Knitters Please Notemu,
Bisterials required,--Gaz. Anjaby 3-ply puro Botany wool, 1 pair kiitling needles No. 12, 1 pair No. 10, 1 crochet Book No. 21. 3 small butlanın.
Measurements-To it is boy 10 moniha to á years old. Length from nhoulder to heth, 13in. Tension10 rows to lin., 7 sta; to li11.
Abbreviation■A-K. knit, kg. kaliting. j. puri, st. atiteks, sta. stitches, m. st. moss niitch, ins. inches, patt, pattern, rep, repeat, beg, beginning, the. Inercase, incy, increasing, dec, đeerenze, deck. decreasing, m. 1 make 1, tog, together, de double crochet, eli, chain.
ITTLE boys may not be an fashion-con- scloud as their small sisters, but watch any toddler in a new jersey sult, particularly it it's knitted In a pretty colour which catches his eye. You'll see he's just an - proud and plonged as you or I would be with a new hat,
Here's an ideal
ault for a two-year-old, knitted in a practical boyish rib, with moss-stitch bands and "knickeri, An outfit to "keep him warm and happy on the day i lang.
How to knit it. Here are the instructions:
Ribbed Jersey
Back-On No. 13 needles, cast on 84
af, and work in m. at, for din. New on
back of work coinnirtier palt., changing ·
I No. 1 needies,
fit ruw.-17. 4. .k. 2, rep, to end of row. 3ud row. P. 2, k. lilo accond st., and rn into first st., drop next at off needle and pill on to a apare needle, k. merond at and then para the dropped . in front of work, and K. R. Rep. to end of row.
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Work thene rows unt "work" FAITH i (including m. at, well). Nerv čast off 6 sta, beg, of next 2 rowa and . 2 . beg, of next û rown.
Work without sloping wil armhol mesmares sin., then wark 24 nta, cust.
20. und work to end. Cast, Dir Tal, at armlole edge, work tek. Cust off 2 sts, ut reck edge und werk, buck.
Brothers And
Sisters
NE sees quite a number ut small
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brothers and sistern nowarloys, dressed in slightly modified versions of the same fashions.
It is simple matter to follow Wils very charming mode-at lenst for many of the smartest shopa cater for
Jersey
Suit
This practical boy's two-place is quickly knitted in blue wool in an attractive rib and moss stitch pattern.
Rep. these 2 rows until all sta are coal GIT
Join wool at other side and work to correspond,
Front On No. 12 needles cast on 98 sta. and work as for back until armbcle inenstres alin.. then work neck "deers. as for back. When armhole ameniaisva nta, at armhole, edrje, 45ing cast alf work to end, work, back. Rep. twler,
Join wool at other side and work the Batne.
Eew up seams of right shoulder, then · work 3 rows of de, on back of left shoulder seam for underflap. On op. posite side, make 3 toons.of 8 ch.. arid sew on butions to correspond. Pick up sis. round neck (57 hts) and work f in. t. for about jin. Cast of
Slee olli alike).-On No. beedles, east on 40 nts, and work 210. in mat Change to patt, and No. 20 needles and work 10in. incg. 1 st. each end of needle every 10th row. When
parents who like to dress their chil-waisted line, with a fuller, gored-
dren similarly.
skirt part for the girl,
Dresses, 100, have tops to match There are small- tweed, double- similar te shirts, and only the breasted coats which show ruler skirt or shorts tell you which is for straight line for the boy, and a brother and which for, sister.
Lingerie In Envelopes
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FT is dileult, sometimes, to appear sizes and shapes, so that your stock
absolutely immaculate, for dust inga, gloves, handkerchiefs and un- has a way of creeping into the best erwear cun'all have an envelope to -uf-wardrobezeugetully those with themselves.
**The sets are bound with braid ha which we are accommodated whe
several travelling.
that they 'colours, so Therefore, it is a wise plan to lay quite attractive as well as being use- in a stock of transparent coverings ful
For your hats there are several for underwear, hats and so forth, In order to keep them in spotless con- kinds of boxes, which will preserve dillon in all circumstances.
the freshness of your headgear. Large transparent envelopes are. Some of them are entirely trans- now oblalnable in suta, each set parent, so that you consisting of envelopes of different glance the hat you need.
