PRACTICAL
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1951.
HOMECRAFT
LITTLE HOUSE-MUCH COMFORT
By JOAN O'SULLIVAN
QEEING'S not always be
SE
lieving.
Take today's house, for example. It gives the im- pression of great width, feature that's typical of to- Tanch day's trend toward homes, but it's really a small compact home de signed for maximum con- venience at low cost.
The exterior is frame with brick frim ured under the living
room
picture window, The frame construction attinctive- ly combines a shingled effect te the left of the entrance with vertical siding used to the right,
Instele, a large living room GIT the cozy vestibule.
Opens The bly natural fireplace, which the first thing you see when you enter the room, is ideal for thune cold, winter evenings, Big. picture windows at either end
of the room provide an attractive view.
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Off the living room modern kitchen with a corner set aside for dinette furniture,
Both bedrooms are to the left
of the vestibule, convenient
the
to
bath. is large enough to accommodate twin beds. Il has three windows
on that look out
the front grounds,
ride well as o 014 window, which provides cross ventilation,
The front bedroom
There's clorel space aplenty In this house, and the bedroom hallway features wall shelves, which might be used for books and records.
Bulit with a basement, the house comprises 15,012 cubic feet; withmit a basement, 0,023 cubic feet.
oj
To arrive at a general estimate the construction cost of this }xu&, .ascertain construction per cubic foot in your
costa
locality, then multiply this by the number of cubic feet given here. The result should be with- in 10 percent either way of the cost,
BED ROOM 96798
BED ROOM
15-2*110*
15721775
HALL
WARDROB
DATH
VEST
STOOP
10 KA H
EX 120098 KRE!
HERE'S A HOUSE that looks bigger than it really is. It gives the Impression of great width but it's really à small, compact building. Brick trim is used effectively under the living room window, which provides a pretty picture view.
DINING
SPACE,
KITCHEN
BED ROOM 9619'0*
ISTRSTEN
HALL
LIVING ROOM
7%17:2
VEST.
ENTRY
BED ROOM
15:20"
STOOP
WHEN THE HOUSE is built with a basement, there's
a little storage room next to the kitchen and the side, door, as the plan shows
LIVING ROOM 11-717-2"
DENING SPACE
KITCHEN 7
WITHOUT A BASEMENT, plans call for a utility room near the kitchen, which is modern and features a corner space for dining.
LOOK FOR THESE NINE SIGNS IN
MENTAL HEALTH
PERSON
has good mental
the
8. He facts courageously his emotions, consequences of his own acts.. health when
his and not his allies Are enemies. Look for these algns:
1. When he has a minimum of jealousies, angers, worries, and is a icars and anxieties, master of his own emotions:
2. He enjoys ample relax ation and le a hopeful cheerful person.
and
3. He is not self-centred. He gela strong satisfaction from observing and applauding the worthy virtues nad achieve- and succeSSES of other
ments persons.
4. He feels secure and went ed in his family and among others of his own group any- where, most of the timo least.
at
5. He is able to say effective- ly and comfortably what he wants to say...
8. He enjoys achieving up to his capacities, efforts.
and wastes
no
He works hard when he works and plays hard when ho play
.
7. He does not brag when he wins or suik when he loses He does not pity himself or run away from difficulties.
ORANGE GINGERBREAD
(KA NÖRTH=" COUNTRY AUNT - OF MINE USED TO MAKE THIS
BEAT
TO A CREAM 40% MARO,
SANDULA
SUGAR
STRADD
BRATEN
Q. He is easy to live with at home and Ukable away from home. He is a happy person and useful citizen.
Mental health is established chiefly in the family which at its best is the haven of security from the storms and stressce of the outside world. Even after a person grows up and leaves home, or after all the other me members of his family have scattered about or died, his carller family memories and emotional residue still linger in his head and heart,
Styles In House Plants Change
So
New York.
A
Se
Pretty Blouse With Removable Tab Collar, and Cuffs
is 10
CREPE blouse as attractive
as the one illustrated always welcome addition
your
Home decoration has reached the point where even a house plent must fit into the general decorating scheme of things.
Politi head says Louis Kardener for the New York
than More wardrobe. Botanical Gardens, who claims.
one set of tabs and cuffs can be homemaker the fashionable
dare made to change off,-if-button these days wouldn't cultivate a cactus in a room holes are used, where the furnishings, were stark modern.
Polli explained that a cactus
You need 1 vd. to 1% yd,
of 42 fabric, depending
Crosswise Strip
on
is meant for informal room set-length shoulder to waist, plus 3", plus yd. for collar and tings, such as you will see in
On the cufis. the ranch-type house, other hand, the well-decorated formal room will have such greenery as a Norfolk Island rine
or a new tropical plant called the peperomia. The pine is a stiff-stemmed plant whose needle-like branches jut out from the stem at about
* 30- degree angle. The peperomin also long and stiff-stemmed but its leaves are broad, colour- and ed an
aily-green on top, bright red underneath.
Styles Change "Styles in house plants change, too," Polit! said.
"The era of the Indian rub- ber plant and pink Pandanus la over, Homemakers now pre- fer such greenery as the phile. dendron, the dumb cane, Eng- Ush vy and
and the several varieties, of. cactus."
The botanist said Wonch
also like the "bromeline" group, those plants which feed on air, and other "arolds," in addition The "arolds" to philodendron. all have broad, shiny leaves and Politi sakd all of them make good house plants.
On opposite selvage cdge chalk a line 12 in, straight across from M to N for centre ront, Lay selvage edges of back along centre front line. Pin.
