HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-06-29, Page 3These Things Make
Sewing Easier
Sewing methods are getting
mote streamlined all the time. The
homemaker needs to keep up to
slate, if she would save time and
lahobr in garment construction.
For instance, the. tedious process
of hemming skirts by hand is out-
dated, Now you scan do a finished
job on the sewing machine. A
blind -stitch attachment, recently
placed on the market, makes this
possible.
You sineply remove the regular
presser foot from the machine and
attach this instead. It k easy to
use, It works for hemming tuw-
els, curtains or almost aeythhlg,
And on lightweight or heavy-
weight materials. •
And do you have a buttonhole
attachment for your machine?; it is
a great aid, if your have lots of but-
tonholes to make. I£ you don't
feel like going to this exlietse, do,
at least, buy a pair of •buttonhole
shears, Then you can cut each
hole just the right size.
At very small expense today
you can get an electric light for
the sewing machine. It will save
your eyes, and help you do a better
job of stitching. Check the lights
in your sewing -room, too. For good
work, you must have plenty of Tight,
without glare or shadows,
Nowa that many houses have elec-
tricity, we women all long for tt
new electriec sewing machine. But
if your old foot -treadle machine is
in good shape; why wait for that
day to conte? At no great cost
you can buy a motor attachment
for your machine, Any handy man
can mount it.
Even the best machine won't
continue to do good work unless
it has regular care. This spring is a
good time to go over yours and see
that it is thoroughly cleaned and
oiled,
Better check your supply of
sewing machine needles, When
one gets blunted, replace it with
a new, sharp one, And use a needle
of a size suitable for the material
you're working on.
That goes for hand sewing, too,
You'll want a supply of sharp,
slender needles, in several differ-
ent sizes. Do you have trouble
threading needles? Then you
should get one of those inexpensive
needle threaders.
There's a hem marker gadget
that any husband will appreciate
when he's called on to stick the
pins around the hem of your skirt.
It stands on the floor and has .an
adjustable gauge which moves up
and down a measuring stick.
The neat part is the way it holds
the goods while you stick a pin
through the clamp. Then, presto
it releases and you find the pin
piercing the goods, and always
horizontally.
We could name various inciden-
tals you should have at hand before
starting your sewing.
Shears are taken for granted,
But are yours sharp along the full
length? Better get them sharpened
by a prrofessional if they have a dull
spot. A good pair of shears should
be made of steel,
Blades should be held together
by a screw instead of being rivet-
ed. The handle is bent at an angle
so blades can lie more .nearly
horizontal. while cutting at a table.
Scissors are differentiated by be-
ing shorter. They serve for snipping
thread and rougher uses, while the
shears should be kept for cutting
cloth only.
And don't forget your pressing
equipment. A clean, well padded
ironing board is a "must." Also a
sleeve board. It's not only handy
for sleeves but for other places
hard to .get at.
Of course, you'll want a good
pressing cloth. Don't run to the
dish -towel drawer when you need
one. Specially made cloths hold
moisture better and have no lint.
Jersey, Ve vet and Corduroy
Favored Fabrics For Fall
Cape influence is typified by
gabardine shit. The capelet
is detachable.
San Francisco—Practical fabrics
are the "style centennial" news for
San Francisvo's 100th birthday of
its fashion industry.
Wool jersey, velvet and corduroy
share the ecuteunials honors this
month as fall styles are unveiled.
There's a well -tailored look in
everything from play clothes. to
party dresses, and expensive -look-
ing accents and trimmings play a
second -fiddle.
The feminine cape influence is
toted in both coats and suits,
Generous use of broadcloth
achieves this cape -like coat.
typified by a detachable shoulder.
cape suit. Another cape -like coat
has yards of broadcloth with deeply -
ser dolman sleeves that taper at
the wrists, topped by a youthful
reversible collar,
Sophistication is again the ob-
jective for sportswear, In this field,
the "mix 'em and match '010" theme
in chamois -soft coruroy for an
interesting and practical slacks, vest
Mother -Daughter
and jacket set. It has a two-tone
vest to underline the contrasting
colored yoke.
