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Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, August 5, 1948 EASY SEWING FOR TINY TODDLERS JUNIOR FROCK MADE IN CONTRAST Woman's World Many Attractive Gift items (4111 Be Produced at Home HOUSiHOtp 4WM9S.A.. Ertta Haley , Crisp Vegetables Serve as Centerpiece (Set tecipet below) Summer Vegetables ARE YOU M AKIN G the m olt of your gurdcn? There are »0 many way* to aerve vegetables, especially If you have your own garden-fresh variety on hand. Of cuurae, you can prepare them w ith enchanting sauces, or toss them crisp and Icy into aalnda, but have you ever thought of using them in a centerpiece that can be eaten? There's no disputing the fact that radish roses, celery curls, cucumber wheel« and the like are very at tractive And that's the thought of many a smart homemaker who whips these fancy, easy-to-make vegetables Into a centerpiece for mealtime. Fancy gew gaws that have been centerpiece standbys for too long a time should be retired, as strictly summer-style creations of fresh vegetables put in their place w ill give the fam ily a combination eye and appetite teaser. T ry these tricks: Radish Row« Select firm , rather long radishes w ith unw ilted leaves. Wash thor oughly and cut tops, leaving about one inch of stem on each. W ith a thin sharp knife, cut thin slices lengthwise through the radish. C hill in ice water. Curumber Wheels Peel cucumber; using a four-tined fork, score the cucumber lengthwise, then cut in thin slices. C hill in Ice water to crisp. Carrot Curls Wash and scrape tender young carrots. Using an apple corer, shave o ff thin pieces lengthwise. C url each piece around your finger and drop into ice water. Carrot Straws Wash, scrape tender young car rots and cut in eighths, then cut in narrow strips about three inches long. Cover w ith a damp cloth and ch ill in refrigerator. Cauliflow er Flowerets Wash carefully by running under cold water; then separate raw cauli flow er into flowerets. C hill in salted ice water u n til crisp. Seal Rons Wash well, trim green stalks. Peel onion if skin is loose or shrivelled and c h ill in ice water. Celery Hearts Wash celery1 carefully. Remove outer stalk and save for salads or use in cooking. T rim root and cut into an oval shape. Cut through in thirds or quarters. Crisp In ice water. • • • HERE ARE WAYS to prepare at tractive platters of vegetables: Platter 1 Place cauliflow er flowerets in one corner of platter, against this the carrot curls, then radish roses Around this one corner may be placed in sections, the following vegetables: Carrot strips, cucumber wheels and celery hearts. Platter II Place well chilled ripe olives and green stuffed olives in center of large platter and separate these with carrot strips and celery hearts. D i vide rest of plate into four sections and in each one place the following: Tomato slices, cucumber wheels, scallions and radish roses. ♦ • • • COOKED VEGETABLES also may be used for pretty platters. Each vegetable should be cooked only u ntil it is tender, and served at once. Here's a lovely platter which may be used as a main dish: LYNN SAYS: Keep Kitchen Cool During Hot Days It's best to do the main part of the cooking early in the day before it becomes so warm. For example, roast meat or bake meat loaf in the morning and serve cold for evening meal. Au gratin potatoes may be cooked, the cheese melted in a hot sauce, then mixed w ith potatoes, and the whole dish heated for 15 minutes In the oven. LYNN (HAMBKRM* MENU •Vegetable Centerpiece Sliced Roast Beef and Cheeses Potatoes Au G ratin Toasted Rolls Beverage Raspberry Pie •Recipe Given Cauliflower Silvered Green Beans Tomatoes stuffed w ith Corn W’ash cauliflow er and let stand In salted water for one-half hour to remove any insects. Cook in salted water for 25 to 30 minutes. The to matoes should be firm . Wash and scoop out insides leaving the shell. F ill this w ith seasoned kernel corn to which has been added some chopped green pepper These should be baked w ith just a little water in the bottom of the pan. The green beans should be washed carefully and picked over for any hard ends, then sliced lengthwise. They w ill take 30 to 40 minutes to cook. The cauliflower should be placed in the center of the platter, then banked w ith green beans, and the tomatoes w ith the corn and green pepper are placed around