A Closet for Your Sewing Equipment
Many women who learned to sew for the Red Cross also sew for themselves. They seek efficient closets to house equipment. A model sewing cupboard from Better Dressmaking measures six and a half feet high four feet wide and twenty inches deep with a dress form area and an ironing board section plus shelves and boxes. Booklets on linen closet and door pockets available for 15 cents each.
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Red Cross
Wartime Fabric Guide Emphasizes Practical Cotton Styles
Wartime living favors cotton fabrics for economy and easy care. Denim and striped ticking lead a list of versatile weaves, from workwear to city outfits, with gabardine, seersucker, chambray, and quilted textures highlighted for durable, machine washable apparel.
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Victory Garden
Real Charmer Pattern No 8371 for children's wear
Pattern No 8371 offers pinafore bonnet and panties in sizes 1 to 6 years. Size 2 requires 154 yards 35 inch material. panties use 34 yards 3 inches. Due to high demand and war conditions, orders may take longer to fill. send your order to:
Sleeves in Fashion for Summer 1943 Dinner Gown
New season styles feature capelike sleeves with scalloped petal cutouts in periwinkle and white rayon chiffon. A sheer rayon print dress showcases the fashionable short dinner gown length ideal for warm days.
The Farmer's Wife Embraces Smart Printed Bags
Big mills continue feeding colored prints on feed bag sheetings printed with old rollers. Rural women gather these bags and transform them into family fashions. A home sewing craze broadens as pattern-makers design simple styles for at home creation.
New Sport Frocks With a Glamour Touch
The article notes a trend toward glamour in sports dresses without sacrificing practicality. It highlights wrinkle resisting spun rayon frocks in colorful patterns with embellishments such as embroidery and scallops on coat dress styles. Eyelet embroidery epaulets over the shoulders are described as a smart fashion accent.
Eyelet Embroidery Enhances Black and Navy Fabrics
Eyelet embroidery adds subtle frills to new black and navy sheer fabrics. It trims vertical slit pockets in skirts and appears on hats made entirely of starched eyelet embroidery, creating smart decorative details.
Answers to a Mixed Bag of Trivia Questions
A compact set of six trivia Q A pairs. The dactylogram equals a fingerprint record, The old order changeth is by Alfred Tennyson, Lincoln highway terminals are New York and San Francisco, a pentad equals five years, a pseudonym is an assumed name while an autonym is a real name, Tippecanoe nickname came from William Henry Harrison’s victory over Indians near Tippecanoe River.
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William H. Harrison
Alfred Tennyson
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San Francisco
Grain to Rubber Tire Triumph at Firestone Akron Plant
Firestone marks a milestone with a tractor tire made entirely from grain based synthetic rubber. Harvey S. Firestone Jr. watches the first mold run as Akron plant workers churn grain into rubber, building a complete grain derived tire without other synthetics.
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Harvey S. Firestone, Jr
Firestone Company
Akron
Firestone
Sewing Circle Pattern Request From Chicago Department
Pattern request notice from the Sewing Circle Pattern Dept at 530 South Wells Street Chicago. Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Address week size and related details appear incomplete in the text.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Shopkeeper Trades Dog for Two Hundred Dollar Cats
A man moving into the city asked a pet shopkeeper to sell his dog for 200 dollars. The shopkeeper doubted the price but later sold the dog, explaining that he had exchanged it for two cats worth 100 dollars each.
Tips for Kitchen and Home Maintenance
Keep everything in its proper place to reduce night accidents. A little poultry seasoning improves the flavor of pork veal or lamb gravy. Rough lime and sand walls can be smoothed for papering with plastic paint containing gypsum. A layer of tomato ketchup over beans while baking enhances flavor and cooks through the beans.
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