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Miss Scott Makes The Best Coffee
By PATRICIA CLARY
HOLLYWOOD, Lizabeth
Scott
hasn't hauled home an Oscar yet, but, Oscarn aren't everything. Miss Scatt indisputably makes the best cup of coffee in town.
The beautiful blonde alio is ex- pert with eggs, sunny side up, and makes an excellent allee of tonst.
That takes core of breakfast.
When Miss Scott gets married, she may. learn how to cook dinner.
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Even it lo,
hend and she's shoulders over most movie queens, who look on cooking with the same distaste they would smallpox,
Miss Scott's secret with coffee is two level tablespoons, instead of one heaping, per cup.
"It uses more coffee," she nd- mitted, "but it's worth it. I count to 20 very fast while the water's bubbling through it, then I take it DII.
Brings Out Flavour "You get the best, fresh favour that way. You don't wear out the grounds. Then it tastes sour."
Keep Hands Well-Groomed, Use Them With Grace, Charm.
Courtesy FRY SIES
Keep hands smooth and soft by using a good hand lotion daily.
By HELEN FOLLETT
IME was when fragility was con- for finger nails.
sidered an important feminine In the theatrical world, æráceful grace. One was supposed to be hand gestures are appreciated, care- poor, weak woman, ready to faint fully cultivated. The matinee-goer at the sight of a mouse, ready to should keep her eyes open, ser with burst into tears at the point of a what skill the store use their lands, finger, What a bore life must have pose their fingers, move their arms. been those days! Now millions
By observing of women are out bringing home
The anatomien can learn
perfection of im- the bacon, competing with men, perfection of the stage beauty's making good in trades, arts and hand is on a fairly even par, with professions.
the hand of the averag
averago woman, the difference resting mainly in the manner of its movements.
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When Miss Scott finishes one of her first sympathetic parts in Hai Noto the change in women's Wallis "Bitter Victory," at Para-hands. Or maybe you can't, unless mount, she leaves for New York, you're one of the old girls. They where she hopes to rent an opart were supposed to be small and dim- ment and make superb coffee for pied, were crammed into gloves all her old friends from the days much too light, just as ladica' shoes when she was understudying Tal were too full of feet. Now, fine
hands Bro lulah Bankhead on the New York looking
'the
capable, stage.
strong ones. They have charactor. They are used with never take
The secret les in the flexible wrist. Unless the wrist has easy motions, the movements of the hand are likely to be awkwart, Move your hands, about, and note if the wrist is stiff or muscle bound. It you find that it is, make it a prac
Out- —to give your wrists a thorough
Miss Scott lives blamelessly and
on the trice, but ice-when massaging your hands dies nobly in this picture. Astery note. They do not have to have workout. fashionable this year, she's doing the poetic, pussy-willow softness To keep hands soft and white, her biggest scenes with no makeup to make the grade, but must be use a
In
Olivia de Havilland neted with smooth and white, with well cared daily.. her own naked face in "The Snake Pit" and Jane Wyman ditto "Johnny Bellrida." The ladies aró neck and neck for the next Acad- emy Award,
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This fashion may give Miss Scott, when "Bitter Victory" comes out, recognition for more Hollywood's best cup of coffee.
none too elegant for MOTHERS CAN LESSEN
evenings rather less than open-
ing nights, for one thing is
clearly established this season: HOME ACCIDENTS-
Women are preferring to bes dazzling after dark.
fabric folds, a perfect foll for jewels, furs, flowers. One can wear it strapless or with a slim, self-fabric halter.
BY HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
LIVERY mother of a small child Formerly, the electrical
than
Measure
chairman of a
good hand cream or lotion
Let's Eat
BY
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
Recipes Accurately
committed to accurate, so to insure the proper
A produce the 'salad course" for a performance of his product he per
sorted to the individual packing of big juncheon given for a charity, I once neked ten experienced home- mandard tablespoon quantities, which makers serving with me, cach to insures a finished gelatin dish of the The new dry yeast outlets make and bring one quart of cooked right firmness.
on the is similarly parcelled for accuracy
home
1 teaspoon-1
the
3 teaspoons 1 tablespoon
one up
to
to be used were unprotect-salad dressing, to might well read this article. it around baseboards The model is made of beauti-
may be the means of saving her cd, and many children suffered sc- salads. I gave coch a copy of the in bread making; but most of the
vere aceldents, With modern instal-recipe and warned them to be sure Ingredients used in cooking in
in the ful etched gray silk damask, baby's life.
