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Tips On

Cleaning

A Stove

BENSON.

Tips On Buying New Playthings

IS

By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.

very

GLAMOUR

IS NOT ALL

By PATRICIA CLARY

Hollywood.

JACQUELINE Dolya, who has

brown eyes of

Gene Tierney and the volup tuousness of Maria Montez, ɛnya a girl can't rely on glamour alone. So she has a job selling brake linings,

Miss Dalya stil plays the

siren of sultry, ccme-hither movies. And DS Insurance against the day when nobody wants to see her plelures, she's cales manager of a Californin auto parts manufacturing com- pany with a staff of 20 working for her.

"I've pushed sales up 22 per- cent in the lost four months," Miss Dalyn said, releasing Vic- for Mature from 'n movie cm- brner, "I believe we can in-

Shopping for a New Dress

Courtney Columbia l'iztare

crease business by two percent You'll never go wrong, says Screen Slar Adele Jergens, if you choose a a month for the rest of the

year.

She Gets Mature

basic dress and wear pretty jewelry with I

By HELEN FOLLETT

LOTHES may not make the isn't one's age, if the colours are

man,

for

I

but ay certainly not flattering.

The right frock will give a have plenty to do with making

the wrong that woman in the looking glass woman confidence;

or otherwise. one will bring on an inferiorliy appear attractive

That is why Some gleis fancy that if they feeling. had plenty of money they could should not make a hasty selec- be ladies at fashion. It is not tion.

The right accessories are just

one

KaVo up pictures several

to months

attend strictly to business. Then suggested to the president that I'd just be sales manager ́be- tween pictures. He said I'd been doing so well that he didn't mind at nil

"What more Can a girl ask for? I have Vic Mature and a business on the side."

as cimple as that, Smart attire

Dinga

is the result of a combination as important as the dress kiself. basle dress Can be good taste, on ap- A plain of gifts preciation of beautiful colours changed for each occasion with under different pins or other jewellery. and graceful hes, an

Onc's standing of suitability.

Many details must be given" be taken into cun- type must

thought, the correct length of sideration.

the skirt, the neck line, the It will not do to have fixed effect upon the complexion and who The woman ideas. The woman who reoris, the figure,

little tall thinking on new offerings looks pretty much does a the same year after year. She the subject of sartorial trap. WUI know Intuitively is usually given to the practice of "zelecting draù colours that what is best for her. Sho never pecent her deal personality, makes a mistake,

The poor deur of uncertain Let an expert dressmaker tako her in hand and she'll lop off nge must remember that, when ten years, come out fresh and she tries to look too young, sho will look older thon her years. blooming.

Mrs Plumple must remember Clothes should look as if they

them and belong, as if there in a friendly that black and other dark col- worked in bond between

the our will camoufinge her over- should. Mr Skinny wearer. This pleasant state of curves. affairs will not exist if the frock avold black that makes her looit in too large or too snug, i even slimmer.

caveman and "He she said.

a stuffed bear or cat almost many smaller playthings can be an big NA the youngster secured at little cost. who plays with it a

In the large separate playroom: Miss Dalyn geta Maturo- superior toy because of its size? In it as valuable as five or more a school there might well be when Betty Grable isn't looking! "Wa- stuffed toys whose aggregate some very large blocks and other in 20th Century-Fox'R

Her first movie By ELEANOR ROSS

east would be no greater than plaything But an only child bash Avenue,

The average youngster called "One Million B. C.” TIME

IME to get after the stove, the cost of this big one? Is it won't play alone long in auch was with Mature, too. It was

wants to use his playthings whether gas or electric and any more valuable than a bear a room.

where he can use them in sight have it in gleaming, apple-ple for cat a Bith as large?

"We played a for condition

big

is a very large toy car or truck or hearing of his mother. In the

renta cavewoman." Electric rangen Anished in у- thelle

or porteinin ve times as valuable for a toy second place, very few parents ensmal

ruich 想 one might see enamel require a good washing a car or truck costing a fifth can afford many large blocks didn't recognise me with clothes

kindergarten water, but as much, in case both are equally te

Mles Dalya knows a lot about warm soapy with

sturdy? Do very large blocks modern when the range is cool.

roots vecu spilled for home toys have five times reparate playroom or even the business. Before she decided to

be an actress, she As space in regular rooms for many playthings any

for

large playthings. One set department stores, on closed units, And has not the value been wiped off, remove it with blocks a fifth as large?

of blocks whose greatest dimen-

"I saw the world a mild abrasive. Food spilled

Much may be said for very slons don't exceed eight or ten off and in best removed by chat-large blocks for a large kinder- inches usually will suffice. But partment stores," she said,

much worked in nine different coun- need be

blockn and playthings tries. Leamed the language, and

many ring during a regular cooking arten room where children can there

a house big enough to smaller Never use a stiff brush bulld

Therefore, ihe mother got paid for it." or sharp instrument because of enter and to walk about inside also.

ense. Hollow blocks nte who can't afford to imitate the danger of

Injury to the with

made for often

this purpose, modern kindergarten for equip- heating colls.

though large blocks afford more ment need not worry.

exercise and muscular

on an open unit must be burned

nession.

the

Ovon Shelf

Now is the time to replace (perience at lifting. fnding or only partly function-

ing heating elements. shelf supports and

The oven

the heal

distributor, if they are of the

removable type, should be taken

11

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Largo Toys

A

Very large toys Jew

Satisfaction

After the chlid is alx or seven

aon."

