Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, March 14, 1946, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextWoman's World Unused Dresses Will Make Attractive Blouses, Jumpers ~ I a I (ij AS YOU thumb through your clos ets preparatory to spring clean ing, you’ll probably come across at least two dresses that are sadly worn and unwearable. With the clothing shortage and also the ex pense of buying new clothing, you would do well to consider the pros pect of remodeling this clothing into something distinctly attractive and new looking. One garment that has plenty of calls for wearing is the jumper. When it’s tailored, the jumper is ideal for business wear or sports. If it’s made of velvet or another of the more decorative materials, the jumper makes an attractive date dress. Before any remodeling is attempt ed, the dress should be cleaned or washed thoroughly and ripped apart completely. Take care while ripping so that no threads in the material are pulled, and material so made useless. If you want to change the color of the dress, remove the old dye first. If, of course, you are dyeing it a darker color, the original shade does not have to be removed. For the classic jumper, trim off the sleeves and cut the armholes, making them fairly large. If you are uncertain as to the exact shape you desire, consult a pattern. Trim down the neckline, too, into a square or round shape. | jkm Jp Find an unwearable dress . . . If the original skirt is flared, this may be retained in the jumper, but it will add a note of smartness to make wide, deep pockets out of the sleeves. In some tailored mate rials, these pockets take on new interest if they are stitched in con trasting thread. In some jumpers, a capped sleeve treatment is used. This is easily Ayes for Eyelets v ' ■ - 'H t 'o^ v v ‘ V ;||pr rjBM tii o', i * Men returning from overseas ex pect to find their girls wearing pretty but not high style things. Deep, white eyelet embroidery set In the wide yolk of a black dress is flat tering to the face. Note the eyelet motif carried out in the hat. Spring Fashion Notes If baby brother wants a sailor outfit like big brother, select one in a fabric that repels grime and dirt 8° as to keep him neat longer. For after-work, you’ll want to con centrate on checked gingham short slacks and jersey blouses. Casual dresses include corded chambray, striped and checked ginghams, waffle pique in shirtwaist and button-front styles. m And make a chic jumper from it. done simply by recutting the sleeve, leaving enough material to fold un der for finishing; or, the sleeves may be ripped out and the capped effect achieved through the use of wide bands of grosgrain or faille ribbon. This is done after the dress is redyed. At the beginning of this article 1 spoke about the possibility of your finding two dresses in the closet. Thus far, only one of the dresses has been mentioned. The other dress might well be made into a blouse to go with the jumper so that you will have a complete costume. Select Jumper Blouse In Contrasting Color The blouse for the jumper should be contrasting in color to the jump er, itself, or it may blend with that garment. With so many new prints out this season, a worn print, pro vided it looks well with the solid color you have used in the jumper, would be highly desirable. If, however, the jumper is of a rather conservative dark shade, the blouse can be a solid bright color that blends with the jumper. Bright red goes beautifully with navy blue, or cerise is a lovely foil for aqua. You’ll find ample material in most worn dresses for a blouse of almost any style and design. The most popular type for jumper wear is the blouse that ties in a bow at the neck, or one that has a neat collar treatment and buttons down the front. The sleeves may be long or short depending upon your taste and the material available. If the dress is tailored, it may not be necessary to rip the com plete garment. Sometimes the bod ice of the dress just needs trim ming from the skirt and finishing to make the complete blouse. If you do want to make a brand new blouse, rip the dress and start as you would with new material. Recut the sleeves and make them long or short. Add a new collar if the dress has one that is too fussy, and do bear in mind the type of jumper when you are making the blouse. Mending Pointers Men’s worn-out shirt cuffs may be cut off and turned. Soft col lars can sometimes be purchased at a notions counter, or, they may be taken off