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Show HOW-T9. SEW lr- Ruth Wyeth Spears Sf i PAPRIKA RED FINISHED 2 CORNFLOWER BLUE RUG 3 BROWN AND GREEN MIXED 3-"X39" "NE day a snap-shot came from ' a reader showing a half dozen braided rag rugs spread out on the grass. No two were alike. I thought this one with a scalloped border was particularly interesting interest-ing and the maker wrote me that the scallops do stay flat on the floor. She uses wool rags and frequently fre-quently dyes them the colors she wants. She cuts or tears them into strips an inch or more wide, according to the weight of the material and then braids them tightly. The braided strips are sewn together with double carpet thread and she keeps the work flat on the table all the time she is sewing. For this rug, the center cen-ter row is 15 inches long. Sew around and around this, using the colors indicated. When the oval is 31 inches long and 16 inches wide, divide it evenly around the edge with pins about five inches apart. Now, sew a row around with a 2-inch loop at each pin. Sew the next three rows around these loops easing the braiding in just enough to keep the work flat. NOTE: "The Rug That Grew Up With the Family" is another interesting rug-making idea. Directions Di-rections are in Mrs. Spears' Book 3, which also tells how to make spool shelves; streamlining an old style bed; and many other useful ideas. Write Mrs. Spears today, enclosing 10 cents in coin and book No. 3 will be sent to you by return re-turn maiL MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York Enclose 10 cents for Book No. 3. Name Address O-Cedar It, Motherl Don't clean and polish, foo) Do BOTH at once. Any lovely lady can polish her furniture and floors as she cleans thim. AH the work she used to do to wash and dry AND thin polish her furniture . . . was half wasted. Instead, use O-Cedar Polish in your damp cloth and wash and polish at the same time. Your neighborhood dealer sells genuine: O -eciar V VPolish . MOPS, WAX, DUSTERS, CLEANERS AND O-CEDAR FLY AND MOTH SPRAY Better a Jewel Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. Confucius. gpi il I R vm.u. m -y I i. i v ijufM ' li II IUIBU!U I '$MJkv f-" : 1 llTUt iu,,llUiVJ MADI BY KILtOOC'S IN tuvl1 BATTL1 CKEIK 1 " Covr. 1940 by KeIIo Company |