Cut out front same as back except facing and neckline, Ro- move back.
O is neck plus to left of N; P the same below N, Draw neck curve:P to O.
Cut neckline, cuiting facing to match curve as shown. Mark depth of front neck opening Q. Scam centre front line, stitch- ing from Q down. Scum centre back, Fress seams open.
Front Facings
Turn front facings to right at side. Stitch nerosa facings
Clip neckline.
and corners curves. Turn facing to wrong side. Press
Sutch shoulder and underarin leaving left underarm seams, scam open for about 7 for placket. Face neckline and bot- tom of sleeves.
Fin waistline 'fullness in pleats or darts, Put on blouse and check AL Remove. Stitch pleats or darts,
Straighten ends. Cut off 43⁄41⁄2” crosswise strip for tabs and Use zipper or snop fasteners cuffs. Cut fabric length in for aide closing. Hem bottom half crosswise. With right edge of blouse, Press. sides together, pin all edges.
From fabric strip for cuffs Lay one selvage toward you.and tab collar, cut two 4" cross- A is lower left-hand comer; B is wise pieces for tabs. Cut two same measurement 03 lower right, C is armhole cuffs
Is bottom of sleeves plus 2′′, or 3′′. A: D plus 3 to right of
A.
shoulder to waist plus 1 from Fold tab pleces in half length- wise, right sides together. Slitch side and one end as at R.
Measure length of shoulder plus sleeve length plus 1". Chalk a line this length straight in from C for E, then a straight line from E to left edge of fabric.
A Broken Line
F and G are. 4 bust plus 114" from C and B. H Ir. bust from D. Chalk a broken line from D
to H.
I
Dallas Pratt, M. D., and Jack Nehrer bave written t pamm. phlet entitled "Mental Health is a Family Affair," recently
I is neck plus above published by the Public Affairs
A. 3 is to right of A. K is Committee, of New York City.
armbole plus 1" to left of F.
This pamphlet
mental
Chalk back neck curve. J-I. Chalk a straight line from health does not tell you how to "analyse" yourscit,
through K to L; L-E; and T-H; your friends or family or where to
'and
H-G.
Curve under- Indicated. go for peychiatric advice. IL
arm at -Fon
slevon of does tell in very simple langu-
If bottom "At the botanical gardens, ogo what cause many person-
taper underarm too wide, ity problems in families, how every time we get a new mon
sleeve from Fto E as indicated he goes some new ideas in the com-
around with garden by broken lue: munity дте helping familles hose, killing off plants, and not
problems
knowing and
any prevent these
better"
Politi Cut, out back on lines J-1; how this can help you, your complained. "Some housewives I-L; L-E E around F, through as guilty."United H to G. Mark wallins pleats children and other loved ones
are just 1Press.
För darta 'as indicated, 'to enjoy mental health.
AND THEN KID BLACK
TREACLE
WARMED
A
As for care of house plants, Politi said the biggest mistake of any homemaker is in over- watering
NOW. MDC IN THE GRATED
RIND AND
JUICE
OF 14 ORANGE
JEID ROUR.
BIEVED
WITH
ASPOONB!
LGROUND:
GINGER
AND LAST COR: ALL
POUR INTO A
GREASED.
ROUTIN LINI WITH
NATE
IN A
· MODERATS OVEN ABOUT
SHOUR
*Front
Back
selvage /C.
Fold cuffs in hair longthwise, Sutch right sides together. ends of each cuff is at S.
Clip all corners," press acdiris open, and turn right side out, Bind raw edges of cliffs.
Position and Length
Do you keep
papers under a cushion?
THERE
CHIPPY solves this family problem
pers you keep the
which collect in the home? On the top of the radio. . under- seath the cushiona?
Check position and longth of
Cut off tabe.
excoms Turn: ends in and sew them together. Tack to inside of neckline, Tack In cuffs to position,
Tabs and cuffy can be changed If buttonholes are made in both and, link buttons used. ut neck and in sicover
If, tiffon, and buttonholes aro not take Gruas mind, katengi;to Hold testir, place at necka map cutte: together, and now buttons on for decoration only,
It is easy to solve the prob- lem with a simple rack which fits into a recess, or (supported by an angle bracket) into any comer
the
STEP 1: Measure the width of and cut the two recess
and
from pieces wood one inch thick and drill holes for the large üxing
triangulor
OCTOWS.
use
The exact measurements will depend on the thickness of the
you wood for the two slop- ing shelves; they
need not be more inch
than
thick.
Make
the top
angle of these wooden trianglos
FIRST FIT UP (which determine the slope of your shelves) as wide as the depth of your recess allows. will be no danger then of the and magazines newspapers
falling off,
There
STEP 2: Cut the timber for
the the sloping shelves and ledges which are to be screwer along their bottom edges. The shelves can be made up from
the two planks and hold at back by small cross battens
thelr
length. half-way along
supports will The triangular net as end battens.
The ledges should stick out t least 14 inches so their overall width will depend on the thick- ness of the shelf ümber.
FCAP
THE END VIEW STEP 3: Complete the "first assembly" as shown in the dia- gramm above. Do not screw on the front shelf at this stage or you will have difficulty in fix- ing on the will
STEP 1: Hold Atmont on the wall (allowing 1 in. gap along the back for dusting and clean- through the ing), and mark
holes in the end' brackets with anal. Remove the fitment and fit plugs in the wall on these
marics...
STEP 5: Screw in place and fit in the front shelf.
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the good old days.......
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