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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH WOMAN'S WORLD Let Imaginative Decoration Add Personality to Rooms By Ertta Haley TjrrHAT a clever dressing table " you have in the front hall I " exclaimed one of the club members to ber hostess. "It's just small enough to fit, and yet so clever. Where can I buy one for my teen-age- d daughters' room?" The hostess explained that they had not. bought It. They'd had an old vanity table wished on them and had simply cut off the two drawers at either side and attached them to the wall In the hall. A glass top was used to provide a connect-ing table top for the two drawers. Above this was a mirror. Result: an unusual dressing table. This type of strategy is being used In countless homes today. Very little outlay of money Is required to add these sparkling, personal and very decorative touches to rooms. The little work and effort in-volved in making them more than triples in the joy of achievement and the reward of compliments. "But howT Why can't I think of something clever?" are the ques-tions usually asked about anything that Is the result of imagination put to good use. The fact of the matter Is that you don't really have to think too hard. Just look around you, everywhere you go there are lots of Ideas which can be made to work for your own home. Think about some of your own decorative and furnishing prob-lems and how best they can be solved. You'll be well surprised at how often an easily made gadget or decoration can result which is Individually yours. Antiques, shelves, small chests and all kinds of old and impractical fancy carving on them. Visualize the chest without the legs, refin-ishe- d or painted attractively. Would It do in the hall, living room or dining room? Some old furniture is large and cumbersome. Can they be separated easily and used that way? Vanities, for example, those with drawers on both sides can frequently be cut into two pieces and used as small bed-side chests. The table top is excel-lent for magazines, ash trays or a decorative plant. Can some of those small chests be made Into chest-en- d tables for your favorite chair? This gives drawer space as well as table top. Old magazine racks? They don't Drawers can make m dressing table , . . furniture can be put to practical use. A bit of carpentry, some refin-lshin- g and imagination are your tools. Small Chests Reveal Many Unusual Roles First place to look for materials is in your own attic, if you have the kind of attic that holds many inter-esting treasures from grand-mother's day. They used lots of chests in those days, and many of them are interesting. Perhaps you have one of those highboys with the large drawers, and then the table top on which is perched a small chest with several small, shallow drawers. The chest itself could be modernized by removing the small chest, and with refinlshing and re-moving the "gingerbread" trim-mings might well fit into bedroom or den. As for the small chest, have you thought of placing it on a regular tray top table, and using it in the dining room for silverware? The drawers could easily be lined by gluing a tarnish-proo- f cloth to make a lining for the drawers. This gives you an excellent place for storing silverware. Or, perhaps you'd pre-fer it in the bedroom as a jewelry chest! spice racks might be rescued from oblivion to be pressed into service as shelves for plants or miniature china collec-tions. They may be used in almost any room, kitchen, dining room, liv-ing room or bedroom. all have to be used for magazine racks. Some of the old large ones are excellent to place at the foot of a bed to hold extra blankets or pillows. If they can be finished to match the bed, or at least to har-monize with the decor, you'll have a useful addition to the room, as well as a decorative one. Foot lockers and old chests can easily be placed on legs, sturdy and solid enough to be in keeping with the chest. These, too, can be placed at the foot of the bed for storage. Then, go a step further and pad the top of the chest and cover with some of the drapery or bedspread mate-rial and use as a seat. It comes in handy for sitting down to dress. If your children have outgrown all their small stools, why not pad them appropriately and use as foot rests with your lounging chairs? Here Are Baslo Rules For Slip Covers Women who have selected wash-able materials for