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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. _ Smart Apparel, Household Items Can Be Made From Cotton Bags By CHERIE NICHOLAS IT'S IN the bag, that new smock * you need or pretty pinafore you covet, or a sun-suit for little sister. The bag is the same cotton bag that holds your flour, sugar, salt and other such commodities as are packaged in cotton. One of the most fascinating and Ihrifty hobbies imaginable is this eg creating, not several, but hundreds eg attractive and useful household Items and articles of apparel from cotton bags. It adds to the fun of converting bags into smartly wear able clothes if you keep a stock of gay rick-rack braid and colorful boU-fast threads and yams on hand Just to give an extra flourish of trimming and embroidery touches to the garments you make. There is no limit to the intriguing accents that can be given to your chic bag fashions, and at such a trifling cost, too. Then too, you can inject real drama into the bag-sewing program by dyeing some of the cotton squares in gay Mexican blues and reds, yellows and purples. Make these up into picturesque peasant dirndl skirts and dresses that are worked out in striking color con trast. Best of all is the patriotic spirit you show when you salvage fab rics. The housewife who converts cotton bags into the many useful items they are capable of becoming under the magic of willing hands and minds not only serves herself but conserves essential fabrics for her country. Under the slogan that “a yard saved is a yard gained for victory,” the Textile Bag Manufacturers as sociation has prepared a 32-page booklet "A Bag of Tricks for Home Sewing.” This free booklet presents practical ways in which bags can be used to make decorative pieces for home, clothes for the family and Print Accents A new style technique that offers endless possibilities is that of using print for matching accessories and as accent to the costume itself. We used to think that a print blouse was the whole story but now in or der to make news a print blouse must be teamed with something else made of the same pattern. In this instance a blouse is accompanied by gloves of the same print. To fur ther unify the costume the wool suit has inserts at the shoulders of the same silk and rayon polka dot that makes the blouse end the gloves. Taffeta Accessories Set Off Basic Suit If you have a basic suit—bolero and cardigan types are smartest this season—or a simple long-torso black gown, you have achieved a perfect foundation for the new taf feta accessories that are so swag ger. It’s the newest of fashion ges tures to brighten your simple suits and dresses with splurges of striking plaid, check or stripe taffeta. You can make an old garment look new by adding these dramatic taffeta ac cents. You can buy such intriguing items as a weskit of Roman stripe, the stripes made up horizontally with tailored bows used instead of button fastenings. Then there is the modish sun-back sleeveless blouse made of bold taffeta check having a huge bow-tie at the neck line, the whole affair cut on the bias. Most sensational of all are gloves and bags made of taffeta matched to the hat. You Can Be Either Formal Or Informal in Gingham You can dress up or down to occa sion in gingham. If it’s formality you seek wear a black and white check gingham, which has a yoke of low- cut decolletage also a gypsy scarf about the hips worked with glitter ing black beads. With your sports slacks wear a gingham cowboy shirt in vivid colors. You will like the new gingham accessories that are being worn with suits and dresses this summer. Hats, bags and gloves made of gingham have high fashion rank this season. You’ll love these gay fabrics fit for all occasions this season. — Roger B. Whitman—WNU Features. DUSTY CONCRETE FLOORS very pretty costume accessories. For the charming dress sketched above to the left in the illustration, the designer uses the bag fabric in its natural color, highlighting it with gaily colorful rick-rack used to trim the low-cut U-neckline, the front opening, the pockets and the sleeves. The attractive pinafore centered at the top is made of unbleached bags. You can either hem this apron all around or pipe it with bright colored cotton bias tape-binding such as is available at all notion counters for a few cents outlay. To give it extra fillup, trim it with an applique of flower motifs cut from bright cotton print. You can buy packaged assortments of cutout cot ton figures and you’ll find them a source of joy as they can be used to trim in so many effective ways. The dress to the right demon strates convincingly what smart fashions can be turned out of the unbleached cotton bags. Gay colored accents can be added, such as contrast piping or multi-colored rick-rack also the new green, red, blue and yellow plastic buttons which are being used in rotation. Contrast bodice tops are excellent style and this same model could be made up in this way. Here’s where the bags dyed in high colors can be made to yield new glamour. Dye up some of the bags you have on hand, you’ll be surprised how effectively they work into the scheme of things. The adorable little play dress below to the left with rick-rack trim is preUy enough to set any little girl’s heart all a’flutter. The young ster to the right in the little sun- suit and matching bonnet is due for applause at any style show. Note