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Show Woman's World Needs, Use, Fabric Durability Are Keys in Selecting Linens UT'VE been keeping a home for seven years," said an intelligent intelli-gent homemaker to me recently, "and now my linens need replenishing. replenish-ing. But Tm not certain that I know just how to buy them correctly." cor-rectly." Contrary to opinion, brides are not the only ones buying linens today. to-day. Many a homemaker is seeing 10-year-old sheets fall into shreds at each laundering, while bath towels tow-els are developing holes in alarming alarm-ing proportions. Should the choice be muslin or percale sheets? What thread count is best to select? How should the yarn count affect the choice of sheets? How large should bath towels tow-els be? Are cotton or linen towels better for dishes? These are but a -few of the bewildering questions a homemaker must be able to answer before she can make her choice. Correctly Chosen Sheets Are Satisfying Decide on the best size before you ever get to !M store to do your purchasing. pur-chasing. Anyone who has ever been troubled by having sheets that are skimpy will realize the wisdom of this point. Beds are more comfortable, comfort-able, easier to make and stay well-made well-made longer if there is sufficient tuck-in on all sides. For the standard tee-inch thick, 76-inch long mattress, the 108-inch torn length is most desirable. If you select one less than 99 inches long, Measure blankets for quality . . . there will be skimpiness on the tuck-in. tuck-in. A single width bed requires a 65-inch width. A three-quarter bed requires a 72-inch 72-inch sheet and the double bed requires re-quires an 81-inch width sheet Most sheets are labeled as to size on the tabs but, if they are not, measure them to be certain. The type of the sheet usually gives the thread count. A type 180 sheet signifies there are 180 threads per square inch, a type 128 sheet means that many threads to the square hit. Usually, the higher the thread Have towels long enough. count, the better the quality of the sheet. The number of threads in each direction should be equal to get the greatest benefit from the sheet. Weight on sheets is not nearly as Important. Light weight may mean a very fine yarn or few yarns, so that sheet is poor and sleazy. Lots of wear on a sheet comes from the top hem. Hems should be at least four inches and, if you can find a sheet -that has both top and bottom hem, the sheet will wear longer. Be Smart! Casually smart, right in detailing, de-tailing, capacious enough to permit per-mit overnight use. these are the new carry-all bags. Vou'U find them in finest quality leathers at luxury prices but also in modestly priced fabrics, fab-rics, fibers er straws with leather or simulated leather trims. All are new and rrowiog more popular day by day. -t? tfj Plastic Bag 4 s. , f t 2- ' ' Off- i 0 V v Sticky fingers can't hurt this bunny-decorated bag because it's made of vinylite plastic that wipes clean with a damp cloth. The good workmanship of this gay, serviceable little bag will withstand rough usage while the shoulder strap ofTers maximum protection against loss. The strap also leaves small hands free for such important im-portant natters as dolls, balloons bal-loons and lollipops. Few women have linen sheets and cotton is thoroughly satisfactory. For everyday wear, the best choice is muslin; for "best" accasions, a good quality percale frequently is chosen. Hemstitched sheets do not wear particularly well; if you have them, use for "best" occasions. Otherwise, Other-wise, the plain edges will give best wear for both occasions. Tinted sheets are attractive if you want to match or contrast the bedroom, bed-room, but only fast-colored ones should be chosen. White sheets give best all-around service. Pillowcase Requirements' Are Identical With Sheets After you have selected a sheet for thread count and weight, select pillowcases in the same type. Pillowcases Pil-lowcases that re six inches longer than the pillow are best lor appearance appear-ance and wear. When pillowcases are too wide for the pillow, as many of them are that you receive for gifts, turn them inside in-side out and stitch on both of the long sides to make them fit properly. prop-erly. Pillow fillings are another consideration consid-eration to bear in mind when you choose bedding. Those filled