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THE CHINA. MAIL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1957.

PRACTICAL

HOMECRAFT

U.S. HOUSEWIFE HELPS GREEK WOMEN Served In An Old Way THE TREND IS TOWARDS

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By CLAIRE COX

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is helping prepare facilites of the ICEM, Greek women for lives in organsation financed by new homelanda,

She in teaching them how to use suap, hot and cold running water, how to make beds, to percolate coffee, and make toast.

Mrs Jane Moody, mother of three children, has been

governments.

Little Opportunity

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She ban soth nearly 50,600 Greeks pack up their few pitiful belongings and leave for now homes, mainly in Australia, ainco, 1952.

Most of them are single men trained as mechanies and In other skills, and women pre- working in Athens since pared to woric as domestics or 1062, as deputy chief for reamstresses—or to keep their

Greek own houses. operations of the mission of the Inter- governmental Committee for European Migration.

I hand, James P. Moody, in the investment business in Albens. Mrs Mandy feels she is i un ve tment business too, by helping Greeks prepare for through the better fitur

Almost all are young-from 18 to about 35. None plans to return to Greece.

wash dianes, change shoots, vacuum, cooke breakfast, wagh, fron and perform other house- hold chorpe,

Mrs Moody and her sides also supervise the teaching of per- Kanal hygiene, sanitation and how to set tablos.

Leave For Good

"Many of the girls we have trained nover before have seen a refrigerator," she said. "They never have had running water in their homes, Waters La Scarcé in Greeen. The use of soap and water in rural areas is limited."

"Young women do not have much opportunity in Greece said Mrs Moody. "There are al most no jobs for them, becaure there is so much unemployment among men, and they get the

ICEM maintalus an clight-room apartment in Athens for its course in homemaking. "Slurst jobs avaliable. dents" learn to use power sowing "The girls are not encouraged their to get edurations, and they ru machines, in place of

the men that mothers old tradle or hand- far outnumber run models. They

MIDITY. to many DOVE

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SMALLER HOMES

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CARROT AND PRUNE Trimmes, a vegetable and fruit combination. is a tra- tional dish served at the Hebrew festival of Succoth.

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One very Interesting celebration is that of the Hebrews who combine the fes- autumn thanksgiving tival with the holidays of Succoth.

Hebrew Ward

"Succoth" is a Hebrew word meaning huls or booths

COMPACT AND COM - FORTABLE. this bedroom has win beds. Note the storage ares, concealed by doari, which is arranged Postel over the window. colours make

room

the appear larger.

By JOAN O'SULLIVAN

W

HILE becoming amall-

er modern homes have

As a symbol and reminder of a place for everything and the fragile shelters of the chil- everything's in that place. dren of Israel during their 40 It has to be; there's no room years' wandering in the wilder-

ness, synagogues, temples and for collecting a lot of us.

erect lesa paraphernalia. groups of neighbouro booths outdoors or indoors. They garland them with vines, Living rooms are planned bunches of grapes, add red and green apples, cars of com and the pumpkins, and ent under sheller.

Miniature Booth

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Or a table setting may have

a centrepiece of淼 miniature

for beauty minus clutter. Furniture's sealed down to fit the rooms, and there's a trend nfoot to mix and match periods, modern with traditional and vice versa.

In all rooms, storage

"Succal" or booth decorated space is at a maximum. A with greens. On each sido of living room, for example, this soiting are large platters has hidden wall panels that of fruit, strudel, mondelbredslide back to show a big (almond silces) and dishes

candy. Sacramental cups wing are arranged on a tray.

Dinnor In Tho Tradition

Of Succoth

of

of closet over a sofa, above a centro window or along a wall leading from living to dining area.

Before dinner, the mother Lights the candies in the Succah

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room, are

han decorative. Fre

they serve as a desk homemaker husband.

or booth, and the father blesses ltchen from living (and sayd grace over the

and the bread, both always quently provided in the ancient tradi-Look for such features, too, as

tion.

Menu

Chicken Noodle Soup Roast Turkey Green Peas Carrot and Prune Tzimmes Kasha and Mushrooms Beet Relish Salad Apple Torie

Tea with Lemon

All modsurements are level;

recipes proportiones to serve to

Carrot and Prune Trimmer

for

a counter top that doubles as a breakfast table and shelves for books, plants or portable TV,

Kitchens are modern. Some have standard size refrig÷rators and ranges, olbers star an eye- level oven and a counter rang? All have generous

closets, cabinets and drawers.

Twin Beds

Bedrooms are similar to those

in a regular apartment. Omo Wash, pee! and slice 4 lb.eu is to have twin beds at- carrots and 1 Ib, sweet potatoes. tached to a headboard which Put in a saucepan. Adel 1 in swing out for easy bedmakinger boiling water and 1 tsp. salt. will sparate to make an aisle Cover, Cook 25 min, or until between the beds. Wall space tender,

above beds often has sliding for closets, In many Drain If necessary. Mash doors

coses, closets are planned along with tsp. ground pepper, Vi

the wall opposite beds. Somie- tsp. ground ginger and a tsp.imes you'll And a linen closet aalt,

long a side wall

Next, cut 1 e pitted, soaked dried prunes fr gmail pieces. Olla l-qt, casserole. Fill with alternating layers of carrots, potatoes and prunes, beginning and ending with vegetables. Over each layer drizzle 1 tsp. honey and 1 top. chicken fat.

Hake 45 min, in a moderate oven, $50 F., or until Ughtly browned. Garnish with plited Boaked dried prunes.

Mushrooms En Kash and Casserole: Mensure 14 C. kasha (buckwheat grains) into a large frying pan. Add 1 un- beaten small eg. Stir over low heat until the grains are cost-

Transfer to a 2-gt. casserole, Stir in 4 tsp. salt, 2 tbs chicken fat or sulad all, 2 c. bailing chicken broth and 4 Ib, washed, tres mushrooms cut in bite-sized places. Cover. Slaw-baké 11⁄21⁄2-2 lira, or un- til the graing are tender and the liquld absorbed. Adá more liquid ne noeded.

Raw Beet Relish

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AN L-SHAPED dream kitchen provides generous cabinet space, Just opposite the range, a table and obalry are sat up for meal service.

THE LIVING ROOM is a nice size, has a modern sofa and

chair. It's done in neutral belge and brown with pink and erten acccata.

HEAT FROM UNDER

THE

CARPET

By JOY MATTHEWS

HOT NEWS for cold feat. A revolutionary new heating system is crashing in on the central heating world.

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Already the electricity com panies in North Wales and Now when you buy, a tell me that they have testet Merseyaldo are selling it, Thủy carpet you can buy under it thoroughly, that both tho lay that is wired to heat up insurance people and the bag the entire room. It is so service bave give it thair

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has a side zip to stop slippery power-plug and your room

It should be on sale every- Ongera. It 't big enough for Is hot all over. marketing-but the week-end

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