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' , WOMAN'S WORLD
Give House That Crisp Look;
Put up New Window Curtains
IUST BEFORE the wsriper
weather makes its appearance,
many a woman is apt to a
good look at her windows. The
curtains look very dirty and sleazy
after a winter’s heating. If you’re
certain they won’t stand another
laundering session, then get out the
tape measure and sewing ma
chine. It’s time to make new win
dow dressings I
Glass curtains are among the
easiest items that can be made at
home. Most of them require only
long stretches of straight seams.
There’s no fancy stitching or cut
ting, no elaborate patterns, and
hardly ever any ripping if you
follow the simplest rules.
Soft, full gathers will make the
simplest materials exquisite when
they’re made into curtains. First
measure the windows as to height
and width. The curtain material
should be purchased twice as wide
as the window. You’ll need at least
two inches at both top and bottom
for seam allowances, and from two
to four inches for a shrinkage tuck,
so add at least eight inches to win
dow measurements on the length.
Net marquisette, scrim, sheer
rayon or nylon are all used for
glass curtains. A good quality, firm
ly woven material will give you
the most satisfaction and most
wear and is well worth the few
cents more a yard which it costs.
It’s very important to buy good
material if you live in a community
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Measure windows carefully ■ ■ .
that’s dirty or smokey, bt ause
then curtains will have to with
stand frequent washing.
Have Edges Straight
For Good Appearance
Because curtains are so large,
it is best to cut them on the floor
where you’ll have enough space
to spread them out. If you place
the curtain material on a rug, the
fabric adheres to the rug and you
need no pins to secure it.
Use the vacuum cleaner on the
rug. and run over it with a damp
cloth to catch any dirt, or you will
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For nice, full curtains.
soil the curtain.
Whenever possible, tear the cur
tain fabric, rather than cutting it,
as this will give you straighter
seams to sew. If the fabric does
not tear, draw a thread and cut on
the thread line. If you cannot
pull a thread use a yardstick
Be Smart!
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This season silk prints are
really back, for the first time, in
substantial quality and quanity.
You'll see them now as one of
the favorites for resort wear:
very classic as to lines, extremely
brief as to sleeves and pleasing
as to pattern. Polka dots will
continue their popularity, and
prints are innumerable. New and
refreshing are the small scale
patterns, often so conventional
ized or stylized that they are
entirely new looking. The love
ly band of silk makes it possi
ble to give these new classics
many original collar interpre
tations, and mast of them are
low-cut .
By Ertta Haley
No Purse Problem
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i , iPlIHIIlilMIllillr.: ;.
You need never again worry
about what to do with vour
purse when dining out, if you
have one of these smart purse
holderettes. These inexpensive
gadgets are small and compact;
they fit into your bag when not
in use, and will help you avoid
uncomfortable juggling of the
purse on the lap or trying to find
a place on the table or floor
for the bag. They may also
be used for holding unbrel
las or packages.
or ruler, and draw a chalk line on
which to cut.
Pay special attention to the grain
of the fabric in cutting, folding and
stitching so the curtain will hang
straight.
Selvage edges are woven tight
er the the curtain fabric and should
be removed before cutting and sew
ing the seams. Why? After the cur
tain is washed, you may find your
self with baggy curtains which nev
er can be ironed smooth.
This selvage does not show up
in the new curtain, but it will al
most always show up after laun
dering.
Use Iron to Save
Basting Stitches
Professional seamstresses always
work with an iron and ironing
board set un ready to use, in theii
sewing room. Many edges can be
pressed immediately after cutting
so that the fold is sharp. This may
be stitched without basting.
As soon as the curtain is cut or
torn, turn the side seams, using
an iron to fold them neatly. The
hem edge on these is one or two
inches when finished. Press first
a quarter of an inch turn, then a
second one inch turn. Pin the hem
on the outside edge and then stitch,
thus saving basting.
The top edge is turned in a cas
ing, Dut this usually is basted first
so,that you can hang the curtain
for a trial to see that it fits your
curtain rod. This fitting will also
help you in seeing that the curtain
hangs properly.
Use Stiffening
At Heading
If you like transparent curtains
to hang properly, it’s best to use
some stiffening at the heading of
the curtain. Usually three inches
or slightly more is best. Firm
crinoline or buskram are fabrics
which are best.
