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PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

Ghastly Good Taste Brigade

You Warning

The things they can

do to your home!

that bleached

YOU see on the right an KEEP AN EYE on their Ideas Because

on though, for elegance.

food in the same colour and On the colour which' are grain is so boring. Because there pale and deliento but very clear, in so much ugliness in details on the bookcores and mantel- like handles and knobs. And be- pleces and small tables, for they - causo the so-functional g/m are always simple and balanced makes it

look

if you could and practical.

tum hose on the lot.

what can happen to your home if it gets into the hands of the Ghastly Good Taste Boys.

They are the boys who go overboard for a new cruze in furnishing, who set up a whole series of new standards, and who often end up by making a parody of the slylo they are by ing to sell you,

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BEWARE the 18th Century Boys who tell you that nothing

It's solid

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Lamb And Vegetable

Casserole

By

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Beware the view that it's a wasio of space to have an ome- ment that does not do anything. ❤ BEWARE the Victoriana - or a plece of furniture that does Boys, for the colours they ad- not do two things.

KEEP AN EYE on them, mire are so dark-olive walls and port wine curtains. the easy-to-keep-cleanness of

for the clear lines and though, the And

omate silver they od- issue this caution to the

all. For the-sharp, bright takes hours to dean. women about to furnish or re-

mire

Beware their enthusiasm for colours. For the fact that each flowers-even when piece is made for a job and does Ghastly Good Taate Boys-for everlasting

it well. For the lightness, the For razor-edge line that fresh flowers are cheap, divides fashionable good taste in

clutter, indiscriminate ter, and birds comfort, and the Indoor gardens, home decoration from Osbert

in glass cages, on every square

The battle It was all right | Lancaster-Land,

inch of spuce. when there

GOOD was plenty of room

FURNISHING, Beware, but keep an eye on and plenty of servants; but it is think, is very like good dressing. them, For they mostly have, megy and tiresome in a modern It is constant battle between something good to say.

fat-

-especially when it leaves what is elegant and what is no room for an ashtray..

comfortable. KEEP

It is always safe to and a AN EYE on their ideas, though, for their virtues. The formula and stick to it--but you furniture was solid in Victorian risk being dull. It is always fun times, and so was the eating. Your to change with each new fashion

but it's being absurd,

costly, and

you risk Probably the only principle

These may consist "THERE is no meat that com- vegetables. worth following (although the

of a diced unpeeled tomatoes or Good Taste Boys would persuade bines

better with vegetables 1 (No. 2) tin tomatoes; 2 c. you otherwise), is to learn how than lamb," observed the Chef, amall-diced peeled summer or to select what suits you and your adding the last bit of eggplant to winter squash; 1 small unpeeled family-and how to add an OC* a huge casserole. "I am using aggplant cut în 1" dice: 3 sweel cosional refresher from each new three pounds brear of lamb green peppers cut in strips;

today, with six seasonable not- onions peeled and sliced thin; 1 lb, shredded green beans: 6 large expansive vegetables, and some small section garlic minced fine, sliced lemon for the flavour zip. and 2 peeled thin-sliced lemons. This casserole is enough for six

In a casserole or eight persons if served with

arrange the meat and vegetables in Inyere. cracked wheat pilaff.”

Pour in water to fill the dish

beke Cover, and "That's because cracked wheat one-fourth. contains 14 percent protein, as about 1 hrs. in a moderate oven, 350 F.-375 F.. or until well as natural wheat germ. the lamb is tender. Serve with Cracked wheat is not often cracked whent pilaff or flaky cooked in the average household rice, in this country. It's a bit out

good in furnishing has been designed since 1700, and that if you can't afford the originads the best you can do is to buy re- productions.

For that elegunt 18th century chair is apt to be terribly straight in the back and short in the meat-designed for women who sat with ramrod backs.

And that glossy polish takes a lot of looking after.

can count on them for legs that

don't come off: table silver that suggests good food.

On the march

BEWARE the Modern Con- temporary Boys, because a mom- ful of modern furniture standing on pin legs looks as

If it were fashion. on the march.

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By GAY PAULEY

Austerity

"Our London shop eaters to

D.E.

on, starting with the outer part of style, probably. because it of the face, and work your way needs long cooking." toward the nose.

Cracked Wheat Pilaff

Mix 2 c. cracked wheat and i isp. salt with 6 c. warm water in

3 boiling. Add

beef

Diet-minded? Try. This New Theory

BOSTON. People who eat between meals are likely to have an cauler job keeping their weight down than those who don't, secording to A research scientias from the Harvard School of Public Health,

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Dr Frederick J. Staro sald the reason

that "piecing" dulls the appetite for lunch or dinner, so less food in consumed at meat- time.

