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Thursday, May 27, 1948
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If Social Calendar Is Busy,
Make Your Glamour Clothes
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By Ertta Haley
/'♦IRLS who are getting out of
school invariably find their so
cial calendars full to overflowing
these days and this calls for rather
a sizable investment in what they
refer to as glamour togs.
No average family budget can
stand the strain of this because
there is necessarily an outlay for
clothing for other members of the
family. But if mother and daughter
take to the needle or sewing ma
chine, they can turn out two or three
formals that will io the trick.
A formal may look especially
tricky but for those of you who never
have sewed one, the news is a
wonderful surprise. It's much easier
than you think.
First of all, the fabrics you choose
are among the easiest to sew.
Organdie, eyelet and even tulle just
all seem to go where you want
them to while you run them on the
machine or let the needle traverse
the pencilled or basted lines.
If you are inexperienced, choose
one of the simpler designs and ask
someone who knows whether the
material you are working with will
let itself be readily molded into
something beautiful under your in
experienced fingers.
Stay away from severe fitted dres
ses that look deceptively easy. They
require a fitting skill that demands
years of experience.
Don’t Let Full Skirts
Or Ruffles Trouble You
If full skirts and ruffles look tough
to tackle, relax. Full skirts are easy,
as you’ll undoubtedly see when you
run a basting stitch through the
material and try to gather it.
Ruffles are easy, too, and if you
have a ruffler attachment on the
sewing machine, these are true sim
plicity. If you're the sweet feminine
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Graduation dresre* and f<>r-:nt’:t . ..
type, you'll find that ruffles are
just the thing this season, but don't
attempt the really elaborate trer.t
menth of them —not so much be
cause the ruffles are hard to make
but because it's sometimes diffi
cult to insert them when they're
placed in small triangles along the
back of the skirt.
However, ruffle trimming along
the hem, or around the sleeves or
neckline can be managed easily.
They should be hemmed before you
ruffle, of course.
Swishy taffeta and faille are
among the materials you also will
be using. Neither of them is diffi
cult to handle if you are careful
about basting, and this is extremely
essential as they tend to slip.
If your budget can’t afford a for
mal, it would be simplicity itself to
make one of those large full skirts,
and then to buy an intricate Gibson
girl blouse to complete the picture.
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Are pretty in eyelet or organdie.
This type of skirt can, of course,
be worn with several different kind
of tops, and that may be all you
need for your dates.
Practical Net Skirt
Worn Three Ways
A full skirt of black or white
net can be very practical. The skirt
itself should be four to five yards
wide, with four or five rows of
gathers at the waist. It should be
finished with a firm belt.
The first frothy topping for this
skirt may be of net which is shirred
closely to the bodice. Finish with
straps of wide ribbon or a rhine
stone band.
The second topping may be made
of taffeta. This should be chosen in
your best color. The same material
may be made into bows and tacked
with tiny stitches to the skirt.
The third top may be made of net,
crossing the front and back to give
you a V neckline. A large flower
worn at the shoulder is all that is
needed to complete the costume.
•The main thing to remember in
sewing net is that it will ravel and
should, therefore, be finished at the
seams with double stitching and at
Qlamour Frock
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With commencement parties and
dances ahead, you’ll want vari
ety in glamour clothes. You can
solve the problem by taking to
your sewing machine and avoid
running into budget difficulties.
The above dress is a nice style
for gayhearted occasions. It’s
a demure full-skirted dress of
crisp, white eyelet embroidered
cotton.
the hemline with a similar treat
ment.
The slip worn under it may be
of taffeta or rayon to match.
The slip does not have to be as
full as the skirt, but it must be
of closely woven heavy material.
Select Simple Trimming
For Formal Dress
Ti-..re is a variety of trimmings
to use f r dressy dresses and there
are several types practical for home
sewing.
Applique is one of them, and if
you can stitch neatly, there is noth
ing nicer for a bouffant frock ol
organdie. Use flowers that will go
well with the color of your frock
and use them on the wide, full
skirt.
If you like shirring, this may be
done on the gathering foot or ruf
fler attachment. Finger your ma
terial, and be assured first whether
it will hang well, whether it will
be limp or bouffant before you ac
tually start the work.
Bows, of course, may be used on
youthful frocks and are very ef
fective. Finished ribbon, carefully
tied and tacked, can lend a dram
atic air to a bouffant frock.
