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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1951-12-20, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: Will you write something about mothers-in- law soon? It may save the marriage of a grand young couple I know. "I fear for the poor husband. His mother-in- 1aw,ayoung woman who works and could well afford to live alone, is planning to come and live with then! "He and site do not get along any too well now; she is with them every chance she gets, allows them ahnost no privacy. What will hap- pen if she moves in? (Besides, she talks too much!) Her daughter doesn't need all the luxuries this mother would lavish on her. That gives a man no incentive; he be- comes an incompetent provider, or just a doormat." "And Again" "Another couple have been mar- ried only a short while, "They won't stay married long if his mother doesn't let them alone; -they live with her. When the young wife got pregnant, his mother lit- erally had a fit. 'Not here -this is MY house!' she proclaimed. Yet she does not want them to move. "These two are already in their 30's. They want a family. They can't just • wait until his mother decides they • can be in a home of their own! "Of course we all need our mothers --sometimes their advice, many times their help. But most 4 -.if the time they only interfere, "Why can't mothers count their You look so young and pretty in this graceful new classic! A shirtfrock style, it's so softly flat- tering it could be your tea -and - luncheon best! Shown in all -one fabric, the collar and pocket -tops also make striking spots for con- trast. That skirt is NEW! Pattern 4804 in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48. Size 36 takes 34 yards 39 -inch fabric. This pattern easy to use, simple to sew, is tested for fit. Has com- plete illustrated instructions. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS ss (35c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 123 Eight- eenth Street, New Toronto, Ont. blessings, and unless children actu- ally need them, let them live their own lives? "ANXIOUS." * Now I'll tell one, also true. * The husband of a dear friend * died suddenly. They had a mar- * ried son, After the funeral, the * wife told me she was going to * move in with the children. * "They really want ' me, Anne, * and they mean it. I tan help- * do the marketing and have dinner * ready (the young wife still * teaches) and relieve them in so * many ways. Aren't they wonder- * ful?" And tears were in her eyes. * I went into another room where * the son and his wife were, "You * two can talk to me, you know. * Now, the truth," They looked * at each other, and then the boy * said, "We do want Mont, of * course. But you know, we'd rather * be alone." * Mom and I had a long talk. 1 * knew her temperament, remem- * hered the trouble her own mother- * in-law had caused ... I left her * with, "You'll decide for yourself, * of course," * The next I knew she was shay- * ing her apartment with a woman * friend, and had a position that * employs her many talents. The * children conte for dinner once * a week, she visits them now and * then. Meantime, she• lets them * alone. The one time she did dis- * cuss it with me, she ended with: * "I'm so relieved that I decided * to stay here. I'lI just bet I * couldn't help trying to boss * them!" * What a pity that so many * mothers are not as wisel Children * do need mothers, as you •ay- * but they are the ono to decide * when. *, * * The mother who would stay friends with her married daughter or son lives her own life and lets the children live theirs. If this problem faces you, write Anne Hirst about it. Address her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont, Christmas Cards The first genuine Christmas card did not appear until 1846. About 1,000 hand -colored copies of it were issued at one shilling each, the card portraying a convivial family gathering sandwiched between one scene depicting the hungry being fed and another showing the naked being clothed. It was designed by the Royal Academician, J. C. Horsley. Its printer was Mr. Dobbins; • of Hol- born, its publisher Joseph Cundall, of Old Bond Street, and its origina- tor Mr. (afterwards Sir) Henry Cole, who became the first Director of South Kensington Museum. Queen Victoria was the first Bri- tish monarch to use Christmas cards, She ordered eighteen in 1845. From then onwards the demand steadily grew, and in the sixties and seventies the trade began to assume large proportions, largely as a result of Charles Dickens' policy of popularizing Christmas in his novels. Cosy inn scenes be- gan to appear, snowbound cottages and picturesque coaches, fancily gatherings at the festive board. Just before the war there was a serious decline in the sale of cards showing such traditional scenes, but now the demand is as great as ever. The change is thought to indicate a wish to es- cape hack to the "good old days." Cards meant for overseas sale differ from those on sale here. Those for India have elephants in place of reindeer, those for Austra- lia may depict surf -riding. One Indian prince ordered cards costing $125 each and worded: "All praise to Allah, the God, the Most High!" Joe; "Do you have hot water in your house?" !foe: "What do you think that stuff is that I'm always in?" CR SWORD PUZZLE' ACROSS 3. Girdle 4. Poem 5. Bewail ng 8. Poker stake 7. Ch rye '1. Tramp 5. Chart 8. Prevaricator 12. In bed 13, United 14. Girl', name 15. Endure 17. 