"To keep from over- weight," said Dr

"the calorie intako

Stare,

must

not be greater than calorio expenditure, Dy nibbling

before dinner, A pertan loses bla appellie for dessert.

"By nibbling a plece of candy before dinner or - B mack, you might conIILILO 100 calories na ngaines 200 calories in ple a la mode.” There should be a cer-

tain control of between- meal nibbling, he warned, especially through some knowledge of the ralorto count of the food nibbled.

Experiments at the American School of Public Health have shown that persona who eat hearty breakfasts are more am so keep slim than those who take only orange-falce and black coffee, Dr Stare added.

He explained that this la because those who eat high protein breakfasts of cereal and bacon and eggs do not eat big lunches. In addi- tion, they are better pro- pared for effective work.

Miss Mayo's Barometer

Of Success

By VERNON SCOTT "But watch a wornan apply "But that is no excuse for nat

a double-boiler top. Cover and customers from all over... the it." she walled, "and she starts using a good food!" exclaimed let stand 50 min. Cook and stir

Hollywood... United States, South America, with the nose first putting the Chef. "After all, it is the until India, China," she

Virginia Mayo's barometer for continued. the most powder on her most job of the mume to make the bouillon cubes. Then place over measuring her movie successes "And all of them have pretty prominent feature." much the same cosmetics Eve Gardiner, who

And the most neglected most of the food money by using hot water and steam 2 hrs. Stir is not the usual applause it is runs 1 habits."

of boisterous de- In 1 c tinned tomato and the lack Cracked cosmetics salon in London,

feature, she continued, is the not-expensive foods.

Steam 30. tbsp. butter. Powder Error

min.monstrations. eyes.

wheat pilaff is easy to prepare, longer, or until tender. says ond good look at American

One of these universal habits "A

Virginia says the allence means women's complexions convinced the'd like to cure is the "slap caught in public

everybody likes it, it is delicieux!

her fans are holding hands- her they the skins-are pom it on, rub it in technique in lipstick. But I thinist Just remember to start it early." Mocha Cingerbread Squares sure sign of conteniment with her

Beat 1 egg add 1 c. unsul-acting abilities,

pered too much.

"putting on the face."

woman wouldn't

without her

just os naked without a bit of eyeshadow and mascara."

If a woman is to wear make- "In America your houses and up at all, it's worth putting on offices are so warm, well properly, she added, Powder, beated, she explained, In--for instance, should be applied elipped accent. "In England, to the nose last. Dust powder United Preer. our houses are poorly

heated.

But one thing you can say for chilly rooms. Our sking bene-

41."

con.

"Hot, dry atmosphere causes the skin to dry out," she tinued. "I think that's why so many women in America have coarse skins. The pores have to work so hard, trying to keep the skin lubricated."

U. S. Makeup Capital

Miss Gardiner, a dark-haired

None of the heavy blucye- shadow for daytime, she said. Just a soft grey for accent.

TIPS ON WASHING LAMP SHADES

By ELEANOR ROSS

beauty, has the complexion of PLENTY of dust and nubby fabrics of cotton and the type for which English grime in the air, and plenty rayon, Cottons such as eyslot. women are famous.

or ahiniz of it finding its way into sligham

gracefully to water.

con office

of

to secure

also tako

Always give fabric shades. good dusting before sudsing, and remove all metallic ornaments. Test trims for washability.

DINNER

Chilled Grapefruit Sections -Lamb Casserole Near-East --

Cracked Wheat Pilaf! Tossed Cheddar Cheese Salad Mocha Gingerbread Squares Coffee Tea Milk

All Measurements Are Levit Recipes Serve Your

phured molasses. 14 melted

"People applaud a pleture," sald the blonde star, "if they shortening (any kind), 2 tsp. gin-

what they've seen, But ger, 2 tsp. solubic col when a couple holds hands while 2/3 c. sugar. Mix thoroughly. Then stir An

1 c. boiling water cases that the story has really watching, that means in most

Sift together 3

This is the already-touched them.

of entertainment alted enriched flour, 1 tsp. highest form

C.

baking soda and 1 tsp. salt. Beat dia is convinced that her

Into the first mixture. Transfer

Wash 3 lb. shoulder of Tamb, oven, 350° F.

to an oiled 7"x11" baking pan. latest movie, Warner Brothers' Lamb Casserole Near East Bake 40 to 45 min. in moderate "Sulu Sea," will be a real hand- holder. Her reasoning is based on the fact that she again is teamed with Burt Lancaster.

