Sew and So in the Home Bureau 



Reticles of handicraft typ- 

 J^ ical of the women of II- 

 /^^• ^ / linois have been forwarded 

 to the national collection in Lexington, 

 Kentucky. During the meeting of the 

 National Home Demonstration Coun- 

 cil there, a national committee will 

 choose the outstanding articles to be 

 sent to the meeting in London, June, 

 1939, of the Associated Country Wom- 

 en of the World. 



The articles finally chosen, probably 

 will not be returned until September 

 after the meeting, according to Mrs. 

 Spencer Ewing, Illinois chairman of 

 handicrafts. Some of the outstanding 

 ones may even be requested to remain 

 in a permanent collection of handi- 

 crafts from all the nations. 



Handicraft has been one of the ten 

 points listed as a well-rounded pro- 

 gram of recreation by Mrs. Ewing, 

 state chairman of recreation for Home 

 Bureau. 



TIME STUDIES IIV 



DISHWASHIIVG 



In Macoupin county a time study 

 in dishwashing was made recently. By 

 making such studies and developing 

 greater speed and efficiency, many 

 housewives find time they never seem 

 to have. In this case the following 

 procedure seemed to be the most ef- 

 ficient : — 



Use wheel tray to take dishes to and 

 from the kitchen, wash righthanded, 

 wipe silver, cups and glasses, stack 

 plates, saucers, etc., in draining basket, 

 scald and let drain without wiping. 



Dishes, 54 pieces; silver, 18 pieces; 

 total 72 — time 15 minutes. Time 

 saved by improvement over former 

 method, 11/^ hours per day, 540 hours 

 per year, 221/2 days. 



Rainy days in late fall are convenient days 

 to remodel old garments or dye them, be- 

 fore storing for the winter. Old radio boxes 

 make excellent storing chests if regular 

 moth-proof chests are not on hand. All 

 clothes should be thoroughly cleaned before 

 storing. A strong paper envelope glued 

 inside the cover is useful to hold patterns 

 for summer clothes and convenient to find 

 ■long with material to be remodeled. 



In pressing, a heavy iron has little, if 

 •ny, advantage over a light one, since pres- 

 sing is done mostly through the evaporation 

 of moisture and the movement of the iron. 



A vacuum cleaner should oot pick up pim, 

 broken glass, tacks or other sharp metal pieces, for 

 they may poke holes in the dust bag, or chip of 

 throw out of balance the fan blades. 



That homemakers over the state are plan- 

 ning a busy winter season of sewing is 

 shown by the interest in the sewing machine 

 clinics now being held in 15 counties. Ma- 

 chines are brought to a central meeting 

 place. Miss Edna Gray, clothing specialist 

 and R. R. Parks, specialist in agricultural 

 engineering are directing, but the women 

 themselves do the actual work of taking 

 the machines apart, cleaning them and put- 

 ting them back together again. Machines 

 as old as 70 years have been rejuvenated 

 and put in running order. 



How safe and efficiently the steam 



pressure cooker works in the average 

 home is expected to be disclosed as a 

 result of a series of tests now under 

 way in several Illinois counties. 



Chewing gum stuck to a garment 



may be removed easily by a touch of 

 ice. . I . - . 



One nest for every five pullets or hens 



will prevent much of the trouble or grief 

 from cracked and dirty eggs. 



How safe is your home.' Approximately 



31,500 persons are accidentally killed each 

 year in American homes as compared with 

 16,500 accidentally killed in American in- 

 dustry. 





'OW long should my dresses 

 :.' Can I wear swagger 



_ type or will a straight line 



coat look better? Should my dresses be 

 full in the front or the back? How can 

 I widen my shoulder line? Or how can 

 I best make my clothing to give my figure 

 added height? 



All these problems and others in dress 

 design are being solved by thousands of 

 Illinois homemakers who are using a 

 new kind of camera. The camera is so 

 constructed that it takes the silhouette 

 of a person instead of the actual features. 



The homemaker merely poses before a 

 sheet with a strong light behind it. Soon 

 she has a doll-like cut-out of her own 

 silhouette taken by the simple camera. 

 She can then experiment with various 



paper dress combinations on the paper, 

 doll-like figure until she finds a pleasing 

 one. 



Originator of the idea, now in its 

 third year of popularity, is Miss Edna 

 Gray, clothing specialist with the college 

 of agriculture. University of Illinois. 

 Home advisers in all parts of the state 

 find the silhouette camera invaluable in 

 helping homemakers select attractive 

 clothing. 



Home Adviser Olevia Meyer, after us- 

 ing the camera at meetings in William- 

 son, Johnson and Jackson counties, com- 

 mented that "picture taking" brought the 

 realization to many women that their 

 figures were not like the ones they see 

 in show windows or fashion plates and 

 that each has her individual problem to 

 solve. 



DRESSMAKER'S X-RAY i 



Side as well as front views are made by the silhouette camera in order that home- 

 makers may study the best way to fit theii clothes. 



While the bright sun shines through a sheet ploced before the window, Mrs. Verl 

 Shutt. Shelbyville, has her side silhouette taken. Wilma Beyer, Shelby county home 

 odviser, conducted the lesson as a part of the county home bureau program. 



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