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Q now . Your Fabrics x a. Panel Discussion at the Girls’ Session of the Junior Farmers‘ Conference r’s Note: This panel was arranged by Lulu Row of the Women's Institute h to introduce “Know Your Fabrics." ew project for Junior Institutes and farm clubs. Members of the panel were Miss , Mrs. M. E. Humphries of the Canadian ciation of Consumers, and the Juniors, 1: Nesbitt, Kaye Prentice and June Otto. use of limited space we can give only part 2 discussion, set down as questions and 1 Q: Is it necessary for the average person {to know much about fabrics? We have been getting along very well and now thc ‘ new fabrics are supposed to be better than the old ones. Nylon, for example, is __- stronger. Other new ones are super fab- irics too. Of course, We still have some trouble. Even nylon is not perfect. Some- - 'times my nylons Wear quite well and then others won’t stand much at all, â€" they 'snag and run so easily. Is all nylon not ,of the same quality? They say the first 'nylons that were made were for months and months. Has nylon been getting . poorer? he stockings today which “don‘t wear so ” are not the same stockings as those ones. The 15 denier yarn, which is ded so often now, was introduced only . years ago! Before that all the nylons , 30, 40 or 60 denier. \th Bruce Girls' Homemaking Clubs‘ Achievement here girls from Pork Head Club received their iol Honours, having completed twelve proiecls. 5 ate: were presented by Mrs. Stella Gueles. tome! Board member. The girls are, from Ietl to right: Smith, Margorel Mclnlosh, Ina McIntosh, Isobel Smith. . .1 ER 1953 Al Middlesex county Homemaking Club's Achievement Day for the unit "The Club Girl Entorloins," the Lombeth Club gave a demonslrolion on "Your Table Manners." The girls demonstrate good manners and bad, while a commentator explains to the audience, Q: What docs denier mean? A: Denier is the weight of the yarn, or thick ness ~ 3 highcr dcnicr means a heavier or thicker yarn. The nylon filaments which make up thcse yarns are the, some chcmlcnl sub- stance as cvcr. so that or cannot say corrcctly that “nylon has changed", but when you put lighter yarns, right down to only one tiny filament per stitch, we can't cxpcct thosc to stand pulling, snaps and rubbing as well as yarn two to four timcs heavier. In addition we have encouraged, by buyng thcm readily. stOckings with loss and less I‘ClllfDl't‘t‘lnl:'lll at the foot and hccl, to Show all our opcn shocs, Q: Is that all we nccd to know when buy- ing â€" just denier? A: No. Fit is important. and cow. And right now I'll just incntiun unuuv â€" the numhcr of stitches per inch, Thc clnscncss of thc stitchcs afl'ccts tho resislancc to snagging â€" a very important part of wear lifc. For any given denier, tho more stitchcs per inch, tho bcltcr resistance to snags. Tho thing to rcmcmhcr, then, is first to choose a denier heavy enough for our pui'posc, unlcss we want the stockings strictly for dross, then to choosc the highest gauge we can find in that denier # a 60 or (ill gauge will be considerably loss likely to run from snags than a 45. Q: Do all the storcs scll thc higher dc» nicr'.’ I don't think I over soc anything but what they call "sheer". A: This is one place where you can start being an informed consumer, and a great hclp to CAC. Ask for the weight you want, and don't buy just what's shown. You can get a good selection of heavier weights through the mail order catalogues if nowhere else. Q: I've had a nylon slip for a year and It is as good as now except for the color. It is not very white now though I’ve always bccn careful about washing it. Can I bleach it? A: Yos, but not like cottOn or linen. Nylon doesn't nccd frcqucnt bleaching to restore whiteness as: cotton does, because it's a very white fibrc as made. There are ways to care for it to prevent a lot of darkening, but if you must bleach, try peroxide, or one of the pow- dered bloat-hos, and if that isn’t enough, or if 13