the green beans. Serve w ith melted butter. • • • ANOTHER PRETTY SUMMER platter uses entirely different vege tables but is very colorful: ■psVEN though the holidays have not arrived, many of us find that there are gifts of all types that have to be given throughout the year. If we had to buy all these things, it would run our budgets beyond their limits. If we sew, and many of these nice gifts really need little sewing skill, shower gifts, wedding presents or "bread and butter presents," gifts for convalescents and many other remembrances can be made w ith very little expense. Il's a good idea to keep some of these on hand for just such occa sions Sew on them in your odd mo ments, and you always w ill have something ready as a present when the occasion arises. In some communities, it's nice to give new neighbors something in the nature of a house-warming present when they move In. For such oc casions, bathroom shower and cur tain sets are lovely, and so are such small household items as pot hold ers, a set of guest or kitchen towels, or doilies. For new homemakers, any one of the above mentioned items is wel come, but you can add to the list hostess aprons, small tablecloth sets or kitchen curtains. For the convalescent, there are handkerchiefs, scarfs or household items. L ittle girls would enjoy hair- bows or clothes for their dolls. Make Hostess Apron From Handkerchiefs Clever little hostess aprons that w ill delight any homemaker can be made beautifully and economically from Irish linen handkerchiefs, the kind that has double and triple rows of spoking just inside the narrow hems. These handkerchiefs usually Cabbage with Sliced Carrots Lima Beans Fried Parsnips Hostess aprons are nice g ift» . . . Parboil a large head of cabbage for 10 minutes. Remove a ll the in side leaves, so that only a few of the larger ones remain, leaving a huge cup. This is fille d w ith carrots which have been sliced, or creamed if preferred, and cooked fo r 20 m in utes. Sprinkle w ith parsley. Around this place parsnips which have cooked for seven to 15 minutes, then fried u n til golden brown and crisp in a buttered skillet. Lima beans are shelled and placed around that after cooking for 20 to 30 m in utes in boiling, salted water. Another platter uses a combina tion of colorful white, green, yellow and red vegetables: sell for less than half a dollar each so you see the apron can be made fo r little money. Three handkerchiefs make a good sized apron. Use a whole one for the front of the apron. Cut the sec ond one in half crosswise, and gather the two pieces into a ru ffle across the bottom. If you want a narrower ru ffle than this makes, trim off the desired amount before gathering. Now cut the th ird handkerchief diagonally across the two triangles to make side flanges on the apron. Attach cut edge to the center of apron, beginning at the bottom cor ner of ruffle. This bias cut w ill ex tend a little above the top edge cf the apron. Lap this extension back; lay pleat in flange; fold under cen ter section and tack in place. Finish the apron w ith two-tone grosgruin ribbon ties. Three yards of each color w ill be sufficient to carry around the waist and back, to tie in a flow ing bow at the side of the front, w ith enough left over for a pert bow to fasten at the top of the ruffle. There are just three seams to sew since the hemming is all done and Creamed J’otatoes Carrot Strips Beets with Peas The potatoes are cooked after peeling, then cubed and creamed. I f they are small leave them whole. The carrots are cleaned, cut in strips and cooked just u ntil tender, about 20 minutes. The beets are cooked w ith skins, which are slipped o ff in cold water after cooking. Scoop a small hole in the beets and f ill w ith peas. Place the potatoes in the cen ter of the platter, carrots around those, and the beets and peas aroun-t the carrots. • • • IF YOU HAVE a sectioned vegeta ble dish, you may like to serve a variety of sauces w ith your vege tables. Here is a nice variety from whicli to choose to add more sn.v- to vegetables: Vinegar-Bacon .auce Simmer one-fourth cup minced onion in oi —lourth cup bacon drip * pings until tender but not brown Add one-fourth cup vinegar, one and one-half teaspoons salt, one- eighth teaspoon pepper and one- eighth teaspoon sugar Heat and pour over green beans, brusseis sprouts, cabbage, kale or other