13egtn 18. Barden 19, Unsuitable 21.>rngland tab 22. 'Yale 23. Prophet 25. Plood 29. I'aise name 82. Space 33, Idle talk 85. Shakespearean character 38, Animal 88. Snuggled 40. Burn 42. l7lsh eggs 48. Of him 45, .Award 47. An Stria tion 60, Paradise 52. Substance 54, Nothing but 55, Wrath fib, Too 57. Top of the Maul 58. Spread toosel8 59. Iteeompense DOWN 1, Millinery 3, Musical in. atrunnent 8. Constellation 9. Kinglike 10. So be it 11. Resounded 16. vet 20. 13e1,erage 22. Rub out 24. The choser 25 Plan 26. Meta 27. State again 28. Light brown 30 Grow old 31. Tarr 94. Chided 37. Flat rap 39. Ont, 41. Porlive 43. Rope fiber 44. Notion 4G. Defy 47. heap 48. Relieve 49. Walk wearily 51. Bort, 53 Male cheep Answe Elsew 'err on This Page Still Having Fun-Grandpappy will get a kick out of this picture, which shows famous star Trixie Friganza, veteran of 50 years in vaudeville and musical comedy, as she celebrated•her 80th birth- day in her Los Angeles home, Despite the fact that she has been confined to her bed for the past two years, the one-time toast of two continents says, "Mylife has been nothing but fun." Inset shows her as she was in 1914, at the height of her popularity. 1'.A :LE TALKS eJamAaavews. I know very well that it's too close to the Big Day to be bother- ing you with recipes for Fruit Cake, Plum Pudding and the like. Still, with youngsters home for the holidays, many of them long- ing to do a bit of cooking, perhaps a few instructions for making such things as "Taffy Apples" and so forth might not be amiss. * * *,. CARAMEL APPLES 15 to 20 apples 2 pounds granulated sugar (4 cups) Scant cup light corn syrup 23A cups evaporated milk Select small apples, free front blemishes. Wash and dry thor- oughly and stick on wooden skew- ers. Put sugar, syrup and 24 cup of the evaporated milk in a large heavy kettle. Stir to blend well. Heat slowly until sugar is dissoly-- ed, stirring constantly. Then cook briskly to a thick syrup, stirring all the while. Add remainder of milk slowly, . keeping mixture boil- ing briskly, and cook to firm ball stage (242 degrees F.), stirring ' constantly to prevent scorching. Remove from heat and let stand until caramel stops bubbling, Work- ing quickly, dip apples, one at a time, in caramel and twirl to get rid of surplus coating and make smooth. Place on heavy waxed pa- per to set. If coating beconies too hard for dipping, add a little eva- porated milk and reheat, stirring to keep smooth. The caramel should be kept quite hot so that coating will not be too heavy. Makes 15 to' 20 caramel apples. To decorate skewers Wind skewers with narrow col- ored Scotch tape before skewering apples. * * * CARAMEL POPCORN BALLS • * * 3 quarts popped corn 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed cup light corn syrup '/4 teaspoon salt 1//2. teaspoons vinegar Y3 cup evaporated milk After corn • is popped, keep hot and crisp in slow oven (300 de- grees F.) while caramel coating is being prepared. Mix sugar, syrup, salt and vinegar thoroughly. Cook slowly until sugar is dissolved. Then cook briskly until soft crack stage is reached (280 degrees F.). Remove syrup from heat. Take pop- corn from oven and put in a large mixing bowl. Return syrup to heat and bring to a boil. Stir in milk slowly, keeping candy boiling all the while. ook candy over medium heat to soft crack stage (280 de- grees F.) again, stirring constantly. Pour immediately over popcorn. Stir quickly while pouring so that all the popcorn will be well coated. Moisten hands with cold water so mixture will not stick to hands, and form popcorn into balls immedi- ately. Makes about 20 balls 2r,2 inches in diameter, * * * CREAM CARAMELS 2 cups granulated sugar Few grains salt 2 cups light corn syrup r/ cup butter 1/3 cups evaporated milk • (1 tall can) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cook sugar, salt and syrup ra- pidly to firm ball stage (245 de- grees F.), stirring occasionally. Add butter and milk gradually so that the mixture does not stop boiling at any time. Cook over 'medium heat to firm, ball stage (242 degrees F.), stirring constantly because the mixture sticks. easily at the Iast. About 25 minutesarerequired for cooking,' Add vanilla, Let caramel .stand until mixture stops bubbling, then pour into a buttered pan. Cool at room temperature, then place in refrigerator until caramel hardens. Remove from refrigerator, invert pan and loosen caramel by apply- ing cloth wrung out in hot water to bottom' and sides of pan.. Lift edges of caramel with table knife or spatula and turn onto cutting board. Cut with a heavy, sharp knife using a saw-Iike motion. Makes 2 pounds; Note: 242 degrees F. is the ideal finished temperature for caramels. 