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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1948
Woman's World
Rooms Get That New Look
With Crisp 9 Bright Curtains
TAKE a GOOD LOOK at your
kitchen curtains. Are they
wash-worn? Have they lost their
crisp newness? If so, it won't take
long to add the new look to the
room with a fresh, new pair of ruf
fled curtains.
Since curtains are sheer and need
to be washed so frequently, it’s
sometimes difficult to keep them
looking spanking while still having
them retain the starchy ruffled
look we all like. It’s a good idea
to replace them periodically so that
rooms can retain their delightful
appearance.
There are many types of window
treatment possible and, if you want
to experiment with your next set,
you may be delightfully surprised to
see what you can do with the win
dows.
As in all window treatments it’s
best to consider what you have on
the outside in the way of scenery
before making the curtains. A pret
ty garden or orchard should not be
hidden from view. However, if you
have an alley facing the window or
a dark house, make the window
treatment interesting enough to
shut away the outside.
Color is important whether the
curtains are used in kitchen, bed
room or dining room. Perhaps
bright red tiebacks on white cur
tains with red matching ruffles
would be more effective than plain
white.
If the room is colorful enough in
itself, you may want to use just
white to help blend in the colors.
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Give yowr rooms cheer . . .
Consider these things before you
start sewing curtains.
If your kitchen is a soft pastel
yellow, green or blue with a lot
ot large white equipment, it’s pos
sible to introduce some solid color
or print into the curtains for con
trast. If you are especially fond of
white, use some of that too, but plan
to have colored piping era scal
loped edge along with the white.
Here Are Tips
For Style, Color
The colored edge may be a solid
with a white polka dot, an attrac
tive print or a plain color. It may
be put on plain or ruffled if you
don’t care for a piped or scalloped
edge.
This may be done in the standard
type of ruffled curtain that criss
crosses, or one of several other
styles. Plain straight curtains
which are gathered are good along
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With perky, fresh ruffles . . .
either side, with a print or solid
colored flounce across the top of
the windows.
Some people like curtains that are
attached to the windows with a rod
at the top and at the bottom. These,
of course, may be edged with a bit
of color that will give a ruffled ef
fect.
For regular ruffled curtains use
tiebacks of color if you are using a
colored ruffle on the curtain itself.
If you use rods at both top and bot
tom and run the curtain across the
window, the curtain may be tied in
the center wjth a bit of color to give
an interesting effect.
Or you may use separate cur
tains with a rod at the top and
another one at the bottom, and tied
at both sides.
Double Dutch curtains also are
effective when used in the kitchen,
especially when you have only one
window. In this type you use two
sets of curtains —one for the top
half and the other for the lower
half.
Tear Curtain Fabric
Rather Than Cutting
Very few of us have table space
which will let us spread out a cur
tain in all its fullness. It’s best to
use the floor, but do not line it with
papers as this will make the fabric
slip while you work with it
A rug covered floor should be
freshly vacuumed before the cur-
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Cotton terry cloth in baby pink,
a hooded beach coat that’s ready
for anything under the sun, is
made with terry toweling. Double
tiers on the little girl skirt accent
a wasp-waisted swim suit. A
wired bra supports the strapless
bodice.
tain material is laid down. The
rug itself will hold the material
nicely in line.
Tear the curtain fabric whenever
possible rather than cutting it be
cause it will be straighter. If you
cannot tear the fabric, draw out a
thread and cut along the line made
by this so that the curtain will be
straight.
Remove all selvage. Many people
like to use the selvage as a fin
ished edge, but selvage does
shrink and often will give the cur
tain a poor appearance after wash
ing.
Turn side hems first before sew
ing. If you want to save basting
them, press in place and they can
be sewed nicely.
If the curtains have a wall ruf
fle, hem only the wall edge.
Allow a shrinkage tuck at the
top of the fabric which hangs be
hind the heading so that it does not
show. Most curtain materials shrink
a certain extent and it’s better to
have this extra tuck so the cur
tains do not look skimpy after
laundering.
It’s a good idea to iron the cur
tains on the floor before hanging
them as they won’t have any wrin
kles in them when done this way.
A blanket may be placed on the
floor, or you may use a small iron
ing board that can be moved from
place to place.
How to Make
Nice Ruffles
When your curtain fabric is cut
across the grain you will need from
one and three-quarters to two yards
of ruffling for each yard of curtain.
For bias ruffles you need only one
and one-half yards.
Ruffles are customarily three to
five inches wide, and in many cases
the material for the ruffle can be
torn instead of cut as it was done
for the curtain.