Try
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Good Soup For
These Colder Days
By Housewife""
until brown. Add two quarts
of
cuplul
SOUP! Just what we need along with a sliced onion and fry these colder daya. A plate stock and bring to the ball, stirring ful of well-made soup is half a occasionally. Skim, add a meal, specially if lots of voge each of carrot, turnip and celery. tables have gone to its making, cut in dlce, and a small bunch of Soup is economical too.
and
herbs. Siminer for three hours, add two tablespoonfuls of ketchup and All the ingredients for soup, more seasoning If necessary, be it flah, meat, chicken or SCOTCH BROTII: Trim away-fat vegetables, can be purchased from 114 pounds, scrag of mutton. from the local market. Hero Break the bones and cut the meat
into
neat places. Put. meat are two recipes you might like bones into
a large casseroli to try:
saucepan, add pepper, solt, herbs (a KIDNEY SOUF: Wish an ox bouquet garni) and two quarts of kidney, soak it for half an hour in cold water, and bring to bolling salt and water, rise and dry. Cut it point, akim off any skum that rises in small pieces, leaving the core, and and then simmer for two hours. Put lecks, one small coat with Bour, seasoned with pepper two onions, two and salt. Melt iwo ounces of drip- turnip and two carols through the two ping info, saucepan, put in the kidney mincer and add them, also
ounces pearl baricy (previously washed) and bring to boiling point oggin
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Skim,and then simmer for hour. Lift out meat, take out bones, chop up the meat and return it to the soup.
Ite-heat and when serving scatter a lttlo páraley on top, finely chop- ped beforehand.
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there are 4 sta. dn needlen, cant off
03 stm, kegg, of next d rows. then k, 2 tag. b. of every row until 24 ste. remain. Cast off 1 min. Sep. of text. 4 rown, Chal +F
The Knickers
On No. 12 needles cast on 20 nts, and work in . 1. p. 1 rb fur & rows,
Next enw.Work 3 pt. m. 1, k. 2
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By Mary Grace
tog., work 2 sts. “ rep. to end, Now work more rows in (k. 1, D. 1) rib.
Change to No. 10 needles and continue in m. t. Begin shaping for the back as follows: work 24 ats, turn, work back. Continue in this way, working 10 more ats. every row until whole row is rom- pleted, working only 6 sts, the last time.
Next rowInc. 1 st. caeli end of row. Now Inc. 1 st, every 6th row at deep end of work and every 10th row at other end, until work
there measures oln., and
aro 110 sis, on needle:
Cast off. 2 sts, ber of next 4 rows and K. 2 tog. bug of next
4 rows.
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Now change to No. 12 needles and work it. of m. st. Cast off. Work other leg to match,
To make up-Sew up side seams of Jumper. Bew up sleeve scams and set in sleeves, team to seam.
Sew up leg seams of knickers, then Join leg together so that senin 35 the centre. Itun elastic through holes at the waist
Prem slightly on the wrong side of work, mying attention to seams.
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A
times you must have felt. the need of advice on some personal problem which you did not want to discuss even with your closest friend perhaps it was something that you felt she would not understand-the| offer of a new post; or whether to accept that invitation to spend a weck with the Smiths, whom you hardly know.
Such problems, whether important or not, can sometimes be extremely dificult to consider. When faced with one you' will tell yourself this and that, thoughts go whirling. through your head, and eventually you give up, telling yourself that you will wait until you can think more away until the moment before the definite decision 18 needed and then you have no time to consider all the import- unt factors. The result is often that you do something or Lake some
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It was after writing such П letter that hit upon the iden of writing
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to myself when I needed advice.
When
I have to make one of those purely personal decisions I get FBG6 plece of paper and a pencil' pad then sit down and think about the prob- lein. As each thought comes to me I write it down, then it does not matter if it does go whirling out of
the next moment-for 1F858 my mind have got it firmly pinned down-on paper. Eventually when I have ex pended all my thoughts, I read F850" throught what I have written. I
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hard to decide, something really 6853 sensible. It is surprising how the written word takes thorough con- elderation so much.ensler.
friend of mine who was
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whether
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other town could not decis in an- F866 Where is the Sun, she should accept it. There were various reasons for and against. She arked me for advice and I teld lier thut the problem was purely a per- sonal one, that the decision rested entirely with her. Then I told her about my method. My friend used
to keep silver is generally due to the cracking off and now she tells me that she is the surface glaze and is difficult to quite happy that she has made the Tarnish is formed on silver by the remove. Wash the tiles with soap right choice because she "thrashed out 00 paper." She combination of the metal with oxy- and water. Avoid soda as it pro- the matter
Make pasie showed
mo her notes the day`after gen from the air-silver oxide. The duces a yellow stam.