It

from de-

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Unreliable Commodity

She takes a businesslike ap- proach, she said, to sell brake linings and clutches.

good going over with warn to move about, manipulate and eight or ten who may like to having them listen to you."

Spools and have a doll a few feet long that

Glamour is a pretty

Let's Eat

BY

·IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Christmas Dinner In Ireland

gifts

Leek Soup Irish Bread Celery

Sliced Tomatoes Apple Sauce Roast Goose Herb-Bread Stuffing: Gravy Braised Potatoes Diced White or Yellow Turnip Lighted Plum Pudding Fuffy Hard Sauce

Coffee or

Tea

he may, indoors, enjoy long

"I dress like a business wo- on periods of creative fun with man," she said. "In It tailored blocks and cars and ult. None of this plunging out and washed well with soap which children can ride and in domino

any which they can haul things seem trucks to push about imagina-neckline business. You don' IN Ireland, as in every Christian Christmas Dinner in Ireland water. If there are

country, the Christmas din- those sell brake no larger than

linings by having tively,

ner is the oceaalon for a family spilled food stains remove with to be very good for the kinder- tively.

garten. Also there should be supposed to appeal only to the men store at you. You sell by

gathering. Rooms are decorated a mild abrasives.

with branches of holly tucked many smaller blocks and things three-year-old. Even the girl at Give

surfaces n stas range

behind pictures and arranged in Don't use cleaning build with, ke

unre- vases.

No garlands are used, soapy water. powders for they might scratch dominoes and checker men, even she can dress may also derive

end and the sore small toy cars and trucks, no of happiness with a llable commodity anyway Miss and nary a wreath on the door enamel the porcelain

would bring bad luck. The smaller Dalyn belleves,

belleve Impilcly in chromium used

children sometimes for miniature tea sets and the like. variety of doils much trimmlaga

using these smaller and less expensive. and

linings. Children oven

or home ut

"It's all right," she shrugged. Santa Claus, and on Christmas Eve they hang up their stock-

Even to this day in the deep- Take out racks, rack gildes and things at school

Of course, far outdoor fun o "but there's a lot on the mar- good washing. Fercalive play seem more inclined

which can't oven bolttum for

country districts and the Aran- Obstinate spota should yield to to employ the imagination. Per- wagon, car or truck big enough ket, and it's going to fade in ings. Bulky

to haul sizable loads are very time. I think every girl should be stuffed in, nre hidden in their Islands off the west coast, the baking sodn

At sun-up next "bird" will often be roasted on o kerosene, Rehaps the nearer to life size a

But the

marry, first of all, have chil-sleeping rooms.

peat-fire on the. can move burners, brush off all due plaything is the less it stimulates desirable playthings.

very huge stuffed animal dren, and then get into a busi- morning, they are eagerly ex- spit over

And the vegetables and and food particles, and clean the imagination, as a rule,

hurdly have the appeal and

ing merrily for their other gifts. Christinas pudding will the air shutter.

Kindergartens which cat value to the child of four urss that will secure her future ploring the stockings and hunt- hearth

The grown-ups don't mind being merrily boliing in kettles hang- afford the very large blocks and eight in proportion to its cost

walted up, for it is the custom ing from a swinging crane. Just in case both Miss Dalya's in Irish Catholic families to at- In our own special For

the wheel toys need not be too much and required space. It's doubt- u proper job, boil

discouraged. A few very large tul whether the child hondling burners in solution of one

there huge toys glamour and her brake linings tend early Christmas mass. All I'm including two or three Irisht be homemade end a number

до of blocks can

to church at favourites. tbsp. of soda to 3 quarts

gain the satisfaction of fall her, she has a third ace up Protestants

Atlen- She wrlica popular eleven in the morning. water. But don't

Look Soup superiority over them which he her sleeve.

danes at midnight mass can gain from smaller play-songs, and two of them are now

on the market.-United Press.

Trim off the tops of about Christmas Eve is sparse, things.

there is Bittle night life of any lecits to 5 in. lengths. Thoroughly kind in Ireland. However, after clean and shred. Heat 14 qts. dinner, at four or five o'clock well-seasoned lamb broth or everyone attenda vespers, Christ other good ment stock which mas Day Itself is the focus of is entirely free of fat, Add the the celebration, which is in leeks, Bring to boiling point, every respect a modest, dignified and sprinkle in 3 tbsp, rolled

sincere

the nata. Continue bolling. gently tribule to

until the leeks are tendër,

Wash

Proper Job

0

this for do

aluminium burners, since all lles tend to darken aluminium. well iri warm soapy water and then rinse in clear hot water. Before

replacing

dry the burners upside down in

a warm oven.

valve very

Clean the pilot carefully

with 32

plece of wire. Rough handling is likely to damage it.

