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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-2-13, Page 7NEW and USEFUL Too CAR -TOWING LINE With a capacity of 3,000 lbs„ this towing line is easily connected by ;pecfal hooks and a catch, Comes .n a 4 and 61/4 -yard lengths, * a * PLIABLE LAMP New multi -angle lamp can be lowered, tilted or turned to any pee. sition and any angle by a slight touch. Using a 40- or 60 -watt bulb, the lamp is said to be focused to eliminate glare, shadows, or reliee- tiouis. Various installation brackets are supplied for user's individual requirements. r.* * * AUTOMATIC IRONING Now you can do your ironing in an exotic atmosphere. New liquid fragrance comites hi pine, lavender, and bouquet, , Eight drops into wash -container will scent the laun- dry as it is being ironed. r * * BUG WAX No bugs will survive your spring cleaning with this handy wrinkle. The combination floor wax and insecticide shines floors and des- troys insects simutaneously. Can be used on linoleum, asphalt, rubber tile, cement, and varnished or paint- ed wood floors. Wax produces a high gloss without rubbing and surface is said to be skid -resistant. Lindane is the insecticide used. Manufacturer states it is odorless, and safe for humans and pets, but destroys roaches, ants, waterbugs, and other household insects. * * * GRAFTING WAX New wax needs no warming, will not run in hot weather or mac:, in cold. Maker states it is pliable and will stretch with growth of graft, eliminating air and mois- ture. No tools necessary for appli- cation, SNOW Unless one has to face the various hazards it sets up on the highways, snow can be beautiful. A snowflake is the most delicate of all crystal's, intricate and varied 'beyond belief. .And a snowdrift, shaped by the wind, is something to delight the eye of anyone who seeks the beauty of pure form. In the dr to eau he seen the smooth flow of the wind, the very shape of the wind as it moves across the land. And there is the woodland beauty of 'snow, particularly if it is a soft and clinging snow; for it outlines, on every twig and bough, the living shapes of trees and hushes. The up- lift of trees, reaching for the sun. the gentle curve of the bushes, the intricate pattern of the grasses, the strange geography of bark, Familiar shapes are outlined fresh and new for the eye to see as never before. And shadows lie across any snowy landscape, shadows such as never fall across a land of living green or somnolent brown and gray. Blues and purples and more subtle shades flow across the snowy sheet like water -colors, shades and shapes that move and change with each shiff of the sun. But most of all, in a freshly snow- ed world, is the newness, the clean, inviting whiteness. Tt is as though here were a completely new world, the old paths of thought and action all erased, the old trails forgotten. Mere is a w•,+rld ur'st°a•• and t'o'ting for new excursions. Excursions in any direction, excursions on foot or thought. For a little while, then, it is a new and open world where all things are possible to those who would make new paths and trdvel them. Prom T'e'New work Times. Clean Music The music goes 'round and 'round when Helmut Pinke turns on his vacuum clean. er, that is the one attached to his accordion. The 40 -year-old mus- ician who lives in the western sector of Berlin got tired of all the bellows -pushing, so he rig- ged up 0 vacuum cleaner attach- ment to furnish the air; Hourglass Silhouettes, Separate Petticoats, Fuller Skirts, Featured At Fashion Shows A series of fashion shows illus- trating the wider range of attrac- tive fashions In prices ranging from $l0 to $200, illustrates how wide a selection of clothes may be had in that narrower group between $25 and $70, Tough classed as "moderate -priced they still reflect top-flight trends and rate among the best-selling numbers from some 50 manufacturers all over the corm - try, The series began with daytime clothes in tnisses' and women's sizes, followed by shows covering junior fashions, special categories which Include fashions for large women, tall girls, ,and half - pint sizes and 'a final show devoted to evening and bridal fashions, Small Waistlines Noted Daytime fashions showed a pre- ponderance of full skirts and small waistline effects. Lines for daytime were definite particularly where the 'r.,rees followed the sen or Where dresses are shown, they arc invariably, in ibis group, ac- companied by short, tightly -fitted spencers, as in a silk Shantung tate feta which has its thatching wool spencer lined with the silk match- ing the dress, 'The dress Is sleeve- less with a halter neckline anal fall in the $50 bracket. . In the daytime clothes, many small checked wools and silks are featured, most often in black and white, Cottons of long lasting qual- ity, such as broadcloths and pima Egyptian weaves, appear frequent- ly. Prints in wallpaper designs in cotton, • t dotted silk surahs, and in small, neat mollis on crepes and silks revive interest in the print to b worn beneath a coat. A navy printed silk Shantung taffeta following the popular hour- glass lines is dressed up with a large white organdy how. Sheers because they are