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RESOLUTION?

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1952.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

Decorative Shutters Add Charm

By JOAN O'SULLIVAN

CCESSORIES add to

the appearance of а house, inuch as they acki 10 the appearance of a smart- ly dressed woman, It's

the little things that are important because they pro vide a note of individualised charm.

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Take

shutters, for ex- temple They do so much for home And they're easy to make. if the mart of a house can swing a hammer, push a saw and use a paint brush, all he'll need addition is to spend ค few dollars and

a few hours of his time. are the directions for him:

Here

THE MAN OF the house traces the pattern for the shutter decoration. It is done through a piece of carbon paper directly to the hardboard.

The Needlecraft Corner

GRANT

Swing O'Ring

THE NEW SHORTHAND

NOTEBOOK

TO INSERT REFILLS

J1&1 ALIEN DOWN

you

Measure the windows as would for screens. Each shutter should be the height of the window and half its width.

Purchase enough 1-inch by 2-inch clear pine lumber form the rectangular

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frame and enough 3 16" tempered hardboard to form the surfaces of the shutters, with sufficient left over 11 make the decoration at the upper centre of each. lumber together by jointing the members.

Cut

Nail

butt

the hardboard 10 size ut lightly bevel th

dres with

file. a rasp sanding block, plane or be velling plane, a tool made specifically for this pose.

Now apply waterproof glue to the wooden frame and put the panel in place

with the smooth side up. After nailing it with 1-inch

THAT'S A HOUSE that's been "dolled up" with decorative shutters. They make quite a

difference in the appearance of the home. Shutters are brown and squirrel. cut-outs

white to match the house.

conted box nafis placed four WITH A COPING saw, the decoration is out inches apart, apply clamps out of the hardboard.

to assure

bond. 2 firm Also set the nails and fill the holes with plastic

wood. THE CATCH.

AND SWING OPEN THE METAL BAH.

ITS GO QUICK 60 RASTE

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ace

Paint both sides before gluing.

While the glue 15 drying, any desired pattern through carbon paper On For streamlining the pro- small piece of hardboard. Then the squirrel, deer OF duction, make the shutters out

other Agure with a scroll, cop- in pairs. They may be

ing ог jig saw. Bevel the clamped together while the edges and paint it on both sides giue sets,

in colour contrasting with that

Siim Regular Size

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NAILING THE frame work together is the simple first operation after lumber has been

cut to size,

of the shutter, using a primer and two coats of exterior paint.

In the same manner, paint both sides of the shutter. After the point is thoroughly dry, at- tach the squirrel or other de- coration in the upper centre of shutter, using waterproof

each

glue.

The

Anal step Is fastening the shutters to the house with

brass screws.

It took a home craftsman in midwestern city just three hours and 45 minutes to cut assemble, paint and hang two

shutters

JUST PLAIN! Is the same house before Mr Homeriaker got to work and made colour

ful shutters,

Shock Method To Make Turkeys Lay More Eggs

Selentists are persuading hen

STORES, Conn.

turkeys, through hormone inje- tions, to forget their motherly instincts and lay more eggs.

Dr. James R. Carson, in charge of poultry breeding at the University of Connecticut, said hen turkeys instinctively stop laying to sit on their

eggs.

DRESSY and "different" is this crocheted shawl that's not only easy to make, but is bound to be a conversation piece wherever you wear it. A flattering affair, it's the sort of accessory that will complement, dinner gowns, cocktail frocks, any pretty date dress. In black or white, it's especially beautiful.

st (8) inc

Dressy Shaw!

(About 50 inches in diameter)

ABBREVIATIONS

stitch (es) ch

increase 80

chain

single crochet

this symbol indicates the directions immediately following are to be repeated a given number of times in addition to the original.

"Work even" means to work without increasing or

decreusing, keeping established pattern.

MATERIALS: BEAR BRAND or FLEISHER'S Petite Knit-

Even when there are no eggs, ting Worsted, 4 skeins. BUCILLA Plastic Crochet Hook, Size S.

he said, they knock off work, anyway. Producers call this period "broodiness." Instinct is another word for it,

In the pedigreed breeding pens at the university, the eggs are removed every hour and placed in incubators. The non- producers, cr motherly hens are given a shot.

GAUGE; 2 rounds1 inch.

Ch 12; join with slip si into ring.

ROUND 1: Ch 5, 1 sc in ring; repeat from 23 times; 24 loops: do not join, Mark beginning of rounds. ROUND 2-- Ch 5, 1 sc in next loop; repeat from around. Repeat last round twice more. FIRST INC. ROUND- Ch 5, 1 c in next loop, ch 5, 1 sc in same loop an inc., ch 5, 1 se in next loop, ch 5, 1 se in next loop: repeat from around; 32 loops. Continue to inc. 8 ledps in a round.every 3rd round 8 times, with care not to have ines. above each other; 96 loops; 29 rounds. Work 2 rounds even.

BORDER: Ch 3,

around. Repeat last round 4 times. The infection of hormones," sc in next loep, repeat from 3rd ch st from hook a picot, ch 5, 1 Dr Carson said, "amounts tha

10TH INC. BOUND: Werk a picot as before, ch 3, i se in shock treatment. The hen Is next leep, work a picot, ch 5, 1 se in same Icon, work a picot, ch shocked out of her mother-5, 1 sc in each of next 11 loops; repeat from around; 194 loops. Tiness."

Continue to Inc. 8 loops in round every 6th round twice more; 120 kaps.

Work 3 rounds even.. Fasten off. Steam keeping Sixty percent of the hens re-shawl circular. Fold showl over as illustrated. Tran with ceiving Injections last spring got rhinestones, or bows of coloured yarn placing trimming on outer back on the production line side of each halt. United Press,

Copyright, 1951, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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