In measuring the turning neces
sary lor the heading, decide first
on the depth of the pleat, then turn
the top edge in two inches more
than this measure, allow a double
turn so the buckram will not show.
When measuring the buckram,
measure two inches from the edge,
because the top stiffening should
not extend to the outside hem of
French-pleated curtains.
Turn the heading at the top of the
curtains. Baste the edge of the
fabric to the stiffening material,
then turn it twice and stitch the
hem or baste it.
It’s also possible to use washable
buckram banding made with eye
lets to form the French pleats. No
rings are needed. The curtain pole
is slipped right through the eye
lets, thus giving the necessary
pleat.
If >mu are putting in the shrink
age tuck of two to four inches, put
this in at the top in a narrow head
ing above the casing. Or, to avoid
the shrinkage tuck, wash the curtain
material before sewing and it will
shrink as much as it is going to,
and oc allowance need be marie.
Before Finishing Hem,
Hang the Curtains
Its always a good idea to tiang
your curtains before putting in the
hem, so that you will have some
idea where they will hang. This
will also give you an idea of where
to turn the bottom hem.
These simple glass curtains are
usually sill length and have a nar
row hem.
Another aid in having curtains
hang properly, is the placement
of a weight sewed in the corners
of the hem. This is almost always
used in drapes, and shoidd be used
in glass curtains because the ma
terial is so light
"WATCH OUT FOR KIDS" DRIVE
GAINS URGENCY WITH SPRING
Motorists were warned by the
National Safety Council today
to be on the lookout for chil
dren on the streets as milder
weather and lengthening days
keep more and more children
out of doors past school hours.
Traffic accidents in recent
years annually have killed more
youngsters one to 14 years old
than disease, according to the
Council. The coming of spring
means that more of them will
be out on bicycles, roller skates,
wagons and scooters where they
can get in the path of automo
biles.
Play Time Most Dangerous
A Detroit survey showed that
only 8 per cent of child traffic
accidents occured when chil
dren were going to or from
school.
“Watch Out for Children” is
the April slogan of “Operation
: Safety,” the continuing traffic
Louisia's Letter
| Dear Louisa;
i I am a girl of sixteen and 1
1 have very nice parents and I
love them very much. But my
mother has been rather strict
with me and has taught me to
not to run after boys. Now this
j is my problem.
All of the girls in my crowd
i call up the boys over the ’phone,
j ask them for dates and even
take them to ride. One boy I
i know who wanted to take me
i to a dance was asked by one of
i these girls before he could ask
i me. This leaves me in a spot.
What must I do? Keep on
acting nice or start running
after the boys?
G. L.—IOWA 1
Answer;
Times have certainly chang
ed. The way that girls go after
their dates now-a-days would
have been a scandal twenty
years ago. They went after
them then in away, but not so
that the public could see.
As to wheher the boys like
j it or not depends on the individ- i
| ual. Some boys run all the fast- J
!er when someone gets in be-1
; hind them and others feel ex- j
tremely flattered and can be j
captured by any preserving {
; female who calls up enough and ;
flatters them enough,
i I think the flattery is really
I the crucial move. All boys like
Ito hear how wonderful they
I are and no matter how absurd
j the compliments are they swal
| low them all and wait for more.
I think G. C., that it might
be well for you to work out a
compromise plan. Don’t sit
back and wait for your dates
but don’t be obviously aggress
ive. Give the boys plenty of op
portunities to ask for dates and
give them an earful of praises
when you do have one. There
is no percentage in cheapening
yourself by calling them over
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You’re ready for any task in a
cherry cover-all apron like this one.
And it’s so easy to make —a begin
ner in sewing can run it up in no
; time at all. Few pattern pieces and
so easy to follow. Trim with bright
ric rac.
Pattern No. 8081 is designed for
sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48.
Size 36 requires 214 yards of 32 or
j 35-inch, 7 yards ric rac.
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 IS, £l. T.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
1 safety program sponsored na
j tionally by the Council. The
emphasis during this month
will be on the responsibility ot
adults in protecting children
from harm in traffic.
Most child traffic accidents
could be avoided if motorosts
automatically regarded the
sight of playing children as a
danger sign and slowed to a
speed which permits instant
stopping, the Council said.
