The Arizona copper camp., 1919-01-18
MISS ZIMMERMAN
WILL VISIT RAY

Miss Hazel Zimmerman will visit
Ray next month to begin the demon
stration lessons which nave been
postponed on account of the oraran-
tine and her own long period of i'll
ness. Great interest has been shown
by the ladies of Ray, who are looking
forward to these lessons in cooking.
sewing and millinery. Dates will be
announced later as soon as a definite
program is arranged.
Miss Zimmerman has sent an ap
peal for representatives from Ray to
attend the annual conference in Tue
son during farmers and housekeep
ers' week, January 20 to 25. On Fri
day and Saturday, the oath and 25th,
there will be lectures and demonstra
tions which will interest every woman
in Arizona, and Miss Zimmerman re-
quests that her communities be we'll
represented. There will be reduced
railroad rates and a program for the
meetings will be posted as soon as
received Further information may
be obtained from Mrs. J. T. Moore.
In this connection, a list of saving
suggestions recently compiled by
Miss Zimmerman will be interesting
reading. Among other things, she
urges, if it is possible, to have a sew
ing room, be it ever so small (if we'll
lighted and ventilated). In this room
the cutting. basting, stitching and fit
ting and pressing may be done. The
work may be dropped when necessary,
the door closed upon the seeming dis
order, and will prove not only a
source of time, but strength and en-
ergy as we'll If it is impossible to
have a sewing room, have some closet,
chiffonnier, drawer, trunk or chest
to place sewing. Too much time and
energy is lost by placing sewing in
small rolls or bundles.
A cutting table to suit the individ-
ual height is necessary in a sewing
room. This can be made of heavy or
smoothly planed, unvarnished surface
SO that tracing may be done without
fear of marring it. Drawers may be
built under it, set far enough under
not to interfere with the movement
of the workers feet and knees.
A good-sized cupboard with built-in
shelves and drawers for supplies, ma
terials and work, and space to hang
unfinished garments, is the best ar
rangement one can have, but should
this be lacking, an inexpensive chif-
fonnier may take the place of the
drawers, with a shelf fastened to the
wall with hooks beneath to hang un-
finished garments. If there is not a
curtain hanging from the shelf to pro-
tect the garments, press covers and
cheesecloth should be used to cover
the garments.
Patterns should be kept in boxes or
drawers neatly folded with name on
outside.
A dress form is necessary when
dressmaking is done. One does not
need an expensive form. Be sure to
get a form with small neck and well
shaped through the bust waist and
hips. Tight Innings may be made and
padded out for each member of the
family. Adjustable forms are very
good but quite expensive and usually
hard to adjust
One should purchase the best sew
ing machine and give it the best of
care.
1t is very important to have a good
pressing board and a good supply of
pressing cloths should be at hand
with pan of water. Where a great
deal of sewing is done it is necessary
to have several boards. There should
be a skirt board, sleeve board, a
seam board, and also a heavy tailor
pressing board. A cushion should be
used if one is doing cloth work
Where the sewinf room is remote
from the kitchen, small gas or oil
stove may be used to heat the irons
or boil water for steaming velvet.
Electric irons are best.
All tools should be kept in orderly
fashion, where they may be easily
found when needed. All irons, shears,
pincushions or papers of needles
should be kept where they will not be
exposed to damp air, else they will
rust Every homekeeper should sub
scribe for at least one good fashion
book