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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1951.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
A Face-lift For Rugs
By ELEANOR ROSS
EVEN if it is a bit of a chore to do right by rugs, the results are worth-while.
Braided mats, colton chenille jobs, string and woven rag rugs can be washed at home if not too large and if colour-fast, And againg-over with awning paint will turn back the clock for a faded Bbre MR.
To wash Jugs
emove 8:
Jossible with
satisfactorily
mus loose dirt as
4. best of all. Souk in clear
< 10
minute ལ་་ water and
soft wate
broom, sweeper, vacuum cleanes lukewarm water
Use lukewarm mild soap Ju if you use the wasn Tucham
FA
minutes. reporting vih fresh ard: Inerts, aty, until
for
clean
(Wo
Rinse thee times in lukewarm
running machine
water.
nutes each time.
HANC IN SHADE
Hang
PANA ndoors to ory
ime, :queezing Accumulates
at
From time
in shade
E
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water that
edge Turn
several times When dry, brush ile rugs with a whiskbrom in itrertion of pile
If washing rugs by hand, uza
water and buds ar Gezeribe: bove and scrub all over with,
a brush. Extiart water by roll-
g up Jug Rinse until all soap water by out.xtracting rolling up earl ume Hang dry
Now get at 1 at Ad #bre ug that looks a faded, so cul!. so ready for discard. But Ars see what eng be done with J esting of awning paint or fail.
og that, at paint
Before really getting to work see that the flat paint is thin
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by trying a prashful on the
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needlecraft
Delicate Tatted Edgings
DEAL for handkerchiefs, lingerie and.
IDEAL
yes, for household items, too, are pretty tatted edgings which are not only easy- but fascinating-to do. Today we illustrate four different patterns, all extremely dainty, which you'll like for spare-time pick-up work; have hand when gift- giving time, like Christmas, rolls around.
TATTING ABBREVIATIONS
ring Em p
small picat cl double stitch
close ring picot
No. 3441
R
dis
Р
3 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 #Q & Q I O
No. 3442
No. 3443
on
is symbol ind.caxs ne direc.. s immediatly following are to be repes ed a given number of times in adil on to the sg.na.
No. 2440 MATERIALS: D-M-C Ta 'ng, A 19. A Tat-
Shuttle.
NOTE: Reverst wilk and cave 3% in, between * Ring,
7
IST (uppery: 2 ds. p. 2 us, P, 2 ds, smp. 4 ds, sm p. 2 ds, P, 2 ds, sm p. 2 ds, cl.
2ND E (lower): 3 da, sm p. 3 ds, P, 7 ds, sm p,
P. 3 ds, smp, 3 ds. e.
*3RD R: 2 ds, em p. 2 ds, jo to last P of ty cus upptx R, 2 ds, sm p, 4 as, sm p, 2 ds, P. 2 ds, sm p. 2 cs, cí. 4TH R. 2 ds, join to last P of p.ev.cus lower R. 2 ds. sm y, 2 ds, P, 2 ds, ci, 5TH R: Rp. 3rd R. 6TH R: 3 ds, sm p, 3 de, join to P of previous lower R, 7 de, sm p. 7 da, P, 3 de, smp. 3 ds, cl. Rp. from".
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DREAM KITCHEN
By JOAN O'SULLIVAN
M
MAKING meals, doing dishes-iwo big items homemaker's
O n
# ! v
enough to sink into the libres agenda. They take time, and
that time is spent in the
back of the rug. Use turpentine | kitchen, u room that's the
i
as a thinner for the flat paint. and for the awmng paint
lus is necessary
Dust and then shampoo the rug, and when it is dry, place 1 on a nice thick bed of several layers of newspaper or wrap. ping paper,
of scene
many "Woman hours" of housework each werk.
Up
Here's a room that's a centre of activity, of tasks that are tiresome, yet must dune daily. For this Mrx America is kitchen-conscious. If she's building or buying a home,
be Wants
kitchen het for maximum plamed
reason,
DRY THOROUGHLY When painting both sides of fibre rug, allow on side to dry thoroughly bef re Tackling the other side If you fut, as we did, that some of the paper efficiency.
stuck to the Tug. peel o scrape it off carefully, together th any paint droplets that may have seeped through from the other side, before starting work on the reverse side.
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If you're starting from scratch, you
buy 2 dream kitchen, like the one shown, complete with deluxe appliances, cabinets, counter tops and glass block counter.
The important thing, course, is to consult a kitchen planning expert while your home is still in the blueprint stage. Be sure electric outlets, Sear
windows are space placed properly for maximum efficiency. The house is al ready up. let the kitchen plan- ner see the floor plan and tell you how best to utilise the available space.
