Illinois Valley News. Thursday. July 10, 1941
Page Three
Woolknit Swim Suit Should
Be Included in Vacation Plans
Ih CHERIE MCHOÏ \S
SEWDNG C01RCLE
skirt is attached at the hipline.
Order Pattern No. 1402-B for your­
self today and be the first in your
community to wear the new,
youthful basque fashion. Shows
oil the best features of the young
girl’s figure and has a fresh ap­
peal of complete femininity.
The pattern can be made up in
the new flower printed cottons—
chintz, percale or broadcloth. And
in soft batiste, lawn, voile or dim­
ity. It's cute, too, in gingham,
seersucker or calico. It s a real
summer frock, adaptable to any
summer materials.
• • •
is
Pattern No. 1402-B is designed for sizes
11, 13, 15, 17 and 19. Corresponding bust
measurements 29. 31. 33, 35 and 37. Size
13 (31) lequires 47a yards 35-inch fabric
without nap. 10 yards of ric-rac braid
are needed for trim. Send your order to:
SEWING CI11CI E PATTERN DEPT.
149 New Montgomery Ave.
San Francisco
Calif.
Enclose 15 cents in coins for
Pattern No......................... Size...........
Name .
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Address
CRISI’, COOL SIMMER SALADS
(Sec Recipes Below.)
AT HOME TO SI MMER
THIS WEEK’S MENU
In a recent poll. 37 per cent of the
thousands of homemakers receiving
questionnaires expressed a desire to
be experts at salad making ... 43
per cent wanted to know how to
make food look glamorous.
This report gave me an idea,
Salads, besides being healthful
and givers of vim, vigor and vital-
ity, offer a splen­
did
opportunity
for variety . . .
they can be used
as the appetizer
or “starter”
course, the main
dish, a dessert,
or they may accompany the dinner
course.
So, besides giving you timely tips
on the art of salad making, I’m go­
ing to explain literally dozens of
ways in which you creators of daily
menus can give "oomph” to your
tasty dishes.
• • •
The characteristics of a good salad
are simple and fairly easy to accom­
plish; namely, it should be well
chilled before serving; have an at­
tractive arrangement, and a pleas­
ing color combination.
Salads in summer are as impor­
tant as swimming or tennis or golf.
They give an opportunity to add
color and gaiety to the table.
Your choice of ingredients will de­
pend upon what you have planned
for your main course and dessert,
provided your salad is to be a side
dish or an appetizer.
There are many varieties of fruit
salads. They are excellent by them­
selves or as an accompaniment to a
main course of sea food or meat and
a pastry or cake dessert.
Good to eat, wonderful to look at
and substantial is this salad of or­
ange slices and prunes, stuffed with
cottage cheese. (See picture at top
of column.)
•Orange Prune Cheese Salad.
On a bed of lettuce circle 10 to
12 orange slices. At the side ar­
range 3 cooked prunes which have
been stuffed with cottage cheese.
With a sharp knife peel oranges, re­
moving all outer skin and inner
membrane down to juicy meat. Cut
in thin, even slices. California or­
anges. which are firm-meated and
practically seedless, are excellent to
use.
Serve with a sweet french dress­
ing, made with lemon juice. With
a hot bread and beverage, this salad
makes a well-balanced home or
party luncheon.
Sweet French Dressing.
Vi cup lemon juice
% cup salad oil
l-i cup red jelly or honey
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika
Shake or blend well before serv­
ing. Makes 1*4 cups. Lemon juice
gives this dressing just the flavor
needed to make the orange, prune
and cheese combination the perfect
salad.
• • •
Keeping cool during summer
months is a problem, solved most
successfully by eating properly.
LYNN SAYS:
Don’t be timed about putting
your own personality into your
salads. Here are some sugges­
tions which may help you become
famous for your salads . . .
Try:
Fluting bananas by running the
prongs of a fork lengthwise down
a peeled banana, then slicing it
crosswise.
Adding chopped, broken or
whole walnut kernels to fruit,
vegetable and meat salads.
Using fruit juices to thin may­
onnaise and to mix with french
dressing.
Adding a fruit gelatn. sliced or
cut into glistening cubes, to a
fruit salad.
Brightening the edges of lettuce
leaves by dipping them in pap­
rika. or adding chopped parsley
to the edges of pineapple slices.
Adding a little lemon juice or
vinegar to sweet cream for sal­
ad dressing—makes a quick sub­
stitute for sour cream.
An Impromptu Guest Luncheon
Clear Tomato Soup
Cheese Drop Biscuits
’Orange Prune Cheese Salad
Spice Squares With
Whipped Cream
Tea
•Recipe Included
Plenty of the protective foods, such
as eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables
—all excellent salad materials—
should be eaten.
