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Ukrainian Folk Costume for Children with Kreal skiI and T he S k irt O ver th e lon g w h ite sh irt th e girl w ears a sk irt. It is m ade o f w oolen or cotton fab ric i n dark b u t ga y colors — red, green or blue. T he m aterial can be plain or a sm all floral print. A s th e sk irt is fu ll, th e m a terial m u st be w rinkled a t th e top. T he sk irt len gth covers th e k nees b u t m u st be a l i ttle sh ort er th an th e sh irt. T he h em of th e sh irt and esp ecially its em b roidery m u st be seen. P laid sk irts are n ot used in th e K iev and P oltava region. T he top of th e sk irt is cover ed b y a sm all strip o f th e sam e m aterial. T he sk irt openin g can be closed w ith a zipper, or a b u t ton. If th e m aterial is plain you can apply an adornm ent o f sm all rib bons. V elv et or silk ribbons of d ifferen t colors h ave to b e a t tached 2-3” above th e h em in 3 or 4 row s. Bew are of: S k irts in strik in g or b aby colors w h i ch do n ot su it th e U k rain ian costum e. S k irts w ith large flow er p attern , un su ited to U k rain ian ta ste. The A pron T he apron in U k rain e w as u su ally m ade from w oolen or silk m aterial. G irls w ere v ery care fu l in ch oosin g th e color. T h e ap ron had to m atch th e sh irt and th e em broidery. In case th e sk irt w as red, and th e em broidery (th e K iev d esign s are u su ally in red and b lack ), th e apron w as th en o f d ifferen t color — a gold-* en yellow or a q u iet green . In case th e sk irt is green , th e ap ron could be a golden yellow too or a dark red. W hen th e sk irt h as a flow er p rint, th en m atch th e apron w ith th e color o f th e flow ers. T he apron h as to b e trim m ed also. T here are d ifferen t w a y s to do so. It can be h em m ed w ith w oolen th read of d ifferen t col ors. Or it can h ave 3 row s o f rib bons lik e th e sk irt. F in ally it could be em broidered. T h e de sig n could b e placed in th ree row s — th e w id est ( 1 ^ ” ) on th e bottom , th e second (1 ” ) a little h igh er and th e th ird ( ^ ” ) on th e top o f it. B ew are o f : W h ite aprons w h ich are n ot used in th e K iev region . W ide h eavy em broid eries, w h ich are n ot u sed on ap rons. G litterin g galons w h ich do n ot su it aprons. W H IP P A N Y , N . J. T he M orris C ounty D aily R ec ord gave a d etailed w ritin g on E a ster eg g s display, given b y B ranch 61 o f th e U krainian N a tion al W om en’s L eagu e o f W hip- p any, N . J., at th e M orris Junior M useum . T h e D aily R ecord w rites ex ten siv ely on th e introduction of E a ster eg g s and a n arration on U k rain ian cu stom s given b y R ev. Josep h P an asiu k , p astor o f S t. Joh n ’s U krainian C a th o lic church. T he m ost d etailed d escrip tion of E a ster eg g s w as given b y M rs. W illiam S uchorsky, w ho d em onstrated th e m ak in g o f th e T he in tricate d esign s of leaves, w h irls, geom etric fig u res, fish and an im als arranged in colors of red, green , blue, yellow , deep purple and black created an un b elievab ly b eau tifu l, h arm on i ous fin ish . M rs. Su chorsk y w as helped in her ta sk b y M rs. R ockefeller, M rs. O sadchuk and M rs. G ural. T he p hoto in th e D aily R ec ord sh ow ed M rs. S u ch orsk y w ith h er d au gh ter E lain e and M arsha R ockefeller. O B IT U A R Y A sad n ew s reached u s th a t S tep h en Shum eyko, a veteran U k rain ian-A m erican leader, ed i tor, w riter, died A u g. 12, 1962. H e w as closely associated w ith U k rain ian A m erican organ iza tion s and sin ce 1933 th e ed itor o f th e U k rain ian W eekly. H e organ ized th e U k rain ian Y ou th L eagu e o f N orth A m erica (U Y L - N A ) ; and w as in stru m en tal in th e creation o f th e P an -A m eri can U krainian C onference. D ue to poor h ealth h e retired several years ago. S tep h en S hum eyko w as a frien d of our m agazin e, O ur L ife ; and con trib uted articles and tran slation s. H is su g g estio n s w ere of great value to us. CORRECTION T he n otice o f M rs. H elen P ro- ciuk in Our L ife N o. 7 con tain s an error. In cou n tin g th e ladies sh e m et at th e luncheon o f th e S ta tu s o f W om en C om m ission o f N ew Y ork, erroneou sly w ere added M rs. L ily B aeta o f G hana and M rs. S and esk y-Scelba o f It aly, w h o w ere n ot p resen t. W e apologize. O U R L I F E E dited by E d ito rial B oard P ublished by th e U krainian N ational W om en’s League of A m erica, Inc. 4936 N . 13th S t. P hiladelphia 41, P a. 18 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЖОВТЕНЬ, 1962 A sm all g irl’s ap ro n is a little sh o rte r th a n h e r sk irt. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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