For evening, a raspberry satin
skirt with quilted pockets is ac-
cented by a jet-black velvet bodice
in a formal. Velvet also makes news
in hats, many of which have large
and angular -shaped brims.
duo is in corduroy.
Corduroy is in the limelight for
mother and daughter, too, There's
a jumper set that's demure but
durable to go shopping, to school,
and to Sunday picnics in high style.
It has bertha shoulder interest ac-
cented by tiny buttons to the waist
which is finished by a narrow self -
fabric belt.
There Is A Season
"For everything there is a sea-
son," said the moody author of
Ecclesiastes, going on 'to specify
among other things, "a time to
plant, and a time to pluck up that
which is planted." No gardener
could quibble with that, But on a
simmering Early Summer day most
gardeners can ask why, at this
particular time, the seasons so con-
spicuously overlap, This is the
time to plant and tend the seedlings.
But it also is the time to pluck up
the weeds which plant themselves.
This is the time to cut the grass,
which is growing like mad on the
lawn, in the orchard, beside the path
and in the lesser tended parts of the
garden itself. This is the time to
trim the hedge, which was so neat
two weeks ago and now is a brist-
ling mass of eager shoots intent on
rivaling oaks and elms. This is a
time to hoe and till and spray and
dust and nip off dead lilacs and tie
up the rose bushes and stake the
peonies. This is a tinsel ,
Why does grass grow two inches
overnight, just now, when it has all
summer ahead? Certainly there is
an answer, simple and logical and
based in tate solid facts of botany.
But why, then, does that answer not
apply to beans, say, or sweet corn?
Besides, your gardener is not real-
ly asking for logical answers. He is
pleading for time. Time to get all
the jobs done.
The grapes should be sprayed
again. Blackberries are in blossom.
The cherry trees are loaded, Butter-
cups are in bloom. So is hawkweed.
Clover and chickweed flourish in
the lettuce bed. Iris are in. flower.
"For everything there is a season,"
How true, how true) And this
seems to be it, the season for
everything at once.—New York
Titles,
Farewell From Number 4003 — Dr. John W. Lamle, 75, of
Maple Hill, retiring after 52 years of rural medical practice,
gets a farewell smile from three -months -old Cheryl Marie
Oliver, the 4003rd and last baby he delivered, Holding the baby
is her mother, Mrs, Robert •Oliver. I+riends and patients, held
a giant farewell party honoring the doctor on his retirement,
There's No Pardon For A Hanged Man
So—Consider Yotir Verdict
How would you feel if you were
accused of a crime you didn't com-
mit? Indignant, of course; but the
English legal system is acknowl-
edged to be the best in the world,
giving the most chances to the
prisoner et the bar, so if you're
innocent you'll be acquitted. There's
no reason for worrying.
Yet, if it were ate. I know that
I would worry writes Cyril Ramsay
Jones, in "Answers." I would re-
member a Court of Inquiry in the
Army during the war when two
equally honest witnesses gave con-
tradictory accounts of the same
accident. I would consider how dif-
ficult it is for anyone—with the
best wilt in the world—to tell the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth." I would call to mind cases
where the "culprit" has been given
a free pardon after years of unjust
imprisonment.
And I would be profoundly dis-
turbed by the memory of a book,
"Verdict in Dispute" by Edgar
Lustgarten, I have just read, in
which a brilliant barrister, Mr.
Edgar Lustgarten, takes six fa-
mous murder cases to pieces with
the object of showing that the
verdicts were, to say the least,
doubtful justice. That is the most
awful fate of all—to be punished
for a murder of which you are
innocen t.
There is no pardon for a hanged
man.
James Maybrick, a substantial
Liverpool cotton broker, died on
May Ilth, 1889. The post-mortem
revealed traces of arsenic in his
body. His American wife, Florence,
twenty-six years his junior, was
arrested. It transpired that she had
a lover, and during the prelimin-
ary hearings Mrs. Itfaybricic was
hissed in court.
When she was brought to trial
the Crown proved (a) that Mrs.