Despite excellent advances in
the education of children
through schools and official
agencies, children are still chil
dren and have little regard for
the consequences of any implus
ive action. A motorist may find
that he is held legally blameless
if a child darts into his path,
! but the Council points out that
every driver has a moral re
j sponsibility to do everything in
| his power to prevent the heavy
j toll of child accident victims.
BRUSH TEETH,
SHUN SUGAR,
TO STOP DECAY
Cutting down on sugar, and
brushing the teeth immediately
after meals are two sure-fire
weapons against tooth decay,
according to the State Health
Department division of dental
health.
This advice was echoed re
cently by Dr. Robert G. Kesel,
dental research authority at the
University of Illinois, in a talk
to a public health class at the
Emory University School of
Dentistry.
Dr. Kesel stated that during
a severe sugar shortage in
Scandinavian countries during
the past war a remarkable re
duction in new dental decay
was noted.
A recent study of 300 Ameri
can children showed 35 times
as much tooth decay as found
in a famine area of India, the
dental official added.
A third study of a group of a
thousand persons in California
revealed a 60 per cent reduction
in tooth decay after a year on |
a sugar-free diet, and 87 per j
cent reduction after two years, j
Dr. Kesel said.
Sugar and other fermentable
carbohydrates help form tooth
attacking acids in the mouth,
Dr. Kesel pointed out. Labora
tory tests have shown that these
acids begin their attack on
tooth enamel about five minutes
after eating; reach a peach of
destruction within 20 to 30 min
utes; and continue their attack
on the teeth for two-and-a
half hours.
Toothbrushing is therefore
most effective when performed
immediately after eating, the
dental authority concluded.
“The painting of teeth with
the new chemical, sodium
fluoride, by the family dentist,
in addition to the resriction of
sugar in the diet and proper
schedule of toothbrushing will
help relieve the alarming pro
portion of dental decay that
now exists in the state,” opined
Dr. T. F. Sellers, Director of the
| Georgia Department of Public
: Health.
j Thread for Buttonholes
The kind of thread used is an
! important factor in long-wear
ing buttonholes. In recent tests,
i buttonholes made with unmer
i cerized thread were more re
j sistant to wear than those made
I with mercerized thread.
j
Canned Com
Canned corn, which should
be in good supply .on grocery
shelves now, offers fuel or
energy value and combines well
with such protein foods as eggs,
cheese and meats for a good
main dish.
the ’phone unless you have
j something definite to tell or ask
them.
Life is really a race, with all
| the rules reversed and the fe
i male sex in full pursuit.
LOUISA
i Dear Louisa:
I have two small children. My
hueband goes to work very
early in the morning and
doesn’t come home until night.
| He loves to play with the chil
! dren and although the book says
they should be in bed, I let
I them stay up for about two
hours after he gets in.
In order that they may suffer
|no bad effects from these late
| hours, I make them take a long
I rest in the middle of the day.
This also gives me a chance to
get a short nap. It has worked
out just fine. When my hus
band comes home I am not
overtired and he has a chance
to get acquainted with hi s
children.
YOUNG MOTHER—PENN,
j Answer:
I think you are a very sensi
ble young mother. You know the
rules but you also know when to
break them.
LOUISA
KATHLEEN NORRIS
Look for Happiness
"QUR MARRIAGE has be
come a farce,” writes Elinor
Price from Minneapolis. “But
we don’t want a divorce. We
both love our home and our
adopted daughter, Georgette, who
is 8. I dread the scandal of a di
vorce and the shock to our child.
Paul ‘’as none of the usual faults
that lead to separation and I don’t
think 1 have. But we’ve reached
a point of such boredom in our
12 years of marriage that we some
times hardly can be civil to each
other
“This eight-room suburban home
was bis mother’s. It has every con
venience—washer, dryer, furnace,
lovely garden. Paul works in a
bank, belongs to a good club, is ad
mired and popular. Georgette is
a little dream of beauts - and good
ness. With help three times a week,
I can keep my home as neat as
wax.
“We breakfast at 8. Paul leaves
half the paper, touches his cheek
to the back of my head, is gone.
Georgette gets her milk nickle and
lunchbox and goes. Then silence —
silence. I go to market and look
at beaver coats in windows, eve
ning frocks in windows, pictures
of successful movie stars no old
er than I.
Monotony Moves In
•That night Paul sits by his radio
and reads his paper. Georgette has
her supper and does her homework
in bed, as we have to watch her
chest in our cold winters. I get
dinner, speak to Paul. He puts his
paper down, answers.
