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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941
Children’s Wardrobe Problems
Made Simple by Home Sewing
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
J ACK’S beanstalk of fairy tale days
has nothing on little girls when
it comes to growing rapidly. They
seem to change from day to day,
once they pass the doll-like stage of
babyhood. It’s a problem every
mother has to face, but it is surpris
ing how simple a problem it be
comes if you can sew. The many
needed changes don’t upset the most
rigid budget if wardrobes are
planned carefully.
In the first place cotton fabrics
are not only practical and inexpen
sive but smart as well. This spring,
sand-boxes and dancing school alike
will see cotton frocks on all of For
tune's favorite tikes. There are in
numerable enchanting fabrics that
cost so little you can make a six-
year-old daughter a complete ward
robe of spring frocks for five or six
dollars.
It’s smart this season, too, to
make children’s clothes from the
same basic pattern, varying mate
rials and trimmings. This is a bless
ing for a busy mother. You’ll find
most children’s patterns are so sim
ple this season that you can com
plete a whole frock in a couple of
hours’ time.
The princess silhouette, as grace
ful and, becoming to almost every
child as its name implies, is particu
larly favored right now. For play
time, make it of sturdy denim or
striped seersucker. Percale and
gingham, crisp and trim, are favor
ites for school, likewise pique, which
is simply ideal for practical wear.
You can get pique in the new pas
tels as well as in white. As shown
in the illustration, the little girl
standing has on a winsome frock
made princess style. To add to its
charm, it has a cunning zippered
front fastening. Mothers find that
these gay colored zippers prove a
constant source of delight to young
sters.
When party time calls something
more dainty, novelty organdy or dot
ted swiss would be a good choice, and
as for dimity, it is more of a favor
ite than ever. An Alice-in-Wonder
land dimity frock is the pride and
the joy of the little girl seated in
the picture. In size four, this little
dress costs but a few cents over a
dollar to make, including organdy
frills, tiny pearl buttons, pattern and
thread. The same pattern in ging
ham makes a cunning play frock.
A most commendable thing about
the frilled organdy panel that adds
such a dainty touch to this gown is
that it is made detachable so that
the frills may be laundered sepa
rately. One of the delights of prin
cess frocks is that they also are easy
to launder. No gathers, no pleats!
Be sure you use boilfast thread when
you are sewing, so that it won’t run
or fade. Also, if you want to leave
an extra two inches in the hem to
take care of rapidly growing legs,
boilfast thread will leave no mark
when the hems are changed.
The pinafore with its apron and
bib, so charming for little girls, has
been revived, and a very sensible
fashion it is. A change-about of
guimpes and skirts is a flexible
wardrobe note to be remembered
when active playtime makes many
changes necessary. You can often
use last year’s outgrown dresses to
make the apron and pinafore bib.
Use the extra fabric of the sleeves
for little ruffles over the shoulders
or for a big pocket on the skirt to
hold a favorite toy.
A good time to teach youngsters
to sew is when you are making their
clothes. With a little supervision,
leftover pieces of material can be
fashioned into doll clothes just like
mother’s. You can’t start them too
young, and doll clothes are by far
the happiest medium of approach.
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Twin Hankies
Striking accessory notes are a
fashion “must” this season. Your
quest for novelty and chic should
lead you to the handkerchief counter
where you will be rewarded with a
real “find” in the way of plaid
hankies. The “trick” is to wear
these plaids in pairs, as here shown.
You may choose these hankies in
little pin checks or big bold plaids,
with background colors that match
or blend with the latest colors. These
hankies never fail to add that dash
of spice to the always smart, simple
suit.
Lace Rediagotes
A pretty fashion to be worn in late
spring and throughout summer is
the long redingote made of sturdy
lace in colors, and in black or white.
It is perfectly stunning when worn
as a summer wrap.
Pleats, Longer Jackets
Mark Newest Spring Suits
Precision in tailoring mars
spring suits for 1941. Fashion has
determined that m’lady will wear
pleats in the suit skirt—knife, box or
twin box pleats in back or front, but
plain at the side. The fashionable
length for jackets is 24 inches or
wrist length. Other details to keep
in mind if buying or making a suit
are single link closing, neatly
squared shoulders padded flush with
the arm, and hip flap pockets.
Take your pick of the so-called
“open shirt” revers, or the elongat
ed type that creates the impression
of a longer waist. The fancy femi
nine suit has a shorter jacket with
a definitely nipped-in waist and easy
fullness in the skirt. Knife pleating,
grouped pleats, new soft yokes, dou
ble flap pockets and chunky gold
buttons are characteristics.
