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—BY
ADELAIDE VAN WEY
Hello from me to all of you.
It is good to be back home. It’s
better than that, it’s wonderful!
I’m a born mountaineer, proud
of it and glad to be back in my
mountains. Oh, I get the wander
lust and may jaunt hither and
about but here is home and here
I mean to stay.
I even have my red rocking
chair all ready. You’ll be hearing
a lot about that red rocker, too.
It could never fit into the hur
ried life of New York. It’s per
fect for thinking, relaxing and
dreaming and planning. My red
rocker shall sit in my kitchen
and in it I’ll remember favorite
recipes and special foods and pass
them on to you.
But enough of this. I’m home
and it’s a real pleasure to be
part of my very favorite newspa
per.
There are times when every
one feels rushed, overtired, over
worked and at the proverbial
“rope's end.” But one has to eat
and most of us have to fix the
“eats” ourselves. That’s the time
for quick and easy doings. I won’t
say I’m lazy exactly, (and don’t
you agree' with me, please!), but
I’m all out for the quick and easy
preparation of food. And the
quick and easy way can be just
as appetizing and eye-appealing
as the “hours over the hot stove”
school of cooking.
You might as well get used to
my harping on the fast, quick and
easy way of cooking. It’s the only
way of cooking I believe in. There
are special occasions when we all
want to take extra pains with our
food, but those times need not in-'
volve long, difficult methods. It’s I
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fun to cook; it’s creative and re
warding. Cooking is an accomplish
ment to be proud of, to revel in.
But cooking that is drudgery, and
consumes hours we ill can afford
to spare, becomes a horror and a
task to hurry through. It’s no
pleasure to be working in the kitch
en while family or friends are en
joying conversation or games or
just lolling. So again I stress the
quick and easy way. It is nothing to
brag about when one boasts, “I
can’t even boil water.” Pooh, and
double pooh! Everyone Can cook
and cook well if interested enough
to learn, to try, to take pride in the
fine art of preparing food, and to
follow a recipe exactly as it is writ
ten. One doesn’t have to be fancy
to be a fine cook either. The ap
proach to cooking is what’s wrong.
Look on the preparing of food as
an art, a joy and not as a time con
suming, unpleasant duty.
First of all learn to make dou
ble quantities of the foods that
can show up in various guises.
Potatoes should rate a gold star
for versatility. Boil potatoes,
plenty of them. One day use some
of them mashed, save some of the
mashed ones to star as potato
pancakes another day. Then the
very same boiled potatoes, un
mashed, can be made into a fine
potato salad for luncheon if you
like. Dont forget the boiled po
tatoes can be sliced, put into an
oven-proof casserole with canned
mushroom soup, poured over all
and topped with cheese. That
dish is a favorite with most folks.
Of course you all know “home
fried” potatoes — good, too, if
gently done and not like bullets.
This sounds like I have a one
track mind, potato consciousness,
you might say. But there are still
more ways of dressing up those
same boiled potatoes (that is, if
you boil plenty to start with).
Slice the cold boiled potatoes,
after peeling, of course, and add
thin onion rings, layer by layer,
in a well greased baking dish.
Pour over all a thin white sauce
well seasoned; top with buttered
crumbs. It’s good! Now don’t get
bored—one more potato idea and
I’ll stop raving about the fa
mous root. Baked potatoes are
super good eating when scooped
out, mashed and added to well
drained and flaked tuna fish and
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Sandwiches Are
Good When Served
With Vegetables
Sandwiches, for their eas© of
preparation and good nutrition,
have long since graduated from pic
nic fare to summer and winter
mainstays for the whole family.
Luncheon, in many homes, is a
sandwich meal fortified with hot
soup and crunchy raw vegetables in
winter and a crisp salad in sum
mer. And if you check your nutri
tion chart, you’ll find it’s as com
plete a meal as a steak dinner.
Of course the accompanying
crisp vegetables add vitamins and
minerals, as well as color and zest
to the meal. You know it’s much
easier for the children to polish
off a stack of carrot sticks than
the same vegetable carefully cook
ed and sauced.
Celery stuffed with cheese is tas
ty and donates extra calcium and
milk proteins to the meal. Sliced
onions are a must with many sand
wiches, and tender green onions
arc not to be overlooked. Or did
you ever serve thin wedges of raw
cabbage to be eaten finger style
with salt? Try it with scrambled
egg sandwiches or with ham and
cheese.
Rings of bright green pepper are
another idea for sandwich “go
withs.” They can be hollowed out
and stuffed too, you know, with a
cheese mixture, chilled thoroughly
and sliced. Pretty and tasty, too.
In many sandwiches, tomatoes
are an essential ingredient. With
others they make a colorful addi
tion to the plate when cut in wedg
es or stuffed with anything from
cottage cheese to coleslaw. Speak
ing of coleslaw, did you ever put
the coleslaw right in the sandwich?
Good with frankfurters, barbecues
or liver sausage. Better use a bun
since bread sometimes collapses.
Bridal Colors
And Flowers For
Spring In Variety
Color schemes for wedding dress
es and the types of flowers that
will look pretty with them were the
subjects of much discussion re
cently among designers.