lations this should not be a source of to
kitchen have to be measured. level. Came the day of of to measure self- untrimmed except for
equivalents are The following During recent
mothers years accidental danger but
should realise the luncheon, Also the Indies with death and serious injuries among that more electrical
equipment is the salad dressing. But the 10 sepa- recognised as the basis for standard udren, have markedly increased. used in the home today than ever rate quarts were entirely different household measures, and are taken The situation is made more tragic by before and should have them In in texture, seasoning and even colour, from the U. S. Department of Com- the fact that many of these young- spected frequently to see that they The women confessed they did not meree, National Bureau of Stand-
Worn cords "other" to measure the Ingredients ards.. sters have met death in the home are in safe condition. the one place, in the world where and exposed wires offer a perfect level. So we had ten different ver
fuld drams they should be safe from all harm. method for electrocution, not only tons of salad dressing from
of the baby but any other member
same recipe, and not of the family.
standard. Working Mothers.
Some accidents result from the use This determined me to emphasise I don't know whether
more of inflammable cleaning solutions. accurate measurements in cooking When you buy a half-pint meas- mothers are working and leaving Carbon tetrachloride will not burnon-any-and-every-opportunity. -uring cup or set of measuring. their bubles In incompetent and is a good cleaning fluid. How-
spoons, take them to your neigh- hands or whether we have simply ever, it must be kept out of the
bourhood pharmacist who will be forgotten earlier lessons learned at child's reach because, If drunk, it
glad to
check them for accuracy. great expense, but I suspect a part of will cause severe symptoms.
Then if you use standardised recipes our tragic toll is due to the fact that Gates at the tops und bottoms.ofing with either "good luck" or "bad and follow directions, and don't the newest generation of mothers has stairs and securely-fastened windows luck" as the result, don't bother to "quess" but measure "level," you not been taught the dangers to guard and screens also help to prevent measure--merely guess. But if you will have uniformly good results. against.
The Proper Way Of Storing Food
By ELEANOR ROSS
many unnecessary tragedien.
Nonchalant Cooking
If you believe in nonchalant cook
wish to produce consistently good tasting food follow the time tested
of great Chefs, bakers and
For this reason I would like to review some of the most important accidents can be avoided, but it re-
All of the perils of early life from Practise cooking surround the child in the home.
in-
1 tablespoon-4 fluid drams 4 fluid drams---1⁄21⁄2 fluid ounce
fluid ounces-1 cup
Dinner Grapefrult
WITH the damp moist season with hazards to life and health which can quires attention and thought on the surance by measuring or weighing Lam Cauliflower with Cheess. p
us comes our resolution to do better job of storing food in the
In the past, much stress has been ierbox. All of us know full well
put on the dangers of poison, such as air must that the cold
circulute
Jye, rat and ant poisons, the par- freely about every item if it is totally used medicines which accumu
So let's do late so often in the bathroom medi- be properly stored.
making cine cabinet. Of course, any poison. use of every bit of space and plac-ous substance should be. kept out of Ing things carefully to prevent over-the baby's reach, and it is important, crowding in any one spol.
good job of arranging,
Resolve to use left-overs as soon
both for the protection of adults and children, to get rid of unused medicines as quickly as possible.
Many accidents result from scald- us possible and don't let, the refrig- erator became a repository for ang. It is a simple thing to keep pan whole collection of left-overs. It handles turned around so they can- by the inquisitive is wise to keep one portion of space not be reached
this may ward dedicated to dishes containing left- toddler, yet
anerious burns. overs and to see that this space is
off
never exceeded unless in cases of Lead poisoning is another danger
a
real necessity, when, say, a men to which young children are ex- has been prepared and no one, come posed. This hazard, in some meas- home to tackle it. But barring that, jure, is being eliminated by making it is wire to make use of left-overs sure that cribs and toys are not
soon as possible.
painted with lead-containing points. To protect the guard rails on cribs, plastic materials are available. There
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Coloured Crayons -
It is wise to fuvest in as many ployed for this left-over dishes as needed and to jare easily installed. have on hand plenty of waxed pa- per to take care of such items as aren't stored in containers. All
Lead poisoning Has also been foods containing moisture should be covered, as should all foods with traced to coloured crayons. Analysis hos revealed as strong flavour or odour. Or wrap of school crayons these well Don't use the refrigera- much as 1.5 to 12 percent, of lead by samples of yellow, fweight In some for preserved foods such
If the orange and green crayons. ·· Jellies, preserven, pickled items, of, vinegar, ealsup, child is given such crayons to use; he must be watched so that he does not Worcestershire sauce. This just
ills mouth; but this takes up space which should be put them in
hazard may be eliminated by retained for perishables.
forbidding the use of such materials.
tor
jams,
syrups,
parents.