Gets Audionco Sympathy

Remove excess fat; cut the meat

In sorving pieces. Dust with 2

TRICK OF THE CHEE ·

tap. salt mixed with 11⁄2 tsp.. Add 1⁄2 tbsp. grated Cheddar monosodium glutamate, 4 tsp. cheese for each person before pepper and 1/3 c. enriched flour, tossing a plain green lettuce

Next, prepare and mix the salad.

She has been in the cosmetics the house during the open- business for more than 20 window senson! This is the years, and now runs the Lon-time of year when we find

of " Hollywood cosmetic ́manufacturer.

looking The our. lampshades boss asked her to come to this extra grimy. country to study the laboratory Fabric shades, if handsewn Dip shades up and down in phasc

cosmetics manufac-and-not the glued variety, may suds, and as soon as suds look ture, and see the makeup trends|be washed in a tub of rich sudi, dirty, whip up a fresh batch. Any in Americu.

detergent or soap. If the scams difcult-to-remove spots should Ono of are glued, they should be hand- surrender to a good brushing,

them before Rinse shades in several waters, Mattll's ultra- sewn

then

remove as much moisture Fabrics That Wash

as possible by blotting with a feminina saabed Silk washes well, all but the clean turkish towel, and finuh

the hand-painted variety. Rayon the job by putting

an electricals for ahantung does well, too, as do fan nearby.

spring. This Shades constructed of fabric suli is in fine backed with parchment or paper

black and may be cleaned by a dry sūds solution. Whip up soap or deterwhite wool, gent in warm water until a stit

"Parts may

call itself the style centre of the world," she washing.

"But makeup trends begin in the United States."

{ said,

Cosmetics users are getting pretty one-world, she said.

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Cheddar, Kraft Loaves, Kraft Choddar and Velveeta Packots, Edam, Gouda, Emmonthef, Esrom, Grand National, Stoppe, Gorgonzola, - Danish

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foam is

well, then

Dust ahndes the foam to the

which has the

material with a brush, moving appearance of down with the grain of the

fabric. Then, wipo shades with horsehair

a clean, damp cloth to rinse. Dry | canvas, but is

quickly with the aid of a janj

silky to fool.

Parallel Strokes ; with a slender.

Bamboo, glass fibre, plastic or

split reed shades may be wiped skirt · and nlp-- with a soapy cloth, then with a waisted jacket. cloon damp and. Use #rokes

parallel with the binding, not The black slik across it, when cleaning edging.

Shades of these materials should als is alotiod be allowed to dry saturally. throughs há

Parchment or paper

shades

come clean when wiped with Jacket, banque. a suday cloth, followed by one

wrung out of clear water, that is, and falls to the

If they are undecorated. Shades hemline in

with designs painted on them

should get 'n patch-test first. The front.

Smplished

washing process should-be no-

as quickly ra and the shadow wiped dry with a cloth. To protect thom" from -- durt, apply A. VIX coating, when dry.

SASHED SUIT

"In 'The Flame and the Arrow', our first picture together, I noticed an unusual number

of

couples holding hands. It was like Friday night in a college town, but that was Tuesday Beverly Hills,

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wandered

through the aisles watching ex- pressions and

was surprised at

the hand-holding!"

In

"Sulu

plains, she portrays

Virginia

tries to get married

ex-

a girl who

to every..

other man she meets-and be- lieve it or not, she

con'l land

"It is sure to arouse sympathy and, I hope, some laughs. And when I can't seem to stir,any romantic interent in Burt, the man I really love, I think audiences will feel sorry for

theatre-strictly the reaction of

me."

"I try to couples in

for business reasons of "course, and not because I havo q peeping Tom tendency. I learned that the more hand-holding there is the more successful the picture. That goes for. all flims and players, not just mine."-United

Preas.

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-Household Hints

A razor blatte is better than scissors for cutting smooth, clean buttonholes in heavy fabric. To protect the tablo surface beneath, place the 'section of the fobrio being cut

over a bar ofisoup.

A good way to disinfect your vacuum cleaner: is to sprinkle some moth, crystals over the rugs, and then run the cleaner, furlover, them.;. This will also pro-

· fèct`, the rugs; to somo :'extent" | from' motham.

When you choooo paint for Walle, remember that the coloure wille lookatronater on the walls thsin in the mumdio, it is geneti ally safe to walach, a colour.. litúa lighter than you want,

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