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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. WOMAN'S WORLD Clever Mending Tricks Save Odd Pieces of Material By Ertta Haley Fabric furnishings don’t always «rear out altogether, as most home makers know, and there’s always the problem of knowing what to do with those parts which are not com pletely worn out. Drawers, attics and closets are often full of pieces cut from dress es, drapes, bedspreads and other furnishings, but the problem is: just to what use should these be put? Now is a good time to start a project using old materials, not only ik> give you space for things to be bought this fall and winter, but to ffenovate some of the furnishings which need mending. It's never wise to make something limply for the sake of putting it together and using it, if the item does not fit into your furnishing scheme. With a little thought and perhaps a little more work, you can make something that actually goes with your home. Take, for example, two old sheets which are torn in the center, but which have good widths of material at their sides than can be used. In stead of using these in their white tolor, dye them to match or har- nonize the color scheme in the oedroom. Put them together with a border or band cut from some old drapes, which might also be dyed If it doesn’t work out in its original color; or, buy some band trimming that can be used with the sheeting. m Investigate new uses ...... The band trimming can be used on each side of the bed with one large width of fabric to cover the bed, and two narrower pieces to fall down the sides. All of these can be attached to the two bands. Extra sheeting material and con trasting band might be used to make a matching pair of drapes or a dressing table skirt, runners for the dresser or a chair cover. The re sult: new use for old material, new furnishings for the bedroom. Many Solutions Offered For Worn Tablecloths Every now and then we acquire a tablecloth which for one reason or another is a particular favorite with us. These are used over and over again, but no matter how much tender care is lavished on them, the best will finally show a worn spot. There’s still use in the cloth, how ever, if the worn spot is near the side or edge, because an applique can be used to cover it. You may buy appliques or cut them from ma terials with patterns. Some women cut them from flowered print draperies which have no further use, thus taking two worn articles and making one of them useful. Holes in the center of an other wise good tablecloth can be treated thus: use a white or colored cloth to go with the old tablecloth to give a square center and a border to Chiffon Over Taffeta Wiki Those whfo wear women’s sizes will enjoy this classic dress of gray chiffon over taf feta. The bodice is made of shirred chiffon, buttoned with rhinestones, while the collar is layers of plain chiffon. match the center. Sew or hemstitch this in neatly. Tablecloths which have worn at the edges can have this cut off and be replaced by some contrasting material used as a border. If the napkins to such a cloth have been lost, make napkins to match the border, and you'll have a practical ly brand new tablecloth and napkin set. Cloths which are worn in too many places can be cut down for doilies or table runners. Old lace is put to good use as an edging, as are other materials for contrasting borders on the doilies and napkins. Many inexpensive edgings are available, too, for use as a trimming on these doilies if you have nothing to press into use. Old Curtains, Towels Can Give More Service Old sheer curtains which are torn in many places may offer several possibilities. If they have ruffling which is torn in a few places only, a curtained appearance in place of the bare look. Old ruffles saved from curtains, neatly starched and ironed, are excellent for this use. Sheer curtains which are tom beyond repair can be folded several times, then stitched and used as a filler for pot holders. Large beach towels which are tom or frayed but which have enough serviceable material in them might be used to make youngsters’ robes for beach or indoor wear as they are cool but lightweight. If you have no robes to make, cut down the large bath towels into hand size, sew simple hems in them, and use in both kitchen and bath. Smaller sized towels can be cut down to wash cloth size and simply hemmed or crocheted at the edge for many months’ usage. Colorful edging on kitchen towels, which will only infrequently wear, can be trimmed off to be used as a decorative edging for table linens, casual skirts, blouses or curtains. When cutting these off, trim enough of the material on either side of the border to fold under to give a fin ished edge. Miscellaneous Materials Offer Various Uses There’s many an attic or clothes closet which houses several old for- mals or bridesmaids’ dresses. They’ll never be used as clothing but they can be put to useful work. If