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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Woman's World Semi-Formals Need Variety If You Want Balanced Taste £rtta A FRIEND of mine confided to me recently that she never seemed to have as smart looking clothing as her friends, although she spent as much as they did. After checking her wardrobe, we found that she made one error from sea son to season. It’s an easy error to fall into, and one you may be guilty of without perhaps realizing it. This friend of mine had found one basic dress that she liked and she bought a similar one every year, even though in a slightly different color. Although the basic design was becoming to her, it finally became so monotonous that she felt she was not having any variety in her wardrobe, as were her friends. Every woman should realize that eveiy season requires something entirely different in the way of color and design if she is to be complete ly happy about her clothes. I cer tainly don’t suggest that you go in for bizarre experiments in clothing, hats or accessories, but there are many attractive colors and styles from which to choose. Before you choose your afternoon or semi-formal dress or your going- out, dress-up dress, whatever name you give it, make a list of the kind of interests and dates you’re plan ning to have. Then select a dress that will fit all these purposes as well as possible. Even though black is smart, don’t repeat it every time you buy a dress. See what navy blue can do for you or royal blue or a deep bright red or perhaps the new gray- beige tone with jeweled touches about the throat or belt. You’ll have a nice surprise! Select Dress to Fit Your Type If you are sewing the dress at home, you can’t do justice to either material or pattern unless you real ize your limitations with the needle. Unless you are experienced in work ing with material, don’t choose draped styles that may be hard to handle. The soft, simple dress is designed just for you, and it need never lack variety. Study your type . . . Then, too, you have your choice of a soft trimmed dress that is easy to cut and put together. The trim ming on this type of dress may be something added to the dress which is easy to put on, or it may show up in such easy-to-make details as softness in the shoulders or gath ers and tucks in the skirt. Only if you are experienced with sewing should you choose the so phisticated, subtle dresses, and then only if you are the type to wear them. These dresses usually have many different pieces and they must be pinned togethe- when cut so they don’t get mixed. They also require painstaking work in sewing . s seams must be very carefully finished. Outside stitching is taboo, and every comer and curve must be perfectly molded to the figure. Select your pattern first and then the material, as patterns will guide you to correct materials for the particular style which you have chosen. Always have matching thread to make the sewing neat. I’m sure you’ve all seen dresses without being aware of the dress to any great extent, but rather more • DDi r Then make your own temi-formal dress. * Smart Striped Suits Walthers plain and striped suiting was used for this smart suit by Stefan. French gray in pencil striped wool is used with a lemon yellow and white for a semi-swa- low-tailed jacket. The latter has inlaid bands and a deeply notched collar. aware of what the woman used with the dress to make it an extremely attractive costume. Such acces sories as hats, gloves, jewelry or lingerie touches can either make or break a dress. Choose Accessories To Enhance Dress If you’ve received some particu larly attractive jewelry recently and have nothing which really goes with it, there’s nothing better than an attractive afternoon dress to set it off properly. If the jewelry is large and glittery, select something sim ple and classic to show it off. Or, if you have a very attractive lacy dickey, make a dress that will truly show it off well. On dresses such as these, use a very good qual ity material, simply but well made. Small tucks or pleats in the bodice or skirt may be used effectively, but they should be well tailored. Laundering Shirts Washing and ironing a shirt is not the contrary job it’s reput ed to be, even though there are many older homemakers who hate the thought of doing the shirts. There’s a trick, or per haps several of them, to doing the job properly. First of all, make sure the shirt is clean. Put it through two washings to make sure it is immaculate. Use a soft but firm brush for scrubbing collars and cuffs, as they soil most easily.' Never rub the two together as this simply paves the way for fraying. Turn the pockets out and make sure there is no dirt, grime or tobacco resting at the bottom of the pocket. If you don’t do this, there’s bound to be trouble dur ing ironing. If it is a cotton shirt you are washing, make the first rinse wa ter warm, the second cool. Rinse twice. Starch while wet but consult the man as to how he likes his shirt starched. When you hang the shirt to dry, try to get most of the wrin kles out of it by shaking them out. This makes the ironing eas ier. When dry, dampen slightly and roll in a towel, but do not wad the shirt too tightly as this will create wrinkles that just need to be ironed. Start ironing with the wrong side of the collar, then go to the right side. Yoke and sleeves are next. Then iron down the front of the shirt so as to shape the shirt properly. If you make an addition to the ironing board about the size of a bread board, but quite a bit lighter and pad this, it can be slipped over the regular board and used for shirts. Fashion Forecast If you select a suit for sportswear, select one of the nice tweeds now available. If it is pleated, make sure the pleats are deep enough to allow for easy movement. Peplums and drapery accent both suits and dresses this season and give lovely, graceful lines to cloth ing. Select whichever one looks best on you and give your