C2 - Sunday News, January 24, 1982

A pin is just a pin - right?
Wrong!

There are actually several
different types of pins
available to the fashion
sewer, and most women who
sew have their definite
preferences, depending on
the specific project.

The well-known Dorcas
pins enjoy great popularity
because they snap instantly
if struck by your sewing
machine __ needle, thus
avoiding the risk of damage
to the shaft of your sewing
machine. These basic pins
come in three different

NEW QUEEN for Job’s Daughters Bethel No. 9 in North Vancouver is Fiona Woods,
who will be installed as queen January 23 at the Highlands United Church. She's seen
here receiving her crown from last year’s queen Shannon Morris. (Terry Peters photo)

What's in a pin?

lengths. 1", 1 3/16", and 1!
7/16”. There is also a color-
headed pin, 1 1/16” in
length. These pins are
suitable for most cottons,
woollens, and similar stable
fabrics.

Diadem white brass pins
have been specially designed
for use with fine, delicate
fabrics. They are made of
mickel plated brass, so are
more flexible than the
Dorcas pins. They're also
available in three lengths:
9/16", 11/16", and 1 3/16".

If you're working with knit
fabrics, be sure to use ball

point pins. They slip “bet-
ween” the fibres of a knit
where an ordinary pin would
tend to “split” the fibres.
They're also an excellent
choice for Ultra-suede, as
they won't leave any marks.
The superfine, stainless steel
pins with a small color head
are the first choice of sewers
who are fussy about their
tools.

If you have any questions
about pins, contact:
Canadian Home Sewing &
Needlecraft) Association,

16059 Bayview Avenue, Suite
101, Toronto, Ontario M4G
3CL.

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Don’t blame weather

It’s your own fault

COLLEGE STATION,
Texas(UPI) - A lot of people
blame the weather for health
problems when they
themselves are responsible,
according to a Texas A.& M,
University meteorologist.

Using the weather as a
scapegoat means these
people don't have to blame
themselves for not taking
proper care of themselves,
says Dr. Dennis Driscoll, an
expert on how the ;weather
affects humans.

Driscoll admits these are
well-established links
between health and ex-
tremely hot or cold con-
ditions “outside the comfort
zone” but says there is no
hard evidence to back up the
belief that changes in the
weather bring on such
ailments as cardiovascular
and respiratory illnesses.

“Where do you draw the
line?” Driscoll asks. “If you
catch a cold during winter
weather, is it really weather
or because you didn’t dress
warm enough, or went to
work when everyone was
getting a cold?”

Driscoll says the com-
monly held notion that
winter weather causes colds
and flu may be explained by
the fact that cool conditions
compel people to spend
more time inside tightly
sealed buildings, what he
calls “cryptoenvironments’”,
where germs spread easily.

“The classic example of
this kind of thinking is what
happened with polio,” he
says. “For many years polio
was thought to be caused by
summer weather until
scientists discovered the
organism responsible lived in

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people who went swimming
outdoors. Very few people
go swimming outdoors

during winter, so few if any
cases were reported during
that time. Now, is that
weather?”

Another headache?

Charlotte King has
another headache. So what?
you ask. Well, you may have
to pack up your things and
leave town, that’s what.

In 1980, the 35-year-old
Oregon resident, a chronic
headache sufferer, noticed
that her head pain grew very
severe immediately before
the eruption of Mount St.
Helens. Since then, reports
the current issue of Science
Digest magazine, she has
related her frequent twinges
and pains to other im-

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