PRACTICAL
Your Sewing Scrapbook
Fake
HOMECRAFT
PLEATS THAT STAY
EVEN AFTER
PUT-
CLEANING
Mary
Brooks Picken
YOON women will be ablo
Do you know tint....
buy permanently pleated clothes.
1
A WIDE brimmed hat should
be worn with a narrow hom-
Fur for Dress-Up-To Give That Luxury Look
VERYWHERE! Women wear- U ing
jackets or capes or stoles, collarettes and muffs, purses, even slacks, skirts and lounging robes made of the new fake fur fabric.
To make a collarette, muff and pillbox hot, you
need
1
yd. of 54" fabric, also 1% yds. f 40" rayon crepe or satin for ning.
Wrong Side Up
side in on
SATIN is a perfect fabric for dry cleaning.
MORE TAFFETA in difficult
Hormone To Treat This Disorder
line and a wide hemline is to clean and may lose its water By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D. balanced by a small hat?
Washing or cleaning will not remove the pleats. fact water makes them WOMEN 6ft. 4ins. In height hang closer.
In
and under should never break their figures, with revers, breast and hip pockets, and hip pleats?
materials Processed plented will be made into day and even ing dresses, underwear,
and children's dresses.
Even
and Scarves
chiffon handkerchiefs will be perman-
The chalk to end of string, hold free end at E and ewing an arc from I at edge of fabric to G and from H to J. Cut both thicknesses of fabric from J to H, H to E, E to Gently pleated. This pleating a wide brimmed hat?
and G to I.
and
Cut out neckline.
ut centre front fold C to J. Cut band collar crosswise of fabric, making this 14" wide and 1 longer than your neck measure- ment,
pieces
Cut Ilning for all same size as fabric and on
same grain of fabric for each piece.
Wool or Cotton Wadding
To Make Muff: Lay lining out right side down. Cover this with a
of wool or pad cotton sheet wadding, catch this to lining with long stitches in rows stitches long on the
apart, making the padding and as small as possible on the lining side.
Scam the 18 edges of muft
to make tube and make a tube Ploce ning
of padded lining.
together,
in muff, right sides and seam one end all around. Turn right side out and slip- stitch other ends together.
To Make Cape: Seam shout- ders of cape; seam shoulders Fidce of of lining. Place right 19" and 27"
cape and lining together. Sutch centre front and around out- side edges; press seams open and turn through neck opening,
Lay fabric flat, wrong up. For muff, mensure crosswise. grain
1
along selvage. Cut cut.
Cut head band from opposite crosswise edge. Make it longer than head side and 32" centre, tapering to 2% at enda.
From lower-right hand cor- ner, cut a circle for top of hat, using a plate for pattern.
Fold remainder of material through centre lengthwise, bringing scivage and opposite edge together, wrong side out. Mensure
down on fold from top wige for A. B and C are 1/0 neck
plus " and to right of A. D is * above A.
15-
means
clothes, but as the garments will not need repleat- ing you will save on cleaning,
As much as 156. over the usual cleaning price is often charged for repleating a sldrt.
How to balance
clothes THEN buying flatter, but few know how to balance their agures.
most
W women know which colours
necks
THE now low, square neck-
lines are best worn
Care in cleaning
TH the evening dress sca- son about to begin. I have been checking upon the clean- ing problems. I am told that.... NET should be dry cleaned, but will need restiffening.
RIBBED SILKS, grosgraine, and stiff tie silks will lose their crispness if dry cleaned.
mark
TINSEL FABRICS will clean, and if tarnished can be specially treated.
Fashion pointers
YTTER is the new fur fashion
the winter.
FUR - CUFFED smart again.
gloves pre
CHALK WHITE lace is going to be popular for the spring.
RECIPE-Saute large mush- rooms,
remove stalks. stuff mushroom hollows with sage and onion, Serve on toast with leman and watercress.
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EASY ENTERTAINING ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
By Ida
DERHAPS you live in a one or PER
two-room apartment, your to a cooking facilities limited. kitchenette. You would like to invite in some friends to make foursome for Now Year's a fou Dinner..
No reason why you can't stage real success with a little planning ahead.
entertaining is the Casual trend. There are two ways of serving; with the guests seated at the table,, от buffet-style, when they serve themselves. For four persons, service at the table but if you ex- side is preferable, out. Pin to cape, right sides pect more than six guests, by
all means go "buffet."
Facing Collar Face collar with lining: stitch both ends and top edge. Trim corners and turn
right
together and stitch,
Press up to position. Turn bottom edge of lining under and whip along neckline.
