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AND

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PRACTICAL

MR AN

OLD

HOMECRAFT

BUTTONS MAKES Tricks In Dealing With Lino

ELEGANT

LIVING

the

New York. Jack, now an American Not all Mr Partridge's cijenis || TORTY - FOUR-YEAR citizen, who came here from decorative eld buttons to make are collectors. Many buy the FORTY

British-born London 23 years ago, said: into cuff-links, earrings or lapel- Jack Partridge Is New "Button collecting ranks brooches, Men buy them for York's boy in buttons. Ia second to stamp collecting the fancy waistcoats now makes what he calla "an as a hobby in the United masculine modo in New York. elegant living" out of what States. he calls the only job of its kind in the world-running a shop the size of a cup board that deals in buttons, mostly antiquer,

In his shop on fashion able east side Manhattan,

Refreshment For Children

By ALICE DENHOFF Vou never know just

when you'll be in on the

planning or running of a

The

Windsor Duchets of chose a set of buttons bearing "The National Button So- Queen Victoria's cipher, Im-

and

ciety, to which I belong, have 2,000 members, there are dozens of local und state clubs for button. collectors as well."

He has something like 50,000 bullons. And he calimot get

A

presario Sol Hurok bought pair of 19th-century Dickens buttons with likenesses of Mr Micawber and Uriah Heep-for Dickens reader_Emlyn Williams | to wear as cuff-linics.

Mr. Partridge is aided in his |

his wife, button business by Liverpool-born White Russlan enough. Mr Partridge goes to. Taris. universily grudusta. London every two years to buy, specialising in "but it seems the supply is affairs. running out."

For

Eastern

It was in 1940 that he went into buttons, urged by million- aire Chauncey McCormick of

a collec- Chicago. He bought ton of 10.000 buttons for £33,

Mrs Henry Ford 11 bought a set of antique Georgien silver bullons recently-a sporting set

and on the millionaire's advice decorated with fox-heads. They he went to New York with all were for her husband the mil- the money he had-£35 10s.- lionaire car manufacturer, to and opened his shop. wear on a jacket.

-{London Express Service)

party for the youngsters A Home Hobby Turned

it might be any

here are some of the new recipes that we think may interest you.

When the last tail has been pinned on the donkey, these frosted "Raisin Cinger Cookies" will hit the spot, served with apple cider, hot chocolate foamny with cream, or glasses of milk.

Raisin Ginger Cookies To make up a batch of about 38 cookies, rinse one seedless ruising in hot water, drain and chop fine. Combine 15 c. boiling water, V. ench buller od shortening; stir in c. brown

nolasses. sugar, and

all-purpose Sin 3 c. sifted

sodi, flour with 1⁄2 tsp.

isp. salt, 11⁄2 tsp. ginger, a tsp. mul- meg, 1 tsp. cloves and 2 isp.

baking powder. Stir into first mixture. Blend in raisins. Chill thoroughly.

Into Business

By Anne Heywood

you start a home hobby ing textures, I got some rough with an eye only on the belge synthetic fabric, and made

lovely dinner cloth with money you may make, you huge block monogram in scarlet. will probably not make any I found lovely muted denim und money. But if you take up did a hobby you really love, you will stand a good chance of making a financial killing.

Mrs R. L., a young mother, in her early twenties, with two toddlers, did just that.

"We have

lunch cloth. I even made breakfast place mats from cau-

vas and terry cloth, combined."

After a while, Mrs R. L. found remnant shops where there were bargains galore.

Advice by W. P. Matthew; illustrated by Boyle.

If the weather is cold keep -the new lino in a warm room for some hours before laying It will then be much more flexible.

it.

You will want a sharp knife, or a shoemaker's knife. Keep It sharp by a few strokes on a sharpening board-a strip of fie emery cloth glued to a thin plece of wood.

When dealing with awk- ward corners, such as thoro by the replace or in a bay window, cut a pattern out of newspaper if necessary, two or three sheets pinned to- gether and then transfer the pattern to the lino.

Use a felt or paper under- lay with the line. It odds resilienco and saves wear.

• Don't lx the no down straightaway as if will stretch a little over the first week or two. Then it will nerd trim- ming either at a join or at the skirting board,-

If the lino is to be nailed town use proper headless lino brads. There are also very efficient Jino adhesives to be - had.

