By Deris Daugherty

By Deris Daugherty s.tt In the market for new bed linen? Miss Katherine L. Havj^ bel, home economist at Vir.■r>l glnla Polytechnic Institute, suggests that the saleswoman £ may confuse you with her talk .- v of Type 180, Lustercale sheet and pillow case, a blend of 60 V percent cotton and 40 percent

i Avril rayon. Sheets have been bought by the "thread count". Style lines s have come to bed linens and \ prints have been applied to I every phase of fashion—in% eluding color lines. Improvez ments in fitted sheets prevents \ them from slipping on the matr tress, and the spandex corr ners keep their stretch after £ proper laundering. 1 As far as fiber is concerned \ says the specialist, cotton has Jf had no rivals. Various grades * of cotton vie for favor with £ one another, rather than with | ocher fabrics. ? Standards are set up for j: manufacturing the Type 180 | blend of 60 percent cotton and

140 percent Avril rayon. One company is now giving a guarantee to the consumer of proper performance. Blended with cotton, Avril rayon is claimed to produce sheets that offer strength, long wear, soft hand, and pure whiteness. The American Institute of Laundering has given j the new sheets its approval as f to durability in laundering, } shrinkage, color, breakage, £ and tear. 5 in some areas the retail a prices of the sheet will be 10 i cents higher than Type 180 f cotton sheets. The Lustercale / sheets (also 60 percent cotton % and 40 percent rayon) have f been Introduced at the retail 1 level in a limited number. f What's the ‘best buy’ in a sheets? Each homemaker f must answer this question for 1 herself. There is no best buy l for everyone because so many ^factors must be considered. "“How much are you willing to pay, personal preference, living standards, who will use the sheet, and where it will be used are some of the factors to consider. Miss Habel adds, "keeping informed on the home furnishings market will help you make your decisions.” i It you have clay tiower pots at home that have turned white toss them away! According to horticulturists at die U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, the whiteness is unused fertilizer and you can't get it off the pot. Putting a fresh plant into a white clay pot is like putting the plant into salty water. When planting, always use fresh clay pots. •••••••••a Vinyl gloves have become so popular that the glove industry has prepared a wide choice of fall fashions., ranging from - dressy to sporty, and from shorties to eight button lengths and even longer. Some of the /all-vinyls feel like leather., with the "look" and texture of pigskin, suede, or crocodile.. and many are lined. Col- ors run the fashion gamut, land details vary from casual stretch fourchettes to hand 4 stitching. 1 Vinyl is super-washable, of course, so it is especially easy • to suds these gloves after every wearing. Those which :i are unlined, or have washable | linings, can be immersed in warm soap or detergent suds and rinse water, using a soft ^ brush to scrub the reptile