ward robe a lift. The new pockets have horizontal flaps with tiny vertical flanges. If you have to dash to work in the morning, select your daytime clothes with an eye to easy dress ing. Dresses that button or zip from neck to hem are very popular. Get blouses that button in front rather than back if you want to sub tract minutes from your dressing schedule. Heft/Ftie/i in WASHINGTON By Walter She ad WNU Correspondent WNU Washington Bureau If It Eye St.. N. W, Farm Organizations Split On Sec’y Anderson’s Plan TY EPRESENTATIVES of the big farm organizations have re turned from Buffalo where they held a four-day love feast and announced themselves in perfect agreement in the development of plans for co-op erating in formulation of agricul tural policies and programs and in major agricultural objectives. In the first meeting they held with Sec. Clinton Anderson of the depart ment of agriculture, they split wide- open over reorganization of the Pro duction and Marketing administra tion of the department. Secretary Anderson explained that his reorganization plans an nounced as effective October 1 have for their objective the elimination of “road blocks” and the formulation of a straight line of communication for the farmer and the farmer coun ty committees direct to the de partment in Washington, giving the county and state committees more responsibility in the administration of their policies and decentralizing authority in Washington. The Farm Bureau federation and the Farmers Union declare they are disturbed and fearful that just the reverse will be true under the re organization plans, and that more power will be centralized in Wash ington and that the Triple A will be liquidated. The National Grange and the Na tional Council of Farm Co-operatives declare that the objectives of the secretary are their objectives, and how he brings about these objectives is the secretary’s business; that if the reorganization plan as he out lined will d ■' the job, they are for it. If it does not do it, they will tell him iioout it. Farm Bureau’s Angle As a matter of fact, this reporter sees in the attitude of the Farm Bu reau in opposing the reorganization, signs that the plan may step on the toes of some Farm Bureau friends in the department of agriculture. For the Farm Bureau has spent much time and effort in placing its friends in high places in the old Triple A organization from the top here in Washington on down the line to the state and county com mittees, with the Agricultural Ex tension service playing a major role. As it looks to this reporter, the secretary’s reorganization plans, which follow identically the report of the , Eisenhower committee, do not touch the county and state farm er committees, which are the sum and substance of the Triple A pro gram. In transferring 9ertain du ties from Washington to newly-cre ated commodity branches in specific areas of operation, direct lines of responsibility are fixed to which the farmer can go with all his problems, eliminating the “middle-man” or in termediary which has proven ad ministratively unsound in the past. What the reorganization is intend ed to do is to develop the policy and planning organization in Washington after consultation with farmers, with sole responsibility for function and administration in the field. The Farm Bureau announced that it had lodged a protest with the President over the proposed reor ganization, and is seeking to hold off final adoption of the plan until it can consult with agricultural lead ers in congress. As a matter of fact, however, the secretary already has consulted with these leaders. The Farm Bureau also contends that taking away some of the functions of the field offices separates the responsibility for formulating over all policies and the program of ad ministration, which it seems is one of the objectives of the secretary, and the bureau doesn’t like that on the theory that it will act to con centrate rather than decentralize power in Washington. Have Less ‘Voice’? The Farm Bureau declares that, under the plan the farmers will have less voice in determining their pro grams and that while somebody else formulates the program, the only service left for the old Triple A is administration in the field. On the contrary, the department contends, and the grange and the co-operatives agree, the average farmer in the county committees will be in closer and in more direct touch both with policy and adminis tration than under the previous or present system of administration. At any rate, the secretary has promised the farm organizations that the minute they prove to him that the plan of reorganization is not working out toward the objec tives agreed upon, he will change the operation until it does. This seems a fair proposition. In the meantime, the reorganization will release several hundred employees by the elir.ination of duplication of effort in the various commodity fields if and when the program is completed. And no one objects to the elimination of expense in any governmental program. Sweet Potatoes With Citrus Flavor (See Recipes Below) Winter Vegetables The passing of summer is no good reason to neglect the serving of vegetables. We all need their prec ious vitamins and minerals in cool er weather and there are plenty of the winter variety to take their rightful place in our menus. The yellow vegetables: carrots, turnips and squash are a good source of vitamin A, necessary for resisting infec tion, and essen tial for the health of eyes, ear, nose and throat. Serve these vegetables frequently and test your ingenu ity by trying new ways with them. Green vegetables aplenty can be found, too, for cabbage, green pep per, lettuce, etc. are abundant. And don’t forget the canned vari ety, for canning cupboards are un doubtedly well-stocked with sum mer’s produce. Use them up dur ing the winter so you have space and jars for next year’s produce. Beets can be popular with your family if you prepare with flavor. Stuffed Beets. (Serves 6) G