Southern Oregon News Review, Thursday, December 30, 1948
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••V V T H A T can I do to make my
’ ’ bedroom and dressing table
look as though I ’d had a decorator
do it? " This is a query often asked
because women desire to have their
rooms look like a decorator's pleas j
ant dream.
With the coordinated fabrics and )
other aids at their disposal, women
don't have to have a bedroom or
dressing room like the proverbial
catch all for all unwanted furniture
and knick-knacks. Properly treated,
any room can be the homemaker's
dream.
rhe main bedroom In the home
is used by the parents so that It
should not be too HufTy or feminine
or Dad w ill feci out of place. Nei­
ther does the room have to be too
tailored so the lady of the house '
feels uncomfortable in it. The idea I
is to strike a happy medium, not
by combining the two extremes, but
by selecting plain furnishings, liv ­
ened by decorative trim m ing, or by j
using plain arid floral fabrics to best
Pre-shirred ruffling ran solve
advantage.
the problem of what to do with a
Whatever you decide to do, make
small window. A mirror covered
up your mind in advance that drapes
shelf underneath the window dou­
or curtains w ill not be skim py; and
bles as a dressing table or a
that you w ill do the whole room
miniature powder room while the
completely instead of renovating
small window is framed with pre­
Just part of It.
shirred ruffle. Five-inch ruffle is
The first step is to remove or alter
used on the window and shade
any terrible examples of furniture.
and white dots are painted on the
M irrors with too much gingerbread,
shade to carry out the decorative
bed headboards and other pieces of
effect.
^ - s a ilo r e d ^ i v n f ^ i e c e r f o r
l/[/c om en
Pre-Shirred R uffling
Glorify Holiday Leftovers!
(See Ketipei Below.)
After-Holiday Meals
SMART HOMEMAKERS. Instead
of looking on holiduy leftovers with
scorn, w ill welcome having them
because they save time in meal
preparation
a s
C t/
***** “ • conserv-
'* ù i ing time in m ar­
keting.
Who d o e s n 't
welcome succu­
le n t s lic e s of
ham. turkey or
roast beef when served with slices
of bread or rolls? They're the re­
frigerator raiders' delight!
Then. too. there are excellent
dishes which Mom can prepare
quickly from vegetables and roast.
Everything's cooked and needs Just
a bit of ingenuity and heating to
make them ready for the table!
To make leftovers palatable, it s
best to disguise them completely.
With the right recipes, it isn't much i
of a trick, and it's fun. too, to test
your Ingenuity
LYNN CHAMBERS* MENU
Hot Tomato Juice
•Chicken Rice Loaf
•Cranberry Peach Taffies
Molded Leftover F ruit Salad
French-Fried Eggplant
Bran Muffins Cookies
Beverage
•Recipe given
1» cup diced sweet pickle
1 cup grated American cheese
I cup diced cooked ham
Soften gelatin in cold water Add
hot water and salt and stir until
dissolved. Add vinegar Chill until
the mixture is the consistency ot
unbeaten egg whites Mix in celery
and pickle; divide mixture into two
parts; to one, add the grated
cheese, to the other, the diced ham.
Turn ham mixture into loaf pan
and chill until almost firm ; add
cheese mixture and chill until Arm.
Unmold on crisp greens and serve
with tomato wedges.
• • •
IF YOU want a hot dish out of
the leftover ham, then combine it
with ••paghetti as in the following
recipe:
Neat Two Piecer
\'E A T , becoming and versatile.
Make this tailored two piecer
tor the matron in an all-over
printed fabric and use interesting
Simple Daytimer
novelty buttons for trim. Three-
"THREE buttons on each shoul­ quarter cuffed sleeves are pro­
der make a smart finish for vided, if you prefer.
this simple daytimer. Youthful
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ahd slimming, it features an easy znP 2 o eS!2 *22' 8391 is fo r sLzes
36. 3«.
to make skirt with a snug belt.
and 48 SiZe
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Pattern has few pieces, goes to­
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an e x tra q u a rte r fo r y o u r copy o f
gether smoothly.
8nd W in te r F A S H IO N . I t w ill
with the style of the rest of the
j home.
When the bedroom is small, i t ’s
best to concentrate on plain colors,
os prints or floral fabrics w ill make
the room look too crowded.
