered about a dog who had been hit by a car, Vital Statistics 4,076 people died of gas in t past few months. 29 inhaled it. 47 put a match to it. 4,000 stepped on it. Good Advice If, in instructing a child, you ! vexed with it for want of adnffj ness, try, if you have never tr: before, to write with your & hand, and then remember tha' child is all left hand. yrA. Get-Rich-Qui- ck Fever Hits Pennsylvania Town EENOVO, Pa. The 3,700 resi-dents of Renovo have the fever and have gone Into the natural gas business. The unfortunate thing about the fever is that it has turned old friends into enemies, legal battles are naring over long-seuie- a prop-erty, and money and strangers are pouring Into the community. It started when Dorcie Calhoun, convinced that there was natural gas under his father's farm, se-cured the backing of his neighbors and drilled a well. The result was one of the greatest gas strikes ever in the eastern United States. After that first well "came in" in January, 1950, there has been a wild boom to obtain land. Five years ago $10,000 could have bought all of the hamlet of Kettle Creek. Only recently a firm paid a $20,000 bonus just for a lease giv-ing the right to drill a well there. So far more than 100 wells have been sunk or are being drilled at a cost of approximately $60,000 each. Of the 69 operations com-pleted, 45 are producing an esti-mated half-billio- n cubic feet of natural gas daily. In cash, that is about $125,000 each 24 hours. Three pipe lines take out the nat-ural fuel. Another one is being built at a cost of $9 million. Calhoun's strike, financed by a remarkable cross-sectio- n of peo-ple in the area, caught the big gas companies . ONCE OVER , What's Stock Worth on A Winner? I By H. I. Phillips mHE company broke records for the last quarter, with a net of nearly $80,000,000 as against in the same quarter a year ago. This was equal to $2.10 per share as against the higher figure of $2.64 in the 1950 period." News item. "You had a great year," the har-rass-stocRholder said to the cor-poration head, quoting the above figures. "Yes Indeed," he replied sadly. "Our business is increasing by such leaps and bounds that we are rapid-ly reaching the stage at which we can hardly hold our own." "Your prospects for next year are for even more business, aren't they?" asked the stockholder ner-vously. business might mean the end of everything." "But when you see that the com-pany is going to have a very fine year, isn't there something you can do to avert it?" pleaded the stock-holder. "It's very difficult," said the corporation head. "There have been several solutions suggested. One was that we base our advertising campaigns on a drive for less busi-ness and fewer customers. It was even thought we might urge the public to patronize some other company, but that would be a dirty trick to play on a competitor." "How true!" moaned the stock-holder. "But is management so short of brains that it can't find men capable of solving a situation where a company is face to face with record success?" "Only a few executives are that capable," was the reply. "Their training has been all wrong. They "That's the trouble," said the company head, knee-dee- p In tax forms, with a sigh. "I tell you It takes courage these days to see our business grow, realizing that It can ultimately ruin us." "I used to think," said the stock-holder, "that it was shrewd to In-vest in a growing corporation." "Didn't we all!" exclaimed the company chief. "It seems only yes-terday that a man could have his savings In a highly successful busi-ness corporation and be pleased by a report of growth and progress." "How did your company do ten years ago?" asked the shareholder. "We had a very good year a dec-ade back, but then trouble set in." "Just how?" "Our customers increased. Orders began to double and treble. Our gross hit new highs every year. At first we weren't terribly alarmed, even with tax-es what they were that far back. But for the past few years we couldn't hear of another ses-sion of Congress without know-ing that continued success in came up in a school which thought more customers, bigger sales and a higher net were desirable. This is a fallacy." "You're telling me!" groaned the stockholder. "I have been selling my shares in some top corpora-tions. They're much too successful. Could you give me any advice as to whether to hold my stocks in your company or not?" The corporation head was a candid man. "I want to be on the level," he said sternly. "Naturally I prefer not to say yes or no. But this is one of the most successful corporations In America and the world. The de-mand for our product is enor-mous. Next year we may gross twice what we did this year. Need I say more?" "Certainly not!" cried the stock-holder, making a mad rush to sell all, stop trying to figure things and go clam-diggin- Beavers' Dams Control Floods Pelts Once Valued As 'Coin of Realm' Beavers, those determined build-ers of dams, are firmly estab-lished once more over most of their former range in the United States, and are now at work as expert con-servationists. Through relocation of their scat-tered colonies, the beavers' talent for engineering is used in areas where beaver-siz- e dams are needed to aid in flood control and con-servation of natural resources. Their jobs are supervised by state and federal conservation officers. Two Massachusetts beavers re-cently built a dam 18 feet long and six feet wide near Walpole. The job was completed in less than three weeks. Labor cost: nothing. In New York state federal engi-neers planned to do the work on a flood-contr- and fire - protection Dond. Beavers beat them to the site. The dam was complete and the pond was there when the engineers arrived. It has literally rained beavers in Idaho'! conservation operation. Beavers in boxes were parachuted into conservation areas. In Oregon four beaver helpers were fired for not following the engineering plans. They had changed the dam site. Where beavers cause losses to farmers or to railroads by putting ponds where ponds are not wanted the toothy little animals are no longer pelted but are caught and moved to more suitable locations. In pioneering times traffic in skins for Europe was an im-portant commercial factor in pro-moting settlement of the entire North American wilderness from Labrador to Mexico. Beaver skins became the "coin of the realm" during generations of intensive trap-ping. One beaver skin bought a brass kettle or two hatchets. A four-fo- gun cost 12 beaver skins. Thousands of Soldiers Learn Languages in Army's School Tens of thousands of American soldiers many of whom plodded through language courses in high school and college without acquir-ing any degree of proficiency now are enthusiastically learning for-eign tongues. The rolls of soldier language stu-dents now stationed in foreign coun-tries have increased steadily, and in response to their desires the Army's Troop Information and Education Division has made la.iguage courses available to every soldier desiring them. In Germany, France, Austria and other European countries, na-tive instructors augment the teach-ing staffs. The flow of textbooks from the United States to foreign na-tions where American soldiers are assigned is constant. The language courses offered by the Army are not limited to sol-diers in foreign lands, but also are available to those in training in this country. The Army has established special schools of languages at Monterey, Calif., and in Europe. Watertown Bans Dogs For Another 90 Days WATERTOWN, Wis. The dogs in Watertown have had only eight days of freedom since last spring. A drive was started to keep the pooches out of gardens and owners were instructed to keep their dogs in kennels. The ban was lifted October 1. A few days after they were re-leased rabies was discovered in several dead squirrels. Fearing the dogs might have come in con-tact with them and might spread the disease, the canines were ban-ished to the kennels again for 90 days. Owners of dogs violating the re-strictions face fines of $25 to $100 or 10 to 60 days in jail. Owners of hunting dogs will have to inoculate them against rabies or board them outside the town for the duration If the hunters wish to use them. Indiana Town Slashes 1951-5- 2 Budget $7,400 KENTLAND, Ind. The county council of Newton county recently slashed the township's budget by $7,400. The Newton council's action reflects a trend toward greater economy being carried out in nu-merous rural communities In the country. The council cut the county hos-pital budget by $2,700 and the county sheriff's office budget by $1,500. |