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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1949.

PRACTICAL

HOMECRAFT

MAKE MORE SPACE WITH BUILT-INS

By MARION CLYDE McCARROLL

"\OMPACT¦ modern homes are all very nice, but many a home- maker who has moved into one of them has found that' In gaining compactness she loseA valuable storage space. In other words, she' simply doesn't have enough places to put things..

And that's the moment to be- gin thinking about building-lu enbinets, shelves, a desk, bunki for the chlidren's room

other space-saving pieces.

save,

and It'

not only space that built-ins either; they save actual

usually money, since it'a

less expensive to build in 1 now piece than to buy brand-new furniture.

Is yours an old-fashioned liv-

of

ing room? Then you probably have many small objeris in keeping with the character the room that you'd like to have on display but have to put them.

nowhere

One answer is to Bank one of the windows with deep floor-to- ceiling shelves пл ench side Across the top, over the Winn dow, bulld shelf which

pects the two side hers, and un-

राम

MAKE YOUR BAY WINDOW MORE BEAUTIFUL by building shelves Across the entire window to hold colourful plecs from your collection of antique handmade class- ware, Interspersed with green growing plants,

The small, unrrow kitchen that In the narrow has a window wall with the sink beneath will be more attractive, as well as more effelent if

elves

open

der the window place a chest, reaching to the celling are built cupboard. cabinet in pine, above the wall-to-wall storage maple or

whatever the wood cabinets on either maybe that's fentured in

the ink below.

room

The overhead shelf is Referral to show a collection of eucius or fine glassware we other prized mergendoe", whille ten h housed on the helven al The Kiles

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have a bay window in living or dis ir rien double the beauty 4.4it」," }wr{xeant· mire window for prized bond. mode Late Interspp In Colourbil picers with Prowing plants For an ad-H

Bussmal decorative detail. VORI

might edge the shelves with it narrow seallonert wood vatroner painted the same colour as the walia.

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Ride of the

Even the Uniest kleben enn space a corner for a useful-litile beeakfast and stack counter. To make thin, simply bracket a table ze qima tej-pound shelf

above

securely in the curner at table- height

A late rull on the wall will

hold

glassware, sugar bowl and creamer, eupa and saucers, etc.

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In the living room or ice- nger's room, a built in desk wa The designed along modern lines Jay channing a stock ready-made modern-style door from the local

Healer-one with lumber

moulding but with TI Smooth murface. This forms the top A smal shest of drawers under one end, a brockel under the other, will hold it to beat wall, and a niple long shelf over The denk Ita) for book

Where a large buffet or side- board is too bulky for a small dining room, use a simple smal two-door cabinet with a set of open shelves built above 1. din- ished to match the cupboard. You can keep the frequently- Endless possibilities De in the used table equipment-linens, built-in telesa, walling only for dishes, etc.in the closed cop- The homemaker's imagination to board, with goblets, tumblers, get biery and call in the local gloss plates and other glass- carpenter to help her work them ware on the open shelves."

HOW YOUR

Ott.

BULT-IN SHELVES ON EACH side of the window over the sink, framed with a scalloped wood cornice, smarten up any kitchen, inoresde storage space.

(B)RIGHT IS

CHILD?

"Fine, bright children for do in a given age their age," you hear parents Hay. But are they? there any way of defining exactly what, at a given age, a child should be able to Go?

group. The check-up is for children between 18

one year and 15 months old.

make

ON baby,

after three of four attempts, an effort to put back the hand- kerchief will begin.

No napkins are needed during the day if the child has been carefully trained. They are still necessary at night.

Hair shows whether straight or curly, beginning with curls behind ears.

Stands at 11 to 12 months.

hia first birthday body weight with hands,

No longer able to support having Krown faster than at any other time in his whole life, will stand 31ins.. have a chest 18ins.; and n hend of 18ins. the circumference. can

To help parents their estimate, here is a 28- point check-off, based on ten years' research into thing the bright child

Birth weight has been trebled, „Average is 211b.

Beginning to make sounds at six months, baby now has a

THIS WEEK'S vocabulary of simple words-

GADGET

Here is a new gadget that

you can use for slicing your runner-benn

The

blades are mado

stainless steel. This gadget strings, the beans and slices. them at the same time-the "strings" being discarded, of

[podrst,”

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WOW-

!mumma, Jadda. babba, nd,

naughty, bang, bunny. wow, with a good sprinkling of "gurs" and "bubbles."

