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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-12-19, Page 5Good Value Offered in Shopping for coats should be a delight because designers have outdone themselves in creating flattering silhouettes, eresting fabrics — and the ost exciting color palette to date. Coat silhouettes in three basic shapes — full, slightly flared and oval — depend on meticulous tailoring, whatever aiLthe price level, reports the Na - ,j ional Board of the Coat and Suit industry. With padding eliminated, the new raglan shoulders are soft, their slightly increased width controlled with seaming. Fabrics are brilliant and seemingly endless in inspiration. Bubbled, carved, twisted, blis- tered — furry, smooth, tight - woven or lush, surfaces are fashions in themselves. Tweeds• are ropy or furry — some with mohair — as in a textured tweed of black, charcoal and white. CHECKS CERTIFIED BY FASHION Mohairs in solid tones are opulent, as are precious fur fi- bres and meltons. Worsteds are crisp and are given more body with new surfacing. Checks get fashion certification. This season's coats look just that because of the numerous style changes. Sleeves are longer and slimmer, some with shirtcuffs. Higher lines are newly emphasized with full- fledged empire look — a youth- ful indentation of the bustline. Capes and cape effects show up importantly in the coat picture. Buttons, large and striking, are twisted, gilt, elongated. To fur or not to fur is every woman's own fashion decision, for there are coats sans fur with scarf or chin -deep collars, no collars — or small, unobtrus- tive lapel or wing types. When furred, coats lean to collars and cuffs of almost every pelt in the animal kingdom —minks, in various tones, sable, nutria and beaver, black or natural; leopard, civet cat. Fox returns with all its flattery. FUR LINERS LEAD INNER LIFE For elegance and toasty warmth, consider the furliners, leading an inner life with sable for the sophisticated, civet cat for the sportive. Slated for success is the citi- fied-sportive itified-sportive look with softly relaxed silhouette in soft, town- ish tweeds. Sometimes the touch of leather at bottons or trim gives these jauntiness. And all suede or leather is pop- ular this fall for the true coun- \ew Coats try air. Colors are crescendo in reds — cranberry, orangey, pinkish. Emerald green; dazzling royal; lively browns, camel to ex- presso; goldenrods; oatmeal; and pastels for town, peach, amethyst, coral, blue figure in fashion. Buy Onions By Grade The familiar yellow -skinned onion should be plentiful all winter because this year's crop was a good one. It i•' ays to buy onions of Canada No. 1 grade for they will be well cured -- that is dry and firm. They will also be well shaped and free from damage caused by insects, dirt and so on. The grade mark will be printed on the 3, 5 or ' 10 pound bag, the sizes in which most onions are sold. They may also be uniformly siz- ed and marked "small" or "large" . If buying ungraded onions in bulk be sure that they have dry crackling skins, seem perfectly dry and look clean and firm. SOUCHE DE NOEL—A variation of the traditional Yule Log so popular with French Canadians. It is basically a plain butter cake made in two 6" or 8" cake pans. The layers are each cut in two and the four layers are spread with jam or jelly. Then it is iced with a delicious, butter cream icing and decorated with mushroom -shaped meringues dusted with cocoa.—Canada Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa. Souche de Noel The traditional Yule Log cake made in France by con- fectioners at Christmas time is also popular with French Can- ' • -1Mr1MIMMAMMMOlir IMF REM una MEM IM MEM MUM MUM MM faiii MOW NWNM Nd `` MEM MI Eld BAaria im iss mAILA marnalia- AL ALMIL MMA MK MI MVO MIR 1111 MIR MEM /11 IMIMMIM 111111111 !