240 degrees F. makes a very soft caramel that does not hold its shape very well, while 245 degrees F. makes quite firm ones. Nut Caramels: Add % cup pecan or walnut halves just before pouring caramel into pan, to, cool. Coffee Caramels: Dissolve 1 tablespoon soluble cof- fee •iri % boiling Water,'tAdd to syrup mixture gradually with the butter and milk, then proceed as above. Chocolate Caramels: Use 3 squares .(3 ounces) un- sweetened chocolate. Melt choco- late os'er hot water in the_sauce- pan in which the candy is to be cooked. Add sugar, salt and. ,corn syrup, then proceed as above. • Ribbon Caramels: Make a • recipe of Cream - Cara- mels, and a recipe of Chocolate Caramels, After caramels' have, cool-• ed in buttered pans to room tem- perature, loosen caramel-layers:with table knife or spatula and turn onto wooden board. Place a layer of Chocolate Caramel atop the Crean, Caramel and press together. Then place in refrigerator to harden be- fore cutting. Fondant Ribbon Caramels: Make a recipe of Cream Caramels • or one of the variations.. When caramel mixture stops bubbling, pour equal amounts into 2 but- tered 8 -inch pans. After caramel has cooled to root, temperature, loosen caramel layers with table knife or spatula and turn onto wooden board. Press a layer of fondant over a layer of caramel and cover with a second layer of caramel, Then place in refrigerator to harden before cutting. * * * VINEGAR TAFFY 2 cups granulated sugar 1% cups light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vinegar 34 cup evaporated milk Mix sugar, syrup, salt and vine- gar thoroughly. Cook slowly until sugar is dissolved, stirring fre- quently, Then pour milk in slowly, keeping cantly boiling all the while. Cools over medium heat to firm ��\M gyp SGwen.d.col.tme !) Cla,>;•l, c One day last' week there was a knock at bur front door, When I opened it there stood an army sergeant and his • young wife- looking for a place to live. Actually they came here by mistake thinking it was the house to which they had been directed, I asked them in and the story they told me matte My heart ache. Previously stationed at Camp Borden, this sergeant, six weeks ago,. had been transferred to another district and had been house- hunting ever since -for an apart- ment, a house, or four unfurnished rooms, There were places which they could have rented -until the owners learned that besides the man and •his wife there were also three small children. And the doors were figuratively shut in their faces. "Apparently we committed a crime in having children," the dis- couraged young mother told me. "And what are you doing in the meantime?" I inquired. "One child is with her grand- mother ;ttvo brothers live, with my sister, and my husband and I are staying at an hotel. The children are five, four and two." Believe me, I wanted to tell the young couple to collect their child= ren and move right in .. , they were such nice young people and I felt so sorry for the youngsters. But offering to take a family into your home isn't as simple as that. We have enough room, it's true, but yet the house is not adapted for two families -especially if newcomers have been used to a city home. Country plumbing itself presents one problem. A septic tank cannot quite. take the place of sewerage system. It has to be treated with greater respect -and that is some- thing city people never seem to realize. And there is always the possibility of a water shortage. Giving up a number of rooms also means a reorganization of the farm family's way of living -and that isn't always easy. On a farm extra room is needed for so many jobs - heavy washing; cleaning, packing and storing eggs; room for ball stage (248 degrees F.), stir- ring constantly. Pour into buttered pan. When cool enough to handle, pull until candy- is light and no longer sticky to the touch. Lay out on waxed paper or buttered pan. Cut with scissors.. Wrap in waxed .paper. Makes about 2 pounds. Brown 'Sugar Taffy: Use 1 pound brown• sugar in place of the 2 cups granulated sugar. Cocoa Taffy:. Mix ', cup cocoa with the sugar and cook with the syrup, salt and vinegar; then proceed as above. Molasses Taffy: Omit corn syrup and use 1 cup molasses. Peppermint Taffy: Make a recipe of Vinegar Taffy, When taffy is cooked, remove from heat. When mixture stops bubbl- ing, add % teaspoon .peppermint extract and mix well. Pour taffy. . syrup into a measuring cup to the , % cup level. Pour remaining taffy syrup into a lightly buttered pan. Add 6 to 8 drops of red food col- oring to the % cup syrup and mix well. Pour this colored syrup into a small lightly buttered pan and allow to cool. Pull when cool enough to handle and set aside on a piece of waxed paper. When remainder of taffy is cool enough . to handle, divide into halves and pull each half • until light in color and no longer sticky to the touch. Lay each half on a piece of waxed paper and pull into a rope of even thickness. Take half of the colored taffy, lay it on top of the white taffy and pull the two together. Cut with scissors. 