Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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8 IMAGINATION H Hallowe'en is the one night in the year when children have the chance to be anything in the world they want ?a clown, a fairy princess, a spaceman or even a rabbit. And it's no trick to treat the youngsters to fanciful Hallowe'en costumes, when you sew them yourself. Though you may have as many as four children to costume, you'll find it takes practically no time at all with this simple patternless costume. The magic costume, brain child of the Pfaff Sewing Institute. fits both boys and girls from size 6 to 12 and can be adapted to any character or theme. There are only three scams to stitch?two if you make a skirt costume. And. furthermore, it's roomy nnninrli fnv ~ wnvugii *V/1 V WU1 LI111U LU wear ever warm clothing. Use inexpensive remnants, pieces in your scrap bag, or a worn sheet. DIRECTIONS Cut. a "T" shape (see sketch) long enough to extend from the child's shoulders to the ankles and twice as wide as the child. Work on the fold of the fabric. Cut on fold of fabric an 8" semi-circle for head, with 8" slit down front or back of costume. Machine-shirr on fold of fabric at each side of semi-circle two pieces equal to the width of the child's shoulders. Join underarm and side seams. Turn under a twoinch hem on each sleeve. If you are making a pantaloon costume, cut and stitch pant seams, first measuring child for comfortable fit. Turn under skirt or pant hem and stitch quickly bv machine. ADAPTATIONS: To adant thn h acif nnctnmo for a clown, run a drawstring through sleeve and pant hems for balloon effect. Then make 8 pompoms of yarn or ribbon. Put one on each sleeve and pantaloon; and 4 down the front of the costume. Make a large conical paper hat with pompoms to complete the clown effect. For a fairy princess costume, add tinsel covered cardboard wings, held on with a bent coat hanger. An old lacc curtain or tabic runClinton JSvirs (Continued from Page 4) Mr. and Mrs. Bert Holland and son of Columbia visited Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ray last weekend. Misses Shirley Bodie, Marie Weir and Mrs. Edward Ray attended a party in Newberry at the home of Mrs. Paul Cuthbertson given in honor of Mrs. Jimmy Berry. Mrs. B. F. Harvey, along with seventeen members of the local Eastern Star Chap ler, attended a meeeting of the Woodruff Chapter recently. Mrs. Eva M. West visited Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell West in Greenville recently. AS FREE REIN IN HALLOWEEN ^Sfi \ [ r< H H II S itt IHfc \1L H4 ItHhK V ?Jn|H 8 it II < MPlit Mrs. W. B. Kelly of 704 Jeff< costume for size. Teena attends A is in the second grade. Mr. Kelly Ska* CUT 8"*Ji H*? t ( . SfA M?* \ / - ner makes a perfect veil for the bride. If your youngster wants to be a ghost, cover the head with a bag or pillow case, cutting holes for the eyes, nose and mouth. Add a pair of your own white gloves to complete the illusion. Little bovs who want to be pirates can be outfitted easily. too. The pirate's sleeves and trousers can be cut short and ragged. Tie a bandanna on his head and give him an Mrs. Kent Cook and Mr. Horace Waddell motored to Washington recently to accompany their sister. Miss Miriam Waddell. home. Mr. and Mrs. Hart well West and children of Greenvilln <{nf>nt n rnconl ? - - -w v? 1 V VV I I V V* V-\ l\V.. 1 IV I with Mr. and Mrs. Clinton West. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tyson spent last Sunday in Union with Mrs. Tyson's grandmother, Mrs. G. S. Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Kent Cook observed their first wedding anniversary September 28th. Miss Lois Lever celebrated a birthday on September 12th. Mr. Clinton West observed a birthday October 15th. THE CLOTHMAKER ~D S MAGIC CAMS 1^^ gM ?