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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1950-8-16, Page 7Id One Woman's Way Of Patching When ii is necessary to patch plaid or figured material, which is apt to be the case quite frequent- ly during the vacation months, the patch is much less noticeable if stripes or patterns are carefully matched. 'rhe easiest way I have found to do this, is to use transpar- ent scotchtape to hold the patch exactly where it is wanted, while I stitch it. I use it on plain materials as well, to make sure that my patch is straight and will stay that way till I get it stitched down. For the colorful applique patches, this method is much better than basting; it gives a smoother effect. It's good for holding trimming tape in place' while stitching, too, and very useful indeed when sewing on lace. As the tape is transparent, you can see right where you want to sew, and sew right through, tearing it off when sitiching is finished. It is more economical to buy the large -size rolls when using this tape for "basting"; also so many new uses arc constantly being found for it, that the smaller rolls are gone before you know itl Chick Ahoyl—Nancy Olson, a chic chick clad in an abbrevi- ated slicker, is shown after she completed her latest movie, co- starring wtih Gloria Swanson, Bill Holden and others. Aside from looking nautical but nice, Miss Olson is hailed as a pro- mising actress in her own right Holiday Hints You Should NOT Take Every year, hundreds of Cana- dians kilt themselves during their vacations. Some of them apparently go to their great reward due to an unthinking moment of carelessness, ethers appear to actually go search- ing for a quick way of ending it all For the benefit of those of our readers who flirt with danger during their vacation period we offer the following suggestions. They are guaranteed to bring you so close to sudden demise you will be able to smell the lilies. 1. If you are a poor swimmer be sure to spend a good many hours in a canoe in deep water. Have no hesitation about moving about in the canoe, especially if die water is at all choppy. 2. First day of your holiday spend entirely in the sun. No natter how uncomfortable it is, stay out there and soak it us. In that way you won't have to worry about other holiday hazards because you will be confined to bed for the rest of your vacation period. 3. Don't bother to discover what poison ivy looks like, If you are on a tramp or picnic, just lie down anywhere at all that pleases you, especially if you are wearing shorts, 4. Don't investigate the source of your water supply. After all, not all contaminated water contains typhoid germs and you may be one of the lucky ones. 5. Medical science now acknowls edges that nnpastuerized milk can infect the'user with such eiseeases as bovine tuberculosis, undulant fever, septic sore throat ,typhoid fever, and dysentery, If any of these diseases appeal to you, make Sure your holiday milk supply is un- pasteurized. 6. If you failed to take mach ex- ercise during the year, be sure to over -exert yourself daily on your vacation. Even if you clic weaken your heart, it may not show for a few years and then you nave the pleasure of wondering what you ever dill to the old ticker to deserve such trouble( These are only a few of our per- sonal hints, We forget one of the most important, which is to always • be stere to .take a swim immediately after supper, as soon as it's dark and when you are sure no one will, be around if you should get into trouble . especially recommend - c.1 for poor swimmers. —R, T, Rudd in 'rhe Alcan Ingot, 'TABLE T itY clam AndDe ws. Back in June or thereabouts I passed on to you instructions for At basic biscuit mix, and one fou a muffin mix, together with some re- cipes that made use of these time- and - work - saving preparations, These, as I told you, had been pre- pared by the U. S. Dept. of Agri- culture, in the interests of better and easier home cooking. Since then a leading packing house has developed, after four years of work in its test kitchens, a basic homemade pastry mix. Literally hundreds of recipes were analyzed to find the basic formula. Ten minutes or less spent in properly combining the four ingredients will result in a convenient "make -your - own" mix that is always fresh, and you