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PICTURE 

 ARRANGEMENT 



four large flora/ 

 prints and four small- 

 er fruit prints artisti- 

 cally grouped above 

 the couch make an 

 attractive arrange- 

 ment, A large framed 

 mirror above the ere- 

 denza Is a good con- 

 trast for the wall- 

 paper and adds depth 

 to the room. 



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Draperies For Your Home 



New Leaflet from University of Illinois Tells How To Make Best 

 Use of Shades and Draperies. Write For A Copy. 



THE attractiveness of your home de- 

 pends largely on the way you treat 

 llie windows. \\ iiat shades or draperies 

 you choose and how you use them calls 

 lor thought and planning, says Miss 

 Dorothy Iwig, home furnishings special- 

 ist. University of Illinois College of 

 Agriculture. 



Before you decide on the treatment, 

 study the situation thoroughly. W hat 

 eflect do you wish to accomplish? What 

 do you want the windows to do for your 

 home — outside and inside? Shades, 

 draperies, and other devices can pro- 

 vide privacy, hide ugly views, reirulatc 

 lii-'ht. soften the lines in the wood trim, 

 and even correct windows that are 

 liadly proportioned. It depends how 

 tliey are used. 



The hest window treatment depends, 

 first of all. on the size, shape and ar- 

 rangement of the windows. If the win- 

 dow is very narrow, it may he necessary 

 to leave every hit of it unohstructed in 

 order to provide sindight and a feeling 

 of spaciousness. If the sjian of gla^s 

 is so large that the room lacks a friendly 

 atmosphere, you'll want to make it 

 'i)i)k smaller. 



There is also the |)rohleni of heijiht 

 to consider. Is there a pleasing relation 

 lietween the height of the window and 

 the height of the ceiling? Or is the 



window so short that it appears chopped 

 off. or so tall tiiat it appears lanky? 



The University of Illinois leaflet. 

 ■■\^ indow Treatment." will help you 

 solve window prohlems. Ask your 

 county home adviser for a copy, or 

 write to University of Illinois College 

 of .Agriculture. I rhana. Illinois. 



About 18 per cent of the nation's popula- 

 tion is now in rural areas, whereas 9") per 

 cent of the population was rur.il 150 years 

 ago. 



Average vitamin A value of creamery 



butter produced in the U. S. is more tlian 

 15,000 International Units per pound. 



St. Clair County 

 Studies Health Plans 



ST. CI. All! (ourily got olT with their 

 fall program with a series of six 

 <li>lric t meetings in Septemher at which 

 .Miss Marjorie Talior of (>)lliiis\ illc di- 

 rector of home economics extension ac- 

 ti\ities in the county, discussed "The 

 Pro and (.ons of tlic Proposed federal 

 (iomptiisorv Health Insurance Pro- 

 gram.' and Mrs. Norman Stites. pre>i- 

 dent of (iasiAJlle. and Mrs. Henry Diet/.. 

 \ice president of Mascoutah reported 

 on the state cilizenshi]) and legislative 

 conference held during the summer at 

 Jafk-onville. 



A si'wiriL' machine attachment clinic 

 at lielleville is scheduled for Oct. 21. 

 and a sewitig machine clinic for Nov. 

 7. A litis trip to IVre Marquette park 

 was s<heduled for Sept. 2*) and to the 

 1-11 Memorial Camp at Monticello on 

 Oct. v.. 



INFORMAL SETTING 



Burlap substitutes for 

 linen In this plald-cm- 

 broidered place mat. The 

 oblong piece of burlap is 

 fringed and worked with 

 running herringbone 

 stitches in red, green, 

 and blue, for free in- 

 structions send a self-ad- 

 dressed stamped enve- 

 lope to Women's Editor, 

 The Record, Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association, 43 

 East Ohio Street, Chicago 

 II, Illinois. 



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Better Silks Back 



Silks are hack again with better dyes, 

 more clecance and heauty than last 

 year. Most silks are printed for spring 

 scwinq but there are some solid colors 

 in crepts. sh.intuncs and talTetas. More 

 and more synthetic fabrics are appcir- 

 in;.; with spetial properties of sheerncss. 

 lont: wear, i rush resistance, flame re- 

 sist.mte and many other helpful lea- 

 tures. 



Si>\hcan straw tbat is plowed under will 

 iuM .ib.'ut iii.ont.iin the oruanjc n-.alttr an.J 

 tlif nitrnULn content of thi- soil. 



OCTOBER, 1949 