you need some decorative pil lows for living room, porch or bed room, you might check into the possibilities of making them out of some of these colorful fabrics. If the color does not go into the room in which you want to use it, then you might investigate colors into which it can be dyed or tinted. Some of the satin dresses with their elaborate ruffles might well be used for lampshades. This re quires careful work, but the results can be beautiful. Colorful chintz materials which have been drapes can also be used as pillow coverings. If you’d like to use some of these as drapes or a spread, then add enough solid color as a decorative border to make them the proper size. Old oilcloth table covers can be converted to seat covers for porch, kitchen or playroom. They are oc casionally put to good use as linen for shelves or drawers in young sters’ rooms when you want some thing easy to clean and durable. Old oilcloth is fine, too, for mak ing a clothes pin apron or bag which can slide along the line as you hang the clothing. Clean and Dye Fabrics Before Cutting, Sewing If; you want to enjoy your job oi making new things out of old a« greatly as possible, then do youi cleaning, dyeing and tinting before starting the new project. Working with new colors, or, ai least, freshly cleaned or laundered materials is more satisfactory that trying to cut and sew abcuratelj from slightly dusty or wrinkled ma terials. KATHLEEN NORRIS Many Perfect Marriages Exist for good, though old, fabrics, rip this off the curtain and put to gether the good pieces of ruffling. These may be used for trimming a dressing table skirt or to give a frame to several pictures used in the bedroom. Women who do not like curtained windows during warm weather find an ideal solution in the narrow ruffle placed around the window for framing. This permits light and air to come into the room and still gives A T LEAST 300 WOMEN have writ ten me in answer to an article of mine on the “perfect wife,’’ that they were the lucky companions of perfect husbands. Most of them admitted that—well, he wasn’t exactly perfect to start with, but after the first year or two, when two young inexperienced per sons had settled down to a certain amount of consideration and com promise, and appreciation of the fun of being together, then sudden ly he began to take the first steps toward being perfect, and perhaps discovered in his turn that the wife he had was pretty near perfect, too. .That's the way of it. Silence, pa- t i e n c e, confidence, compromise work their inevitable miracle. Let ter after letter on this subject. of the perfect mate begins with the story of early failure. “We stuck together because we couldn’t do anything else,’’ writes one woman. Harry wasn’t making any money regularly. When Shirley was two and another baby coming, he deserted me. The police found him, when I was in the city and county hospital with Beverly Ann; Harry came to see me, and he cried and I cried and we started all over, only with more didies and cribs and bottles added to the dishes and dust and beds I thought I couldn’t handle before. Had Long Talk “Aren’t we funny! We had a long talk, and moved into an establish ment that was composed of a large room, a glassed porch with two gas-burners and a hopper with a THE READERfS COURTROOM- Jealous! Don’t Lose Your Temper -By Will Bernard, LL.B Does Jealousy Justify a Husband In Mistreating His Wife? A young housewife sued for di vorce, listing many examples of “cruel and inhuman treatment’’ by her husband. In his defense, the husband said: “Perhaps I have done wrong, but it’s only because of jealousy. I’m jealous of my wife’s friendship with her night- school teacher.’’ However, further evidence showed that (1) the teach er’* interest in the young woman was “just fatherly’’; and (2) he was 74 years old! Under the cir cumstances the court ruled out the husband’s excuse and granted the wife her freedom. His Honor felt that jealousy especially based on flimsy grounds, was no justifica tion for the husband’s misbehav ior. * * * May a Schoolboy Be • Expelled For Refusing To Take Dancing Lessons? As part of their regular curricu lum, the students of a certain ichool were required to take les ions in ballroom dancing. As it happened, the parents of one of the boys considered such dancing Immoral—and they forbade him to participate. When the school final ly expelled the youngster, his par ents sued to have him reinstated. At the hearing, the school board Insisted: “During school hours, it’s ap to us—not to the parents—to de cide what the children should be taught.’’ But the court disagreed end ordered the boy readmitted at once. The judge said that, when it won’t interfere with general school divcipline, the religious scruples ad parents ought to be respected. May You Glance At a Movie Poster While Driving a Car? A young man, out for a ride, de cide^ to look around for a good movie. As he neared a theater, the youth slowed down a bit and looked at the posters. Unfortunately, another car stopped just ahead of him—to get into a parking place— and there was a collision. The oc cupant of the front car was in jured, and sued the young man for damages. At the trial, the latter pleaded: “I wasn’t going fast, and besides I looked aside for just a moment. How could I foresee that the car ahead was going to stop?’ But the court held the youth liable for the mishap. The judge said that, even while moving slowly, looking at a movie poster instead of the road ahead was “gross negli gence.’’ • • • Is a Store Liable If a Customer's Finger is Pinched In a Swinging Door? A man walked up to a cigar store, just as the swinging door was coming back fast from inside. In stinctively he put out his hand to protect himself, but he only suc ceeded in getting his fingers pinched between the edge of the door and the frame. Painfully in jured, the man filed a damage suit against the owner of the store. He based his claim on the ground that this kind of a door was a constant source of danger to all who entered the premises. But the court granted him nothing. The judge figured that swinging doors are such a common phenomenon nowadays that shoppers ought to be able to get through them safely. * Manny came back, and dined ai an old friend with one of the mov harmonious and devoted familiei in all America. We tore up the com pact and now when we -apeak of b we laugh. And I have the perfec husband.’* Altogether, this report on perfec marriages has been very hearten ing to me. There are lots of them A great many women tell me tha playing fair with finances la ont great secret; Dad being^ generou) with mother. Mother not cheatini Dad. Being able to maintain silenci in domestic crises is another clue Letting Dad share the responsibili ty of the children is an importan thing; if Mother stands betweei them and their father, fights thefc battles, sacrifices her own pock* money for them, tells lies to pro tect them, a man begins to feel tha he does not count at all, and h< wonders why on earth he’s support ing this crowd of self-absorbed per sons. God gave children two par ents; not one all-wise parent ant one completely unconcerned sup porter. The father counts as mucl as the mother. But the supreme secret of al these letters about perfect marriag* is contained in a sentence from i wife in Springfield, Ohio. “Bill was jealous, unreasonable bewildered, critical, worried am terribly tired for the first five yean of our marriage,’’ writes Edna L« Roy. “In the first 30 months I hat three babies. I was inexperiencet and despairing, I had married a 17, and the future looked prettj dark. Then Bill got ill, and it seemec that our ship was sunk. But friend) rallied ’round, a loan company stood by. Before we knew it we were on oui feet again. Dining his illness I hat kissed Bill good-night the very las’ thing, and said ‘God bless my dear est,’ and he says that’s why he go well. He says he lay there sick anc weak, waiting for it, and that hi would quietly have died if he hadn’< got it. . . . police found him . , .* faucet, and a porch closet. And were we happy! Now it’s six rooms, front garden, back garden, washing machine, twin boys, radio, refriger ator and car—and now we’re keep ing our twelfth anniversary! And we’ll write you again on our silver wedding.’’ That’s the story, right straight through. Not marrying happiness, but making happiness out of mar riage. The writer of this last letter certainly had pretty poor materials with which to work, but she made it. “When we had been married 15 months,” writes another woman, ‘we were so completely uncongen ial and miserable that we made a compact. I was to be as good a wife as I possibly could to Greg, until Manny, the man I really loved came back from war service. I had loved this second man all through high school and business college, but we had quarrelled, and I had married Greg in anger and resentment at Manny. This was in 1942, and Man ny didn’t come back until 1946. So for four years Greg and I worked at making a temporary arrange ment satisfactory. We had two chil dren; I wanted children, and our compact included the disposition of any we might have; school terms with me, Christmas and long va cation with Greg’s mother. The Perfect Husband “Of course, you know how it turned out.” this letter concludes. Baths Popular With Ancients Grecians, Romans Had Luxurious Facilities . >|»HOSE STORIED “footprints ir the sands of time” probably led to the local waterhole or mineral spring. We are merely following in those same footprints when we immerse ourselves in water—whether fos sport, for relief from the heat, foi medical treatment, or for cleanli ness. While in many things we cat count ourselves jnuch more ad vanced than the ancients of Greece and Rome, we are not far ahead oj them in bath equipment and facili ties. Bubbling baths, natural hor baths, saltwater baths, and “swim min' hole” baths all figured in theii scheme of living—and on a lavish scale. The medicinal qualities of watei have been stressed down through the ages, and in the 1600's it was noi unusual to stay chin-high in watei for as long as 124 hours at a stretch. Today the Spa, or health bathing resort, is extremely popu lar on the continent, and is favored to a lesser degree in America. Wa' have just as many kinds of natural waters for the treatment of disease, but our forte has been the advance ment of the swimming pool and of indoor bath facilities. 