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Thursday, January 13, 1949
Woman's World
Proper Technique Eliminates
Traditional Ironing Day Blues
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IRONING day blues are a com
mon complaint even with all the
modern aids for providing ease and
saving time. Perhaps one of the
contributing reasons for this is that
not all women have learned how to
use equipment or "mow short-cuts
that wily the ironing easier
If y«S» want to save time ironing,
start preparing for it while doing
the washing. If, for example, you
have a flat wringer, then fold sheets,
towels and other flat work, so there
won’t be millions of wrinkles when
ironing time comes along.
You also will find that shaking
out the clothes before they are
put on the line will save more time
later than it takes to do this little
task.
In fact, on a nice windy day, the
tiny wrinkles left in the clothes will
all be blown out and many things,
if neatly folded right off the line,
will not need ironing.
Folding before wringing and shak
ing out turkish towels, washcloths
and mats gives them what commer
cial laundries mean by "fluff dry.”
and this cannot be improved by
ironing.
Youngster’s clothing, when shak
en as described above, rarely will
need ironing.
Even though clothing is to be
Ironed, it should be removed from
lines and folded neatly so that ex
tra wrinkles are not made in it.
Some Clothes Need
Only Little Pressing
Some fabrics, which need only a
light touch with the iron, should be
set aside in separate piles. If you
finish washing early, these can be
lightly pressed immediately you re
move them from the line, thus mak-
Watch temperatures for ironing . . .
ing the day when you do regular
ironing much lighter.
Seersuckers, corduroy play
clothes, crinkle crepe clothing, jer
sey slips and underwear, woolen or
cotton blankets, and curtains will
need to be touched up lightly with
the iron. When these are removed
from the list of clothing to be ironed,
you can easily see this does not
leave too much of the hard work.
Dampening Clothes Properly
Saves Time and Work
Moisture makes fabrics easier to
iron because they are made more
pliable. Linens and cottons, which
are relatively brittle fibers, require
more moisture than rayons.
Many women have not yet learned
the trick of using hot instead of
|ce~
Done by hand or by machine.
cold water for sprinkling. Hot wa
ter, however, penetrates the fibers
more easily and evenly, and this
makes the fabric slide more evenly
under the iron.
Garments should be folded neat
ly so no more wrinkles than neces
sary are introduced in them. Heavy
Be Smart!
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That lovely lady touch is the
Impressive finesse of distinguished
costumes. Often the best way to
achieve it is through the mag
nificent handwork that once more
is becoming important fashion
wise and generally more avail
able, wide hemstitching, fagotting
■Mb as the model illustrates and
tenches at embroidery and hand
beading. *
Ironing Ease
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Shorts are turned out on the
double with a folding electric iron.
One leg is placed inside the other
and the shorts are ironed double
thickness over the small diameter
roll, as is done in flat work. When
the ironer has single knee con
trol, both hands are left free to
guide the ironing through the
machine.
portions such as hems and cuffs
should be turned inside so they do
not dry.
If you store the dampened gar
ments in a large plastic square
rather than a sheet or towel, they
will keep better until ready for
ironing.
It’s also a good idea to knead the
clothes slightly as they are rolled
or folded to distribute the moisture
in them more evenly.
Dampened clothes should be held
for at least 30 minutes before iron
ing. In the cold weather they can
be kept overnAnt, provided there
is not too much dampness in the
atmosphere. rn warm weather,
keeping the—-, dampened for more
than two or tnree hours may bring
about mildewing.
Ironing Temperatures
Should Be Observed
Most irons have a gauge telling
you how hot the iron should be for
Ironing. Use this if you do not al
ready do so. On fabrics which you
do not know about, start with a cobl
iron and see how.it works. Work up
gradually on the heat if cool and
warm will not take out the wrin
kles.
In general, the silks, rayons and
synthetics require a warm to mod
erately hot iron. Wool requires a
moderate temperature unless you
use a damp cloth over it, in which
case you may use a hotter tempera
ture.
Light and starched cottons use a
hot iron while heavy linens and
cottons use the highest temperature
on the iron.
It’s a good idea to start the iron
ing with those fabrics which require
low temperatures and work up tc
those which use the hotter tempera
tures. You’ll save time skipping
around, and also save on the fuel
bill by using this more efficient
method.
These same tips should be ob
served when you are using an auto
matic electric ironer. Start with the
things that need warm temperatures
and work upwards.
Make Easy Work
Os Small Pieces
Small pieces in the weekly laun
dry frequently assume large pro
portions when it comes to ironing
time.