will find a real help in prepar- ing pastry, cream puffs, biscuits, desserts and dozens of other deli- cacies. * * * These points were found impor- tant for best results. Combine the rich, creamy short tening with all-purpose flour and double-acting baking powder. Use standard measuring cups and spoons. In using the mix, spoon it into the cup. Do not sift it or pack it in. * * * Remove eggs and milk from re- frigerator or other cool place 5 or 10 minutes before using in cakes. If the batter is at room tempera- ture, the cake will be better. Use the right -sized pans. Note the right baking tempera- ture. * * * If half a recipe is made, he sure to divide every ingredient in half. These recipes are for all-purpose flour as used in the East and Mid- west. If you use soft wheat flour, popular in some parts, use less milk or other liquid -2 tablespoons less for each cup called for in the recipe. * * * If you use self -rising flour, omit the baking powder and salt in' the Make -Your -Own Mix. High altitude bakingg requires a reduction in the baking powder and sugar used in most recipes. But these recipes are low in sugar, so baking powder probably is the only ingredient which must be changed according to the altitude. Keep the Make -Your -Own Mix in a closed canister or can in the pantry. It doesn't have to be kept in the refrigerator. * * * MAKE -YOUR -OWN MIX' 2 cups shortening 9 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon salt'" 1/2 cup (4 tablespoons) double-acting baking powder Combine sifted flour, salt and baking powder. Stir well. Sift into large bowl (or large pan or onto heavy paper.) Add shortening. Use finger tips or pastry blender to dis- tribute shortening throughout dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse corn steal. The Make -Your - Own Mix is now ready to use or store in a closed canister on your pantry shelf. *11 to 2 tablespoons salt inay be used. * * * CHOCOLATE BROWNIES 1% cups Make -Your -Own Mix (do not pack) 1 cup sugar 1 cup chopped pecans 2 eggs, well beaten teaspoon vanilla 2 squares (2 oz.) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled Blend mix, sugar, and pecans. Add eggs, vanilla and chocolate. Mix thoroughly, Turn into a shal- low pan (7 x 11 inches), well greas- ed. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 22 minutes. Cut into squares before removing from pan. + * * FROSTED CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES i/ cups Make -Your -Own Mix (do not pack) 51/2 cup sugar 1 egg, slightly beaten 1 square (1 oz.) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled • 3 tablespoons milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Blend mix and sugar, Add egg and beat well. Stir in chocolate, milk and vanilla. Drop from tea- spoon on baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F . ) 10 minutes. Cool. Spread with frosting. Makes 12 to 20 large cookies. * * * CORNED BEEF HASH DUMPLINGS 3 cups Make -Your -Own Mix (do not pack) i/4 cup mills 2 cups (1 can) corned beef hash Catsup Combine mix and milk to make a biscuit dough. Turn out on waxed paper. Knead 6 times, Roll out dough on lightly floured pastry cloth or board to 12 x 18 -inch rect- angle. Cut into 6 squares. Place large spoonful or slice of hash in centre of each square. Top each with a teaspoon of catsup. Bring corners of dough up over hash. Press edges together and secure with a tooth- pick. Bake on baking sheet in hot oven, at 450 degrees F, 30 min- utes. Makes 6 servings. For 3 serv- ings, use 11/2 cups mix, Va cup milk, 1 cup corned beef hash and catsup, 5 * * CREAM PUFFS 1 cup Make -Your -Own Mix (do not pack) 3/4 cup boiling water 2 eggs Add mix to boiling water in saucepan. Stir over low heat about 1 minute until dough is smooth, follows the spoon, and forms into a ball. Remove from heat imme- diately. Add eggs one at a time, stirring and beating until mixture is blended. Beat vigorously. Drop by spoonfuls on baking sheet. Bake in hot oven 15 minutes. Then reduce heat and bake in moderate oven 20 minutes more. Let stand in warns oven (with door open) about 10. minutes to dry out. When baking temperature is at 450 degrees F., 'bake 15 minutes. \Vhen baling tem- perature is at 350 degrees F., bake 20 minutes. Makes, 5 large pulls. For 5,medium puffs use 1/2 cup niix, to cup water and 1 egg. Suspicious A