FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



HOME MAKING 



THE NEW HATS AND WHO 



CAN WEAR THEM 



Mrs. Draper Brings Hampshire County 

 The Styles 



Mrs. Joseph R. Diaper, assistant home 

 demonstration agent of the Middlesex 

 County Extension Service spoke on the 

 fall styles in millinery to the millinery 

 leaders and their groups from Worthing- 

 ton, Middlefield, West Chesterfield, Nor- 

 wich Hill, Norwich Bridge and Hunting- 

 ton Street. 



Mrs. Draper visited New York early in 

 the fall and took time to visit many shops, 

 wholesale and retail, as well as several 

 clothing classes at the Teachers' College, 

 Columbia. She said, 



"One would imagine that purple was 

 the color of the moment and one sees a 

 good deal of it in georgette dresses and 

 coats, felt and bangkok hats, but it has 

 been too common, is becoming to very few 

 women and is too formal for business 

 wear, so its day is evidently over. Glori- 

 ous deep reds, in wine (called "Black 

 Prince"), mahogany, raspberry and 

 American Beauty are new and featured 

 in the winter forecast. These deep red 

 hats in pressed velour, velvet, felt or silk, 

 will be worn with gray, sand, black and 

 navy blue. Golden-pheasant, a rich 

 brown will be as popular as it was this 

 spring when first introduced. This color 

 is brought out in fall sport clothes, in 

 coats with fur, and in ensemble suits and 

 dresses. In fact the whole gamut of 

 brown will be as popular as ever. Gi'ays 

 are introduced as one of the seasons first 

 colors. A .soft green called Epinard is 

 just as good style also. Black and navy 

 blue with touches of bright red, French 

 blue or green are also excellent. "Geran- 

 ium petal" is new for evening gowns. 



"In New York one does not see inhar- 

 monious combinations of color. Every 

 well dressed woman evidently knows her 

 own best color. Her hat, shoes and 

 stockings, gloves, bag and jewelry are in 

 studied harmony, so that the effect is 

 pleasing. 



"A large number of hats shown are of 

 pressed velour, in all shades, usually 

 trimmed with ribbon very simply applied. 

 Felts are just as good as ever, blocked or 

 stitched. One called the "Fort Mason" is 

 of English make, a stitching put around 

 the upper part of the crown, the edge 

 bound with ribbon and a strap and bow 

 placed at the base of the crown. These 

 sell for $1.5. It is far cheaper for us to 

 make our own, a very good substitute be- 

 ing not at all difficult to manufacture. 

 Ribbon hats are very useful and stylish 

 too. Corded ribbon, 35 to 5 inches in 

 width is best and it takes three yards. 

 The new velvets are fascinating and the 



EASTHAMPTON HAS 



COMMUNITY CLOTHING DAY 



Miss Tucker Speaks on Clothing Helps 



Clinics seem to be the vogue. We have 

 health clinics, dental clinics and baby 

 clinics. Why not clothing clinics? We 

 have planned clothing clinics as part of 

 the extension programs this yeai' not only 

 because we want to be in style but because 

 we feel this is one of the ways we can best 

 help every woman in a community who 

 has to do her own sewing. 



Easthampton is the first town to have a 

 community clothing day. In the morning 

 about twenty women brought their prob- 

 lems to Miss Marion Tucker, state cloth- 

 ing specialist, who helped to solve them. 

 Individual attention was given each 

 woman. The problems they needed help 

 with, varied. Some women brought 

 dresses which were perfectly good but 

 needed slight changes to make them up to 

 date; others wanted help in selecting the 

 new colors and styles best suited for them 

 or help in planning a party dress for the 

 high school daughter. 



In the afternoon Miss Tucker gave a 

 lecture and demonstration on Clothing 

 Helps for the Homemaker. The new fall 

 styles and who can wear them was the 

 first part of Miss Tucker's lecture. The 

 new fall materials and colors were dis- 

 cussed and suggestions made for their 

 use. Several demonstrations were given 

 in which the plain pattern was used to 

 obtain the circular effect or up to date 

 flare that is found in so many new 

 dresses. Miss Tucker cut several dif- 

 ferent jabots which are being worn this 

 autumn and are very nice to use in re- 

 modelling a dress. 



Clothes are not the only things that 

 make a person look well dressed. Miss 

 Tucker showed this very clearly by us- 

 ing Miss Pike, a high school girl, who has 

 good posture, clear skin, bright eyes, nice 

 hair and whose radiant countenance just 

 beams good health. Health is very es- 

 sential and we must combine our food 

 selection work with our clothing work if 

 we are to look well dressed. 



We hope to have community clothing- 

 days during the winter and spring in 

 every community where there have been 

 clothing groups. Every one should take 

 advantage of the opportunity and be 

 present. 



hats made from them are really lovely. 

 Many rhinestone ornaments decorate the 

 hats. .Jewelled pins, hand made flowers, 

 ribbon, feathers, gilded or silvered kid 

 and tinsel bricades add a festive touch to 

 a plain hat. 



"Small hats are altogether too practical 

 to be discarded. Though some large ones 

 are seen for formal wear." 



THE DIET SHOP 



The Home Department's Exhibit at the 

 Three County Fair 



It was just a corner fixed up as an at- 

 tractive tea room where diets of all kinds 

 were served. So appealing was it that 

 the crowd would have been glad to have 

 eaten the scantiest diet shown if only al- 

 lowed to. But our aim was not to give 

 people their dinner but to help them plan 

 dinners to be served in their own homes. 



The color scheme of the Diet Shop was 

 blue and grey. The walls were tinted a 

 warm grey, the tables were grey and the 

 chairs blue. Curtains of grey, blue and 

 orange cretonne hung at the window and 

 bittersweet in blue wall vases and in blue 

 bowls on the table added a note of color to 

 the room and helped make it cheerful. 

 With the nice clean linen on the table the 

 whole room gave the appearance of a 

 clean and attractive eating place. Even 

 the men were heard to say, "I wish I 

 might eat here," and "Things certainly 

 look good enough to eat." 



Because of lack of space only three 

 tables were set with a dinner on each ; one 

 for an overweight, an underweight and a 

 per.son troubled with constipation. The 

 dinners were planned to show the home- 

 maker that only slight variations were 

 needed to make the same dinnei' suitable 

 for the three dift'erent people. 



So that we might more easily explain 

 the value of different foods in the diet we 

 had a show case where we displayed one 

 hundred calorie portions of food. This 

 gave a very good picture to the people 

 who were interested in diets for over and 

 under weights. 



Hundreds of people wanted to know if 

 they were the coi'rect weight for their 

 height and age. Members of the advisory 

 council were kept busy weighing and 

 measuring fathers, mothers and children. 

 If there was need of dieting, pamphlets 

 were given the person and the nutrition 

 project which is being carried in several 

 communities this fall was explained in 

 detail. 



Do You Use The Qreen Lea\es of Cabbage? 



If you throw away the outside green 

 leaves of cabbage, you are wasting the 

 most valuable part of the vegetable, ac- 

 cording to advices from the Extension 

 service of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. The outer leaves are particular- 

 ly rich in minerals and vitamins, those 

 mysterious life giving substances without 

 which good health and growth are im- 

 possible. Of course the inner leaves are 

 more delicate and tender. Cabbage is one 

 of our most valuable vegetables and is 

 much less expensive than most others 

 which we have. 



It is most healthful served raw, but 

 when cooked properly is wholesome and 