Sheets, tablecloths and shirts usu
ally get first attention but the small
er items such as underwear, towels
and napkins as well as handker
chiefs take up the most time al
though most of these are fairly
simply ironed, especially if you
have an automatic electric ironer.
Napkins and towels are more
easily ironed if you place several
of them on the roller at one time.
And if you can persuade daughter
or son to sit alongside of you and
fold these items for you as they J
come through after the first and
second time, the task is speeded,
easily.
Run several handkerchiefs)
through at the same time also. When
handkerchiefs are folded, you can
run through as many as four to six
or even more when you have wom
en’s handkerchiefs. i
An electric ironer with a small!
diameter roll, open at each end, is
easy to use because garments can
be slipped readily over the roll for
ironing. If you have a fold-a-way
type ironer, the storage problem
also is simplified.
If you are among the lucky ones
who has the automatic type of iron
er, learn how to iron some of the
other wearables such as shirts and
dresses on it. These, of course, can
be finished on the regular hand iron,
but time will be saved.
Wide ironing boards, even if they
have to be made by hand and
padded at home, will save an in
finite amount of time when it comes
to ironing such items as shirts and
dresses, because they do nof'have
to be moved and shifted constantly.
WHITE SHANTUNG SUITS, FLEECY SPORTS
COATS AMONG SPRING WEAR PREVIEWS
Southern resort clothes are in
’he limelight right now. They de
serve to be, because they will be
our spring and summer fashions
six months from now. In a pre
view of these styles in McCall’s
fc- January, Marian Corey de
scribes striking white shantung
for tailored suits, big, fleecy
sports coats in pale colors, suit
dresses, and startling bathing
suits for summer; and gabardine
suits with slim skirt, thin tweeds
and lots of navv blue for spring:
“Interest in southern clothes
at this time must be nostalgia
for warm sunny weather, per
haps combined with curiosity
about what nejjt summer’s cloth
es will look like, for what is worn
in the south now, will be worn
everywhere else six months from
now. So, know for sure that
! quanities of blouse - and - skirt
costumes are going on over slim
young figures in the south. That
loads of suit-dresses, will be
there. And hundreds of bare-but
covered sunensembles, identical
with the ‘around - the - clock 1
dresses discussed last month, but
made in wash fabrics. Thousands
of casual cotton dresses. Millions
of more or less startling bathing
suits. Trillions of evening dresses,
short and long.
“Also picture white shantung
tailored suits on some of the best
dressed women And big fleecy
sports coats in white, pale pink
or yellow greatcoats, cut with
more restraint than in past sea
sons. This doesn’t mean that the
tent coat in delicate colors is a
grand high fashion.
“If you are southward bound
and have something of all these
things in your wardrobe, plus a
conservative printed dress or
two, you are fixed up in the best
manner for the south, and next
HEALTH AND BEAUTY
By Dr. Sophia Bumson
Quinine Cures Night Cramps
The are many sufferers from
night cramps. Surprisingly, little
research work has b&en done
along the line of the cause or
cure of this malady.
Night cramps are spasms in
the limbs of middle aged or el
derly people. They generally
come to the patient while who is
in bed. Sometimes the sufferer
is awakened from a sound sleep,
in the wee, small hours of a cold
night, by an agonizing pain in
one or both legs. He throws off
the covers and leaps out of bed.
Seeking relief he presses his
foot, on the affected side, to the
floor, and hops about, while
grasping the hard, contracted,
painfyl calf o f the leg, which
he vigorously massages. When
the muscles relax, the pain eases
and he returns to bed. Finally
he falls asleep: often to be rudely
awakened by the same cause as
before.
Many of my readers are fami
liar with night cramps. The ma
jority of aging natients who suf
fer from them, have some trouble
from arthritis, sciatica, or other
pathology of the nerves or joints.
In an article, entitled “Night
Cramps and Quinine,” by Abra
ham Gootnlck, M. D., he says
“For a symptom so common and
distressing, night cramps have
attracted surprisingly little in
vestigative attention.” The basis
for the effective treatment of
night cramps was prvoided by
Kennedy & Wolf, who in 1937,
described the disappearance of
j muscle spasms in myotonia, un
j der the influence of quinine,
i Reasoning was a drug effective
against one type of muscular
spasm might well work against
another kind of spasm. Moss
and Herman, in 1940 gave qui
nine to fifteen patients, all vic
tims of night cramps, with uni
formly successful results.
