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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.

*Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.

BOTANY MILLS, INC., PASSAIC, N. J., U. 5. A.

BOTANY NYLON YARNS

are

Exclusively Distributed by:

Keansen Co.

Dragon Seed Co. Dragon Light Co.

Vansen Co.

New Dragon Co.

Tyeb & Co.

Wing On Co.

The Sun Co.

Sincere Co.

PRESS

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.

fairest finish for natural loveliness

Discover the fragrant Battery of Yardley Complexion Powders

Match your own skin tone from one of the nine subtly blended shades→→

light to dark and treat your

to the per

YARDLEY

Complexion Powder

Camino, Pink Ped

CCC

TO MAKE A HITCHING PO ST clothes rack, Peter and his father used a log. two pieces at orange crale and thres horse- shoes.

ug

#

"o

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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