Friday, Feb. 28, 1941
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Paae 3
Designers Use Chinese Styles
In Spring Jackets, Capes, Hats
•TQ- SEW
Ruth Wyeth Spears
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
I as they do here. Now, cut the
scroll out and trace around it on
the burlap repeating it at each
corner; then fill in the flowers.
• • •
NOTE: There are several other rug de­
signs with directions lor knitting, rroehet-
Ing and braiding in Booklet No. 4 of the
series of home-making booklets which
Mrs. Spears has prepared for our readers.
Copy of B<x>klet 0 with description of the
other numbers In the series will be mailed
to readers who will send name and ad­
dress with 10c in coin to:
.......................
LI ALF the fun of hooking rugs is
* * in making your own designs.
All you have to do is to mark the
pattern on burlap with a wax
crayon and then go over it with a
warm iron to set it. Simple flow­
ers are easy to draw and in the
olden days real leaves were used
for patterns. Scroll designs com­
bined with flowers are popular
now for use with Eighteenth cen­
tury furniture. The scrolls of the
handsome rug shown here were
hooked in gold color outlined in
brown. The edge medium blue;
the center darker blue and the
flowers in tones of red and deep
rose with leaves in two tones of
green.
This diagram shows you how to
make a scroll pattern that you
may use in different ways. Just
rule a piece of paper in one-inch
squares and then follow the dia­
gram outlining the scroll so that
its lines cross the squares exactly
WON'T YOU COME FOR TEAT
(See Recipe! Below)
TIOBITN FOR TEA TABLES
A visiting celebrity comes to town,
there is ■ new bride to be enter­
tained, For these and many other
occasions, ah afternoon tea provides
just the right touch of sociability.
You can be on the committee in
charge and still have as much fun
as the guest of
honor if you make
your plans care­
fully.
Plan to
make only enough
tea for 13 teacup
servings at one
time, and repeat
the process as
fresh tea is needed, A large sauce­
pan works like a charm tor such
teamaklng. Tie 8 tablespoons of tea
loosely in 2 thicknesses of cheese­
cloth
Place the bag in the sauce­
pan and pour 2 quarts of vigorously
boiling water over It Cover and let
stand for just 5 minutes over a very
low heat Then pour the tea im­
mediately into a teapot which has
been rinsed with scalding water.
The tea bag can be removed and
the remainder of the tea kept over
low beat until It Is needed.
If It is part of your job to buy the
tea accompaniments — the sugar,
lemon and cream—remember that
there are about SO tablets of sugar
in a 1-pound box and that you should
count on 2 per serving. Allow 2
tablespoons of coffee cream per
serving -a pint and a half of cream
win be more than sufficient for 25
persons. Allow also 1 slice of lem­
on per serving. A large lemon
makes about 10 slices, ft Inch thick.
Then, should you be asked to bring
two or three kinds of cookies or
several dozen midget tea cakes,
here are recipes that will make your
tea contribution outstanding. There
are fruit cake Angers rolled in
chopped almonds and toasted in the
oven, a simple-to-make tidbit that
has a special affinity for hot, clear
tea served with lemon. The small
almond finger biscuits have pale
beige frosting and are fragile
enough even for a bride's tea.
Amusing as can be are the Swedish
nut wafers, which are baked on the
bottom of bread pans, cut into strips
and molded over a rolling pin into
crisp semi-circles.
Fruit Tea Fingers.
(Makes 16 fingers)
Fruit cake
ft cup condensed milk
% cup almonds (finely chopped)
Cut fruit cake Into 16 Angers about
2ft Inches long, % inch wide and ft
inch thick, or cut into 1-inch
squares. Spread each Anger with
condensed milk on all sides and roll
in chopped almonds. Place in a 2-
quart heut-reslstant glass utility
dish and bake in a moderately hot
oven (375 degrees Fahrenheit) for
about 30 minutes or until lightly
browned.
Swedish Nut Wafers.
(Makes 6 dozen wafers)
Vt cup shortening
ft cup sugar
1 egg (well-beaten)
1ft cups flour (all-purpose)
ft teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
ft cup chopped nut meats.
Cream shortening until soft, then
add sugar gradually, creaming until
light and fluffy.
Add egg and com­
bine thoroughly
Sift flour once be­
fore measuring,
then add salt and
baking powder
and sift again.
Add milk to the
creamed ingredi­
ents. then flour and vanilla. Spread
a part of the batter in a very thin,
even layer over the bottom of a
bread pan, using a small spatula.
Sprinkle with nut meats and mark
into strips % Inches wide by 4ft
inches long. Bake, one pan at a
time, in a moderately slow oven
(825 degrees Fahrenheit) for about
12 minutes. Cut into strips, loosen
strips from bottom of pan with spat­
ula, and shape each one over the
rolling pin. If strips become too
brittle to shape, return them to oven
to reheat and soften.
