THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

NOTE CLASSIFICATIONS

Expert advice from leading fashion authorities on how to be well and suitably dressed
for any occasion, and how to make the most of that very important fashion dollar, are con-
tained in a series of articles issued by the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

‘as part of the consumer service initiated by their union label programme.

The following is the eighth installment of a series reprinted in part from their article:

Here are the classifications
manufacturers use in sizing
dresses that are appropriate
for girls of 10 to 14 years of
age:

Standard 7 to 14. Designed
for girls 7 to 14 in age.

Sub-Teens, or Pre-Teens
(8s to 14s): For girls from 7
to 14 years of age, but pat-
terns cut with larger hips and
more room in the bodice.

Teens (10t to 16t): For 12 -

to 16 year olds who are taller
than average. The body pro-
portions are the same as in
sub-teens or preteen sizes but
they are cut longer.

A MINIMUM WARDROBE
A minimum wardrobe for a
growth period should include:

dress coat and hat for big
city wear or church

storm coat and head-cover-
ing

raincoat and head-covering

lightweight coat or jacket

4 or 5 dresses or separates
for school

2 “good” dresses for church,
etc.

rugged play clothes

2 sweaters

underwear, night clothes
and robes

shoes

rain or snow boots

gloves and simple handbags

CLOTHES CARE HINTS —
FOR DAUGHTERS

A quality fashion is worth
the money it costs, the
thought you give it, and the

Household-

Dirty draperies and cur-
tains can be freshened up in
a hurry without washing, if
you have an automatic dryer.
Here’s what to do: Place the
draperies or curtains in the

time it takes to select it; it
also deserves the time it takes
to keep it fresh and neat.

Quick-dry and no-iron fab-
rics are wonderful time-sav-
ers, but slick up the edges
with an iron, no matter what
the direction tags promise.

Hang up your clothes when
you take them off. Keep plas-
tic bags over clothes you
don’t wear often.

Be sure everything fits well.
Dresses and coats should be
long enough to fall either at
mid-knee or just below the
knee, whichever is more be-
coming.

Bodices of garments as well
as shirts, blouses and sweat-
ers should not be too tight.
There must be room enough
for moving freely in them and
to allow for some growth.

The waistline should not
bind and should fall at the
most becoming place on the
figure. Did you know that
raising the waist-line slightly
makes legs look longer!

Respect your shoes. Keep
them cleaned, repaired and
put shoe trees in them, par-
ticularly when they get wet.

Remove any likely-to-stain
spots as soon as possible after
you spill something.

Wash and iron corduroy on
the wrong side.

Orlon sweaters should be
washed in cold-water soap;
woolens, either in cold-water
soap or in luke-warm water
with a mild soap.

Press everything but cotton
on the wrong side. Always use
a pressing cloth when press-
ing wool. Learn the meaning
of the controls on the iron or
steam iron and use the right
setting for each fabric.

Never dry shoes or sweaters
close to a fire or on a hot rad-
iator.

A further installment in
this series will be reprinted
in the next ussue of the
Lumber Worker.

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MISS GERHARDA HOF, daughter of IWA member Cornelius
Hof of Local 1-80, is shown receiving from Financial Secretary,
Ed Linder, the Local Union’s $300 scholarship for obtaining
the highest marks in the Grade 12 departmental examination
in June. The Local 1-80 scholarship is awarded each year to
a student whose parents or guardians are Local 1-80 members
and who obtain the top mark in the Grade 12 government
examination. Miss Hof is now attending Victoria University
where she is taking a bachelor of education course.

‘New Wonder Fabrics

Discover the wonders of
foam-laminated fabrics. They
are warm, yet lightweight.
And you can make a very
warm jacket or coat from a
laminate without the extra
bother and know-how of
stitching in a regular interlin-
ing. Here are five tips to as-
sure success in your sewing
project:

(1) No pre-shrinking is
necessary. Simply place your
pattern on the right side of
the fabric, and cut.

(2) Use a medium-to-long
stitch, an 11 or 14 needle and
medium tension, and moder-

ate speed. - Adjust pressure
foot to give a minimum of
pressure.

(3) When working with a
bonded knit, use nylon thread
because of its “give.”

(4) For a flat, neat seam,
finger-press seams and top-
stitch along both sides.

(5) These fabrics require
little pressing, but if you must
do some, iron on fabric side,
not directly on foam, and do
not use a steam iron or damp
cloth — moisture and heat
will compress and set the
foam.

dryer with a large, well-
dampened terry towel. Let
towel and draperies tumble
for 5 to 10 minutes, depend-
ing upon how dirty they are.

Then just remove the dra-
-peries and press them with a
steam iron. Left over for
washing is the grimy towel
which has picked up all the
loose soot and-dust from the
_draperies.