the bolero, the bag and the weskit and the bridge luncheon set, each of which is made of cotton bags. Released by Western Newspaper Union. JgB to putty (not wood putty) but never becomes hard or brittle. This com pound is much used for repairing outside leaks around window frames. It is forced into the crack with a caulking gun. Inquire about this at your hardware store. ... How to Build Shower Stall Question: I am planning to build a shower in a space 32 inches wide by 24 inches long and 7 feet high. What type of waterproof material can I use that will be economical, yet good? Must the floor be of cement, or can something else be used instead? Answer: The base or receptor of the shower should be built of cement with a lead pan under it to prevent possible leakage to the floor below. This work should be done by a com petent concrete or tile man who has had experience in this kind of work. Or, you can get a precast cement receptor. The latter would be simple to install. The walls can be of cement plas ter over wire lath, or you can use one of the prefinished dense fiber wallboards. If the board is used, the manufacturer’s directions should be followed in making the joints watertight. The smallest size show er receptor measures 32 by 32 inches. Your 24-inch dimension is rather "skimpy” for a shower stall. * • • Oil Stain on Wooden Chest Question: I have a wooden chest that I was preparing to paint, when a large quantity of baby oil was spilled on it. Although I wiped it off with rags as soon as possible, quite a bit of it penetrated into the wood. Will the oil that remains in the wood affect the enamel finish that I am planning to apply on the chest? Answer: Sandpaper as much of the surface as possible, and, if some of the oil still remains that cannot be removed, cover the stain with a thick layer of a paste mixture made by combining fuller’s earth or pow dered whiting with a (preferably noninflammable) spot removing liquid. When dry, brush off the pow der. An oil stain of that type would affect the drying quality of the enamel. ... New Maple Floor Question: What would you suggest for a new maple floor to be laid in a store where there will be considera ble traffic and wear? Answer: The floor can be given a couple of soaking coats of hot lin seed oil (raw). After allowing an hour or so for soaking, wipe off the excess and apply the next coat 24 hours later. Penetrating preserva tive oil finishes are serviceable and good-looking on maple. ... Fireproofing Paper Question: How can paper be made fireproof? Answer: Soak it in a solution of eight ounces of boracic acid and ten ounces of borax in one gallon of wa ter. Float the paper on the liquid until U is thoroughly saturated, and then hang up to drip and dry. [HOUSSHOIP mm ’rr'wm*’ > '' ;- v I . ' X, Question: Some time ago you wrote about a mixture for laying the dust of a concrete cellar floor. Will you please repeat? Answer: You can lay the dust by soaking the floor with a mixture of one part water glass in four parts of water. Make plenty of this mixture, so that it can be poured on the floor liberally, spread with a broom and the floor allowed to soak it up. At the end of some hours, wipe up any puddles that may remain. You may have to repeat the treatment within a day or two. But if you wish to paint the floor later on, water glass should not be used. _ If you should wish to paint, get a kind of paint that is proof against the ef fects of lime; for ordinary floor paint will not last on a basement floor if laid in the usual way. • • . LEAKING FLUSH TANK Question: Our old-fashioned, high- type of wood flush tank is leaking. Could I use wood putty to mend it? Answer: Caulking compound would last longer. This is similar ON THE HOME FROM",/ /< RUTH WYETH SPEARS ! I~\0 YOU have a large wall space somewhere in your house that looks rather bare? Why not fill it with a group of matched brackets on which you may maka an attractive arrangement of bric- a-brac and trailing vines? This sketch shows a set of three brackets in a quaint old-fashioned heart design over a davenport in the living room. The center brack- ■ a MARK USE PATTERN TO MARK PIECES- THEN CUT I cuci c OUT WJTHj < BUSSKE* coping l SAW WITH -IS AND 6EUE ■ Help Yourself to a Salad! (See Becipes Below) Salad Magic Salads are in season summer, win ter, fall and spring, but in spring you can really have all the vari- ety you want. There are crisp greens aplenty, perhaps fresh from your own garden, and loads of fresh fruits and vegetables to complete the demands of health and satisfy the appetite for really fresh - from - the - garden foods. Everywhere you go you hear peo ple saying, "A salad is just the thing,” or “I want something green and crisp.” It’s a sign of spring, this desire to eat foods that fit with the newness and freshness of spring. A new idea for serving is to try a salad buffet for it will save your preparing individual salads for ev eryone. Simply set salad ingredi ents in bowls, park them on a tray and whisk them into the dining room for everyone to make up his own combination. In the picture illus trated above, you will notice the bowl of salad dressing is surround ed by crisp greens, and then there are bowls of grapefruit sections with avocado pears, strawberries, tears or peaches and prunes stuffed with cottage or cream cheese and nuts— all the makings for salad for helping yourself to any combination that ap peals to you and your