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Show W Knit Warm Sweaters If You Gan Get the Wool y 9HE WAR TRADE board In Wasn- Ington has decided that knitted Ltd J I sweaters are a luxury rather W than a necessity and are not to ' bo sul)r"C(l by the government to men 'wK ;" ln th0 Army or Nav'- However there la no ban on home knitting and It is 5 likely that every woman who has ft ' ' j ' Son' or husband or sweetheart ln tho '( aervlco and about to face tho rigors i&u f of winter, will sec to it that her sol- tWJrJ dlor or sailor 13 provided with a gwod (tffV? warm owoator that Is. if sho can pos- s,bly Kot th0 worsted to make it. r7f Luckily, though government control "fejjll ' o th0 W0Gl supply will shortly make ?'M knitting yarn scarce and hard to get; jTOIs aco " Is contended that every scrap jig . of wool must bo conserved for necessary neces-sary clothing, there is a goodly supply of yarn on hand now and the American Red Croas will contlnuo to knit and distrlbuto woolen comforts as usual or until it rccoives definite word from Washington that the yarn supply is to bo cut off. So, as long as you can obtain tho worsted, knit busily on warm wearables for tho boys at tho front and In camp. It may not be as cold this winter as it was last; and again It may and winter is pretty cold anyway! One is amazed at tho number of women knitting on gay colored personal sweaters theso days when warm garments aro so impera-tlvo impera-tlvo for the soldiers. Tlircc women Tvcro noted In ono subway car the other day, knitting sweators. One was making a coral pink slip-on, another a sleeved sweater of green wool, the third a dainty affair of palo yellow with purled odgc. Yet every ono of theso womon knitted busily and placidly plac-idly and seemed not at all embarrassed or ashamed bocauso of her strange war-tlmo occupation! The government requests that sweaters sweat-ers shall bo knlttod without superfluous super-fluous trimmings, liko wido collars, pockets and covorod buttons. No sweater may bo doublo-brcastod or more than twonly-olghl lnchos In length. Belts aro not necessary and should be eliminated. Worsted must not be used for knitted coats for dolls or dogs. |