'Wrap in waxed paper. occasional hired help; space for the variety of outdoor clothes and boots that men need according to the weather -and even room for the various cats and dogs "that come to the house for warmth and comfort in winter time . , . animals that may be treated as pets but are yet necessities for farin life• Talking it over with Partner afterwards and saying how selfish I. felt in not inviting this young couple to share our home, Part- ner said, "And what would you do with your junk -you need a big house for all the stuff you keep around?" Well, that had the stump- ed! Maybe I ant no worse than any other farm housewife -I don't know -but 1 certainly manage to spread things around. But eventu- ally I make use of what has been saved. This week, for instance, I ant hoping to send away 24 pounds of woollen goods to a factory to be converted into blankets, -"But 24 pounds of woollens -old socks and sweaters -cannot be accumulated overnight, so they are naturally cluttering up some room or closet! But women are not the only clutter -uppers! My goodness, Part- ner has enough old nails around to build a house -except that half of them • are bent and rusty and couldn't be used anyway. Yet every time a box or a building is demolished the nails must still be saved, And Bob has a five -gallon can full of nuts and bolts -and woe betide any of us who throws even one of them away. But if you notice -whatever a person saves is al- ways "junk" to others but priceless to himself. One of my collections is buttons -utility buttons, not collector's items. No garment is ever discard- ed until the buttons have been re- moved. As a result whether I make a shirt, a dress or, a pair of py- jamas, it is never necessary to buy buttons. Most of what I have are' sorted as to colour and size, and then sewn on to cards just as you find them in a store. Not much point in saving buttons if they are all jumbled up together so that you have to waste precious time finding out whether you have two or a dozen of any one kind. Zippers can also be saved and used again - providing they still zip. And here is a way to save your eyes. The tine -honoured way to thread a needle is to hold it over something white. But for quickness try this: hold needle between thumb and middle finger, raise index finger to form a background for the needle and you have it threaded in two shakes.' Just as simple as that! 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Inset shows her as she was in 1914, at the height of her popularity. 1'.A :LE TALKS eJamAaavews. I know very well that it's too close to the Big Day to be bother- ing you with recipes for Fruit Cake, Plum Pudding and the like. Still, with youngsters home for the holidays, many of them long- ing to do a bit of cooking, perhaps a few instructions for making such things as "Taffy Apples" and so forth might not be amiss. * * *,. CARAMEL APPLES 15 to 20 apples 2 pounds granulated sugar (4 cups) Scant cup light corn syrup 23A cups evaporated milk Select small apples, free front blemishes. Wash and dry thor- oughly and stick on wooden skew- ers. Put sugar, syrup and 24 cup of the evaporated milk in a large heavy kettle. Stir to blend well. Heat slowly until sugar is dissoly-- ed, stirring constantly. Then cook briskly to a thick syrup, stirring all the while. Add remainder of milk slowly, . keeping mixture boil- ing briskly, and cook to firm ball stage (242 degrees F.), stirring ' constantly to prevent scorching. Remove from heat and let stand until caramel stops bubbling, Work- ing quickly, dip apples, one at a time, in caramel and twirl to get rid of surplus coating and make smooth. Place on heavy waxed pa- per to set. If coating beconies too hard for dipping, add a little eva- porated milk and reheat, stirring to keep smooth. The caramel should be kept quite hot so that coating will not be too heavy. Makes 15 to' 20 caramel apples. To decorate skewers Wind skewers with narrow col- ored Scotch tape before skewering apples. * * * CARAMEL POPCORN BALLS • * * 3 quarts popped corn 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed cup light corn syrup '/4 teaspoon salt 1//2. teaspoons vinegar Y3 cup evaporated milk After corn • is popped, keep hot and