4-H Club 'Fencer' Foils Post Decay Creosote Treated Posts Will Last Thirty Years Terry Liston, 17-year-old presi dent of South Carolina Four-H Clubs, has “snowballed” one well- known conservation practice into triple savings—savings of timber, money, and his own time and energy. Thinning a woodlot on his father’s farm near Smoaks to allow health ier growth of the trees, Terry ended up with 700 fine fence posts. But he had noticed that pine fence posts rotted out in the ground faster than he could grow new ones. Presenting his problem to the lo cal county agricultural agent, Terry learned that pressure-treating - the Assistant county agent J. R. White, Jr., inspects a few of the 700 fence posts produced by 4-H leader Terry Liston. They were later treated with creosote for longer life. posts with creosote would give them a life expectancy of more than 30 years. Although he realized that he was making an unusual request that nor mally could not be filled, Terry con tacted a nearby Char lei .on, S. C., wood treating plant and asked to have his posts pressure treated with creosate, along with ties and poles which Kopper* treats for railroads and utilities. Word of Terry’s attack on the -jrm fencing problem spread among the community with the re sult that other farmers have turned to use of the specially treated posts as a better farming method. Sale oi Farm Churned Batter at New Low The U. S. department of agri culture reports the dairy farmer and his wife who used to take pride in the fine quality of the butter they churned and retailed to a favored list of discrimmating buyers in town —often at a good premium above the price of “store butter”—are van ishing. In 1947, farm bqtter produced for sale had dropped below the 50 mil lion pound mark, and for 1949 it had dropped still further to about 4m million pounds. This is less than one quarter of the 175 million pounds marketed in 1924. In only eight states In 1949 was the total of farm butter marketed greater than 2 million pounds. Hy-Unt Chickens 30 V* , MtaW • X takw • J \ tafeWC X tafeW • O ¥ tft • •) «•#> Cm. X K . 1 , MOMCt H»JU caott The Hy-Line chicken was devel oped by Robert Wallace at his Doyletown, Pa., hatchery. The breed was developed by much the same formula used in developing hybrid corn. The above illustration shows the cross breeding which produced the Hy-Line. Nebraska Farm Families To Have Less Income Nebraska farm families will have about 10 per cent less net Income in 1950 than they did in 1949, accord ing to L. F. Snipes, extension farm management specialist at the Uni versity of Nebraska. He says these are the reasons: The total cost of farm production this year will be about as high as in 1949. Items needed by the farm family will be as high or higher than la 1949. MIRROR O/ Your MIND ^ ^ Toy Guns Release Boy's Impulses By Lawrence Gould Flattering Dress Is Tailored and Flattering Does it hart small boys to play with toy pistols? Answer: Not unless they will be done to you—at best, the effect oi able to get—or make—real ones this will be to make him want to get when they’re older, and not then if as far away from you as he can. they are properly trained in the use If you can’t “take” the way some- of fire-arms. Every small boy has one treats you, say so, but don’t "aggressive” impulses which it’s try to “shame” him. better for him to release in play than to “bottle up” altogether. Even “killing” in play means no more to a small boy than “eliminating” an opponent in a golf or tennis tourna ment (itself a symbolic battle) does to his father. Fighting is not all of life, but a boy’s fighting instincts •hould not be entirely smothered. Can a guilty conscience make a man hate his wife? Answer: Certainly. Many a man has hated his wife because of the remorse he felt at having wronged her: he sees in her the embodiment of the pain his conscience makes him suffer, the last way to win or hold anyone’s love is to make him ashamed of something that he has ... \ Do unconscious acts real attitudes? your Answer: Yes, writes E. T. Hall, Jr., in the International Journal of Opinion andj Attitude Research. The way to leart} the real attitude of someone you are interviewing is to notice such facts as whether he keeps you waiting, whether he re members your name and the time of the appointment, how much an noyed he seems at being interrupted, and. what “slips of the tongue,” if any, he makes. This approach was found especially revealing in the case of