WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RAYON?
(By Dorothy Roe)
AP Fashion Editor
You, Mrs. Consumer, have an
important job to do in the total
defense of democracy. In order
to conserve your country's re
sources you must learn to buy
carefully and take care of what
you have.
The necessities of wartime have
opened up a whole new world
of unfamiliar foods fabrics and
equipment for you to master. To
qualify as a home--front soldier
you must know them well, rec
ognize their several characteris
tics, learn to distinguish the good
from the bad.
Important in the new lineup of
clothing fabrics are the many
varieties of rayons which now are
pinch-hitting manfully for silk,
cotton and wool. These are not
substitutes, but new products of
a new era, in many cases prov
ing more satisfactory than the
materials they replace.
When you go shopping for a
rayon garment the first thing
you want to know is—“Will it
wear?” Your best guide in this
is the label, which should tell
you: a—Will the fabric sag,
stretch or shrink? b—Will it
fade from sunlight, perspira
tion, washing or cleaning?
e—Is it strong enough for the
use to which it will be put
d—Will it wash? e—Will it
dry-clean?
Modern trade practices provide
detailed information labels which
should give all these answers to
your fabric questions.
If you are satisfied as to the
fabric of the garment, you should
look next for good workmanship.
This means well-finished seams,
ample hems, well-made button
holes, good basic lines and gen
erous seam allowances.
Next be sure that you get the
correct size. A dress that is too
tight is a poor buy because it will
strain at the seams and will nei
their wear nor look well. If you
are an “in-between” size, buy the
larger size and have it altered
where necessary.
Last, take care in selecting be
coming styles and colors. If the
dress isn’t becoming, you won’t
want to wear it, and it will be
come just another wardrobe slack
er. If you are tall and thin, se
lect styles with horizontal lines,
shoulder yokes, contrasting jack
ets, peplum effects or wide rev
ers which tend to shorten and
broaden the figure. If you are
stout, select styles that add to
your height, such as high^waisted
skirts, princess cut, simple
styles, vertical lines.
This winter you will see rayon
flannels, gabardines, jerseys,
coverts, tpeeds, twills and whip
cords, as well as the more fam
iliar crepes, failles, taffetas and
velvets. You will see rayons
which look like wool, like silk,
like cotton. They will serve you
well if you follow these simple
rules of care:
1— Protect garments with
dress shields.
2— Hang properly, air fre
FOR DRESS: Sunday-best
outfit in handsome black ra
yon bengaline with pale blue
dickey and sequin trimming.
quently, don’t overcrowd in
closet.
3— If the label tells you the
fabric is washable, follow di
rections carefully. Wash in
lukewarm water, use mild soap,
rinse well, and dry slowly,
awav from direct sunlight or
heated radiators.
4— Press carefully, being
sure iron is not too hot. Al
ways steam-nress, placing a
heavy, dry cloth next to the
fabric and covering with a
damp cloth.
5— If garment is dry-clean
able, send the fabric label to
your cleaner, so he may handle
the fabric properly in clean
ing.
OTHER FOLKS TRAVEL
IN HIS UPPERS
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Col.
M. R. Meals, Memphis’ famous
368-pound auctioneer says he has
no trouble getting lower berths
when traveling these days.
“I had to take an upper on a
recent trip,” the colonel said. “I
remarked to a friend, rather loud
ly, that I had upper 8 and hoped
nothing serious happened—like
the time the thing collapsed and
almost killed the guy under
neath.
“The man who held lower 8
came over, looked at my 368
pounds and said he preferred up
pers—would I like to swap
please?”
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FIRE IN CHIEFS E
OWN HOME
PORTSMOUTH O. (AP)—As
sistant Fire Chief Ray Elwell
learned recently that fires, like
charity, often begin in one’s own
home.
Answering a call while he was
on duty at a local fire station, the
official was greeted with an ex- \
cited “Come home quick, the
house is on fire-”
In his routine tone of inquiry.
Elwell asked, “Who’s speaking?” j
The voice which then shouted
“Me!” had a familiar ring—it
was Elwell’s wife.
DEATH ON MOTHS.
TOUGH ON HUMANS, TOO.
BLACKSBURG Va. (AP) —
Much to the horror of hay-fever
sufferers, entomologists of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute are
encouraging strips of ragweed in
peach orchards to keep the
Oriental moth under control.
The ragweed supplies food for
such farmer friends as bob-white
quail and wild turkey, and also |
checks erosion, but greatest of
all it harbors a borer in its stalk.
The borer in turn has a parasite,
a wasp-like insect, which passes
a stage in the borer, then emer
ges in the spring eager to devour
the worm-like stage of the Orien
tal fruit moth.
COTTON PICKING
STUMPS NAZIS
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP)—The
Nazi supermen apparently “can’t
cut the mustard” in a Louisiana
cotton patch.
After 50 prisoners of war start
ed picking cotton at the Gordon
Randolph and Webster Thomp
son plantations near here one
plantation owner said:
“We are glad to get our cotton
picked but some different ar
rangement must be made in re
gard to payment of wages. We
pay the prisoners $1.50 a day but
on one plantation they averaged
only 60 pounds of cotton a day,
on the other 63 pounds. As 1,500
pounds of seed cotton is required
for a bile, this makes picking
cost $37.50 z hale.” »
Southern cotton pickers work
ing for $1.25 a hundred pounds
usually pick between 300 and 400
pounds a day.
WRONG DOCTOR,
RIGHT TEETH
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP)—Told
to report to the office of Dr. H.
M. Ivy, city school superinten
dent, for classification, an out
of-town pupil attempting to reg
ister at Junior High School here
returned shortly holding his jaw
and protesting.
“He pulled a tooth and told me
I needed two others out,” he
complained. “Say—maybe I went
to the wrong doctor.”
He did.
15 per cent of farm income in
the United States last year.
FOR SPORTS: Rayon, wool
skirt, rayon-serge blouse.
RELEASING WINNERS
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Rich
mond’s Colts won second place
in the Piedmont League this
season, but it will always be a
mystery just what the Mustangs
might have done if they hadn’t
released so many pitchers. Pitch
ers released by the Colts won 35
games and lost only 14—a far
better record than that of the
hurlers who remained on the
roster.
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