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WOMAN'S WORLD Easily Made Night Clothes Relief to Family Budget By Ertta Haley T AKE A GOOD look at your clothing budget, those of you who have big families. Is it out of line and hard to meet? You may not have enough time to sew all the clothes for all the members of the family, but if you can make your own night clothes, such as gowns, house robes and pajamas, you can relieve a lot of strain on the family’s clothing budget These are easy garments to make, and you can frequently press old clothing, pieces of remnant or good but inexpensive pieces of ma terial into service. Gowns and pajamas are usually given' to beginners so they can learn to sew, so you need not worry about their being difficult to make, if you are inexperienced at sewing. If you feel pressed for time, then this is a job that will require little of precious time and energy. With home sewing, you can make garments that are suitable and fit ting, as well as those which will offer few laundering problems. With good materials and carefully chosen styles, you can also eliminate many mending problems, which will be a saving in time for you later. For warm weather, choose lighter weight materials such as seersuck er broadcloth and percale. Nain sook, batiste and voile may be used for girls’ gowns. Old robes discarded by older members of the family frequently yield enough serviceable material to make garments for the younger set. These will not have to be ripped Make tofi pajamas at the seams. The new garment can be cut from back or front, especial ly if it’s a small size. Robes should provide warmth, but they shouldn’t be too bulky, as this makes them difficult to sew and un comfortable to wear. . Choose Correct Patterns For Children’s Pajamas One of the best aspects of being able to sew pajamas at home for youngsters is that you can assure proper and comfortable fit. This is decidedly important, especially if the child is a chubby and has diffi culty in getting ready-made clothes. The legs on the pajamas should be comfortable without bagging; Shoulders and neck should fit smoothly to have proper set and comfort in the garment. The arm holes should be roomy to accomo date different sleeping positions, and the crotch must be long enough. Smaller children do best in two- piece pajamas that button at the waistline. Two pairs of pants, and one top are usually ideally suited This brightly becoming New York dress of crease-resistant and packable nylon and rayon is designed for many types of women’s figures. Azalea - col ored with glass buttons in blending pink march down the front. The neckline and belt are neatly stitched. to the youngster four-years old or younger. If you desire, you can also make the younger child’s pajamas in a style that has a back belt which slips through the side seam belt loops and ties in front In this way, buttons are eliminated and the'child can tie the pajama in front and re quires little help. One-piece pajamas require less material than two-piece and can be used in the four to seven year age group. After this, two-piece pajamas are preferred again, but if they are made in a middy style top, buttons again can be eliminated. When there are no buttons, you can cut down button and buttonhole sewing, and thus make mending and ironing much easier. If you’re planning making pa jamas for colder weather, make those for tots with feet so they may have greater protection and warmth. Some of the older children may prefer them, too, if the climate is cold. Gowns for girls may be of ankle or above ankle length, especially and robes in suitable styles. for warm weather. If these are made with elastic in the waist the gown stays on better. Use Appropriate Materials For Children’s Clothing If you have a growing family, chances are that there are always THE READER'S COURTROOM Mofher-in-Law's Acts Are Legal -By Will Bernard, LL.B.- Must the Mother-in-Law Help to Make the Marriage a Success? A young man married a girl whom his mother considered a social inferior. After the wedding, the mother continued to treat her son’s wife very coldly—making no effort to establish a friendly feel ing in the family. The marriage didn’t last long, and the girl fin ally sued her mother-in-law for alienation of affections. However, the court turned down her claim. The judge said that the mother-in- law’s conduct, whether wise or un wise, was still legal. His Honor ex plained: “Parents may hold aloof from their son’s wife, may decline to recognize her, may show no in terest in her. The law doesn’t re quire anything from in-laws, ex- Hhat they don’t meddle with wnestic felicity of the young ,_l q Judge Act Gallantly Toward a Female Witness? . . Injured In a night club brawl, a drl sued the management for Lamages. At the trial, she ap teared in the courtroom with a turse. The judge realized that the dri was still ailing so he handed he nurse, a blanket and pillow o help make the girl comfortable m die witness stand. When the ury brought in a verdict against he night club owner, he immedi- tely filed an appeal. He claimed iat the judge’s gallantry was im- roper because it showed prejudice behalf of the girl. But the up- court found nothing wrong in the judge's behavior. The court it a judge can be quite im- id still show a little sim- courtesyl Would the Courts Enforce A Purely Moral Obligation? Just before his death, a broker asked his business partner to “look after my wife when I’m gone.’’ Solemnly the partner promised to do so. Soon after the broker died, the partner realized that the com pany’s future was none too bright. He sold his share — but did noth ing about the interest of his part ner’s widow. It wasn’t long before she realized that she had been left “holding the bag.” Angrily she sued the partner for damages, claiming that he had broken his deathbed promise to her husband. But the court refused to do any thing about it. The judge said the partner’s promise was unenforce able because it was based on mere “friendship and good will” — in stead of some legal obligation. • • • If a Workman is Stabbed By a Maniac, May He Collect Compensation? A laundryman finished makin? a delivery, and started back toward his truck. Just then a maniac ap peared on the sidewalk, wielding a knife with great ferocity. He rushed up to the laundryman and, before other bystanders could re strain him, inflicted several wounds on the man’s shoulder. When the victim later tried to col lect workmen’s compensation for his injuries, the company opposed the claim on the ground that the mis hap had no connection with the job. BiA the court disagreed and granted the claim. The judge pointed out that a laundry man’s duties require him to be on the street at times, and therefore he should be protected against “street risks.” materials around the house that can be pressed to use for such items as night clothes. Now is a good time to check through storeroom, closets and drawers, so that you can make space for some things which will be purchased this fall. Seersucker, percale or broadcloth bedspreads frequently yield mate rials for night clothing. If there is not enough material in the spread for both pajama parts, use some thing that will harmonize with what you have. A broadcloth top can easily go with seersucker pants, or two con trasting cottons, one in print, and the other in a solid, might well go together. If you have enough material for both pajamas and robe, then by all means make the three-piece outfit, as it will thrill the child. Cotton flannel materials are ex cellent when you make cool weather materials. Choose masculine prints for the boys, no matter how young they are. Flowered prints and plaids are nice for the girls, either by themselves or combined with a solid color to match one color in print or plaid. Dad’s old house robe or a light weight suit in a flannel would make appropriate robes for the boys when cut down. A robe in dark blue or gray would be good even for girls, especially if piped in bright red or maroon, for the girls. Chenille, purchased by the yard, or cut from an old spread, might also be used to make robes. It’s warm without being too bulky, and is excellent to use after a bath. Durable Construction Helps Clothes Wear You’ll encounter no great con struction difficulties with pajamas or nightgowns because the seams are straight and simple. The stitch es should be adjusted to weight of material and thread, as for any other clothing. Simple seams may be used in the pajama top, but flat fell or French seams are usually employed in the pants, as they give better tailoring, more comfort and wear. If you’re using elastic bands at the pants’ waist, make certain it’s of good quality, so it doesn't have to be changed during the life of the garment It should be tight enough to keep the pants on, but not too restricting as this interferes with sleeping comfort. Buttons which will not withstand laundering are a poor investment on clothing such as this which needs frequent laundering. Have them simple but durable, and with button holes that will accomodate them readily. . Trimming Should Conform To Style of Garment Trimmings are not at all essen tial on pajamas and nightgowns, but if they are used should be of the simplest variety. Contrasting bands are seen on sleeves and sometimes at the pants’ ends, the latter being used to lengthen them when the child gets too tall. KATHLEEN MORRIS Girl's Mother Is too Ambitious T ODAY’S rather sad and difficult appeal comes from a St. Louis girl of 15. She is not strictly a resident of that city, but her fath er works there, and she does not want her particular suburban town identified. Hers is an old and subtle problem, and I am not sure I can help with it, although I have met it hundreds of times. “My mother is everything that is sweet, generous, tactful,” writes Norma. “She is small, dainty, and most amazingly capable. She loves home, Daddy and me; she keeps everything fresh and sweet, is mer ry and affectionate, and everyone loves her. “I am tall, steady and practical in type—my father’s child. I am shy, making friends slowly, and get ting connised in any social crisis. I am completely happy with books, walks, fishing trips with my father, and a few girl friends. We board three men students from a nearby business school, and I like those we have now, but all three are five or six years older than I, and all have