812-UncMter Farming, Saturday, April 30, 1994
How To Be
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)
When Nancy Dibbs walked out on
stage flouncing her Liz Claiborne
dress, she was greeted with both
ohh’s and groans from the audi
ence at the Berks County Exten
sion Spring Awareness Day.
The “awes” were in admiration
of her ability to buy a brand name
dress for a quarter. The groans
were from the crowd that missed
the bargain.
But with the pecrets Nancy reve
aled, every woman present now
knows how to fill her closet with
clothes she can afford and even be
m style.
“Clothes are not an investment,
they are disposable and you should
not pay much for them,” this 50
plus housewife said. As the mother
of five children whose ages range
from 16 to 30, Nancy insisted that
everyone can look wonderful for
every occasion with a little imagi
nation and a little money.
Nancy thriff shops at Goodwill,
Salvation Army, and garage sales.
She pul on a fashion show of her
finds to convince the audience that
clothes can be matched with acces
sories purchased separately while
thriff shopping.
Every outfit she modeled was
fully accessorized with matching
shoes, purse, jacket, scarf, ear
rings, necklace, and even under
garments.
While the average price for a
fully-lined jacket is usually $6.50,
Nancy has managed to find a new
one with its $lO9 price tag still
attached that cost her only $3.
From a leather purse, purchased
for SO cents, Nancy pulled out a
designer swimming suits pur
chased for $3.
When her daughter married,
Nancy pulled together a mother
of-the-bride outfit that cost less
than $35. The outfit included a silk
dress, dyed shoes to match and
embellished with crystal clip ear
rings, a matching sequin evening
bag, and jewelry
With humor and gestures, Nan
cy entertained the audience with
stories of digging in rummage
piles and coming up with trea
sures. When Nancy thriff shops,
she doesn’t slick to clothing but
shops for appliances, antique
glassware, and every conceivable
object needed to furnish a home
and dress a family.
Here are some hints from Nan
cy’s collection:
A dress for a quarter?
That’s what Nancy Dlbbs paid
for this Liz Claiborne special.
Well-Dressed For Less
THINGS YOUR MOTHER
TOLD YOU, BUT YOU
FORGOT
• Presentation is everything! Even
meatloaf looks wonderful with a
little parsley around it.
• Keep yourself up.
• When you look good, you do
good.
• No one ever needed to apolog
ize for looking good.
• Don’t bring attention to your
faults. The next time that person
sees you that’s all he or she will
look at.’
• For instant beauty: Smile,
stand up straight suck in your tum
my or hang around with homely
people!
• Cheap’, all around exercise:
walking.
• Don’t be ashamed to weave
secondhand clothing, only be
ashamed if you’ve stolen it.
• Remember clothes are not an
investment they are disposable so
don’t spend too much on them.
Last years “WOWZA” outfit is
only so-so this year.
• Don’t buy clothes too small,
we rarely ever get smaller.
• High heels make you appear
thinner.
• Hide flaws, veins, and scars
with gray pantyhose.
• Taupe shoes and hose will go
with any outfit.
• Polish off any outfit with off
white or off-black pantyhose.
• Cream shoes and hose can be
worn all summer.
• Put pantyhose in a mesh bag
and launder in the washing
machine.
• Support pantyhose lasts much
longer and you won’t jiggle.
• Remove scuff marks on light
colored shoes with an eraser.
• White-out scuff marks on
white shoes.
• Colored markers work well to
cover scuff marks on colored
shoes.
• You can dye fabric shoes with
food coining diluted with water.
• Wash your face in cold water.
• Fuchsia lipstick makes your
teeth look whiter.
• Line your lips, the lipstick will
stay put and your lips will look
fuller. A small line upward in the
comers of your mouth makes you
look happy. As we age our mouths
turn downward.
• Peroxide and baking soda will
bleach the teeth.
• Hand wash items in shampoo,
it’s the best grease remover and it
smells nice.
• Cortisone cream on ears and
earring backs will comfort sensi
tive ears.
• Oil of Olay will take away the
pain of a curling iron bum. Apply
twice.
• Baby powder on oily hair will
let you go an extra day between
shampoos. It smells nice too.
• Deodorant stones, sold in drug
stores, are mineral salts, non
allergenic, won’t stain clothing
and lasts about a year.
’ A cheap, light scarf around the
head will preserve your hairdo and
keep makeup intact when chang
ing clothes. Tuck one into your
purse before clothes shopping.
