Notions Make Sewing Simpler by Mary Brooks Picken
Mary Brooks Picken extols the vast range of sewing notions from pins and needles to elastic by the yard and new materials. She notes nylon thread for stretch fabrics, plastic thread for mothers, various interfacings, pinking shears, and tailored tools like pressing boards and dress forms that streamline sewing and improve efficiency.
Pillows Can Perk Up a Room
Pete Cano works as fashion coordinator designer and stylist for Nettle Geek Industries inspiring room makeovers with imported furniture bedspreads draperies and decorative pillows. He left Parsons to pursue on the job training in fabric design and manufacturing and now shapes pillow selection for showroom displays and store launches in Manhattan and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Cano
Filip
Cano
Nettle Geek Industries
Feild
Parsons School of Design
York City
Peg Fhley
Pillow Run
Manhattan
Owever
Create
Aining Cano
Nettle Creek Industries
al Radloff
Madeira
Canned Dry Soup Mix Becomes a Busy Seamstress Land Special
A fragmented OCR story describes a seamstress using canned dry soup mix in a land special scheme. The text includes stray mentions of beverages, beef stock, and fabric colors, with quoted lines from a crafts figure about choosing fabric squares and color caution.
Singer Shares Secrets to Success in Screen Feature
The Hope Star recounts tips from actress-singer Paula Wayne on crafting a personal look and professional image. She cites stage experience, hair and makeup choices, and color psychology to project a chosen persona amid shifting looks and roles.
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HOPE
Ark
STAR
Singer
Paula Wayne
Sammy Davis
Las Vegas
Miami Beach
Insulation Checks Drafts To Make Life Comfortable
Home comfort and lower heating costs hinge on sealing drafts. Keep attic and roof insulation, seal windows, add weatherstripping to doors, and install durable bronze strips where needed. The guide emphasizes long term savings and year round comfort.
Storm windows and drafts in old houses
The passage describes storm windows as a comfort factor that remain hidden when closed and help block drafts by creating dead air for insulation. It offers tips to check storm window repair and putty, seal openings, and suggests heavy drapes and strategic furniture placement in cold areas, noting colder closets near outside walls and a draft likely coming from under doors, recommending bottom door seals.
Lassie Star Tommy Rettig Aims to Change Child Star Law
Former Lassie child actor Tommy Rettig recounts earning and spending under California law that takes 15 percent of a child’s income. He advocates raising the fund to about 35 percent and expanding it to all earnings, noting residuals from Lassie still pay Europe. Rettig, now 23, continues acting on Never Too Young while supporting two young sons and a Samoyed at home.
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Tommy Rettig
California
Tommy Reilig
Tommy
Jon Provost
Mle
Europe
Lassie
Tom
Tommy Jr
Deane
Dino
Brains Only Eligible for Memphis High Honor Study Hall
South Side High in Memphis runs an exclusive six week program for top students. Members must maintain at least a B average and strong self discipline to earn an hour daily in a supervised study hall with peers. They may leave regular study periods to use the hall, and membership is checked every six weeks with removal for falling below B.
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Memphis
Tenn
South Side High
Paul Buchanan
Mike Bailey
Bailey
Buchanan
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Picken Notspaper Enterprise Assn
Blumenthal
Aileen Snoddy
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Petra Cariathon
Sersvin
White House
New York
Tommy Steete
Paramount Satin
Cane
Alicia Hart
Tia
Miss Wayne
London
Angela Harvey
Newhall
By Dick Kleiner