NEW COLOUR ACCENT

FOR SMALL LAYOUT

not-

into stools, a

purpose living room. The black By Eleanor Ross

and white is nicely set off by sharp accents of chartreuse. viewpoint and the astronomical budget, make headboard. In the head- with metal threads is combined table and Furriture is wicker, light, pretty, practical. Black upholstery shot

board, there are curlicues in this modern room with black of wrought iron, set in a lacquered sofa base and corner simple frame, topped with table. brass finials,

for interesting interiors.

"Then I began experimenting with modern designs to take the CEVENTEEN settings, all place of the old-fashioned cro geared to the young such. Pretty soon I had the best-dressed table in the com- munity, I had so many cloths, in fact, that it was silly to make eay more. But I enjoyed it 59, I could hardly stop."

One day, Mrs R. L. took her courage in her hands, together with several of her table cloths, and paid a visit to the furniture looked horrible on it. They store where the and her husband were either old damask heir- had bought their furniture. leems or junky multi-colour,

"My husband and I both love modern furniture," she told me, a ranch house; and little by little we have furnished it with lovely functional modern, Roll-In, thick on floured The last plece we got was our

table lovely board. Cu into desired shapes dining

blond and

chopped. maple, with fine simple lines.. sprinkle with blanched almonds. Place

at 350 F. "The trouble was," she went cookie sheet; bakę

on, "that all my tablecloths about 10 min. Frost, If desirer.

Apricot Skillet Cako

on

Then. If you're on a baking spree, for a special treat, make up a wonderful Apricot Skillet Cake, an upside down cake made on top of your range.

-Line--the- bottom of the skillet with apricot halves, along with 3 plited prunes to fashion eyes and nose.

Rinse and drain c. dried apricots and cover with 2 c. water. Cook 20 min. In cold covered saucepan. Melt c. butter in 19-in. iron skillet; add 1 packed e, brown sugar and 2

Hauld tbsp.

drained from apricots. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until a syrup is formed. Remove from heal and arrange drained apricot halves, cut side up, in syrup in skillet.

Canvas and Terry Cloth Made

- Modern Place Mals.

Creom c. shortening and gradually add 4. granulated ¦ prints,, · or hand-embroidere sugar, creaming thoroughly. Victorian monstrosities. I look- Blend in one beaten egg. Sifted in the shops, but I couldn't together 11⁄2 c. sifted all-purpose and anything modern that flour, 2 tsp. baking powder and would go with my table, ex- 1⁄2 tsp. salt; add to egg mixture cept for a few things which alternately with e. milk. Sür were prohibitively expensive." in tsp. vanilla extract. Pour batter carefully over fruit.

So Mrs R. L. went to the

fabric department, determined

Bake at 350° F. 35 to 40 min., i to make her own table linens.

or until top of cake springs

back when touched lightly. Re-

"Although "linen' is hardly thej

So we joined a crowd in- specting these various set- tings and came away with some good ideas on the use of colour and double-duty pieces.

Smaller Piacos

in

The Old Brass Bod

pink chiniz with a dvat ruffle of and

Dainty bedspreads of frilly Paic blue is used on the walls, the wooden floors are pink

various tones and rubbed with bright yellow. For mauve, are colourful and pretty. draperies, there is a white fabric These fabrics are used for the with a yellow, black and bluo windows. Picking

the print

Greyish light walnut is by own dilemma when I Many manufacturers have wrought iron is the slate top of used for a chest and for the bought my table. I showed him created pieces that fit in the walnut bedside table. tables and chairs. my cloths. He liked them so with today's housing needs, with furniture nicely scaled

"I talked to the manager," she said and I told him "about.

much thai ho offered to sell them.

for me. In his shop, on a come

mission basis.”

In short, Mrs R. L. found her.

self in business.

to the smaller layout. With

And, welcome back the old Distinguished Note

bross bed! It's not quite the Black, not as a colour accent, same, but has a square brass the smaller piccos has come but as the major theme, is bril headboard, and it appears, not liently handled in a dining room. In a traditional setting, but in a a new use of colour, such as Wallpaper is a black and white, with a spatter design in

modern one. The

wallpaper is

a new sable brown finish, geometrie pattern. Black cotton

and brown, Draperies "I clear. nice sum of money rich, glossy, accented with carpeting, and black again in

grey, black

bedsprend of black and every month," she said, happily,

the wood "and I don't even have to leave milk white glass tops and the state tops of the louver and

fronted sideboard has a dramatic brown 'plaid. Here, knobs in the modern,

painted black, spattered. home. It's a lot of fun, too.