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the
ingredients. Of course, you say
the men in these professions, cannot
of
risk a fallure, because that means
woud they
lose money.
Think having to throw away perhaps 10.
Browned Parsnips Farina Custards Coffee or tea MUK (Children) All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four-
Lamb Rechauffee With Biscuit. Top
arters of Hollandaise sauce, fifty or a hundred pounds of can- dy! But comparably the same thing. happens at home when a cake falls, the sauce lumps, the piecrust a like the biscuits like lead. leather, or That is actual money loss too, an- lamb; there should be from 2 to other hole in the food budget,
3 cupfnis. Add 2 tbsp. flour, 1⁄4 tsp.
Chop leftover
const or bolled
:1 C.
It's too much bother to measure sugar, 1⁄2 tsp. powdered dry mint, ingredients? Takes too much time?. 2 c. solid-pack tinned tomato, 1 c No more than using a pattern to gravy or soup stock, or use 1 c. boll- cut a dress, or to follow directions tog water and 1 bouillon cube. Sea-
son to taste with sal
salt and pepper, when crocheting a sweater.
and bring to belling point. Transfer
I have never understood why fo A well-oiled, shallow baking dish. some persons think it is a mark of Cover with very small rich baking a good cook never to measure. To powder biscuits. Bake 30 min. in a. bo sure, it is often possible to add moderate hot oven, 375 to 400°F.
a dash of this or that seasoning or herb to a soup; to guess" at the quantity of salt and pepper,, or' to put together estimated, rather than measured, amounts of fruit for a compote. But when it comes to fun- damentals, measuring is a necessity.
tho
cover
Cauliflower With Cheese
Sploot a medium-sized cauliflower. Break off only the very tough out- tide leaves. Leave on all that look Place the cauli- reasonably, fresh. flower head down in n pon, and All' it with cold water. Add 1 tbsp. salt Parcelled Foods
and let stand 20 min. so any insect. Processed parcelled foods such as fe will move out. Then rinse the biscuit mix, plecrust, the new ready cauliflower. Cut out the coro. Place
caulidower In a a sauco mixes for cakes and many others,
pan. Half are accurately compounded, by the with boiling water; add 11⁄2 manufacturer But even these will tsp. salt, cover and slow-boil
Until pressure not give perfect satisfaction unless fender, about 30 min. (Or
to 10 min 15
at lbs. pressure accurate measurements are used.
according to size. In this case, put You can't measure a half pint of the cauliflower on the rack and use anything with a ten cup and live only 4 c. water.)
When tender, the amount meet the standard spe- drain and transfer to a deep baking cifications of the U. S. Bureau of plate, Surround with a thickoneď Standards. Neller can you measure sauce made of equal" parts cauli- A tablespoonful of
anything with a dower liquid and top cream os eva- soup spoon, or a teaspoonful with porated milk, and seasoned with salt, By GRACE THORNCLIFFE a coffee spoon; and expret good re- pepper and 1⁄4 tsp. dry mustard. sults in using a commercial prod- Cover with grated cheese and brown SHOWN IS A nice, cosy Hitlo dress uet; or in making up foods by stand in the oven. other foods. Don't crowd the re-
for informal dates, simple enough, yet ardised recipes, such as those work frigerator with
those tins except
Trick Of The Chof qufto decorative in its own unassumed out
and in my trat kitchen put there to chill and then for im There are only two perfect legs ing way. The black velvet top, has printed in his column.
To make mediate use, The same goca for soft in the are
belongs a U-neckline and sleeves that extend
very quick little lamb A prominent manufacturer of un- ples, spoon lemmb Rechauffeo· ́mix- drink bottles. Keep on hand, chilled
to Marlene Dietrich and the right to just below the elbow, The skirt just enough for general upe, and
one to Belty Grable,
is of black and white striped wool flavoured gelatin recognised the fact ture into shirred egg dishes. Cover perhaps one or two extra for an
jersey and is alightly gathered from that many homemakers fall to ench with a round cut from a slice emergency, such as an unexvocted
the waist. The black velvet sash measure level and that household af buttered white bread and browni caller.
ties at one side.
measuring equipment is often in under the broller,
Do careful not to put milk or
cream back into original containers, Place in clean, covered Jars, and
'don't use milk bottles for storing Only 2 Perfect Legs
Larry Gordon, New York photo- tographer of glamour girls.