Some bedrooms use drapes just as
Pattern
do living and dining rooms, while 18. 18 and
others look best with ruffled organ­
die or dotted Swiss curtains. I f you
have several windows and are us­
ing ruffled curtains, you m ight like
a ruffling on the top fabric which
is being used in the room, on the
dressing table or on the bedspreads. *
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No. 1784 comes in sizes 12, 14
20. Size 14. 4 1/, yards of 39-inch.
F IR S T A ID to the
Kefreib your dressing table . , .
furniture of poor design should be
altered or replaced.
Take a good look at the rug: does
it jum p out at you or does it form
the proper tone for the room?
Ready-Made Trims
AILING HOUSE
s e w fh t
ng ideas.
side tne book.
abundance o f s m a r t
F re e p a tte rn p rin te d tn-
SEW ING C IR C L E P A T T E R N D E P T .
530 South Wells St.
Chicago 7, Hl.
Enclose 25 cents In coins fo r each
p a ttern desired.
P a tte rn No.________________ size_____
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Will Save Time
by Roger C. Whitman
You can save precious time and
energy by making use of pre­
QUESTION: I have taken all
shirred ruffling of fine quality
•Chicken Rice Loaf
Select Furnishings
glazed chintz to add the decorator’s the paint off a wicker set down to
(Serves «1
In Home S ty le
touch to your bedroom and dressing its natural color. Now I would
1 cups diced, looked chicken or
It your home is furnished in con­ room. These come in plain, floral like to know what I can put on it
You'll bo surprised how quickly and
to preserve it, as it is very dry. easily
turkey
ventional Eighteenth century style, or dotted types and a wide range of
you can relieve coughs due to
Should
I
varnish
it
or
leave
it
as
colors.
colds, when you try this splendid re­
2 cups cooked green peas
you'll hardly want the bedroom a
Spaghetti-Ham Ring
it
is?
cipe. I t gives you about four times as
2 cups c ooked rice
mass of ruffles and floral chintz.
(Serves 6)
For the valance problem you w ill
cough medicine for your money,
2 tablespoons chopped pimiento
ANSWER; If you have used a much
A far more attractive way to do find the ten-inch width very use­
!i < up spaghetti, uncooked
and you'll find it tru ly wonderful.
2 egg yolks, beaten
commercial
paint
remover
to
the
bedroom
would
be
in
a
quilted
ful;
it's
also
grand
for
deep
ruffles
Make
a syrup by stirring 2 cups of
3 eggs
H cup milk
rayon that has both a note of lux­ on bedspreads, dressing table clean off the old finish, you should granulated sugar and one cup of
'» teaspoon salt
water a few moments, until dissolved.
1 tablespoon minced onion
ury as well as dignity.
skirts and the like
go over the surfaces with turpen­ No
2 teaspoons {rated onion
cooking needed—it’s no trouble at
1 teaspoon salt
This may be purchased by the
2 cups ground, leftover ham
These trim m ings are ready for tine in order to take off every all. (Or you can use corn syrup or
Hash of pepper
liquid honey. Instead of sugar syrup.)
yard to use as you see fit for drapes, use as purchased, with both the trace of the remover; otherwise
2 tablespoons shortening
bed covering and dressing table; bottom anti top edges already fin­ your new finish will fail. If you Then put 2 *3 ounces of Pinex (obtain­
I
teaspoon
Worcestershire
sauco
Combine chicken, peas, rice and
ed from any druggist) into a pint
! j cup top milk
or, if you prefer, buy it already ished. The m aterial is shirred with like the color, you can finish the bottle,
and fill up with your syrup.
pimiento. Add m ilk to egg yolks,
pieces
with
spar
or
quick-drying
made in your respective sizes.
generous fullness onto a rod pocket
This makes a fu ll pint of medicine
then fold into chicken-vegetable
Break spaghetti into small pieces
that w ill please you by its quick ac­
If the home is modern or a of self m aterial. This pocket i t in varnish. This should protect the
mixture. Add onion, salt and pep­ and cook in boiling, salted water
furniture, especially if it is to be tion. It never spoils, and tastes fine.
