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Show Wm- If" "w2c by HELEN HALE Wear decorative flowers with your clothes? Dye them to match or contrast properly with your color col-or scheme. You can immerse white flowers in liquid flower dye, shake off the excess and rinse in clear water. Sweaters will dry quickly and easily if you lay them on a bath towel and press to shape. Place another bath towel over the sweater sweat-er and roll out the extra moisture with a rolling pin. Sequined dresses, blouses, scarfs, etc., can be pressed easily thus: turn all sequins in the same direc- tion, place garment side down on board, pad with a soft cloth, cover with tissue paper and press with a warm iron. Keep your belts in good order and easily accessible by hanging them from the buckle from nails near the top of closet doors. Drape scarfs over racks below the belts to utilize the door fully. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Cottage Cheese Dressing (Makes 1 cup) . 3 tablespoons lemon juice 6 tablespoons cottage cheese 6 tablespoons evaporated milk teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons sugar or honey Dash of paprika 1 tablespoon chopped chives, if desired Beat all ingredients together until smooth. Serve with fruit or green salads. Precious hose can be protected from dirty boot or galosh tops by fitting a couple of tissues around the tops and folding over the outside. out-side. The tissues absorb dirt and moisture. Keep some cellophane tape handy han-dy near your dressing table. It can be used to hold a hem in place if you need to do something about it during an emergency. Have a small or medium sized embroidery hoop in your mending basket. It's excellent for holding material stretched tight when you need to do some darning. Have a stiff-bristled brush near your ironing board for aid as pressing. press-ing. It can be used for brushing before or after pressing. Once a week go through all your handbags for cleaning them out, and then they'll be ready. Place fresh handkerchiefs and clean combs in them, and have a small lipstick in each, or keep your cosmetics cos-metics in a small bag which can be transferred easily to each purse. |