THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1950.
PRACTICAL
HOMECRAFT
TWO FEATURES THAT CHARACTERISE this house as in the French tradition are the full-length shutters and
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In The FRENCH Tradition
By MARION CLYDE McCARROLL
balcony.
ERE'S a house that breathes all the quaint charm of the old French tradition, while at the same time being designed to afford its owner the comfort, venience and eficiency for the modern home-maker.
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In keeping with the custom so often found in houses of the earller era, the kitchen is located in its own wing at the back, and this has been cleverly contrived to fit in with the present-day vogue for having the garage attached to the house, by letting the kitchen nel as the passage way between the two,
The quaintness of yesterday also appears in the full-length Allutters the front windows, giving the effect of the old-fashioned
at the from French doors, although the windows themselves are conventional in size. decorative wrought fron balcony is another beautiful feature characteristically reminiscent of the past.
The
While the house pictured is of conventional wood construc- it could be reproduced with equal success with an exterior Anish of brick or stucco,
tion
living Downstairs, there are five rooms, including, borides room, dining room and kitchen, a bedroom and a den. The latter could, of course, be turned into another bedroom if desired. Designed without a cellar, there is a heater room back of the kit- chen. I built in a climate where n basement is needed, it be to adapted.
Your Body's "Police Force"
By H. N. BUndesen m.D.
can
Tof which physicians are to the food henta. Even a
THE body's defensive powers, infection while otherwise enjoy- nor- thoroughly nurare, are well mally high resistance to these illustrated for the layman by the germs, however, may be lowered they deal with by improper diet, overwork, or way in which
Diabetes and even much a minor matter as prolonged iliners, bolls.
chronic kidney disease are both boll begins with the Infec- causes of lowered resistance to lion of a hair
or sweat such infections. Hence, if a per- gland by germs, usually by con has bolls repeatedly, it is have a for him to those belonging Staphylococcus
family. Having thorough examination to be sure gained an entrance through the that there is no general disease
these germa Invade the responsible.
root
to
the advisable
Sunding tleres nud are not
There are nito local causes for stopped until white blood cells bolls. For example, bells fro- (often referred to as the police- quently occur on the neck, fore- men of the blood) wall them off. arm, and urinpit, due to infee- If it were not for the rapid tion brought on by chafing_by The mobilleation
these of
clothing. germ sweat-soaked
clothes, the fighters, no boll would remain wearing of clean
Defensive Barrier
GARAGE
HTA
RM.
BEDROOM 12'X14'
HALL
DON 13'x13'
RECEPTION
DINING
KITCHEN
9-917,21
PORCH
LIVING
ROOM 14'x22'-4"
decorative
Let's Eat
"BY
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
Learn How to Store Food
THERE is no reason why any
housewife should have lo market every day for food, or why the children should have to go constantly "to the store" to buy forgotten supplies. In these days
of mechanical re- frigeration
and
deep freeze units, the amount of food that can be bought on one shopping trip depends only upon sufficient refrigeration and storage space to keep the food until needed.
"But Madame, In the case of the delicate vegetables like the celery, the lettuce. the tomatoes, the greens, it is advisable to buy them twice a week."
fentifically proved that all
vegetables, if leh exposed to warm air. not only wilt or shrivel, but quickly lose most of their vitamina."
PAINTCRETE
WATERPROOF
"Some housewives are what wise and a 'penny you call
pound foolish with their re- STONE HARD When it is cold outside, they will PERMANENT
frigeration in winter, Madame.
turn the switch to make the least
they
possible cold, or and Discoloured or crazed walls may be successfully water-
will turn it off
store the food in the pantry, or proofed, and at the same time attractively decorated
back
the temperature with Paintcrete. The non-flaking and waterproof finish
even in big box on the porch where varles, Sometimes when the sun shines quite warm it la 100 high, foods freeze. In either case they nre likely to spoil." waxed
In Waxed Papar "But if they are washed and carefully wrapped In paper, Chef, then placed in the hydrator or crisping tray of the often will refrigerator, they keep for a week. The trick in to use the most perishable food Arst.
And of course, hartiler
Guch vegetables
broccoli, 11.5 Brussela
and carrots sprouts need similar care but will last longer. It hos been even
ROOF
MASTER BEDROOM
BALCONY
UPSTAINS, A MASTER BEDROOM and bath are sole occupants of the floor with a second bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor. Convenient downstairs den could readily double at any time as bedroom.
A Child Problem
ARE THERE SAFE
WAYS
OF LETTING OFF STEAM?
By G. CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.
DID you ever go around with
to
or when it drops
of Paintcrote will withstand years of the worst weather to zero the conditions on exterior surfaces and plenty of scrubbing and hard wear when applied to the interiors of factories, canteens, and engineering works.
"And cometimes they keep the food in cold pantries. When you go into them
these feel
much colder than the kitchen, but if the actual temperature were taken it would often prove
to be around 50 to 53 degrees, which is not cold enough for the safe storage of food."
"Fresh meat should be stored uncovered. or loosely
covered
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circulation of
with waxed paper-never in the brown paper keeps away the cold air.
"Frozen meats must be kept very cold and always frozen, either in the ice cube compart ment, in a deep freeze drawer, or a deep freezę unit, and then only when a temperature of zero degrees or lower can be main- tained.