a
width
that
accommodates
any
combination
of
modern
and
conven­
per. Place in a greased loaf pan
simple mixture takes right hold
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until
te n d e r.
standard curtain rod, or it may be exposed to sunlight. Otherwise you of This
a cough. For real results, you’ve
and bake In a moderate <350de-
IB j
Beat eggs slight- tional, plain fabrics with interest in
can
use
clear
lacquer,
which
would
never seen anything better. I t loosens
texture are your best choice. These attached directly to the surface
gree) oven for one hour. Serve with
l! ’
< . ly, add season­
give a lighter finish.
with tacks.
the phlegm, soothes the irritated
cream or mushroom sauce. Place
ings. m ilk and
membranes, and eases the soreness.
When buying the material you
pan of Cranberry Peach Taffies in
Pinex is a special compound of
ham. Mix with
don't have to double or triple the
QUESTION: My living room is proven ingredients. In concentrated
same oven during the last half
spaghetti which
amount you need to take care of finished in natural wormy chest­ form, well-known for its quick action
hour of baking time.
has been rinsed
in coughs and bronchial irritations.
ruffling. You buy only the amount nut that has been waxed. How can
a n d d r a in e d .
Money refunded if it doesn’t pleas*
•Cranberry Peach Taffies
I clean it?
of
pre-shirred
m
aterial
you
need
you in every way.
Grease a ring
4 canned peach halves
since
it's
measured
by
the
straight
P in e x la F ast R e lie f t
mold with the
ANSWER: There are many good
heading.
can Jellied cranberry sauce
shortening and pour in ham-spa­
cleaning
preparations
on
general
2 tablespoons butter
You can carry out the decorative sale which should serve your pur­
ghetti mixture. Bake in a moderate
6 tablespoons brown sugar
Relieves Distress ot MONTHLY
scheme in your room even further pose. An alternative would be to
(350-degree) oven for 35 minutes.
if
you
like.
Paint
or
paper
the
Turn
onto
a
platter
and
fill
the
cen­
clean
off
the
soiled
wax
with
a
Drain peach hakes. Cut cran­
shelves in the closet with the same liquid wax that is meant just for
berry sauce into one-half inch ter with buttered broccoli, peas or
m aterial you have on your walls, cleaning waxed surfaces. Still an­
slices, then cut each slice in cubes. other vegetables.
• • •
and use the pre-shirred trim m ing other method would be to go over
Crumble butter and brown sugar
as a flounce for the shelves. The the woodwork with a cloth damp­
WHEN YOU HAVE just a little
together. Place cranberry sauce
narrow width is best for this
ened with turpentine, then apply
cubes into hollows of peach halves, turkey left from the roast, it can
Add ruffle for picture frames.
The five-inch width can also be a thin coat of paste wax, and when
Also Helps BssHd Up Red Bfoodl
allowing at least two cubes to each be extended with oysters in this
used for fram ing windows, mirrors, dry polish thoroughly.
Do female functional periodic dis­
peach half. Sprinkle with butter- savory pie:
are best done in a tailored style, ruffling for curtains, bedspreads,
turbances make you stiller pain, feel m
sugar m ixture. Place In shallow
Turkey-Oyster Pie
nervous. Irritable—a t such times? Then
but if used in some of the cheerful pillow tops, dressing table skirts
pan and bake during last half hour
try Lydia E. Plnkham's TABLETS to
(Serves 6)
modern colors they w ill not let the and ever so many other pepper C o a l M in e r s , L u m b e rm e n
relieve such symptoms. Plnkham's
with Chicken Rice Loaf.
1 cup small oysters
room look overly masculine.
Tablets are also very effective to help
upper arrangements.
H a v e D a n g e ro u s Jobs
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2 cups leftover turkey, cut in
build up red blood In simple anemia.