No one knows exactly the
cause of night cramps, but it has
been found out that quinine re
leves the condition. This fact
has been worked out and proved
by the patient experiments of
physicians. This malady, con
trary to the general belief, is not
confined to aging patients, but is
very common amoung the youth
ful.
In the New England Journal of
Medicine o f November, 1945,
there is an article in which Cap
tain Nicholson and Faulk states
that many young men at the
air force installation reported to
the dispensary on account of
distressing night cramps. The
symptoms were the same as
those described by the elderly
people, and relief was obtained
in the same way, by the admini
stration of quinine.
It was fbund that three grains
of quinine given at bedtime pro
duced the most spectacular and
dramatic relief. Often, in very
severe cases, the physicians pre
scribed larger doses of quinine,
before getting results.
Quinine is not cumulative, for
it is readily eliminated from the
system. The laiety have taken it
generations.
If you are a sufferer from
night cramps, it is worth know
ing that three grains of quinine
at bedtime will give you relief.
However, consult your doctor;
this is always wise.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
summer as well.
“One cotton suit-dress design
is the new type—very slim at
front, much flared at back. A
plaid one, just goes to show how
attractive gingham can be when
combined with white waffle pi
que. Some of these southern
ginghams are glamored up with
gold and silver threads that do
not tarnish and are washable.
“More and more classic gabar
dine suits all with the slimmest
of skirts are shown for spring.
And quanities of them in navy
blue. More and thinner tweed
suits wonderful grey ones.
Tailored wool-jersey dresses in
powdery light colors for cold
spring days, impressive five
o’clock frocks with surprising
skirts—fancy but slim. Well-bred
dresses in small neat prints.
Tweedy spring coats, still in the
greatcoat style but with the back
flare much modified.
“The jacket of a one-button
suit is in average length; the
skirt is the favorite 6-panel type,
but straighter than usual. As for
the neckline, the lapels roll back
and join a collar at the should
ers. A short-jacket suit also has
the slim straight skirt. Just two
pieces, with side slits. The jacket
is nipped in, and has very large
stand-away pockets and a rip
pled back.
“The majority of the spring
suits are slim as pins, and their
jackets are long or short. One
lovely suit has the long type.
Very good lines, and nicely nip
ped in at the waistline. Though
slim, the new soft dresses man
age to get beautiful soft-skirt
effects. One design does this with
folds. Its bodice stays quite fitted
very simple.”
News From Hollywood
Marie Wilson has the coveted
role in “My Friend Irma.” Both
Doris Day and Diana Lynn test
ed for the role of Jane, but that
part has not been assigned yet.
So good was John Derek in
“Knock on Any Door,” that
Humphrey Bogart and Harry
Cohn have bought Millard Lam
pell’s “The Hero,” for him. They
believe they have a real star in
Derek.
Lloyd Bacon, who has bought
“Cabin on the Hill,” by Douglas
Fremont, is looking for un
knowns to play in the story,
which is about the struggle of
youth in the cotton fields of the
South.
Anne Baxter has let it be
known that she wants a singing
and dancing role. While she re
alizes it’s probably a “frustrated
desire,” she is really fitted for
such a role, having studied voice
and dancing for years.
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A striking and very simple all oc
casion frock with clever scalloped
closing and youthful neckline. The
narrow belt is set-in and ties in a
soft bow. Ideal for early fall wear
in a light weight woolen in brilliant
jewel shades, or the ever-smart gray.
Pattern No. 8007 comes in sizes 12,
14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Size 14 re
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Name
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Name of paper
Pattern NoSite
Send 20 cents in coin (for
each pattern desired) to—
Patricia Dow Patterns
lisa- Sixth Are-, New York N. T.
Preparing For
Permanenl With
Brush, Shampoo
You can get the most from
your permanent wave if you
start getting your hair ready a
few weeks ahead. Dryness and
drabness are the two conditions
most dangerous to the success
of a permanent, says Dolly Reed,
and she tells you how to counter
act them, in McCall’s for Janu
ary, with shampoo and brushing:
“Whether you have a beauty
shop wave or a home permanent,
the results will be more pleasing
if you condition your hair before
and after it. Today, there are all
kinds of new equipment to help
you.
“There are corrective sham
poos that add lubrication to
harsh, dry hath There is a speci
al comb that shears off dead
ends. There are: comb-and
brush cleaners to keep tools im
maculate, combs especially easy
to grasp, wave sets that work
quickly. There are even newly
designed brushes to pamper your
waves after you get them.