1fe

OLD MADE

HOUSE NEW

n

AN old mahogany can now be П hand- transformed into food spill-over on If a bad

chest,

with gray. oven

bottom hea been some

and Bowera overlooked, and does not come painted hearts

and blue. away readily with soap and decoration in coral

chairs have been old Windsor water pinco a piece of

transformed into glamour towelling or cheesecloth dam-

coat of glossy pened with household ammonia, pieces by over the bottom plate. If the paint and a painted decoration cloth is left until dry the burned of Norwegian motifs of flowers out material usually loosens and end birds in gay colours.

I

Is then readily removed by The walls of the four-and-a-

washing. If one of the burners

js

not working properly, now half-room layout

can be new

Is the time to have it adjusted painted. In the living room the Unless a stove functions per-colour is picked up by a green

and brown upholstered lounge

fectly much of the effort and

t plain coloured rug meals is chair, expense put into

and draperies hung on a rod to wasted.

carry out the colour theme.

THIS WEEK'S *********

GADGET

• This"pourar" ta' furt÷isħaf le wanted form, tin of· evaporated milk or frull of tomato juice.. it, is odour

Ron corruatos. Afters being wildraton - from an emptied tin, lit can

be used over and over Again. for new:onEK TEKS

0

were

Master Bedroom

The master bedroom is

affair handsome

nod really would be a credit to the finest

Old pieces. apartment. bleached, sanded and rubbed down,

white then lacquered with an

Bed- antique finish. spread, draperies and vanity skirt

were handmade out of chintz, gray with apricot coloured floral design.

Feats of magle were worked on such items as an old copper coffee: urn,” which, under tender ministrations, became a hand. some lamp, while a wood · salt box is now a handsome plant container.net

-Fino ́ceramics, a hand woven Oriental style rug, the floral decorations on the furniture, decorated metal trays and. salad bowls, screen painted design mouts for curtains and Furniture in the boy's room; the beautifus céramiés: in the living room can be painted by yourself

can

no matter what happens."

From A Royal Designer

By AUCE ALDEN,

and

Nativity.

03 for

A big cake or

some article for the house might be given to a married couple; toys, useful garments or home-made swacis to the children.

over

Roast Goose

bo-

menu:

Clean the goose and tweeze- out any pin feathers. Scrub all' with mild soapy water. Rinse several times with tepl water. Drain and dry thoroughly. Dust inside and out with salt and pepper. FIL with herb- bread stuffing, or if you are not Dinner is served between going to serve leek soup, use an three and four in the afternoon, onion. stuffing. Close the vent strictly a family affair.

with tooth picks or poultry pins

Family Affair

The big table is extended full lacing them together with white length, and covered with string and tying securely. Fasten gleaming white Irish linen cloth, the wings to the body of the treasured by every Irish home- Coos with poultry pins or tooth- maker. In the centre of the picks. Place on a rack in the tablo there may be a small. low roasting pan, and bake in

moderate oven, 380 F., allowing decoration of greens and red about 26 min. to the pound. Do berries. There's no room for 90 much decoration as the table is not buste or prick with a fork. The fat will cook out normally. filled with food. The Christmas If the surface is not well

ancy

dinner is a bountiful, forthright browned, dredge with flour. It is when garnish

meal, but not built around either roast goose

or turkey, always with plenty move the

The on a heated

*To

strings; place

serve, ro

"and"

Onion Bread Stuffing: - Feel

of herb-bread stuffing. vegetables are always fresh and with, celery tips. often home grown, except the large onions. Place in bolling traditional fresh

tomatoes, Im water and simmer about 8 min.. ported from Spain and served

suced..

With the exception of Then drain and chop fine. Add or 2 tsp. dried sage, 2 c. une-stale applesauce, no conserves

Y ellies are

served at an Irish bread crumbs, 2 tsp. salt,

beaten and The bread is either a good tbsp.

Do they are reserved for tsp. Patet butter)"'.

wille

Irish

egg

bread; of the famous or other fat. Taste fargeri

A

seasoning..

yeast sodn

bread or both. A necessary add a little ex.. popular soup:

art off the If desired half of the goose start dinner, in; leek soup made liver may be simmered: unir It takes a master hand to produce the really fine ball gown, without milk or cream, Serving tender, chopped and added to

Christmas plum pudding is the the stuing was one of distinctive opulence yet devoid of ostentation. Norman a Hartnell of London, designer of beautiful ball gowns for Queen custom throughout the British Trick of the Chef Elisabeth and the two princesses, fashions this gala "gown of Talca, and It's the climax of the To braise polaicer, pool and dove gray satin. A fohn collar develops into two large pockets Irish Christmas Dinner, Dorved boil them in meat stock contato blazing If the necessary, brandying a litle at When done, below the waist, and is embroidered tu gray pearls in a Broderie of spirits can be afforded. The drain und, shake over a low heat Anglaise design. With it saw worn matching gray natin gloves. I mend, would run like this to dry out. 23 in