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✰✰✰ PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT ***

Useful Tips On Painting

r

others.

Furniture And Toys

By ELEANOR ROSS

successfully over

finish coat, bare metal shellac is fun, and rewarding inga

must be treated with a zine lacquer. fun at that, to paint gust primer. All cracks, crevices When using shellac, be sure toys or furniture for small and nail head Indentations in to thin it with alcohol in children,

Instrue- one's OWIT or wood should be filled with a accordance with label

special compound This needs tions. As a matter of fact, sanding,

when it is dry, to make it a habit to read andi We watched a group of make it level with the sur- abide by the directions on any school children do a won- rounding surface. On new new paint product you buy. derful job on discarded toys wood, be sure to use a primer. The maker knows his own pro and

If enamel is to be the finish duct best, and is anxious for nursery furniture,

to get the best working as

a team for a coat the primer should be an consumers

When possible use from it. enamel undercoater. neighbourhood project. applying the Enal

coating More such items should be always remember to work from reported. We'd find

that a dry they not only balance, but after refilling your brush. Re: member, 100. that lacquer outweigh all the wrong shouldn't be used over a coat-

not of a similar, doings of youthful delin- ing that is

nature. Lacquer Lised over When larger surfaces are quents!

paint or enamel acts as a paint be coated, larger brushes remover. You can, however, even spray guns are, of course, use an oll-base coating or in order.

been These youngsters had well, briefed about the type of paint to use, the most im- portant piece of information. Since young children are prore to chew on anything within reach when they're teething. and even beyond that stage, it

L is of vital importance to apply cannot be only coatings tha: Injurious

nware

of

they are

chewed The makers of coatings Ara.

this hazard, and supply manufacturers of child- ren's toys and furniture with coatings that are not harmful, even if eaten.

area into a wet one.

For painting children's toys and furniture, you usually need small brushes like those

are suitable for window sashes. Even artists brushes come handy.

that

in

to

and

The Art Of Furniture

A

Arrangement

By REX PRUITT

MODERN DESIGNS

SIMPLE, TASTEFUL and up to the minute, the Salem is a modern split-level home that seems especially well

suited to a country setting...... k

HOUSE, like a high- personality by one extravagant By Joan O'Sullivan

Atlanta. ning is done, inject your OWUTE

touch.

"But sometimes well-meaning but uninformed people will re-

way, needs traffic lanes. finish toys and furniture with

Actually frziture arrange- Many of the "accidents" centings that are intended for outside use. These may con-in home decorating result ment is controlled not only by tain certain harmful products when the housewife fails to rooms but also by its purpose in

which

the architectural design "OT the

TOTHING could be more

Nup-to-the-minute than

the

Salem, pictured

on

when swallowed, may provide them. The result is relation to the occupants. top of the page. It's a

1190

on

jumbled room

*An

cause illness and even death.

a crowded, es designed for Finishes

artistic father for indoor surfaces seldom contain which looks as formidable instance, might want space les any such harmful ingredients. It

plan.. casually split-level styled and efficiently ar

is a good idea, though, always as a traffic jam on a Sun- in his bedroom for his easel. A ranged. to check with your paint dealer day afternoon.

when

purchasing paint to use One of the best ways to assure has. these traffic for children's toys and furni- that a room

lanes is by choosing furniture ture.

sized in relation to the size of the room

move

sure

Select furniture with the con- pleted room in view, whether

To do a good job, be that all surfaces to be treated are clean, smooth and free from grease rust or flaking paint

Use a detergent when wash your're buying one piece or ing a surface. This will re- several, I suggest that you cutouts or models. dirt and

grease that work with might hinder the adhesion of a This way, scale. size and shape new coating.

Hard, glossy sur- of funiture can be studied and painlessly for the faces should be roughened re-arranged slightly

by sanding, to make best possible effect.

Personal Touch "the The coating will adhere properly. All rust

Remember to include acces- metal objects should be com-sories in this planning such pletely removed with strel wool items as lamps, pictures and or a wire brush. Before apply-mirrors. Once the basic plan-

sure

on

A Nutritious Coffee

Beverage

By IDA BAILEY ALLEN.

"NOW

80 much is said

fork

bridge fan might prefer a studio- type bed and two permanently placed game tables. A teacher might want to make part of the room a study.

There can be no specie rules for furniture arrangement simply because each room is different But here re some general sug- gestions

Ac lanes.