_ IA UMELM AUK MIL Erin illr"9 MAL MI MI MEI IM 1111m1 MI lir MI Isar M MN/ AIME IIIMW FROM BURKE ELECTRIC Sunbeam HAIR DRYERS 4 DEGREES OF HEAT PINK ORBLUE $16 Regular $24.95 .95 ELECTRIC Hand Mixers 3 SPEEDS BEATER EJECTOR REGULAR $16.95 ELECTRIC CAN OPENER AND BOTTLE OPENER REGULAR $14.95 $9.95 $9.95 PORTABLE HEATERS FROM $10.95 TRANSISTOR RADIOS REGULAR $99.50 ONLY OTHERS FROM $69.95 $17.95 HOOVER Floor Polishers $29.95 HOOVER Cleaners 54.95Vacuum And also these popular gift suggestions: Hurry while stock is still plentiful! COFFEE PERCOLATORS KITCHEN AND ALARM CLOCKS ELECTRIC AND TRANSISTOR RADIOS VIBRATORS ELECTRIC KETTLES TOASTERS STEAM AND DRY IRONS ROTISERIES DRINK MIXERS FOOD BLENDERS BAROMETERS Make it a truly White Christmas—Choose from Burke Electric's large selection of Electric RANGES DRYERS REFRIGERATORS HOME FREEZERS AUTOMATIC WASHERS DISHWASHERS FREE DRAW — Lionel "Speedway" Racing Car Set. Battery operated. Value $34.95. Receive a ticket with each purchase. TAPE RECORDERS—Transistor and Electric ELECTRIC SHAVERS—Ladies' and Men's TOOTH BRUSHES—Electric or Battery ELECTRIC BLANKETS HEATING PADS VAPORIZERS BOTTLE STERILIZERS BOTTLE WARMERS RECORD PLAYERS—Electric or Transistor BATHROOM CABINETS BLACK & DECKER ELECTRIC DRILLS, SANDERS, SAWS EASY TERMS -10% DOWN. NO FURTHER PAYMENTS UNTIL FEBRUARY, 1964. 35 to 50% OFF ON NOMA TREE LIGHTING SETS, INDOOR and OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. BURKE ELECTRIC Won Electrical Contracting and Repairs — Industrial - Commercial - Domestic t�1' Motor Rewinding—Motor Sales & Service—Electrical Appliances Sales & Service JOSEPHINE STREET WINGHAM PHONE 357-2450 adians. A thin sponge cake is spread with a butter cream ic- ing and rolled into me shape of a log. It is then iced in length- wise strips to represent the bark. Home Economists of the Con- sumer Section, Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture have their own version of the Yule Log. They make a plain butter cake in two round 6 -inch or 8 -inch pans and shape it into a" stump" or "souche" instead of the usual log. The layers are cut in two and spread with jam or jelly. The butter cream icing is creamy colored for the top or cut surface of the stump and chocolate colored for the bark on the sides. "Mushroom -shap- ed" meringues add a decorative touch at the base. SOUCHE DE NOEL i cup butter 14 cups sugar 3 eggs i teaspoon vanilla 24 cups sifted pastry flour 22 teaspoons baking powder '-z teaspoon salt 3/4 cup milk jam or jelly Use two 6 -inch round fruit cake pans or two 8 -inch layer pans. Grease pans and line bot- tom with waxed paper. Cream butter, add sugar and cream well together. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well af- ter each addition. Add vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients and stir into creamed mixture, alternately with the milk. Turn batter into pans and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) until done, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes, before re- moving from pans. When cakes are cold, cut in- to two layers. Spread jam or jelly between layers to form a four layer cake. (If desired, cut a slanting slice off top lay- er to give the effect of a dia- gonally cut tree stump). Place cake on large serving plate or tray and ice with Butter Cream Icing . BUTTER CREAM ICING Dissolve 1 teaspoon instant coffee in i cup boiling water. Add 14 cups sugar and heat un- til sugar dissolves; then cook rapidly to thread stage (230 e- grees F.). Let stand until cold. Cream 1 cup butter and gradual- ly beat in the syrup until light and creamy. Spread top of cake with about one-quarter of the icing. Melt 1 square un- sweetened chocolate, beat into remaining icing and ice sides of cake. Extend icing at base of cake to resemble tree roots. Roughen surface of sidet to re- semble bark. Mark "growth" rings on top of cake with a toothpick dipped in a little chocolate icing. Decorate base of cake with the small "mush- room" meringues. "MUSHROOM" MERINGUES Make a meringue of one egg white, 4 tablespoons fruit sugar and a few grains of salt. Drop srhall amounts to form balls of varying sizes on a cookie sheet covered with ungreased paper, Dust tops lightly with cocoa. Bake in a very slow oven(250 degrees F.) for 30 minutes, then tum off heat and leave in closed oven until meringues are cool, Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Dec. 19, 1963 -- Page 5 features from The World of Women Diary of a Vagabond By Dorothy Barker If Christmas only awakens