Drinks out of cup, trying to hold with both hands.

Can use "posting box" toy, but only with circular and slot shapes.

Can also use "picture tray" toy of wooden cut-outs to bo fitted back into hollow grooves. Balances six bricks on top of each other.

Still frightened of loud noises, but does not cry at them.

Sleeps 15 to 17 hours out of

Eight teeth-four top and four the 24. bottom.

Begins to remove clothes if alone or bored in pram and cot. Has succumbed to one miner cald without tempratums, but no, infectious disceses during

Diot consists of three meals breakfast of cereal, milk, half an egg several times a week, and toasted breadcrumbs in bacon fat. Dlaner of vegetable broth, first year. eloved vegetables, chicken

or

Let's

Let's Eat

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Three Meals From a Four Pound Piece of Boned Chuck

cooker.

"Bremarked the Chef, as he

DEEF sky-high again," 12 min. per lb. Cool in

Slice and serve entered the test-kitchen.

directed 'above.

What did you buy?" I asked. He unwrapped the parvel "'I have a nice 4 pound plece of boned chuck. But I think with skilful managerhent we can make it do for two meals for a family of two adults and two children, and also have a little left.

Favourite Dish

Well for one meal, we con have a dish that's a favourite with most men, plain bolled beef with horse radish. Then for a second meal, say luncheon, we could

make that wonderful moist Southern hash. And if there was any left after that, Chef, we can have a meat ball and egg plant soup made from om the beef broth nad any odd ments of beet That could even

Noodles Lyonnaise

the

口味

• Into a 4-qt, kettle pour 2 qts, boiling water. Add 2 pkga broth powder, 4 tbsp. shorten- ing or vegetable oil and 1 tsp. rall, Break 1⁄2 pkg noodles, any width, Into 1 in lengths. Add to the boiling water and boll until tender. Drain, but do not rinse. The fat will keep the noodles from sticking together and will, mason them nicely. Add 14 c. steamed tried onions and toss with a fork until well mixed.

Baked Apple Pudding This can be made in two different ways. With a rich bak- ing powder biscuit crust, or with a crust made of a leg cake mixture, in which ense a Krade "D" egg can be used. Cover the bottom of a shallow 7 in.

bo the principal dish for a x 11 in. baking utensil with 1

Or

with a dinner, supplemented good cheese

savoury, much as cheese custard

cheese spaghetti cutlets.**

"In order to make this beef do for three meals, we must have

All-up

opening

course Madame. For the first day of the bolled beef, I suggest for the first course a generous mixed citrus fruit cup, of fresh oranges and tinned grape frull tions."

Dinner

PCC-

Mixed Citrus Fruit Cup Bolled Beef with Horse-radish Noodles Lyonnaise Baked Squash

Picklen

Baked Apple Pudding Nutmeg Sauce Coffee or Tea Milk (Children) Include euricheri or whole grain breed or rolls with butter or margarine.

All Measurements Aro Level Recipes Serve Four

Boiled Beef

Order a 4 lb. piece of brisket or boned chuck of beet. (Ask the butcher for any bones.) Place the meat and bones in a heavy kettle. Add 1 tbsp. salt and tsp. pickle spice. Cover with boiling water and let ball about

Then 2 min.

put on n id and simmer until the meat is fork-tender to the centre, from 14 to 2 Is. Serve alleed with # Ritle of the beef broth poured over to moisten, and pass pre- pared horse-radish.

To Pressure-Cook the "boiled beef": Remove as much fat as possible from the ment and place in the pressure cooker. Pour in c, boiling water. Add 1 tsp. soit and top. mixed pickle spice. Close the cooker, bring to 15 lbs, pressure and process

FOR THE SMALL DINING ROOM whero a fárgo, side- board crowds things, ́a' simple two-door cabinet with 'apen shelves built above, is a smart' iden,

Household · Hints

tbsp. margarine and I ibsp. Over sugar, creamed together. this put 11⁄2 c. thin-sliced, peeled cured apples, mixed with c. sugar and 1⁄2 tsp. nutmeg. Make this laver as even as possible. Over it put the rich baking powder biscuit dough, rolled in. thick.

or pour over 1-CRR cake batter. Take moderate oven, 359-370 F. about 40 min. or until the crust is brown and you are sure the

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done, Serve warm, directly from the dish, or cool, turn out upside. down, and cut in squares or fenst 2 thep. nutmeg sauce over wedges. In any case, pour at ench serving.