Maybrick had bought fly -papers
containing arsenic and soaked them
in water, (b) that nurses had seen
her handling her husband's meat -
juice which was later found to
contain arsenic, (c) that she had
written to her lover stating that
Maybrick was "sick unto death"
at a time when othe doctors were
optimistic about his recovery.
But the accused was fortunate in
her defending counsel, Sir Charles
Russell, one of the greatest advo-
cates who ever stood at the English
Bar. In cross-examination he esta-
blished that the flypapers were
bought and soaked quite openly and
that arsenic was used as a cos-
metic; that Maybrick's brother had
first put the idea of poisoning in
the minds of both doctors and
nurses; that Maybrick had been
accustomed to taking arsenic as a
medicine, Sir Charles forced the
doctorsto admit that death aright
have been the result of "natural
causes;"
Speaking front the dock (until
1898 defendants were not allowed
to give evidence on oath) Mrs?
Maybrick stated that she had put
a powder in the neat -juice at the
urgent request of her husband.
Whether this was true or not,
Russell had proved that all tine
evidence brought by the Crown
could equally well point to natural
causes and he was, therefore, justi-
fied in telling the jury: "There is
en safe resting place on which you
can justify a finding that this was
a death of arsenical poisoning."
After a rather muddled sumnting-
up.by the judge the jury brought in
a verdict of guilty, but as a result
of public outcry sentence of death
was later commuutecl to life im-
prisonment. On the evidence (and
a jury has no business to consider
anything else) there seems little
doubt that Florence Maybrick was
innocent.
So, according to Mr. Lustgarten,
was Edith Thompson in the famous
case involving herself and Frederick
Bywaters.
Late on a March evening of 1922
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Thompson were
returning front the theatre to their
respectable home in Ilford. Essex.
Suddenly a man thrust the wife
aside, stabbed the husband viciously
in the neck and disappeared. Shriek-
ing "Don't! Don't!" Mrs. Thomp-
son ran for help. But her husband
was beyond aid.
Despite the fact that the wounds
on Itis body were plain for all to
see, Mrs, Thompson in her ac-
count to the police did not mention
an assailant. Naturally, the police
made further inquiries and discov-
ered that she was having an affair
with a Merchant Navy steward,
aged twenty—her junior by eight
years. Confronted with her lover
at the police station Edith broke
down and Bywater, though denying
murder, admitted the knife assault.
This was obviously enough to
hang hint, and duly proved so. But
the police were itot satisfied; they
charged Edith with murder as well.
Since Bywaters, not she, had
struck the blow the Crown had' to
prove that he had done it with her
kt,owledge and at Iter direction. To
do this they relied on a number of
of her letters found in Bywater's
roost. In these there were refer-
ences to desperate action, to pow-
dered glass and to something bit-
ter in her husband's tea,
How did the great Sir Henry
Curtis -Bennett, who was defending
Edith Thompson, meet these damn-
ing admissions? By the anost amaz-
ing and, ultimately, the most con-
vincing pleas ever advanced in a
Court of Law. TIe simply denied
that they had any relatio7 at all
to fact and set out to prove it.
Edith Thompson, he said, was
"not some ordinary woman; she
is one of those striking personalities
that stand out." Possessed of a
vitality and a capacity for romantic
passion far too great for her dull
Ilford husband she frantically
sought an outlet for her restless
(less.
She found it, as her letters show,
in novels whose characters were
completely real to her—snore real
than the events of ordinary life.
Above tl she found it in By -
waters, . he regarded her affair
with this rather ordinary shipping
entplbyec as one of the great love
affairs of all time. When it lacked
romantic details she supplied Client
from her own active imagination.
IIer letters contained a great saga
of her battle with her father and
sister, who wanted her to give up
Bywaters. This was the purest fa-
brication, as both father and sister
testified in court.
Frustrated by ordinary existence
she lived "an extraordinary life of
make-believe," part of which was
the operatic plot to murder Iter
husband, She never intended it to
be carried out. Indeed, as Bywaters
said, there never was a plan at
alt. But because he transformed
lictiou into fact, they both went
to the gallows.
