Never Before, A Yarn So Beautiful
And Superb To Handle!
Pedigreed Wool Blended With Magic Nylon
in
BOTANYL
by
"BOTANY**
Yarns like Botany are not born overnight-they are perfected by Botany, You can't really imagine it un- til you see and feel it-a revolutionary and different yarn without equal for ex- quisite texture, brilliant
colour, ease of handling, stamina and washability.
Scientifically blended of Botany's finest 35% virgin wool and 65% crimp-set Dupont nylon, Botanyl combines the best features of each fibre.
It's fun to work with Botanyl because the fluffy- soft one-ounce skeins pull and knit from the center. And every lovely colour is a sheer delight -30 stop in today at your favourite shop and choose your favourite.
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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1952.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
RANCH ROOM FOR-JUNIOR
By JOAN O'SULLIVAN
PETER is one cow-boy-
conscious youngster who knew what he wanted when it was time to decorate his room. An avid Western fan, he decided on ranch room decor. Peter even helped his father with some
SOAPY WATER|PHOTOGRAPHS of the trimmings, y
TUMIS GOOD FOR
PLANTS:
USE BATH SURPLUS
IN THE
GARDEN.
WATER IS PRECIOUS
Father did most of the
Copies
of photographs work, of course. taken by the South China Morning Post, South Chins Sunday Post-Herald, and
To add Wild West note to hung the decorations, father some paper murals above Peter's desk and over the studio-bed.
China Mail Staff Photo One shows a rodeo hero wirk
The other pictures graphers are on view in mg a lasso. the Morning Post Building, a bucking bronco and a young rider who's been tossed in the
ORDERS BOOKED
air and is heading straight for a landing on a cactus plani.
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TO MAKE A HITCHING PO ST clothes rack, Peter and his father used a log. two pieces at orange crale and thres horse- shoes.
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#
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When it came to fluor covering, rubber tile was chosen because il stands
under playtime wear and tear.
Peler did his part by helping father build a corral fence put under the window. When he's not using the corral for play, it makes a neat shoe rack. It was made with logs rubbed down with white paint to give them an authentic
A "hitching
lothes
over each other to form a cross. Hammer them together. Add two to the top cross-pieces "legs" made of 1 in. square pieces of wood that are 7 in.. long.
These will make the base stand evenly on the floor.
Holding the base upside down, hammer the log firmly to it with long spike naila. rack was something else the Paint the base brown. father and son team constrict- Take three horseshoes (rub- ed from two pieces of orange ber or iron) and place them at crate, & log and three rubber intervals
*
on the post within horseshoea. Here's how to make reach of the child. They can One like it:
to hang clothes then be used
The hitching post rack added
:to: quite a cowboy atmosphere the room. Then Peter's mother stepped in with some Anishing touches a yellow brown and Cut top off log diagonally, so it green cotton plaid spread for will look more like the post of the studio
Take a log, 6 ft. long and 8 or 7 in. in diameter. Saw the end bottom of the log evel
couch-bed and
à cormal fance. To add a realistic striped brown and green denim touch, cut notches
random, and rub
at curtains with
lusso rope tie-
7 beam Rite The ranch room was
paint,
com
Take 2 boards 18 by 7 in. plete! Peter's quite proud of it, (you can cut them from an because he did some of the orange crate). Place the Boards work himself;
Macaroni Is Stepping Out!
By IDA BAILEY ALLEN
DMACARONI today is very different from the starchy pro dust Introduced into this cou Aty over th
Tomato Casserole Carrots and Peas arm Fumpkin Pudding Whipped Toppingi, Coffedffer or Mik
Meanirements an
HERE'S A YOUNG COWBOX home from the playground and quite at bome in the room he helped to decorate himself. Paper murals, show-. ing a bucking bronco and a rodeo heed with a lasso, lend Western background to
the rent,
from the
hammered Here, to
BELT
Mandarin-collar Jacket
BACK
· FRONT
4 Bust + 2′′
THIS fake fur jacket is tha
loket for wearing over a suit or dress or under a loose coat or cape, as it can hug close and keep you warm.
We used 14 yds. of 54" black moleskin fake fur.
If you want to wear your
Use pin or -Jacket with
buttons and line *B. "bright colou
rayon taffeta or jersey,
In Tweed or Flannel
We believe you will ke the style enough to duplicate it in a tweed or flannel jacket to wear with a matching or separate skirt in the spring.
Straighten fabric. Fold -half lengthwise, wrong
in
side
from
out. A is on fold 4 lower left-hand corner, B is armhole plus 5" to right of A Disarmhole plus 5" to left of C. Gis neck plum 3⁄41⁄2” from Á.
Chalk
alght line from A
to G and from Bon fold to E on opposite edge, is 4 bust plus 2 in from B. Chalk a line "In from selvages, from line FB to edge on right (H), I and J are neck plus 1⁄2" from H.
A Straight Line
Chalk a straight line from D to K. Le V bust plus 2" from K. 14 armhole less 1 to left of EM. atmhole to right of D is N. Connect N and J; F and LM and C.
For back, cut from A to Ở to
Jacket loose, then omit the belt. M; from D through L, over to
FATHER DIDN'T DO ALL the work, but he helped. Young Peter, himself, pat the finishing touches to the hitching pond elothes rack,
F and up to E, rounding under- armada shown at Land F. Cut from N to Ji
Fold front facing undé, h” as broken line Indicates, then cut front neckline.
Length of Collar
fronta,
Lap and pin centre and measure neckline for length of collar. Out band col-
·lar a side and lengih need- ed for neckline plus for seams.
Cut belt strip length desired. Use scraps to plece front sleeves.
Fold collar in half lengthwise wrong side out Stitch ends. Round top corners and trim off. Turn right side out and prees. Sich shoulder and underarm Beams.
It side slash is desired, as illustrated, lớp seam 5'astroen bottom. Turn Beam allowance back for narrow hang
Back of
Neckking
of collar to
Match centre of centre back of neckline on tight side raw edges together, as 'in O. Pin. Ends of dollar, will be 1′′ from front edge. Fold Front hema back over ends of collar, us at P.
Stitch around neckline as shown, stitching back, at both ende to make aecure, Turn collar up and turn tronto hems. back to position." Press Turn
of 1 hems in bottom
sleeves and jacket.
Catch-stitch
Cut and stitch Hning. Pin in jacket. Slip-stitch to position so all caw edges are concealed.
FOOT NOTES
ST. LOUIS,Some rules for happy feet come by courtesy of a foot clinic at Firmin Tesloges Hospital,
The clinic staged weekly, is supervised by the orthopedic department of St Louis Uni- versity Medical School, and is the only clinic of its kind run Line costumotion with a major
Wear shoes inte enso
wide enough and longanbujna
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