another and wound them into a our spiritual instincts once a year, it could be the one level- ler that will keep this old world in orbit, for it has a twofold meaning — giving and forgiv- ing, Perhaps I am moved to this observation by an emotional ex- perience which was entirely divorced from the thrill I get viewing the tinsel and glitter in all our stores, buying each of the five small angels in our family unit extravagant toys or searching for the "just right" gift for a favorite friend. Only those of us who have known, or have been associated with the loneliness of old age, will appreciate this experience. It happened on a sunny after- noon as warm as a spring day. Flowers were still blooming in the gardens that surrounded the old people's home. The Wo- men's Auxiliary was holding its annual Christmas bazaar, a sale of articles made by the senior citizens who are considered lucky to have such an institu- tion provided for their welfare. There was organ music in the chapel, gay holiday decorations everywhere and the tireless ef- fort of the craft instructress and her wonderful conception of the capability and creative instinct of her elder charges was very much in evidence. I expect I would have made my purchases, had my tea, greeted others who attended in support of this affair and dismis- sed the afternoon with a smug feeling of having participated in a seasonal undertaking. But somehow I made the wrong turn when I emerged from the room where the articles were display- ed for sale and opened a door into the craft workrooms. Seated at a long bench were two very elderly gentlemen.. One was punching holes in dis- carded Christmas cards. His effort would eventually create small baskets laced together with gay red ribbons. He smil- ed cheerfully when I praised his work and contentedly went on punching, punching. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE Next to him sat a stoutish man hunched over a litter of plastic foam petals. Methodi- cally he picked up one after perfect blossom. "They are lovely," I ventured into his re- very, "Yes, they are like the ones I once grew in my garden:' I was suddenly struck by the remembrance of an almost iden- tical situation. The person I recalled had been completely alone in the world, No one ever came to see him, wrote to him or cared whether he liv- ed or died. "Him, he's got a niece that comes to see him. It keeps him more cheerful," the man in my memory nodded toward his neighbor. "If you will make me abou- quet it will remind me to write you and perhaps come and see you now and then," I had bar- gained those several years ago. " Lady, if you would do that it might restore my faith in the Almighty. I think perhaps Christmas could then be more like the old days." There was one, I like to believe, "like the old days" for him. This year, while we are buy- ing toys for our youngsters, per- haps saying a prayer of grati- tude for our own state of wel.- being, let us not forget the: elderly folk. They may be warm and well fed in their go-. ernment run manors, but re- member, they are hungry for love and remembrance. Vacation Party Game The players sit in a circle, and one is given a ball. While music is being played on the piano or record player, as for musical chairs, the ball is pass- ed from one player to the no'. When the music stops, whoever has the ball says a letter of the alphabet and immediately be- gins to count out loud up to five. Immediately the letter is given, her left-hand neighbor has to say the name of an animal be- ginning with that letter. If she fails to think of one before five is reached she has to retire, with her chair, out of the ring. A player is also out if she gives a name that has already been used. The term "animal" should be taken in a very gen- eral sense. DANNY'S RESTAURANT PHONE 357-3114 FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S DAY DINNERS CHRISTMAS BANQUETS and PARTIES NEW YEAR'S EVE - couples only Smorgasbord and Dancing Reservations Only WE WILL BE CLOSED BOXING' DAY 1 TURKEYS LAIDAW'SL — FROM •— HAVE THE FINISH AND j ARE STORED ONLY A SHORT TIME. 1 LARGE TURKEYS EITHER FRESH OR FROZEN ARE A GOOD BUY THIS YEAR. PLEASE ORDER FROM YOUR DEALER 1