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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-11-5, Page 6L. se • r••=. Rugs Made Of Rushes Last For Centuries The rush rugs and carpets which the women o Nerfolir and Suffolk are making by the old traditional methods are till ir demand because of one outstand- ing thing—if treated properly so that the top surface is pre served to become A 'patina or high polish, those rugs and car- pels will last literally hundreds of years. The age of an Ancient one reposing in the Ball of the Itinholciere Company in London has been estimated at' between 300 to 800 years. Generations ago M the eastern counties careful countrymen would gather rushes from the rivers and make rush mats and frail baskets. They would make them for a few pence, and buy- ers found that the rushes out- lasted any other household floor covering. The old craft nearly died out, and might have become legen- dary had not a new firm a rush Weavers been started at Deben- ham. There carpets and rugs, log baskets, table mats, and shop- ping baskets are being hand- made; but in a brisk and busi- ness -like fashion. A skilled girl may expect to plait from 30 to 40 yards in a day and make a complete carpet of, say, 12 feet iquare, including plaiting, sew- ing and braiding, within a week. And that carpet will be no "make -do" piece, but handwork Tailored Step-in IC L Pill -7 sr A.. Taw nun moil_ illiii _i.e.- tele 1111101-* fella' 1.110-• VINW-, lit lint 4., ..- - Diel- lin elle eat •••ksela''' ikH.. 4tut.^''" 4519 ....r.11-- •ic2-220 44.014, ....474ats • Always ready, iewaye right when you want e &..s that's comfortable and flattering. You need at least one of these mart, sample step-in dressea, ! Crisp col- lar, square pateh-pocketa, contrast piping give a smart tailored lock. Pattern 4519: leliases' Size 12, 14, 16, 18. 20; 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42. Size 1G takes 411 yards 35 - Inch; ie yard contreet. This pattern biti1y 1L. 118P, sim- ple to sew, is tested for fit. Has complete illustrotee instructicns, Send THIRTY - FIVE CENTS (35e) in coins (stamper cannot be accepted) for this pattere. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, AD)RESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1. 123 Eigh- teenth St, New Teromo, Ont. ew Coats for the Youn This fitted ever ' in Dkusie- tallecked tweed esostique gold. has dell waist. It's Dentersed with triple rows og buttons and etitelaed pocket sip* of Bold velvet matched to the collar mut bonnets Back interest Is gained through a half -belt rand pietas. ISY EDNA MILES FABRIds with &mimeo interest, new synthetic fleeces, velveteee.ender Plashnbanded in fur and sparkling with rbiloesteneei these are higblights of8 new colleCtion of coats for girt of all ages from toe - MOS to mid -teens. Designed for BarnburY by Pierre Tialrimin Mese neer mete empha- size the casual In silhouette and fabrics. Tbereet a rough, tweed)" look to many 'of the fabrics used, tots of homespun -effect weaves and many heavy piles, Tweeds -nubby, brushed, checked and Donegaisee often get velvet trim by way of contrast. Shags, poodles, chinchillas, And ,tdeep-Pile tepees with qtaftee Unities tell a texture story, ' For the first timer a blanket fleece, bas ' been Used for cbildren's coats. The other halt of the new fleece SIM( lies in the use of zephyr flee to melte a coat that's completely lined in orlon. Mettler can toss it into the tple .wash and rinse it, than hang it up on a hanger cheeping wet, 'he • fleece regains its fluffy •teXture and emerges lochieg like new, The line of these coat* take to two silhouettes: the 'loose, slimmed - down mat, and the fitted coat. The full pyrtaine of last year is gone and in its Place, there'e the narrower cot. than gives an illusion of funnels, Generally, fullness is concentrated at the back or sides. There are many sunburat gores, yoke details, flat pleat butte, rolled goree, 4031 waists and Empire skirts. Sleeves may be tapered, crushed or adjustable, many of these with de,eps