Evening star., 1944-01-10
COOKBOOKS.
DINETTE FURNITURE.
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(Thanks to H. L., Arlington.)
If Mrs. T. c., Washington, will
get the cookbooks put out by the
Culinary Arts Institute on pies and
pastries she will be more than
pleased with the recipes contained
there. The institute also puts out
books on meats, fish, fowls, etc,
which are equally excellent. They
sell for l3 cents each and are worth
many, many times more than that.
Several I got in department store
at home Chat would be New Jer-
sey) and others at a 5 and 10-I
don't remember which.
About two weeks ago a reader re-
quested help on making kitchen fur
niture placed in dinette look less
"kitcheny." Well, here is how I
solved that problem. I bought a
y-patterned percale and made
covers. Since my kitchen set is a
maple-stained color, I only re-
covered the removable seat pads, be-
ing sure to leave wide opening,
closed with snap-tape, so that the
covers could be removed for wash
ing. Then made full skirt for the
sewing machine of ancient vintage
and new typewriter cover for the
still more ancient machine. The
small end table which holds a radio
received a scarf For the window
made a pair of white lawn curtains,
with ruffle of the percale on the
outside and top of the curtain.
Now, from this perhaps the lady
will get some ideas for her own fur
niture. Since have worked at this
type of sewing for many years, the
work involved was not difficult for
me. If the lady is a novice at sew
ing, I'd suggest this method: First,
decide how you are going to treat
the furniture. Then measure for
yardage, being sure to permit extra
inches for sewing and shrinkage,
and then, just to be on the safe side,
buy bit more material than need
ed. 1t might save time and temper
if you bought cheap muslin and
practiced on that and then use it
for pattern. Then go to work on
the percale or chintz or whatever
you decide you want. Openings can
be taken care of with either pro-
fessional snap-tape bought by the
yard in the upholstery department
at the stores or readymade tapes or
tapes made of percale.
Buy material and color scheme
that will not clash with the living
room furniture if the dinette opens
on that room.
I hope this will be of some help to
those with this problem.
I have read the Clearing House
every one of the days I've been here
two months-and enjoy 1t very
much.
POINSETTIA PLANTS.
(Thonks to Mrs. M. G. w,
Washington)
In reply to the inquiry from Mrs.
H. G. H. with reference to the care
of poinsettia plants, I should like to
tell her how have cared for mine.
When the plants have finished
blooming, I cut them back to a
height of about 4 inches, water
them well and lay the pots on their
sides in the basement. Since poin-
settias are rather thirsty plants, I
give them good drink every two
weeks to keep them from drying
out, then lay them on their sides
again to continue the rest period.
In late spring, when the weather
becomes warm, I put them out in
the yard in shady place and leave
them there until cold weather comes,
taking care to see that they are not
allowed to become too dry.
This method of handling them
has been very satisfactory and each
year at Christmas time I have beau
tiful poinsettias. I have had one of
my plants for four years and the
blooms are so large that some of
my friends thought they were arti-
fetal ones tied to the plant.
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THANK YOU!
(From Mrs. L. j. j., Washington. J
Thank you very much for the re-
sponse to my inquiry relative to
softening brown sugar which had
become hard, and also for moistent-