girls. Mother would not want me to fall in love with this type of boy, however, so she doesn’t worry about that. Doesn’t Belong “My trouble is that my mother is ambitious for me. She comes from a family higher in the social scale than Dad’s; she had every advan tage as a girl, and many beaux. Lots of her old friends are nice to me, and invite me to their chil dren’s affairs, but I do not belong there. I haven’t the right clothes I save my mother all the fussing and money worry and risk of snubs and disappointments that all this means, and live the quietly happy life that is right near me. and yet so far away.” Poor little 15-year-old Norma, this really is a hard situation. Often love complicates an affair like this, for the last thing you want to do is hurt your mother, and yet you can’t help hurting her all the time. She evidently is re signed to the fact that your father is not ever going to give her the luxury she once had, but she is fighting to gain it for you. Already she is dreaming of a distinguished marriage; you must have the big house and the servants and the trips and honors she will never have. ' My suggestion is that you com promise. Give in occasionally, go off determined to enjoy one of these deadly affairs at which, in spite of the fact that you are, I suspect, infinitely superior in most ways to other youngsters, you simply can’t seem to get in, to get started, to show them your real self. Then develop your own/ social group. Do this by attending eve ning classes and really working hard at architecture, Spanish, drama. You’ll meet real people; a spectacled, shabby boy who wants to write poetry, a hard-working young giant who means to be a big doctor some day, a merry little couple painting tomorrow’s master pieces in an attic, a middle-aged widower wistful for something more than the drudgery of office days. And presently you’ll find the man who will rescue you from your mother’s fluttered, anxious plans. . . completely happy . . ." and if I did have I wouldn’t wear them the n^ht • way; they are ab sorbed in their own friendships, and I feel what I am, an unwelcome outsider. “Mother can’t see it. She slaves and sacrifices to get me what girls have, and I don’t v/ant any of it! She coaxes invitations from people giving ski parties, house parties, dances. Then she coaxes me to go, and afterward questions me so eagerly about the good time I had that it hurts me to tell her I am an absolute dud. I come home sick with humiliation and anger, and I simply can’t crush her with the truth. “Every little while she gives a dinner for the children of her friends. They go to private schools; I don’t, so we have nothing in com mon. Sometimes the girls accept and the boys don’t; and for days she is at the telephone trying to match up girls and boys. With her friends she is always pretending that we usually have a servant, we are just camping in this house until Dad gets a very important promo tion, and so on and on. Can’t Bear This ‘1 feel so sorry for her, and for me! My father loves her so much, and is so easy going and so happy in his home, that everything she does is right, and he just agrees with both of us. But I feel as if I couldn’t bear years of this, until I am older, can take a job, and perhaps marry some quiet man that no other girl wants. How c*n Colors Clue To Personality Blue for Introverjs, Red Indicates Vigor NEW YORK—Picking personality types from the colors a person pre fers is a new parlor pastime. A house decorated predominately in blue, for instance, would indi cate that the owner was introverted, intelligent, conservative and may be just a bit lazy ; That is part of the color theory included in Faber Birren’s new I book, “Color Psychology and Color Therapy.” Biren, who is 49, has been experimenting with color since his college days and has writ ten 14 books on the subject Yellow, he says, is the color of the high minded. The yellow type is inclined to be stand-offish, though he makes lasting friend ships. Red indicates a hearty, vigorous person “who is likely to run rough shod over other people’s feelings.” Birren advises the person who pre fers red to marry someone who likes blue or green, since they’re the more conservative, stable types. If you’re thinking of repainting the children’s room in pink, maybe you’d better pause for a second thought. “It’s the goal of most Americans to make pink personalities of their children,” Birren says. He charac terizes a pink personality as one who likes life and who is interested in the world, but doesn’t want to be reminded that it isn’t a kind and gentle world. The pink woman, he says, prob ably has been pampered and pro tected since she was a child. SCRIPTURE: II Samuel 5:1-5: 6-7; »: 22- Psalms 24; 51. . bEVOTIONAL READING: I Chron icles 29:10-19. Great Man's Faith % Lesson for July 30, 1950 |^jO MAN is too busy to serve God. He may think he is, but the excuse will not stand. There are too many busy men who do serve God. One of the most famous men In history is a shining example. If ever a King was “too busy” to at tend to religion, David would have been the man. Hip kingdom was a new one, cemented to gether from tribes that had been at one another’s throats not so