with a combination of duck and geese down are best from the standpoint of comforP and lasting wear. Chicken and turkey feathers are used in the cheaper pillows, and frequently have stiff quills in them that may be uncomfortable. Make certain the feathers are clean or the fillings will develop a rancid, musty odor. Kapok filling is good if you have allergies to feathers. However, kapok ka-pok tends to pulverize when used for long time and will lose resiliency, resili-ency, thus making a replacement necessary, with its consequent expense. ex-pense. Pillow ticking should not be heavily heav-ily sired for the filling will come through readily. Rub the ticking to test it; if dust flies, sizing is present. Hold Blankets In Light To Check Tarns A good blanket always Is marked for size. If you think you are getting get-ting a bargain, have the blanket measured and compare it with those which have size stated on the label Hold a blanket up to the light to see if the yarns are well distributed. distrib-uted. If you see thin spots, you can be certain that these will wear out soon. Blankets may be cotton, rayon, wool or a combination of two or more of these fibers. Cotton makes a strong blanket, wool a warmer one. A part wool blanket with less than 25 per cent wool is no warmer than a cotton one. Virgin 'wool does not necessarily mean the blanket is of the best quality. qual-ity. The best blankets have long fibers. Virgin wool may be stronger if it is of good quality but. If it is poor, it might be better to buy a reprocessed wool. The sizes on most bathroom towels tow-els are important. Select those 20 by 40 for most practical purposes. You may have some that are 28 by 44, but any larger than that will make the towels a laundering problem, prob-lem, either by adding a lot of excess weight if the laundering is done commercially or by being Wo heavy if you do your own. Kathleen Norris Says: Broken Homes Break Children Bell SyndlctU. His bead bung, be looked fixedly all?" be asked thickly. By KATHLEEN SORRIS WHAT are "broken homes?" The phrase is new, for it has been in circulation only a few years. But now one hears it on all sides. Recently I visited a home for boys. I asked the nice motherly woman who was in charge how many of the 200 eager, ldhely, little fellows, whose ages ranged from 10 to 15, were orphans. Almost none, she answered quite simply, as if that were the most natural thing in the world. "But then where are their fathers and mothers?" "Ok," she said, looking cautiously cautious-ly about and lowering her tone, although al-though we were alone, "they're living. liv-ing. Well, no," she corrected t, "some of them have only one parent. par-ent. But most of them come from broken homes." "Broken homes? Divorces?" "Well, both," she said cheerfully. cheer-fully. "Mothers working, very often. The domestic situation is hard now and many people don't actually feel equal to the claims of children. So they send us a boy or two." "You mean" It made me sick to think of it, "You mean they may have other children?" "Often. David," she called to a small boy who went past us as we wandered into the grounds. "Your mother has another child, hasn't she?" Child Is Ashamed "Yep," he answered, not meeting meet-ing her look. The whole story was there the shame and bewilderment bewilder-ment in a nine-year-old's heart when he was sent away. Oh, of course, sent way to sufficient meals, a good bed, honest, kindly care, safety. But they kept little Sharon and they sent him away. His head hung, he looked fixedly at a pulley he had in his hand. "That's all?" he asked thickly. There's another home for boys near our city. I went there, heart sick, yet determined to know what percentage of these little fellows had parents, too. And again it was the same story. Divorce, high living expenses, working mothers, desertion the most Important element in any ' commonwealth, the absolutely ab-solutely indispensable element, the borne, broken up. The much-feared, much-discussed danger of communism is nothing to this. This is a national outrage. That these little fellows, who ought to have love from someone, who ought to have a comer in some comfortable place, a few books. dinner table talk. Mom or Dad to run to in trouble, are herded away like cattle is so terrible an indica tion of national irresponsibility that the atom bomb is a harmless tal low candle