Pass Appetisers
It is always pleasant to pass appetisers, canapes and knick- knacks
informally when below
Draw curve C to B to D, 3′′ to right of B is E. Straight
To Make Hat: Line top of hot, stitching close to edge. Stitch top edge of band around edge of circle. Stitch bottom edge of lining and band right sicles together.
Seam ends of band and
across from E is F. 3" above lining. Press seams open. Turn and below F. are G and H. lining inside and whip Chalk line E-G and line E-H. seam edge.
27"
18"
54"
over
15*
G
+F
H
-Headsize + 1"
13%
Sweater Girl
DORVILLE SWEATER WETH CANOE NECKLINE BANDED IN WHITE ON DARK BLUE
the
Bailey Allen
the range" on dinner plates. Be sure to heat the plates, and to make them look very attractive, no gravy or sauce spilled on the edge! And top them off with a colourful contrasting garnish.
Heated Rolls
It
with mayonnaise, halved olives the garnish. Or mix Smith- feld ham spread half and half with cream cheese, and a bit of spread on pickle relish, and
bread. finger longths of rye Garnish of red relish.
Cheese sticks, if you fed am- bitious, always make a hit. To
Be sure the rolls are heated make, just turn the contents of a package of ready plecrust mix Possibly you may decide to
maite
them yourself from a into a bowl, and mix in cup
Moisten ready-yeast mix, or to buy a grated sharp cheese. with cold water, roll to in pan of those new almost-baked lightly floured rolls from your baler, and brown thickness on a
doth,
then them
Baking yeast them yourself. surface or pastry བས
Anger lengths in bread always smells so friendly cet into wide. Arrange in a pan; brush and domestic. (A good over with one egg yolk slightly you are entertaining the man). beaten with 4 tbsp. milk, and For dessert you might have dust with more grated cheese mince or pumpkin pie; but in
either case heat and Serve the same
serve it and paprika.
warm. A rosette of hard sauce will personalise the mince ple boasted
almonds Chopped
top
alve sprinkled marvellous taste to
pumpkin plc.
Or perhaps you'l plan to serve a sumptuous fruit and nut bowl with persimmons for colour accent, And with it plenty of coffee; perfect coffee: big cups; with cream.
Here's the dinner for a young hostess.
day they are baked.
Or perhaps you will prefer to serve the appetisers at the table,, as planned in the menu in to day's column.
guests arrive. The canapes can bu simple. For instance:
with mincer The most practical way to crackers spread shrimp and olives put together serve the main course is "from
Brighten that dark corner in your home
PEOPLE smiled when the huge old gilt frame was
offered at the auction sale. "No bids? Come on, gentlemen...... As it was, the picture was awful, but the frame was worth adapting to brighten a dull hall.,
Here are the two ways of doing it...
First, it can become a shallow show cabinet for small pieces of china and glass-as in the pic- ture on the left above.
The shelves are Bin, deep and half-inch thick. The size of the shallow box structure in which they rest depends on the dimen sions of the frame. But it is just four pieces of timber nailed together (see smaller sketch on right) and screwed to the back of the frame with small angle brackets.
As a finishing touch, the in- side of the fitment was painted Mediterranean blue, and a back penel of wine-coloured cotton velvet was tucked to the back of the shelves.
The strong brass hanging wire is fixed to the box frame, and not to the back of the shelves. so that the completed atment is pulled back ush against the wall.
Research
In the sketch on the right an old frame has a seasonal picture of real Bowers or leaves. The picture has been replaced with a panel of asbestos sheeting or plastic board
on which a wall Vase ts hung with # call "5" hook.
The panel is Axed with that Screws ED it can be re- moved and covered with
an appropriate Back view background shotos position of brackets and material for picture wire. the changing
display. In when flowers are winter, scarce, a flowery fabric can be used as a background with a display of evergreen leaves in the vase.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
exert
shows that the
Woman can
дв
emergency. An added safety
wringer-type washing machine
I the most widely-uned. feature. of note, machines In Check the wringer when you on automatic shut-off which buy this type of machine. For halts rolls when the release greatest safety, the wringer ro- bar is tripped. lease should be within easy roach and respond to the frat tap. A release located on the tar sido of the machine may: be dimcult to get'at in a ́bums, especially if the housewife is short or has short arme. Boma wringers require considerable pressure, and therefore may call for more strength than *
Never - use gasoline, bergeno or any other explosive' cleaner for home dry cleaning.
