Jim Hogg County Enterprise (Hebbronville, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1941 Page: 7 of 8
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THE JIM HOGG COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Children’s Wardrobe Problems
Made Simple by Home Sewing
By CIIERIE NICHOLAS
I ACK’S beanstalk of fairy tale days
•“* has nothing on little girls when
it comes to growing rapidly. They
seem to change from day to day,
once they pass the doll-like stage of
babyhood. It’s a problem every
mother has to face, but it is surpris-
ing how simple a problem it be-
comes if you can sew. The many
needed changes don’t upset the most
rigid budget if wardrobes are
planned carefully.
In the first place cotton fabrics
are not only practical and inexpen-
sive but smart as well. This spring,
sand-boxes and dancing school alike
will see cotton frocks on all of For-
tune’s favorite tikes. There are in-
numerable enchanting fabrics that
cost so little you can make a six-
year-old daughter a complete ward-
robe of spring frocks for five or six
dollars.
It’s smart this season, too, to
make children’s clothes from the
same basic pattern, varying mate-
rials and trimmings. This is a bless-
ing for a busy mother. You’ll find
most children’s patterns are so sim-
ple this season that you can com-
plete a whole frock in 9 couple of
hours' time.
The princess silhouette, as grace-
ful and becoming to almost every
child as its name implies, is particu-
larly favored right now. For play-
time, make it of sturdy denim or
striped seersucker. Percale and
gingham, crisp and trim, are favor-
ites for school, likewise pique, which
is simply ideal for practical wear.
You can get pique in the new pas-
tels as well as in white. As shown
in the illustration, the little girl
standing has on a winsome frock
made princess style. To add to its
charm, it has a cunning zippered
front fastening. Mothers find that
these gay colored zippers prove a
constant source of delight to young-
sters.
When party time calls something
more dainty, novelty organdy or dot-
ted swiss would be a good choice, and
as for dimity, it is more of a favor-
ite than ever. An Alice-in-Wonder-
land dimity frock is the pride and
the joy of the little girl seated in
the picture. In size four, this little
dress costs but a few cents over a
dollar to make, including organdy
frills, tiny pearl buttons, pattern and
thread. The same pattern in ging-
ham makes a cunning play frock.
A most commendable thing about
the frilled organdy panel that adds
such a dainty touch to this gown is
that it is made detachable so that
the frills may be laundered sepa-
rately. One of the delights of prin-
cess frocks is that they also are easy
to launder. No gathers, no pleats!
Be sure you use boilfast thread when
you are sewing, so that it won’t run
or fade. Also, if you want to leave
an extra two inches in the hem to
take care of rapidly growing legs,
boilfast thread will leave no mark
when the hems are changed.
The pinafore with its apron and
bib, so charming for little girls, has
been revived, and a very sensible
fashion it is. A change-about oi
gutmpes and skirts is a flexible
wardrobe note to be remembered
when active playtime makes many
changes necessary. You can often
use last year’s outgrown dresses to
make the apron and pinafore bib.
Use the extra fabric of the sleeves
for little rufTles over the shoulders
or for a big pocket on the skirt to
hold a favorite toy.
A good time to teach youngsters
to sew is when you are making their
clothes. With a little supervision,
leftover pieces of material can be
fashioned into doll clothes just like
mother’s. You can’t start them too
young, and doll clothes are by far
the happiest medium of approach.
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Twin Hankies
Striking accessory notes are a
fashion “must” this season. Your
quest for novelty and chic should
lead you to the handkerchief counter
where you will be rewarded with a
real “find” in the way of plaid
hankies. The "trick” is to wear
these plaids in pairs, as here shown.
You may choose these hankies in
little pin checks or big bold plaids,
with background colors that match
or blend with the latest colors. These
hankies never fail to add that dash
of spice to the always smart, simple
suit.
Lace Redingotea
A pretty fashion to be worn In late
spring and throughout summer is
the long redingote made of sturdy
lace in colors, and in black or white.
It is perfectly stunning when worn
as • summer wrap.
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Pleats, Longer Jackets
Mark Newest Spring Suits
Precision in tailoring mars
spring suits for 1941. Fashion has
determined that m’lady will wear
pleats in the suit skirt—knife, box or
twin box pleats in back or front, but
plain at the side. The fashionable
length for jackets is 24 inches or
wrist length. Other details to keep
in mind if buying or making a suit
are single link closing, neatly
squared shoulders padded flush with
the arm, and hip flap pockets.