beside it What are these mothers and fathers putting in the boys' places? What domestic luxuries, movies. comfortable quiet evenings and dancing compensate for this In justice to their sons and this loss to them? Are we American wom en so unimaginative and so flaccid that we cannot adjust our lives to make room for our boys? Seven hundred boys from "broken homes'' .1 .we went without things - WNU reatyei. at 0 pulley b bad in bis band. "That KEEP TOGETHER After visiting severaUhomes for boys Miss Norris discovered discov-ered that most of the young fellows were not orphans but unwanted children from broken brok-en homes. In many cases the parents felt that they couldn't manage man-age all their children satisfactorily satisfac-torily so they sent one or two of their boys to a home where they would be less bother. Other boys were the sons of divorced parents who did not want the custody of them. Miss Norris strongly warns that the danger of communism commu-nism is insignificant compared to the national outrage of casting cast-ing little tots among strangers where they never will receive the love and affectiom they need so much. . As an example of how home can be preserved, Miss Norris cites her own case. Three brothers and sisters, omly one of them out of the teens, supported three younger young-er children. By dint of much striving, work and sacrifice they managed to keep togeth- right here in my neighborhood and, for all I know, 7,000 in my state. There have been years in my life when we were very poor, when three brothers and sisters, only one of them out of the teens, sup ported three younger ones. We lived in four rooms for a while. us vui luuuia tut a nun., but they were clean rooms and,uls t ,. , ,1 they rang with plans and laughter, j anv ot h -Unes' ' ald ? of J, ..Z. ...... guests. "He won't," replied emcee uiu viuiiics rn men. We wore the discarded cloths our friends gave us and congrat ulated ourselves that Ihfy looked better on us. We scrimped, we went without things, we had uo butcher bill for months because we had no meat. We suffered, of course, when a small boy smashed a window or a small jirl played hookey. But there never was a moment mo-ment In all those years when we two older ones could have said to a little sister or brother, Ve are sending you tc the loneliness, the unlovedness, the dreary vague hours tbjstt no Institution In-stitution can spare children." We stuck together 45 years ago and we are together still. What are we made of, we American Ameri-can women, that we don't dare sac rifice, plan, contrive and work to keep our homes and our children together? We don't know our own power or we would know that if social conditions aren't right for us, if Dad's salary is inadequate and home hours and obligations too heavy to leave room for working hours, then we can change the conditions. We don't have to beg, we can riiptnt vpn if it mnnB thai ihnm are open only between 11 and 4 every day or that one mother in a group takes care of all small chil- dren two days a week and works four. For the boys' sake and for America's sake, let's solve this problem some other way. Spare the Rod CHICAGO. - Any parent who spanks his child has a spanking coming himself, in the opinion ot Dr. Kudoll Dreikur8. a Chicago psychiatrist. Childhood whippings, the doctor exDlained. are undesirable because thpv leave a lifetime mark linon the victim's character. If a "servile, timorous" adult ! at the same time "cringing and crafty." the chances are that h received a puauung now ana uiei as a child himself, the doctor said enMdio STAGESCRE Released by WNU Features. By INEZ GEEHAED PAUL HENREID, producer and star of Eagle -Lion's 'Hollow Triumph," says that nost actors make poor pro-iucers pro-iucers because they can't de-ach de-ach themselves from their own vies enough to get an overall pie-ure pie-ure of the entire script He tried o avoid that by thinking of his role is played by someone else. He had urned down several others for it, ecause be yearned to play a villain. , " - x PAUL HENREID ihe kind of role in which he made his reputation in Europe. But in this tountry he has been cast, with one ixception, as a suave, sophisticated (entleman. "I don't mind," he remarked, re-marked, "but it gets cloying after 1 while." . Geraldine Broeks, who was ele fated from feature player to star-iom star-iom opposite Dana Clark in War-aers