talkative old man was deliver- ing quite a lecture on speedy travel to the young man whom ha shared a compartment. "Yes, we travel fast these days," Ile said. "But have you ever thought of the flight of time—of the fleeting hours of youth, the golden days that swiftly pass away? have you ever counted the min- utes—?" "Look here;" said the young man, suspiciously, "I don't quite get the hang of this. Are you trying to sell me a watch?" SOLEMN THOUGHT • Rich Mr. X was showing a friend around his tremendous estate: Visitor (murmuring): "Beautiful lawn." Mr. X (complacently); "Ought to be. Had the whole thing brought here as sod at $100 a square foot." Visitor: "And those trees. I've never seen more perfect specimens." Cost me $2,000 each," Mr, X: "Had them transplanted. Visitor (sighing meditatively): "Alt, what God could have clone if He'd had all your money!" Boston Heiress Weds Negro—The former Anne Matller,,30, heiress from Boston's Beacon Hill, takes the aril of her bride- groom, 40 -year-old brant: Ctirie Montero, Negro director of the Urban League Fttnd, following their marriage at Bridge- haniton, N.Y. Now Playing At The Movie—Junior gets slid, rocked, swung, napped and, if necessary, changed and burped, while Mom and Pop thrill and chill to the latest cinema fare. At least that's how it works at this movie palace, where cash customers can park their small worries in an off -the -aisle nursery, complete with kiddie equipment that includes slides, swings, cribs, play • pens and pert attendants. EDI NUM Gordon Smith, A lawn can be built up without being remade and a renovation pro- gram may often be far more practi- cal than digging up your old turf. The home owner who, follows a careful program of seeding the lawn, feeding it and controlling weeds can have better -than -average turf at the annual cost of a couple of tankfuls of gasoline. It frequent- ly is not necessary to dig up and rebuild the turf completely. How- ever, the gardener cannot expect to- produce this prize-winning ex- panse of grass in a s'ngle year; it will take three or four. 5 5 * • A lawn -improvement campaign should get under way about Aug. 1, rather than in spring or early summer. But first it is advisable to have the soil analyzed by an Experiment Station or testing lab- ' oratory, such as those the larger lawn seed companies operate. This will indicate the type of soil, need for lime and so on. 5 A. * To obtain a sample from the lawn for a soil test, a plug of sod four inches square and five to six inches deep is dug with a sharp trowel. It is then wrapped securely so it will reach the laboratory in the form in which it was taken from the ground. Where a lawn does not exist but one is contemplated, a pint of loose soil is dug up in bulk and sent. * * -* Early in August crabgrass should be removed from the lawn, or at least further growth stopped so that this year's crop will not produce viable seeds. This may be done by using the dry crystals of a crab- grass -control compound. A double rate application of this is recom- mended because the crabgrass will be rather tough at this time. Sev- eral materials, to lie applied either as a dust or a spray, arc now on the market for the control of crabgrass. * * * In ten days or so, the spreader is used again to apply a combina- tion of fertilizer and weed -control compound. This will wwflner and destroy the broad leas- cd weeds, such as dandelion, plantain, buck- thorn and chickweed. Toward the end of August, the lawn mower is set to cut as closely as possible. In fact, the grass should be literally scalped at this time. Then the clippings are removed and the spreader used again; this time to apply lawn food at the rate of 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet. It, is put on just prior to seeding ay bare patches. * * * Before sowing seed ,the topsoil is loosened to provide a roughened surface that will catch the seed. The decaying plants of crabgrass and other weeds will help provide a lodging place for the seed and' entrance channels for the fine roots that will develop on seedlings. * * t The soil test report will suggest the type of a seed that should be sown. For a light sandy soil that needs line to offset its acid con- tent (the type so often found) the seed mixture might be 65 to 70 per cent Kentucky Bluegrass, 15 to 20 per cent Poa trivialis, 10 to 15 per cent Highland Bcntgrass, Such a mixture would contain about three million seeds per pound hence the economical rate of 2 pounds per 1,000 square feet would be ade- quate. * * * The lawn spreader is then set for the two -pound rate end the turf gone over in one direction only. The seed is stirred into the ground by using the flex:blc steel dt ae and the arca kept watered until the 10, ell C:biQ° �®eq Fie Erp e. fait 4 �' ger-0 mew 4'4 4 0. y°v`gipf+61fr°�tlr?il°Quy�,)0 V.1t 0' 5p��ffnd1::16t 3�sy uyo` 44ii0 eriev.