1937 August NEEDLECRAFT HOME ARTS Magazine Child On Cart With Goat Cover

Description: Acceptable condition. Missing pages 17-21. CONTENTS NEWS FLASHES..... From a Needle-Minded New Yorker "KITCHENMAIDS" By C. A. Ferry and E. Marion Stevens SUMMER COTTONS.... By Nancy Cary and Marie E. Ivins FOOD TALK By Anne Pierce VACATION HOSPITALITY LINENS By Cecily Palmer and Eveline Johnson 8, 11, 13 KEEP YOUR CLOTHING SPOTLESS By Jane Winwell CROCHETED CHAIR-SET By Edith E. Harvey 5 JUNIOR NEEDLECRAFTERS 9 By Constance Evelyn BIBS FOR GLEORA By Christine Ferry 6 7 PIECE BAG. By Una T. Richard 10, 20 12 14 NEW AND BETTER FIGURES 15, 21 By Diana Trent FASHIONS AS THE MOVIE STARS WEAR THEM 16, 25 By Marilyn Madison FASHIONS ************** 17, 18, 19 FASCINATING NEEDLEWORK..... 22 23, 25 KNITTED POLO SHIRT. PATTERN SERVICE. 24 26 che pe HOME ARTS-NEEDLECRAFT Published monthly by Needlecraft Publishing Company, Augusta, Maine, and New York, N. Y. Entered as second-class matter August 17, 1909, at the Post Office at Augusta, Maine, under Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1937, by Needlecraft Publishing Company, and Trade-Mark registered in U. 8. Patent Omce. All rights reserved. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: 50 cents per year in the United States; 65 cents per year. in Canada; 75 cents per year in other foreign countries. Subscribers are notified of expiration of subscriptions by receiving the last copy with "Your subscription expires" printed on the wrapper and by an orange card enclosed in the magazine. Use the card immedi- ately: for all subscriptions are stopped promptly at expiration unless renewed. Subscribers must give four weeks' notice of any change of address, stating old as well as new address. ADDRESS all correspond- ence to Home Arts-Needlecraft, 15 Chapel Street, Augusta, Maine. HOME ARTS NEEDLE CRAFT VOL. XXVIII AUGUST, 1937 NO. 12 A UGUST days are vacation days. To be sure, not all of us take our vacations in August, nor for that matter can all of us take a vacation; but to watch the automobilists pouring into the state of Maine, for in- stance, during the month of August an observer could well be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that everybody takes some "time out" "height of the season" month. And almost it seems everybody turns to the state of Maine. during this Of course it is not quite true that everybody goes to Maine for his or her vacation, but many, many thousands do so each year. We wonder how many of these people really get to know Maine folks! Those of us who have read Mary Ellen Chase's book "Silas Crockett" realize that there is a consider- able gulf between the summer people and "natives." One also realizes from reading her story that the "summer business" has not always had the best influence upon rural communities which come to depend year in and year out upon the vacation industry for their livelihood. There is another native author who has written some very good books about Maine people. And does she know her Maine people! She does. If you would like to acquaint yourself with the real State-of-Mainer read Gladys Hasty Carroll's "As the Earth Turns," "A Few Foolish Ones" and now her latest "Neighbor to the Sky." They are whopping good yarns-all of them- and the fact that they are Maine stories is only incidental. In fable and fiction the native of Maine has become more or less a stock character embodying ultra conservatism verging slightly onto backwardness, a plentiful supply of droll humor and a reserve of what is commonly called horse sense. Nor is one permitted to forget that a prime Yankee characteristic is shrewdness often accompanied with close-fistedness. Stock characters of this type are always exaggerated although the prin- cipal elements of character used in the build-up are usually authentic. Here is an observation to make. Characteristics that are different from those we are accustomed to, often impress us as disagreeable characteristics because they are alien. Recognizing a difference our ego is apt to create a sense of superiority in our own minds and we expect the new and alien characteristics to be beneath our own. Too often the prime function of novelists is to satirize such traits to the satisfaction of the reader with the inevitable result of belittling the characters they are dealing with. It is a pleasure therefore to read the new novel of Gladys Hasty Carroll, "Neighbor to the Sky" and see an altogether