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PRACTICAL
HOMECRAFT
DRY CLEANING The Quaint Little Cottage FABRICS
RY
HAZARDS
By W. W. BAUER, M.D.
cleaning should other explosive
Dnever be tempted unzards."
the
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And irritant
There are now on the market home. The savings are not fe cleaning fulds which Dry clean- "cannot burn or explode." This worth the risk.
correct, but it is ing at home is too danger is strictly ous, both from the accident for from the whole story. These non-flammable fluids climinated and the medical view-point.
only the danger of fire or ex- by clean fluids
with the In common plosion. Alamanabie and explosive,
dammable cleaning fluids, they tumes give off poÍMODENA
All are poisonous when the skin, Alle Inhaled in Fre humia. tu
In sufficient qunistity are quasopous of laken laternally, Thee lucre praively a pince in the safe and healthful household.
Gasoline, naphtha and benzol means that they act upon the ouble nervous system. Some Interfere flammable with the
and vitamin utilisation, These fuel sub-
may thus favour nerve paralysis solvent greuse
due to vitamin deficiency. Soane! are poisonous to the kidneys
Avoid Home Use
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DESIGNED FOR A SMALL PLOT, This house, inspired by the lovely cottages
of Kent and Cotswold, can be built on ground only 40 feet wide,
windows contribute to the home's quaintness.
The housewife, intent By Joan O'Sullivan
of autiotay, will not try to save money by doing dry clearing or
known that Vurally susaries are dangerous larger doses, the effects ein be
st much more serious. audze prace of fire, but
tall enough known how Ki te bow small n Are en
m.xtu explosive 81 the
cleaness at The bars of
er than all, and they lend to sery along the Bour. new actprating robins as far
It is not enough 2001 SUN away
ket!
sur reniving with dry cleanersNSPIRED by the lovely
The dangers outweigh theme. the advantages so heavily 3/4- Tisk 1 Many
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that
little cottages of Kent and Cotswold. the enttago
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KITCHE
B'-4'
bath
worth goved fabove is small enough for at
can be remov
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cold 40-foot plot. using
worm
froth woullens de apsised of the absence of
water fest, then The pilot light of
suds Cottons and many synthe- walet he set or cu burian
textiles are washable. the Abre
problem: and the dry cleaning does not arise.
com can start an pi-con, so của a spark of plate elevizicily
fabrics,
Many really silk, erente electricity que les rubbug
Livin
Such
sparks.
staking
Husse
from
the
of ony Flammable materials ind should never be stared in the
Nor should home. metallic object nous ones. The danger of agonist arwther, may be enough mistaking a colourless cleaning fluids for something else a too to cause a fire or an explosion.
Kreol
Dangerous
to Skin
The commonly expressed cau- in to itse such cleaners in the
open wir laut audient.
safer than indoor use,
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the fumes are diffused to some Statle purk 410
extent, but
the
sull dangerous.
Dry cleaning Aulds will the fats out of the skin as well as out of fabrics. This may re- sult in dried out, cracked ani wrinkled skin, highly susceptible to infection. Repeated use my serious skin injuries. Dry cleaning Outds are not suitable for cleaning grease or paint off the hands-naphtha soap flakes are better and safer. When hands
Cause
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are exposed to cleuning fluids.
and even when they have been
A Variety of
Outdoor Snacks
By Alice Denhoff
T'
TIME for living outdoors
and simplified cookery, For a quick luncheon or washed with naphth soap dakes, supper for 3 servings, make
De washed they should again
1 c. of medium white sauce. a mild toilet soup, Kenly with
nd then given a liberal applica-Blend in 4 tsp. dry mustard and 2 tsp. prepared horse- Above all, never use the ethyl radish. Add 1 c. cubed ham gasoline now commonly employ-and 2 diced, hard-cooked ed for high-compression gasoline engines this contains deadly eggs. Serve hot over toast tetra-ethyl lend, and may cause with paprika sprinkled over lead poisoning In addition to its all.
tion of cold cream.
Pre-Natal Care Is Vital
that-
FULL nine months are need.
For nother દુખમાં quickle,
The 8-Foot
projection forming vestibul and entry gives it far more character than is usually found in such a small house.
The entry lends into a living room planned with a built-in bookcase, fireplace The and picture window. dining section of this room is
the separated from kitchen by a rear vestibule, which provides a side exit The and has a stairway to basement.
Off the living room, a hali leads to the bath and both bedrooms, one large enough to accommodate twin beds.
The house, H-5206, com- prises 790 square feet.
Don't
cla
holl
DINING
clo
Multi-paned
BEDROOM
10' x 11'-6"
LIVING 15-4 x 18
BEDROOM 10'-6"x 13'-6"
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VEST.
coats
THE ARCHITECT has taken advantage of the rear vestibule which separates the entry to provide a
compact kitchen from dining area.