medium-sized beets Vx cup diced bacon or drippings \4. cup onion, chopped 1 tablespoon chili sauce / 1 teaspoon lemon juice Vi cup cottage cheese Vi teaspoon salt Vs teaspoon pepper Boil whole beets about 40 min utes or until almost tender. Rub off skin under cold water. Scoop out centers, then sprinkle sides of beet with a little salt. Chop the removed pulp fine, add remaining ingre dients. Fill beet shells with this mixture. Place in a dish contain ing a small amrunt of hot water and bake in a moderate (375 de grees) oven until browned, about 30 minutes. Any type of cabbage may be used in the fol lowing sweet- sour recipe. Use all the seasonings listed for that mouth-watering fla vor. Sweet-SLour Cabbage. (Serves 6) 4 to 6 cups cabbage, shredded 8 strips of bacon, diced 1 tablespoon brown sugar Vi teaspoon salt Vs teaspoon pepper Vx teaspoon paprika Vx teaspoon dry mustard 3 tablespoons vinegar 1 tablespoon water Boil cabbage until tender, drain and keep hot. Cook bacon until crisp, then add combined dry in gredients to it. Add vinegar and water and heat to boiling point. Pour over hot, cooked cabbage and serve at once. Parsnip Patties. (Makes 8) 4 cups pared, cored, thinly sliced parsnips >4 cup sliced onions XYx teaspoons salt 114 cups boiling water 14 cup minced parsley 1 egg, beaten 14 cup coarse bread crumbs Finely sifted bread crumbs 2 tablespoons fat or oil Tips on Vegetable Dishes When broiling vegetables, brush them with salad oil or melted but ter to make them brown more even ly- To make delicious fried potatoes, melt enough cooking oil or bacon drippings in a pan. Add sliced po tatoes which have been cooked for 10 minutes, then peeled, and chopped onions. Let potatoes brown before turning them with a spatula. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENUS Stuffed Green Peppers Tomato Gravy •Squash De Luxe Banana-Apple Salad Peanut Butter Bread Beverage Apricot Mousse •Recipe Given Cook the parsnips with the 01 ions and salt in boiling water for 15 min utes or until ten der. Drain and mash well. Add parsley, egg, coarse bread crumbs. Chill well and form into patties. Roll in finely sifted bread crumbs and saute on both sides in fat until golden brown. Sprinkle with paprika, garnish with parsley and serve as a luncheon dish or as a side dish with meat. Sweet potatoes are one item you’ll be serving often in the next few months. I’ll guarantee you’ll like this way of preparing them. Orange Sweet Potatoes . (Serves 4 to 6) 6 medium-sized sweet potatoes 1 cup orange juice 2 teaspoons grated orange rind 1 tablespoon cornstarch 3 tablespoons melted butter or substitute 14 cup brown sugar Vs cup granulated sugar (4 teaspoon salt Cook potatoes in their jackets until tender. Remove skins. Mean while, combine remaining ingredi ents in a saucepan and cook, stir ring until thickened. Arrange sweet potatoes, either whole or cut in lengthwise slices, in a baking dish. Pour sauce over them. Cover and bake in a moderate (350 degrees) oven for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 minutes longer. Cut-up pieces of marshmallow may be sprinkled over the potatoes during the last 15 minutes of baking. •Squash De Luxe. (Serves 6 to 8) 1 medium-sized squash 1 medium onion, minced Vx cup butter or substitute 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 2 teaspoons salt Vs teaspoon pepper !4 teaspoon mixed, powdered herbs Rich milk, scalded Melted butter or drippings Cut squash into small pieces. Re move seeds and stringy portion. Place in steamer or colander over boiling water and cook on top of range for about 45 minutes or until tender. Scoop squash from shell, leaving each shell intact. Mash squash thoroughly, then cook onion until clear in butter. Add to squash with the next four ingredients. Add enough milk, if necessary to make a fluffy mixture. Pile lightly into shell sections. Brush with melted fat and broil for 10 minutes, or until squash is browned. Turnips with Peas. (Serves 6) 3 cups hut, diced cooked turnips 214 cups canned peas 14 cup rich milk 4 tablespoons canned, diced pimien- toes Vs teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter or substitute Combine turnips with other ingre dients in order given. Place in a saucepan and heat thoroughly be fore serving. Releajed by Western Newspaper Union. LYNN SAYS: Unless you have your own vege tables, choose those you buy with extreme care. Look for fresh ness, since most vegetables lose their crispness and flavor as soon as they are picked. When using frozen vegetables, ! it’s best not to let them defrost before cooking as they deteriorate rapidly after thawing. Experts say they should be placed in boil ing water in their frozen form. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS lecer ^Jericitiie ^JaiPored ^3wo jf^i ddultonS 13/]ahe a 33triLincj 33r run Practical Two-Piecer \/IAINSTAY in the well-dressed LYl person’s wardrobe is this :arefully tailored twoj-piecer. Ideal :or practically every occasion— =tnd good the year ’round in suit- ible fabrics. For wintry weather, :hoose a colorful wool plaid or jewel-tone plain fabric. Pattern No. 1556 comes in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Size 14, short sleeves. 3% yards of 39-inch fabric; three-quarter sleeves, W/g yards. New Date Dress A CLEVER junior date dress with a look that’s as new as tomorrow. Over-size buttons make a striking trim—you can have brief sleeves or bracelet length. Picture it in a dark crepe, taffeta or velvet highlighted with bright buttons. • • • Pattern No. 8080 is designed for sizes 11. 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18. Size 12, cap sleeve. 3‘/a yards of 35 or 39-inch. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South Wells St. Chicago 7, IH. Enclose 25 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No. Size Name— Address- THERE’S NO LOST ACTION WITH FRESH YEAST! And Fleischmann’s fresh Yeast goes right to work because it’s actively fresh. 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