SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS Pretty Woodland Scene timer ^Jdai Shoulder Ctoini^ a ito red iJivo piecer for lÁJc omen I A^ELCO.ME to you,New Year,enter * newborn king— Can you tell us something of the tiding, that you bring? Do ycu carry happiness' g Enough to Igst the year t y Do you sing a song of joy , ~ To cast out doubt and fear?* Pet haps a balm for hearta< he* Vfcl?) You bring along with you; / . Perhaps a key to friendships To buoy us all year through. We bid you welcome, New Year—our dreams we trust with you, Forgetting ills of all the past, we start the book anew. 1784 12-20 Strange New Year Beliefs Still Exist DAINT this picture with your * needle! A woodland scene that looks lovely in any room—in nat­ ural color; mainly single stitch. • ♦ « You can frame or just line this beau­ tiful wall panel! Pattern 7011; transfer of panel 15 by 20 inches. Our Needlework book will show you how to put your spare moments to good account. It s only 15 cents and has illus­ trations of the best designs. A free pat tern is printed in the book. Sewing Circle Needlerraft Dept. 5«4 W. Randolph St. ( hlcago HO, 111. Enclose 20 cents for pattern. No_____________ Name Add rets-------------------------------------- Over England and Scotland, in the villages of the plains and high- | lands, ancient New Year supersti- | tions still exist. It is considered unlucky to wear old clothes on the New Year; bad luck falls on a house if anyone goes out before someone has entered. If the first comer—"first foot,” the natives call it—be a man, good luck will bless the house; if a woman or a fair-haired man, the luck is evil. So widespread is this belief that in many villages the dark-haired men of the community make it a regu­ lar business to go from house to house to “take the New Year in.” In Herefordshire, at midnight, the girls rush to the spring. The one who gets the first drink, or the “cream of the well,” is sure of a handsome husband. Unlucky, too, is the good woman who gives away a light on New Year's day. Where a brand goes out, the evil fays come in. The most tender-hearted woman will see her neighbors shiver in a fireless house rather than give away a light on the New Years. Glorify Holiday Leftovers! (See Recipes Belou.) After-Holiday Meals For Little Fellows With Big Colds... Mother . . . the best-known home remedy you can use to relieve dis­ tress of nis cold is warming, com­ forting Vicks VapoRub. If you rub it on at bedtime, it works ei’en while the child sleeps I And often by morning the worst miseries of his cold are gone. Try it. Get the one and only Vicks VapoRub! At midnight on New Year's Eve, custom demands that gen­ tlemen kiss the nearest lady. Here's a fine example of army­ navy cooperation. Pins Once Prized As New Year Gift NATURE'S REMEDY (NR) TAB- LETS—A purely vegeul.le laxative to relieve constipation without the usual griping, sickening, perturbing sensa­ tions, and does not cause a rash. Try NR—you will see the difference. Un­ coated or candy coated—their action is dependable, thorough, yet gentle as millions of NR'« have proved. Get a 25c boa and use as directed. 1 I [ j [ ! i Get Well Bishop Hall's "Satires," pub- lished in 1598, tell how every tenant at the dawn of the New Year pre- sented his lord with a fat capon; and Ben Jonson, in his "Christmas Masque” introduces among his cast of characters "New Year's gift in a blue coat, serving man like, with an orange and a sprig of rosemary on his head." Oranges and nutmeg, gilded and decorated apples, were frequent gifts exchanged among the poorer people. Ladies of fashion delighted in pins, invented during the Six- teenth century to take the place of clumsy wooden skewers. Here we have the origin of our own "pin money"—a gift of money given in place of pins. QUICKER Fr«m Your Cou¡h Dvr to • CoM FOLEY’SScuXun- WNU—13 52-48 That Na Ba Muy VI am of Ili’Mvrtlrrrd Kidney Action Modern I fe with It« htjrry and worry, irregular bab.t«, improper rating and drinaing - hr risk of etpawure and in fre­ tion -taro«« heavy «train on thr work of t hr k .t u . • They are apt to boaoOM over-<««rd and fail to Alter rwcraa acid • nd other iwipuritiea from the hfo-givlng blood. Yow mar tuffer nagfing backache, headache, d taioMa. getting up a ghi«, leg pam« «wriiing (eel eoaatantly tlrad. nervo«», all worn out Other »tgn« of kidney or bladder d>«order are «s»mr- timre burning, «canty or too frequent ur i nati ow. Try Doan*« Pill«. Doon’« help the kidney« to pa«« off harmful • «<*•• body «anta. They have had more than half a emtury of public approval. Are