Let Your Child Escape Music Lesson Practice
your
CAN MAKE
A ROOM
By Eleanor Ross
"OLOUR tells the
C
changing story of house. hold fabrics, and very
fascinating yarn it is. When it comes time to do a bit of refurbishing. and you go looking for new sitɲ cover or drapery fabrics, even the old stand-bys will acem different.
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Chances are, you won't be able Lo find the favourite colour acheme of red and green on grey or turn, but there' be
of uch luscious plenty ideas as turquoise end pink in charcoal. Not many of the old hunter and forest green grounds, either, but plenty of new and delicate recna such 15 cilve. avocado and mass.
und
Mauve, teal, purple, lavender and taupe are well represented, both in yardage and made-up ensembles, colour that. now wa considered only hi limited yardage for high-style, high-priced decorating jobs. The cabbage-rove design is missing. Loo. Large
and such there are in plenty, are done in etching 11 dudiente
nae Bae
design.
Poses,
Inspired no doubt by ranch- Lype interiors HTC interesting prints that simulate natural tex- tures such 29 stone. straw, bramble, brick and wrought iron work.
Fabrics can make a room, as they do in one new display. A bedroom makes much use
of
green, pale for the walls, almond green for the rug, the furniture in walnut with
silver trim. Dellentely sheer cotton curtains butterflies, with printed leaves and ladybugs, and a com- panion print is quilted for the bedspread. Really appealing!
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Not in style, at the moment anyway, is the Bubbly or very textured, tweedy upholstery fabric. Shoppers come into the stores fully
to got prepared
something something practical, very modem, and when they see smooth, silk-liko iridescent upholstery fabrics, that's what they want and buy. Places that do reuplolstering tell us the same thing.
Patterns are on the prim side, with plaid, check,
stripe and small neat scale motifs, but all with a new, modern or different Jook. Heavy cotton fabrics are done with many of the themes in current drapery so popular
designs, such as soft geometrics, contemporary floral and smartly handled, stylised designs of For Eastern Inspiration,
The plo
shown
fabrics that are are highly individual,
the result of clever handing of
By Garry Cleveland Myers, Ph.D.
sure y mix
place stices of spiced ham and WHETHER
WHETHERustlersch nearly
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melts. generous salad beverage for a good, rocal.
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Too Much Discussion
he wits
the Abres. In Birategie
mixing
ploce, the three of Tuskalta în an unusual three-tone colouration for a new block pattern. Dota of a synthetic Abre are used in to land in- nubby weave in another design. Colours are here, too, with plenty of rich shades,
I lovely be plnk
FOR AN INFORMAL
GET-TOGETHER
child often does, happen, but it need period, til you see improvement.
chicken on boast squires.
Cover
And when it does, it Barring the few geniuses in happen. with rich mushroom gravy made
the
is not because of the require music, only those who were re- around, there's from condensed mushroom soup summer or winter or
The ment, but because of the ineffec- quired to practise ever have ot- or add sauteed mushrooms
An tiveness of the requirement and tied proficiency in instrumen- decorative fashion
A who
Ampic terest in roast problem of practice. gravy Jeft OVLT
great the needless emotional resistance tal music. Ask any person chleken. Sprinkle sandwich occasional child, with a
now excels in music generously with grated cheese. teacher,
required to practise, and he will can be stimulated aroused.
child who has almost surely Show me the
answer that he Brown under broiler until to practise voluntarily. But
was. And he will add: "1 am lemon golds, spice browns and very few such discovered he cannot escape re- Serve with a there are
grateful,
to now, my pale or sea greens, rather than hot children.
to the gular and faithful music prac very Thanks
tice, and I will show you the
parents for having made me do the deep greens and tons of
former season, if light influence of recitals, and the child who has found practice "
stimulation of participation growing less and less distasteful, because, it he in school bands and orches even attractive, tras; small number of has moderate musical talent, he ed to adequately prepare the Infant for the shock of leaving
Sliced hard-cooked eggs or-children do a bit of home gradually gains in music skill Jus mother
and, consequently, in satisfac- cold outer Ice the Statistics show that in aged between fast slices and practice. Then a few more tion from his achievement. worldl
topped with greamed left-over children whose parenta burn United States, every year.
thrifty. premature birth alone kills 60,000 vegetables infants that are
bom alive. A nourishing luncheon for children up an enormous amount of
or adults.
energy coaxing, pleading or The child who hates music number of the airvivors are Frankfurter buns make appe-nagging, also do some home because he has had to practic, crippled by cerebral palay, tising glad nests, 100, and they practising. But for many has not always been sure behind haemorrhage or blindness.