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They’re pretty as can be and
always flower-fresh, besides mak
ing lots of hat sense, these fabric
hats with brims that tie on. A
lovely example is the model
sketched, of bird’s eye pique, all
dressed up in a brim of crisp
organdie (permanent finish, of
course) trimmed with lace and
gathered onto a self band that
ends in a pretty little bow. You’ll
be meeting ever so many In
triguing variants of this same
basic idea.
New Vivid Sun-Dresses Based On
Portuguese Peasant Colors, Designs
With her new sun dresses from t
Portugal, designer Carolyn Sch- !
nurer has put an exotic quali- j
ty into American play clothes.
She has taken the vivid, sunlit j
colors worn by Portuguese fish- !
erwomen, along with adaptations
of their stoles, shawls and “mat
tress” pleats, to create a practi- I
cal wardrobe in sleek cottons |
that wash and wear, according
to Hildegarde Fillmore. Writing
in McCall’s for January, she de
scribes some of these unusual de
signs:
“In the sunbaked fishing towns
of Portugal, the peasants are fa
mous for their bright original
dress. Portuguese fisherwomen
wear deep, sunlit colors—colors
as intense as the sea and as bril- j
liant as the unpredictable Portu
guese sun. Designer Carolyn Sch
nurer returned from her travels
through their villages with the
idea that these vivid costumes
had a quality she would like to
put into American clothes.
“A famous fabric house set to
work making plaids, stripes and
unusual iri'descent combinations
of the colors she had seen. They
muted their combinations just as
sunlight and scrupulous launder
ing mute the peasant colors and
they wove dots and squares into
the fabric to give it the lock of
the native textiles.
“With these fabrics and her in
genious adaptations of stoles,
shawls and ‘mattress’ pleats (the
peasant women press their cloth
es under a mattress), Mrs. Sch
nurer has designed a wardrobe
as suitable for +he bright, casual
American vacation as its origi
nal is for the fishing people 3500
miles away.
“One of her designs has a skirt
of coin dot red cotton with ‘mat
tress’ pleats topped by a reversi
ble shirt that ties, Portuguese
fashion, in front. Another is a
bare-shouldered iridescent sun
dress, wonderful for evening with
a fringed shawl or filigree neck
lace. The darted top fans into a
pleated skirt.
“Like a man’s loose shirt, but
trimly belted in the front, a
shirt-tail play suit has trousers
underneath. Portuguese fisher
women modestly keep their skirts
down in the wind by swathing
their hips with scarfs. You can
wear it across your shoulders as
a neck stole.
“Iris-blue shorts are worn over
brief swim suits—again pleated
and cut flatteringly like a skirt.
You can shield your back with a
royal-pink bolero. Its snug bodice
talored sleeves and pointed Por
tuguese collar contrast smartly
with a full swinging, plaid lined
cape back.
“A ‘wisp’ of a suit is the perfect
answer if you want a really brief
suit for swimming. It comes wth
pleated shorts. A royal-pink bo
lero, worn with its own full
skirted sun dress in harmonizing
plaid, is a suitable costume for
shopping or town.”
EASY DOES IT
By Helen Hale
Add a tablespoon of glycerine
to the lukewarm rinsing water
for sweaters, knit dresses and
woolen garments and you’ll find
they will come out much softer
than with plain water.
To wash soiled clotheslines,
wrap them around the wash
board and let them soak in hot
suds. Scrub with a brush after
soaking.
To prevent blisters from new
shoes, place a small piece of ad
hesive tape where the shoes tend
to rub the foot
Linen materials will be more
stiff and glossy if you add a little
borax to the last rinse water in
laundering.
Use leftover paints to cover
old clothes hangers and this will
prevent your snagging woolens
and silks.
Clothes hangers may also be
wound with ribbon if you want
to make them match your closet
accessories.
Old turkish towels may be cut
down for hand towels for small
fry or for an extra supply of
wash cloths.
Keep oily dust cloths in an old
coffee can or glass jar with a
cover so they wall not gather
dust while not in use.
RECIPE or THE WEEK
* Boston Fudge Cake
(Makes 2 8-inch layers)
y 2 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2% cup sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon soda
Yz teaspoon salt
Yz cup sour milk
Yz cup water
2 squares chocolate, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream shortening, add sugar, (
then well beaten eggs. Sift to-1
gether dry ingredients and add ■
to creamed mixture alternately
with sour milk and water. Add
melted chocolate and vanilla.