If you have chosen one of the
ankle length frocks, a full taffeta
slip with a ruffled edging peeking
underneath it is all the fashion in
terest you actually need. Ribbons
are being used, run through eyelet
on slip trimmings to give them an
old fashioned air.
Your wrap may be a short coal
in one of the lovely pastels. When
you select it. make certain it will
be of good daytime use.
WHITE’S THE THING
It’s a white blouse season, but if
you think all of them are trimmed
with ruffles, look again. There are
distinctly tailored blouses in sleek
fabrics such as poplin, broadcloth
and linen. You’ll see sleeve full
ness, gathered close at the wrist,
dolman sleeves, standing collars oi
none at all.
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Watch those dolman-type sleeves
in many variations and degrees
of depth and fullness, a pretty
counter-balance to wide skirts.
These sleeves are particularly ef
fective in bright lightweight wools
and spun rayons.
SUMMERVILLE SILHOUETTES
i Have you been thinking of
’ what you’re going to get dad for
I his day on Sunday, June 20?
' Well, it seems like it’s a long way
I off, but really it’s only about
j three weeks. And besides you
know you have a better selection
j to choose from if you’ve started
j early.
Shall it be a tie? A shirt? Get
a Cravat tie up to $2.50, or one of
the colorful Botany jobs, wrinkle
proof, $1 to $1.50.
In the shirt line, you can get
white and fancy shirts at $2.95,
$3.50 and $3.95 at Charles Esser
man and Company.
Sport shirts are offered at Es
sernian’s in some of the gaiest
and most daring styles. But if
i he is the more somber sort and
i would love a solid color in tan,
j white or any other color, you
| ilso can get that. Young fathers
will especially appreciate these.
Swim suits are nice gifts for
the sport-minded dad. Esser
man’s has them in boxers styles
ir lastex.
“We’ve got belts in all styles
cid all prices,” says Mrs. Mildred
■’oglia.
Or if you think he’d appreciate
pajamas more, look at their
3.V.D. pajamas.
I Slacks and slack suits would
| be nice for the casual dresser.—
i And most any man dresses cas
ually sometimes.
Sox, in all colors, and hats are
other items which should be con
sidered before you make the fi
nal choice.
We couldn’t tell you what to
get for your father; that’ll have
to be left up to you. But we can
suggest things, among which you
are sure to find something suit
able. Here’s hoping you hurry
and make your choice, before
someone else gets something for
which you’d hoped to get.
Knowing that there are mil
lions of babies dying of starva
tion in Europe and Asia makes
us appreciate all the more the
' chances we have of providing
| adequately for our little ones.
i —And here in Chattooga Coun
| ty. we don’t even have to leave
our boundaries to get ANY
THING baby may need in the
way of clothing.
Now that’s because Chattooga
Mercantile Company has a won
derful, newly-equipped baby de
partment. They’re really on the
ball down there in getting all
this finery for that little “bun
ale from heaven.”
Diapers, the all important
commodity in the household
j where baby is, are the mere
I price of $3.69 per dozen. They’re
i Birdseye, in. the standard size,
j too..
Now I know that any mother
I not only can USE, but actually
NEEDS the Playtex “Air Nurse.”
It doesn’t weigh but a pound in
flated and is so easy to blow up,
any child can do it. —But the
sumptous part is that it can be
used for so MANY different
things. Why, you can use it to
bathe baby in, or you can put
him in it when you’re visiting
' or traveling. It’s handy when you
j are tending him, or you can use
.it as a mattress. Nothing will
bother you while you are on a
picnic if you’ve got an “Air
, Nurse” to place that precious
■ one in.
Now the “tetterbabe” is anoth
er handy thing to have around.
All you do is put baby in this
chair contraption when you’re
traveling, and strap it to the
seat. He CAN’T fall out, because
it’s balanced, in addition to be
ing strapped in. —But it also
comes in handy in many other
ways, especially for the bigger
baby. When you’re busy, just put
him in it and feel assured noth
ing will happen, because as I
just said, it’s balanced and won’t
turn over. The cover is washable
too. How about that??
Sweet-looking knit rompers
j come in sizes 0-3, at Chattooga
Mercantile’s Baby Department,
j and they’ve also got DARLING
| little caps for those bigger, little
i boys.
For gifts to the expectant mo
, her, or a new mother, no one
could choose anything better
than some of the daintily em
broidered dresses. But let me tell
jyou something, ANYTHING you
I get can be gift wrapped abso
lutely FREE of charge! That’s
■wonderful, isn’t it?