different method applied. Miss Carroll does not use stock characters at all. She knows her Maine Yankee She knows human nature in general and apparently she is a close and philosoph. ical observer of human relations. In her characters, to be sure, you will recog nize characteristics long attributed to Maine people but many may get for the first time a true evaluation of these characteristics. Conservatism here for instance may come to mean a quite heroic cor radeship with fate rather than an indolent acceptance of the status quo. Sat2 faction with things as they are rather than a nervous or irritable climbing aft the unreachable makes Luke Gilman a true neighbor to the sky.. Luke could never think of himself as heroic. His way of life was secc nature to him. Marjory Lee might unconsciously long to see her name spek out by electric bulbs on Broadway. He could no more court the bright lig than he could do something mean. But this story is not a story of character. It is a story of the ete problem of two young people of different characteristics falling in love with. other. We learn here that one such character can complement the other. Per that is why nature selects opposites for mating. These two young people i their problems satisfactorily. They retain their love and respect and work their married life harmoniously. Marjory Lee typifies youthful ambitio this troubled era. An ambition to climb, but why and whither? Miss C here recognizes the same thing that Louis Adamic has called "shadow" Am but how calm and solid, how clean and wholesome, is this man to wh troubled intellectual soul can turn for peace and worthwhile compania Luke Gilman is no shadow. He is an authentic "down-Easter." HOME R AISING funds for your pet charity? Then cast your eye on these "kitchen- maids." The models could have been sold many times over while they were being made. Surely there is no better recommenda- tion than this. All designs - Dutch, Japanese, Mexican and Tyrolean - are equally suitable for both the bib and the waist type of apron. Each one has a matching holder; and there is a coronet head band for the reigning kitchen queen. - A The Dutch damsel wears a blue blouse and skirt, carries a gay red jug and green pail, and across the canal there is a blue windmill. The rest of the decorative scheme is secured with simple stitchery - mostly outline - done with three threads of stranded floss in yellow, blue, green and black. The rick-rack trim is blue, the braid being applied upon a hem turned on the upper side of the material and both held with a single line of machine-stitch- ing. This apron (No. 37-8-2) is cut in one piece on the diagonal and buttons at the back of the neck and waist. The Japanese lady wears a kimono of pink and white print. Both the tea house and the stand are tan and the lantern is blue. There is more embroi- dery on this one, as many sections are filled in with rows of outline sash, collar, hair, tray, teapot and tree trunks, but it is all very simple work. Six threads of floss are used for the lazy-daisy flowers and leaves, elsewhere but three are necessary. Tea- cups and hair ornaments are done in satin stitch. - ----------- 2 ----------- crocheted with fine cotton blue ombre Hospitality Picnics are grand fun, and they can have just that special "touch" if each kind of sandwich is wrapped and packed in a large napkin ("pic-naps," No. 37-8-19) which bears an embroidered symbol of the filling to be found inside. It would be impossible, of course, to have a pic-nap for every sort of sandwich, but four representative kinds in- clude a lobster, for any fish filling, a hen for chicken or egg fillings, a pig for ham, devilled or otherwise, and vege- tables for salad sandwiches of this type. A row of midget rick rack around each turned-up hem makes a fine finish, the color of the braid harmonizing with the predominating color of the design. Here, again, is a gift idea for the inveterate picnicker! Canoes, chairs, hammocks and couches all P VOLLY ROVER No. 37-8-18. The Jolly Rover bag invites you to store vacation treasure inside wherever you cruise I have a way of forever needing just one more pillow the kind that can be maltreated with- out damage, preferred. A sturdy crash-weave fabric is always a good choice, and the decoration should be informal in just the way the "Pirate Girl" (No. 37-8-17) is informal. The back- ground is made up of big cross-stitches, covering the entire top, done with heavy