Pour into greased and floured
pans and bake in a moderate
(350° F.) oven for 30 to 35 min
utes. When cool, spread chocolate
or white icing between layers
and all over cake.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
A Peek al lhe Stars
The “Auld Lang Syne” nosta
lgia has captured Irene Beasley,
lovely singing mistress of cere
monies on “Grang Slam,” heard
daily over CBS . .Looking back
along the course of her 20-year
radio career with Irene, do you
remember when: Bing Crosby
was a newcomer serenading CBS
listeners around the midnight
hour. . .Andre Kostelanetz was
an arranger for sustaining pro
grams. . .the late Graham Mc-
Namee was winning fame an
nouncing the world’s series. . .
Betty Field was Mary in the ai
drich family. . Burgess Mere
dith was “Red Davis” in the soap
opera of that name. . .
Joseph Cotton and Van Heflin
were heard in radio’s regular
dramas. . .Gene Hamilton, now
dignified commentator for the
Boston symphony, was strumm
ing a guitar and singing on Sta
tion WAIU in Cleveland. . .Mark
Warnow was a fiddler in a studio'
orchestra . . . Fibber McGee and
Molly were playing anonymously
in Kaltenmeyer’s Kindergarten
. . .Dorothy Lamour was singing
on her own radio program in
New York. . .?
The Right Audition
Ed. Gardner, who plays Archie
in NBC’s “Duffy’s Tavern,” start
ed as a law stenographer. . He
was later a top radio producer
and became an actor when, after
a day spent trying to find some
one to play the part of Archie,
one of the unsuccessful audi
tioners said, “Why don’t you do
it yourself?” Ed did, and the rest
is radio history
Olivia DeHavilland is noted for
her animal impersonations. . .
She’s especially good at imitating
a dog, cat and, of all things, a
hippopotamus. .Gene Kelly
learned his classic leaps and
much of his spectacular dancing
by watching Douglas Fairbanks,
Si., in the days of silent movies
. . .As a boy, Gene would watch
his idol on the screen, then seek
to emulate his athletic grace.
Montgomery Clift, who at
tracted moviegores in “The
Search.” is considering a Broad
way offer. . .Virginia Mayo was
guest of honor at the Air Force
association convention held re
cently at Santa Monica. . .Wil
liam Powell, who doesn’t smoke
in private life, required 2,232
cigars during the filming of
“Life With Father”. . .Red Skel
ton is proving to be a dream
land. . .not only does he rent
apartments in his enterprise to
families with children but also,
when tenants welcome a new
addition, Red gifts them with a
month’s free rent.
Shirley Temple and her hus
band, John Agar, are working up
a radio comedy series for fall
sponsorship.
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Your beloved shirtwaist dress with
a crisp, fresh look. The wide extend
ed shoulders are comfortable and
practical, the neat set in belt fits
your waistline snugly. Make several
in diffrent fabrics.
Pattern No. 8037 comes in sizes
14, 16, 18, 20; 40, 42, 44 and 46. Size
16, 3% yards of 35 or 39-inch.
Name
Address
Name of paper
Pattern No Size
Send 20 cents in coin (for
each pattern desired) to—
Patricia Dow Patterns
1150 Sixth Ave., New York 19, N. Y.
Georgia Cavalcade
Two Georgia women who con
tributed much to the cultural
and spiritual advancement of our
civilization have recently been
honored on three-cent commem
orative postage stamps of the
United States. They are Moina
Belle Michael, who originated the '
Memorial Poppy for World Wa»
I veterans and was known as j
the “Poppy Lady” and Juliette
Gordon Low, who founded the
Girl Scouts at Savannah.
The life of Moina Michae. was
one exceedingly rich in service
to humanity. She was also an
educator at the University of
Georgia. Seventy-four at the
time of her death in May, 1944,
she had spent more than 50 years
in active service to her fellow
citizens. She was born in Walton
County and spent most of her
years about Athens but traveled
widely in many countries of the
world. In addition to the idea of
the Memorial Poppy, Miss
Michael also formulated the
sentimental custom cf casting an
anchor of flowers upon the bos
om of the ocean as a tribute to
those servicemen who perished at j
sea and will eternally rest in
watery graves. Until 1930 she
made this pilgrimage in person.
When ill-health forced her to
forego it in later years, the naval
authorities at Annapolis carried
out her plan annually for her.
Hers was a life of intense loyalty
and devotion to Georgia, her na
tive State. When she passed from
the scene, Governor Arnall or
dered the flag on the State Capi
tol to half-mast in tribute to her.
A military guard of honor com
posed of members of the Ameri
can Legion served as pallbearers.
The Memorial Poppy plan has ,
for many years raised millions
of dollars at the time of each
Armistice celebration. It extends
to many lands and helps thous
ands of disabled veterans. Miss
Michael is known to have re
ceived considerable inspiration
for the Memorial Poppy idea
from the poem, We Shall Not
Sleep, by John McCrae, wherein
he praises the Poppy of Flanders.