turn -back cuffs, ron, pews stress the muted heather tones and the rich, strong shades. lerewns range from beige to squeal), to spice, to, chocolate. Winter blues look pretty; winey reds and plums appear in the poodles and nubby tweeds. Linings are colorful as well as functional, with many corduroys, plaids, quilted fabrics and striped taffetas M use. er4. Set Thia,alaric, ;green, red and,white elide cheek ecoat to in an all - wool Kingseourt cheek. It has an elasticlied shlrred back a claret velvet pull-through tweet - type tie end velvet tab peekst, trim. It's worn Imre witb mete' • lag leggings, such as any housewife may be proud to display- in her home. Weeks of Work But first the rushes must be eut and gathered. This entails weeks ot work in the fresh- water rivers and dykes of Nor- folk and Suffolk, eeaching for clumps of "boulder" or "seg", wading out into the river mud in thigh boots to cut the rushes below water; bundle and store them in some barn near by. Norfolk rushes grow the best by the Broads, and may be seen !darkling some eight to ten feet out of the water. The Broaden -Len cut as near to the roots as pos- sible in order to reap the "butt end," which provides the strong- est section of the rush. Some- times they use sickles or poles 8 feet long. Each rush bed is cut on alternate years. If left for a longer period the rushes tend to become stiff and brittle. .After cutting, the rushes are washed free of weeds and mud, spread on the, ground to rough dry, and then bunched together in stooks to weather, care being taken to see than they are shaded from the sun, which may cause their natural gree-nish colour to fade. At the end of ten days of a fortnight the rushes are sorted and graded and stored in a barn. Before ever they can be worked they must first be immersed in water and pressed so as to ren- der them pliable. Rush rugs and carpets have always been considered especial- ly suitable for rough wood or stone floors, for the rush is so thick and pliable that it seems to flow over the floe". surface. Rush is also hygienic, for it holds no dust. What dirt does not lie on the =face falls through to the floor beneath for the vacuum cleaner to pick up. TALE T' 01am Andrews • A r.ew idea in cake making is that of using jelly powders in order to produce a delicately tinted cake and frosting, with fresh fruity flavor to match the coloring. Every woman I know who has tried the idea is de- lighted with it, and I'm euro you will be Mo. • * • For those who have trouble with 7 -minute frostings, there is new hope in the jelly powder toppiree For the jelly powder helps create a glaces,y smooth frosting that resists hardening. And hew encouraging to find a recipe that eliminates the guess- work involved in coloring a cake bane: or icing! With several jelly powders from which to eh000e, the hostess will be able to 1168 her favorite color scheme, e a • RAINBOW CARE 2?s, cups cifted flour 3 tspe. baking powder le tsp. salt Ile tsp. baking soda IS cup shortening (up sugar package jelly ponder (any fiae•or) 3 eggs. unbeaten TEST YOUR INTELLIGENCE Score yourscl. 10 ports for each corrcet answer in the first six queenoes. I. Where were so-eai. Irish potatoes f ast growe? -South America -.Australia -South Africa -Ireiand 2. Hong Kong belongs to which of the following countries? -France -China -Russia -Great Britain 2. Columbus, in die, ce. ering America, first landed where? -Long Island -Cape Cod -San Salvadore • -San Francisco 4. Three of the following cities were burned in historic conflagra- tions, one was not. Can you find it? -London -Chicago -Columbue -Rome 6. Which of the following planets has rings of space dust and rock revolving around it? -Mars --Jupiter -Saturn -Venus 6. Manhattan Island was bought from the Indians for approximately what amount in today's currency? -$99.99 -$1,000,000-$24.00 7. Match the following rivers with their r-ses$Ple2e,t5i0ve countries. Score yourself 10 points for each correct choice. (A) France -.Amazon (B) Austria -Po ((2) Italy -Danube (D) Brazil -Loire Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, superior; 90-100, very superior. ANSWERS TO INTELLIGENCE TEST ••ixozeuxw (a) sow (3) 'aentte3 (es) %now (-t)--s, eaweee-o ruartme-g wnquint 'esopenieg utie--2 'Mellen( Inaeo-e etopoutw tlattoSeet Milk: With butter, margarine, lard use 1 cup. With shortening use 1 cup Pins 2 tablespoons, Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt, soda, sift 3 times. Cream shortening, add sugar and jelly powder gradu- ally; cream until fluffy. Aad eggs, one at a time; beat well after each. Add Donn alternate- ly with milk, in small amounts; beat smooth after each addition. Bake in two round 9" layer pans, lined on bottoms with paper. Use moderate oven (375°F.): eabout 25 minutes. • JELLY POWDER SEVEN MLNUTE FROSTING 1 pkg, (3Iel tbisps.) jelly powder (any flavor) le tup very not water rues sugar , Dash of salt 2 egg whites, unbeaten Dissolve jelly powder in very hot water in top of double boiler. Add sugar, salt, and egg whites; beat about 1 minute, or until thoroughly mixed. Then place over rapidly- boiling water and beat constantly with rotary egg beater 1 or at high speed of elec.- trie teeter) 7 minutes., or until !meting will stand up in peaks. Transfer frosting at once te a bowl and beat about 1 minute, or until think enough to :spread. • • • EXTRA TOUCHES OF GLA MO 'CR Strawberry Rainbow Cake - For the Bride: Place on silver tray. Border tray with fresh pink rosebuds. Or when in sea - eon. place freah whole strawber- ries. on eake. Rasberry Rainbow Cake - Cover with eraw, td? (Milt Cherry Rainbow Cake -Melte maraschino cherry flewere witb green Oren f,•tprr,p. Orange Rainbow Calte - Ar- range thinly eliced orange rind or orange gem:wets on top. Lemon Rainbow Cake -Sprin- kle with chopped nuts or chop- ped lemon peel. Lime Rainbow Cake Border with grated semi -sweet choco- late. Pineapple Rainbow Cake - Cover sides with pale tinted shredded coconut RAINBOW CUPCAKES Bake halter in paper baking cups placed in muffin pans, at 375"F. about 20 minutes. When' cooled, swirl the cupcakes in the Rahn:env Cake frostings above. If •desIrcce, sprinkle with tinted encenut, chopped tuts, grated semi -tweet eliocolate or decorate with •oerschino cherriee i4Ow's Your Toothbrush? .Foqr out of five people are using toothbrushes that are prac- tically useless if not downright harmful, according to a cross comity survey of toothbrush habits in the United States. Canadian dentists believe the situation here is about the sense. While in this modern age "most people consider a toothbrush in- dispensable, too many are using ones that are overdue for re- tirement. Such toothbrushes give their owners exercise but little else when they dutifully brush their teeth. The survey revealed that only 19 per cent of the thous- ands of brushes examined were in satisfactory condition. Tlae rest had bent, broken or matted bristles, were discolored from long use of were so heavily pack- ed with paste they were judged unwise to use. Brushes in this condition bee- n& do an. effective job. of keep- ing the mouth and teeth slean and preventing decay, the den- tists who conducted the survey maintain. In view of their esti- mate that 98 per cent of the population have decaying teeth, they believe the majority of peo- pie just aren't cleaning their teeth properly. Toothbrushes today are so easy to obtain and so improved in recent years, they feel there is no excuse for the neglect. Be- fore t h e chemists •developed plastics, handles of toothbrushes had to be made from bamboo or bone and for many years the bristles were made from the hair of hogs found in the cold regions of Siberia and China. Today colorful and durable plastic handles with nylon bris- tles in three textures of soft, medium and hard are cheap and pleritiful. In addition they last longer and do a more effective job in protecting teeth and gums. The dentists say this is no excuse for keeping them around long enough to be able to regard them as old friends, A Family Remedy For Coughs - The Pleasant Tasting Pinex Way When anyone