Woman's World
Smart Cottons Now Available
For Youngster’s Easter Clothes
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MOTHERS who have been econ
omizing on their children’s
clothes budget will be happy to
learn that gay cottons are again
becoming available. That will be
good news for Suzie, too, who can
have more dresses without spending
any more on clothing provided
mother can sew.
Youngsters’ clothing is so easy to
make, and so gratifying, too, be
cause the sewing goes so much more
quickly than for an adult. An aver- I
age homemaker, if she sets aside
one whole day for sewing, can
actually turn out two dresses for
daughter without rushing.
In looking over the patterns for
the younger set, you’ll notice how
much “high style’’ is being shown.
Youngsters, today, look just as
smart and nice as their well-dressed
mothers and big sisters and broth
ers.
We no longer make the same style
of dress for them year after year.
Nor do we make the dresses or
coats “just a wee bit” longer be
cause the youngster will soon grow
into them. Child experts say that
good fitting clothes contribute just
as much to children’s morale and
behavior as they do for grown-ups.
You who sew at home will be able
to give the exquisite details of
tailoring that these garments for
youngsters should have. Hand
stitching at the front, in pockets and
collars will add greatly to the at
tractiveness of the outfit.
As for the availability in cottons,
plaid gingham and striped cham
bray lead the style parade. These
are lovely made up in square
necked dresses and insert belts for
little girl’s dresses. Eyelet embroi
dery detail, too, is very much at
home on these dresses. They will
If you have some netv cotton material...
stand up through many, many laun
derings.
If you are making a dress-up
dress for young daughter for Eas
ter, you will undoubtedly use one
that is ruffled. In making ruffles,
remember to cut all but the shaped
ones either on the true bias or
crosswise. The more sheer the fab
ric, the more full the ruffle must
be. It takes one and one-half times
the length for skimpy ruffles and
three times as much for billowy ruf
fles.
To make the ruffles as pretty
as possible, use a little shirring in
making them. The shirring, of
course, should be evenly spaced,
and this can be marked with pins,
notches or chalk. Put the marks to
gether after the shirring threads are
drawn up and fastened. In most pat
terns, you’ll find that fullness is
usually indicated. More ruffling is
needed for limp fabrics, less for
bulky ones.
How to Manage Fitting
And Sewing Easily
Modern mothers are as consid
erate of their youngsters as possible
in the matter of fitting. If the young
ster is anxious to get outdoors to
play, don’t keep her indoors while
you pin and fit. Make a basic mus
lin pattern to follow as a guide and
save your energies.
Another big help is to do your
cutting all at one time, and the
sewing or machine work at an
other sitting. You can even cut sev
eral dresses from the same pattern
at one time, and don’t worry about
monotony in style. There’s a good
deal of variety in fabrics, so you
don’t need to worry about their be
ing look-alikes.
Make your ilaughter a dress.
Spring Fashion Notes
Belts on coats are proving exceed
ingly interesting. Nailhead trims
make them appear more glamorous,
and coin-trimmed leather belts also
accent some of them.
For coats that are worn over
dresses, the trend is a soft, full
silhouette. The skirts, you will find
are more full, but waistlines are
sharply accentuated by vertical
tucks and insets.
Graceful Tunic
The tunic suit is a perfect
choice for this season because it
gives graceful, soft lines. The one
above is made in grey Miron gab
ardine, carefully fitted and tai
lored. The hat is a springlike num
ber by Lille Dache.
Before you actually begin sewing,
it’s a very wise idea to try the
stitch on your fabric. You may want
to regulate the stitch or change the
tension depending upon how the fab
ric behaves.
Shoulder seams are stitched first
and collars before sleeves. When
you put the sleeve in, it is often
possible to stitch the underarm at
the same time. Sleeves are best
stitched on twice: once on the same
seam line and the next time a scant
quarter of an inch outside this first
stitching. Always stitch the armhole
lightly as there is some give in
the stitching line. As someone once
expressed it, just ease the sleeve
in as tucks are out of place in
sleeve-armhole sewing.
In making a washable garment,
it is important to bear in mind that
the garment must be durable and
last throughout many launderings.
Guard against raveled edges.
Simple lace or edging here
again, something that will bear up
under laundering makes the
youngsters’ dresses look exceeding
ly becoming. Decorative stitching
on cuffs, collars, plaits and pockets
will do much for the garment.
Gathers are easily made with the
gathering foot, and buttonholes need
be no problem if you have that
particular attachment for your
machine.
I can’t emphasize too highly the
importance of keeping your iron and
ironing board out while sewing. You
can save a lot of basting by press
ing seams before sewing them, and
the garment will be much better ap
pearing if it is pressed frequently
while you sew.