effect. And black is discernible floor is

with brown and white. Same- The other day I was walking black slate surfaces and in the coral tweed coverings of

bamboo framed

how the whole effect is cheerful, dining down the street with the bamboo detail for pieces the

However,

wo noticed the children, and there in the win that derive from the tradi- chairs, White alabaster lamps despite the sombre colours.

add a distinguished note, dow was a beautiful modern | tional.

biggest crowd and the most ad- dining room set, with one of my

with Black, together

while miring comments in the tradi Wrought iron is used in cloths on it I was very proud.

room, un tional rooms, bright with oral· and so believe it or not, were a traditional bedroom where appears in another

exceedingly well-done bedroom chintz and simple, beautifully 'the kids!"

the metal has been worked that would make a nice all designed mahogany furniture.

move from oven, let stand word!" she told me, laughing. C

min; turn out of skillet with care, fruit side up. Serve warm. Serves 8.

of modern fabrics with interest- |

TO SAVE MONEY, SPEND A LITTLE

MORE TIME ON YOUR WARDROBE

and acces excellent plastic lint-chasers that White fabric gloves appear Coloured cotton gloves, stay the cmartest daytime bright with A few drops of are exquisite do their good work in a trice, with

Button coals and suit jackety outfits during early autumn and vinegar added to wash and rinse before hanging them away, and whenever the weather is clement water. A tint every third or the lean, use good strong hangers obres Soapy rinse water helps keep colour deep and lovely. Af

winter.

fourth washing will keep the

LOTHES

Bories "I experimented with all kinds this season.

But they are understated fashions that shape. are going to look well only as long as they are well Keep It Looking Now cared for.

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The handsome tweeds will soon lose appeal if they aren't constantly brushed, for tweed esthers dust and grimɔ at a great- rate and in great quantity,

A Lot Of Grooming

garments

proper

Jersey is popular this season and to keep it looking shop-new, hrszah. 11 well and hang caro- fully.

cotton gloves looking nice and drops of olive oil or glycering in fresh. It a greyish tint has the final rinse water is said to developed despite your care, do wonders for chamols leather then add a few drops of bleach gloves, helping them keep. to the rinse water,

supple,

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

After washing

may result in

rayon

.

Since jersey is a fobric that is prone to raw turn the dress or skirt inside out and pow tapa loops at each side of the belt- line, then suspend the dress

or la stitched insecurely, and this Those colourful velour bals from these on-the hanger. acetate curtains, avoid wringing, may fray easily. Towel homs will soon lose their glow unless A steam iron is p great con- squeezing or spinning, since this should be on the straight of the the velour is kept clean and venience, but don't overdo it which will be impossible to under allowance, one-half to fino wrinkles, material with adequate tum- bright, and the now aniline calf use, or you'll press all the life rem

remove. Either let them drip three-fourths of an inch, and shook will look old before their out of your clothes. Very often, dry, or roll them up in a terry securely fastened ends, back- timo unicas well-shined. Rather, after a skirt has been hung away cloth towel, taking care not to stitched to leave no raw

edges. than an extensive wardrobe, it for a day or two, the wrinkles twist or bunch the fabric. This talcow a lot of grooming to bo straighten out nicely.

is also a good rule to follow Nover use sopp to clean ivory well-dressed.

pressing, give hems a vertical with cotton curtains.

... plana kays, since it will ataki; peers, arid always press under the

and darken them. A cloth: For most of us, it is onsier to seams,

denatured spend a Klio time constantly,

When you buy, bath towels, moistened with inglead" of a lot of money shop- Brush garmenta well before don't base your relection solely alcohol is recommended to keep ping for now tome to replace pressing. Otherwise, while you on the shades to fit in with the keys clean and bright.

out, bathroom press the wrinklow clothes that have lost the foul to prossing dist right in. Examine the construction of the colour scheme. look.

As temporary measure "15į Maybe Alwrys, hang pressed garments towel" also paying, particular keep a cracked pane of glass | Brifi, conta and suite, even to die for "a"; iltts while then attention to the solvage, odgas, from leaking, give the crack af time you take them off, using put away when properly cooled. Some towels are woven in coating of shellac on the inside. brush that is kept na cloon as Fabrics are more susceptible to double width and cut in half. Von Ermals i elvar shallad and your hairbrush. There are wrinkles when they are warm. This theans that one kide etten vision will not be impaired..

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