1-E55 Cake Datter: Cream Sc shortening until soft. Add

c. sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla and 1 CATH Cream until very fluffy. Sift together 1 c. flour, 14 tsp. baking powder and top. salt. Add alternately with c. milk

to the first mixture.

Proper Care For House

Plants

By ELEANOR ROSS JELL-cared-for house pluts

add a beautiful note to even the most kxurleus of interiors, and they dress up a simple room as no other arcessory can, bring- ing warmth, ight and colour wherever they are placed.

As a rulo mosí blooming plants thrive on sunshine. Those that will grow and flourish in borth windows Include fernis, good old philodendrons, ivy, Jade pincts, Chinese evergreens, peperomias and Rex begonias.

Christmas Plant

Precision

wedded to Elegance

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If you have a room that has as the Shadows Lengthen...

a sunny window, treat it to a

pot от two of poinsettia (Christmas Flower) Molst soll,

a moderate room temperature,

are other requirements. Early in the new year the plants may dry out, which is while they are

Testim

a

beautiful African violet is universal favourite and de- servedly 80. A sunny castern Exposure without .protection from the sun is good except for the

summer months when

shading is essential. The ideal temperature for the violet is around 70-72 degre Fahrenheit. A cool temperature definitely does check growth and flowering. Water African violets by

soaking the pots in tepid water every other day. Never sprinkle the leaves. Keep the plant away from, drafts and from warm radiatore. Feed it plant food every other week,

White Sediment

No matter the type of plant, If a white sediment appears on top of the dirt, this may be in- dicative of water-logged roots. To help keep them healthy, re pot and add broken pot pieces or cinders to the soll.

Watering is one of the most important secrets of plant care. There can be no hard and fast rule for watering plants because of varying temperature, humidity and other conditions. Plants of the same variety even vary in their demands because differences in Alze or vigour.

of

The amount of water lost through the sides and bottoms

of pots vorles because of different degrees of pot porosity Most plants require a little water every day and more on hot, dry days,

Will sleep in strange places. brains, sole, scraped liver, and underdone scraped steak, Six- but will awaken at unusual teen ounces of milk are taken sounda. during the 24 hours, with orange

Claps hande, waves hand- juice and cod liver oil each day.

kerchlet, bangs on lable Mentally the one-year-old drum in mimlery, understands all simple com- Needs three thin layers of

It also helps to sprinkle the mands. He will smile, frown, wool in winter and careful

foliage of many house plants, or mimle facial expressions as a protection of feet and hands in

and wiping, cacti loaves with cold weather. gome.

damp

cotton helps to keep them Can be bathed at a tempera-

fresh and clean. African violets, Give him a box with a lid, ture of 90°F, without taking

and begonias, however, should containing a coloured bail, and · chli,

nover have water spritilded ou Will take lol him open and close lid and

all now foods. If

In If you are having trouble re-

Use tepid water cleaning your beautiful their leaves. handle ball several times. Take given in tiny quantities at the moving a cork when no cork copper or brass pieces, always instead of cold water when |away the box and remove the beginning of meals. No real puller is handy, insert two piecca se a soft cloth or cotton waste watering plants and be sure ball secretly. Return the emply dislikes at all. Preference being of wife on opposite sides of the polishes on the market. If you humidity in the rooms. Some

There aro soveral types of there I

a good degree of box, and the one-year-old will of colour rather than taste.

Will choose. open it and look all round the

objects if cork between the cork and the prefer a bright Anishi, select a plants are kept at their best by room in surprise for the missing given a choles,

bottle. Hold both wires and good commercial copper or brass placing a saucer Alled with ball

Recognises three people out twist as you pull and the cork cloth and polish with flannel, pats, 1310

polish and apply, with a soft pebbles and water beneath the side family circle.

water should not A babe of six months.can be Laughs at quick movements kitchen forks cafi bo used the brush. A clean, soft, brush will the pot, however, unless the will come out easily. Two For an etched design, use a soft come up above the bottom of feated by putting a silk hand- kerchief over his face. It will of dogs, cats, birds, chickens.

anme way, inserting one prong, take out the extra powder in the plant is like the calla lily or -{London Expresi Service). of each fork in place of the wire. design

the English Ivy,

don Express Service)

be pulled off immediately, and,

red

and the chilly days of Autumn approach, the

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