or starch or French chalk and
her dechion, and I was only way to povere tarnish is to
Ale made prevent nir coming, in contact with lemon juice and spread it over the pleased to see how neatly she lind
leave for the metal.
stained tiles and
sone written down all those things whlet hours. Repeat a number of times had had to be considered. Would If the silver is at in daily use the process is slow and cannot be
you can treat it with a protective ranteed it the stains are of longue e better off financially in the! colourless lacquer, but this is notanding as they are likely to be in new employment? Had it better practical as it is inclined to chip, if the clay under the glaze. A fairly nid-she-feel prepared to leave her prospects than her present work? is to be used.
ed, washed. and Lynity. To treat the silver with frequent rub with lemon is helpful present friends and make new ones
incquer clean it thoroughly to te lo preventing the stains from darken-- move all tarnish and then polish n. making certain that all the cleaning
agent is removed. Put half unco STAINS ON MARBLE crushed sheline into 1 Bradanted
medleine bottle with five table--
spirits.
ss of methylated
at
To onc
ounce
In the other town? and so on. Against each question she had writ- ten her reply. On those replies she hed based her final choice,
When you
have to work out a Can you tell me how to remove a
tricky little...
perhops; your sum.. reddish stain which has developed weekly household budget or how on white marble tiles where the large much you must
t save for that fort- reveral days shaking gently stabs are jobed to one another? Intervals until clear.
night's holiday, what do you usually Strain
of whiting. one do? thinly on
Get a piece of paper and a inuslin and palat throughs to the clean
can and
warmed metal. sunce of powdered pumice, and two pencil, fot down the known figures, Work in one direction only and dà ounces of crushed soda add enough and then work out the total. It is not go over any place twice, or leave boiling water to make a ereum. se much easier than trying to do if will last in- Spread this ever the stain and leave your head, unless you are a clever any spaces. This definitely with only dally dusting
sting for twenty-four hours. Wash
mathematielaut and occasionally washing in warm sinse, and dry well. If
If marble is will occasionaly polished with a soapy water and careful drying **** furniture cream the surface will be eit" makes the solution of a prob a soft cloth When the Jarquer fur wears off it must all be removed preserved and is less likely to be lem so much easier. It is merely arriving at a "decision" Instead of a with methylated spirits, the silver come stained. Marble (calcium car substituting "facts" for figures and washed and cleaned, and the process bonate) is dissolved by acids, there-to repeated, and not merely touched tore vold their use for stain
moval.
up
There
is no cleaning agents which will prevent tornish although some Stained decanteR
are better, cleaners than others.
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the two which you mention the liquid one although a speedy cleaner. is not to be recommended as it taina mercury which cleans by
of the surface moving a thin m metal.
rc-
In the same way "writing to your
M. T.
THE DINNER TABLE- Would you kindly tell me the way to get rid of a Jeyes Fluid disinfectant stain from the side AN artistically-set dinner table is: of cut glass decanter?
not only a subtle reflection of a Stand the decanter on a non-heat woman's personality, but a visible insic. Dy the conducting surface, eg wood-end expression of her
It is only very alight of course, but put in a largo piece of washing soda. variations she may introduce in the over a period of time a wearing Slowly pour in a little hot water (not appointments of her table a woman away of the surface can be seen, quite boiling). Allow to cool, shake con provide the right setting for a diner-&-deux or a more formal af- especially on engraved embossed well, rinse and repeat.
fair. surface.
If no difference in the colour of
For instance, the Indulgence of drastic The plate powder which you men the stair in noticed more tlon is an effective abrasive which methods must be employed. Rinse the individual ideas and the Interpreta- when mixed with methylated spirits decanter and dry, as thoroughly as tion of a mood may be carried out or ammonia is an excellent cleaner possible. Pour in some hydrogen to perfection by the understanding. which has no detrimental effect on peroxide witli a squeeze of lemon, and discriminate use of silver.
intimate dinner party, For Jun stand the metal.
Julce. Allow to
elven for a few distinguished guests. hour. Rinse well...
the atmosphere, the hostess should CLEAN YOUR BATHROOM
If that is not successful you must
culture. Tall shaded candies, shed- Would you kindly let me know the use hydrochloric acid. Pour into the seek to capture is one of dignity and best method to, clean, white bath decanter and leave for half an hour.ding a soft radiance on the gleam Toom tiles which have developed a Rinse and repeat if necessary. Wash of polished wood, the sheen of allver Teddish yellow sort of stain?
well with hot soapy water and goda and the brilliance of flowers will The reddish yellow stain some so that every trace of the acid in help to this effect. Umes found on white bathroom tiles removed.
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