Take your pick of the so-called
"open shirt" revers, or the elongat-
ed type that creates the impression
of a longer waist. The fancy femi-
nine suit has a shorter jacket with
a definitely nipped-in waist and easy
fullness in the skirt. Knife pleating,
grouped pleats, new soft yokes, dou-
ble flap pockets and chui.ky gold
buttons are characteristics.
Chenille Dots in Veils
Latest Addition to Hats
Ask at the veiling counter to see
the new confetti veils. Chenille dots
that look like huge snowflakes are
closely scattered all over the fragile
backgrounds. Cover your hat with
this veil in billowy masses and you
will achieve a true "spring” look.
All veils have a most fetching
way about them this season. Their
sole mission is to flatter and to lend
allure. Little flower hats have as
their main keynote whimsical color-
ful veils. Wide brims are also flat-
teringly veiled this season.
Dolman Sleeves
A coat destined to be a highlight
in fashion is the new shirtwaist type
with dolman sleeves. Its utter sim-
plicity of cut and styling is its
charm.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAY I
Ochool Lesson
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D D.
De-n of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
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S. S. Lesson for April 27
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se-
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
THE EARLY CHURCH MEETING
HUMAN NEEDS
LESSON TEXT—Acts 4:32-39; 6:1-7.
GOLDEN TEXT—And the multitude of
them that believed were of one heart and
of one aoul.—Acta 4:32.
Machinery without power is use-
less—that is why in the lesson of
last Sunday the power of the Holy
Spirit was recognized as being in-
dispensable in the church. Ona
sometimes wonders whether we do
not now have more machinery than
power, and thus fail in our high
calling.
Power, on the other hand, reaches
its greatest usefulness through the
organization of well-planned ma-
chinery. The church soon found
that its activities, simple at the be-
ginning, had become more com-
plex, calling for suitable organiza-
tion, if it was to best serve the
needs of its own people and of those
round about it. In so organizing
they did not forget this fundamental
purpose of the church, nor did they
forsake ijie true source of power.
I. Sharing With the Brethren (4:
32-35).
Love for one another prompted
the Christian brethren to meet each
other’s need by sharing, by holding
all they owned for the common
good. This was not (as some would
have us believe) a type of commu-
nism. It was purely voluntary (see
Acts 5:4), temporary, and local. It
was practiced only in Jerusalem
and only for a short time. It was
an expression of Christian brother-
hood and liberality which ia worthy
of our consideration.
The duty and privilege of sharing
material as well as spiritual bless-
ings is a part of Christian fellow-
ship. Those in the church who have
should willingly share with those
who have not. Some churches have
so effectively carried out this plan
today that none of their members ia
on relief. Not every church can do
that, but much more could be done
if we had the considerate spirit of
the early Christian church, which
was indeed the spirit of Christ.
II. Caring for the Unfortunate
(6:1, 3, 5, 6).
The church had come through its
first real persecution (Acts 5:12-42)
with real victory and assurance (5:
42), only to face an internal difficul-
ty. Wherever the Lord blesses, the
enemy comes to destroy. Whenever
a door of service opens, there are
many adversaries ( I Cor. 16:9).
There were two groups in the
church—the Hebrew Christians, and
those with a Greek background.
Among the poor to whom daily dis-
tribution of help must be made were
many widows. Suddenly the Gre-
cian group began to note (or think
they noted, which was just as dis-
turbing) that their widows were be-
ing neglected.
Notice that men of good character
and spirituality were chosen to
serve, and that all of them bore
Greek names. The Greeks, who
were doubtless in the minority in the
Jerusalem church, had a complaint,
so those who were appointed to
serve were their own people. We
might have been tempted to appoint
a committee made up of half from
each side (and thus to continue the
dissension), but not so here where
grace and wisdom from above con-
trolled. .
Do not fail to observe that there
was here a well-ordered plan to care
for the weak and unfortunate. No
Christian church should fail in that
important ministry.
III. Preaching the Word (vv. 2,
4, 7).
Social service is necessary—the
church should make intelligent pro-
vision for its poor and its widows—
but it makes a fatal mistake when
such service becomes more impor-
tant than the preaching and teach-
ing of God’s Word. Let those ap-
pointed to that blessed ministry
find joy in sanctified social service,
but never let it pre-empt the place
of evangelism.
Certainly such service must not
become the all-absorbing task of the
one who has been set by God as the
messenger to the church—the spir-
itual shepherd of the flock. Many a
preacher has lost himself in such
work, and failed to study and pray
so that he might be prepared to
preach the Word in power and with
conviction. Too many preachers
are attempting to shake a sermon
out of their coat sleeves on Satur-
day night (as Joseph Parker put it)
only to find that their ministry grows
leaner and leaner until, reaching
the years when there should be a
matured richness and sweetness in
their ministry of the Word, they
find their message dead, dull and
dry.