If you use ammonia in the rines weßer, and drain glasato on a rubber mat, the air will. day them to a high polish,
On
KITCHENETTE NEW YEAR'S MENU
Tomato-Olive Cocktail Celery Whirls Turkey Kitchenette-Style Lyonnaise Carrots Cramberry Relish Hearts of Lettuce Thousand Island Dressing
Heated Rolis
Fruit and Nut Bowl Coffee
.
All Measurements Ara Level
Recipes Serve Four.
Celery Whirls
·
Separate the stalks of 1 bunch orlap celery. Wash and dry. Fill the stalks with a savoury cheese mixture. Then place the stalks back into the original form of the bunch of celery. Rall tightly in waxed paper and let stand overnight in the frigerator, To регис slice across the bunch to form pinwhocks, Arrange for service on a bed of lettuce, 2 or alices to each person.
Savoury Cheese Mixtures: Blend 1 (3 oz.) pkg. стент cheese with 11⁄2 oz Roquefort typo cheese, 1 tbsp, cream, a few drops onion juice and a dash of tabasco.
Turkey Kitchenette- Style
For this roast a quarter of a turkey;
or heat sliced tinned turkey, or steam and heat cooked turkey purchased from a food store. Then arrange as follows: On each serving plate put o stalks of cooked broccoli. Over his lay the treated sliced turkey; top with plenty of rich cheese
sauce.
Broccoll: Wash 2 lb. fred broccoli and trim off the enuis. to make the stalks even, but do not remove the branches. If any stems are more than 1⁄2 in. in diameter, gash them twice lengthwise, almost
buds.
to
the
80 they will cook quickly as the flower Drop the broccoll into about 2 inches of boiling salted
www water. Cover and cook quickly until crian tender, 10 to 15 min. Allow 1 min. for pressure- cooking.
Choose Sauce: Cut up 3⁄4 3. sharp, - flavoured processed American cheese and place in a double boiler, Melt over hot 'wator. When melted' gradually stir in c.. whole milk or light
erenza.
Trick of the Chef
To make tomato-olive cocktail good and anoppy, add a dash of WorcesteWhiro
sauce and lomen julco to plain tomato juloo and chill. Borve i cocktail, or tomato fulco glasses wil a big ripo olive in the bottom of media ginen,
A GOOD many women mut- ter occasionally from painful menstrundion
.tbla In some pain is so great as to be ac- bally incapacitating!
which The condition is one i3 not thoroughly understood except in those cases where a definite cause, such as in- flammation of the tissues, OT fibroid tumours or cysta can be found. It is also true that those canes in which no
cause for the disorder can be discovered are the most stubborn to treat. GAINING FAVOUR
In
consoquenes,
large variety of remedies have been tried, one gaining favour as another is discarded. About the most satisfactory has been the simple treatment with pain- relieving
drugs and prepara-
tions to relax muscular spasm. Many girls and women, how- aver, are not helped by this method.
have means
Since it has been found that the periods are not painful if ovulation does not occur, treat- ments to suppress ovulation
been
tried. Ovulation the extruding of the
from the human cgg The drug used to prevent this is own as diethylstilbestrol. It is given each night for six nights before the estimated time of ovulation.
overy.
It
BRINGS RELIEF
While this method bas brought
of relief, a measure many patients have found far
from complete. To over- come the difficulty entirely, it Kecessary to. give was still pain.
preparations. Other patients have found that, pain. while the drug relieved
relloving
It brought on new discomforts ir. the form of sickness at the stomach and pain in the ab- domen.
MALE HORMONE
Recently, treatment has been tried using the male sex hor- mone, known as methyl tes- tosterone, This preparation was given by mouth three times a day for six daya before the estirnated time of ovulation. The dose was not such as to cause the development of any male characteristics in the women
Large doses
of this preparation would have such Twenty-two cases an effect.
treated this way and there were no entire failures, About three-fourths of the patients obtained complete re- ilet and the remainder partially relieved.
were
were
It is thought that the giving of this preparation causes a rearrangement of the action of the various glands of internal secretion which, in turn, brings about the relief of the pain.
But
always Temember La cases such as this never should medication be taken except under the direction of the doc- tor.
Gadget of the Week
discovered by JOAN DALE
Everything in the home, from carpets to upholstery, can bo -dust-froo" (with... “this 'kept light - weight, hand - operated electric cleaner, which also be used to clean clothes. -London Express Service)
Beautiful Floors Yours for the WAXING!
can
JOHNSON'S WAX
PASTE
Your floors and your furniture need, the pro- tection of Johnson's wax. The wax takes the wear the surface underneath Even longer, looks lovalier. Insist on Johnson's wax.
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