Woman's World: Easing sewing tips for stylish children wear
Article advises mothers to plan outfits with quality fabrics, color harmony, and proper fit to boost grooming and confidence in kids. It stresses avoiding skimpy or ill fitting clothing, learning trade tricks from designers, and using two widths for skirt fullness and neat hems.
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Clothes That Belong: Practical Sewing for Children
A guide on fabrics and fasteners for children's clothes recommending sturdy wash friendly materials like corduroy denim gingham and poplin for playwear and smooth fabrics for dress wear. Emphasizes correct fit easy ironing and careful tailored sewing to avoid damaging a child’s self esteem and style.
Reader's Courtroom: Box Car, Oaths, and Jail Guard Duty
A series of courtroom anecdotes show a railroad box car deemed not dangerous when stationary, a perjury conviction over a marriage license oath, a husband’s assault ruling against the ancient privilege, a student inmate initiation, and a jailer held liable for inmate treatment in a kangaroo court.
Don't Lose Happy Middle Years in a Rut
A reader Mildred Miller of New York asks how to revive a marriage stalled by routine and aging. She and Lee, both healthy with steady incomes, feel restless, and wonder if moving to a smaller city or rural setting could restore purpose through home, garden, and shared interests. The piece argues pursuing worthwhile, peaceful middle years with focus and effort can renew youth and happiness.
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Grocer Revives Ramapo Mountaineer Basket Craft in Ladentown
Pincus Margulies of Pine's Store in Ladentown N Y aims to revive the Ramapo mountaineer wood craft making baskets scoops bowls and utensils. Harold Margulies, who runs the store, notes the once thriving output of baskets scoops and other wares from about 150 mountaineers and describes payment in merchandise and credit in earlier years.
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Agencies profit from New Deal programs in postwar review
A Washington review argues HOLC and FHA, born in the New Deal, are solvent and beneficial. HOLC reports a $1.5 million profit on a $3.5 billion portfolio, now being liquidated. FHA has disbursed over $2 billion with $1.5 billion principal repaid, aiding about 60,000 farmers and 2,200 veterans own farms by year end. The piece praises decentralization and cost to taxpayers, while noting foreclosures in 1948 and NAM's trade stance diverging from GOP leaders.
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80Th Congress
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