“Our advice is to start plan
ning for your next permanent
wave about four weeks ahead.
That should give you time to
correct any of the more common
conditions which can spoil a
wave. The commonest of these
are: dry hair which may break
during winding, and a drab, lust
erless condition that will only
look worse after a permanent.
“The remedies for dryness and
drabness are simply ones. A reli
able shampoo with an added lu
bricating agent like lanolin or a
lathering oil and constant brush
ing will help both conditions. But
make very sure if you use a cor
rective shampoo that evCry
smitch of it is out of your hair
before your wave. You may even
prefer a modern soapless sham
poo that leaves no trace of film
to be rinsed away.
“We can’t overemphasize the
importance of brushing. A ‘hun
dred strokes a day’ is really im
portant to promote the necessary
natural flow of oil. And one last
reminder—on the day of your
wave be sure to give yourself
plenty of time.
“For frizzy, fly-away hair af
ter a permanent, apply creamy
hair dressing to bristles, then
brush through hair. Use daily.
Cutting is the only cure for brit
tle ends. Try a new razor comb to
avoid stiff tufts. To keep the line
of your permanent overnight, use
a few bob pins to hold locks in
: place then tie on net for safety
To soften hair after a permanent
apply lubricant to scalp. Hold
hot, wet towel around hair, then
shampoo.
Louisia's Letter
Dear Louisa:
I am a girl of 14 and have a
sister 15. When we have a date
my father expects us to come in
at 10:00.
Don’t you think that girls of
our age could stay out ’til at
least one o’clock?
V. T. end M. J.—V.
Answer:
When you come in depends to
a large extent on the custom in
your community. Most of the pa
rents in the town in which I
live require their daughters to
be in at eleven. They feel that
this gives them an opportunity
to see a picture and get a soda
on the way home.
But unless there is some speci
al occasion, such as the Junior-
Senior formal, where all of your
crowd are celebrating together I
think it would be most unwise to
j let you stay out so late.
The girls and boys who stay
out late and after the others
have gone home are the ones
who get talked about and some
times get in trouble. A girl of
14 has no business out at one
o’clock in the morning. Even if
she doesn’t come to any moral
harm, such hours are bad for her
health and should not be allow
ed.
Perhaps, if there is a party at
the home of one of her friends
and her mother knows she is
there with the crowd, she might
be allowed to stay out until
twelve but if she were mine, I
shouldn’t let her be riding
around the streets much later
than eleven.
LOUISA.
After writing the above letter
I opened a letter that had be
come displaced and was written
last December. It was from a girl
in Texas just about the age V. T.
This girl said she had been slip
ping off to meet boys without
her parent’s knowledge and now
she was in desperate trouble. The
boy she had been so crazy about
would have nothing to do with
her and she did not know what
to do.”
So you see it is well to pay
attention to your parents. Even
if you think they have old-fash
ioned notions you know that they
have had more experience than
you and know the pitfalls that
surround a young girl and that
they have your best interests at
heart.
LOUISA.
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Nourishing Boxed Lunches Are Hard to Resist
(See recipes below)
Lunch Box Magic
WHILE THE YOUNGSTERS '
struggle with readin’, writin’ and
’rithmetic, mother frequently has
her problems with the lunch boxes
which she must fix for the family
that totes its own.
The lunch box preparation is a
steady grind now that school has |
started, and it’s ,j
a wonder that
more women U |
don’t go into the -fT <
doldrums ibout it \
more often You . )
have to suppl' qXXj
nourishment plus
food appeal to ’7 ’*>•>*
keep the family r <
happy with their *—«
meals out of a box. so here are
ideas aplenty
If you have several lunches to
prepare, have jars of filling ready.
All lunch box equipment can be
kept handy on a tray so that you i
don’t have to scurry around for i
waxed paper or a knife while you i
try making sandwiches in the midst |
of breakfast preparation and serv- '
ing.
Leave butter or spread out the
night before so that you can smooth
it on immediately. Fruits can be
washed, puddings made in advance,
and relishes such as carrot and
cucumber sticks and pickles can
be wrapped in waxed paper ready
to tuck in the box in the morning.
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BE KIND to the budget and make
the whole thing as simple as pos
sible by making several jars of fill
ing beforehand so they can be
slicked on the sandwiches easily.
Here are several ideas tailored to
your needs.