-! J Ui T" ._ o uic3 uii uauymei leena s cademy Street School where she is a carpenter at Clinton. o* fo/4 Of Sfa'th -X A9MIC y?g _____ sa! 1 t b? ~CUT L?S&SJ He ' to gri IN sts CUT FOR TROUSCRS 1 f; Bi old curtain ring for one ear. For a spaceman, tie a short , , .i . . . fie apron arouna me snouiders for a cape. A kitchen col- j lander makes a fine "bubble" helmet. ^a, Animal costumes, w i t h m ^ stuffed tails and tight sleeves ^ and trousers, are fun for children, too. With this magic costume, IV1 you can be a sorcerer chang- iy ing your children into anything they want to be on M. Hallowe'en. MANY THINGS TO REMEMBER ? ea There are always so many pr things to remember: discon- pL] tinue the milk and nnnor nr ? m , range with a neighbor to take w in the mail, don't close the tin blinds and shades for those re| only tend to invite burglars, an Check several times before you leave to see that all electrical appliances are off. so as SC1 to keep fire risks down. And ?n after you're already in the , car, ready to leave, jump out nc once more and check again sai to be sure everything is all Co right. ( icf You Know c ...About O outA Carolina 7e < Did you know this about iustry? South Carolina leads the i spindles in place, with six South Carolina textile plr as much cotton annually ; South Carolina ranks seco of bales of cotton consun dustry. The South Carolina textil than one billion yards of : The weight of the sheet in lina textile industry in 19; Two-thirds of all manufai are in the textile industr\ The textile industry provi tilling wages paid in Sou A higher percentage of re tile industry in South Ca in the nation. The textile industry in So imatelv 2-x/i million bales More than 300 textile pla lina. ood Intentions. Why does somebody always Fcty? You'd thing we werei ing. So, it's true, Jones got his INTENDED to stop the ma So, Smith got a steel sliver get his goggles off the bene inding. T?rr i i-:- i-;? i ? ne hour by Cooper and x. George Cornelson will MC OU, Kul IMS * TENDED to buy a pair of s Seems to me they were jus inces?or something. Even the wife keeps the o I know I shouldn't eat so 1 rlier ? and I should play ouldn't drive so fast ? and 1 should fix the electric iron c it she knows I INTEND to dc them. Why be so concerned It cuts me deeply to think t nee in Jones or Smith, or Jc Oops! ... See, here's an exa king about. I just got a eking case. The Boss'll think I'm not int / gloves right here in my pi cm on all the time. ill Men Turn isc Jockeys for nited Fund Claude A. Crocker, Indusal Relations Director, anunced today that Van Oxr, Calvin Cooper, George irnelson, and Joel Cox will ch hold an hour long radio ogram to boost United ind giving. On their proam over Radio Station IH'C flinf/iri ihnv x * * i 1 I iri\?r? ? latest news and weather sorts, plav hit tune records, d plii^' the United Fund mpai^n. Van Oxner will begin the ies from 6 A. M, to 7 A. M. Monday, October 28th, d will be followed on Tuesv, October 29th, and Wedsday, October 30th, at the OCTOBER. 1957 or... J ar?//e Industry P your South Carolina Textile nation in the number of textile and a half million, mts consume almost five times as is produced in the state, nd in the nation in the number led annually by its textile inc industry manufactured more sheeting in 1956. g produced by the South Caro)H exceeded 293 million pounds, cturing jobs in South Carolina des 69 per cent of all manufacith Carolina. sidents is employed bv the texrolina than :r. any other state iiifla r'nrnlino nnm'io^np uui will Viiinci \.v;n^uiil^o appiUAof cotton annually, nts are located in South Caro ; have to be riding a guy about i't interested in our own wellthumb chopped off in a Card, chine off. in his eyeball. He INTENDED h and wear them while he was crushed by a loom beam. He safety shoes the next payday, t the victims of fate or circumld probe working, much?and I should get to bed with the kids more ? and I should get a new ladder ? and :ord ? and so forth and so on. > all these things as I get around :1 about them. hat people have no more confiff ??r mo itann tV-*r?\r mple of exactly what I've been splinter in mv hand off th: t crested in safety. But, I've Rot [>cket and I INTENDED to put GIVE TsiE UNITED WAY an hour and fifteen minutes program on Monday, October 28th. His show begins at 11 A. M.