recom- mrnded by gratrful uarr« everywhere. A •» pan* aetghbee.' Saint Sylvester's Feast Day Marks EnJ of Year The fe ast of St. Sylvester, who was Pope from 314 A. D until his death in 333, is observed by the Roman .and Anglican churches on j DecembrIF 31. In (.h rmany and Belgium the morninR of St. Sylvester's Day is ! commetrlorated religiously, while the aftei•noon and evening are de- voted to vanous kinds of horseplay ; in antici pation of the coming New Year Faets an J Fancies Of Ac« Year's Day New Year’s with its open houses. parties . exchanging f New Year's cards. horn tooting. Auld Lang Svne and Nt•w Year’s re solutions, is one of the oldest cele brations As a holiday it has been observed since ancient: times, and I las been marked througllout history by the giving of gift-, aind ths excha nge of greetings and gocd wishes. i I j ' ' | 1 j ; ' i | SMART HOMEMAKEF.S, instead of looking on holiday leftovers with scorn, will welcome having them because they save time in meal preparation as well as conserv­ ing time in mar­ keting. Who doesn’t welcome succu­ lent slices 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 of a trick, and it’s fun, too, to test your ingenuity. ‘Chicken Rice Loaf (Serves 6) 2 cups diced, cooked chicken or turkey 2 cups cooked green peas 2 cups cooked rice 2 tablespoons chopped piniiento 2 egg yolks, beaten 1 i cup milk 1 tablespoon minced onion 1 teaspoon salt Dash of pepper Combine chicken, peas, rice and pimiento. Add milk to egg yolks, then fold into chicken-vegetable mixture. Add onion, salt and pep­ per. Place in a greased loaf pan and bake in a moderate (350-de- gree) oven for one hour. Serve with cream or mushroom sauce. Place pan of Cranberry Peach Taffies in same oven during the last half hour of baking time. ‘Cranberry Peach Taffies 4 canned peach halves can jellied cranberry sauce 2 tablespoons butter 6 tablespoons brown sugar Drain peach halves. Cut cran­ berry sauce into one-half inch slices, then cut each slice in cubes. Crumble butter and brown sugar together. Place cranberry sauce cubes into hollows of peach halves allowing at least two cubes to each peach half. Sprinkle with butter- sugar mixture. Place in shallow pan and bake during last half hour with Chicken Rice Loaf. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU j ; ! Hot Tomato Juice ‘Chicken Rice Loaf •Cranberry Peach Taffies Molded Leftover Fruit Salad French-Fried Eggplant Bran Muffins Cookies Beverage •Recipe given !i cup diced sweet pickle 1 cup grated American cheese 1 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 of 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 firm. Unmold on crisp greens and serve with tomato wedges. ♦ ♦ • IF YOU want a hot dish out of the leftover ham, then combine it with spaghetti as in the following recipe: Spaghetti-Hain Ring (Serves 6) V. cup spaghetti, uncooked 3 eggs >4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons grated onion 2 cups ground, leftover ham 2 tablespoons shortening 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce cup top milk Break spaghetti into small pieces and cook in boiling, salted water until tender. Beat e^gs slight­ ly, add season­ ings, milk and ham. Mix with spaghetti which has been rinsed and drained. Grease a ring mold with the shortening and pour in ham-spa­ ghetti mixture. Bake in a moderate (350-degree) oven for 35 minutes. Turn onto a platter and fill the cen­ ter with buttered broccoli, peas or other vegetables. • • • WHEN YOU HAVE just a little turkey left from the roast, it can be extended with oysters in this savory pie: Turkey-Oyster Pie (Serves 6) 1 cup small oysters 2 cups leftover turkey, cut in strips IF YOU HAD HAM for Christ­ 1 cup leftover turkey gravy mas, you're undoubtedly looking I cup milk for a smooth 1 tablespoon butter way to get rid of 1 tablespoon flour the ham shreds. 1 teaspoon salt This main dish >, teaspoon pepper loaf stretches *4 cup mushrooms, if desired i the ham with un- recipe plain pastry ‘ flavored gelatin Combine first four ingredients. and cheese and will make nearly Heat to boiling and simmer gently as big a hit with until oysters curl. Melt butter, add your family and friends as the flour, salt and pepper. Add to tur­ whole ham. Serve it for a buffet key mixture. If fresh mushrooms meal or snack with a green salad. are used, saute them before add­ ing to turkey mixture. Pour into Ham Loaf deep, nine-inch pastry tin. Top with (Serves 6) slashed crust. Bake ».1 hot (425-de- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin gree) oven until top is browned. rup