On the lowest level, you'll find the garage, a utility room and a general-purpose room which could be put to any number of good uses, Turn it into a den, make it

It could sewing room. even serve for storage,

In a living room, try for an

The main level is devoted inviting conversation grouping.

in providing those vital tratto living room, kitchen and The latter family room. Plan adequate reading area takes the brunt of wear and with sufficient light, and ample tear off the living room, table surface for let providing space for dining other small accessories. Select

and soda

chairs with and pursuit of hobbies, leav large special care, always keeping in ing the living room free for mind the amount of space each

the

will take. Do not over-Aurnish quiet entertaining or or overcrowd with too many enjoyment of a good book chairs (folding chairs are easily or record. handled and stored, when extra seating is needed). In a small room, a short sofa is sufficient

Don't Overcrowd.

the dining room, make sure there's plenty of space for serving while the table is in use. and large is

a sideboard

י

VERTICAL SIDING contrasts pleasingly with this home's horizontal lines which!

are accentuated by strip windows and a long, low planting box,

contains very little wasted

hall space. Plumbing economically arranged back to-back.

The kitchen, small and Despite such cost-cutting compact, separates living features, a luxury note is and family room, is

con- found in the 20-foot living venient to each.

room, the fireplace with its Melt 2 tbsp. butter or marga- Use

raised hearth and the dining Up seven short steps are section, which can be shut and written about rine in saucepan Stir in 212/cabinets only when the room three airy bedrooms and two off from the living room

tbsp. flour and when smooth, big enough to take them easily. using more milk in the adult slowly stir in the hot broth. Stir. If there is room for table and baths. The large back bed with a folding partition.

chairs only, the room can be diet it seems strange to me, and cook until boiling. and mak

made

to look adequately room, which has almost an

The kitchen has three Madame," said the Chef, Beat 1 egg with

4. untiluted evaporated fundshed by use of patterned entire wall of closet space, "that more nutritionists are mille or dairy-soured: cream. window hangings or by cover-enjoys its own private bath exits to the back yard, the a hallway Lot suggesting the use of Stir into boiling sauce, and cooking the walls with decorative A centrally located bath is dining area and cafe au lait."

and stir 1 min Add 1⁄2 tbsp. paper.

atter you've accessible from the other that affords access to the in a bedroom, juice, 1⁄2 tsp. nutmeg lemon

planned for adequate sleeping two bedrooms and is near front door. and 1 tbsp. minced parsley.

Arrange in centre of a deep and storage facilities, provide a the stairway to the main

Two of the three bed. meurs colice with hot milk. It platter. Pour over the sauce. Arrestal spot to read or relax, as level of the house.

space permits. Most bedrooms

rooms are large enough to is.certainly a good way for range parslied white potatoes at

have room for bedside lamps,. The first floor plan of the accommodate twin- beds, eny adult to drink 8 ounces of each end.

books, and radio either on tables Salem comprises 17,100 cubic and all have good closet mik a day regularly, between their breakfast and dinner cups, Add 1 tbsp. mineed fresh The rule here-make the feet;

space... almost without being aware of mint or 1 tsp. reconstituted bedroom completely comfortable

1. At the same time, it supplies cried mint to carrots and peas and convenient for you United The other modern home The design comprises colean which is lacking in while cooking,

|is a three-bedroom plan and 9,360 cubic feet. dicts,

"Perhaps, Chef," I suggested, "this is because they think most persons do not know it merely

mast

acult "How is cafe au lait made in France, Chef?"

"The coffee is dripped twice as strong as usual, and com- bined for service in a large

cup

with an equal amount of very hot milk The coffee pot is held in one hand, the milk jug in the other, poured simultaneously into the

•

TRICK OF THE CHEF

or on wall shelves.

Press

WHAT ABOUT THE CURE OF GRIEF?

and the two THE

cup to mix thoroughly."

dre

Here, we can use homogenised the

water."

DINNER

Vegetable Soup - Blanquette of Teal

Parsed Potatoes Carrots and Peas Tossed Lettuce Bowl Cream Cheese Heated Crackers Jelly

Tea**

оп

By W. W. BAUER, M.D.

Varied Reactions

able to make these

FAMELY ROOM

LIVING ROOM

BEDROOM

BEDROOM

BEDOCOJA

THE MAIN LEVEL of the Salem holds Elving and working quarters. Bedrooms are on the top level, over

the basement-utility room floor.