Chenille Dots in Veils
Latest Addition to Hats
Ask at the veiling counter to see
the new confetti veils. Chenille dots
that look like huge snowflakes are
closely scattered all over the fragile
backgrounds. Cover your hat with
this veil in billowy masses and you
will achieve a true “spring” look.
All veils have a most fetching
way about them this season. Their
sole mission is to flatter and to lend
allure. Little flower hats have as
their main keynote whimsical color
ful veils. Wide brims are also flat
teringly veiled this season.
Dolman Sleeves
A coat destined to be a highlight
in fashion is the new shirtwaist type
with dolman sleeves. Its utter sim
plicity of cut and styling is its
charm.
■••’■■■■| M PR OV ED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
S. S. Lesson for April 27
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE EARLY CHURCH MEETING
HUMAN NEEDS
LESSON TEXT—Acts 4:32-35; 6:1-7.
GOLDEN TEXT—And the multitude of
them that believed were of one heart and
of one soul.—Acts 4:32.
Machinery without power is use
less—that is why in the lesson of
last Sunday the power of the Holy
Spirit was recognized as being in
dispensable in the church. One
sometimes wonders whether we do
not now have more machinery than
power, and thus fail in our high
calling.
Power, on the other hand, Reaches
its greatest usefulness through the
organization of well-planned ma
chinery. The church soon found
that its activities, simple at the be
ginning, had become more com
plex, calling for suitable organiza
tion, if it was to best serve the
needs of its own people and of those
round about it. In so organizing
they did not forget this fundamental
purpose of the church, nor did they
forsake the true source of power.
I. Sharing With the Brethren (4:
32-35).
Love for one another prompted
the Christian brethren to meet each
other’s need by sharing, by holding
all they owned for the common
good. This was not (as some would
have us believe) a type of commu
nism. It was purely voluntary (see
Acts 5:4), temporary, and local. It
was practiced only in Jerusalem
and only for a short time. It was
an expression of Christian brother
hood and liberality which is worthy
of our consideration.
The duty and privilege of sharing
material as well as spiritual bless
ings is a part of Christian fellow
ship. Those in the church who have
should willingly share with those
who have not. Some churches have
so effectively carried out this plan
today that none of their members is
on relief. Not every church can do
that, but much more could be done
if we had the considerate spirit of
the early Christian church, which
was indeed the spirit of Christ.
'II. Caring for the Unfortunate
(6:1, 3, 5, 6).
The church had come through its
first real persecution (Acts 5:12-42)
with real victory and assurance (5:
42), only to face an internal difficul
ty. Wherever the Lord blesses, the
enemy comes to destroy. Whenever
a door of service opens, there are
many adversaries ( I Cor. 16:9).
There were two groups in the
church—the Hebrew Christians, and
those with a Greek background.
Among the poor to whom daily dis
tribution of help must be made were
many widows. Suddenly the Gre
cian group began to note (or think
they noted, which was just as dis
turbing) that their widows were be
ing neglected.
Notice that men of good character
and spirituality were chosen to
serve, and that all of them bore
Greek names. The Greeks, who
were doubtless in the minority in the
Jerusalem church, had a complaint,
so those who were appointed to
serve were their own people. We
might have been tempted to appoint
a committee made up of half from
each side (and thus to continue the
dissension), but not so here where
grace and wisdom from above con
trolled.
Do not fail to observe that there
was here a well-ordered plan to care
for the weak and unfortunate. No
Christian church should fail in that
important ministry.
III. Preaching the Word (w. 2,
4, 7).
Social service is necessary—the
church should make intelligent pro
vision for its poor and its widows—
but it makes a fatal mistake when
such service becomes more impor
tant than the preaching and teach
ing of God’s Word. Let those ap
pointed to that blessed ministry
find joy in sanctified social service,
but never let it pre-empt the place
of evangelism.
Certainly such service must not
become the all-absorbing task of the
one who has been set by God as the
messenger to the church—the spir
itual shepherd of the flock. Many a
preacher has lost himself in such
work, and failed to study and pray
so that he might be prepared to
preach the Word in power and with
conviction. Too many preachers
are attempting to shake a sermon
out of their coat sleeves on Satur
day night (as Joseph Parker put it)
only to find that their ministry grows
leaner and leaner until, reaching
the years when there should be a
matured richness and sweetness in
their ministry of the Word, they
find their message dead, dull and
dry.
Such folly ill befits the Christian
church of its ministers. Perhaps
some minister who reads these lines
should change his ways, and per
chance many a church officer who
reads them should realize that he
has been driving his preacher into
work which, while important, should
be (for him, at least) secondary.
