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Make That Old Lamp shade
Look Just Like New
There are many times when a
lamp shade need not be entirely
recovered to have tlie "new look."
Ruching comes by the yard in
some stores. It is usually rayon
taffeta in a choice of colours, with
the two edges of the fabric "fringed
out" or raw. Sometimes it is box -
pleated and sometimes just gather-
ed. This trimming can be used top
and bottom of a shade or merely
on one edge. An attractive effect
is obtained also by using a wide
ruching or frill of one colour with
a frill of a contrasting colour and
narrower width above it.
These Attfrilled edgings can be
made at hone. But another effec-
tive edging (all finished) is ribbon,
For instance, a white shade may
have an edging of 'white and have
an edging of white and persimmon.
coloured satin ribbon an inch •and
a half deep and box pleated.
LAURA WHEELER
Lovely, bold design hi supplest
filet crochet. Each square's inter-
esting to do; and you have a mas-
terpiece when squares s are joined.
Big square -it's 7 inches in No.
50 Cotton -smartest crochet, Pat-
tern 593; charts; 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 ac-
cepted) for this pattern to Box 1,
123 Eighteenth St,, New Toronto.
Print plainly PATTERN NUM-
BER, your NAME and ADDRESS.
Send twenty-five Cents more (in
coins) for our Laura Wheeler
Needlecraft Book, Illustrations of
patterns for crochet, embroidery,
knitting, household accessories,
dolls, toys . . . many hobby and
gift ideas. A free pattern is printed
In the book.
Ribbon for Trimming
Velvet ribbon, a quarter -inch
wide, may be used in two colours,
going up and down the shade in a
V, pattern from bottom to top edge
-like the cord lacings on the sides
of a drum. Dark crimson velvet
against white make a dramatic con-
trast. Also this trim will conceal
worn or spotted places on s rayon
shad e.
Ball fringe is appropriate or inior-
mat lamps with informal homespun -
type shades, or those with glass
standards of the vanity style. This
fringe can be bought in nLite and
colours. It's an aid to raking a
small lamp look larger.
.A self -trim is effective too on
some lamp shades. A large dressy
shade may be achieved by cover-
ing the frame with rose grosgrain
silk. For the lower border, use a
width of matching material crushed
like a sash. but caught every three
inches in full clusters to suggest
roses. This is a trim • an amateur
could make to renovate a shade.
Parchment Yields, Too
Parchment shades are not too
easily freshened with sewed -on edg-
ings. Yet there are ways. One is to
choose pretty plastic shelf edging
and glue it on. (Trim a wastebasket
to match and you have a "set.")
If it is desired to•cover the shade
more fully, or make it loot; smaller,
set this trim up a little. To enlarge
it, let the fringe fall below the edge •
of the shade. •
To re-cover a lamp shade com-
pletely seems a task. To achieve
this "new look," an easier plan is
to "slip -cover" the shade. Just rip
off any trimmings and use the frame
and old cover for a foundation.
Even a decorated parchment
shade can look delightfully fresh
with a loose frill of pinkish chiffon
covering it completely, the ' edge
picoted. The material is simply tied
on at the "neck" of the shade with
a two-inch black velvet ribbon tied
in a bow. When the lamp is lighted,
any design on the parchment shade
will shine through the chiffon in
a decorative fashion.
Gingham Attractive
Checked gingham offers another
idea. This can be drawn smoothly
over a paper or parchment shade.
It is especially attractive for the
copper planter -style ]amp.
After first making a paper pat-
tern or even one of cloth exactly
to fit the shade, cut the gingham
in flaring gores, and sew on the
sewing machine. The upper and
lower edges should be turned under
the top and bottom of the shade
and glued in place. Cut a few
notches to make it lap neatly under.
Another way to trim these infor-
mal shade covers is with embroi-
dery of peasant design that comes
by the yard in one -inch widths.
The gay colours may be used with
gingham, linen, natural Shantung,
or a plastic material.
And don't overlook an eyelet edg-
ing for a slip cover for a dainty
washable bedroom lamp shade.
These white edgings commie in deep
widths as well as narrow ones,
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Uneven Inserts of lace trim Lady Esquire's cameo pink blouse.
Tucking at either side of the lace adds the detailed looms,
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e• Gweetdol.ieee Ci.at`ISe
These are housecleaning days --
and my hands proclaim it! Some
folk can use strong cleaning•pow-
ders without any ill effects, where-
" as it leaves, rimy hands rough, red
and raw -and this week there is
an Institute quilting to go tel But
still T have two bedrooms and a
closet of the Fibber McGee .var-
iety, all clean as a new 1314;M my
hands won't have suffered lit ram.
