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EASTHAMPTON STARTS MISS TUCKER MEETS 



NUTRITION PROJECT LOCAL LEADERS 



Demonstration (iroup for County 



A group of fifteen to twenty women 

 in Easthanipton who are interested in 

 the meal planning project are to study 

 that work with Miss Lucy Queal, state 

 nutrition specialist. This project will 

 take a meetin"- a month for five to six 

 months. 



At their first meeting held February 

 2nd the women began their study with 

 the principles of meal planning. They 

 were first asked to make out one daily 

 menu which they had used during the last 

 week. Miss Queal then led a very in- 

 teresting discussion on the difiTerent 

 gi'oups of foods which should be repre- 

 sented in a good meal and filing the most 

 common foods in their correct class. 

 After this discussion the menus were 

 .starred according to the different classes 

 represented. Next meeting will be held 

 March 1 and will deal with each group of 

 food more specifically. 



WATCH FOR YOUR TYPE 



Last month there was an outline giving 



the coloi's that may oi' may not be woin 



by the women who belong in one of three 



classes: Fair Blonde, Titian Blonde and 



Blonde Brunette or "In-between" type. 

 If your class was not presented last 



time can you not find the classification 



of your type this month? 



Pale Brunette — Hair, ~ black or dark 

 brown. Eye.s — brown, gray oi' blue. 

 Complexion — fair, varying color. 



How does black look? 



Good, if white is used at neck or if 

 delicate coloi- of soft material is used 

 as trimming. 



White? 



Good; pure, cream, and ivory. 



Brown ? 



Good for brown-eyed and brown-haired 

 type. Avoid for black-haired and blue- 

 eyed type. 



Blue? 



Good ; all shades. Electric and sap- 

 phire excellent if eyes are blue. 



Gray? 



Good; all shades; especially peail, dove, 

 blue-gray, and color gray. 



Purple? 



Fair. Must be u.sed caiefully. Oichid 

 is good. 



Red? 



Only dark red such as garnet and bur- 

 gundy is good. 



Yellow? 



Mustard, amber and canary yellows are 

 best. 



five Communities Represented in 

 I raining Class 



lUie to the fact that such a large num- 

 ber of communities have adopted the 

 clothing project for their program of 

 work this year- it would require practi- 

 cally all of the Home Demonstration 

 Agent's time to carry our this one project. 

 In order to have more than one project 

 worked on in the county it seemed ad- 

 visable to try the clothing work on the 

 local leader training basis. 



This plan is worked out in the follow- 

 ing way: Communities desiring the cloth- 

 ing work choose a leader and an as- 

 sistant to represent them at the training 

 class held at Northampton once a month 

 for five to six months. At these meet- 

 ings Miss Marion L. Tucker, state cloth- 

 ing specialist, gives methods and subject 

 matter to the project leaders so that 

 upon returning to their communities they 

 can in turn give the subject matter to 

 their groups. 



The first training class was held Wed- 

 nesday, January 31 st at the Extension 

 Service Rooms. Five communities were 

 represented: Easthanipton, Williamsburg, 

 South Hadley Falls and two Amherst 

 groups. The work consisited of the .sew- 

 ing equipment starting with the work 

 basket and carrying it through to the 

 care and use of the machine, emphasizing 

 especially the u.se of the attachments. 

 For practice work an apron was started 

 bringing in the use of the binder, the 

 making of bound button holes and set- 

 in pockets. 



' It was a very interesting meeting and 

 the leaders seemed real enthusiastic to 

 carry the work back to their communities. 

 The next meeting is to be held Wednes- 

 day, February 28, at which time reports 

 will bo made of the progress each has 



I made with her gioup. 



Pink? 



Good ; all pinks except where cheeks are 

 highly colored. 



Olive Brunette Hair — dark brown or 

 black. Complexion — olive. Lips — 

 very deep i-ed, sometimes with a purp- 

 lish tinge. 



Black? 

 Avoid. ! 



White? 



Excellent; especially ivory and cream. 



Brown ? 



Fair in veiy dark .shades. Mahogany 

 with cream for collar is excellent. 



Blue? 



Excellent if verv dark. 



COMMUNITY GROUPS 

 CARRY OUT 



DRESS FORM PROJECT 



It has been very interesting to receive 

 the reports of the clothing leaders con- 

 cerning the dress form work during the 

 month of .January. 



Miss Duda from Easthanipton reports 

 four meetings with an average attendance 

 of fourteen, and fifteen dress forms com- 

 pleted. 



Mrs. Browne, South Hadley Falls, re- 

 ports four meetings with twelve dress 

 forms made. 



Mrs. Martin, Northampton, reports 

 four meetings with average attendance of 

 twenty-three and eight forms finished. 



Southampton, Granby and Westhamp- 

 ton did not have their demonstration 

 until later in the month but orders have 

 been filled for twelve sets for Southamp- 

 ton and seven sets for Westhampton. 



South Hadley Falls has had the cover- 

 ing and marking demonstration so the 

 next report will .show covers made and 

 forms used. 



Green ? 



Good in dark silent tones. 

 Gray? 



Fair, if warm color gray. 

 Purple? 



Use very cautiously. Warm, dark 



.shades permissible if color is good. 

 Red? 



Excellent; especially the dark warm 



shades. 

 Yellow ? 



Terra-cotta or fawn shades are good if 



cautiously used. Apricot in sheer ma- 

 terial or as trimming is excellent. 

 Pink? 



Excellent in delicate tints. Salmon is 



especially good. 

 Florid Brunette— Hair — black or dark 



brown. Eyes — black, biown or gray. 



Complexion — dark; high color. 

 Black? 



Very good ; especially with touches of 



color or neck finish of cream or ecru 



lace. 

 White? 



Good; especially cream and ivory. 

 Brown? 



Good; especially golden, tan, nut, and 



reddish browns. 

 Blue? 



Very pale, dark or peacock .devoid of 



purple tinge is best. 

 Green ? 



Dark green is perniissable. Avoid 



bright greens. 

 Gray? 



Silver gray is best. 



C'WiTinu'Ml iipxt month 