First things first, in God’s own or
der—that i$ the road of power and
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E'EMININE headgear usually
^ holds its shape best if it rests
right side up on a stand that fits
inside the crown, but this is not
true of^i man’s hat. Its dashing
lines may be preserved by plac
ing it upside down in a holder.
All of which is worth remember
ing when you are fixing up “his”
closet or even when you are gen
erously preparing to share a small
corner of your own.
The man’s hat box, shown here,
is covered on the outside with ma
roon and blue cotton print and
lined with blue chambray. The lid
and the front of the box are hinged
with adhesive tape before the cov
ering is pasted on with stiff pas|e.
The stand is made of cardboard,
as shown in the sketch, and is
covered to match the box. The
maroon bias tape edging of the
stand is cemented in place in a
way that you may find useful in
making many other things. The
secret is in spreading the cement
evenly on both surfaces, letting it
dry, and then vulcanizing the two
together with the heat of the press
ing iron.
• • •
NOTE: Why not put away Winter things
all nicely mended? It will be grand to
get them out in perfect order next Fall.
Mrs. Spears’ Book 2 shows you how to do
the most professional kinds of mending,
as well as every day household mending.
There is a simple, quickly made zipper
bag for five garments in SEWING Book
6. Send order to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Drawer 10
Bedford Hills New York
Enclose 20 cents for Books 2 and 6.
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Every man feels instinctively
that all the beautiful -sentiments
in the world weigh less than a
single lovely action.—Lowell.
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ANOTHER
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects
The Questions
1. Which science has been called
the dismal science?
2. Whose inventions made the
motion picture an accomplished
fact?
3. What makes a fish so slip
pery?
4. What is the explanation of
sun dogs?
5. In what naval battle did Cleo
patra figure?
6. How far is a pitcher’s box
from home plate?
Proving That Doctors
Don 9 t Know Everything
A doctor’s telephone rang when
he was trying to go to sleep. The
caller was in a wild state of alarm.
“My wife, doctor!” he shouted.
“It’s her appendix. You’d better
come round quick.”
“Keep her quiet in bed,” said
the doctor, “and I’ll come around
tomorrow. She hasn’t got appen
dicitis.”
The husband became even wild
er, however, insisting that the doc
tor should come at once.
“Look here,” said the doctor at
last, “you know that I took out
her appendix three years ago, and
nobody has two appendixes.”
“Ever heard of anybody having
two wives?” asked the husband.
7. Who discovered radio waves?
8. In Oliver Wendell Holmes’ fa
mous poem, how long did the won
derful one horse shay run before
it collapsed?
9. In ancient mythology Cerber
us was what?
10. Who introduced the Fascist
salute?
The Answers
1. Economics.
2. Thomas A. Edison.
3. Its body is covered with a
mucus, constantly secreted by
special glands, which minimizes
the friction between its body and
the water.
4. According to the U. S. weath
er bureau, this term, applied to a
form of halo around the sun, is
caused by the refraction of sun
light by myriads of tiny six-sided
ice crystals floating in the upper
atmosphere.
5. Actium.
6. Sixty feet five inches.
7. Heinrich Hertz.
8. One hundred years.
9. A dog which guarded the
gates of Hades.
10. The Fascist salute was intro
duced by D’Annunzio, the Italian
poet. He copied it from a statue
or frescoe, forgetting that ancient
Roman citizens greeted each oth
er by shaking hands, and only
slaves made the sign which Mus
solini adopted.
^ TIPS to
vjardeners
GARDENS OF QUALITY
npHERE have been changes ia
recent years in garden prac
tices that are worth reporting.;;
Gardeners formerly allowed vege
tables to grow as large as possible.
This procedure gave a higher
yield in pounds, but very often it
lowered the quality of vegetables.
Some vegetables, of course, like
tomato, must be mature to be pal
atable ; but carrots, cucumbers,
beets, summer squash, turnips,
radishes, and others are more ten
der and tasty when not much
more than half grown.
Gardeners are finding that it is
wise to plant oftener than once or
twice a year, to maintain a regu
lar supply of proper-sized vege
tables. Gardens prove more en
joyable, and more profitable when
successive plantings of favorite
crops are made every two or three
weeks, providing garden-fresh
vegetables for the table over a
long season.
It is also true that few garden
ers today save flower seeds. Fine
flowers growing in the home gar
den often are cross-pollinated by
others of the same species, mak
ing flowers grown from their seed
inferior, and untrue.
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