War-aers "Embraceable You," found lie role pretty soft as the victim af a traffic accident she played half aer scenes in bed. But Barbara Stanwyck, in Paramount's "Sorry, Wrong Number," played all her icenes in bed, and said it was the hardest acting job she ever had lone! Rosemary DeCamp, o fee air's "Dr. Christian" and tb screen's "Look for the Silver Lining," keeps her three daughters daugh-ters quiet at the table by serving serv-ing meals on a glass table, through which, fascinated, the children can watch their feet. After desiring to be in a Leo Mc-Carey Mc-Carey picture fbr years, Ann SherV dan realized her wish in "Good Sam. It's being booked for Radio City Music ball, also break as It Is the first time one of her pictures has been shown there. After Claire Trevor's knees wer badly hurt in an auto accident Lew-Is Lew-Is Foster stayed up all night, writing writ-ing a fall downstairs into the script of "The Lucky Stiff," thus giving Brian Donlevy lines kidding her about her limp. -as- Backstage at "We. the People" before the show most of the guests, who never had faced a mike before, were confident and relaxed. But one man sat in a corner, mastering . . , t n,.,iK nlcf 'That man la Thnm- as Mitchell, the famous actor." Walter Brennan plays tw roles in "Blood on the Moon," but you won't recognize him in one of them.' Made up as an old squaw, be squats in front of an Indian wigwam while the stars ride through the scene. It was his only chance to appear in a scene with his daughter, Ruth, who plays an Indian girl in the picture. Janet Waldo, the lead in NBC's "Corliss Archer," lived in her Hol lywood apartment for a few months with only a television set and an ironing board in her living room. 'Finally Dinah Shore and George Montgomery delivered her new fur nlture, the only set of its kind, spe- cially made from plans she designed wit" l thelr utUe furniture I lactory. -- Jerry Colonna has presented "Atomic" to orphans at the Avon- dale Children's home in Ohio "Atomic" is the offspring of the donkey Jerry received from Ralph Edwards on a "Truth or Conse- quences" program. Jan Murray of "It's Always Al bert" went to vaudeville- shows with his mother when he was young When she was too ill to go, he'd rush home and do the show over for her. That's how he discovered that he bad dramatic talent ODDS AND ENDS The demand tor tickets to Horace Heidi's talent bum program it to terrific tbat it looks at if the three-quarter finals would be moved from NBC to Hollywood aowt. , , . Wanda Hendrix, 19, says she witi retire when comparatively young, doesn't want to bang on until she bat to bis character roles. . . . Belt Davit I toys she will start outlining her auto- biography Wfr. sht plsnntt ,0 utt u for a long Hme. . . . Spomot gj "Slop toe Music wtu take on l m j Original Amateur Hour" Ibis faO, f C1G CJ08 V "'jirrnniMiiiiiiii"- i : .it . 4.- yV ' .' n Sir ,;S-J f: Relishes Will Add Zestful Touch to Meals (See recipes below) Canning Relishes BY THIS TIME you undoubtedly have finished your fruit and vegetable vegeta-ble canning, but there still remain those late-in-the-season relishes. Those spicy, resty accompaniments to meat and other entrees are almost al-most as essential as the fruits and vegetables, and many women do not consider their canning complete com-plete without them. Most relishes are easy to put up and there is little opportunity for spoilage if directions direc-tions are followed. Enlist some help from he family for cutting up some of the vegetables vege-tables and fruits and worta will go forward rapidly. . SPICED. GRAPES are delightful with mild-flavored meats such as lamb, veal and chicken. Spiced Grapes 5 quarts stemmed grapes I cups sugar 2 cups vinegar 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg t teaspoons ground cinnamoa . 