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CANTEEN WORKERS

MEETING THE CALL

TO SERVE

THE GAIETY OF APRONS

Gay smocks and bright aprons were never so much in demand as in these days when so many women are devoting so much of their time to active war work. Under this classification, canteen work has an important plage» for while the canteen workers now are supplying appetising meals for men of the services on leave, in a time of national crisis they would no doubt volunteer to do the same work in providing meals for homeless members of the civil population.

Every enthusiastic canteen worker wears an overall of some description knowing that if she does hot she will be thinking of how to keep her frock from getting soiled and thus will not have her mind fully on the job! Tak-

ing a census of the styles in overalls WQTW in various canteens since the start of the war one sees that the most popular are the gaily patterned smocks made on boxy line§ with fullness coming from shoulder yokes and wide action gleeves. Many of these are as pretty as flower gardens and make work in sometimes rather, stuffy kitchens seem all the better for being so, Some younger workers wear dirndl overalls of print cotton and these are smar-t and becoming, especially where waitress woyk is involved.

By and large, boiling cotton is the best fabric for the utilitarian overall, although there are many charming models in new rayons that launder easily but have the disadvantage of going rather limp in a steamy kitchen atmosphere.

Trim, "pinnies" are the beloveds of the older generation and they too show less signs of wear and tear when made of gay floral cottons. Spot and check ginghams provide variety.

Ideas for those contemplating having a new overall are novel pockets shaped like flower pots, baskets, hearts, diamonds, and so on. One model overall patterned with a design of horses has a poqket shaped like a "bookie's purse" made of dark monotone cotton with inset cuffs and collar to matchIt buttons down the back, an exceed-j irigly goot} idea for overalls, M.H,

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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 11

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CANTEEN WORKERS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 11

CANTEEN WORKERS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 44, 21 February 1942, Page 11