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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
7
A hot iron transfer sheet offers Mexican pan holders towels and curtains designs for kitchen brightenings. Over twenty transfer motifs feature bright colorful figures suitable for embroidery with simple stitches. The sheet includes large and small designs and costs 15 cents with Order No 203 for mailing.
Cherie Nicholas notes the rise of hand crocheted items in fashion from sweaters and scarves to toys and accessories. Describes shell stitch vests, mittens, bonnets, and shawls, with vivid color and festive embroidery.
A refined interval ensemble pairs fur topcoat with velvet gloves, hat, and an oversized muff bag. Chinese influenced velvet turban with twisted fringe complements a heavy wool crepe dress edged by pleated scrolls in the same fabric.
Little girls will wear hat and pinafore ensembles this season with bold use of pique denim percales gabardine glazed chintz and black sateen. Aprons serve as play frocks later. decorations include applique fruits flowers and fairy-tale figures. Rich embroidery lace frills rick rack and feather stitching enhance the outfits topped by quaint bonnet style hats.
Dressy little black frocks gain charm with white sequined neckwear, a smart accessory trend. Collar and cuff sets feature embroidered sequins, with yokes and pockets in solid sequin work. The white sequins lift the black-and-white theme.
Reader asks how to remove wax and shellac from a black asphalt tile bathroom floor and achieve a shine without showing water spots or footprints. Experts caution that asphalt tile should not be coated, advise testing denatured alcohol with steel wool on a hidden tile, then scrubbing with scouring powder if needed, and recommend only self polishing or vegetable wax for a finish.
A reader asks how to keep newly filled cistern water from being hard, suggesting water glass treatment. The answer covers furnace and chimney cleaning, flue inspection, and separate flues for fireplace and boiler. It notes oil-burner service often handles cleaning and offers alternatives if not available. It also discusses refinishing navy leatherette and when to replace it.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1906 offers two blouses with ruffies, neckline draws and bows. Sizes 12 through 42 provide busts from 32 to 42 inches. Version 14 requires 2 1 4 yards of 39 inch fabric and 1 3 4 yards of eyelet embroidery for the drawstring neck short sleeve style.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1903 provides two sewing options a sleeping suit in flannel or broad cloth and a lounging suit in flannel or corduroy both designed to keep you warm this winter. The guide lists bust sizes 32 through 42 and a size 14 with 534 yards needed for 35 or 39 inch fabric though wartime demand may delay delivery.
A survey identifies 11 languages and their dialects as the mother tongues for about 75 percent of humanity. The ranking highlights Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish, Western Hindi, German, Japanese, French, Bengali, Italian, and Portuguese as the most spoken languages.
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