Dinner
Chopped Cabbage Soup Beef Smothered with Onions Mashed Potato
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Kale Connecticut Style Baked Coconut Pears
Coffee or Tea Milk (Children)
Include enriched bread or rolla, margarine.
with
butter
or
All Measurements Are Lovel Recipes Serve Four Beef Smothered With Onions
Peel 1 dez. mall onions and leave them whole. Brown 4 lbs. beef round or "sticking plece" all over. Dust the meat with 2 salt and 1⁄2 tsp. pepper. Place on a rack in n kettle. Pile the onions over and around the ment; add c. water, or just enough to keep it from sticking.
isp,
A closely cove
covered heavy kettle
should be used. Simmer unt
untit 3 hrs. Ro- very tender, about plenish the water to always keep the original amount. Serve with gravy made from the liquid in the pan; and with Buffy rice or potatoes
Kale Connecticut Styla Thoroughly wash 2 lbs, kale and strip the leaves from the Tear or cut tough midribs.
them in 1" size pieces for cock- ing. Transfer to a 2-gt, kettle, Half cover with boiling water and add 1 tsp. salt and 1⁄2 tsp. Cover and boil rapidly sugar. from 6 to 0 min. Taste for ton- derisation point, m kale which has been heavily frosted needs Drain; Deason Lbsp. bulter
Jer cooking.
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with
margarine,
or
Ure ihe liquid
which was drained, as the basis 2 kale-tomato-vegetable
powerful ugly for
she is losing
zome
All there constructive features cause of some
pent-up feeling, hurt feelings or feelings of rhould be emphasised.
and not facing Then Dr Baruch makes much perspective anger or fear pent up inside of
taken of you for a long, long while and about helping the child admit reality. No account
With her the habit element. Just imagine wonder why you had felt and his bad feelings
also could the average mother turning a neted na you had toward other objectives here
harming concientious youngster persons, even toward your own agree but some
children whether mothers, taking her at her word, object every time he is inclined child? Well,
a lot of renseless or to hurt a pet, playmate, adult or two or afteen, muy have such may do
especially to even a toy. Wouldn't it take feelings shut up inside of them harmful talking,
lol of dolls and pillows? And may cause the young child.
what of the youngster's practice and these feelings there children to do all sorts of
at destruction? things considered naughty or in- tolerable by their parents or other adults.
This
is matter
soup.
This Week's GADGET
Nor could we disagree in principle with Dr Baruch when
What has happened, it seems the rays: "When we help a child to me, is that Dr Baruch and to steer his bad feeling out
others who hail this "new way forcefully through
action- acceptable
of discipline" as the key to all becomes more brought to our attention by Dr pathways, he
discipline, have generalised from to give up the unaccept a few extreme clinical cases and as a localised inflammation, but avoidance of chafing or rubbing Dorothy Baruch, in her recent
"Newer book,
Ways in able nction-pathways"
Refrigerator owners will wei- would form a spreading source of the skin as much as possible. of infection.
and keeping the skin dry, are Discipline" and her pamphlet, in some instances, when a tot given the impression that there his mother are to be no restraints, especially helpful in preventing the bolls. "How To Discipline Your Child," violently kicks
write of
of the
everyday child in tainers for the making of indivi- Doctors will tell you that no based on it, published by the night be quite wholesome and physical restraints. They don't come these flexible, plastic con-
to suggest that he
dual ice cubes for cocktalls and home. the everyday boll should ever be squeezed, Pabile Affairs Committee, New elicetive
Imagine a pillow or a rug doll since this may serve only to York City.
is his mommy and that he pinch Nevertheless, Dr Baruch and cold drinks. Press the base of break down the encircling de-
have helped Dr Baruch states how import and kick it as much as he likes, others of her school of thinking the container with the thumbs
and parents give and out comes the cube of ice. fence zone built by the white
They como in Cocktail ant it is "for parents in the cells and spread the infection.
But if a mother supposes that more careful thought to possible standard size. The larger size home and teachers in the school to help children learn to handle when be pinches, bites or kleks ways of winning the child's co-
a happy family makes a convenient mould for their bad feelings, not to let his mother, other children or operation in
dainty jellies and blanc-manges, them becoina hidden so that adults, he is always doing so be- atmosphere. they pop out, maybe years later, in disguised and hurtful woyo."
As it is, pus is formed only within the defensive batrine. Finally, the boll either breaks through the skin to discharge Its contents or is cut open for drainage.
Most people who suffer from bolls seem to have a natural ausceptibility to staphylococcus
Got It From A SHORT Butchor
NEXT time you buy
Infra-Red Lamp
FOOD
of Catsup supper
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to brighten a cold and concentrates table is called Green print, not on the sleeping spouse. flared baby coats, Tomato Catsup. It makes a gay Sorry it's only on sale in New mocks, companion for its more familiar York as yeti overed tomato brother.
The application of heat, either with an infra-red lamp or with hot, wet dressings, is helpful. Injections of penicillin into the muscles of the hip may be help! ful
in eliminating the boils so that they do not have to be cut However, not all boils open.
such
treatment. On the preventive side the will respond to X-ray treatments have also been emphasises love. "The best way found helpful in bringing boils to give a child of any age enough to a head more quickly keep-
love is really to love him," she youring them from coming to a head.
says "To convince him we love short
bim, we must have good feelings majority of boils do not The
ourselves about him. from
have to be cut open, a process insido scale which should be especially
aily Make-believe doesn't work, He'll ace through ." She urges us to avolded, if at all possible, in boils on the face, nostrils, and watch him develop and listen to upper lip. When boils elsewhere him tympathetically, admit our ahead, cutting and own feelings when they're ugly, come to draining may be followed by help him enjoy achievement and
celebrate his successeG. rapid healing.
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