other shirts that are not usable. Never stop stocking runs tem porarily with nail polish as this frequently damages the thread of the hose permanently. Reinforce weak spots by darning carefully before the holes appear. This is especially true for hose that tends to wear in the heels or toes or on top of the stocking. Patch slips that wear out under neath the armholes. If the straps are worn, replacements may be purchased and sewed on easily. Heavy linen thread is recom mended for button sewing. But tons will stay on better if they are sewed with a thread shank that permits the iron point to get closer to them without snapping off the button. Hooks and eyes are best sewn with double thread and an over and over stitch through holes. Sew over hook near top to hold it down. The straight metal bar or thread bar worked with a blan ket stitch is placed on the seam line. The curved eye extends slightly beyond edge of the open ing. To mend a diagonal tear, darn with small running stitches paral lel to lengthwise thread but in the direction of the tear. Over these stitches work another set of right angles to the first. The angular outline in shoulder* is disappearing and the rounded ef fect is coming back strong. Hips, too, are emphasized with draped shirrings. Buttoned bands on square neck lines and peplums go to make up smart, cool dresses for the summer and spring. Choose a dark back ground and trim in bright or paste) colors. THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE PAUL MUNI (starring in Charles R. Rogers’ “Angel on My • Shoulder”) tells this one. When he first reached Hollywood, under contract to a film company, he was al ready famous as a Broadway star. But for six months he did nothing but collect his pay check. Finally he protested to his new boss, who told him not to worry, just to amuse himself—go to Honolulu if he wanted to, leaving word where his check was to be sent. Finally “Scarface” came along, bringing him fame as a movie star overnight. It made so much money for the company that those months when Muni didn’t work meant nothing. Because it is said to be the most infectious and contagious one in Hollywood, social service students at Loyola university are studying a 15-minute record of Joan Leslie’s laughter ss it’s heard in Warner WmzgPift'.. ./v>-W' ' ML mw. JOAN LESLIE Bros. “Cinderella Jones.” The re cording was made at the request of Rev. Gerald D. Flynn, director of sodalities (social service) for South ern California. * It’s a good thing Ray Milland isn’t jittery; in “California” he gets shaved while sitting in a barber chair in which a man was scalped and murdered. That was way back in 1848, and the murder took place during an Indian uprising, but the blood stains are still visible on the head rest. Later, the chair was used in General Fremont’s headquarters in Monterey. On the set of Metro’s “The Show- Off,” they brought in a Great Dane who plays an important role. Red Skelton held out his hand, bnt the dog didn’t extend a paw he knocked Skelton down. Skelton looked up with dawning recognition —it was the dog that was specially trained for Metro’s “Bathing Beauty” two years before, trained to knock Skelton down every time he saw him! * The first postwar building project at the Warner studio will be an $ll,OOO addition to the studio school house; there’ll be larger classroom facilities for young players, a wait ing room for mothers, and special equipment for the care and feeding of infant actors. * Madeleine Pierce, radio’s baby specialist who is three-year-old “Jill” in "Young Dr. Malone,” in sists on being introduced to her audience before performances. Once as she approached the mike the audience, expecting adult speech, burst into giggles when Madeleine began; she was playing a baby, and only a couple of gurgles and a stream of goos came from behind the pillow used as a crop. * — Ann Sothern’s working hi pic tures again for the first time since the birth of her daughter, Patricia Ann Sterling, in December of 1944. She’s doing another “Maisie” film. * A recent Hooperating lists Bob Hope as the leader of the first 15 evening radio programs, with Fib ber McGee and Molly, second, and Fred Allen third; Jack Benny’s fourth. Ten years ago the popular ity rating ran Major Bowes, Burns and Allen, Rudy Vallee, Jack Ben ny. In those days Bing Crosby was 14th; he’s 6th on the list now, though he’s been back on the air so short a time. # The new March of Time, “Report on Greece,” is a factual picture story, photographed