roof and practical have won much applause; a navy sheer Mess with pin -tucked top; another navy sheer with polka-dot faille jacket; also some lovelycrisp dott- ed Swiss dresses. Emphasis on Extremes In the junior fashions, v. .ch are well balanced both for a size and an age, with special categories where size and height` are considered, emphasis is on the two extremes the crinoline and the sheath. There are' small collars, small to tiny but- princess ut princess silhouette. An occasional hourglass outline emerged with low - pleats emphasizing the smooth, rounded hipline. Slim skirts clung to the back kick -pleat, but the full skirts, just as in the season's higher - priced clothes, encouraged separate peticoats to stress• the appearance of the small waist writes Barbara E. Scott Fisher, Fashion Editor of The Christian Science Monitor. Silk or wool are the favorite fabrics for the basic walking dress which promises to find acceptance with the suit this season. This type of dress often buttons down the front to the hent. Back-closine dresses look new. White pique pipings or collars. worn with the more tailored dresses, give the inevitable spring- like touch. Large white organdy bows stake thheir bow, sometimes accompanied by crisp puffs; emerg- ing from below the elbow of a eel sleeve. Silk Suit Popular In both misses' and women's sizes the silk suit appears, Its im- portance is strengthened by the wide variety of fabrics which give it distinction. Thee are full-bodied failles, the heavier ottomans, rich polt de soir, and those practical little Shantungs and taffetas in a wide range of colors front charcoal to chcrr.,. tons, and short -length jackets for the women who are an inch shorter in the waist than normal. "Pop" jackets—to the waist or just below, made of soft fleeces in light pretty colors, top off engaging ensembles. Built-up waistlines or bright cummberbunds accent the small waist. Quilted dresses of calico in fine French provincial prints are sunny and their skirts ready to whirl. A violet cotton broadcloth dress with a trapunto embloidered skirt also gives the effect of quilting and sells for about $l8. There are pretty delicate com- binations of pale beige and white, so smart this spring. Not many women's fashions are shown and those that are, fall in the $30 to $100 range. These are no longer outsizes but range from 18 to 50. Darlc cool clothes are generally featured in this group and evidence the fact that the ma- lure figure may be fitted in half - sizes as well as regular and large. A gray silk herringbone sure]; dress and jacket costume looks practical as does a blue and white woven dot silk Shantung suit. at $90. For the woman five feet, five inches or under, jackets are short, fitted, an dusually hemmed with a small peplum flare both in silk and wool. Shoulderlines are kept natural, sleeves moderately big, collars small. The pleated skirt and the flared -and -gored star alike. They were entertaining friends in their ,new prefabricated hone. Lw'denly one of the guests sat up an listened, "Surely you're not troubled by mice already?" she said. "That's not mice," explained the householder. "That's the penple neat door eating celery," She Preferred To Stay In Jail Few' prison's In the World have a worse reputation than the French Bastille. Legetiet tells of a'bundred terrible crines committed between its walls, and the date of its overthrow by Revolutionari3e in 1789 is still cele- brated in France as a public holi- day. But there is niuth fiction in the evil reputation. There was a light, and even gay, tide to lifc'in the Bastille, grew common criminals were sent there, bpd in the years before the Revolution it was more like a club than a prison. Its inmates dived as they pleased, ate and drank well, gave parties in 'elaborately furnished rooms, visit- ed each other, and enjoyed practic- ally all the social pleasures, They, could, in fact, do every thing except Leave. Judge for yourself by a letter written to the governor from a prisoner; 'Monsieur," he complained, "tote shirts brought to hie are not those I asked for. I wrote for fine ones with embroidered cuffs, in place of which those sent are coarse, Of ,a very bad linen, and with cuffs Inc more suitable for a turnkey." The authorities not only provid- ed clothes, but supplied guests. with the best of food and 'wine. Prisoners were allowed to keep pets and were encouraged to have some private hobby, Four gentlemen instates asked for, and received, a billiard table. For many, years before the Revo- ldtio,i it was ,possible to send a peeson to the Bastille under a "let- tre de cachet," a blank order of ar- rest signed by the king or one bf his ministers All that was needed was a little influence with someone in authority or enough money to buy a blank "tettre de cachet" from a minister who was not above bribery. A. prisoner under one of these orders could be held as long as his persecutor wished. These "lettres" were, for the most part, used by fathers to rid themselves of unmanageable sons; by husbands and tviv s eon, tach other, and by politicians on tdanger- ous rivals. There was no ttial, 110 appeal, and no questions asked.. Titus it happened that many French figures in the social world and in the worlds of thought and art were to be met in the Bastille at some time, No wonder some of the prisoners were reluctant to leave. "At the bottom of my heart," wrote one woman in her memoirs, "I was far front desiring my liberty," Queer Accidents Accidents will happen, and you never know the turn they'll take. The National safety council has released its anmial roundup of ac- cidents and it makes slipping on a banana peel look commonplace, ' For instance, bir, and gars. James Gibson of Fort Wayne, got lino a sprightly chat over Mr. Gibson's driving habits. That was all right, except- that the discussion .took plate while they were riding along a highway near fort Way;ue. 