Japanese Potato Salad will really
give a meal a lift! Easy to prepare,
inexpensive, it may be used as a
main dish, with a cold meat platter,
or for additional variety so accepta­
ble to the buffet table.
Japanese Potato Salad,
1 cup flaky, hot boiled rice
1 medium to large potato, hot
mashed
4 hard cooked eggs
% cup french or boiled dressing
2 tablespoons chopped sweet red
pepper, or pimiento
1 tablespoon chopped green pep­
per
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
*4 teaspoon salt
Mix rice, potato and two of the
eggs, which have been sieved, into
salad
dressing.
Chill. Just before
serving, add re­
maining ingredi­
ents. Taste and
add more season­
ing if desired.
Heap on lettuce,
or serve without
greens in a large bowl. Garnish
with remaining eggs, sliced or
sieved. Yield: 4 servings.
When the mercury soars skyward
and appetites are on the wane, noth­
ing tastes quite so good as a chilled,
molded mixture of fresh vegetables
or fruits, placed on a bed of crisp
greens and garnished with a tart,
taste-teasing dressing.
Lime Cucumber Salad.
1 package lime gelatin
lli cups hot water
2 tablespoons vinegar
M teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons scraped onion
Dash of paprika
1 tablespoon chopped pimiento
1 cucumber, diced
Dissolve gelatin in hot water, then
add vinegar, salt, scraped onion and
dash of paprika. Chill until begin­
ning to thicken, then fold in chopped
pimiento and diced cucumber. Chill
until firm and serve on salad greens
with a garnish of mayonnaise.
• • •
Since it’s open season on salads,
like variety will
homemakers
be interested in
several types of
salad dressings.
Here are two
which will do
much to bring out
the full flavor of
your tasty con­
coctions.
Thick French Dressing.
1 cup salad oil
% cup vinegar
1 teaspoon mustard
1 tablespoon sugar
3 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon gelatin
Mix dry ingredients; add oil and
vinegar. Beat thoroughly. Put the
gelatin tn 1 tablespoon cold water
and dissolve in 2 tablespoons boil­
ing water. Cool; add dressing. Beat
thoroughly about 15 minutes and al­
low to stand until a good emulsion
is formed. Use fruit juice instead of
vinegar for fruit salad. Use more
paprika if a darker red is desired.
Egg Dressing.
% teaspoon paprika
teaspoon celery salt
teaspoon pepper
5 tablespoons vinegar
1 egg yolk
H teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon sugar
H cup salad oil
1 teaspoon salt
Mix ingredients and shake welL
Add beaten egg yolk when ready to
serve. Half lemon juice and vine­
gar may be used.
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Isle of Martinique
IT IS very evident that women are
* becoming increasingly impressed
with the value of swimming for
health and beauty. Not only do
crowded beaches at seaside and
lake resorts testify to the enthusi­
asm felt for water sports, but many
inland towns have created attrac­
tive and pretentious modern swim­
ming pools that offer infinite enjoy­
ment to their communities. Then,
too, most private estates have pic­
turesque swimming pools where
guests may indulge in water sports.
Which all goes to show why smart
bathing suits together with a goodly
supply of beach togs and accesso­
ries have become a positive "must”
in the plans for the summer vaca­
tion. As to this season's swim-suit
fashions, they surpass all that has
gone before in way of smart, ver­
satile fabric, clever styling, eye-ap­
peal in color and all the dramatic
accents that add to the picture of
Miss America as she takes off for
a merry swim on a summer day.
Outstanding news in regard to
current swim-suit trends is the
strong revival of woolknits and wool­
knit fabric for both sculptured form­
fitting types and that which is ultra
chic this season—the suit that is
cunningly dressmaker styled. New
to the scene this summer is the jac­
quard woolknit suit such as is shown
to the left in the illustration. Note
the sleek front-paneled skirt in shad­
ow plaid of brown and green on yel­
low. The back is cut very low for
sun-tanning.
Bright red and white diagonal
striped woolknit fabric makes the
smart slenderizing princess (a favor­
ite styling this season) bathing suit
pictured to the right. The V-neckline
is banded in the solid red knit, con­
tinued into cross straps at the back.
Panties are separate so there is
nothing to break the flattering
smooth line of the suit.
Machine woolknits that look like
handknits are also staging a big
comeback in simple sculptured types
such as adept swimmers love to
wear. You will find handknit tech­
nique of heavy cable stitch in stun­ LJERE is the peasant flavored
ning colors, the stripe effects such A * Basque silhouette which jun­
as white with red or with navy be­ ior girls have taken to so widely
ing especially intriguing.
in the past few months. Barbara
There is also a strong revival of Bell interprets the popular new
wool jersey. These stress dress­ fashion in a one-piece frock. Typ­
maker styling which now is so pro­ ically basque, with the long top
nounced throughout the entire swim fitted through the waistline and
suit program. Most of the jersey gathered at a bustline to empha-
suits have practical zipper fasten­ size feminine curves. The full
ings.
