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I (V I I \*tROUG* i (NEW FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT I FOR BLACK MOUNTAIN I We Specialize In Chicken In The Rough’ 1 Steaks And Sea Foods I SARG’S RESTAURANT 1 JUST WEST OF BLACK MOUNTAIN CITY UMITS Forest Fire* Records of the division of forestry show an average annual reduction in -the number and size of forest fires. The average number of fires, for instance, for the last seven years has been 777, each about 54 acres in size. In the prereding seven years,, the average number of fires was 1,978 with an average of 97 acres each. Two factors will large ly determine the size of the fire, once it has started. They are (1) weather, such as rainfall, tempera ture, humidity and wind and (2) site, such as topography, soil and the kind of forest cover. Despite the reduction, there are far too many fires, for any one of the small fires has the potential of becoming a large one under favorable condi tions. Therefore, the greater the number of fires, the greater is the risk. Types of Hosiery Full-fashioned hose are narrowed in knitting to fit the leg. They can be recognized by the wales or ridges which radiate from the fashion marks in the back. Full-fashioned hose keep their shape after wash ing. Circular or seamless hose are the disappointing ones that bag at the ankles after a few hours' wear; they are knitted with the same number of stitches from top to toe. When worn or laundered, they come out looking like a tube, which in fact they are. Cheaper cotton and rayon hose are usually fashioned seamless. Knitting is gradually widened fretn ankle to hem. The added stitches form a V at the back of the leg. Circular-type hose which are cut up the back of the leg and seamed to fit are called cut and tai lored hose. I READ THE AD$ Along With the New* THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS Woman's World Flour Sacks Aid Seamstress As Fabric Shortage Coniimies (fZ, C: ~J'<u ( ' TF YOU'VE tried to do any sewing j * lately and have scoured the stores in a vain attempt to find suit able material for yourself, then you will welcome any suggestion that j gives material easily. Long before I we had the wealth of fabrics found in prewar times, many homemak ers were making good use of those large, clean, readily available flour or sugar sacks. Some of the department and no tions goods stores still carry them, and you might well look to them as material for a cheerful morning dress or cover-all apron. Cheerful? Why yes, of course. Just get out the package of dyes and dyeing kettle and go to work. Since these sacks are cotton, they take dye very eas ily, and of course you do not have to bleach them first. You can have any color you desire — a bright kelly green, rose pink, aqua or robin’s egg blue. Depending on your size, it will take from two to four of the large size flour or sugar sacks to give you the material you want. Take out the seams first, and make cer tain the sacks are clean. Use the directions for the particular dye you have on hand and go to work. After the fabric has been dyed, dried and ironed, lay it out for the pattern, making sure that no materials will be wasted. Checking Measurements Considered Essential Some of you may say, “Well, it’s not so important that my house dress fits so perfectly.” Why shouldn’t the dress you do your work in, the one you spend most of the daylight hours in, be well fit ted? Actually, good fit is important here as in a dress-up dress. Then too, these dresses are relatively sim ple, and you can learn good fitting from making them—a thing of im portance when you begin sewing on the “more important’’ articles of clothing. Select or make a pattern that comes exactly to your own bust size. Adjustments of an inch or so can be made easily, but remember it is easier to make a pattern one size larger—a little smaller, than to cut // you haw iom« flour tacks. . . . •lit* in a patten that is too small to make it fit. A good way ta gat this fitting problem In hand is to take your own measurements and pencil them down side by side with the pattern measurements. Then you will know exactly the amount of agistment seeded, and can allow accord ingly. In cutting a dress from a flour sack, bear la mind the grain of the material and place the pattern cor rectly on the lengthwise grain. Mark all sewing guides either with stitch ing, tailor’s tacks or chalk. This makes the work move along much faster. Here Are Tips For Sewing There are usually some parts of dressmaking that are more tricky than others. Take the sleeves, for Convert them into a morning dress. example. Just how are they to be eased into the gsrment without ugly gathers where they should not be? The best way I know Is to take small basting stitches around the fullest Cotton achieves new importance Oils season by being handled not as cotton, an inexpensive fabric, but like silk or rayon. Open-crowned bonnets, rather like the old-fashioned poke bonnets, are new, too. You’ll notice that lots of them are of rough woven straw we haven’t seen for a long time, and they are flirtatiously trimmed with embroidered pique or the like. Cool Crepe vC>.