long Foreman before. He was sur- rounded by enemies who kept him. at war most of the time. He was commander-in-chief of the army, chief justice of such courts as there were, chief executive in civic af fairs; and furthermore, the times were not “normal” but turbulent in the extreme. Still he had time for religion. He led in that as In every thing else. • • • Public Religion T HE first thing he did as king was to conquer the “unconquerable” city of Jerusalem, which had been in enemy hands for hundreds of years. And the next thing he did was to bring the Ark to Jerusalem and settle it there, making Jerus alem not only the civil but the re ligious capital of the nation. In an almost spectacular way the king made himself sponsor for the organised religion of his people. For Centuries before David, the Ark and an the for mal worship that went with It been stack off in minor towns. Inaccessible and unpopu lar, In fact disregarded by most of the people, as the book of Judges shows. Now David, by bringing the Ark to Jerusalem and selecting for it a sito on the city’s highest hill, made sure that in his realm religion would never be an obscure thing. Sometimes wo hear people say, *T believe in Christianity but not in the church.” That is like saying *T believe in justice but not in the courts.” 4 T believe in love but not in marriage.” “I believe in educa tion but not in schools.” David knew that if organized, public religion has to hide in holes and corners, it will not only lose respect, but people will soon forget all about it. The Ark was not an idol; neither is the Church. But if the Ark then, and the Church now, do anything else for religion, at least they keep it out where people can’t help knowing about it. • • • Private Religion D AVID knew, as some of his suc cessors did not, that public wor ship is not the whole of religion. His personal relationships were con trolled by his religious faith. Take the case of Mephibosheth (chap. 9) for instance. If David had followed the usual pattern, he would have had poor Mephibosheth beheaded before breakfast. For the young man was the one remaining grandson (so far as we knew then) of David’s bitter enemy. King Saul. In those days yon always went on the principle that if a man was your enemy, so were all his relatives. It was general ly trne, too; and under the cus toms of those days Mephibos heth might have been expected to plan revenge, sooner or later, for his grandfather’s and fath er’s deaths. David did not let him sink into obscurity but gave him what we would call a pension, a princely one too, treating him as if he were one of hi* own family. • • • The Inner Life WELL, religion has its outside ** but it also has its inside. Pub lic worship and loving your neigh bors are not the root of religion but its fruit. The roots of it are deep within the soul. And David had that true faith which comes from within. He was humble, not proud, as Psalm 24 shows. Great king though he was, he knew there Is only one King of Glory. He was confident, as every leader must be; but his confidence was based not on himself but on his God. (II Sam. 22, which is re-written as Psalm 18.) And when David sinned, as he shamefully did, he did not make excuses for himself or sink with easy satisfaction into his worst self. If to be a saint is to be without sin, then David was no saint (and you are one?). But if being a saint means that in spite of sin one comes to have the cleansing kind of experience that Psalm 51 records, then David was a man after God’s own heart the International Coun- Educatlon on behalf of eaturea.) . S f of by danominattona. t&g' -k ★ ★ - • a - ' ^ ir if -k -k -k S*:'... L mem Pack an Easily Carried Lunch Box (.See Recipes Below) Have a Picnic! P ACK YOURSELF a basket of fun and good eating with a well planned, easily carried picnic lunch If you plan to trek out-of-doors to have your meat Many will tell you that picnic lunches don’t satisfy because they’re better sounding than' they are eating. Others tell you they always for get the salt pepper, forks or nap kins, while still others maintain that something always spills or is too bulky to carry easily. If you take as much care plan ning the picnic lunch as you do a meal at home, it can be not only good but well balanced so that it doesn’t leave you uncomfortable. With modern aids, you can pack many things in lightweight con tainers that are easy to carry and spill proof, too. It’s not necessary to forget any thing if you have a basket or ham per that’s fitted with table acces sories such as complete table set tings. Keep salt, pepper and su gar In the basket, and you won’t forget them. Make a list of the menu and check off each item as you pack, and this will eliminate forgetting other essentials. • * • SANDWICHES ARE favorites of every picnic lunch. Butter the bread thoroughly so that the fill ing does not soak through. Wrap each sandwich carefully in waxed paper so it doesn’t dry, and you’ll enjoy them. Here are some ex cellent fillings: * Banana-Pineapple Special (Makes 3 sandwiches) 1 banana 1-2 tablespoons real mayon naise 1 teaspoon lemon juice 4-6 slices date-nut bread 6-8 pineapple chunks Mash banana and mix with may onnaise until