If you're budgeting. you needn't buy all your stream- Eined appliances at once, plan for them now. 5.J you'll have a place for them you can afford to purchase.
make
THE REWARD OF planning is an efficient kitchen, such as this one. A partition provides a wide counter
for sorting grocery deliveries.
an
an
Ire (for baking) near the re sparkling white steel cabinets,
electric dishwasher, frigerator a preparatory centre
and an electric
unit
But (for fruits and vegetables) electric sink with garbage dis-
near the sink, and a cooking p: sal
the range. near when and serving centre
Kitchen work starts at the range.
Well-planned storage units the left and flows casily to the right, 90 Mrs
Homemaker fave more time. All food sup- The designer who dreamed doesn't have to buck-track or plies and equipment are stored
The today's criss-cross.
glass-black near the working arca pages, planned the exact lay-partition near the door is used they're used. cut that this particular home for sorting food deliveries. maker wanted to live and work
up
with
the kitchen
จด
where
it
It's a dream kitchen come Up-to-date appliances keep true. Bright and cheerful,
means less work for the house- The room is laid out in three work at a minimum. There's a working areas a mixing cen- 10-cubic foot refrigerator, wife.
ting Shuttle.
No. 3441
MATERIALS: D-M-C Tatting, Art. 19. A Tat-
Work a connec.ing R as follows: R-4 ds, sm p. 1, el Work 3 more connec'ing R's with % in. belwren cach. Reverse work, leave in, R-10 C3 P. ds, P, 7 ds, c. R7 ds, joln to last P of P previous R, 17 ds, P, 7 ds, el R-7 ds, join to of previous R, 7 ds, P, 10 ds, cl. Reverse work, leave Jin., work 4 connecting R's with 1⁄2 in. between cach. Reverse work, leave in., R-10 ds, jein a Pof last large) R, 7 ds, P, 7 ds, el Repcet from*.
No. 3442
MATERIALS: D-M-C Tabing, A. 19. A Tal- ing Shu tie.
NOTE: Love 1⁄4 in. between each Ring R--9 ds, P. 4 ds, sm p, 4 ds, P, 9 ds, cl, °R—4 ́ds, join to lasi P of previous R. 2 ds, sma p. 2 ús. P. 4 5. R- as, join to P of previous R, 4 ds, sm p. 4 ds. P. ds, cl. Rpt from.
No. 3443
MATERIALS: D-M-C Tat ing, Art. 19. A Tμ- Bing Shuttle,
NOTE: Rverse work and leave à in, between each Hing.
...
1ST & (upper): 4 ds, P,4 ds, smp, 4 ds, P 4.ds. 2ND R (lower): 4 ds, P, 8 ds, P, 4 ds, cl. * 3RD R: 4 ds, join to las: P of previous upper R. 4 ds, sin p, 4 ds, P. 4 ds, cl. 4TH R: 8 ds, join to last P of previous lower R, 3 ds, 0 P's separated by a ds, 6 ds, cl. 5TH R: Rp. 3rd R. 6TH R: 4 ds, join last P of previous lower R, 8 ds, P, 4 ds, cl. Rpt from
"Copyright, 1951, King Features Syndicate, Inc.
ALL MODERN conven- iences are arranged -so that kitchen tasks start at the left and flow to the
right, thus avoiding back- tracking.
HERE'S A kitchen come
DREAM
true.
THERE'S NO garbage can in this house! None is needed because there's a garbage disposal unit in the streamlined electric sink.
MAGIC RAY
COOKING
Planned to cut down Mrs A Steak Is Grilled
Homemaker's work, it's arranged and equipped to save time and steps. An electric dishwasher, for example, takes care of dishes in short order.
Thanksgiving Dinner
AMERICAN
Australian
Chickens
TURKEYS
Australian
Ducks
$3,30
per 15.
at the DAIRY FARM
SH
FRAMATTONY NA T
CRANBERR
€1.75
In 35 Seconds
By GORDON HOLMAN
"MAGIO box" cooling will
be one of the surprises for passengers on the maiden voyage of the world's biggest post-war liner, the 51,500-ton "United States," early next
summer.
Passengera, on their way to the grill-room will pleic their Juch-thick blepks and then watch them coole in 35 seconds.
If they prefer chicken ana have four minutes to spare, they con zee a whole bird · | cooked.
I have just watched cooking by this method in the kitchens of the liner America, present
flagship of the United States Lines.
Said chief chef Otto B marck, who operated the "inagle "There will be, largoe
be able to me in the new
oh which passengers will
"It is cooling by rus 20
ray beats down and food from the centre
on which the food is placed gute
ht, but the bottom of the OVER
· is quite cool "fler the food)
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