If your home is early American
strips
IF YOU HAD HAM for Christ-
or Colonial, plan on using some of Shelf or Two Serve
Lydia E. Pinkham’s
1 cup leftover turkey gravy
mas, you're undoubtedly looking
Coal mining and lumbering rank
the plain cottons or pretty floral As Dressing Table
1 cup milk
to
a sm o o th
patterns as they’re most in keeping
You don’t necessarily nave to as the most dangerous jobs in
1 tablespoon butter
way to get rid of
have a dressing table with a bench America, according to “Accident
1 tablespoon flour
the ham shreds.
to have a miniature powder room Facts,” statistical yearbook of the
1 teaspoon salt
This main dish
in your bedroom. There are other National Safety council.
loaf s tre tc h e s ■N teaspoon pepper
Reports to the council show that
ways to give yourself the conven­
the ham with un- '« cup mushrooms. If desired
ience of a place of your own where disabling injuries per one million
recipe plain pastry
flavored gelatin
you can relax in front of a m irro r man-hours totaled 59.74 for the
lumbering industry and 54.46 for
and cheese and
to
comb hair or put on make-up.
Combine first four ingredient.
w ill make nearly Heat fo boiling and simmer gently
If you have a window in the bed­ coal mining. The average for all
as big a hit with until oysters curl. Melt butter, add
room, a shelf may be constructed reporting industries was 13.26.
your fam ily and friends as the flour, salt and pepper. Add to tu r­
There were 7.96 days lost per
underneath it to serve as a dressing
whole ham. Serve it for a bullet key mixture. If fresh mushrooms
table. In the absence of a window, 1,000 man-hours worked in coal
meal or snack with a green salad.
you m ight place a shelf or two on mining, and 5.24 in lumbering, as
are used, saute them before add­
the walls of the bedroom and use compared to 1.23 days for all re­
ing
to
turkey
mixture.
Pour
into
Ham Loaf
porting industries.
this.
deep, nine-inch pastry tin. Top with
(Se.ves fl)
S till another idea which is prac­
slashed crust. Bake in hot (425-de-
tical is to use a screen as the basis
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
gree) oven until top is browned.
of a m iniature powder room. If
’« cup «-old water
For pastry, use one cup flour, one-
you want to hide a door, place a
"• cup hot water
third cup lard, one-half teaspoon
screen in front of this, using the
*4 teaspoon salt
salt and two to three tablespoons i
middle screen for a light-weight
% enp vinegar
cold water.
shelf and a m irror.
M enp diced celery
Released by WNU Features.
An old piano bench can be pad­
ded and covered to give an attrac­
LYNN SAYS:
Sliced ham combined with a
tive settee for the dressing table.
Here’s What to Do
spread of mustard butter makes a
A novel touch to dramatise the
Or, you may buy an inexpensive
With Bit« of Leftovers
wonderful snack for Ice box raid­
much talked of backswept sil­
hassock for it. An old worn-out
G re e n
p e p p e rs , filled with ers.
houette la the fish-tail coat. The
hassock can be attractively cov­
A mighty tasty way to serve left
creamed macaroni or spaghetti
slashing of the Jackets of the
ered to give you a lovely seat.
mixed with leftover holiday meats over turkey or chicken Is to heat
suits
serves two purposes: it ac­
it
In
leftover
gravy
or
a
rich
cream
One wide shelf is enough for the
can be baked for m ighty good eat­
Some folks My th tlr towns art bigger or
table since you do not need to
ing. Add some dabs of leftover sauce and serve over French-fried cents the skirt fullness and at the
same
time
makes
for
better
line.
noodles.
Small
dabs
of
peas,
car­
have it hold too many items.
vegetables to the mixture, if you
prettier, but we think our town is the best
rots or other vegetables help out In faille and taffeta for more
If you are using a narrow shelf,
like.
form al wear, the fish-tail slash is
the
white
sauce.
such
as
glass
ones
which
may
be
Have some leftover cranberry
town on earthl Be proud of our town, and
purchased, it's best to have two of
I f you had roast beef over the often combined with a close
sauce? Heat it and use as the liquid
fitting
bodice.
It
is
also
a
popu­
them.
Use
attractive
perfume
bot­
with lemon-flavored gelatin. Mold holidays, serve slivers of the left­
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lar and pretty touch on the box
tles and atomizers In crystal or
®ur tow" " W «P^y you for your faith I
with other leftover fruits for a over meat over a tossed vegetable
Jackets so dearly loved by the
colors to add a decorative note to
salad after the holidays.
salad.
younger set.
the table
To Relieve Your
Cough, M ix This
Recipe.at Home
HMAU
WEAKNESS
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proud of our town