“Sundays we talk vaguely of a
picnic or a walk; go to a 4 o’clock
movie; think we will drop in at
the Wilsons, decide not to, come
home. I open the ice box; tell
them what’s there. What does any-
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. , sits and reads his paper . .
one want? Paul says quietly that
that isn’t his idea of supper I say
that if they’ll wait I’ll cook a reg
ular meal. But I will have to change
my clothes, etc. He says that isn’t
his idea, either. He’ll go out for
somoihing. Do we want to go down
town?
“Well,” the letter runs on, “ei
ther we do or we don’t and either
waj' it’s a failure. We get a slow
waite.. Georgette gets sleepy, the
food is expensive and poor. No
body's happy.
Want To Be Happy
"Don’t think I’m stupid or
spoiled. It’s really serious. We both
want us to be the busy, happy con
tented people we see about us
We’ve lost the key Paul makes
pathetic efforts; I make feeble ef
forts, too. He brings me home a
few tloweis or I say brightly at
dinner, ‘Your old favorite cake
Paul.’ It all seems to drop flat
How can 1 put life into my mar
riage’ When we first were mar
ried, we were very happy; we
aren’t really unhappy now. Isn't
there a cure for this?”
m • •
You re not stupid or spoiled. El
inor. You’re suffering from causes
buried deep in our way of living
You nave what every human heart
in the world wants—enough food
first, then shelter, then clothes,
companionship, leisure. beauty.
And to find that it isn’t enough is
the shock that is upsetting the lives
of hundreds of women like vou.
If Paul came home today badly
wounded, to be an invalid for life,
you would rise to the crisis almost
with buoyancy. Caring for him. re
assuring him, somehow making
money, somehow keeping your af
fairs afloat would make a new
woman of you.
Paul, too. if he were called to
help in some calamity, would pull
off his coat, take command of
younger workers, live to the very
utmost of his capacity and glory
in it.
The cure ol your case, Elinor,
the secret of brimming, soul-sat
isfying life is contained in those
old words that made so many mil
lions of outwardly dull, obscure
lives so bright with dancing tight
Seek and you will find
But specifically in your case, be
cause I think it would be just tbe
tonic you need, I am going to rec
ommend to you a cure that worked
a miracle for me years ago. Adopt
a family—without their knowing it.
Ask your organized charities for
the name of some unfortunate
lonely young woman with two or
three babies. They’ll supply ma
terial aid; you do the rest.
Go every day for five or six
hours Make her bed. Gradually
get the dark crowded rooms into
order. Have lunch there You’ll
find miracles all the way along.
The color of the shell is no
clue to the quality of an egg.
MEMOS...
Serve Home-Made Rolls Often!
(See Recipes Below)
Bake at Home
HOMEMAKERS who want to keep
up their morale will find satisfaction
In the praise of the family. Such
remarks as “Oh, boy, mom is mak
ing those rolls for
dinner tonight,”
or “The house
smells wonderful
with that bread
baking,” bring a
■ lift and a lilt to
' the heart of many
of us beseiged
with the routine of endless cleaning,
dusting, laundry and preparing
meals.
No longer need there be an excuse
for not making yeast-raised breads
and rolls at home, for methods
have become exceedingly simpli
fied recently. You don’t even have
to knead these delightful concoctions
any more, and in many cases, one
rising is sufficient.
No-knead rolls and bread are light
and delicious. They do not have
quite as fine a texture as breads
which have been kneaded, but this
is a small matter, especially when
you can have fragrant yeast rolls
so quickly.
The recipes for quick rolls of this
type are quite different from others
you’ve used. Less flour is used and
the dough is soft. The directions
given in this column have been
carefully tested, so be sure to fol
low them closely, and you’ll have
amazing success.
• • •
FOR THIS SEASON of the year,
one recipe which you’ll want to use
often, is that for hot cross buns.
Hot Cross Buns
(Makes 18)
1 cup scalded milk
94 cup shortening
1 tablespooD sugar
2 teaspoons salt
l package yeast, compressed
or dry granular
1 egg
3 cups sifted, all-purpose flour
94 cup raisins
94 teaspoon cinnamon
Combine milk, shortening, sugar
and salt. When lukewarm, add
yeast and mix thoroughly. Blend in
egg, then add gradually the flour
with raisins and cinnamon and mix
until well-blended and soft. Place
in a greased bowl and cover. Place
d«ugh in refrigerator until needed,
or allow to rest
'for 10 minutes be
fore shaping.
