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PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

MODERN AS TOMORROW

Unfinished

Frchitecture to

By MARION CLYDE MɗCARROLL

Furniture Atics of the present moment, most in use during any twenty- Here, the

quarters by placing the rooms be made for winter

Good Buy

By ELEANOR ROSS

COME of the nicest furnishing

Jobs we have admired

have not necessarily been the most elaborate, nor the most expensive. Nice pieces, well chosen, well integrated, a good sense of colour, a lived-in look-these are the Ingredients that go to make up a good

room.

Beautiful lacquer pleces aro all very well, but wise young people go all out for unfinish- ed furniture, well-made, good lines and

Bood

of

wood. Then they go to work and give the pieces t beautiful deep rich stain or a glowing coat of Lacquer. We've been watch- ing some friends of ours doing a marvellous job on unpainted pleces, and we've learned a few tricks that we would like to pass on to you.

An effective way to treat un- finished wood furniture is to that give it a special Anish brings out all the beauty of the grain. This is accomplished by dipping a clean. cloth in glycerine and rubbing the wood until as much as possible ab- sorbed. Next, go over

the surfaces with linseed oil and remove the excess with a clenti cloth. Finally, wax and polish.

Rich Glow

The result, as we have sein, is a soft, mellow Anish a rich, warm glow that is the dis tinguishing fenture of old maple. Honestly, the pleces we saw looked as though they had been lovingly polished for

years.

Our friends did a good job, 100, on some

antique pieces, mnking refinishing them and them really beautiful as well as

useful. First they applied paint remover, followed by ap- plications of vinegar and water, then a clear water rinse. Ther followed a good sandpapering until every vestige of paint had disappeared; then came a rub- bing with fine steel wool. Then they went over the entire sur- face with lycerine-dipped cloth. The furniture is ready for stain, lacquer or linseed oil finish.

now a

We noticed that most of the gingerbread, the over-ornamen- tation had been removed from the old pieces, leaving benut!-|

flowing lines that fitted perfectly into a modern roum

・ful,

here's a house that's modern as tomorrow.

in

In this instance, sleps OR those who like their

have would be required if similar

be uscri were to match been saved, while maintaining plans

sleeping localities where provision must the streamlined characteris desirable privacy for

comfort, free-standing fire- shown in the picturo above is sufficient to take care of chilly-mornings or evenings. Likewise, the general openness of the first floor rooms, built as

with primary

con they are

for enjoyment of sideration the out-of-doors, would need ..some

modification In breas where the weather gets definite- ly cold at certain times year.

perlod-living and place na four hour service

street areas on the servi level floor, and bedrooms on a floor below. The fact that the architect had a hillside site deal with made such an rangement particularly appro- priate.

That means, of course, not only that its exterior is design ed along lines favoured hy those who follow the contemn- porary school of thought, ar- chitecturally speaking, but that the interior has been thought- fully planned to make house- keeping as simple as possible.

to

ar-

Since this house was design- ed for a southern climate, it is bullt without the cellar that

DELICIOUS

DESSERT

LE

RECIPES

By ALICE DENHOFF

ET'S splurge today, in print, anyway, and start off a feast of goodies with variations

of that a

luxury dessert, Baked

Alaska.

Individual Glogerbread Alas- kas come first. To make eight servings

empty contents of

quicke prepared. gingerbread

mix into a mixing bowl.

Add c. cold water or milk to mixture. Silr vigorously unti

3/2 free from lumps then stir in cmore milk or water gradual- ly. Four into largo sized. greased

eight muffin pens or individual baking cups.. Bako

375

F. for 25 to 30 min. Remove muffins from pan; allow to cool thoroughly. Caro- fully cut a cone from centre of

at

cach muffin. Fill cavity

with

with

vanilla ice cream. Top meringue made by beating two CER

then whites until sun, adding 1 tsp. salt, top vanilla and c. sugar gradual- ly: Continue bealing until mixture is fine grained and will hold ils shape. Return to hot oven (425 F.) for about three min, or until top of meringue is lightly browned, Should be served at once.

Graham Crackors Graham Baked Alaska comes next and one doesn't have to be a super sleuth to guess that this version 15 made with off with graham crackers Start the meringue for this

one. Fo two servings, beat two whites until stiff but not dry. Ada

C. sugar gradually

beating constantly. Roll three

a "base" graham

· crac-

graham

graham crackers to make fine crumbs: fold into meringue. Then prepare

by spreading two

with jam or jelly and top-

with two more ping crackers,

Place

"sandwiches" sheet. When together on ready for dessert, heap vanilla in frozen very

hard, Ice cream centre of top of cracker sand- Cover

wiches, keeping the ice cream 14 inch inside of edges. ice cream and edges of crackers completely with the meringue, hot Bake in

preheated very oven (500 F.) two to three min. or until meringue is

slightly or unt brown. Cut in halves. and serve at once. Half a pint of ice cream is sufficient for this of the recipe.

Living room, dining area, kitchen and front door entry of the house (top picture) make up four sides of a square, with fireplace in the centre. The view, taken from the living room, looks towards the dining area, walled Valmost completely by windows and the door to the sun deck.

DECKI

DINING

←ENTRY

LIVING

ROOM

On the outside, the house is trim and neat and streamlined- looking. The front door leads lato' the entry forming one side of the square which is the street level floor, with living room on its right, and kitchen on the left.

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A diluted solution of gelatin Is good for restoring the crisp, new appearance to fine fabrics, such na organdle, valles, silks, the etc. Don't use too much, fabric will feel sticky. Add one pint of cold water to an ounce of gelatin, and heat until it is dissolved. Dilute with hot water do- according to the stiffness alred. You can use from eight-to 10 parts of hot water

to one

GARAGEN

Since the average family spends most of its waking.

part of gelatin solution. AddiaHours in living and service areas of the house, a floor little borax to preserve the stock plan like this simplifies hojiwekeeping. solution for Inter uso.

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