Evening star., 1952-04-24
Conducted BY
BETSY CASWELI
SEWING MACHINES.

(Fron, Mrs. E. A. L.. ArlinotonD
If you care about them.
should like to give my comments
on various kinds Of sewing ma
Chimes. / have owned three diff.
'ferent new ones in the last two
and a half years. Since sewing
is not my first love, I could rot
work happily with an appliance
which is not as precision as
want, so began to shop around
fer a second one and settled on
the one put out beginning with
an S. 1t was sold to me on the
strength that it was full rotary
sewing action which involved
fewer moving parts. hence less
wear. 1t sewed faster. more
quietly and with less chance of
Jamming up (mine never jammed
up), and I just loved it'll I
happened in on a demonstration
OF zigzag machine. One of these
is made in Italy and has the oscil-
lating hook type of sewing action.
the other in Germany and with
the full rotary action. In view
OF what my S machine did for
me, I chose the German one. 7
guess I leaned that way, too. on
account of the wide claim to fame,
that German cameras have for
their wonderful craftsmanship
and industry's high praise for
German immigrants who have.
been trained as machinists.
For Just simple straight for
ward and reverse sewing INV q
machine just can't be beat. but
tne zlgZag part Of my present
nlne-month-old machine is worth
tne one little grippe have against
1t. Sewing anything takes a lot
OF time in this busy day and age.
10 overcast raw seam, make a
puttonhole, sew on buttons, sew
on patches without turning in the
raw edges (and have them look
perfectly good after many laun-
derings) all these with Just a fin
OF the finger makes the zigzaQ
machine the most modern stem
IN home sewing. I took Just three
lone-hour lessons to learn the
various dial combinations. I do
not nave much ingenuity or orig
lnallty; so I know I won't get all
from the machine that it is ca
paole OF doing. but I can sincerely
answer that I wouldn't give NV
machine for twice its cost If I
thought I couldn't get another
to replace it.
FOR INFORMATION.
(From Mr.. J. H. p, Silper SPRING.
Readers Clearing House. like
my OLD high school economics
definition of money, is a good
medium of exchange and a meas
ure OF value" More. it is a yeri.
table bank of information lots of
US may vaguely remember, but
oennltion of which escapes us.
To save time. however, it might
oe OF interest for readers to know
other. official sources of informa-
ton in book form, to which thew
may readily refer. I cite, for ex.
ample. a recent request for in.
formation on parks and other
places OF interest to be visited. A
letter to the National Park Sery.
ice. Washington, d. c. Cor specif1.
cally, the Publications Division.
Room 1929 Interior Building) will
reap a harvest of free descriptive
booklets.
The Superintendent of Docu-
ments. Government Printing. Of
nee. is likewise rich storehouse
OF miscellaneous publications. A
letter to that Office will bring a
complete listing of all their pub
locations from how to remove
stains from cloth. etc, to the con-
struction of a house. They number
also among their publications, but
probably now out of print, a very
valuable Field Manual for Muse
ums." by MIR. Ned j. Burns, of the
National Park Service. which de-
votes pages and pages to refur.
nishing, restoration and repair of
priceless historic objects from
paper to more durable objects.
including how to remove mildew.
rust. stains, and the many things
that plague RICH readers.
Knowing where to seek informa.
ton is often more important than
trying to remember all of it.
X X n X
REMOVING SPOTS?
(From Miss o. c. H., Washington.)
wonder if you have any infor-
nation to help me. I have
studio couch next to the wall and
recently have noticed head spots
above the cushions. Can you sug-
gest remedy for removing the
spots from the painted wall? Any
information you can give ne will
be greatly appreciated.