PAGE SIX
THE ECHO
OCTOBER, 1943
You, Too, Can Have A Dress Like This
Simple, graceful lines make this afternoon frock a figure-flatter-
ing style. The pattwn adapts itself to silk or wool fabrics. Con
trasting scalloj^d yoke and bracelet length sleeves are perfect
make-over details for the old dress of good mateirial. One yard of
new fabric and a discarded dress of solid color will produce this
charming dress. (Sewing leaftlet, No. 2613, “Year Round Fabrics
and Fashions,” is available to you at the Library.
Choosing Wardrobe For All Seasons
Will Be Much Easier Job This Fall
Choosing a wardrobe for all sea
sons should be less of a wardrobe
problem this year than it has been
for quite a while. And this de
spite the shortages of ready-made
clothes. American women, al
ways “quick to catch on”, have
learned that it is unnecessary and
impractical to have one-season
clothing. They know' the advan
tages—in fact, the necessity of
two-season or all-year-round fash
ions.
Number One on the season-to-
season parade is the basic black
dress. Many decades from now,
when dozens of'styles and dozens
of seasons have come and gone,
the simple, black dress will still
enjoy its current popularity. While
hot weather holds sway, light ac
cessories keep the ensemble look
ing summery and refreshing. When
cooler days set in, a switch to
shoes, hats and bags in black, or
darker colors, affects a cold-weath
er look. The woman who croch
ets is particularly fortunate in be
ing able to round out her assort
ment of accessories with hand
made hats, bags and gloves. Hand-
crochets are an important part of
the fashion scene. They are good
news for the clothing budget, too.
'For the woman who finds solid
black too uninspiring or unbecom
ing, there are bright hats and
gloves in Chinese and Mexican
colors—lacquer red and deep pink
tones, jade green and turquoise.
Even the woman who is conserva
tive about color should throw cau
tion to the wind this year, for the
new fabric shades are beautiful.
These colors use less dye than the
darkef tones, too.
Close runner-up to the basic
black dress is the basic brown
dress. At least one shade of
brown is flattering to any color
ing. There are many other neu
tral shades and combinations of
colors that seem equally at home
in any season. Gray with copper
brown, beige with black, dull gold
with brown or black are a few sug
gestions of modish color schemes
for all-year-round wear. The wo
man who makes her own clothes
has the advantage of being able
to combine her most becoming
colors in the way that is most flat
tering to her.
Suits and suit dresses are popu*
lar all-year-round costumes. They
have a distinctive air when made
of faille, satin of moire. For more
casual wear, crepe, jersey and
lightweight wool gabardine are
serviceable and smart.
Then, of course, skirts and
blouses are all-year-round fashion
favorites and perfect between
season outfits. This year, more
than ever,^skirts and blouses are
in great demand. Skirts of light-
er-weight and heavier-weight fab
rics, and blouses of lighter and
darker colors may be interchang
ed to look seasonable no matter
what the weather. For cooler days
or evenings, an extra jacket to
blend with skirt and blouse com
binations will help complete the
costume.
Often, a dress suitable to one
season may be restyled to make it
equally wearable in the next. This
is not only a clever, but a patriot
ic thing to do. A glance through
the commercial pattern books will
suggest make-over ideas adaptable
to the clothes on hand. It is^wise
to make a wardrobe that is sim
ple and sensible, so that the change
from season to season is an easy
matter.
SAVE
roR viCTOir
OMTHI
HOMI rMHT
Conservation Corner
By Nan Brown
SHORT-CUTS IN SHOPPING
Slipping time comes on the ration list these days when time is so
valuable, yours, your neighbors’ and the storekeeper’s. A bit of shrewd
plannmg will get you a full grocery basket without standing in line all
day or holding up other shoppers. Plan your menus a week ahead, with
alternates for unavailable items, and figure out the ration points needed
before you go to the store. If possible, shop in one store, at non-rush
hours, and equipped with a good-sized bag.
Other time-thrift tips are: Use some of your ration points for reserve
foods that can be served quickly when a change of plans prevents shop-
ping on schedule; keep an adequate supply of non-rationed items such as
potatoes, dried onions and carrots, on hand; have children pick up staples
on tne way home from school, and arrange a share-the-shopping programi
under which your neighbors take turns buying for several families
Scientific shopping can be a pleasure instead of a chore soi
shop smartly.
CONSERVARIATIONS
♦V, dunk your leftover donuts in the garbage-can; there’s plenty ol^
thrift ajid goodness in them yet if you crumble them like bread crumbs'
and use them in dressings, puddings and for breading. . . . Don’t be a^
fuel fool; remember that icicles are just around the calendar corner, and
use your heating oil wisely While on the subject of conservation,
why not become a blood donor and conserve life?
KIDDIES IN THE KITCHEN
With the War Manpower Commission urging the nation’s women to
r into war work, there’s an opportunity on that part of the home front
younger America, feminine
division. Now that Mom hasn t as much time as before for cookin?
young daughters should try their luck in the kitchen; it would be an
entertaining, instructive and constructive experience, that will also con
serve the energy of job-tired oldsters.
For granddaughter’s debut at the cooking-table, a typical recipe of
grandma s day would be appropriate—One-Egg Muffins. These muffins
made with a grandma’s old fashioned molasses recipe is easy for the
young cook and if the youngster yields to temptation while whipping
them up. and dips a finger into the molasses to taste it. it will be good
for her instead of bad. Molasses, as you know, is rich in nature’s iron.
America will need 359,000 nur
ses in 1944,or 100,000 more than
stock specialists at State College.
These muffins take the following ingredients;
21/4 cups all-purpose flour l well-beaten egg
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk
8 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 cup old-fashioned
1/2 teaspoon baking soda unsulphured molasses
4 tablespoons melted shortening
Sift the^dry Ingredients together. Add milk, melted shortening
and unsulphured molasses to the well-beaten egg. Stir the liouid in-
^edients into the diT and mix only long enough to dampen the flour
(do not try to beat to a smooth batter, as the lumps will vanish in baking
and oyerb^ting would make tunnels in the muffins.) Fill greased muffin-
from twenty to
twenty-five minutes, until baked through
nf SL® molasses muffins should make the youngster a devotee
t culinary arts and should talte a kitchen-load off the overalled
shoulders of the Lady of the House. ® overaiiea
SHORT AND SENSIBLE
non-profit group dedicated to the education of
beauty despite wartime restrictions suggests hair lacquer for
defense workers to keep their hair neat and out of the way of machines
^ud gadgets Etta Oaynes, designer of young girls’ clothes suggests
the buying'of all-purpose clothes these days when several changes ?day
are dlst nctly out of style. Clottes are morale-buEs, S gIjSs
says, but they don’t have to be wallet-emptiers. ... In these times of
stress and rush, you will find your efficiency Increased if you take an
occasional few minutes of complete relaxation during the day This will
conserve energy, rest tired muscles and prevent poor posture.
Home canners are asked to re
turn the empty fruit and vege
table crates and baskets to their
dealers, who will return them to
growers and packing houses where
they are desperately needed.
Brito Chapel, called the smallest
church in the world, is in Pureto
Rico.
Ninety-nine per cent of the
body’s calcium is in the bony
structure.