Such folly ill befits the Christian
church of its ministers. Perhaps
some minister who reads these lines
should change his ways, and per-
chance many a church officer who
reads them should realize that he
has been driving his preacher into
work which, while important, should
be (for him, at least) secondary.
First things first, in God’s own or-
der—that is the road of power and
blessing.
TERNS
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• • •
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One Way Only
Miranda—Doan’ fergit dat yo*
done married me fer bettah or
wusser.
Rastus—Dat’s right, but how
come yo’ keeps gettin’ wusser ’n’
wusser?
"I'd like to get married and set-
tled down," said the young chap,
"but I guess I’ll have to stay tin-
gle and settle up."
His Line
Sally—Oh, my brother write*
me that he is a haberdasher for
a railroad.
Dinocan—What do you meaiw
“haberdasher” for a railroad?
Sally—Well, he says he ha*
charge of the ties.
TIPS to
yjardeners
GARDENS OF QUALITY
'T'HERE have been changes in
recent years in garden prac-
tices .that are worth reporting.
Gardeners formerly allowed vege-
tables to grow as large as possible.
This procedure gave a higher
yield in pounds, but very often it
lowered the quality of vegetables.
Some vegetables, of course, like
tomato, must be mature to be pal-
atable; but carrots, cucumbers,
beets, summer squash, turnips,
radishes, and others are more ten-
der and tasty when not much
more than half grown.
Gardeners are finding that it is
wise to plant oftener than once or
twice a year, to maintain a regu-
lar supply of proper-sized vege-
tables. Gardens prove more en-
joyable, and more profitable when
successive plantings of favorite
crops are made every two or three
weeks, providing garden-fresh
vegetables for the table over a
long season.
It is also true that few garden-
ers today save flower seeds. Fine
flowers growing in the home gar-
den often are cross-pollinated by
others of the same species, mak-
ing flowers grown from their seed
inferior, and untrue.
Winding wool is difficult if there
is no one to hold it. Put two flat-
irons on a table at a sufficient dis-
tance apart to allow the wool to be
tightly stretched. Then wind over
the irons, just as if someone was
holding it.
0 O •
Never wash a tea strainer or a
teapot in soapy water. Wash and
rinse in clear water always.
* O O
When washing white silk
blouses, dresses, ties, etc., for the
first time, put a dessertspoonful
of powdered borax dissolved in
enough cold water to cover the
article, leave it soaking for half
an hour, then wash in the usual
way. This prevents the silk from
becoming yellow.
• • •
To prevent metal salt-shaker
tops from corroding, cover the in-
side of the teps with paraffin.
• • •
To keep down the cost of operat-
ing a mechanical refrigerator it is
important to watch the frost on
the cooling unit and defrost as
often as it is necessary.
• • •
For best results in painting a
new brick wall, use a paint made
with a Portland cement base. It
comes in powder form and is
mixed with water.
When running rods through your
curtains put a thimble on the end
of the rod. It will run through
more easily.
O O O
Never scrape kitchen utensil*
with a knife. Use a stiff brush
dipped in scouring powder to re-
move stains and burns.
Delicious down on
tho farm... nourishing...
saves time...saves work...saves
money ... order, foefcy, from
your grocer.
One Action
Every man feels Instinctively
that all the beautiful sentiments
in the world weigh less than a
single lovely action.—Lowell.
Desperate Feud
The Tewksbury-Graham feud,
which raged in Gila county, Ari-
zona, between 1887 and 1892, was
the most desperate fight of its
kind in the history of the West.
Starting with a dispute over stolen
cattle, it quickly involved all the
men and boys in three large fami-
lies and numerous friends, all of
whom, with one exception, were
killed. In some of their battles as
many as 20 men fought on a side.
Van Qimps
Porkand BEANS
Feast-for-the - Least"
For the Cause
It is the cause, and not th*
death, that makes the martyr.—
Napoleon.
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CHOICE
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St.Joseph
ASPIRIN'lflt
WORLD’S USCfSl SELLER IT IUy
Idea and Work
Success is nothing but a good
idea coupled with hard work.—
Balzac.
One Heart and Mind
Let us, then, fellow-citizens, unite
with one heart and one mind. Let
us restore to social intercourse
that harmony and affection with-
out which liberty and even life it-
self are but dreary thing*.—
Thomas Jefferson.
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