of good spreading con sistency. Add lemon juice. Spread on bread and top with pineapple. Cover with bread. Bacon-Egg Sandwich ^ (Makes 4) 12 strips bacon, cut 4 eggs, beaten 34 cup chopped green pepper 34 cup finely chopped celery 34 teaspoon salt 4 large buns Fry bacon un til crisp. Pour off fat. Add eggs, vegeta bles and salt. Scramble mix ture while it cooks. Serve on toasted, buttered buns Ham-Potato Sandwich (Makes 6) 6 hamburger buns 34 cup soft butter 12 lettuce leaves 12 slices boiled ham or bo logna 134 cups potato salad 6 slices tomato. If desired ‘ Cut buns in half and spread with butter. Place a lettuce leaf and a slice of ham on each bun half. On the bottom half of each sandwich, place Va cup potato salad and one tomato slice. Cover with top half of bun. LYNN SAYS: These Picnic Tips Make Eating Fun Next supper picnic you have, bring hot soup for a first course. It will carry safely in your thermos. You will find that hot cream soup is very welcome, especially if the other dishes are cold salads and sandwiches. Layer cakes are not easy to car ry to picnics. Bake the cake in an oblong pan, frost, and carry in the same pan. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Broiled Grapefruit Scrambled Eggs with Frankfurter Sices Shoestring Potatoes •Tossed Garden Salad Berries with Cream . Ambrosia Jiffy Cakes Beverage •Recipe Given Demure Junior Dress Is Pretty f Practical o VO Vi Iv-I <v u * o "* ^ ■ V-. 7, v*' A • 'V' ^ Demure for Date* P RETTY and demure is ling dress for juniori nice for dates, practical for classroom wear. Trim collar with narrow ruffling, 1 with narrbw bows. • * * Pattern No. 8404 comes in «ixe 13. 14, 16 and 18. Size 12. 4* yards >r 39-inch; V4 yard contrast. Send today for the new fall issue of FA8I ' new styles; si . tern printed Inside the pages of :ures. features, book. 25 Hearty Chicken Sandwich (Makea •) 1 cup chopped, cooked chick- 34 cup chopped celery 2 tablespoons chopped green pepper 34 cup salad dressing 34 teaspoon salt • Vienna rolls 34 cop soft butter 8 lettuce leaves Combine chicken, celery, green pepper, salad dressing and salt Cut rolls in half lengthwise and spread with butter. Spread chick en salad on lower half of rolls. Tog with lettuce leaf, then cover with roll top. * . These ham and ,egg roll-ups ar« sandwich like, but require nc bread. They make excellent nib bling on a picnic: Ham and Egg Roll-Upo (Makea S) 2 slices Swiss or American cheese 2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped S tablespoons real mayonnaise 1 teaspoon mnstard-wttb-borse- radish Dash of Worcestershire sauce S ham slices Salt and pepper to taste Cut cheese in half. Chop hard- cooked eggs and add mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and salt and pepper. Place strips ol cheese on bread board and tog with ham slice. Spread egg mix- tare in center of ham. Roll ug tightly. Wrap in waxed paper. T HEY WHO LIKE hot food on the picnic spot will be interested tc know that small size cans, eight- ounce size, are available now foi the first time, of food favorites. To make a balanced meal, plait* to have a tossed salad which can b« carried in a jar or a lightweight, unbreakable bowl that comes fitted with a cover. As dessert you might pack some fresh fruit and simple cakes, baked in paper cups, with a baked on frost ing that won’t get medsy in trans port. SEWING emeus PATTERN ' 539 •••Oi Wells St.. Ckleags 1 Enclose 25 cents in coins for pattern desired. Pattern Mo. •.••••.,,.• .Slza...•••• Name Address W Keep cake of soap near crib and use it to sticT while changing diapers. For coffee, tea or milk clothing, rub butter on Immediately. pins Chill a bottle of wine by ping it in a piece of flannel been dipped in cold water and wrung out. To shrink a woolen garment*^ soak it in cold water two hours and spread to dry without stretch* ing. H ERE IS A SALAD ideal for the picnic: •Tossed Garden Salad (Serves 4) 2 cucumbers, sliced 10 radishes, sliced 34 cup sliced green onions 1 bunch watercress er other greens, separated 34 cup chopped celery 34 cup shredded raw carrots 34 cup shredded eabbage 34 teaspoon salt French dressing Toss vegetables together in a bowl with the salt and French dressing. If desired, the bowl may be rubbed with a split clove of gar lic. Cooling drinks are much in de mand as picnic fare. Mix together some apricot nectar and pineapple juice with gingerale and ice cubes and place in the thermos. The bev erage will be deliciously cold and refreshing, as well as ready to serve. Chill whole melons thoroughly be fore taking to the picnic, and wrap in several layers of newspaper witn ice. Place in diahpan or bucket for easy transport to the grounds. ^kes 10’ fey cold How mid can a than any other cigarette! Lovely opera star says: is my career. I smoke Camels — they agree with my throat! My 30-Day Mildness Test proved that tome!” HUSBAND FEELS GOOD NOW MTHOUT HARSH LAXATIVES •Tor my husband, it was ... medicines every night to 6 Then lie began eating ALL for breakfast. It's wonderful, it keeps him regular P’ Thyra Nelson, Star Route 1* Box 651, Union. Wash. Just one of many unsolicited let ters from ALL-BRAN users. 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