However, it is certain that Moina
Michael was primarily moved by
the desire to provide a symbol to
comfort the loved ones of those
who were lost.
The Moina Michael stamp is
oblong in shape, of a deep red
dish-rose color, and bears a
a beautiful likeness showing her
in her prime. It was first re
leased for public sale in official
ceremonies held at Athens,,
Georgia, on November 9th. Rep.
Paul Brown, of the 10th Georgia
Congressional District, sponsored
the legislation providing for the
issuance of the stamp. The
Georgia Department of Archives
and History has among its
treasures the Mary Franklin Por
trait of the “Poppy Lady” and
considerable vital correspond
ence from her. Her own words of
explanation of the Memorial
Poppy idea are:
“Out of every great event of
the world has come an emblem,
’Lest «Je .forget.’ Into this war
went many emblems: The flags
of nations, the Red Cross, the
Red Triangle, the Service Flag
and Pin, etc. Now out of this
war should come some symbol
perpetually to remind us, and
unfailingly to teach coming gen
erations the value of this Light
of Liberty and our debt to those
who so valiantly saved it for us.”
Juliette Low perhaps received
her inspiration to found the Girl
Scout movement from Sir Arthur
Baden-Powell in England and his
earlier-established Boy Scouts.
Having received a fine educa
tion, and devoted to civic service
like Moina Michael, Mrs. Low
also added new lustre to the
name Georgia. In her Savannah
home, historic edifice of 1847
construction, she founded the
“Girl Guides,” later “Girl
Scouts,” on March 12, 1912. A
group of Savannah school girls
were the first to be indoctrinated
with the Girl Scout idea. The
first two troops were named the
Carnation and the White Rose.
Other troops appeared rapidly in
many states as the movement
spread. National headquarters
was set up in June, 1913. Today,
there are approximately one
million four hundred thousand
! Girl Scouts in over 68 thousand
I troops throughout America. The
Organization is now interna
tional an exists in 28 countries.
The Georgia division had its
original headauarters in a stable
back of the Low House in Sa
vannah, a building left to the
National organization by Mrs.
, Low at her death. Since 1942,
| there has been a Low Museum
’ in Savannah.
The first dav sales of the Low
three-cent commemorative
, stamp were held at Savannah on
j October 29th. The postage stamp
) oblong in shape, as most U.
IS. commemorative stamps are,
I is green like the Girl Scout uni
form .and bears a portrait of
Juliette Gordon Low and a Girl
Scout emblem.
Mrs. Samuel G. Lawrence (the
former Daisy Gordon) and a
| niece of Mrs. Low. was the first
I Girl Scout and was honored in
: recent Savannah ceremonies.
Keep plenty of cool water be
fore birds and in the shade.
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Can Your Soups and Relishes Now
(See recipes below)
Canning Tactics
ISN’T IT CONVENIENT to have
home-canned foods in good supply j
before the garden runs out? Yes, !
you may have beer, putting up fruits
and vegetables as well as some of
the early jams, jellies and preserves,
but how about some of those extras
that help tide you through the win
ter?
There are a variety of home
canned soups which are simply
grand when lunch time rolls around
on a snowy day. And, of course,
there are pickles and relishes' that
are always handy for adding zest
to sandwich suppers or for round
ing out the meat course.
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IF YOU LIKE a good, well-sea
soned tomato soup, here is an easy ]
way to put up one. This is a small
sized recipe, but it is concentrated
so it will go a long way after you
heat it and add milk or water. Os
course, the recipe can be multiplied
Concentrated Tomato Soup
(Makes 2 quarts)
12 pounds tomatoes
3 small bay leaves
12 whole cloves
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
Choose firm, red ripe tomatoes.
Wash and remove cores; then
place in a large preserving kettle.
Add bay leaves and heat to boiling.
Reduce heat and simmer for 10
minutes. Put through sieve or food
mill, return to kettle and simmer
until of the consistency of gravy.
Tie cloves in a cheesecloth bag, and
add during last five minutes of
cooking time. Remove cloves and
add salt. Pour into hot sterile jars,
place on lids and simmer for five
minutes in a boiling water bath.
