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Show ""THERE is a shortage of metal A curtain rods, yet for two generations gen-erations we have not seen such elaborate window treatments. The formal swags, cascades and jabots so dear to our grandmothers seem to be exactly right with the Victorian furniture that is gaining in popularity all the time. Each piece of the draped valance shown here is cut separately. sepa-rately. The diagram at the left But 14 of Our States Use Party Symbols on Ballots Only 14 states employ political party symbols on their ballots, six using the rooster and eight the star for the Democratic candidates, can-didates, and six the elephant and eight the eagle for the Republican candidates, says Collier's. Nor are all ballots marked in the same way, as in several Southern states the voter, instead of putting a cross beside the names of the persons per-sons for whom he is voting, marks out all the other names. r gives the dimensions of the end jabots. Tha side swags cross in the middle and a center swag overlaps them. The measurements of this center swag are given here, but these will vary according accord-ing to the space the swag is to fill. Each swag is cut bias at the ends and pleated and tacked over the pole, as shown at the lower left. The method of taking measurements is shown at the right. NOTE This is the third of a series of modern adaptations of period curtain fashions. fash-ions. Formal swag valances mounted on a valance board are illustrated with step-by-step directions in BOOK 1. The less formal type draped in one piece is shown in BOOK 5. Books are 15 cents each Order directly from: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10 Enclose 15 cents for each book desired. de-sired. Name Address v. cw ev. cv. cv. p- c-o- cv. p-(v. p. p. . p p. p ? Si JHIF 1 A quiz with answers offering ? AtlOTlSH informa,iononvariussubiects j 77ie Questions 1. How does the size of Alaska compare with the size of Texas? 2. Arlington National Shrine was originally part of the estate of what prominent American? 3. What well-known character in fiction tilted at windmills? 4. Why did King Arthur's knights sit at a round table? 5. Was absentee voting ever before be-fore permitted to soldiers of the United States? 6. Off what shores are the Grand Banks? 7. What is meant by the "doldrums"? "dol-drums"? 8. What Is the difference between be-tween a patriot and a patriarch? 9. Where would you be if you were on the Painted Desert? 10. Jerusalem, capital of Palestine, Pal-estine, is situated at an elevation of 2,500 feet between what seas? The Answers 1. Alaska is twice as large. 2. Gen. Robert E. Lee. 3. Don Quixote. 4. To avoid any distinction of rank. 5. Yes. Union soldiers in the field during the Civil war were permitted to vote. 6. Newfoundland. 7. Those tropical zones of the ocean where calms or baffling winds prevail, a becalmed state. 8. A patriot is one who loves and is devoted to his country. A patriarch patri-arch is the founder or head of a family or an aged man. 9. Arizona. 10. Mediterranean and Dead seas. Polite Storks American storks (wood ibis) are efficient and polite. When a flock descends on a shallow pond, ' these birds do a sort of dance to rile the water and force tadpoles tad-poles and small fish to the surface. sur-face. As these rise to the top, they are killed by the nearest birds. But only when enough food is floating on the water for the entire en-tire flock do the birds begin to feast. |