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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
2
Betta Haley offers practical dress fitting guidance to emphasize the wearer’s best points. Focus on long lines and balance, inspect side seams and lines while standing naturally, and apply simple alterations to adjust proportions and fit.
To alter a crepe jerkin fit start at the underarm seam and pin wider sides if the garment is baggy. Balance both sides and trim excess. pin on the right side first, then transfer. Let out fabric at the waist or hips or add a tapering contrasting band to gain room. Remake skirts by reducing pleats to achieve a straight cut if needed.
A narrative tracing human progress from primitive survival to modern labor rights. It follows stages from cave dwellers through farming, animal husbandry, nation building, and industrialization to longer workdays, transportation, and finally seeking portal to portal wages with legal aid and wage claims.
The Pennsylvania railroad demonstrates an automatic ticket vending machine that dispenses transportations without long lines or tedious operator procedures. The piece notes relief for weary travelers and contrasts new efficiency with past wait times and delays.
Practical guidance for filling large appetites with stews casseroles and soups. Recipes include salmon lima bean casserole lamb stew and a quick hasty pudding with whipped cream and marshmallows. Practical tips emphasize using leftovers and heating efficiency for family meals.
The article explains learning to sew straight by watching stitching and keeping equal distance from the edge. It notes chalk guides and machine attachments for gathering pleating buttonholes shirring and quilting. It adds using colored thread for decorative stitches and advising careful fabric selection.
Fashion notes emphasize stylish bird clips for plain dresses and suits, gold twisted threads in new jewelry, and Brown patent leather shoes to complement beige wool outfits. The guide highlights footwear for daytime, evening, and street wear, stressing care in selecting shoes with gowns.
Tips advise storing brown sugar in a moist place like a breadbox to prevent lumping while confectioners sugar and powdered sugar keep in tightly covered containers. The brownish surface on used tin pans forms tin oxide which conducts heat better, causing cakes to brown more in used tins than new ones.
To prevent cake icing from sticking, dip the knife in hot water before slicing. Lettuce and other vegetables cut easily with scissors. Grated old soap scraps can be used for laundry after grating or chopping. Thickening soups and gravies can be quick by beating equal flour and water into a paste.
A flattering daytime dress for mature figures features a diagonal scalloped closing edged with narrow ruffling and a softly gathered slim skirt. The pattern offers short or three quarter sleeves with two flower buttons for trim. Pattern No. 1589. sizes 32 to 46. require 4 yards of 35 inch fabric and 1/4 yard ruffling.
A vintage style guide offers practical tips from a bygone era. Advice covers using potato sacks for traction and improvising with a fork to adjust window shades. It also suggests chilling wax paper to separate and using vertical and horizontal wiping strokes for clarity.
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