The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-06-25
THE H0MEMAkERS
l CORNER
Conducted by Miss A. L. Webb, State
College Of Washington.)

- ~~N WIS 20 wy
This is the room Lowell
Sunny as a goldfnch
Downy as dove!
Chintzes for the windows
Chintzes warm as honey
Catching all the sunshine
Making it more sunny!
Little downy rockers,
With little frisky feet,
Littl topply tables
With creamy things to eatl
o but this is cozy!
Everything's askewl
Twenty dolls need kissing
Before / can kiss youl
(Marion Strobel in June "Bookman')
Chintz and Cretonne
Now, when there is such vogue for
chintze and cretonne again--old fash
Toned draperies returning-it might
be well to know something Of their
origin and history. The Hindus have
word, "chhint", which means spot
ted cloth, from "Chhinta" a spot, or
perhaps "chhintna" to sprinkle. The
Dutch call the same cloth sits, and
the Germans "Zitz", but it all means
the same thing, a cotton cloth gaily
printed with designs of flowers, etc.,
usually in five or six different colors.
Long before cotton prints became
cheap, it was a great favorite with
Queen Anne. Modern chintzes often
lack the graceful, artistic character
of the original that were celebrated
in the 18th century, when Mako Polo
made his explorations along the Coro-
mandel coast. A Portuguese named
Ordurado Barbosa who visited India,
soon after Vasco de Cana made the
first passage around the Cape of Good
Hope, mentioned chintzes in his ac-
count of his journey: Great guam
titles of cotton cloths admirably paint
ed, also some white and some striped,
held in the highest estimation" The
English poet Pope, in his Moral Es
says, says:
"Let charming chintz, and B russels
lace,
Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my
lifeless face"
Some authorities claim the chief diff
ference between chintz and cretonne
is that the true chintzes are glazed;
Others say chintz is just the English
name for the same thing, but usually
has a smaller figure on lighter
ground. A stout quality of bleached
linen in France is called cretonne after
the man who first made it. 1t is used
for shirts there. The linen cretonnes
are, Of course, more expensive than
the cottons, and those printed with
more than six colors usually cost
cent or two yard extra for each
added color. Well selected chintzes or
cretonnes in curtains, cushions and
couch covers add happy touch Of gay
color to a dark bedroom or north
sitting room.
Jellied Chicken Cream Salad
To make a chicken 60 long way
without chasing itl) and At the same
time have what looks like very elab-
crate salad, take Z cup and half Of
finely minced cooked chicken, Y cup
chopped blanched almonds, same Of
minced celery, 2 tablespoons Of ground
green peppers, y cup each Of may
onaise and whipped cream, u table,
spoon Of ground green peppers, "
cup each of Msyonaise and whipped
cream, " tablespoon of lemon juice
and 2 tablespoons Of gelatine. Cover
the gelatine with cold water five min
utes, melt it over steam, and add to the
mayonaise. Combine the ingredients
in the order named, and pour in in
dividual moulds or one large one light
ly rubbed with salad oil. In the
bottom Of the mold it is nice to lay
design of cut pimientos or tuffes, hard
cooked eggs, cress or parsley sprays.
When full chill, and after stiff take
from mould by dipping it moment in
hot water. Serve with garnish of
lettuce and extra mayonaise, if de-
sired. Or the whole may be made in
a border mould, the center being
heaped with celery salad combina-
ton.
Mosquito Bites
Spirits Of champion, or pure alcohol,
are good to take the heat out of mos
quito bites or insect stings. Screen
ing the moquitos out is, of course, best
for some mosquitoes carry malaria
germs, and at best the bite is very I'M
pleasant. Sometimes mosquitoes are
kept away from the bed by sprinkling
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