Pressing Pointers
Before using a pressing cloth,
be sure that it is washed to re
move all sizing. A muslin cloth
is excellent, provided that it does
not leave lint on the garment. A
sponge kept in a small dish of
water is also a big help.
Always test the temperature
of ‘the iron on a scrap of
fabric before using it on the gar
ment itself. There are so many
different kinds of material on
the market now, it is difficult to
tell just how they react to heat.
Keep the iron moving con
stantly while pressing to prevent
marking the fabric.
Press all seams up from the
bottom or in towards the center
of the garment. Darts on light
fabrics are pressed to one side,
either upwards or towards the
center. On heavier fabrics, slash
darts and press them open.
This season hats are really hats,
and there’s a lot to them. There
are large picture hats, small hats
with lots of flowers that welcome
spring, and hairline hats that show
your bright, pretty face. A smart
note is to have a contrasting col
ored veil for your bonnet.
Flange sleeves, slit pockets and
unusual bottoms complete the pic
ture.
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
By VIRGINIA VALE
T3ETTER see ‘‘Whistle Stop”,
starring George Raft, be
cause Jorja Curtright’s in
it. Jorja’s going to be one
of our biggest stars, or I miss
my guess. Not just because
her face is very interesting
as well as very pretty; she
has that extra something that’s so
necessary. She’s come up the hard
way, has been studying dramatic
technique since she was seven;
JORJA CURTRIGHT
when she landed in Hollywood from
Texas, she went on studying but she
needed money, so she got a job as
secretary to Seymour Nebenzal, the
producer. He told her to wait till
the right role for her came along,
and when she typed the script of
“Whistle Stop,” after four years of
waiting, she knew that role had
come.
Patricia Roc, young British film
actress who’s starring in “Madon
na of the Seven Moons,” an Eng
lish film released by Universal,
came to Hollywood last fall to play
a lead in their “Canyon Passage”;
she’s one home now, but wants to
come back as soon as possible.
Bette Davis has gone before the
cameras for scenes to appear in a
short for the Salvation Army, which
is titled “Marching Forward to a
Better World.” She’s just finished
“A Stolen Life,” in which Glenn
Ford appears opposite her.
Rita Hayworth’s hairdo in “Gilda”
annoys the beauty experts who’ve
been predicting that short hair is
back in vogue. The picture annoys
a lot of people who wonder how it
got past the censors. It’s got ev
erything, literally, but the kitchen
stove!
Patricia Dunlap’s not afraid of
that big, bad wolf, television, which
is scaring so many radio actors;
she was a photographer’s model be
fore she entered radio. Few of her
listeners have seen her, but many
love her as “Janet Ryder” in
“Bachelor’s Children.”
There was more than one disap
l»ointed star in Hollywood when
Joan Bennett was signed for “The
Short Happy Life of Francis
Macomber”; practically everybody
wanted that role. She’ll play oppo
site Gregory Peck and Robert Pres
ton in this Ernest Hemingway story
of the African veldt. She recently
finished “Scarlet Street,” and now
starts work in the new picture with
Zoltan Korda directing.
Amos ’n Andy have received thou
sands of fan messages since
they’ve been on the air, but the one
that meant the most was the first
one. It happened in the crystal set
days, when the team made its air
debut on an experimental New Or
leans station. Programs were
broadcast whenever the owner of a
set made a request. And a woman
four blocks away phoned that she’d
heard them “just dandy!”
Joan Crawford presented •VUchaei
Curtiz and Ernie Haller, her “Mil
dred Pierce” director and camera
man, with gold combination knife
pencils in appreciation of their work.
Incidentally, the first flowers she re
ceived after the Academy award
was announced were from Bette
Davis; don’t believe there’s a fend
there!
Claudette Colbert hasn’t made a
picture at Metro since she did j
“Boom Town,” with Clark Gable,
Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr.
Now she’s going back to appear op
pear opposite Walter Pidgeon in j
“Secret Heart” giving him a
welcome change from Greer Gar
son!
ODDS AND ENDS—-Judy Canova, who’»
prettier than the movies have let her be,
has finally been assigned to do a sophis
ticated, glamour-girl role in her next film
for Columbia . . . Rehearsal sessions of
the CHS “Theater of Romance’ will soon
become a series of educational film shorts,
to be used in teach inn dramatic students
the art of radio acting . . . And Jay
Jostyn, NBC’s “District Attorney”, has
been invited to give a series of lectures
on that subject at Columbia university . . .
Rians to break ground for the museum to
house James Melton’s ancient automobiles
are under way ... We hear Connecticut
folks don't like the idea.