on the spot, re vealing the situation there from the incredible inflation and paralysis of transportation to the rise of new political parties. —# ODDS AND ENDS—Norma Shearer may follow Joan Crawford along the come-back trail and make another picture ... A re porter asked Haiti Brady, 8, of “Two Guys from Milwaukee" what sports she liked; said she “ Skating, riding, swimming, fencing and Dennis Morgan" . , . Teddy, the burro in “Escape Me Never," tils up, grim, kicks gently, rolls over, never bites —and gets $5O a day ... In five years Joan Leslie has progressed from the short, “Alice in Movieland" to her starring role in “Cinderella Jones" . . . The youngster who got Bob Hutton’s private phone num ber tells it to her friends for 15 cents. 144 SMss••» | Serve a Salad . . . Save the Vitamins (See Recipes Below) Spring Salads One of the best ways of fulfilling the vitamin and mineral require ment in the diet is to have a heap ing bowl of fresh salad at luncheon or dinner. If tasty combinations of fruit and vegetable are used, the family will enjoy nibbling these precious morsels of health. Salad greens should be washed thoroughly and examined carefully to insure the re moval of all for eign substances. /3M KJ I Then they are / placed in a towel or a vegetable ’yHL/jhff ) hydrator and chilled before be ingfoldedto- gether. The bowl in which the in gredients are mixed and the plates on which the salad is served should also be chilled. When salad materials are cut in pieces, they should be Uniform and well-defined enough so that they will not lose their shape in the folding process. A marinade is often used to add flavor to salad materials. This is made by mixing oil, salt, lemon juice or vinegar. Vegetables, fish or meat may stand an hour or so in the marinade before using. When several vegetables are used, each one should be marinated separately. I have chosen several crisp spring salads which I know you will enjoy using. They will be particu larly welcome with fish dinners or meals made up of casseroles or other hearty foods. Jellied Vegetable Salad. (Serves 4 to 6) 1 envelope (1 tablespoon) un flavored gelatin 6 tablespoons cold water 2 tablespoons eider vinegar 1 tablespoon lemon Juice Vt teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 cap boiling water 1 cup diced, cooked carrots Vt cup diced celery 1 cup shredded cabbage Soften gelatin in cold water. Mix the vinegar, lemon juice, salt, sugar and boil- M ing water to gether. Bring to the boiling point, rv 1 anc * s °ttened A ' Axtafev gelatin. Stir until gelatin di s - s °l ves> Chill until syrupy. Fold in I I vegetables. Chill until firm. Serve with mustard salad dressing. Garden Salad. (Serves 6) Lettuce Romaine Mustard greens Tiny onions Sliced radishes Fluted carrot strips Green pepper rings Sliced tomatoes Sliced cucumbers LYNN SAYS Meat Cooking Hints: Grinding less tender cuts of meat breaks down tough connective tissue and makes them tender. Use ground meat for patties, meat loaves and meat pies. Canned meats and ready-to-eat meats may be heated or served with vegetables and a starchy food. There is little waste in them, making them economical. In buying ham, it is best to buy a whole ham rather than slices. Center slices bought separately are usually twice the price of ham bought whole. Steak continues to cook after it is removed from the broiler. Serve it at once, if you want it medium or rare. Stuff corned beef hash into green pepper halves, top with grated cheese for a quick supper idea. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENUS r ' Cheese Souffle Carrots and Green Beans i Bran Muffins Apple Butter f Cabbage, Apple and Raisin Slaw ; Fruit Fritters Lemon Sauce : Beverage , Arrange crisp greens in salad bowl. Add onions, radishes, carrot strips and green pepper rings. Make a border of alternating slices of to mato and cucumber. Just before serving, toss with french dressing. Cut paper-thin lengthwise slices of i carrot. Flute like ribbon candy. Se cure with toothpicks. Drop into ice water. Remove toothpicks when . thoroughly chilled and crisp. 5 Vitamin Salad. 1 (Serves 6) 6 cups shredded raw spinach ] 1 cucumber | 3 tomatoes 1 12 radishes I Mustard salad dressing j Wash spinach thoroughly; break g leaves into small pieces; measure t five cups. Peel * r cucumber; score VjV jftJM? 