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IF YOU LIKE to can meats, here ;
are some ways which are delicious I
for preparing them:
Veal in Tomato Sauce
(Makes 4 quarts)
2 1/4 quarts tomatoes
2 cups sliced celery
2 tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
6 pounds boneless veal, cut for
stew
Peel tomatoes, remove cores and
slice thin before measuring. Or use
one and one-half quarts cooked or
canned tomatoes. Mix tomatoes with
celery, salt, sugar and pepper; heat |
to boiling and cook rapidly for five
minutes. Add veal, cover and sim
mer for 20 minutes. Pack into clean
hot jars and fill to within one-half
inch of top. Adjust lids according
to manufacturers’ directions. Process
75 minutes for pints, 90 minutes for
quarts at 10 pounds pressure.
Beef for Stew
(Makes 4 quarts)
10 pounds beef
3 tablespoons shortening
2 tablespoons salt
Use either chuck or rump of beef.
Trim off excess fat and weigh meat
after trimming. Wipe with damp
cloth and cut into pieces to fit jars.
Melt shortening and brown meat in
skillet. When well browned add just
enough water to cover, heating un
til all browned residue from skillet
is dissolved to make a rich gravy.
Pack meat into clean hot jars to
within one inch of the top. Add one
and one-half teaspoons salt to each
quart. Adjust lids. Process 75 min
utes for pints. 90 minutes for quarts
at 10 pounds pressure.
LYNN SAYS:
Housekeeping Is Easy
With These Hints
Nail holes on walls where pictures
have hung can be filled with a mix
ture of melted glue and extra fine
sawdust. Pack this into the hole
tightly before you paint your walls.
Keep waxed paper or towels
handy in your kitchen for those
times when you do peeling and
measuring jobs. These can be folded
up after use and you will have a
clean table surface.
PAGE THREE
LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU
Salmon Salad in Cabbage Cups
Potato Chips Assorted Pickles
Molded Pear Salad Bran Muffins
Coconut Cream Pie
Beverage
ANY VEGETABLES you like may
be used in a soup combination, but
the processing should be done in a
pressure cooker for vegetables un
like tomatoes are a non-acid food
and need more processing.
If the garden is coming to the end
of its yield, here’s a good batch of
soup that can be put up from it:
End-of-Garden Soup
(Makes 3 quarts)
2 parsnips, peeled
2 medium-sized potatoes
4 carrots, scraped
2 cups quartered. peeled to
matoes
2 bunches celery, cut
I sweet red pepper, trimmed
and cut in strips
1/4 pound spinach, washed and
shredded
1 cup cut green beans
2 quarts water
i Clean all vegetables thoroughly
before preparing. Cut in rather
small pieces. Place in soup kettle,
add water and simmer for two to
three minutes. Pack while hot into
clean jars; add one teaspoon salt to
each quart. Adjust lids; process ia
pressure cooker, 60 minutes at !•
pounds pressure for pints, or 71
minutes at 10 pounds pressure for
quarts.
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Chili Sauce
(Makes 4 pints)
10 tomatoes
1 quart chopped sweet red pep
pers
1 cup finely chopped white
onions
1 hot red pepper, chopped
1 quart sugar
2 tablespoons salt
5 cups vinegar
1 tablespoon celery seed
1 tablespoon ground cinnStnon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
Scald tomatoes, remove skins and
cores. Clean and chop remaining
vegetables. Heat to boiling in a
large kettle and cook vigorously for
one and one-half hours. Add spices
tied in two or three thicknesses of
cheesecloth and cook one-half hour
longer until the mixture is thick
ened. Remove spice bag. Pour into
hot sterile jars and seal immediately.
Chunk Pickles
(Makes 8 pints)
6 pounds large cucumbers
3 1/4 cups salt
3 quarts water
2 tablespoons alum
1 quart vinegar
8 cups sugar
2 2-inch sticks cinnamon
2 blades mace
1 tablespoon whole cloves
Wash cucumbers; place in stone
crock or jar; cover with cold brine
made of salt and water; let stand
two weeks. Remove cucumbers from
brine, wash, trim off stem ends and
cut crosswise into one-inch pieces.
Cover with cold water; add alum;
let stand overnight. Drain; wash
well. Combine remaining ingredi
ents and bring them to a boil. Pour
immediately over cucumber chunks.
Repeat the process for three morn
ings, reheating the syrup every time.
On the fourth morning, place cu
cumbers in jars and p;ur hot syrup
over them. Seal at once.
Released by WNU Features
Blankets and sweaters, if dried in
a well ventilated room, will retain
their original softness. Long expos
ure to direct sunlight will harden
the woolen yarns.
When melting paraffin for topping
jelly glasses, heat only hot enough
to make the wax liquid. Do not al
low it to smoke.
Before doing grimy cleaning jobs,
press fingernails into some soft soap.
This will eliminate staining. The
soap is easily removed with a nail
file.