are quick to prepare. Scoop out children, music lessons are a
or he has not to practice, Certain mothers have a greater the bun centre to leave a shallow
of annoy practised without a vast deal ofHOWING off, which used is, that it is Line with small lettuce constant sourco
over arguments and to be the keynote of, range from one to any number tendency to deliver prematurely nest.
party or an after-the-show than others. Usually, the young leaves, and fill with a incat or ance. They are also a cause uncertainales about ine practis-entertaining, is out of style. of guests. It can be a morning of vexation and disappointing It, before or at each practice informality has taken over. supper. It may be just coffee, mother who is hard working and seafood saind,
Want a tangy spread for ment to parents.
there is dissension and some ap- or greater undernourished has
No more formal dinnera, or a big spread, from brunch sandwiches? Biend
of escape, parent possibilities
no to bridge mack. predisposition toward curly de- brend livery. Certain races also tend cottage cheese with crumbled Deplorable Folly he will not gain much in sklii, no more set luncheons,
or satisfaction
achieve more elaborate meals. But from
A MUSICAL TREAT blue or Roquefort-type cheese, more toward premature births.
sileed stuffed Now there's certainly
no ment.
today there's just as much
If someone in the family goes Many of the women who de crisp bacon bila,
prematurely neglect their olives and mayonnaise to moisten objection to our trying hand to Suppose your son or daughter, hospitality, in fact, more so. In for records and has a fine liver
cause our children to choose to prenatal care. This is a type of and bind.
But I de eight or ten, takes music lessons, Friends get together because collection, then lovers of music practise regularly. care given the woman who visits
folly plore the her physician at crequent inter
of supposing Let the child choose with you.
the luncheon, the buffet tained, no matter how simple there should be no parental to a regular practice period of rea- they enjoy it, not because are bound to ove of music vala during her pregnancy, Ho
For those the tea is an the refreshments. zan check on her general health A ham toestwich is prepared quirements when the child does sanable length (from 20 to
minutes). Tell him just once supper or
who have a big backyard, sum- between two not choose to practice,
bo tho nutritional status
Umo her
should and detect by placing ham.
he must take sole responsibility obligation. Bloc that have been
For and correct such disorders as may broad
True, some women seem to wonderful social gather- Many parents suppose that for the regular practice. be present. In this way, he can spread with a blend of butter
required to och dereliction, don't let him have a great knack for playing for with maybe
ingos But we do think catch any difficulty before it and mustard. The sandwich if the child is
good friends and neighbours sor, and most wooo can then dipped into a French toast practise (or to do anything else) practise at all, that day but re- the hostess. progresser, be encouraged to a full-term egg-muk mixture and browned he will surely come to dislike quire him, to sit doing nothing that it's possible for any woman, contributing some of the food music or whatever he has been without amusement for twice as no matter how small her house The more one indulges in it, the normal birth,
in het fat
As a change from all the sand. required to do. This can, and long as his regular practice hold or how tight the budget, ensler and hopper Women who carry twins or triplets should bo especially wiches, try this dish.
Brown 2 lb. ground boot and watchful and follow their doc tors directions to the latter.
-
..
1 onion, diced, its a little fat in skillet Sur unail meat la orumbly. Add spaghetti and
Simmer 15 min. Serve
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
30
wornen tould watch herself a during her pregnancy to see that red tomato sauce to all the she does not gain too much. weight. It could be a dangerous pan.
́tt patches of dirt on bors polish to the tone and pressing sign. If she has bleeding during with cucumber salad or radishes, the last months of pregnancy, she celery and carrot strips, all well are hard to remove with a dry the stred edges together with mop, rub them with ane steel the angers until the polish dries.
turpent- shoetid immediately consult her criapod.
And for a good vitamin-rich wool moistened, wi mother physician. Care of the. by a physician is the factbe most main dish, aimmer slices of liver, likely to bring both mother and dredged in four, until well child through a normal pres-browned. Slice an onion into A
be the "alciilse and add tinned or
codlond. Zomato.
H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D. still done.
thow
thin
mor
to do some entertaining and Indeed, to have a fine ume at becomes. her own party.
flexible. It
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hospitality
Summer is a grand time to; seb the ball rolling, for, then It's the
SOCIAL TRAINING easiest and most ensual, party Where there are children, that is the biggest success. Food hospitality is ever so Important. is at its simplest, and there are It helps to train them in the so many dishes, such as moulded social graces that all should salads and chliled desserts, that posson. Helping to arrange the can be prepared well in aq.
Venca
ice. Same goes for, sand- get-together gives them poise whe and dignity, string Entertaining Lari't, oary, wo'l} || Paper plates are dampening the
Ideal and packages for maile admit. No matter how casual those are now so handsome that. mind me the wiring the gathering may be, it dode their use is a pleasure; likewinn Veiving a takmer au bluts of tumisaning and the plastic volothe Land & pisos