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground ginger Pry seeds from grapes. Drain. Boil sugar, vinegar and spices for five minutes. Add grapes and cook until thick. Pour into hot sterile jars and seal at once. If you aren't certain you have enough spreads for bread already canned, make some spicy, delicious apple butter. It may be used in sandwiches, cookies or as spread for biscuits and muffins. Apple Butter 1 peck apples 1 gallon sweet cider 6 cups sugar 1 tablespoon cinnamon tt teaspoon cloves Wash and slice apples. Add cider and cook untik soft. Press through sieve. Boil the strained pujp until thick enough to heap on a spoon, then add sugar mixed with spices and continue boiling until so thick that no liquids runs from the apples. ap-ples. Pour irto hot jars and process proc-ess for 10 minute in a boiling water wa-ter bath. Complete sealing if necessary. neces-sary. RELISHES SHOULD be moist but not juicy. Chief ingredients in them should have a firm rather than mushy consistency. Vegetables Vegeta-bles in both of these relishes should be flgely chopped. Chow-Chow 1 gallon chopped cabbage -12 onions 12 green peppers 12 red peppers 2 quarts tomatoes, chopped 5 cops sugar 4 tablespoons ground mustard 1 tablespoon turmeric " 1 tablespoon ground ginger 4 tablespoons mustard seed 5 tablespoons celery seed 2 tablespoons mixed pickling spice 1 gallon vinegar Mix all vegetables, which have first been chopped, with one-half cup salt. Let stand overnight, then drain. Tie spices in a bag. Add sugar and spices to vinegar. Simmer Sim-mer 20 minutes. Add all ingredients and simmer until hot and well seasoned. sea-soned. Remove spice bag and pack hot chow-chow into sterile jars; seal at once. LYNN SAYS: Following Rules for Pickling Fruits and Vegetables Pickles should be crisp and firm, solid and evenly colored. The correct cor-rect color for the green pickle is olive rather than bright green. Pack sufficient liquid m the jars In which you can pickles so that those on top will not shrivel Fresh spices are your best guarantee guar-antee of flavor when making pickles. Spices lose flavor as tkey stand so only freshly opened packages pack-ages should be used. faXunriChzzUnt JLVNN CHAMBERS' MEND Pot Roast of Beef Tomato Chutnep Browned Potatoes Green Peas with Onions Molded Grapefruit Salad Biscuits with Apple Butter Baked Pears Beverage Recipe Given Tomato Chutney 12 ripe tomatoes-3 tomatoes-3 onions 9 sweet peppers t tart apples 1 pod hot pepper t clove garlic 1 cup seeded raisins 3 cups brojm sugar 1 tablespoon ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon J teaspoon salt 3 cups vinegar Skin tomatoes and onions, seed peppers, pare and core apples, wash raisins and then run all ingredients in-gredients through the food chopper. chop-per. Combine all ingredients and cook until thick. Corn Relish 2 quarts corn 1 quart cabbage 1 cup chopped green pepper 1 cup chopped red pepper 2 large onions 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons ground mustard T tablespoon mustard seed 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon celery seed 1 quart vinegar 1 cup water Boil corn for five minutes. Cold dip. Cut from cob and measure. Chop and measure cabbage and peppers. Chop onions. Combine ingredients in-gredients and simmer 20 minutes. CLOVE APPLES are very popu-lar popu-lar with roast pork dinners. If you add a few drops of reS rood coloring, color-ing, the apples wil be pretty and eye-catching. Clove Apples 2 pounds prepared apples 4 cups sugar , 2 cups water 1 tablespoon crushed ginger-root or mixed whole spices 12 whole cloves Food coloring Use apples that hold shape after cooking. Pare, core and cut large apples in halves or quarters. Pare and core small 'apples, but leave whole. Boil sugar, water and cloves with food color with the Deelines of two or three red apples until the jellying point is reached (220 degrees). de-grees). Remove cloves and peelings, pour syrup over apples. Crab Apple Pickles 1 gallon crab apples 6-8 cups sugar 2 cups water 4 cups vinegar 1 stick cinnamon 1 tablespoon ginger 1 tablespoon whole cloves K tablespoon whole aDspic Wash and pierce each apple wfth a needle. Heat sugar, liquids and spices, tied in a bag, until sugar dissolves. Cool. Add apples and simmer sim-mer until tender. Let stand several hours or overnight Pack cold into sterile jars. Released by WNU Features. Fruits and vegetables used for picking should not be overripe. The same rules for selecting pickling pick-ling material as for general canning can-ning holds true. When making fruit pickles, cut the fruit in uniform sizes and shapes so the pickles look attractive when served. The syrup for fruit pickles Is as thick as that for preserves. Vegetables which are brined should be kept thoroughly covered with the brine, otherwise those standing uncovered by brine will I spoil ski y-y... ..: (.V- C Matro as Nmnij.. 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