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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
15
Homemakers embrace plastic curtains for economy durability and easy cleaning. The items are praised as a beauty asset, suitable for kitchens bathrooms and playrooms, reflecting a shift to practical stylish home accessories. Patterns 9231 and 4811 offered in multiple sizes with sewing instructions and a mail order price.
Use a toothbrush to open and dampen the seam at once, then press. This quick tricks crease the fabric while evenly distributing moisture for a smooth finish.
Readers ask about unsightly facial hair and the advice suggests bleaching as the cheapest quick fix. Professional bleaching lightens and may reduce hair over time with monthly sessions, plus patch tests for allergy. It also provides a home recipe using henna and ammonia, applied with a toothbrush, then rinsed. Electrolysis is noted as permanent but costly and time consuming, needing physician guidance.
A simple technique uses a 12 inch doubled thread to chalk markings. Stitch through all fabric layers at the point to be marked and pull the thread through, leaving chalk on both sides if the material holds it well.
Instructions describe sewing a beach outfit from bath toweling. Use a 20x40 inch towel and 12x12 wash cloths with color contrasts. Require grosgrain ribbons, buttons, bias binding, and specific folding, cutting, and stitching steps to form a robe or sun suit with a rounded neckline and side seams.
Eleanor Roosevelt traveled to Sweden to unveil a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt and named India's Ambassador Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the most remarkable woman she had met. She praised Pandit for speaking as a man might while using womanly persuasion and noted her appearance in colorful Indian robes.
A sewing pattern touts a smart jumper with cuffed shoulders basque top and whirly skirt paired with a Peter Pan blouse. Pattern 9226 offers sizes 2 through 10 with yardage for size 6 and includes an illustrated Sew Chart. order with twenty cents for the Fall and Winter Pattern Book featuring new season fashions and a free pattern.
Popular new items for children are bathtub toys that provide cool amusement for sunny days and transform the bathtub into an inviting play space.
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