THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1950.
PRACTICAL
HOMECRAFT
Five Simple
MODERN OR CONVENTIONAL Rules For
By JOAN O'SULLIVAN
AKE a wish, and if it's
MAK
for modern mode, you can have this house with a flat roof and the low look that's 1950 nowa. Or, if your heart's desire calla for con- ventional, the same hourg appears with slant roof and cozy cottage charm.
Whatever the choice, the in- ferlar remains the same, and a delightful arrangement it Is! Hallway style, the living room lends into the dinette, which, in turn, open into the kitchen. This efficiently takes care of three important function of a home-cooking, eating, enter- tabing.
The living room and Unelte make a large cornbing- tion room. There's a fireplace and three windows, one of them a popular picture window. The kitchen has a snack space that's Just right for family breakfast.
Sleeping qurlers are just na emriently arranged. Pretty well cut off from the rest of the house, you enter them through ♫ hallway off the dinette--and there are twn closets in this hallway to take care of overfow of wardrobe or bedroom has storage. Each ample eloret ance, too; in fact one closet runs the length of a wall. There's a linen closet, 0 well, and in the bath a torce space for towels.
The narrow
ow width of the
Intre makes the design deal for a imedium or small-sized lut. The modern home takes
up 16,811 cuble feel; In conven- tional design. 14,224.
105%93
SKITCHEN
6X13
SHACK SPACE
BED ROOM
DINETTE 07%80%
HALL BATH
LIVING ROOM BED ROOM
| 17:17:3*
10-5x10-1"
PORCH
ROOMS are arranged rail- way fashion. Two bed- rooms are connected by a bathroom. Living room leads to the dinette, which opens into the kitchen
and the snack space.
How To Removeļ Burn & Stain
On Fine Wood
A
By ELEANOR ROSS
CIGARETTE burn on
wood is a rad sight.
One good method is to use silver polish conlaining a very
fine abrasive. If you work ur
NEW AS NYLON, as modern as 1950! That's this house. The fint roof gives it the low look that's being featured in homes from coast to coast, notably in the popular houses of the Far East. Here's a home that's really different striking, up to the minute.
THE SAME HOUSE, different treatment. Built in a more conventional manner with a slant roof, this home has a cozy cottage charm. The architect was generous with windows. They add to the exterior design
and shed plenty of light on the interior. Note picture window.
Modern Medicine Makes
Use Of Baths
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D.
FROM carllest times, mankind a feeling of warmnih. 'Thien
Your Sewing Scrapbook
by
Mary Brooks Picken
has regarded bathing in there is a gradual relaxation of Ruffled Frock For
certain sprays or waters 05
beneficial to health. That this body, with a slowing of the contained the germ of a sound bulce and breathing rates, and a
iden is shown by the extensive drop of the patient's internal A
11:0 which modern medicine temperature. makes of baths, even though
it carefully. the burned spot today we realise that, as a
should blend into the surround
ing area.
How It's Done Put a small amount of silver polish on a folded and fightly dampened soft, clean cloth-s pud about the size of your band
ju
rule,
Similarly, beat will also cause
irock for the
Small Fry
place
For arin openinga, RUFFLED small fry is a delight when mark at half-way point for 0") ironing is not a bug-a-boo,
from fold' (A). Two inches on either side of A place B and C. Mensure in from B and C 21⁄41⁄21⁄2"
5" for F. Draw
a curve from
This tie tot's frock makes tap-water is just as good for this certain reactions. The effects Inundering over so easy, Ruffie purpose as that front medicinal
rings.
In other words the produced by the heat will de-at bottom may be of self-fabric for D and E. Measure in from A feetive element
ball pend upon the amount of heater embroidery edging. does not seem to be its chemical and the way composition. We do know that applied. the temperature of the water and the chates which various temperatures bring about in the
Stroke the burned spot lightly, Lou are bescheinl.
working with the wood Kram
In which it is! You need 4 yd. of 36" D through. F to E. and cut on rolton and 2 yds, of ruffing this curved line. Bind cut edges (4 yd. it ruffle is same
25 of these arm openings, or hem, trens).
using narrow rolled hems.
REACTIONS
Moderate heat will relax the Straighten fabric.. Tear off blood vessels of the surface of two 4" ruffles crosswise. Fold and covering an are at least For example, the application the skin. Holler temperatures material lengthwise. three times the size of the burn. of cold water over a short period wit be followed by contraction
Don't be almed when the of time tightens and narrow of the skin blood vessels. BTCR treated becomes lighter the blood vessel in the skin.
than the rest of the surface. This This, in turn, brings abotil After a hot bath, the rate of i
from the cleansing action of peleness of the skir and sweating may be increased to 50 the silver polish. Apply furni chilliness. The cold alse stops Umes the normal amount.
lure polish or wax that contains the action of the sweat glands,
a dye. To conceal the lightened amount of heat lost from Hot batha Buy be used to aren, apply the polish as many the body is decreased, and the produce fever which, in itself, is times as necessary to restore internal temperature rises helpful la the treatment of
slightly. The pulse and breath some disorders.
colour.