Almond Finger Biscuits,
(Makes 5 dozen;
1ft cups cake flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
ft teaspoon soda
ft teaspoon salt
ft cup butter
ft cup sugar
1 egg (separated)
1 tablespoon warm water
ft cup almonds (finely chopped)
ft teaspoon vanilla
ft cup confectioners' sugar
Sift flour once before measuring.
Add soda. salt, and cream of tar­
tar and sift together. Cream but­
ter until soft, add sugar gradually,
then add egg yolk beaten with warm
water. Add flour to creamed in­
gredients and combine well. Chill
dough in refrigerator for about 1
hour. Roll stiff dough out ft inch
thick on lightly floured board or
pastry canvas. Add vanilla to egg
white, then beat in confectioners'
sugar (use rotary beater) gradual­
ly until the icing is smooth and the
proper
consistency
to
spread.
Spread frosting over dough and
sprinkle surface with almonds. Cut
dough into strips ft inch wide and
3 inches long, then place carefully
on lightly greased baking sheet.
Bake In a moderate oven (375 de­
grees Fahrenheit) until they are a
light brown color, about 10 minutes.
Tiny Tea Cakes.
<88 2-inch cakes)
4ft cups cake flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter or other shortening
2ft cups sugar
5 eggs (separated)
1ft cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Sift flour once before measuring.
Add baking powder and salt and
sift 3 times. Cream butter until
soft, add sugar gradually, cream­
ing until the mixture is light and
fluffy. Add the dry ingredients to
creamed mixture In thirds, alter­
nately with milk, beating until
smooth after each addition. Add
vanilla. Beat egg whites until they
are stiff but will still flow from an
inverted bowl, and fold them lightly
into the cake batter. Drop the bat­
ter from a dessert spoon into oiled
muffin tins about 2 inches in diame­
ter. Bake in a moderate oven (350
degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes.
Coo) and ice with your favorite ic­
ing.
Pecan Crescents.
(Makes 30 crescents)
ft cup butter
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 cup flour (all-purpose)
1 cup pecans (finely chopped)
ft teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter, add sugar and
blend well. Add flour gradually and
mix thoroughly.
Stir in nut meats.
Shape into small
rolls, about the
size of a Anger,
then form into
crescents. Place
on a greased bak­
ing sheet and bake in a moderate
oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for
approximately 20 minutes. Roll in
powdered sugar while warm.
Meringue Bars.
(Makes 40 lft-inch squares)
ft cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks (well-beaten)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1ft cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
ft teaspoon salt
ft cup jam
,Cream shortening and add sugar
gradually. Beat in egg yolks and
vanilla. Sift flour once before meas­
uring, then add baking powder and
salt and sift again. Add flour to
shortening and sugar mixture, mix­
ing thoroughly. Spread ft inch thick
on well-greased baking sheet. Spread
lightly with jam. Top with the fol­
lowing meringue and bake in a mod­
erate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit)
for about 25 minutes.
Meringue
2 egg whites
1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
1 cup nut meats (finely cut)
Beat egg white» until stiff, and
gradually beat in the sugar. Fold
in nut meats.
(Rslcawd by Western Newspaper Union.)
OPRING 1941 promises a program
of exciting new fashions.
In
answer to the challenge flung to
American derigners to carry on the
style traditions of the world, there
has been projected into the field of
costume design a to-do and to-dare
spirit that n ik-s for refreshingly
new ideas in clothes this season. Be­
cause of the encouragement given
to originality and play of imagina­
tion there is that “something dif­
ferent" about current styling which
fashion-minded women welcome and
covet.
One of Uie most vital movements
Is the change taking place in the sil­
houette, especially in regard to
suits. The new formula calls for
longer jackets, straighter skirts and
modified shoulders, and in these
points is sounded the death knell for
the carricd-over suit you had hoped
would be good this season.
As to shoulders, they certainly are
under lively discussion. So impor­
tant has the shoulder theme become
that one is almost justified in coin­
ing a slogan declaring that a dress,
suit or coat this season is only as
chic as its shoulderline. Instead of
exaggerated padding as heretofore
the tendency in the newer versions
is toward gently sloping and subtly
rounded lines of grace.
There are breathtaking innova­
tions, too, that are adding zest to the
mode, not the least of which is the
Chinese influence that is seen in col­
ors, in millinery (coolie hats are the
Easy to Make
latest), and in jackets and capes.