in your family is distressed by winter coughs, use this, favorite old Canadian recipe Easy to prepare, yet gives you four times as much for your money. (et a 2ti ounce bottle of fast - Retiree PINEX CONCENTRATE from your favorite drug counter. Pour this into a 16 ounce bottle and fill up with simple sugar syrup. Thane all there is to do ...no cook- ing ntedefl, yet you will have an ample supply of effective cough re- lief /or the whole family, so plea- sant -testing that children like it. For convenience, PINEX is now also available in ready -to -take PREPARED form. Either way, PINEX must help you, or your money hack. Get a bottle today. be ready for winter coughs ahead. PINEX PREPARE) {or CONVENIENCE PINEX CONCENTRATE for ECONOMY & COLLARS, Farmers Aikendon cumuli rout near- est Harness Shop about Stow Harness Supplies. We sell our goods only through your local Stoat Leather - goods dealer. The goods are right sad so.ore our prices, We manufack• turo in our foito'reist Harness Horse Collars, Sweat Poas, Horse Blankets and" Leather Travelling Goods, Insist an Staco Brand Tracle-Morked Goods and You gel sollsfaction Mode only by SAMUEL TREES CO. LTD. 42 Mansion St E. Toronto Write for Catalogue - POLITENESS Cecil Osborne, Jr., writes about a six-year-old girl who bearded a bank president in his den, and demanded a contribution to a fund her school was raising to send poor children to camp. The banker laid a dollar bill and a nickel on the desk and suggest- ed, "Take your pick," The Little girl picked up the nickel and said, "Marna tells me I should always take the smallest piece." Then she". picked up the dollar too, ands added with grin, "but I wouldnt want to losa tbe nickel, so I'll take this piece of paper to wrap it up in." Airships—Are They Deipg A Comeback? Last summer the ,first British Airship to be built for twenty years made its =Wee flight, Most people loots on these ekare veseels as 'put -dated expensive to build, slow, clurnsY, and dan- gerous to Ay; but last year's ex- periments probetly showed the shape of things to come, for seed - ern experts in air travel are thinking about their return There is no denying that they bold certain advantages over Aeroplanes. They can wan to a more , definite time -table. Tbey ' do not need lengthy runways ar costly blind e heading! syeteme. They can stand still initheir own element, And as a result there is rig cause for eltam when the en - lanes stop, 4 • The old airships Sneed two dangers-efire and "back -break- ing" -which combined to make thein ,perilous iform of trans. - pert; ,, Now :both thews problems heee laeert overotome, and air- ships of th'e' futuee will be just as safe as ocean "leers. • Flees were generally caused by hyeirogen, the highly inflam- mable gas which was used as a liftingegent. At the time there was no eultable gas which could be used as a substitute, but now helium, which is non -inflam- mable, has been produced in suf- ficient quantities to replace the hydrogen„ Speed and Space The danger of back - breaking has been eliminated by building on a huge bow - shaped girder, with great width in the centre and tapered ends. Other factors which help to make the present-day airship a practicable proposition are im- proved wireIets, radar equip- ment whieh will eliminate the peril of fog, and a Wider YIWIN tot fabrics and metal olloye 10 Melia with. • Whet sort of airships can we expect in the future? PIMA, are already in hand for giant silty- veaaels which. will contain pair - vete cabin% dining - roomti and smolting-rooms. They will com- bine speed with comfort and space. In the fleld of commene, it is maintained by many exports that they can well outstrip ikero- planes in the economicel trims - port ol merchandise. To give an idea of their 'met capacity as load carriers, it was recently c,deraceasteated In The United States thee en airship 850 feet long Amid eibuee from seven to nine beavye nernbing planes, llille loaded. ,in: 11.00Y,, )11..i4TLE 1 00tx0f LOVE LIFE? 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