Form dough into
buns and place on
greased baking
sheet. Let rise in
ia warm place (80°
to 85°) until light,
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about 45 minutes. In the mean
time, combine one well
beaten egg white with two table
spoons of cold water and brush tho
tops of the buns with the mixtuve
just before baking. Slash a deep
cross on top of each bun with a
sharp knife, after they have risen.
Bake in a hot (425°) oven for 20
minutes.
Combine four teaspoons at milk
with one cup sifted confectioners’
sugar and one-fourth teaspoon
vanilla. Drip this mixture over the
buns filling the crosses, while the
rolls are still hot.
Omit the raisins and cinnamon
from the above recipe and use it for
LYNN SAYS:
Serve Hot Sandwiches
For a Savory Lunch
Scrambled eggs placed between
two slices of buttered toast which
have been spread with anchovy
paste make a delectable sandwich.
Spread deviled ham on white
bread, top with another slice of
bread and dip in an egg-milk mix
ture. Fry as for French toast.
Hot sliced tongue makes an excel
lent sandwich 9hes teamed with
fried apples on a toasted English
muffin
Thursday, April 14, 1949
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Broiled Whitefish Lemon Butter
Parsieyed Potatoes
Buttered Asparagus
Apple Celery Salad
Beverage ‘Potato Rolls
Lemon Sherbet Cookies
•Recipe Given
caramel rolls, as follows;
Caramel Rolls
Spread the dough with one and
one-half tablespoons butter, mel
ted, one-fourth cup brown sugar
and one teaspoon cinnamon. Roll
and cut into one-inch pieces. Com
bine one-half cup brown sugar,
three tablespoons honey-flavored
corn syrup and one tablespoon but
ter. Spread about one tablespoon of
this mixture in greased muffin tins
and place in cut pieces of dough.
Let rise until light, then bake in
a moderately hot (375°) oven for
15 to 20 minutes or until golden
brown.
There’s an old-fashioned hot
bread which grandmother used to
make, potato rolls, a recipe which
has now been brought up-to-date
with streamlined technique to speed
the process.
•Potato Rolls
(Makes 2 dozen)
1 cup scalded milk
3 tablespoons shortening
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 package yeast, compressed
or dry granular
2 eggs
94 cup hot, mashed potatoes
(unseasoned)
4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
Combine the milk, shortening,
sugar and salt. Add yeast and mix
well. Blend in beaten eggs and
mashed potatoes. Add gradually the
flour and mix until well-blended and
dough is soft. Store dough in re
frigerator or cold place for at least
two hours or until needed. The top
of the dough should be greased.
When ready to use, roll chilled,
dough to one-half inch thickness on
a floured board. Cut with a two and
on-* - 'jlf inch cutter. Place on a
gi_yked baking sheet. (Or, shape
ro*’s into any shape desired, like
cloverleaf, twists,
braids, bowknots, etc.). Let rise in
a warm place until doubled in bulk,
about one and one-half hours. Bake
in a moderately hot (400°) oven for
15-20 minutes.
Orange Bread
(Makes 1 loaf)
cake yeast, compressed dry
granular
94 cup lukewarm water
1 beaten egg
2 tablespoons melted shorten
ing
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
Grated rind of 2 err
94 cup orange juice
4 cups flour
Dissolve the yeast in waler Add
the beaten egg, shortening, sugar,
orange rind and juice. Stir in flour,
mixing until smooth. Add more
flour, if necessary, to make dough
easy to handle. Let rise in bowl un
til doubled in bulk. Place in a
greased loaf pan and let rise again
until doubled in bulk. Bake in a hot
(400°) oven for 10 minutes, then re
duce heat to moderate (350°) and
bake for 45 minutes longer.
Bulk sausage meat, fried in pat
ties, and placed between hot pan
cakes, made the same size as the
sausage patty, are hearty as well
as good.
Place baked or boiled ham on a
slice of bread and spread thinly
with mustard. Top with a slice of
American cheese and place in the
oven until cheese melts slightly.
Sprinkle thick slices of tomato
with salt, pepper and bits of baewn.
Serve on slices of buttered toast
which has been spread with bam
salad or deviled ham.