Another favorite gift at stork
i showers are toys, and one of the
I cutest is the “Press Me’ doll. It’s
really a hit, because all baby has
to do is press the doll’s tummy
and it cries.
Then there are brush and
comb sets, waterproof sheets,
baby oil, powder, cream and
GORGEOUS blankets.
Isn’t it wonderful to have such
a COMPLETE line of baby goods
| right here in Summerville?
When a town gets something
I “exclusive,” it’s getting to be
pretty big and is actually a lit
i tie city. That’s Summerville now.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
By HELEN TOLES
VW.WW/AWAW.
We have an exclusive shoe store.
I’ve been talking about Pack
er’s Family Shoe Store in this
column ’for a number of weeks
now, but I haven’t told you much
about Mr. Packer and his charm
ing assistant, Mrs. Eleanor H.
Morgan—or about the store it
self.
You know, we’re doubly proud
’ that a local boy is the owner of
this fine shoe store. Clyde Pack
er was raised in this county,
near Gore, and attended the
Gore School. For a number of
years he was employed in the
Shoe Department of the Trion
I Department Store. —But he not
' only has EXPERIENCE, he has
TRAINING! Mr. Packer is a
graduate of the Scholl Training
School of Master Shoe Fitting.
I This school is located in Chica
go, 111., and the diploma is given
by the American School of Prac
j tipedics.
Immediately prior to coming
tc Summerville, Mr. Packer was
j employed in Rome.
If you haven’t met him or Mrs.
Morgan, stop in and pay them a
visit, a get-acquainted visit, even
if you don’t want any shoes. Mrs.
Morgan, with her smiles and
winning ways, will immediately
make you glad you stopped.
Do you know where this shoe
store is? Well, in case you don’t,
I’ll give you a few directions. On
Washington Avenue, east, in the
Lovingood Building, next door to
Selman’s. Got it?
Peters shoes are carried by
Packer’s Family Shoe Store, all
the way through, from babies to
men’s shoes. You also get scien
tifically fitted, as I told you last
week, through the X-ray ma
chine.
The interior of the building is
neat, with its wine carpet, and
light woodwork and furniture. A
! display window effectively dis
plays the products offered for
sale.
And speaking of products, they
lot only have fine shoes, but also
bags, hose and ALL colors of
shoe polish.
You’ve been reading a lot
lately about how popular cottons
are, and they ARE popular. You
know yourself that you never
feel better than when you’re
spruced up in a beautifully
i starched COTTON dress. The at
iease feeling is there and yet you
\ feel dressed-up enough.
Would you like a pretty cotton
{ dress with wee green or red
[ checks? The material is at Rack
cy’s and they’ve got patterns, so
fix yourself up.
Oh, they’ve got just a lot of
new print piece goods, and they
are pretty too. A pretty one is
the combination of green, yel
ow and black check. There also
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Buttons in threes down the side
make a pretty finish for this becom
ing all occasion dress. Try a bold
I candy stripe and have the belt tie
J gently on one side. An eye-catche;
i for sure.
Pattern No. 8138 comes in sizes 12
14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Size 14, 3%
yards of 35 or 39-inch.
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Patricia Dow Patterns
1150 Sixth Ave., New York 19, N. f.
are pretty prints with flowers.
One of these has a green back
ground, with tiny white and
darker green flowers.
But the good part of these are
that they’re fast color! Lots of
washing won’t dim the colors of
these dashing prints, no mam.
All are to be bought for 69 cents
a yard.
Oh yes, Mrs. Rackley told me
they'd just got some camisole
ace in. As you know, you merely
insert the ribbon, sew on straps,
fix the bottom with a hem or
elastic and presto, you’ve got a
camisole to go with your petti
coat. They've also got some lace
and insertion.
Blouses in that comfortable
spun rayon are just $2.95, and
they come in a variety of styles
and colors. Suitable for wear
with just about anything are
the high, round neck styles with
cap sleeves, and they come in
all the pastel colors. Really are
cute. Shirtwaist styles also are
i offered at the same low price in
| ■>astel shades.
—But there are other styles
too. And don’t forget those
prints. They’re worth remember
ing!! Pretty voiles, batistes, and
dotted swiss also can be bought i
at Rackley’s, for making into
pretty dresses.
