Dresses Made at Home Can Look Professionally Fitted
Woman’s World urges home sewists to recognize figure differences and adjust patterns for a perfect fit. It advises generous underarm to waist seam allowances, careful pressing, and avoiding puckering to achieve a professional like dress.
Dressmaking With a Thermoplastic Dress Form Guide
A detailed guide on using a thermoplastic dress form and careful pattern adjustments to achieve flattering, well fitting garments. It explains pin fitting darts, creating slack for movement, correcting pattern length, and finishing hems for durable wear.
Suspenders as American institution campaign cry in 1952
A rambled, opinionated piece argues suspenders symbolize morale and tradition, praising buttons as essential to American life from pioneer days to modern industry. It humorously links suspenders to history, industry, war era fashion, and even atomic-age whimsy, contrasting belts unfavorably.
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Army
Daniel Boone
Zebulon Pike
Colonel Fremont
Kit Carson
Sutters Mill
Yukon
Abe Lincoln
Dodge City
Abilene Trail
Klondike
West
California
Bill Cody
Rockefeller
Hank Ford
Wright Brothers
Two Types Givers and Takers in Old Age
Kathleen Norris reflects on Margery Humber a 56 year old widow from Roanoke who feels displaced living with daughters. Norris advises reframing aging as useful and suggests finding a new role or job to belong and contribute, citing examples of older workers in hotels restaurants and institutions.
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Yike
Margery Humber
Roanoke
Korea
Grandma
Margery
Four Miles High Spiders and High Altitude Wildlife
Scientists report tiny cannibalistic spiders living at 22 000 to 23 000 feet on Everest. Tibetan porters attribute strange prints to Abominable Snowmen while noting other animals endure the Himalayas high above the snow line including snow leopard ibex markhor serow tahr bharal red bears yaks marmots Tibetan hares pikas pandas and long legged monkeys.
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Mount
Everest
Himalayas
Sewing Girdle Patterns for All Sizes in Spring Fashion
Sewing girdle patterns Sew-Right pattern No 3221 offered in sizes 36 through 52 with 39 inch fabric. New Basic FASHION for Spring and Summer will be released soon. send 25 cents for a copy of the home sewing guide. Gift pattern printed inside the boat.
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By Ertta Haley
H. 1
Phillips
Jimmy
Andrews Sisters
Helen Traubel
Russia
Moscow
Kathleen Norris
Earth
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Adams
Chicago
U.S
Peter
Ism
MUSC
Mitd
Thos.teeming & Co., Tne