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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.