pearl cotton in soft orange, while the rest, mainly in outline, is done with stranded floss in red, green, orange and black. A "Jolly Rover" stowaway bag (No. 37-8-18) of the same material uses same threads and colors, plus lavender and blue and the same type of stitchery; it is just seamed and lined with self-fabric handles attached outside. gusta, Maine, at prices listed on page 24 7 ----------- 3 ----------- No. 37-8-20. A gar- den hat should be light and comfortable to wear, and no trouble at all to launder. Stiff starching gives the brim crispness for a minute that I'm going to pull the weeds! I shall be quite too busy admiring you in your semi-pokec garden hat with the stiff brim and the petal top, like the one the attractive model is wearing (No. 37-8-20). If you want to look very feminine you have probably been wearing a garden smock this season; but quite as probably you have been wearing comfort- No. 37 - 8 - 22 Little mats for vases and pots are a practical neces- sity, easily and cleverly contrived makes a Gay percale two piece garden hat that is both becoming and practical. A petal crown snaps to a double brim, opening at the back No. 37-8-21. A picking-basket into which to lay flowers as they are cut naturally turns to moisture-proof green oilcloth, used double, and gaily decorated able overalls or slacks and a blouse. No matter; the hat will "go" with any one of them, depending on the effect you want to create! The making of the hat is so easy I must fasteners to the back of the brim so that it can be snapped together when you are ready to put on the crown. Finish by starching both crown and brim very stiff. The hat has only to be unsnapped for laundering. A picking-basket (No. 37 - 8 - 21) is a second necessity, and if you make yours of green oilcloth- double with an ob- long of heavy corru- - - Black running- stitch markings and black bias-fold put on with French knots decorate oilcloth- backed percale mats gated cardboard through the middle be- tween the oilcloth sections, you will have a commodious, easily-handled and quickly-made gardening accessory that Concluded on page 14 Patterns may be ordered from any Club-Raiser, or by mail, postpaid, - ----------- 4 ----------- The way you may look You YOU have made me more than usually figure-conscious be- cause scarcely a day goes by that doesn't bring one or more letters asking "How can I reduce my hips, my waistline or my thighs?" Did you ever stop to consider that the most costly clothes can look like so much sacking if the woman inside them holds herself badly, and that the most inex- pensive clothes may look like a million dollars on the woman who carries herself well? The loveliest face loses half its beauty when it's perched on top of a figure which is out of proportion or badly carried. I have it on the best authority that any woman, not an invalid or a cripple, can have a good figure if she will devote but ten to fifteen minutes a day to simple exercises. Yet women seem to feel silly about this business of exercising. They offer all sorts and kinds of excuses they haven't the time or the privacy, they don't know what exercises to take and it's all too much trouble anyway. Well, I don't think anything is too much trouble if you want it badly enough and I know that women can usually find time to do those things which they want with all their hearts. While it may be trite to say so it's nevertheless true that every worthwhile accomplishment costs either time And what could effort Exer. ----------- 5 ----------- (At the left.) This evening gown from Constance Bennett's personal wardrobe is fashioned of the softest sun-tan crepe. The halter neck, redingote front effect, and the train at the back are dis- Black light-weight crepe was used for this afternoon frock with tinctive features. (In the center.) The slashed front is clasped to a pointed neckline with a the wrap-around line of skirt and bodice. brooch of gold and silver grapes. A tiny off-the-face skull cap of the dress material is adorned with deep pink and red roses. (At the right.) This formal georgette evening gown in black with a georgette cape of black and three tones of gray is worn, like the afternoon frock, by Miss Bennett in her latest comedy picture "Topper." This is a flattering frock that offers many color possibili- ties, such as a gray dress with a gray-to-white cape or a brown dress with a brown-to-ivory cape

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