politicians who tried to evade “taking a stand” on controversial issues. Flattering OOFTLY tailored and ^ ly flattering to a woman’! ure is this versatile frock. The rollfd collar the pretty heckline, be brief or regulation • * • Pattern No. 8613 is a saw-rite M the fall smart ns I pattern 39 cents in coins ter pattern desired. aa _ — j, swy _ dN oresetewgg XvO. •••• s ••»••• Name Address Dresses and shirts coat hanger to drip without wringing will have few wrinJ An aluminum hanger which not rust should be used. Shape wet garments, straightening the garment will need no If a little pressing is only a warm iron and teat it on the inside of a hem. ‘ 'M When machine sewing on sheer fabrics, such as voile, chiffon, or gandie, and tissue gin*' a fine machine needle, a size 11. Store your winter knic^-knacks away to make ydur summer ing job easier: And for less ing and ironing, use place mats cork, plastic, or straw instead of tablecloths. BABYLON, THE METROPOLIS OP THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE, WAS BUILT ON BOTH SIDES OP THE EUPHRATES RIVER, AND ALSO W»S CALLED BABEL. ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 2230 8.C., IT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN 56 MILES IN CIRCUMFERENCE, COVERING AN AREA OF 200 SQUARE MILES. IT WAS ROUNDED BY NIMROD, TAKEN BY CYRUS AND AGAIN BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT, GRADUALLY FALLING INTO RU«N. KEEPING HEALTHY | Pain in the Neck Caused hy Allergy During warm weather, take spe cial pains to store eggs at suitable temperatures in a cool, clean storage space that is not too dry. The best way to combat pests that attack the family garden is to direct a strong, vigorous attack against them before they get a foothold. By Dr. James W. Barton How nOd caa a cigarette I N MANY CASES the cause of pain at back of neck, shoulder, and down the arm has been found to be rupture or hernia of the disk or cushion between two spinal bones in the neck. This rupture of a disk occurs most frequently in the lower end of the spine between the two large hip bones. In rupture of a disk at any part of the spinal column, operation to remove the disk is considered the best treat ment, though some of the less se vere cases are helped by a snug- fitting belt which must be worn for months and, in some cases, for years. However, that all pain In the neck Is not caused by a inpture of a disk in spinal cohunn at the neck is pointed ont by Dr. T. G. Randolph in Archives of Ear and Tltroat. He states that allergy, being sensitive to various substances, is the cause of many cases of nuchal (neck) myalgia (pain in muscles), that la, pain hi muscles of neck. It is sometimes called posterior cervical myalgia. Certain foods and inhalants (house dost) were stated to be the cause jst pain in back of neck in several cases. In many of these cases of pain in hack of neck, physi cians, because they caa find no apparent cause for this pain—no raptured disk or other injury, no arthritis due to infection— naturally think that nervousness or emotional disturbances cause tiie pain because of the tenseness with which these in dividuals hold all their nerves and muscles, including muscles of back of neck. “Pulling, drawing, tightness and aching of the neck muscles arc some of the most usually encount ered symptoms observed in tha course of performing individual food tests for the diagnosis of food allergy,” he writes. “Technicians are trained to observe whether the patient stretches his nedf as If his collar were too tight, as telltale evidence of the onset of such neck symptoms. As the patient stretches the neck and turns his head from side to side, he generally starts to rub ar massage the back of his neck.” SMOKE ; i tha other cigarette! rll AUDREY Famous champion “Camels © ly scoro l with my I And they’re so mild. Cool and mild r Fimi 'Two years ago I saw your ad ALL-BRAN and took your Haven’t » pill or HEALTH NOTES Our nutrition experts point out that loss of nitrogen and protein is accompanied by loss of calcium and other mineral salts such as iron and phosphorus. • • • In a series of 14 patients given the electric blanket treatment for rheumatism, there was striking im provement in every case. Many of us forset that heat is life. While starch foods are needed by teen-agers to give energy, proteins are needed even more to build up rich red blood to continue the In crease in hemoglobin needed at this time. • • • It is only about 20 years sine* surgeons in small cities stopped sending their serious goiter patients to large cities to underso operation. * >V V- ^ '*• . v * > . _ • since I began eating ALL-BRAN regu larly!” Mr. Frank J. Baumbusch, 681 La- throp St., Cohitobus, 0. Just one of many unsolicited letters from sALL-BRAN users. If you are troubled with constipation due to lack of dietary bulk do does. Eat an ounce of ALL-BRAN for br drink plenty of water! ] pletely satisfied alter 10 c empty carton to Kc Mich. Get MONEY BACK!