HOOSCHOLP
memos sss iyjtynnCmmehs
Ordinary refrigerator rolls can be
made more attractive by spreading
a generous amount of shortening in
a pan, covering with molasses and
nuts and placing the rolls in the
pan. Invert after baking for serv
ing.
Best Cooks Brighten
Common Foods With
Subtle Flavor Touches
Even the best cook sometimes no
tices that her family doesn’t seem
to be eating as well as it usually
does. Is it her fault? Many a wom
an has asked herself this question
at one time or another and occa
sionally she comes to me with this
problem.
Well, this is just a little bit dif
ficult to answer. Perhaps Dad is
busy or has a
/ IB I 1 0 uc h of the
fel spring fever and
ft itH! i ust doesn’t care
for heavy foods.
Or, the young
sters may be
having a rugged
—ytime at school,
and food does not
imminc* appeal to them.
Then again, no
matter how good a cook you are,
you may have fallen into a slump.
Yes, the food may be cooked as
well as ever, but perhaps there just
isn’t enough variety. You may be
making all your own favorite dishes
just a little too often, and they
just don’t seem as wonderful served
once too often. Could that be it?
Well, if the latter is your prbb
lem, you’ll particularly want to look
at these recipes today. They’re all
designed to take the doldrums out
of your meal and make even the
most jaded appetite perk up and
take an interest.
What about a lovely frozen salad
as a harbinger of spring? It is
colorful with fruit and creamy
cheese and perches beautifully on a
curly bed of greens:
Frozen Fruit Salad.
(Serves G)
6 ounces cream cheese
Vi cup salad dressing
V\ cup chopped nutmeats
2 chopped green
pepper
VA cups sliced mixed fruits
(canned)
Vi cup cream, whipped
Salt, if needed
Lettuce or endive
Maraschino cherries
Blend together cream cheese and
salad dressing. Add nutmeats, green
pepper and . .
fruit; mix well. IMWI
Fold in dash of |||/|)
salt and whipped
cream. Pour into . f ifL --a
individual molds V
and freeze 3to 4 k J
hours. Serve each
on a portion of lettuce or curly en
dive, garnished with the cherries.
What about adding a little variety
into the bread department? Here’s
an orange honey bread that can be
Lynn Says
Vegetable Variety: Now that
fresh, spring vegetables are ar
riving at the markets, you’ll want
to doll them up in their very best
dress.
Cook fresh, tender green as
paragus until just barely done
and serve with lemon-chive but
ter, cheese or sour cream sauce.
! Dust with paprika before serv-
I ing.
Hot, cooked green or waxed
beans may be served with a ta
{ blespoonful of chili sauce or com
bined with one of these other
j vegetables: carrots, celery, peas,
gima beans or onions.
When creaming green beans,
add a little nutmeg, parsley,
horseradish or mustard to the
sauce.
Lirrta beans are especially sa
vory when served with a few
sauteed mushrooms; or, serve
with a cream sauce to which a
little mustard and lemon juice has
been added.
Beets will come back for a re
turn engagement if they are
stuffed with the following: cot
tage cheese seasoned with chili
sauce, onion, diced, cooked ba
con, salt, pepper and lemon juice.
Brown in oven before serving.
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Lynn Chambers’ Menus
Crown Roast of Lamb .. ..
Hashed Brown Potatoes
Brussels Sprouts
Asparagus Salad
Bran Muffins Beverage
Butterscotch Ice Cream
Cookies
served with cream cheese for a
change:
Orange Honey Bread.
2 tablespoons butter or substitute
1 cup strained honey
1 egK
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
2 :, i cups flour
2 V-z teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon soda
Vi teaspoon salt
V\ cup orange juice
■'ii cup chopped nutmeats
Blend the softened butter with
honey. Add beaten egg and orange
rind and mix well. Sift together
the dry ingredients and add alter
nately with the orange juice. Add
the nutmeats and mix well. Bake
in a greased loaf pan, in a very mod
erate (325-degree) oven for 1 hour
and 10 minutes. Serve with cream
cheese or cheese mixed with orange
marmalade.
Bananas and whipped cream, two
of our favorite foods which all but
disappeared during the war years,
have returned to grace the table.
I know you’ll enjoy them both in
this food-of-the-gods combination:
Banana Cake.
(Makes 2 9-inch layers)
Vi cup shortening
V/i cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups sifted flour
Vi teaspoon baking powder
S A teaspoon baking soda
Vi teaspoon salt
V\ cup sour or buttermilk
1 cup mashed bananas (2 to 3)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream together shortening and
sugar; beat in eggs. Sift together
dry ingredients
Fold in bananas
and flavoring.
greased layer
30 to 35 minutes.