Mr. Lustgarten does not hold
Edith Thompson blameless, but be
does maintain that she was not
guilty of murder. For to live a life
apart in "an endless romantic tale"
is one thing; and to intend a man's
death and to arrange for someone
else to compass it is quite another.
The jury were not • convinced, or
else refused to see this distinction
and sent Edith Thompson to the
gallows.
Were the jury prejudiced? It is
to the danger of prejudicial juries
that Air. Lustgarten directs his
most telling eloquence. Whatever
we may think of the character or
behavior of the accused, as jurors
we are concerned with the evidence
only.
If on that evidence we find the
prisoner guilty we have done our
dirty. But if, because of our own
preconceived ideas, we deny the
prisoner the benefit of any reason-
able doubt to which he is entitled,
we ourselves are guilty of that
frightening moral crime known as
miscarriage of justice.
Beware Of
Poison Ivy.
Yuen anti begins to itch. Your
rttb ft again ai,cl again. A rash de•
vclops followed by inflammation of
the skin. When the inflamed- area
begins to spread and sins'! !watery
Misters form, the itch he, nates
maddening. 'These developments
may occur in a few hours or may
take eevt'ral days, Poison ivy, Dors
gia of the countryside has struck.
Fotutd in every provinec. poison
ivy grows in greatest profusion ht
Ontario and western Quebec.
Front Quebec City eastward it is
found less frecttently, and from
Winnipeg to the Pacific ecia;t grows
mainly at lake and woodland re-
sorts.
Poison ivy grows as a trailing
vine or au upright plant The
leaves, arranged alternately on
woody stent are composed of
three smaller leaflets. In early
summer shall whitish flowers ap-
pear in the axils of the leaves.
(lusters of greenish yellow fruit
which gradually turn white, succeed
the flowers in some locations.
Tlie toxic substance in poison ivy
is called "urushiol" which is con-
tained in the leaves, flowers, fruit.
stents or roots, It may persist for
mouths on gloves, tools, shoes and
picnic outfits. Dogs, cats and other
animals may transmit it to humans,
it is even claimed that particles of
it are carried in the smoke from
burning ivy.
Treatment for icy poisoning con-
sists of washing affected parts witlt
laundry soap and warm water im-
mediately after contact. \Trashing
with aleoltoi, kerosene or gasoline
are alteratives, I'otassiunt perman-
ganate solution and calamine lotion
are recommended for certain rases
of poison ivy dermatitis.
Woodiot Farming
Brings Real Revenue
Modern tree farming has made
wood the second most important
ccrop produced on the 680 -acre
Half -Mile High stock farm of Wal-
lace Hanline, Grant County, Rest
Virginia. Two years ago in one
selective cutting, Hanline harvested
a quartter million board feet of
hardwood netting hint 85,500,
Only through scientific woodlot
management has this woodlot farm-
er been able to realize his success.
Four generations of highly success-
ful fire prevention practices and re-
stocking with young seedlings has
transformed once thought of waste
land into a cash crop,
Commenting on this increased
farming revenue. several experts
feel that many Canadian farmers
could enjoy this also. Efficient cut-
ting of timber and elimination of
wastes would allow for increased
yields and prevent destruction of
the country's precious woodlands.
Cutting should be timed to im-
provve the quality of the woodlot
and increase cash returns. Im-
provement cutting betters grow-
ing conditions in the woods. Thin-
ning gives the more valuable species
room to develop and release -cut-
ting controls growth of undesirable
saplings. Finally there are utiliza-
tion cuttings which prepare logs for
sale or fire wood.
If the condition of the woodlot
is carefully studied and analyzed
and good woodlot management
practices are employed, the much
needed cash for further develop-
ment of Canadian farms will be
available.
Head In The Clouds— "'Twigs," in the background, ;gra ie
father of weds -old "Satnbo," seems ril;ltty proud of the atttn-
tion his oftspting is receiving at the 11'liipsnade Zoo in Englat. d..
The newcomer'smother, "Girlie," however is a bit more down
to earth, advising her youngster to rubberneck right back at
the curious spectators.