crisp in slow oven (300 de- grees F.) while caramel coating is being prepared. Mix sugar, syrup, salt and vinegar thoroughly. Cook slowly until sugar is dissolved. Then cook briskly until soft crack stage is reached (280 degrees F.). Remove syrup from heat. Take pop- corn from oven and put in a large mixing bowl. Return syrup to heat and bring to a boil. Stir in milk slowly, keeping candy boiling all the while. ook candy over medium heat to soft crack stage (280 de- grees F.) again, stirring constantly. Pour immediately over popcorn. Stir quickly while pouring so that all the popcorn will be well coated. Moisten hands with cold water so mixture will not stick to hands, and form popcorn into balls immedi- ately. Makes about 20 balls 2r,2 inches in diameter, * * * CREAM CARAMELS 2 cups granulated sugar Few grains salt 2 cups light corn syrup r/ cup butter 1/3 cups evaporated milk • (1 tall can) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Cook sugar, salt and syrup ra- pidly to firm ball stage (245 de- grees F.), stirring occasionally. Add butter and milk gradually so that the mixture does not stop boiling at any time. Cook over 'medium heat to firm, ball stage (242 degrees F.), stirring constantly because the mixture sticks. easily at the Iast. About 25 minutesarerequired for cooking,' Add vanilla, Let caramel .stand until mixture stops bubbling, then pour into a buttered pan. Cool at room temperature, then place in refrigerator until caramel hardens. Remove from refrigerator, invert pan and loosen caramel by apply- ing cloth wrung out in hot water to bottom' and sides of pan.. Lift edges of caramel with table knife or spatula and turn onto cutting board. Cut with a heavy, sharp knife using a saw-Iike motion. Makes 2 pounds; Note: 242 degrees F. is the ideal finished temperature for caramels. 240 degrees F. makes a very soft caramel that does not hold its shape very well, while 245 degrees F. makes quite firm ones. Nut Caramels: Add % cup pecan or walnut halves just before pouring caramel into pan, to, cool. Coffee Caramels: Dissolve 1 tablespoon soluble cof- fee •iri % boiling Water,'tAdd to syrup mixture gradually with the butter and milk, then proceed as above. Chocolate Caramels: Use 3 squares .(3 ounces) un- sweetened chocolate. Melt choco- late os'er hot water in the_sauce- pan in which the candy is to be cooked. Add sugar, salt and. ,corn syrup, then proceed as above. • Ribbon Caramels: Make a • recipe of Cream - Cara- mels, and a recipe of Chocolate Caramels, After caramels' have, cool-• ed in buttered pans to room tem- perature, loosen caramel-layers:with table knife or spatula and turn onto wooden board. Place a layer of Chocolate Caramel atop the Crean, Caramel and press together. Then place in refrigerator to harden be- fore cutting. Fondant Ribbon Caramels: Make a recipe of Cream Caramels • or one of the variations.. When caramel mixture stops bubbling, pour equal amounts into 2 but- tered 8 -inch pans. After caramel has cooled to root, temperature, loosen caramel layers with table knife or spatula and turn onto wooden board. Press a layer of fondant over a layer of caramel and cover with a second layer of caramel, Then place in refrigerator to harden before cutting. * * * VINEGAR TAFFY 2 cups granulated sugar 1% cups light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vinegar 34 cup evaporated milk Mix sugar, syrup, salt and vine- gar thoroughly. Cook slowly until sugar is dissolved, stirring fre- quently, Then pour milk in slowly, keeping cantly boiling all the while. Cools over medium heat to firm ��\M gyp SGwen.d.col.tme !) Cla,>;•l, c One day last' week there was a knock at bur front door, When I opened it there stood an army sergeant and his • young wife- looking for a place to live. Actually they came here by mistake thinking it was the house to which they had been directed, I asked them in and the story they told me matte My heart ache. Previously stationed at Camp Borden, this sergeant, six weeks ago,. had been transferred to another district and had been house- hunting ever since -for an apart- ment, a house, or four unfurnished rooms, There were places which they could have rented -until the owners learned that besides the man and •his wife there were also three small children. And the doors were figuratively shut in their faces. "Apparently we committed a crime in having children," the dis- couraged young mother told me. "And what are you doing in the meantime?" I inquired. "One child is with her grand- mother ;ttvo brothers live, with my sister, and my husband and I are staying at an hotel. The children are five, four and two." Believe me, I wanted to tell the young couple to collect their child= ren and move right in .. , they were such nice young people and I felt so sorry for the youngsters. But offering to take a family into your home isn't as simple as that. We have