DINING RM. [8'-0"x12"6"

KITCHEN

20.4%

FICE

LIKEN

LIVING ROOM

BEDROOM BEDROO

Illinois Medical

international physician, Sir Wil Journal recently carried

Ham Osler, has been quoted: "I an editorial comment under

whistle that 1 may not weep."

title !!The

forms; much of it is extremely terests and perhaps new lovey Many great lay writers have Cure short-lived. Faced with the loss without sacrificing the memory compared death to sleep and milk, which makes a smooth of Grief** which opened of a loved one or of one who of the old. The best, of course, many phantasies have surround- blend even more complete. "And the coffee beverage can easily with an anecdote attributed is conventionally supposed to be is a religious convictica of im- ed the fact of death in an effort be made double strong by using to Mantacioni, one of his loved, human reactions reflect mortality with the hope and as to blunt its impact and give

the type and character of the surence that death is but a comfort to the bereaved. 2 teaspoons instant coffee to tory's more notorious res

reactor more than they each half coffee cup of bolling quacks. Mantacinni is said stitute a true measure of grief, who are

con- temporary separation. People

Comfort For Bereaved to have boldly pre- Adjustment to sorrow tends to adjustments create constructive dicted in

Doctor Horan himself offered mentorials, if a village that take a form which expresses the

any.

suggestions for those in sorrow a particular day, he the bereaved Philosophies of There is, of course, plenty of in remarkable paragraph would bring back to life all

comfort in the Holy Scriptures, which has the flavour of class both Old and New Testaments em: To the voluptuary of persons whose deaths had

Job found his ultimate comfort grief, we offer widow's weeds occurred during the preced- Some Individuala, in the po not in the philosophies of his and Infticed blinds, slightly ing

palar vernacular, go all to c

so-called friends," now

and re- Sarcas open. To arra promise God Coffee

plepes with extravagant - Heally called

signed, Isaiah's comforters Soon the quack began to re- pressions of grief, abandonment but in obedience -

will of shall wipe

all tears from All, Measurements Are Levet

ceive letters and secret visitors, of original objectives and Cod. The writings of the pro- em Curio to yours from eyes To the worker, like Recipes Proportioned to Serve 4 to 6 and before the time for the orientation and in extreme phe

phets, particularly Isaiah,

are falling Blanquette of Veal; Cut 2 lbs. predicted miracle had arrived, cases expression of a will to full er spiritual confort and so hands Dare-throw",

the deeply are the Psalms of David, as well torch

Teligious 8 portions suitable for serving,

confusion, excitement and

this ozon Paradoxically, "and ap Place in a 2 qt saucepan. Add Mentacions out of town to get is loamy. Others express them and beavy laden, and I will give Concerning the old, the words

were dead, yet shall he be munc chmitt-Lord How Jetter Thou thy servant depart barskomely to keep him from, they

they maintain the ocean you rest water Bring Bolling Add sliced peeled

Pallosophers offer - tamufort in petice, coming back and working his room untouched for years

ce, sourding to thy words they are able, carrot, 2

me- "though of a mons United nature.." "And" all who mourn az peeled

2 whole

Eggs Bod chrry powder go When using a paint roller to bagan story cloyes, 2 sprigs parsley and 1 The late Dr Thoums F. Horie, morial funds, place tablets in Plutarch wrote to his wife when timely death,

in a paper presented before the chainches or buy elaborate tomb their daughter died at the age of of the Earworld where all is well together Add 1⁄2 teaspoon apply an oil-base paint small baylen.

Cover: atramer about 11⁄2 hrs., Detroit Medical Society, collect

two years or calling to remembeauty and joy, except a small of the yellow spice to your the roller tray with: aluminium or until veal is tender. Then re-ed “commdarabin data on Incil- The more soccerful and logi- hranice not the fact of a death number who are weeping. They favourite deviled egg mixture foll The liping makes cleaning move meat and shin of troia, enta al pil Sands in the camera to sponge

the Boy they held in the weep for the Good for you easier boce the mating/is There should be 11⁄2 c.

departed takes all sorts of turning, in due time, to new in brist span of life. The great lving **

Milk

to

the

To

shoulder or breast of veal into the little town was seething with dle or even attempts at such as the words of Jesus" "Come he must belleveth in me,

prehension. They coorted mourning zay be as brief as itató Me, all ye who are weary he

1 tsp each salt and mamasođam

dutamate Pour in rid

of him

but they bribed him selves through timentality;

1 silded

they

to

the

ECONOMICALLY DEVISED, the floor plan of the one-level house offers auch luxury features as a 20- foot living room and a raised hearth.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

line.