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Show j h BETTER H I fs..' DRESSMAKING N NxT' " buttonhole stitch is shown at c blanket stitch used for the bar t.'.i " at D. Sketch 3 shows the m,ik ,"3 marking the tailored buttonhole at i stitching around marking, at B- Dunr eyelet, at C; overcasting, D; meth 1 holding reinforcing thread. E and r -bar at the inside end is shown at G NOTE: If you are interested in b,vi. more and oetter clothes tor yourself 1 family, learn to sew. Today's les,, one of hundreds in the new 25S njt k," BETTER DRESSMAKING, by Kmh eth Spears. Every phase of dressnnu,' cutting, fitting, tailoring, remodel, explained with clear, easy-to-follow dm ings and text. You will want to own lt beautifully bound lifetime reference hi 1 Ask for complete information and sn; offer. Address: MRS. SPEARS, Dmu ", 12, BEDFORD HILLS, NEW YORK CONSERVATION of clothing begins be-gins with an ounce of prevention. preven-tion. When we think of where garments gar-ments wear out first, buttonholes come to mind. Once the material around them becomes frayed the garment is finished so far as good looks is concerned. The buttonholes of old garment may be reworked; those of inexpensive inex-pensive ready-mades may be reinforced; re-inforced; and those in new garments gar-ments may be made both smart and substantial with evenly purled stitches. Three types of worked buttonholes are shown here. 1. The buttonhole with fan stitches at the outside end and reinforcing bar at inside. 2. Buttonhole with bar at both ends. 3. Tailored buttonhole with eyelet at outside end. The process of reinforcing a buttonhole slit with long stitches and overcasting is shown at A and B, in Sketch 1. The position of the needle and thread in making the purled SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT JiL rubbei: It did have a bearing on rubber rub-ber use the close to 24 billion bil-lion gallons of gasoline used by highway vehicles in 1941. California led the states with a mark on the edge of 2 billion bil-lion gallons. These are numbers num-bers for the "A" card holder to conjure with. Tires for our fighting aircraft consume con-sume from 35 to 96 pounds of rubber, depending on the size of the plane. Inner tubes take from 24 to 54 pounds. At a rubber plantation in Haiti, a 75-foot tree was pulled to the ground by the weight of cryptostegia vines which had fought one another to climb it. fiI7 ( ( ( anfcf us' nutntious wartime meal! Kiss's Cora Flakes r8 re. 3pMjt& vTTfiZu . . f stored to WHOLE GRAIN Nil . ' O i |