You will need 1 cup cream, whipped,
and 2 bananas, sliced, for the fill
ing. Or, part of the cake, prefer
ably the center, may be filled with
whipped cream and bananas and
the rest of the cake iced with choco
late frosting.
We sometimes tend to overlook
the simple dishes in our search for
something really fresh and inviting.
You’ll know what I mean when
you look at the next recipe for sim
ple foods flavored with something
special:
Mocha Bread Pudding.
(Serves G)
4 tablespoons coffee
1 quart milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 square unsweetened chocolate
2 cups coarse bread or cake crumbs
2 eggs
H cup sugar
J A teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine coffee and milk and
bring to a boil slowly. Let stand
to 10 minutes. Strain, add butter
and chocolate to the flavored milk.
Cook over boiling water until choco
late melts. Beat eggs, add sugar,
Bread pudding brightens up when
it has a mocha flavor. Fluted
whipped cream or a meringue top
ping sprinkled with bits of shaved
chocolate make a company dish out
of a simple fond.
salt and vanilla. Pour into a
greased baking dish or individual
custard cups and set in a pan of hot
water. Bake in a moderate (350-
degree) oven for one hour, or until
a knife inserted comes out clean
Chill, then serve with plain oi
whipped cream or peppermint fla
vored custard sauce.
TOO REALISTIC
Little Lucy was something of a
fraidy cat, but most ingenious in her
efforts to conceal the fact. One night
at the movies, her dad occupied a
seat near the middle of the theatre,
while Lucy went down front to join
some of her little friends.
Suddenly, in the news reel, a rag
ing forest fire flashed upon the
screen. In mortal fear, Lucy leaped
from her seat and scooted back to
daddy.
“What’s the matter?’’ dad anx
iously inquired. “Did the fire fright
tin you?”
“Oh, no!’’ protested the sly young
coward. “The smoke got in my
eyes.”
PLATING NEEDED
“1 demand a refund on this suit.
I’ve only worn it a month and al
ready it looks rusty.”
“Well, didn't I guarantee it would
wear like iron?”
A Little Lady
“Mother, that horrid Jones boy
called me a tomboy,” cried nine
year-old Penny with righteous
wrath.
“And what did you do?” I asked,
noting her torn dress and tear
streaked face, and remembering the
Jones boy was twice her size.
“I made him take it back,” she
said. “I kicked him in the shins and
tripped him and sat on his chest
and pounded his head in the dirt
until he yelled, 'You’re a perfick
lady.’ ”
Parley Voo
A young man was knocked down
by an automobile in Montreal. The
auto sped away and a nearly police
man ran to the assistance of the
stricken pedestrian.
Not knowing whether he spoke
English or French, the policeman
inquired - “Parlez-vous Francais?”
To which the chap on the street
replied: “No! No! Chevolay
coopay!”
Lent Out Too Long
Bert Lahr, defending himself to
Monty Woolley, exclaimed: “Lis
ten, I’m just as healthy as the next
guy. In fact, who’s got my good
looks, who’s got my muscles and
my sparkling teeth?”
“I don’t know—but you’d better
get ’em back,” observed Woolley.
ZOOLOGY
While visting the zoo, a not-too
intelligent individual saw a baby
deer. Its keeper stood nearby.
"What kind of animal is that?”
the gentleman inquired.
“You mean you don’t know?” the
keeper replied. “What does your
wife call you every morning?”
“Say,” exclaimed the visitor,
“you don’t mean to tell me that’s
a skunk.”
No Decisions Needed
Smith—Vacation plans never both
er me.
Friend—How come?
Smith—My wife decides where I’ll
go and my boss decides when.
Ample Reason
Discontented wife: Several of the
men whom I refused when I mar
ried you are richer than you are
now.
Husband: That’s why.
Gone Forever
Recruit—Do I have to hold my
head up like this all the time?
Cadet officer—Of course!
Recruit—Well, I guess I’ll never
see you again.
Mute Your Horn
A deaf woman with an ear trum
pet entered a church. Soon after she
had seated herself an usher tip
toed over and whispered, “One toot
from that and out you go.”
Stay-At-Home
“For years,” she said, “I didn’t
know where my husband spent his
evenings. One night I came home
early—and there he was!”
Electrifying News
Prof. —What was Thomas Edison
noted for?
Freshman He invented the pho
nograph and the indecent light.
Costly History
He—l’m keeping a record of all
the good times we’ve had together.
She—Ah! Keeping a diary?
He—No. Stubs in a check book.