enough room, it's true, but yet the house is not adapted for two families -especially if newcomers have been used to a city home. Country plumbing itself presents one problem. A septic tank cannot quite. take the place of sewerage system. It has to be treated with greater respect -and that is some- thing city people never seem to realize. And there is always the possibility of a water shortage. Giving up a number of rooms also means a reorganization of the farm family's way of living -and that isn't always easy. On a farm extra room is needed for so many jobs - heavy washing; cleaning, packing and storing eggs; room for ball stage (248 degrees F.), stir- ring constantly. Pour into buttered pan. When cool enough to handle, pull until candy- is light and no longer sticky to the touch. Lay out on waxed paper or buttered pan. Cut with scissors.. Wrap in waxed .paper. Makes about 2 pounds. Brown 'Sugar Taffy: Use 1 pound brown• sugar in place of the 2 cups granulated sugar. Cocoa Taffy:. Mix ', cup cocoa with the sugar and cook with the syrup, salt and vinegar; then proceed as above. Molasses Taffy: Omit corn syrup and use 1 cup molasses. Peppermint Taffy: Make a recipe of Vinegar Taffy, When taffy is cooked, remove from heat. When mixture stops bubbl- ing, add % teaspoon .peppermint extract and mix well. Pour taffy. . syrup into a measuring cup to the , % cup level. Pour remaining taffy syrup into a lightly buttered pan. Add 6 to 8 drops of red food col- oring to the % cup syrup and mix well. Pour this colored syrup into a small lightly buttered pan and allow to cool. Pull when cool enough to handle and set aside on a piece of waxed paper. When remainder of taffy is cool enough . to handle, divide into halves and pull each half • until light in color and no longer sticky to the touch. Lay each half on a piece of waxed paper and pull into a rope of even thickness. Take half of the colored taffy, lay it on top of the white taffy and pull the two together. Cut with scissors. 'Wrap in waxed paper. occasional hired help; space for the variety of outdoor clothes and boots that men need according to the weather -and even room for the various cats and dogs "that come to the house for warmth and comfort in winter time . , . animals that may be treated as pets but are yet necessities for farin life• Talking it over with Partner afterwards and saying how selfish I. felt in not inviting this young couple to share our home, Part- ner said, "And what would you do with your junk -you need a big house for all the stuff you keep around?" Well, that had the stump- ed! Maybe I ant no worse than any other farm housewife -I don't know -but 1 certainly manage to spread things around. But eventu- ally I make use of what has been saved. This week, for instance, I ant hoping to send away 24 pounds of woollen goods to a factory to be converted into blankets, -"But 24 pounds of woollens -old socks and sweaters -cannot be accumulated overnight, so they are naturally cluttering up some room or closet! But women are not the only clutter -uppers! My goodness, Part- ner has enough old nails around to build a house -except that half of them • are bent and rusty and couldn't be used anyway. Yet every time a box or a building is demolished the nails must still be saved, And Bob has a five -gallon can full of nuts and bolts -and woe betide any of us who throws even one of them away. But if you notice -whatever a person saves is al- ways "junk" to others but priceless to himself. One of my collections is buttons -utility buttons, not collector's items. No garment is ever discard- ed until the buttons have been re- moved. As a result whether I make a shirt, a dress or, a pair of py- jamas, it is never necessary to buy buttons. Most of what I have are' sorted as to colour and size, and then sewn on to cards just as you find them in a store. Not much point in saving buttons if they are all jumbled up together so that you have to waste precious time finding out whether you have two or a dozen of any one kind. Zippers can also be saved and used again - providing they still zip. And here is a way to save your eyes. The tine -honoured way to thread a needle is to hold it over something white. But for quickness try this: hold needle between thumb and middle finger, raise index finger to form a background for the needle and you have it threaded in two shakes.' Just as simple as that! RELIEVE COUGHS-- and OUGHS -and COLDS ?HIS SIMPLI, ORCTIVI WAY • Warm Eclectric O36 • Rub well into chest and throat • Cover with wane flannel • Effective for citildrea USED FOR E3 TEARS CHEST RUB with Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking O€i©C"i &W]! : OM ©©la Ob J©?Q[j aunt©©I]m m a €] CME] ir]I ©L'7 ©M 000ousmon?iI ; nramin mum ®MEEK® OMB OM ®®® ®o®®® nue UMMU ood nom _. `a o Q 0 ISSUE 51 -- 1951 I Nam° 1 Address PLEASE SEND FREE CATALOGUE AND NIXES J