NOVEMBER 195 - Milwaukee Road Archive

Irish Lace Collar Swedish Weaving
Daisy Doilies Baby Giraffe
HANDMADES FOK HOLIDAY GIFTS. The almanac predicts we will soon be heading into a heavy
sea of holiday preparations. The portfo'lio of gifts we are featuring this month was selected with
the busy homemaker in mind-simple gifts that are very easy, and fun, to make. All are crocheted,
with the exception of the Swedish designs which are needle-traced with embroidery floss
on huck toweling. For free directions, write to The Milwaukee Road Magazine, Room 356 Union
Station, Chicago 6, III.
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Potluck Potholders
HOW TO
Overdo-It-Yourself
EVERY week end, thousands of home
owners pick up their hammers and saws
and start saving money by the do-ityourself
method.
How many of these hard-work projects
actually save money? How. many are
displacing family fun and the holiday
jaunts the family used to take?
A recent issue of The American Home
magazine suggested that it's time to turn
the spotlight on the do-it-yourself business
and see if it's really worthwhile.
Certainly it's fun to build a piece of furniture
or screen the porch if you can do
it right, but there's no point in doing
jobs that don't oHer a reasonable amount
of enjoyment, as well as economy. The
article offered these points to consider
before you put on your jeans next Saturday:
(1) Why start a job you heartily dislike?
It's a rare person who can do a
task well if he detests it. Statistics show
that people are more accident prone in
jobs they dislike. Tackle a job you thip.k
you can do, and chances are you won't
get hurt.
(2) How good is your equipment?
No matter how clever you are with your
hands, there are many household jobs
that are impossible without proper tools.
If you use the wrong one, the job may
be botched.
(3) Beware of the job that overtaxes
your strength. Your next-door neighbor
may not be bothered by lifting a 96pound
bag of cement, but your back may,
and your wife's too, if you permit her to
help.
.(4) Are you still friends with your
neighbors? Or do they give you an icy
stare :vhen you drive up late Friday with
the au hammer you plan on using early
Saturday morning. If you do it yourself,
show reasonable consideration of others.
A fanner's barn had burned down alld
the. agent fl'om the -insurance compall.1f
alT/ived to discuss the claim. Explainin!1
the policn that covered the st-i'ncture, 11 ('
tolel the [a-rmer that his finn would build
another barn o[ simila?' size instead of
paying the cla'im in cash. The [Mme;'
'was furious.
"If that's the way yoU?' company does
b1Isiness," he exploded, "you can just
cancel the instl1'ance policy on my wife."
Wall Stl'eet J oumal.
The Milwaukee Road Magazine