Designers are turning out perfect­
ly charming suits dressmaker-fash­
ioned after the manner of the Bal­
lerina type of waffle pique centered
in the group. Note the coin dot
A General Quiz
banding. Dot trimmings are very
smart this season.
Floral prints and various cotton
The Questions
weaves make front page fabric news
1.
What
is a chuck-wiH's-widow?
for swim suits and beach togs. The
2. When it’s 11 a. m. in Omaha,
more audacious the coloring, the
more daring the patterning, the | what time is it in Galveston, I
smarter! This is especially true of Texas?
3. Where are the Plains of
the gay and fascinating Hawaiian
prints now so fashionable. The sa­ Abraham?
4. What does a mace symbolize
rong drape skirt in exotic prints
with bra top showing bare midriff is ' in legislative houses?
a leading style. Novelty types are
5. How does the world’s record
often styled with "grass skirts" in­ for running and ice skating 100
spired by Hawaiian native design. , yards compare?
A lei necklace of flowers added, is
6. Who did Sir Walter Raleigh
the final glamour accent.
plot to place on the British throne
Bathing suits of elasticised fabric in place of James I?
are to be had by the score. The
The Answers
newest thing in these types is two-
1. A bird. (So called from its
color effects done in white with note.)
bright colored godets or inset verti­
2. 11 a. m.
cal bands. Allover shirred lastiquc
3. Canada (Quebec).
insures a sculptural figure fit Bright
4. Authority, A mace is a staff
applique of gorgeous flowers on or mallet.
white jersey is especially effective
5. The record in both cases is
with a long matching beach cape. 9 4—Identical to the split second.
There are endless cunning dress-
6. Arabella Stuart.
maker-styled gingham shantung and
crinkled seersucker suits. In knits
and lastiques girls love the suit that
zips up the back from the waistline
to give a perfect fit.
Martinique, West Indies posses­
sion of France, is an island 385
square miles in area with a quar­
ter of a million inhabitants—or an
average of about 650 persons to
the square mile. Much of the in­
terior is devoid of human life be-
cause it cannot be cultivated,
while more than one-fifth of the
total number of inhabitants live
in and around the capital and port,
Fort de France.
Martinique is situated between
Puerto Rico and Trinidad in the
curving island chain that sepa­
rates the Atlantic ocean from the
Caribbean—just 1.260 miles from
the Panama canal.
Jlsk Me Jlnolher
I)ay by Day
Let us be thankful that life
comes to us in little bits—one day
at a time with its duties. We can
at least accomplish that much.—
Colonel de Burgh.
Binding Virtues
Moderation is the silken string
running through the pearl chain
of all virtues.— Bishop Hall.
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Chic Plus Glamour Cool Summer (hit fits
Of .All Black Are New
In a blaze of glory, lovely neck­
wear comes into its own this sea­
son. Women of fashion are enthu­
siastically playing up the vogue with
appreciation of what magic frothy,
snowy lingerie touches perform in
way of accentuating feminine charm.
Fine lace insertion, tiny tucks,
dainty lace edging and eyelet em­
broidery combine for sheer fem­
ininity in this dainty collar and cuff
set designed or the new V-neckline.
In fine permanent finish Swiss or­
gandy famous for its washability,
this set provides a practical way to
add gl-w««vr > a simple frock.
You can dress in all black from
head to foot and still look cool and
summery. This is the miracle style
creators have wrought. Briefly out­
lined the plan is sheerest of sheer
black frock, hat of black sheer,
gloves of the lacy sort and black
stockings so cobwebby sheer they
are almost transparent.
The newest black sheer dresses
are finished off with edgings of fine
black lace. This use of black lace
trims is being played up to the
point of being recognized as a most
important vogue.
Not only are
dress up black sheer frocks femi­
nized to a most fascinating degree
with lace frilled at thrpat and
sleeves, on pockets and here, there,
and everywhere to add glamour but
the movement has been taken up
by milliners who either make the
entire hat of lace or trim with it.
Big brims edged with lace frills are
one of the new and entrancing lace
expressions.
Enormous Brims Versus
The ‘Pretty Little Hat
The problem is' up to milady
whether she will go hatted this sum­
mer in the flattering little frivolous
flower concoctions she loves to
wear or whether she will top her
costume with a hat of enormous
brim and look chic and sophisticat­
ed. Each type is attractive and the
fashion-right way is to Include both
in this summer's wardraty*
YOU
ARE AN
INFLUENTIAL
PERSON
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The merchant who advertises must treat
you better than the merchant who does
not. He must treat you as though you
were the most influential person in town.
As a matter of cold fact you are. You
hold the destiny of his business in your
hands. He knows it. He shows it. And you
benef i t by good service, by courteous t reat-
va^uc—anc* by lower prices.