1 lengthwise with I y# i tines of fork; A d |»1 j slice. Peel and vLi| slice tomatoes. j Slice radishes. [7/ fcr I|| 1 Combine; serve \r I fl I|| with mustard /A’/ 1 |w| I jp\ f salad dressing. *yw •** * r Some fruits and vegetables such as the calavo may be served just sliced in half, without peeling, and removing the seed with the sharp point of a knife, and sprinkling with lemon juice and salt. If you are looking for molded fruit salad, you will like the following: Lime Fruit Salad. (Serves 12) 1 package lime gelatin 1 cup boiling water 1 cup cold water 4 slices canned pineapple Vt cup canned white cherries H cup red seeded grapes, cut into fancy shapes ’ 4 pears, halved. Dissolve gelatin in boiling water , and add cold water. Set aside to cool slightly. Add fruit and pour into j mold. Chill until firm, 1 Garnish: Head lettuce and endive I Pimiento cream cheese i 1 No. 2Vi can pears 1 Cream cheese I Raisins Nuts Preserved ginger Sliced pineapple Mix cream cheese with chopped nuts, raisins and ginger, and stuff pears. Use as garnish around lime mold. Top with pimiento cream cheese flower. Place slices of pine apple topped with pimiento cream cheese between pears. Garnish with endive. Serve with mayonnaise. Frozen Pistachio Cheese Salad. (Serves 8) 3 3-onnce packages cream chees-> IVi ounces blue cheese Green food coloring Vi cup chopped pistachio nuts Vt teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon Jnice V* cup light or heavy cream Lettuce Radish roses Cucumber slices French dressing Mix the cream cheese and the blue cheese with a fork until soft. Tint a delicate green with food col oring. Add the chopped nuts, salt and lemon juice. Add the cream. Turn into a freezing tray of an auto matic refrigerator with tempera ture control at coldest setting and spread smooth with a spatula to a thickness of about % inch. Freeze until firm. Cut into small squares and serve on crisp lettuce in the center of Individual salad plates with radish roses and cucumber slices around it. Serve with french dressing. lUJcmcd fer Western Newspaper Union. LOGICAL SELECTION , . * Now that the elective system te colleges is being batted anal someone has recalled the anwiMr Stephen Leacock used to teH abut the system at its extreme. He baiZ met a student in an American caJh'i— and had asked him what he wrec to study next semester. “Turkish, music and arditew ture," said the student. “I take it,” said Leacock, *teslt you expect to be a choirmairtor to a Turkish mosque.” “No,” said the student. "Itaw. courses come at 9, 10 and IB o’clock.” Unsteady Craft Dr. Tehyi Hsieh, Chinese adaftar' and one-time resident of Boston, waal one day conversing with a indl— | of Aberdeen on the subject eff ■to. < favorite diversion—boating. "Doctor,” inquired the Scot, m kmm\ do your Chinese canoes oaapaMß> with Scotch canoes?” < "Oh,” replied the genial flWWi,} “they are pretty much alike, MIT { he added, with a sly grin, “tewj Chinese canoes give a little Intel* —they tip." Like Mother, Like DaogMre Little Doris was being repnmte-! ed by her mother for a cootMteH course of misconduct. j “Don’t you know, Doris,’* ste>| said, “that if you keep on doing swj many naughty things your dsHnl will be naughty, too?” “Oh, mother,” returned tev| youngster, “now you’ve given jmm self away I” Double Feature? Manager of Movie Theatre— t What’s the idea? You only took ttwi job of usher a few minutes aga. New Boy—Yeah, I’m sorry Mi I’ve seen the picture. RIGHT Harry—What brings a man tee greatest comfort in time of trial? Jerry—Acquittal. Sad Scene Actor Did you notice how tea audience wept during my teate scene? Actress—Yeah. They must M realized you were only acting. Happy Home Hubby—What did you say Ml night when I came home, Mt Wifey—Nothing. Hubby—l know that. But how tel you express it this time? Excuse Mes Nit—You poked me in the eye wflh your umbrella! Wit—Sorry but I >did not. THa umbrella belongs to a friend df mine. And Seldom Harry—Your wife seems kkr « woman of rare intelligence. Jerry—Yeah, that’s a delicate way of saying she shows practical no sense. dive Her an Inch Small Girl—Mother wants a tepa measure. Clerk—How long does she want HP Small Girl—For keeps, I think. MAID PROBLEM Lady of the House—Hilda, dad yew ■weep behind the door. Hilda—Yes, ma’am,. I swept cv -erything behind the door. No Proof Judge—And your age? Prisoner—Twenty. Judge—l doubt if you can ipamm that statement. Prisoner—The county house teak had the record of my birth ihaaaaft down in 1910 so you’ll find it haad to prove the contrary. Bright Future Jim—Now that you are 30 and wdt of the army, what do you epi •v to be in five-years? Slim—Thirty-fiv'e I