• Only take short warm baths,
hot water is too drying. Using a
sponge to get more suds is also less
drying.
• You can dye white underwear
to a beige color in brewed tea.
• You can dye items to a bright
yellow-god in boiled onion skins.
• Beige underwear is invisible
under white clothing.
* Need a camisole? Cutoff a full
slip at hip level and hem.
A fashion show by Nancy
Dibbs demonstrates the pos
sibility of dressing in style for
less when clothing Is pur
chased second hand.
• Slip riding up? Turn it inside
out.
• Many dry clean only items can
be washed in cold water. Check
fabric content.
• Ignore sizes on secondhand
items. There is a great disparity in
size ranges. Dibbs wears items
marked 6 to 16.
• Wearing clothes too small will
make you look fat.
• Dilute shampoo one half with
water (beauty shops do). Hair will
be much shinier. Shampoo is too
detergent and strips the oils.
• Secondhand items can be
freshened and foldmarks removed
in the dryer. , v
• Candles sia&d lb the fieezer
will bum much slower.
• Uptight? Gat celery, it relaxes
you.
• Cold tea bags refresh the eyes.
After morning tea, put them in the
freezer, later, when you take a nap,
put the bags on your bags.
• Insomia? Maybe you’re too
tired. A 20 minute nap in the after
noon helps.
• Sleeping on a small silky pil
low will preserve your hairdo. It’s
better for your face too.
• Don’t dry underwear in the
dryer, it’s bad for the elastic.
• Launder black items, jeans,
etc;, inside out. They will wear bet
ter and fade less.
• You get the most mileage from
neutrals, tans, creams, black,
white, and navy.
• Every woman should own a
plain black dress. It goes any
where. Jackets, collars, scarfs,
belts, sequined jackets, vests, and
necklaces can completely change
the look. The best investment is a
middleweight fabric with elbow
length sleeves.
Herb Faire
LANDIS VALLEY (Lancaster
Co.) Herb Faire Springtime
celebration of historic plants and
folklore will be held on Saturday,
May 7, at the Landis Valley
Museum. The Faire includes a
large plant sale with dozens of ven
dors from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Landis Valley Museum is located
at Rt. 272, Oregon Pike. 2 miles
north of Lancaster, an exit marked
on both Rt. 30 and Rt. 222. Admis
sion free to Faire. For more info
(nation, call (717) 569-0401.
See your nearest
Dealer for Dependable
Equipment and
Dependable Service!
PENNSYLVANIA
Huahesvllle. PA
Farnsworth Farm
Supplies, Inc.
103 Cemetery Street
717-584-2106
Annvllle. PA
BHM Farm
Equipment, Inc.
RDI, Rte. 934
717-867-2211
Carlisle. PA
R4W Equipment Co.
35 East Willow Street
717-243-2686
Elizabethtown. PA
Messick Farm
Equipment, Inc.
Rt. 283 - Rheem's Exit
717-367-1319
Halifax. PA
Sweigard Bros.
R.D. 3, Box 13
717-896-3414
Honev Brook. PA
Dependable Motor Co.
East Main Street
215-273-3131
215-273-3737
Honev Grove. PA
Norman D. Clark
& Son, Inc.
Honey Grove, PA
717-734-3682
Loysville, PA
717-789-3117
MARYI
Frederick. MD
Ceresviile
Ford New Holland, Inc.
Rt. 26 East
301-662-4197
Outside MD,
800-331-9122
EW JERSEY
Bridgeton, NJ
Leslie G. Fogg, Inc.
Canton & Stow Creek
Landing Rd.
609-451-2727
609-935-5145
Woodatown. NJ
Owen Supply Co.
Broad Street &
East Avenue
609-768-0308
New Holland. PA
A.B.C. Groff, Inc.
110 South Railroad
717-354-4191
Olev. PA
C.J. Wonsidler Bros.
R.D. 2
215-987-6257
Pitman. PA
Schreffler Equipment
Pitman, PA
717-648-1120
Quakertown. PA
C.J. Wonsidler Bros,
R.D. 1
215-536-1935
Tamaaua. PA
Charles S. Snyder, Inc.
R.D. 3
717-386-5945
West Grove. PA
S.G. Lewis & Son, Inc.
R.D. 2, Box 66
215-869-2214
AND
Washington. NJ
Smith Tractor &
Equip., Inc.
15 Hillcrest Avo
201-689-7900