OPA's Consumer Division told the nation's housewives some facts of life this week. That they had to be told would have made their mothers and grandmothers blush for them. OPA's advice: reline coats, cut down adults' garments for children, reknit sweaters, retrim dresses, use the needle-&-thread at home to produce, remake, refurbish family clothing. All this would help the war effort, vowed OPA.
Month ago the National Needlecraft Bureau promoted National Sew-and-Save Week. With taxes pressing, and inferior garments in the stores at rising prices, U.S. women thronged in uncountable thousands to sewing classes—held by mailorder houses, department stores, schools. More...
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