� �� @ka©��C�+fOB�deld®wif spol u�pobnis0;lardi Want to have a grand time em- broidering and crocheting a mas- terpiece? This spread is easy, yet a real thrill to work on! Varied needlework Pattern 921; transfer 4 motifs 4x51, to 20x213; inches; crochet directions. Laura Wheeler's improved pat- tern makes crochet and knitting so simple, with its charts, photos and concise directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) for this pattern to Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUM- BER, your NAME and ADDRESS. grass is well established. A sandy soil need not be watered heavily, for the coarse particles do not hold much moisture and the excess drains away. However, it is neces- sary to water frequently—prefer- ably twice a day in the early stages of growth. * * * For the rest of the season, when- ever the lawn reaches one and a half inches, grass is cut to a height of about one inch. It is all right to let the clippings fall unless they are so heavy that they mat the young grass. Leaves should be raked up regularly so that they won't smother patches of seedlings. k * * A few words of caution. Don't make the mistake of thinking it necessary to remove and cart away sandy, weedy sod before embark- ing on a lawn -building program. There's valuable humus in old sod, poor as it may be, and this can Ile saved by turning it under, * * * This is a basic program for lawn renovation that is good for almost any part of the countty. A smooth green carpet of turf is possible on sandy soil, as well as in the richer soils of more fortunate gardening areas, HYPNOTIC EYES Among the most hypnotic eyes in America are those of boxer Joe Louis, retired world heavyweight champion, according to investiga- tions made by the UJ.S, hypnotists' Institute, Joe's eyes suggest "smouldering physical passions," it is declared, Commenting on the eyes of various other mole, they say that those of John Lewis, the labour leader, are "ruthless, optic weapons." 'rite eyes of Joan Caulfield, the filet star re- veal "contpiete surrender motivated by a delightful daivetc which ---- HOW CAN 1? By Anne Ashley Q, How can I remove mildew? A, If the spots are small, potas- sium permanganate and oxalic acid will remove them. If the entire article is mildewed, try bleaching it in one cup of Javelle to one quart of water for 10 minutes; then wash and rinse thoroughly. Q, How can I sweeten a soured sponge? A. Rub a fresh lemon thoroughly into the sponge and then rinse se- veral times in lukewarm water. It will become as sweet as when new. Q. How can I remove dandruff from the scalp? A, A good remedy is to tub pure olive oil thoroughly into the scalp every night before retiring. Also shampoo the hair every two weeks and rinse well in cold water. Q. How can I enclose postage stamps with a letter if there is no oiled paper at hand in which to wrap them? A. Attach them by a small spot in the center of the stamp, leaving the glue around the edges un- touched. Q. How can I store eggs? A. Eggs can be packed far keep- ing as follows: Dip the eggs in a solution of two, minces gum arabic to a pint of c'ofd=water. Let them dry, and their pack in powdered, weil-UUrnerl. ihuircoal. Q. How can''prevent new tin- ware from rusting? A. Rub the new tin vessel thor- oughly with lard; the heat it in the oven, before using it, and it will never rust. Q. How can I remove the odor of paraffin from a dish or plate? A. By rubbing it thoroughly with vinegar. Q. How can I remove small spots from white ties, gloves, jabots, and similar articles? A. Keep a little French chalk on band for this purpose. Rub a little chalk on the spot, allow it to remain for a day or two, then brush off. Q. How can I keep gold teeth clean? A. One of the best ways is to rub the teeth with a mixture of prepared chalk a n d