>n ■■ : x Here’s a newsworthy print in spired by a newspaper girl’s bright idea. This cool attractive dress from Herbert Sondheim’s collection has brief sleeves and simple lines that keep you cool and well dressed at the same time. part of the sleeve that fits to the dress, and draw these gently until the sleeve fits the armhole. Un less you are experienced, do not try to- sew the sleeves on the machine before basting. After the sleeve has been basted, try the dress on and see how the sleeve feels. If it does not give the fullest comfort, adjust the basting until the dress looks and feels ex actly as you wish. Another thing you may have no ticed In buying ready-made gar ments Is the waistline. If this does not fall exactly where the natural waistline is, the dress is uncom fortable. You can determine the natural waistline by putting a tapa measure around the waist and bend ing to see that it is exactly in place. Then mark the natural waistline on the gsrment with chalk. Even In morning dresses, the fit over the bust Is important You might try underarm darts, even If they are not marked on the pat tern. These darts, you know, ar* found on the most expensive clothes just for the sake of fitting. Sheer Materials Now that warmer weather is here and you are sewing on the lighter weight materials, keep In mind these pointers to make the sewing easy. 1. When sewing on sheer fab rics, use tissue paper or obsolete patterns to place underneath the garment when sewing with the machine. The tissue paper comes off almost by itself and insures a seam that Is not too tight. 2. A double stitched seam is the simplest type to use for finish ing sheer fabrics. The first row of stitching is on the seam line, and the second an eighth of an inch outside it. 3. A lapped seam h often used on bulky net or closely patterned lace material. The surplus edges of the seam are trimmed after the edges are overlapped. 4. Overcasting is another neat method for finishing seams on sheer fabrics. In this case, make a plain seam first and then press it open. Overcast both edges. 5. The fabric which you use determines the type of hem. For chiffons, organdies and geor gettes, use a rolled or picot hem Spring Fashion Notes Border prints offer an attractive suggestion for your play clothes. The gay oolored bands may appear in the skirt, in the bodice or on the sleeves. If you’re planning on wearing a print blouse with your suit or skirt, a neat touch is to put matching print on the cuffs of your gloves. This ia especially effective with black 01 brown or navy. &. 'jffi 1?; fl AMERICA’S 1946 WIGHTMAN CUP TEAM . . Members of the ]JB Wightman cup team who will represent the United States again ■ England at Wimbledon. Left to right: Patricia Todd, LafayJß Calif.; Louise Brough, Beverly Hills, Calif.; Pauline Bet* k'B Angeles; Mrs. Hazel H. Wightman, Margaret Osborne, San Francis^B and Doris Hart, Miami. H NORTON FURNITURE CO. | "Service Is Our Motto" I .f MJ J ■ ■■■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 11 ■„ B ■ J SHOE j REPAIRING S THE MOSS SHOE SHOP AT SWANNANOA I IS NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT 1 Shoes repaired while you wait fl BLACK MOUNTAIN Pickup Station 9 AT THE PALACE BARBER SHOP I a Opposite Bus Station 3 Day Service 1 ■ NEW OWNERS ARE I ! Creasman & Frady 1 :Vh■ ■ ■: ll ! PAfAcITARi£irSHOp"| I P RIC E S 1 i Shave 35 cts. Haircut 50 cts. || | Black Mountain Opposite Bus Station J * Now has two barbers during week I I And three on Saturday | SHINES AND FIRST CLASS BATH PROVIDING . . . Rural Telephones Is A BIG JOB It’s a big one .. . the job of \ YBj[ L providing telephone service \ Hh A to rural people scattered over hundreds \ H of thousands of square miles in nine -s? But it s a job that we're pleased to he ffl*- doing. Southern Bell trucks and men are HE j \ becoming a more and more familiar nu sight along the rural roads of the South- Os course a job of this size can't be flUjij \ \ completed overnight—particularly since Hfj \ \ more central office equipment must be Hi 1 \ installed at many telephone exchanges H|| \ before additional ’phones can be con- E|j \ You can be sure of this: We're doing [ji|' the job, using the best equipment and fli technique Bell System experience and research can develop, and we’ll keep on extending telephone service into more | *nd more rural areas. 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