cold water For pastry, use one cup flour, one- rup hot water third cup lard, one-half teaspoon 1. teaspoon salt salt and two to three tablespoons *« rup vinegar cold water. *» rup diced celery Released by WNU Features 1 V NN SAYS: Hera’si U hat to Do With Bit* of leftover* Greien peppers, ftiled with creamled macaroni o r spaghetti mixed with leftover hoi iday meats can bast beef over the holidays, serve slivers of the left- over meat over a tossed vegetable salad Neat Two Piecer | ^JEAT, becoming and versatile. I ’ Make this tailored two piecer for the matron in an all-over printed fabric and use interesting Simple Daytimer novelty buttons for trim. Three- "THREE buttons on each shoul- i quarter cuffed sleeves are pro­ *■ der make a smart finish for vided, if you prefer. this simple daytimer. Youthful and slimming, it features an easy Pattern No. 8391 is (or sizes 34. 3«. 38. 40. 42. 44 46 and 48 Size 36. 4’, yards to make skirt with a snug belt. of 39-tnch. Pattern has few pieces, goes to­ Send an extra quarter for your copy of the Fall and Winter FASHION It will gether smoothly. delight you with its abundance of smart sewing ideas. Free pattern printed in­ side the book. • • • Pattern No. 1784 comes in sizes 12, 14, 18. 18 and 20. Size 14, 4‘« yards of 39 inch. SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. S30 South Wells St. Chicago 7. Ill. Enclose 25 cents In coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No . Size____ FIRST AID to the AILING HOUSE Address by Roger C. Whitman QUESTION: 1 have taken all the paint off a wicker set down to its natural color. Now I would like to know what I can put on it to preserve it, as it is very dry. Should I varnish it or leave it as it is? ANSWER: If you have used a commercial paint remover to clean off the old finish, you should go over the surfaces with turpen­ tine in order to take off every trace of the remover; otherwise your new finish will fail. If you like the color, you can finish the pieces with spar or quick-drying varnish. This should protect the furniture, especially if it is to be exposed to sunlight. Otherwise you can use clear lacquer, which would give a lighter finish. I To Relieve Your Cough, Mix This Recipe, at Home ' You'll be surprised how quickly and I easily you can relieve coughs due to ' colds, when you try this splendid re­ cipe. It gives you about four times as much cough medicine for your money, and you'll find it truly wonderful. Make a syrup by stirring 2 c . f ' granulated sugar and one cup of water a few moments, until dissolved. No cooking needed—It's no trouble at all. (Or you can use corn syrup or liquid honey, instead of sugar syrup.) Then put 254 ounces of I’inex (obtain­ ed from any druggist) into a pint ' bottle, and fill up with your syrup. | This makes a full pint ot medicine that will please you by its quick ac­ tion. It never spoils, and tastes fine. This simple mixture takes right hold of a cough. For real results, you’ve never seen anything better. It loosens the phlegm, soothes the irritated membranes, and eases the soreness. I’inex is a special compound of QUESTION: My living room is proven ingredients, in concentrated well-known for its quick action finished in natural wormy chest­ form, in coughs and bronchial irritations. nut that has been waxed. How can Money refunded if it doesn't pl -use I clean it? you in every way. Pines I m Fant Retief! ANSWER: There are many good cleaning preparations on general sale which should serve your pur­ pose. An alternative would be to clean off the soiled wax with a liquid wax that is meant just for cleaning waxed surfaces. Still an­ other method would be to go over the woodwork with a cloth damp­ ened with turpentine, then apply a thin coat of paste wax, and when dry polish thoroughly. Coal Miners, Lumbermen Have Dangerous Jobs Coal mining and lumbering rank as the most dangerous jobs in America, according to “Accident Facts,” statistical yearbook of the National Safety council. Reports to the council show that disabling injuries per one million man-hours totaled 59.74 for the lumbering industry and 54.46 for coal mining. The average for all reporting industries was 13.26. There wefe 7.96 days lost per 1,000 man-hours worked in coal mining, and 5 24 in lumbering, as compared to 1.23 days for all re­ porting industries. Relieves Distress of MONTHLY FEMME WEAKNESS Also Helps Build Up Red Blood! Do female functional periodic dis­ turbances make you suffer pain, feel M ner: ous, Irritable—at such tunes Then try Lydia E. 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