greens. Cheese Sauce Place one-half pound of processed cheese in the top of a double boiler and add one-half cup of m ilk as soon as cheese melts. This is good w ith potatoes, cauliflow er and broccoli. Iteleaaol by WNU Faaturw Prepare dinner during the early morning hours so that it w ill be crisp and cold when served. Cut fru it or vegetables for salads, make dessert and store in refrigerator during the morning. Many casserole dishes can be cooked more quickly if partially prepared on top of the range, thus saving oven time. Use refrigerator desserts, made early In the day, which save time at the last minute and which are r freshing. P eri A pron Striking Frock fez« A ll prettied for her party, this cautious hostess dons a pert, be- Sunsuit ribboned apron to protect her For the youngest family mem- dress while she serves each place bers— an adorable pair that’s so to makv ready for her guests. ! easy to -cw. The wing sleeved dress Crisp, white and dainty, this apron 1 has a drawstring neck; sunsuit is practical for a boy or girl. Make ap can be made easily out of three plique from scraps. Irish linen handkerchiefs. • • • Make the shower curtains a gen erous size, and don’t forget to sew the large round buttonholes at the top so that they can be attached to hooks. The usual size of the bath room shower curtain is six feet square. Bathroom curtains may be either regular window size or smaller de pending upon the size of the w in dow. It's best to take measurements on this if you can so that the cur tains w ill fit properly. A beautiful dressing table skirt also may be made from these plas tics, w ith a ruffle at the top as well as at the bottom. Most of these skirts are regulation size, and the s k irt usually does not come together at the back. This is left to be ad justed according to size of the table. Some of the printed plastics also may be seamed to be used as picnic or kitchen tablecloths. Some women use the white ones fo r placing over the top of their regular cloth to save it. No matter to what use you put the plastic, be it tablecloth, curtain or dressing table skirt, you may be certain of its easy clean- a bility. A damp d oth wiping makes it fresh and new. The Spring and Summer FASHION contains 52 pages of sm art styles, special features, easy to make frocks—free pattern printed inside the book. 25 cents. QUESTION: The walls of our new home are all pastel-colored, rough-finished plaster. Now “ five o’clock shadow’’ is beginning to show around our high-wall reg isters. Our oil furnace has filters for the blower but, nevertheless, • the soot on two walls looks black. How can I rem ove this grim e and prevent a recurrence? 1 ANSWER: To clean the walls, first rem ove as much loose dirt as you can by light brushing, and follow by cleaning with a wall paper cleaner. The filters prob Towels Are Always ably are loaded down with dust A Welcome Present i and m ay need cleaning, if they are of the cleanable variety. If not, Have you noticed how frequently they m ay need to be replaced. you can pick up pieces of gay kitch en toweling at a real saving? Pick some up, put two hems in the yard long towels either by hand or ma chine and give them in sets of two to six to any homemaker or bride. Towels are a real necessity and peo ple always welcome them. Small pieces of broadcloth and percale, linen or poplin are nice to use fo r hand towels. These may be trimm ed w ith embroidery after you have used a transfer pattern as your guide; they may be initialed or monogrammed. If you don't have the tim e fo r fancy work, hem them by hand and box them nicely for gifts. Turkish toweling also may be pur chased by the yard to make those large luxurious towels that are a wonderful gift. You may hem these, then monogram or applique trim them as you see fit. For families who like swimming and camping, there is nothing nicer than a set of oversized Turkish towels that can be used on the beach or picnics for lounging, foi sunbathing as well as for drying. Turkish toweling also finds good use in drawstring beach bags which are so practical for carrying equip ment to the beach cr picnics. Pick some gaily striped material for this purpose. And so are shower sets the hemstitched spoking takes the place of embroidery or other trim ming. There need be no w orry about spilling tomato juice or sizzling but ter on an apron of this kind because the