'firing of the: talk, Mrs, Gibson pulled the keys front the ignition switch and tossed them out of the Window. Gibson ' "jenttped on the brakes. Two tars following piled up int a three -car colhs,on,' Gibsbu was charged lvith reck- less driving. The driver of the sec- ond car 'was accused of operating a car withogt 'a' license. His com- panion., -owner of the ear, was chargewith permitting an unli- censed ';river to operate the car. The driver of the third ear was charged with improper car regi - 'stratum. ,Nn -charge w -as plac.d against-. 1drs. Gibson. * * Sterling Tait beat out Harold Murphy in a hot race for town clerk of Gouverneaur, New York. After Ta eleetion triumph, his car happened to strike Murphy's dog. Tait stopped to investigate. The animal bit hint. Murphy tushed Tait to a hospital. But on the trip he had to jani his brakes. Tait's head bashed in the windshield. An hour later Murphy's dog died. The men shook hands and agreed you couldn't blame a Republican for any of it. Meanwhile in New fork City 2 - year -old Tommy Paiva tumbled out of the window of his parents' apartment, The Window was 15 stories (120 feet) up. The boy land- ed in some shrubbery and escaped with a broken thigh aid assorted cuts and bruises. * * * Steeplejack James Swootan, who would never fall out of a high win- dow, tumbled off a bat stool in Richmond; Ind. He had to go to a hospital for treatment of his in- juries. In Cincinnati, two trains travel- ling in opposite directions struck Clayton Buch's car. He was left standing on the tracks, steering wheel itt hand, suffering only from cuts, bruises and a king-sized dazed feeling. Don't get the idea that the only surefire way to avoid be;ng hurt in an accident is to be somewhere else. Iiven that didn't help firs. Catherine Heenan of Boston. A car struck a pedestrian in the street below her second -story apartment. The pedestrian's shoe sailed through her window and hit her on the head, intlictmg scalp wounds. BE SCIENTIFIC The young mother had been read- ing the latest books on baby care. Visitors were not permitted to see the baby at all until he was three months old, and then they had to wear gauze face -masks, When several older women tried to suggest that the Mother was carrying things a little -too far, she cried: "Some mothers are so care- less of their children's health that,it- is positively crituinal." After a pause she added: "Fie seems to be cutting a tooth, but I don't know how to find out about it." "Why,' said one of the older women, "just put your Linger in his mouth and—" Noticing the young mother's hor- rilied expression, she added gently' "Of course, you boil the finger first." t, TABLE TALKS Jft Jane Andrews One of the, America's best-known cookery experts is Betty Crocker, and today I am happy to pass along to you her latest creation which she calls Velvet -Crumb cake, It is easy to put together and "can • be whipped ftp in a hurry'. You'll find it excellent for serving to guests who drop in for afternoon tea or to youngsters looking for an after- school snack, ' The main ingredient is biscuit mix. Velvet -Crumb is similar to the traditional butter cake—moist tender and rich; and the beating time is only 90 seconds and there is no sifting or creaming. The cake can be served while it is still warm. Once you try it, I'm sure you'll want to serve it often. VELVET CRUMB CAKE Preheat oven to 350° (moderate). Grease generously and dust with biscuit mix one square pan, 8 x 8 x 2 -in,, (for double recipe use 13 x 9 x .Z -in. pan). Mix thoroughly We cups biscuit mix 34 cup sugar Then add 3 tsp. soft highgrade shortening (all or part butter adds flavor) 1 egg 1/4 cup milk 1 tsp. vanilla • Stir together until ingredients are blended. Then beat vigorously for 1 ntittute. Stir in gradually 1/3 cup milk. beat for 54 minute. Pour into prepared pan. Bake about 30 minutes in moderate oven (350'). Cover with broiled topping while warm. Serve warm. BROILED TOPPING Mix 3 tbsp. butter or other shortening, melted or softened. t, cup brown sugar (packed in, cup) 2 tbn,. cream or top milk cup wheat flakes or coconut, if desired =q cup chopped nuts Place about 3 inches under broil- er slow heat) until mixture bubbles and browns (3 to 5 minutes), 'Do not burn! e * * Next recipe conte- from "way down South"—a delicious ginger- bread served with lepton sauce. VELVET GINGERBREAD 54 cup sugar 1 cup each, butter, molasses and boiling water 2 teaspoons soda 1 egg 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons ginger Creast butter and sugar together and add molasses and egg. Dis- solve sada in boiling water and add to butter -sugar mixture, COM - bine ginger with flour — sift and add to mixture. Pour in shallow pan that has been greased and dusted with flour. Balce at 350° le. for 30 minutes—or until done. LEMON SAUCE 1 cup sugar 254 tablespoons cornstarch 2 cups boiling water 3 tablespoons butter Juice and grated rind of 1 small lemon 54 teaspoon salt Nutmeg Mix sugar and cornstarch; add water gradually, stirring constantly; boil 5 -minutes. Remove from fire and add butter, lemon juice and rind and salt. Sprinkle nutmeg over top. * * * If I'm any judge, there'll be calls for "seconds"—and "thirds"—when you serve these. BUTTERSCOTCH SQUARES 2 cups light brown sugar 1/4 cup butter or margarine 2 eggs 11/4 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon vanilla' cup nut meats Pinch salt Coniine sugar and butter and cook slowly until well mixed, stir- ring constantly. Break in the eggs and beat until well mixed. Mix in the flour, baking powder and salt sifted together; add nuts and vanil- la. Spread in well-oiled baking pan. Bake 30 minutes at 350°F. Cut in squares while warm. Raisins may be added to this recipe if desired. FUDGE PUDDING Part 1: ; cup sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa 11/4 cups hot water Ml* ingrediente together In shit. low baking dish, Fart 21 1 cup flout' 3 tablespoons Cocoa 1 teaspoon baking powder teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons melted shortening IA cup milk (more may be re - Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt; add milk and shortening. Pour over mixture that isqujritt bedaking dish, Balce at 350° F, until done, Serve warm. Makes 6 generous servings, . * * i< Now, let's reverse the usual order of a meal, and finish off with some- thing more substantial, EGGS FARCI 4 or 5 chicken livers 1/4 cup butter 6 hard -cooked eggs 1 tablespoon grated onion Salt and pepper to taste Few drops tobasco sauce 34 cup grated sharp cheese 1 cup tomato sauce 4 to 6 slices toast. Fry chickenlivers in melted but- ter until tender. Cut hard -cooked eggs in half and rub yolks through. sieve. Add grated onion, salt, pep- per and Tabasco sauce. Chop livers and add to yolk mixture with I cup of the cheese and enough of the tomato sauce to moisten. Pile into egg halves and sprinkle with re- maining cheese. Bake in moderate oven (375°F.) until cheese softens; Heat remaining tomato sauce. Serve eggs on toast with tomato sauce. This recipe makes 4 to 6 servings. * * * BEEFSTEAK ROLLS 3 tablespoons minced onion 3 tablespoons minced celery 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup soft bread cubes teaspoon salt r/s teaspoon pepper t/e teaspoon thyme 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 pound round steak, cut -inch thick 4 strips bacon 3 tablespoons shortening 11/4 cups beef bouillon 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Saute onion and celery in butter. Add to bread cubes, salt,pepper, thyme and parsley. Cut steak into 4 pieces and pound to tenderize. Put j cup of dressing on each piece, roll up and wrap with a bacon strip, fastening with string or skewers. Brown in melted shortening, add bouillon and Wor- cestershire sauce, Cover and sim- mer 1 hour or until tender. Thick- en broth and serve over meat. Makes 4 servings. MILDER, RAIN THIS AFTERNOON Diesel Speedster— Fred Agabashian "gets the feel" of the new Cummins diesel special. A veteran of five previous 500'mile races, Fred is slated to drive the diesel -powered car which' is only 29 inches high at thecowl, in the 1952 Indianapolis classic -May 30th Practical New Fashions for Today's Housewife Easy 10 slip into and ease to Irott, this cOal-dress fastens with a single waist button, The pat. tern isINYtiiiti iti sleep V stripes. Versatile Dresses for the Busy Homemaker at a Moderate Prig BY EDNA MILES CLOTHES that are designed especially for the housewife aren't easy to come by. Ideally, fashions for housework should combine good looks with practicality, washability and n moderate price. They should also be versatile, That is, they should be pretty enough to put in an appearance at the front door, to go to market, to go out for a walk looking neat They should, in addition, be easy to put on and take off. The housewife's time has many demands on it and fussy clothes that are complicated to don aren't for her. With the requirements of a busy housewife well in mind, one house has come up with new designs meant especially for her, One, in a turquoise embroidery -designed woven chambray, has a zippered front, tailored collar and full, flared skirt. Belt ties in a neat front bow and there are large pockets set in at each side of the skirt. Another of these Nali-glee designs is in a domino pattern, with striped worked in beep V's. A single waist button, tic only fastening, makes it possible to don this dress in a mu t , ter of seeonds, And, even after many launderings, the sri-in This woven chambray with ip- 'nistband can't stretch, 11's done in it cleat limp woven porch fromb is designed especial- ci1a111brety ly for the houscwne. Deep pockets are bet In at each aide.