Springville Herald | 1950-04-13 | Page 10 | "Easy does it"

SQ2 BY. .... HELEN HALE , TF YOU USE the Ironing board for brushing garments or sponging spong-ing them, have an oil cloth cover handy to use on the board covering cover-ing and pad will keep dry. Blankets can be renewed by having hav-ing the worn satin bindings removed re-moved and replaced. Stretch the blankets on a curtain stretcher after laundering if they have shrunk too much to be of use. When linings of children's coats and jackets show wear, sew dress shields of matching color in the worn places. These will prob"ably last the life of the garment. Sew small buttons on the reverse side of garments underneath the buttons that appear on the outside to equalize the strain of pulling and thus prevent the material from developing holes. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Salmon Chowder (Serves 4) S cops milk 1 cup flaked salmon (7-ounce can) 1 teaspoons salt teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped, stuffed olives 2 tablespoons chopped celery 2 ounces fine noodles Scald milk. Add all other ingredients in-gredients in order given. Simmer Sim-mer for 10 to 15 minutes, until noodles are tender. To make monograms on handkerchiefs, handker-chiefs, spreads, pillow cases and sheets stand out from the material, place the reverse side of the monogram mono-gram toward the iron and the right side against a Turkish towel. Iron until dry. If pins have to be pushed through fabric, they are too large to use for that particular type of material. ma-terial. When pins are the correct size, they do not mar the fabric. When needles become rusty, run them through an emery bag or a well packed steel cushion. Needles Need-les may also be washed if they become be-come sticky. Scald and scatter to dry. If using a piece of new material to mend an old garment, wash the new fabric and let stand out in the sun to dry for several hours to remove the new look.