Many spring brides are now de
ciding what colors and flowers will
be most suitable when they make
that trip to the altar in the spring
or summer.
A bride in white marquisette
might choose to carry white tulips
and white sweet peas. She could
dress her attendants in pink mar
quisette and have them carry bou
quets of pink and lavender sweet
peas.
A pretty ensemble would be a
bride in white mousseline de soi
over pale lavender with a bouquet
of white roses and white lilacs. Her
attendants could wear white mous
seline de soi over deeper lavender,
and carry pink roses and purple
lilacs.
For another, a bride in white
eyelet embroidered organdy over
pale blue taffeta could select
bridesmaids’ gowns of white eyelet
embroidered organdy over aqua taf
feta. The bride could carry white
iris and white roses, and her at
tendants could carry colonial bou
quets of sweetheart rosebuds.
A bride in white marquisetts
might carry white gladioli with
lilies of the valley. Her attendants,
dressed in yellow and lime green
marquisetts might carry bouquets
of yellow gladioli and wear head
bands of yellow gladioli flowers.
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Selection Of
Child’s Clothes
Takes Patience
Mothers who go shopping with
'their children are not always
pleased with the clothing the
youngsters want to select for them
selves. For instance, the color may
not seem attractive on them or it
may clash with something else they
are wearing.
But people with a knowledge of
the field make this suggestion—try
as far as possible to let the chil
dren have what they like. You may
argue that this rule would work
with some youngsters, but that
yours appear to be completely lack
ing in taste and would look like
little scarecrows if left on their
own. But here is reassurance from
clothing experts — children learn
quite young to distinguish between
colors and they can become very
interested in choosing good combi
nations.
They need experience, of course,
but they won’t get it if somebody
else always selects their clothes.
Clothing advisers also point out
that it may be more practical to
give the youngsters some voice in
the matter because they tend to
be more careful of suits and dress
es that they like.
Here is another suggestion to
heed—don’t overlook the child’s
size in choosing certain materials.
For instance, a plaid or a large
floral print that might look very
well on a grownup may be unbe
coming to a child. Why? Because
the design is out of all proportion
to the child’s size. A small design
would be much better.
The same rule holds good for
color. Dark shades may be attrac
tive on some adults, but children
in general tend to prefer gay col
ors and look better in them.
Clothing experts also advise pa
rents to consider other factors. For
instance, suppose you live in a
house where open fireplaces are in
occasional use. These can present
a hazard to children who venture
too near them while dressed in ma
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New Trends In
Fabrics, Colors
Befuddle Shopper
French designers are showing
-the same colors for spring—lots of
black and white, gray, a light and
dark beige, soft fur or mushroom
browns, green, blue, red and rose.
However, there’s more variety than
one would think, because each de
signer has her own pet shades of
these colors.
Flowers as nature made them
bloom decorate evening fabrics.
The carnation is top favorite, al
though some designers give first
place to the flower of England, the
rose, in honor of coronation year.
No wonder, with all these new
trends and new fabric develop
ments being featured, many a shop
per is befuddled. That’s why it’s
important to shop carefully for
your spring and summer wardrobe.
The experts suggest that you
first ask yourself, “How much mon
ey can I spend? What can I salvage
from last year? What are the gaps
and what are my needs?” And they
remind you that the sensible thing
to do, of course, is to buy your
“needs” before your “wants.”
Here, in a nutshell, are remind
ers from the Bureau of Industrial
Service of four good shopping prac
tices: Buy with a basic color scheme
in mind. Shop with one eye on the
upkeep angle. Read the label as
your best source of information.
And remember, you don’t always
need the (best. It’s a smart shopper
who knows that when she buys an
Little Items Of Lively Interest About Folks And
By Mrs. S. R. Harrington
This morning, very early
I heard a blue bird sing,
A happy, “wake-up” kind of song,
I thought it must be spring.
And then right after breakfast
Beside the kitchen door
I found a crocus blooming
That wasn't there before.
It made me feel like dancing
It made me want to sing.
I felt all “happy-like” inside,
That’s how I know it’s spring!
—Kennedy
How wonderful that all these
things are free for us to enjoy!
Birds singing, flowers blooming,
the wonders of nature awakening
at spring’s approach. And let me
fell you, gardeners, by careful ob
servation there are endless lessons
to be learned from Mother Nature.
So, look, listen and learn!
For several weeks now (until we
occasional outfit it won’t have to be
as durable as her basic, service
giving garments.
turn our attention to planting flow
ers), let’s think of planting shrubs
and trees. If your ground needs
landscaping, get pencil and paper
and start sketching. Believe me, it’s
easier to move shrugs and trees on
paper, than after they’re out.
Most important thing to remem
ber is that shrubs and trees should
focus attention on the house, im
prove its appearance, and yes, min
imize its shortcomings.
Because every house is different,
few hard and fast rules can be
made. However, if you’ll exercise
common sense and remember a few
basic principles, your grounds
should be eye-arrestingly attrac
tive.
For instance, plant all the way
around the house, not just across
the front. Keep the lawn areas
large, open, and easy to mow, not
spotted with flowerbeds, etc., on
front lawn. Always screen with
shrubbery that part of your prop
erty where you want privacy, such
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