Buff the Surface
When the burn hus blended tu'
with the surrounding area, bust
the entire surface. Should heat
ing rates are increased.
It
also known that the number of while cells in the
WITHIN 20 MINUTES
blood increases in proportion to Following this, there is the body temperature. For reaction which
usually instance, if the hot bath raises
ic
marks fall lo respond to a complete within 20 minute the body temperature to 101 de- polishing with furniture wax or This consists of stretching; of the Grees, there will be an increase
a cream polish, try the treat blood vessels in the skin with of about 3000 in the white blood
ment outlined above for burns.
When perfume, medicine, alcoholic beverages are spille
soft
on furniture, blot the liquid im- medinicly with
clean cinth, being careful not to spread
liquid as you blot.
despite this, the surface b
the
If,
marred
upon
#0
or stained. work GOON DE possible. using the treatment, for burns outlined above.
'BABY' WON
TUNE OSCAR
cell count.
Warm baths have proved beneficial in the treatment of of aching muscles, symptoms muscular faligue, neuritis, muscle inflammnailon, and spastic constipation.
Warm baths, followed by cold baths, seem to be helpful for patients with low blood pressure and anaemia.
The song, "Baby It's Cold Outside," from the Metro Goldwin-Mayer. musical To erase water marks, place a "Neptune's Daughter" won the clean, thick blotter on spot and] best fune Osear." The hit smash Alternate dipping of the neme press with a wann-not hot- was written by Frank Loesser. or legs into warm or hot and iron until the rings disappear. Red Skelton and Betty Garrell then into cold water may bo
Again, if this treatment collaborated with handsome helpful for improving doem't work, take to sliver Ricardo Montalban and circulation, in Qię arms and legs. polish, pęd and coloured wax glamorous Arlenco Dahl Ja: Of course, such treatment or polish as outlined for bum presenting the tune nt the should be carried out under the marke
awards precintation,
physician's directions.
the
Beginning below G, seain selvage edges together all the way down Join ruffle strips; hem bottom edge and gather top edge. Join to bottom of dress, using a French seam turn, as at
+
FI,
Make a hem cosing along lop edge of dress, through which you can run a drawstring of ribbon or tape to draw up and tio In a bow at centre "back. Tals drawstring allows dress to open out flat for ironing.
B
Alt
Ruffle
C
·`yard ·
Il for a girl over 3 yrs, of age simply make this dress longer. waistline lo A tie sash at the desirable for taller tots. This enn be of ribbon, or make from nyd. crosswise strip of extra Enbric. Use any pretty print of percale, Jawn, cotton, challis or ginghem.
'MONDAY: ': THE÷LACK-EDGED BED JACKET
Tea-making
How do you make tea? There
ol
are five rules which must: bo observed, гауз Bill. Fenchurch Street, E. C the expert.
Bl-he- asks tbot his full name shall not be disclosed, to conform to a trade custom--is ja tea-taster,
It is a job which can yield at| least £1000 a year.
The first fea-taster in the family was also Bill-the present Bill's great-great-great- grandfather-in 1700 when tea was just becoming popular.
Since then the fathers have taught their eldest sons the art of tasting, and called them Bill,
Teaching his son
Now Bill is keeping up the tradition, and la already teaching his schoolboy too.
Here are BUTT tea-maklits rules:
1. Use fresh cold water.
2. Warm the pot.
3. Pour the waler on the tea leaves og soon as it boils.
4. Pul the Hid оп im. mediately.
5. Leave to stand for six minutes before pouring.
Amount of tea used depends on personal tasie, Adding # tecand lot of hot water only weakens the tea already in the pot, if properly made.
25 years' experience
Bill is 50 now. He has been tasting tea for 23 years, but says he has only been an expert for ien.
"It inkes at least five years to become reasonably proficient and 15 to be an expert," anys Bill, who tastes as many as 300 samples on a busy morning.
"Tasters actually rely 74 percent on sight and smell, and
6 percent on their
25
palate."
The ten is made in little poti with handles and lleis, and ji poured Into cupa without handles, similar to the first tea- cup, for tasting. But
taster
do not swallow I
"We couldn't keep going
to drink all we taste,"
we had
Bill said.
'I like a cup
"But I'm very fond of a nice cup of tea. I think sugar spoili It, but milk is essential to bring out the taste.",
He is appalled at some of the bad tea which is sent to England these days and mys housewives should always buy the best they
can afford.
"It is economical really, for the better the tea the less you need. Also people don't realize the Importance of making tea correctly."
--(London Express Eervice]
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