Special Sandwich Filling
2 hard-cooked eggs
1 can pimiento
1 small onion
4 stalks celery ,
Salt and pepper to taste
2 packages cream cheese
Chop eggs and pimiento fine. Put
onion and celery through food chop
per, then mix all ingredients with
cream cheese and season to taste.
Let stand 15 to 20 minutes or long
er before using. Thin to spreading
consistency with mayonnaise.
Beef-Tomato Filling
1 pint hot tomato pulp, strained
2 tablespoons quick tapioca
% pound grated eheese
% pound dried beef, ground fine
% teaspoon pepper
>4 teaspoon mustard
Add tapioca to hot tomato and
cook over low flame for 15 min
utes. Add cheese gradually and
cook slowly until melted. Remove
from heat, add beef and season
ings. Cool and store.
Corned Beef Spread
4 ounces cooked corned beef
% cup minced sweet pickle
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
2 teaspoons minced onion
2 ounces sharp American cheese
Salt and pepper
Cut cheese into tiny pieces and
blend with mayonnaise. Add shred
ded corned beef and remaining in
gredients. These sandwiches can be
made up with sliced tomato and
lettuce, if desired.
Cheese-Bacon Spread
3 ounces cream cheese
3 ounces Old English cheese
% cup chopped, cooked bacon
Si teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Si teaspoon horseradish
2 tablespoons milk
LYNN SAYSc
Snacks Prove Popular
As Weather Cools
Toasted sandwiches are always
popular and take but little time to
make with a regular toaster, grill
or skillet.
Hot toast can be spread with any
number of fillings kept on tap, and
served with pickles, relishes, po
tato chips, carrot sticks, cole slaw,
or munched with fresh fruit
If you want a more nourishing
sandwich, dip it into a french toast
mixture and fry in the skillet
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Baked Lamb Loaf
Broiled Peach Halves
with Mint Jelly
Baked Potatoes
Spinach with Cheese Sauce
Oatmeal Bread or Muffins I
Baked Applesßeverage |
Blend ingredients together thor
oughly and store until ••eady to use.
Liver Spread
Si pound calves’ liver
I’i teaspoons salt
2 cups boiling water
8 slices cooked bacon
Si cup soured cream or salad
dressing
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
2 tablespoons minced onion
Dash of pepper
Simmer liver in salt and water
until tender. Cool and put through
fine blade on food chopper. Run
bacon through chopper. Mix all in
gredients. place in jars and chill
until used.
HERE ARE OTHER well-liked
fillings:
Frizzled dried beef browned with
onion in the skillet, then mixed with
cream cheese.
Peanut butter mixed with orange
marmalade.
Sliced cooked beef roast with chili
butter, made by mixing softened
butter with chiH sauce to taste.
Chopped ham mixed with mayon
naise and shredded pineapple,
drained.
Grated American cheese mixed
with grated raw carrots, grated
raw onion and mayonnaise.
USE THESE TRICKS forth»
lunch box when appetites fail, when
there’s an exam or some special
event.
Meat Pastries
(Makes 4)
1 cup pastry mix
1 cup ground leftover meat
Si cup tomato soup
Roll out pastry one-eighth inch
thick. Cut into four squares. Place
a mound of
Sj cooked meat on
each square. Top
with one table
spoon of tomato
sauce. Fold pas
>■ x”try squares and
pinch edges together. Bake in a
hot (400 degree) oven about 20 min
utes or until browned. These can
be baked if you are making a hot
bread in the morning. They are
good even when cold and take the
place of sandwiches.
Lunch Box Eggs ,•
2 hard-cooked eggs
1% inch slice liver sausage
1 ounce cream cheese
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
Remove shells from eggs and cut
in half lengthwise. Remove yolks
and mash. Mash liver sausage,
blend with cream cheese and milk
and egg yolks. Add mustard and
blend thoroughly. Refill whites and
press eggs together.
Here are other sweets for packed
lunches: gingerbread topped with
lemon powdered sugar frosting; in
dividual upside down cake made in
a custard cup and left in the cup,
maple sugar candy, popcorn balls,
cookies or puddings.
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Cream cheese mixed with pine
apple or orange marmalade, spread
on toast, is good when broiled until
bubbly.
Canned or cooked tongue, sliced
thin, can be spread with pickle
relish and toasted.
Salmon and tuna fish salad mix
tures make excellent toasted sand
wiches. Season the fish salad with
horseradish, mayonnaise and eatt.
If you don’t want young fry «r
Dad to raid the refrigerator, tack
up menus on the pantry shelf,
ing what they can use. ' ’