Irish linen can be rubbed and boiled, if necessary to remove a stain. Washings always make it whiter than new. When pressed w ith a hot iron, the apron w ill be as crisp as frost. QUESTION : The linoleum in our kitchen has risen up in a certain spot. It is inlaid linoleum over a felt base over plywood. Do you think if we bored a sm all hole in the linoleum and poured some kind of cem ent in, it would hold? What kind of cem ent would you recom mend for this job? ANSWER: Try this method for flattening the bulge: Cut a slit in the bulge, following a line of the pattern so th at it will not show. Then press linoleum cem ent under each side of the slit, working it well underneath with a spatula, or some sim ilar tool. Wipe off sur face sm ears prom ptly. If you can not get linoleum cem ent, use roof ing cem ent. Sm ears of roofing cem ent should be prom ptly wiped off with turpentine. Then place weights on top until the cem ent has dried hard. QUESTION: We bought an elder ly house, which sm ells smoky. On wet days in winter the smoke odor is m ore noticeable. We have a gas burner in a steam furnace. Is the cause of the odor a dirty chimney? If so, would soot rem over do any good? ANSWER: The chimney most probably needs a thorough clean ing. A soot-removing preparation m ight help to rem ove some of the odor in the lower p a rt of the chim ney; try it and see if it destroys the smell. If not, you had better call in a professional chimney cleaner to give the chimney a thor ough cleaning. He will know how to do the work. It is an extrem ely dirty job th at I do not think you could handle yourself. If there is Pattern No. 1679 is for sizes 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18. Size 12, 2% yards of 35 or 39-inch; % yard for sleeves. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT J30 South Weils St. Chicago 7. IU. E nclose 25 cents in coins for each Dattero desired. Pattern No___________ 3Ue Name_ Address- I a fireplace in the house, the smoky | odor m ay come from there. Was there ever a fire in the house? QUESTION: My walls are cov ered with a very poor quality of wallboard, which bulges here and there. It is covered with paper; but now shows a few cracks, which I developed after the furnace was started. What is the best thing to do with the walls? The expense is an item ; I’ll have to have some one do all the work. ANSWER: For a good job it would be better to take off the board and replace it with one of better quality, properly put up ac cording to the m anufacturer’s in structions; or else nail up new i boards over the old ones. In the j m eantim e, you m ight consider nailing down the bulges as well as you can, and then covering the joints with strips of decorative wood moulding, such as half- round. Operating A Band Saw Wheels of a band saw and the blade (except at the point of oper ation) should be fu lly enclosed, not only to keep a person from coming into contact w ith the blade but also to prevent body in ju ry in case the blade should break. The saw-blade guide should be so adjusted that there w ill be no unnecessary clear ance between the guide and the work. DELICIOUS X00l-4j£ Kool-Aid, C QUICK H R A ELIE F F W IN G ? ITH MENTHOUniM MÉNTHOLATUAL M W J M P .'C G 4 C K & .'/W & POP/. . . I did you kho , v more mothers guy I Make Colorful Gifts KettO66'S Rice KRISPIK ‘7 FOR THEIR FAMILIES THAU AMy From Plastic Cloth If you want to make bathroom shower and curtain sets or a skirt for a dressing table, you may want to choose some of the colorful plas tics to match the home. Choose a cool day on which to do the sewing so the fabric w ill not be sticky, and If it tends to warm while you work, dust lig h tly w ith I talcum powder. Pattern No. 1776 comes in sizes 1, >, 3, 4 and 5 years. Size 2, dress. 1% yards of 35 or 39-inch; sunsuit, % yard. Just the thing to Include In a col lege wardrobe plan. This striking frock combines two harmonizing fabrics. Buttons In threes are a nice finish, extended shoulders are com fortable as can be. Have your swim or play suit and your petticoat too. fo r the young-in-figure w ith a combina tion of gay plaid gingham w ith a swoosh of eyelet embroidery! I t ’s part of a rather pronounced and very becoming t r e n d toward achievement of beauty and fem i n in ity along w ith u tility In swim suits. rrx w v » . OTHER 6 RAN 0 0 F m CEREAL? Mother K mw F a Best I