powdered pumice, sprinkled on the tooth- brush. When Shakespeare Went To School The Hornbook was a slab of wood on which a page full of let- ters had been fastened and which was covered with a thin, transpar- ent sheet of horn to protect it from grubby small fingers. Countless generations of children had learned to read clutching the handle of a hornbook and William Shakespeare could hardly have been an excep- tion. . Shakespeare learned to forst his letters in the way all the little boys in rural districts formed them. The new Italian hand, which corres- ponds roughly to the modern way of writing, had made great head- way in court and city circles, but the medieval way of writing, the one called the secretary hand, was still being used in the country. Some of Shakespeare's fellow - dramatists, -like George Peele, used the new Italian way of writing; some of them, like Thomas Kyd and George Chapman, used both fashions interchangeably, and at least one of thein, Ben Jonson, worked out an efficient compromise between the two. The few signa- tures which are all that remain of Shakespeare's writing are done in the old-fashioned secretary hand. As soon as he could read and write and knew his Catechism, young Wiliam Shakespeare was ready to enter Stratford grammar school. 1 -Is was the son of one of the most prominent men in Strat- ford, but he received the sante edu- cation that was democratically open to every boy in town and there was no charge for the in- struction. —Marchette Chute, in "Shake- speare of f.ondon," Modern Etiquette By Roberta` Let. Q. Should a man remove his hat in an elevator? A. It is not considered necess y any more for a man to remove hie hat in a business elevator. In ele- vators in apartments, hotels and clubs, men remove their hats, but in elevators in office buildings and stores they usually do not. These elevators are usually crowded and it is difficult for a man to put up his arm and take off his hat. Q. Is 'Dear Sirs" considered a proper salutation to a business let- ter? A. No; the term "Gentlemen" should be used. Of course, if the business letter is addressed to an individual, then "Dear Sir" is quite correct. Q. When a man takes a woman to dinner, should he give her order to the waiter before giving his own? A. Yes, always. Q. Is it proper to use a piece of bread as a "pusher" in order to take up items from the plate more easily on the fork? A. No; this is ill-mannered. It is permissible, however to hold the knife in the left hand, holding the edge down, and use it as a barrier against which the fork t'say pick up the articles of food more easily. Q. Are the invitations to a home wedding usually limited? A. Yes; usually to relatives and very close friends. Announcements are sent in place of wedd,ng invi- tations to acquaintances not in- vited to the wedding. Q. When walking with a woman who is carrying an umbrella, should a man offer to hold it for her? A. Yes. Q. Is anything at all written on the inner envelope enclosing a for- mal wedding invitation? A, Only the names of those to whom you are mailing the invita- tion—no address. This envelope is then placed in the second, or outer, envelope which is sealed and ad- dressed. Q. When introducing a relative, is it proper to use the possessive pronoun and mention the relation- ship? A. Yes, this is perfectly proper. One may say, "My father, my mo- ther, my sister, my uncle." Q. If a divorcee retains her hus- band's surname, how should she be known? A. By her given name, her family name and her married name, as, "Mrs. Mary Brown Williams." Q. Is an engagement ring an ab- solute essential of any engagement? A. No; the validity of an en- gagement is not based whatsoever on the ring. It is only the marriage service that requires a ring. Watchful Cop—ln the Formo- san capital of Taipeh, eyed by communists as a lush war prize, policemen keep a watch- fuI eye on traffic from modern street stands equipped with no less than four electric signals. Now that Chiang Kai Shek has made this city the home of his nationalist forces, traffic has become more pf a problem, Weapon of Wedlock—Celebrating their 72nc1 wedding anti• versary, Mr. and Mrs. James Wheeler, posed with this time- honored symbol of domestic life, a rolling pin. Mr. Wheeler didn't seem amused but his wife flashed a knowing wink at the photographer.