guests. Salads can double for both the salad and dessert course, or they can be the mainstay of your lunch eon for the club. *Salad-Dessert Loaf. (Serves 6) 1 envelope plain unflavored gelatin H cup cold water 2 egg yolks 1 tablespoon melted butter or sub stitute 14 eup mild vinegar 3 tablespoons vinegar ?4 teaspoon salt >4 teaspoon paprika Few grains cayenne, if desired 94 cup milk 2 tablespoons canned pineapple juice 1 cup prepared fruit 1 eup evaporated milic, whipped Soften gelatin in cold water. Beat egg yolks and salt. Add vinegar, salt, butter, cay enne, paprika and pineapple juice gradually. Whip lightly. Add milk and cook in top of double boiler un til of custard con sistency, stirring move from fire and dissolve softened gelatin in hot custard mixture. Chill, stirring occasionally while cooling. When mixture begins to set, fold in whipped, evaporated milk and fruit, cut in small pieces (orange, cher ries, canned pineapple, grapefruit. constantly. Lynn Says: Give Yourself Health! Egyp tians cultivated salad foods such as onions and garlic; RomEuis en joyed chicory and lettuce. Why shouldn’t you? Your cues to a good salad are few but important: ingredients should be well chilled, attractive ly arranged and served with the proper dressing. Most fruit sal ads take a whipped cream dress ing or cooked dressing or mayon naise flavored with fruit juices. Occasionally, in the case of a bland fruit or citrus fruit, a french dressing is a must. Seafoods are usually marinated before mixed with other ingredi ents. Marinate shrimps, crab- meat, etc., in french dressing even though you may use mayon naise to hold the salad together. The above trick may also be tried with potato salad. It improves flavor. Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving Mean Broiled Chicken New Potatoes Peas Biscuits ' Jelly / ‘Salad Dessert Loaf Orange Marmalade Bars Coffee •Recipe Given Re- et is fourteen inches wide with one of the matching smaller brackets on each side. The sketch also Shows how easy it is to cut out the heart design with a sharp knife after boring holes with a brace and bit. Any school boy who has the use of a coping saw or maybe e jig saw may make these grace ful brackets. • • • NOTE—Mrs. Spears has prepared as actual size pattern tor all the pieces of this set ot wall brackets, with complete directions for cutting, assembling and fin ishing. Hie lines ot these brackets are so well proportioned that you iglll be proud to own them. Ask tor Pattern ESS and Co-, close 15 cents, which covers cost and mailing. Address: peaches, pears or any desired fruit combination). When firm, unmold on platter and garnish with green pepper. Trim platter with salad greens. Shrimps in a salad can make up the main dish for a warm eight sup per without too much fussing on your part: Shrimp Salad. (Serves 6) 2 No. 1 cans shrimp 294 cups diced cooked potatoes 1 cup diced celery 94 cup chopped green pepper 94 cup french dressing 2 tablespoons lemon julco 94 teaspoon salt 94 eup mayonnaise Salad greens 3 whole tomatoes, cut in wedges 3 green pepper rings Ripe olives Combine shrimp, potatoes, celery and green pepper. Add french dressing, lemon juice and salt. Chill. Just before serving, moisten with mayonnaise. Serve on chop plato garnished with salad greens, toma to wedges, green pepper rings and ripe olives. A salad that’s substantial and really good is one that combines fish with mecaroni. A subtle combination of seasonings makes it just perfect eating: Macaroni-Salmon Salad. 194 cups flaked salmon, tuna or crabmeat 1 cup eooked macaroni 1 eup canned peas 94 cup diced celery 2 tablespoons minced plmiento 2 tablespoons chopped sweet plckl# Salt and pepper to taste Mayonnaise Combine ingredients in order giv en. Toss lightly with dressing and serve, well chilled in lettuce cups. The following salads are cool and vitamin-rich, perfect foil for warmer weather: Raw Vegetable Salad. 2 cups raw carrots, grated 1 cup raw cabbage, shredded 94 cup raw celery, chopped 94 cup onions, diced Cooked salad dressing Mix together vegetables with just enough dressing to hold together. Lettuce Rolls. 1 head lettuce 1 cup cottage cheese 94 cup seedless raisins 94 cup chopped nuts 94 cup mayonnaise Salt Combine cheese, raisins and nuts. Blend well with mayonnaise. Add salt to taste. Use large lettuce leaves and spread with cheese mix ture. Roll as for jelly roll; chill and serve. Dressing Variations. French Dressing: Crumble 94 pound roquefort cheese into 1 cup french dressing. Serve over greens. Lemon Cream Dressing: To 1 cup chilled, evaporated cream, whipped, add 3 tablespoons honey and 1 table spoon lemon juice. Serve with Fruit Salad. Mayonnaise: Add 94 cup chill sauce, 2 tablespoons pickle relish, and 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped to 1 cup mayonnaise. This is good over lettuce. Cel the most from your meat! Get your meat roasting chart from Miss Lynn Cham bers by writing to her in care of Western Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago 6, III. Please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for your reply. Released by Western Newspaper Union. MBS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer M Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. MS. Name Address IRim ; LAMEfT XEUU Mf I Judge States All of the 83 past and present Justices of the Supreme Court od the U. 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