HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



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SECOND MEETING OF 



TRAINING CLASS HELD 



Miss Tucker Meets Local Leaders 

 from hive Communities 



The clothing leaders' training group 

 has grown this last month. Southamp- 

 ton was added to the list this time by 

 sending a leader and assistant to the 

 meeting and two of the leaders who did 

 not have assistants for the first meeting 

 brought them this month. 



A most interesting discussion was held 

 at the beginning of the meeting when 

 each person wore her apron and Miss 

 Tucker brought out helpful suggestions 

 on the fitting and making. 



The new woi'k was on commercial pat- 

 terns, correct mea.surements, testing and 

 alternation of pattern to fit measure- 

 ments. 



During the month of February these 

 local leaders held si.x community meetings 

 and reached about si.xty women with the 

 work which they received at the first i 

 meeting. 



HAVE YOU CHAIRS TO CANE? 



Interested groups in Chesterfield, 

 Cummington and Belchertown are start- 

 ing the furniture renovation project by 

 caning chairs. Fine types of old chairs 

 have been found stored away in the 

 attic and all they needed was a new seat 

 and a little paint or a new fini.sh to make 

 them look like new. 



The interest in caning the chair seats 

 has run high. Several women are 

 doing as many as six or seven chairs 

 apiece. One community is having a local 

 woman who is quite skilled in the work 

 take charge of all the meetings at which 

 this work is done. Forty-two chairs 

 have been recaned during the past two 

 months and at a cost of twenty-five cents 

 or less. 



WATCH FOR YOUR TYPE 



During the last few months there has 

 appeared on this page an outline giving 

 the colors that may or may not be worn 

 by the women who belong in the classes 

 of: Fair Blonde, Titian Blonde, Blonde 

 Brunette, Pale Brunette, Olive Brunette, 

 and Florid Brunette. 



If you have not been able to find your 

 classification in the two previous issues 

 you will find it this month. 



Of course there is always the exception 

 but this outline holds very true and 

 when you are pickng out your new spring- 

 togs and wonder why some of the hats 

 you try on are not quite right, why not 

 refer to your outline and see if it is the 

 color that is wrong? 



Florid Brunette Hair - black or dark 



brown. Eyes — black, brown or gray. 



Complexion — dark; high color. 

 How does purple look? 



Avoid. 

 Red? 



Cardinal, crimson, and clear reds are 



best. 

 Yellow ? 



Good; including any tone from orange 



to ivory. 

 Pink? 



Coral, rose (pale), old rose and flesh 



are best. 



Sallow Mature Woman — Hair— gray or 

 white. Eyes — brown, blue or gray. 

 Complexion — sallow, without coloi-. 

 Eyes — blue, brown, or black. 

 How does black look? 

 Good only with white or cream and 

 touch of bright color. 



White? 



Only cream is good. 

 Brown? 



Avoid. 

 Blue? 



Midnight and navy, without any tinge 



of purple, are good. 



Gray? 



Good when of warm color, giay re- 

 lieved by cream at neck. 



Purple? 



Avoid except in dull tones and with 

 white at neck. Some lilac may be used. 



Red? 

 .■\void. 



Pink? 



Only old rose is good. 



Fair°Skinned Mature Woman — Hair — 



gray. Complexion — fair; slight or good 

 coloring in lips and cheeks. 



Black? 



All right if relieved by white or 

 palest ecru finish at neck line. 



White? 

 E.xcellent. 



Brown? 



Very dark, but not golden brown is 

 good ; seal and chestnut are best. 



Blue? 



Use only dull old blues, pastel tints, 

 and midnight blue. 



Green ? 



Dark shades treated the same as black 

 are good. 



I Gray? 



Stone and lighter tones are good. Blue 

 grays especially good. 



EASTHAMPTON MEAL 



PLANNING GROUP STUDIES 



Why Fruits, Vegetables and Greens 



Will Help f*ut That " lired 



Feeling " to Rout 



With the approach of spring, house- 

 wives used to get out the sulphur and 

 molasses and other old time remedies for 

 j spring fever. In later years other tonics 

 i and patent medicines have taken the 

 place of the old sulphur and molasse."5 

 I remedy. Within recent years we have 

 I learned that nature provides us with 

 many wholesome appetizing foods that 

 are better remedies for this tired out 

 feeling, which so often comes at the end 

 of the winter months, than any of the 

 nostrums and patent medicines that are 

 so often taken. 



Doctors all agreed that this condition 

 which we so often call Spring fever, is 

 largely due to lack of proper diet during 

 the winter. Fruit and vegetables, milk 

 and eggs contain .substances which are 

 commonly known as "vitamines". Such 

 foods contain not only "vitamines", but 

 mineral matter and if included in the diet 

 throughout the year keep the body in good 

 condition, making it more able to resist 

 cold and other infectious diseases that 

 are prevalent during the winter months. 



At this season of the year it is hard 

 to plan meals so that they satisfy the ap- 

 petite and at the same time provide the 

 proper materials to keep the body in good 

 health and to stimulate growth of chil- 

 dren. In planning meals be sure that 

 plenty of fruits, vegetables, milk and eggs 

 and whole cereals are included in the 

 daily dietary. 



During March and April the early 

 spring vegetables, such as watercress, 

 dandelions and other greens are easily 

 obtained. Many of us are fortunate 

 enough to have a supply of canned fruit 

 and vegetables and apples that have been 

 kept in storage. In addition to these we 

 can also fall back on certain of the dried 

 fruits, such as prunes, apricots, dates 

 and raisins, all of which ai-e especially 

 rich in mineral matter and so-called 

 "vitamines". 



Purple? 



Use only heliotrope (dull tones), grape 

 and darkest shades. 



Red? 

 Avoid. 



Yellow? 



Use palest bull' only. 



Pink? 



Use palest and wild-iose shades only. 