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I DOES IT I
By HELEN HALE
Before cleaning your range, ■
■ don a pair of sturdy canvas
glpves so that you will not in-:
jute hands and nails. Cleaning
will be more pleasant if you know '
you don’t have to ruin your
hands.
Ranges that are wiped after
every use and given a regular
weekly cleaning will never need
a major excavation job which
you dislike approaching.
Badly burned spots on the
range can be scraped off with
abrasive pads and the smooth
portions washed in water into
which has been dissolved some
common baking soda.
Use a long handled brush to
get at those parts which hands
cannot reach readily.
Nickel portions of the range
i can be kept gleaming and bright, j
I by using silver polish.
Ovens should be brushed out
I ifter anything spilled has dried.
; finish the job by wiping with a
: tamp cloth.
An old cookie sheet is excellent
;to place on the bottom of the
I oven to catch juice from fruit i
■ and berry pies. It’s much easier
Ico remove and clean than try
ing to crawl into the oven.
Floor mops should be cleaned
after each use, for a soiled mop
i will do your linoleum no good,
i Wash dust mops, too, as often as
1 they become soiled. Mild soap
suds, clear rinse water and dry
ing in sun and air, as quickly as
possible is good treatment for
both types of mops.
Oil mops should be kept in
their own boxes so that oil can
be retained while mop is not in I
use.
ROSE GARDEN CAN BE
LOVELY ALL YEAR
A rose garden can be beautiful
mt only at blooming season, but
all year round. The secret is to ;
fill out the design of your - garden ■
with borders, walks, backgrounds
and supporting plants, according
to Florence Holmes Gerke, land
scape architect, of Portland, Ore.,
who gives you pointers on plan
ning an eye-filling rose garden,
in McCall’s for April:
“First on the list, make a good
basic design for your garden. The
pattern made by walks, borders
and supporting plants not only |
adds to the beauty of the roses,
hut creates a pleasant picture
when the roses are out of bloom.
“Next, make your roses a part:
of your general garden plan ra
ther than its only attraction: |
Edge the rose beds with low
growing plants—small bulbs, vi
olas and arabis and miniature
roses. And use shrubs and trees ■
for a background.
“For an informal background
try broad-leaved evergreens. Ex
tend the season of interest in
spring with flowering shrubs :
such as forsythia and lilacs, in
fall with berrried cotoneasters
and viburnums. Winter’s more
severe landscape may be soft
ened by boxwood edgings and by
trees and shrubs which have a
fine branching pattern or beau
tiful winter color.”
Over 5,000 farmers in Georgia ,
grow turkeys in small numbers,
but there are few commercial
turkey farms in the state.
HOUSEHOLD 33
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Kabobs Help You Keep Cool
(See recipes below)
Cool Tactics
As soon as warmer weather starts
seeping into the house, many a worn
in asks the all-important question,
‘How can I keep cool and still cook
(or the family?”
That is a neat trick, but you can
do it, too. The first thing is to plan
your menus so there are no long
cooking ideas in them. Make a point
of not selecting anything that will
require more than 30 minutes cook
ing.
The second is to do most of your
work in the cool of the morning, so
that you won't be spending too much
time right at supper time when it is
;o warm.
The third is to plan all-cool meals
md get the preparation out of the
way before hot weather really hits
you. There are a number of cool
ideas such as meat or meat-fortified
salads that can be whipped together
ea.iy and stored until supper time.
Do this once or twice a week and
see how nicely it works.
Here are several ideas that won't
require much actual cooking prepa
ration. Use them often for variety.
Kabobs
(Serves 61
2 pounds lamb steak (sliced 3/4
inch t l >
3 tablespoons cooking oil
6 tablespoons lemon juice
1 onion, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound mushrooms
Cut lamb into one-inch squares.
Combine oil, juice, onion and salt.
Pour over lamb and let stand for
several hours. Drain lamb and ar
range on skewers alternately with
mushroom caps. Place four inches
below moderate broiler heat and
broil 12 to 15 minutes, turning sev
eral times. Serve with broiled to
matoes (broiled at same time).
Pork Tenderloin in Sour Cream
(Serves 6)
1 1/2 pounds pork tenderloin
Fat
Sour Cream
1 tablespoon flour
Cut tenderloin into one-inch slices
and brown in fat. Cover with sour
cream and simmer about 20 minutes
until tender. Remove meat, add
flour to cream and simmer four min
utes.