Apparently • not manye house-
wives have .started housecleaning
as fires and furnaces are still go-
ing strong. I hardly lcnoty; what
gave me the idea . , • maybe the
crows flying back and forth; or
the flies buzzing around the' wil1-
dows-or maybe I just, otiiildn't
stand the' look of the liouse,•any
longer. Anyway,' if thy: 'Maili'er°
is cold to start with it will prob-
ably be hot enough when _ I get
through housecleaning.;
Now if I just went into a room
and cleaned it that wouldn't he so
had. But no. I make work for my-
self, 1. wonder , . - "would these
two rooms look nicer if I chang-
ed the dressers around?" And
the beds . . "I think I'll have
two snigle beds in:this room and
take the double bed'into the other
room," And so 1 change th•ngs
around, lugging the stuff from
one room to another invyself be-
cause if I asked Partner to help
that would immediately start an
argument -"Why move this, why
move that?" No man vet has been
able to understand why a woman
likes to rearrange furniture every
little while, Maybe no woman can
explain it either -but ttrere It is.
The average man, of course, "likes
furniture as immovable as the
Rock of Gibraltar, •
While we are an the subiect,
I have found that moving fairly
heavy furniture requires knack
more than strength. Suppose you
have a big cupboard without cast-
ers. Too heavy to move? Oh no,
it can be done quite easily. You
need a couple of wooden rollers -
old -fashioned curtain poles will do
quite nicely. Tip one end of your
cupboard and with your foot, `
::lip a roller underneath.' Now do
the same the other end -you will
find that cupboard will move es
easily as a toy wagon except
that you truest watch and J;adjust
time: rollers from lime tib; time.
Even a kitchen stove can fie
ed this wavy -.-blit not by one svo-
nman
Drtessers are not trick at 'ell to
move alone, Take out. the dl'aw-
ers and there is very little Weight•.
Left to push arotiucl, Felt mat-
tresses can be tooled up and tied
for easy handling. Spring mat-
tresses are another i,ropposilion•-
there, I am afraid. von do need
help, Old-fashioned beds can be
taken down and reassembled suite
easily with the aid of a hammer.
wouldn't know about new ones
as we haven't any. It is a good
idea to find out what von can de
alone because help isn't always
available. But for goodness sake,
don't take chances, Tf you need
help wait until you can get it.
And if you have ceilings and walls
to wash, use a step -ladder to
reach them, One farmer's wife,
whose kitchen ceiling is very high,
used to make a practice of putting
a chair on the kitchen table to
stand on while washing the cell..
ing•. ft took a broken arm and a
few cracked ribs to make her
change that: little habil:. As a'
natter of fact she had no busi-
ness washing ceilings anyway-.-•
itot with her High blood pressure.
Some (vomen do the craziest
things.' Arc you among the'ghilty?
Generally we think of house-
cleaning along pracitcal lines, but
it has its sentimental side. For
instance, cleaning out that out-of-
the-way cupboard. The things
you take out . . . and the things
you put back again because yoti
can't bear to destroy ytheml Last
week I opened a box from just
such a clipboard. Its contents
a child's tea -set; a bag of
marbles; a tiny mechanical toy
and a poor, dilapidated doll -with.
no arms, a patched up head, faded
complex io n and moth-eaten
clothes.
Why had I saved it all these.
years. Daughter probablydidn't
I
even know it was these. think
every mother knows the answer.
With one's family grown up there
is so little left to remind us of
when they were small. 1 realised
I was• being ridiculous so this
time 1 took the poor old doll down
to the cellar, As I shut the fur-
nace door I thought of a little
poem Daughter used to love -
"I once had a dear little doll,
dears -
Just the loveliest doll in the
world.
Her cheeks were so red and so
white, dears -
And her hair was so beauti-
fully curled.
But 1 lost my dear little doll,
dears,
As T played on the heath, 000
daffy . "
For my own satisfaction, I Made
up'-, a different version-.iust for
nmyelf-
"k lost my dear little doll, dears
As I cleaned up the attic one
• day "
Ab me, how foolish can we
mothers be?
w And Useful
..Too..
Donequire Water
Useful for decorating _are plastic
plantsernade of pastisol. Said to be
very z ealistic, plants are fire -proof,
acid and grease -resistant and com-
pletely washable.
* * *
Press Sponge
Sponge with plastic spillprool
water container on top eases ma-
terial damping chores, Metal trig-
ger on container' gives even flow
of water,
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Metal Repair
Householders' repair kit for -mend-
ing metal household goods features
puttylike •metal substance, When
brushed en, material dries to a hard
finish and is said to be rustproof.
Disposable Holder
A. combination cigarette holder
and filter is ,made of polystyrene
plastic. Eliminating the need of
cleaning, Bolder and changing fil-
ter, article can be thrown away
after filter is used. kilter can be
used for 20 cigarettes.
v * *
Folding Boat
• A portable, folding, 26 -Ib. boat
is made of aluminum alloy, salt-
water resistant frames and plastic.
coated planking. Complete with oar
locks` and folding chair, dinghy is
6 ft. by 4 ft. when opened and
easy to pack, carry and handle,
Ink Pencil
Chicago company introduces a
low-priced pencil -styled, hall -point
pen, combining features of pen and
pencil. Casing purple -blue ink the
pen is approved for cheques and
documents. Lasting longer than 12
lead pencils, item never requires
sharpening and is said to be cheaper
than using pencils.
is ''5
ISSUE 13-1951
"Dear Anne Hirst: "Pm 25, and
for eight months I've been going
with a girl of 28. -We want to get
married, but we keep on having
one continual argument -finances.
