Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1942 — Page 28

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By ROSETTE HARGROVE Times Special Writer LONDON, Dec. 4—A lot of hidden talent is expected ‘to be brought to .light by England’s "new “Make-do and Mend” campaign. Instead of treating restrictions on clothing and other essentials as mere vexations with which she has to cope, the British housewife should find satisfaction in thrift for her own sake and for the national war effort. In the easy-going pre-war days, fngland was a land of shopjoers as well as shopkeepers. fousehold economy and thrift vere practiced in every other juropean country, but here cheap aass production had killed nearly all incentive to home dressmak1g or even bothering to patch and mend. But present conditions have placed entirely different emphasis on thrift. In fact, for most Englishwomen, smartness now can be achieved only through the exercise of this virtue plus a lot of ingenuity. » » 8 A recent “Make-do and Mend” exhibition in London showed how something could be evolved out of even the oldest and apparently unusable garment. Examples ranged from grandfather's 40-vear-old evening suit or topcoat to father’s shrunken, once-white flannel trousers. Grandfather’s “tails” which, by the way, were made of the most supple black broadcloth, fashioned & smart two-piece dress. The black satin lining produced a long sleeved blouse and so did the black and white striped silk interlining, for this is how men’s evening clothes were built 40 years aro, I'he demonstration also showed practical ‘examples of the possibilities for making children’s clothes from the grown-ups’ castoffs, However old or moth-eaten, knitted wool suits, cardigans,

Here are two suggestions from the “Make-do and Mend” exhibition in London. The child’s outfit has been fashioned from a man’s ragged shirt and a woman’s worn slacks. The young woman is holding two serviceable blouses which she made from the lining and: interlining of an otherwise useless evening coat.

dresses and sweaters can be raveled and remade into all sorts of things, from a cosy, longsleeved new top for a 10-year-old’s out-grown wool nightgown to “crawlers” for babies and sweater sets for every age. This is one answer to the problem of clothes rationing for rapidly growing children. ” ” » EVERYBODY now realizes that pre-war all-wool clothes are more precious than a good many of our other, more prized; peacetime possessions. This applies also to silk and cottons. Men's discarded shirts make charming blouses for mother or tub frocks for daugh-

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much-worn silk dress can be uti-

lized as an inner lining for extra warmth, Many women now are exercising their wits to find the best ways of using worn-out silk stockings which litter bureau drawers. ; How to make use of those oldfashioned shoulder - high kid gloves which salvage drives have unearthed from attic trunks was found by a home front creator a little while ago. They make fas-

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THUS clothes and accessories which moths, age and dirt have caused to be discarded can, with ingenuity, soap and homework, be converted into useful numbers of wartime wardrobes. When women can remember that it takes as much wool to equip and maintain one soldier as it would to clothe 10 civilians, that a parachute calls for more than 60 yards of silk, that valuable shipping space must be diverted to the transporting of raw materials from various parts of the world, risking men’s lives in submarine-infested seas, they will know that “making-do” is something to be proud of,

DEAR JANE JORDAN — About nine years ago I wrote you and accepted your advice. Now I am writing for more. I am 27 years of age and have been married eight years 40 a man who is insanely jealous of my friends, doesn’t care to make friends with any of the people our age. He is rude” to my women friends unless they are very religious.

I like to have loads of friends and go out once in a while. He doesn’t care to go anywhere unless it is to a ball game or a billiard parlor. Two years ago we were separated for six months. Our daughter is 6 years old and I felt that he could give her a better chance in life, so I returned. While separated, I met a fellow who showed me the good times that I had wanted for years. I do not love this fellow, but I am dissatisfied. I have tried to reason with my husband, but he has an unbearable temper. When we are invited out I can’t have a good time, but I can go with anyone else and have a grand time. I love my daughter and I don’t want to do anything that would hurt her. She loves her father and if it would mean heartaches for her I'll do what is best. Would she forgive her mother for wanting a little happiness in life? I respect my husband, but I do not love him. VERY DEPRESSED,

# ” # Answer—If you understood your husband’s dislike of other people except those with a strong religious bent, you would feel more patience with his unfriendly attitude and

unreasonable jealousy. In order to understand it you will have to look back to his childhood and see what conditions generated such an atti-

as now, he felt secure only with people who professed religion. In general it is safe to say that an adult who feels uneasy in the presence of others is one who felt himself unloved as a child. He may be’ unable to say where this feelirg came from. He even may denyt its existence. But upon close analysis we find that he did feel a lack of -genuine affection and warmth from his parents and feared the hostility of one or both. All parents do not want children, and for the most part those who do not, try to camouflage their lack of affection witn various devices such as over-solicitude, over-indulgence, or undue self-sacrifice. One can conceive of them as compensating for lack of love by a fanatical fidelity to religion. Needless to say, the child is not fooled by any of these cover-ups and the basis for an anti-social attitude in the future is laid in his childhood feeling of rejection. ' I feel sure that your husband needs more affection and reassurance than most men. I do not say that you can cure him by giving him extra attentjon and sympathy, but you might help him in his relationships with others by reassuring him concerning his personal worth and encouraging him to make himself liked as a member of a group. Actually it would give him satisfaction if he felt himself accepted but the fear of failure prevents him from trying.

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