Salisbury Steak
(Serves 6)
4 strips bacon
1 1/2 pounds ground huck or
round
1/2 pound ground pork
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Chop bacon and mix lightly with
meat, onion, green pepper, parsley
and seasonings. Shape into cakes
and place them three inches under
broiler heat. Broil 12 minutes, turn
ing once.
Vegetable Sausage Salad
(Serves 6)
1 quart diced cooked potatoes
2 cups cubed salami or Thuringer
sausage
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 cups large cooked peas
1 cup chopped celery
1 pimiento, chopped
6 sweet pickles, chopped
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
Mayonnaise and salt
Mix all ingredients together and
add enough mayonnaise to moisten,
salt to taste and extra vinegar, if
desired. Heap in a large wooden
bowl lined with crisp lettuce and
garnish with tiny whole pickled beets
and slices of hard-cooked eggs.
LYNN SAYS:
Color. Flavor Contrast
Will Whet Appetite
It you don’t want warmer weather
to wilt appetites, keep in mind in
teresting texture, flavor and color
contrasts in preparing foods. No
appetite wanes when food plates
look pretty.
Roll oranges and lemons until
slightly soft before squeezing to get
more juice.
For crisp, dry bacon, broil on a
cake rack. Drain on unglazed paper.
LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU
♦Kabobs
Broiled Tomatoes
Boiled New Potatoes
Tossed Greens, French Dressing
Split, Toasted Hard Rolls Butter
Chilled Pineapple Cubes in
Orange Juice
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Beverage •
♦Recipe Given
Breaded Veal Cutlets
(Serves 6)
6 real cutlets, 1/2 inch thick
Salt and pepper
1 cup fine bread crumbs
2 eggs, slightly beaten
Fat
Season cutlets with salt and pep
per. Dip in bread crumbs, egg and
then in bread crumbs.
Saute in fat for 15 minutes on each
side, using low heat. Serve with
i tomato sauce.
Jellied Tuna Fish
(Serves 6-81
2 6-ounce cans tuna fish, flaked
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
1/2 cup sliced stuffed olives
2 tablespoons capers
1 tah’espoon chopped ehives or
minced onion
1 tablespoon plain gelatin
1/4 cup cold w ater
I 2 cups mayonnaise
Lettuce, sliced tomato, sliced
avocado
Combine tuna fish, eggs, olives,
I capers and chives. Soak gelatin for
| five minutes in cold water. Dissolve
| over hot water. Add to mayonnaise,
stirring constantly. Add to fish mi»
i ture and mix thoroughly. Turn int#
| mold and chill until firm. Unmold
! on lettuce and garnish with tomatoer
and avocado.
Shrimp Salad, New Orleans
(Serves 4)
1 cup cooked rice
1 cup canned or cooked shrimp
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon minced scallions ot
onion
2 tablespoons French dressing
1 tablespoon chopped stuffed
olives
1/4 cup slivered green pepper
3/4 cup diced raw cauliflower
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/2 small head of lettuce or esca
role, finely shredded
Chill rice. Clean shrimp, remov
ing black vein down the back. Cut
shrimp into pieces, then combine
with remaining ingredients. Serve
on individual beds of the shredded
lettuce. j
Salad That Satisfies
Salad suggestions always intrigue
the homemaker who is interested in
I varying her menus, particularly
when she wants to “dress up” a cold
meal for hot summer days. Here is
one slightly different from tine usual
salad: Make lemon jelly in the usual
manner, using lemon flavored gela
tin or the plain unflavored gelatin
and following the standard recipe
Turn into molds which have been
rinsed with cold water. Fill molds
about one-fourth full. Let this gela
tin harden. Then fill molds with a
combination of chopped apple, grat
ed coconut, celery and a bit of
chopped pimento for flavor. To two
cups gelatin, use one cup chopped
apple, two-thirds cup chopped cel
ery. one pimento and one-half cup
grated coconut. Fill molds with
gelatin and chill until firm. Serve
' on salad greens with French dress
ing or a sour cream dressing.
Released by WNU Features
Vegetable plates are interesting if
i they are carefully planned. Have
! you tried a nest of spinach with
poached eggs. French fried onions,
i tomato stuffed with peas and cream
< ed carrots?
Here’s an idea that's as good as
it is beautiful: Broccoli with hol
landaise sauce, sliced beets, corn
fritters and green peas.
Stuff peppers with Spanish rice,
then serve them on the same plate
with buttered carrots, fried eggplant
■ and cole slaw with Russian dressing.