Success for the new Chinese
movement was mentioned at "Fash­
ion Futures," that brilliant event at
which authoritative style forecasts
were dramatically presented in a
spring prevue. Beauty and suavity
of lines and simplicity in Chinese
technique were pointed out in sev­
eral fetching evening wraps and
daytime suits. Two of the latter are
pictured in the illustration here­
with.
The jacket to the left credits
green as a leading color for spring.
The Chinese influence is apparent in
its neat, trim lines and the gentle,
natural shoulder slope.
An all­
round pleated black skirt completes
this twosome.
That the fashion
group sponsors green is again evi­
denced in the jacket to the right,
which also is Chinese-inspired. Note
the styling in the black skirt
And now for a most breathtaking
thrill—capes! Watch capes go on
parade this season along th>* high­
ways and byways of fashion. There
will be more capes than you can
count and doubtless you will be
wearing a cape yourself for design­
ers are turning them out in endless
types, and in every length from
short to long.
Much attention will be given to
cape linings. A demure monotone
cape is lined the South American
way in purples, Peruvian pinks,
blues, reds and yellows nicely as­
sembled. The cape costume cen­
tered in the group pictured with its
matching turban is typically a new
vogue. It's smart in any eclor but
particularly so in oatmeal tweed
with dashes of brown or gay tan­
gerine.
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How To Relieve
Bronchitis
Sandy's Blotting Appeared
To Be a Bit Overdone!
He was of a thrifty turn of
mind, having originally come
from Scotland. One day he was
told by a friend that instead of
putting a quarter into the meter,
much the same effect could be
obtained by blowing smartly into
the slot. That night he tried the
experiment with gratifying results.
This went on for some time, and
Anally an inspector from the gas
company called to examine the
meter. He was obviously puzzled.
“What’s the matter?” asked the
economizing householder.
“Man.” exclaimed the inspec­
tor, “I just can’t make it out. Ac­
cording to my reading the com­
pany owes you three dollars.”
Crecmulslon relieves promptly be­
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
Srm laden phlegm, and aid nature
srxjthe and heal raw, tender. In­
flamed bronchial mucous mem­
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un­
derstanding you must like the way It
quickly allays the cough or you are
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CREOMULSION
for Cough j, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Instinct and Intelligence
Instinct perfected is a faculty of
using and even constructing or­
ganized instruments; intelligence
perfected is the faculty of making
and using unorganized instru­
ments.—Henri Bergson.
Best for Juice
(Ralcased by Western Newspaper Union.)
Prints Accompany
Plain Materials
There is sort of a gypsy charm
and fascination about the new
dresses, be they cotton, silk, linen
or rayon. The skirt has just enough
fullness, introduced in subtle ways,
to give it the casual look. For the
blouse top, the material is in mono­
tone. Quite smart is the black or
navy jersey top.
For evening, lovely gowns are
made of printed silk done in re­
splendent colors. A fitted bodice
may surmount a skirt of billowy
white mousseline on which is ap-
pliqued at strategic points flower
clusters cut from the same print
that fashions the waist.
and£^r/Use!
Coats Take On
Dressmaker Touch
Take a tip from smart dressmak­
ers and use polka dot drama when
you make accessories for your spring
costumes. Sewing is really fun with
modern sewing machine equipment
and almost every locality has a sew­
ing center where you can learn to
make these smart accessories in an
afternoon. For this turban and bag
you will need three-quarters of a
yard of 36-inch polka dot cotton
pique, or print silk, if you prefer.
An additional half-yard of 39-inch
rayon taffeta for the bag lining and
a half yard of buckram for bag re­
inforcement. By attaching the hem-
gtitcher gadget to your machine you
can finish off all edges to look pro­
fessional.
Flowery Prints
Very attractive for yourg girls are
the new two-piece dresses that top
a skirt of gay flowery print. Go as
far as you like in way of a vivid
print— the more gypsy-like the bet­
ter. Either the full peasant type
skirt or the all-around pleated are
up-to-date in style.
Dressy coats show much dress­
maker detail. Wool weaves used
are light weight and yield beauti­
fully to fabric and surface treat­
ments.
Allover braiding on the
blouse top, done in self-color, en­
hances many a pastel coat' The
new oatmeal shades, beige and
brown, violet (very smart this sea­
son) pastel blue and muted pink are
fashioned in this way. Tucking is
another fabric treatment, likewise
quilting which sometimes is done in
an allover pattern in sprawling leaf
and tendril design.
Handsome Plaids
Come Into Picture
Coats, dresses, capes, jacket suits
are being made of handsome plaids.
Made up in the new coolie jackets,
plaids top a monotone colored skirt.
Capes of plaid bring drama into
the spring style parade. These capes
are long, and the style touch is
achieved in epaulet effects formed
of fringe.
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