"Site wants a
handsome ei1»
gagenient ring,
'A new 'home,
Expensive furni-
ture. She says
she'll be willing
to work for two
or three years,
to help get
these. But she
states plainly that she would never
be happy if she had to do without
her good clothes, etc,
"She doesn't come from a well -
to -do -family, though I think they
have a clean, comfortable, and hap-
py home. (She calls it poverty.)
She makes $1,000 more a *ear than
I do, and she has money saved.
"She says it is the man's job to
buy the furniture, though she knows
I haven't any cash on hand. To give
us a start, I'm willing to sell my
car, and cash all my bonds -about
$2,500,
"Should 1. marry the girl? Or am
t blindly in love? She says site
loves me, and I honestly think she
does. C. T. M."
BLIND INDEED
"' Suppose you sell everything
'i' you have, and start the girl off in
* the style she demands?
x' How can you keep it up?
* As time children come, your wife
4' will have to give up her job. With
* no money ahead, how do you
* expect to pay the bilis? Does
't' your position give any certainty
* that in, say, three Years, your
* income will be doubled? Houses
* need repairs, furniture and clothes
* wear out, raising • children is
* costly. Yet your wife will expect
x' to continue to live on the same
* luxurious scale on which her
* marriage began. How could you
* support that, and allow foe the
* tinforseen emergencies which
* every couple must provide
* against?
* I have no doubt the girl loves
* you as much as she is capable of
* loving anybody but herself. To
* me she seems one who puts the
* fleshpots first; she is frank to say
* that without material things she
could never be happy.
* To be fair, however, maybe she
* makes these demands to stimulate
* your ambition, spur you on to
* greater productive heights, for
* both your sakes. Or, if through
* her childhood years she lacked
* the necessities of life, she may
* have vowed she will never repeat
* the experience.
A girl who really loves a man
'1' loves him for himself, not for
* what he provides. She is even
• eager to sacrifice the comforts
* that she always had, just to live
* with him and make him happy.
* That, she counts as her highest
8' privilege.
* Unless this girl ' you love is
s' willing to take you "for richer,
* for poorer," and be a loyal and
* loving partner in whatever for-
* tunes or misfortunes await; 1
* cannot feel she is the one for
• you.
* If she cannot be happy with-
* out riches, let her find them with
* somebody else,
* * *
If the girl you lave demands
luxuries you. feel you cannot pro-
vide, see her as she is -and be
thankful you found her out in time
. . Anne Hirst is here to listen
to your problems, and try to help
you solve them, Write her at Box
1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto,
Ontario.
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These three ingredients work together
to bring you not only fast relief but
more prolonged relief.
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relief too ... or for the pains of
neuritis or neuralgia and the aches and•
pains that often
accompany a cold.
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easily. speedilywith
new Fast DRY Yeast!
New beeael and bun treats are
a treat to make with the new
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Never a worry about yeast cakes
that stale and lose strength .. , new
Fleischmantt's Dry Yeast keeps
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*Scald 3 c. mills 14 c. granulated
sugar, 1/ tbs. salt and 4 tbs.
shortening; cool to lukewarm.
Meanwhile, measure into a large
bowl % c. lukewarm water, .1 tsp,
granulated sugar ; stir until sugar
is dissolved. Sprinkle with 1 en-
velopei 1cischmann's Royal Fast
Rising Dry Yeast. Let stand 10
nmhms., THEN stir well,
Stir in cooled milk mixture. Stir
in 4 c. once -sifted bread flonr; beat
with a rotary beater until the
batter is smooth. Cover and set
in a warm place, free from
draught. Let rise until cicnthled
in bulk. Work hi 2 e: lightly -
packed fin ely-shredde d old
cheese and 5 c, (about) once -
sifted bread flour. Knead on
lightly -floured board until smooth
ata cl clastid, Place in greased bowl
and grease top of dough. Cover
and let: rise until doubled hi bulk.
Punch down dough; turn Out on
lightly -floured hoard and divide
into 4 equal portions. Cover
lightly with a cloth and let rest
for 15 mins. Divide each portion
Oil dough into 3 Paris ; knead and
Shape into Smooth balls. Place
3 balls itt each of 4 greased .loaf
pans (4r,a" x. 814 ). Grease tops
and sprinkle etch loaf with % c.
shredded cheese. Covet and let
rise until doubled in hulk. Bake
in moderately bot ove.•n, 375', 45-
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