slip covers will find it easy to keep overstuffed furniture in excellent condition, for these covers can be washed along with the weekly laundry. Good quality thread, nicely fin-ished bindings and good construc-tion make the task of washing them a joy for there is usually no need for repairs. Vacuum cleaning before washing will help immensely In removing much of the loose soil which gath-ers. Use an attachment around the seams and bindings. Close zippers before laundering,' and baste pleats in 'place to save time during the pressing. Only one large piece should be placed in the washer at one time, then run for five minutes. Arms and backs, as well as those edges near the floor may need to be rubbed with soap jelly before the laundering because of their heavy soil and stain. Just rub in thoroughly before placing in the washer. Thin starch enhances many cot-ton slipcovers which have become flimsy and lacking in body. If desired, when still damp, put the slipcover on the furniture and stretch to shape. Some can be pressed right on the furniture. If not, press out wrinkles on slipcover. teglldlj o o o o o ; n I-I- iron, and then place on furniture while still damp so that you can stretch it to fit if necessary. Sponre Method Simplifies Washing Woodwork Painted woodwork around the doors will undoubtedly require at-tention during a seasonal cleaning. There's a lot of it to be done, so make the task easy for yourself. Use a cleaner which dissolves readily in warm water, and which does not need rinsing. The use of soap is fine except for the rinsing necessary, and this usually doubles the work. Use a sponge for the actual clean-ing as it can be dipped in the clean-ing solution and wrung out more easily than a cloth. While you're doing the high places, set the container of clean-ing solution high enough to pre-vent bending. - and chests a hallway decoration. Remember those salt boxesT Why not try a pair of those on either side on a hanging rack for plates to add more balance to the wall. The small boxes can hold bits of things and thus prevent clutter to your drawers: stamps, needles, pins, spools of thread In a convenient place for a quick bit of mending, package labels or change which you want to have handy. Renovate Furniture; Make it Adaptable Almost every home either has or acquires old furniture which cannot be used just as it is. Don't think of chopping it up for firewood before you investigate its true potential values. Perhaps there's an old chest stand-ing on spindle legs with lots of Mrtitt'li1 Ts-- toft 'rW.'r vVTiitpftfWt'LWo'ffiiVi Vifi 'Miwmfnilii if W iterai lnWhfrr 4 Try Bowls of Creamy Soup for a Hearty Meal (See Recipes Below) Let the Soup Simmer COME, LET'S PUT on the soup kettle, and let it simmer merrily while other household duties are put I i LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Corn Chowder Jellied Tomato Aspic Chive Cottage Cheese Crackers Olives Celery Sticks Baked Apples Caramel-Froste- d Spice Cake Beverage Recipe Given Cook bacon, onion and celery in a large kettle for about 6 minutes. Add bay leaves and flour, stirring until smooth. Add paprika, hot water, kidney beans, lemon, salt and Worcestershire sauce. Let cook gent-ly for 20 minutes, then press through a coarse sieve. Reheat and serve with the fried bread cubes. on weir way iu .ompletion. B y the time these are finished, the soup will be ready for supper! Soup is a tasty introduction to a meal, but it can also be made rich and hearty Golden, tasty corn chowder is a filling soup which pleases on a cold night when appetites are sharpened: enough to be the meal itself, with only a little help from a light salad or dessert. Bowls of steaming soup add food value to a meal, and can well be used to good effect when your meal is made of leftovers. If the family is having its seasonal colds or other ills, they may not want to eat heav-ily: serve them soup. It supplies easily assimilated foods and pro-vides essential fluids to those who are sick or convalescent. Vegetables and meat make this soup rich, colorful and delicious: Tomato-Vegetab- le Soup (Serves 6) 1 small shank bone 1 teaspoon salt cup potatoes, cubed cap carrots, chopped fine , H cap green beans, sliced 2 tablespoons bean sprouts 1 cap tomato juice H teaspoon sugar Chopped parsley enp celery, cut fine Soak bone in cold water. Simmer for about 1 hours, until broth is made. Strain and season. Add vege-tables and cook for IS minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add bean sprouts, sugar and tomato juice. Heat. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve with toast triangles. A rich soup which might well serve as a meal is this one with lobster, very simply prepared: Bock Lobster Bisque (Serves 6) 2 flat cans of lobster 2 cans mushroom soup 1 can water teaspoon paprika H teaspoon carry powder 6 tablespoons real mayonnaise Cut lobster chunks. Combine with all remaining ingredients except Corn Chowder (Serves 6) 2 strips bacon, diced H cup diced onions 1 cap diced celery 1 cup finely diced potatoes 2 tablespoons butter 1 quart milk, scalded 1 No. 2 can cream style corn 1J4 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Dash of tabasco sauce 2 tablespoons minced parsley Cook bacon until crisp, then add onion, celery and potato with a very small amount of water, about H cup. Cover and cook until tender. Add butter, milk, corn and season-ings. Serve with chopped parsley. Oxtail Soup (Serves 6) 1 pounds oxtail, cot in V pieces IK quarts water 1 tablespoon salt H cup diced onion cop diced raw carrot H cup diced celery 2 tablespoons white rice 1 cap cooked or canned toma-toes Brown oxtail pieces with a small amount of fat in a deep kettle. Add water and salt and simmer covered about 3Vi hours. Remove meat from bones and return to kettle with broth. Add all vegetables, except tomatoes, along with rice and cov-er; simmer for 30 minutes. Add tomatoes, heat thoroughly and serve. Clam Bisque (Serves 8) 1 can minced clams 1 cup water 1 to 2 teaspoons salt M teaspoon pepper H teaspoon celery salt 1 teaspoon grated onion 2 teaspoons minced parsley 2 cups milk tafilasflwwtna hnttAP. mAlti1 mayonnaise. Heat thoroughly. Stir a small amount of soup into the mayon-naise, then blend with remaining soup. Heat 5 minutes without boillng. Serve hot garnished with parsley. Red Bean Soap (Serves 6) 1 tablespoon floor Mix together the liquor drained from the clams with salt, pepper, celery salt, onion and parsley; sim-mer for 3 minutes. Add milk. Gently stir into milk mixture a paste made of the butter and flour. Boil one minute stirring constantly, then place over boiling water until ready to serve. Stir in the minced clams just long enough to heat through. Serve, garnished with minced pars-ley. 2 slices lemon teaspoon salt H teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 siloes stale bread, diced and fried 2 slices bacon, diced 1 anion, sliced 1 stalk celery, diced 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoon floor 1 teaspoon paprika 2 cops hot water 1 No. 2 can red kidney beans Thinly sliced lemon does wonders tor chicken-ric- e soup, chicken-noodl- e soup, clam chowder or consomme. Vary the serving of cream soup by adding some croutons at one time, and then at another time some slivered almonds. Are you having some extra guests for luncheon or dinner, and no two cans of soup alike? This can prove interesting because tomato soup, for instance, can be combined with the following: bean soup, clam chowder, chicken "nd rice, chicken noodle, or green pea. LYNN SAYS: Let Variety Highlight Serving of Soups Certain garnishes can be used for all kinds of soups. These Include minced chives, minced parsley or popcorn. Garnishes for soups are planned to point up flavor as well as appear-ance. Chopped bacon bits or thinly sliced frankfurters go well, for ex-ample with split pea and bean soups. You might try chopped mint with chicken soups or cream of green pea soup. Plastic Top Table I t 'f ;.;;;:, ; , H ZH III iilliitl'll rWw iii- 'IT nil 1 A lovely, yet practical table which would be an asset In any room is this one with a plastio top. In addition to being resist-ant to heat, stains and scars, the top will also be easy to clean and dust. 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Try Doan'e Pills mild diuretic Used successfully by million for over 60 years. While often otherwise caused. It's amazing how many time Doan'e give happy relief from these discomfort help the IS mile of kidney tubes and filters flush out wast. Get Doan'e fill todayl OoAiTS Pills Pardon Us Pardon me, I'm a little deaf. That's all right; I'm a little Bohemian. t SHOPPER'S) CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY THE RAYON STORY WITH wool getting scarcer, and nearly so necessary with the coming of warmer weather, it's good news to you all, that rayon, nylon, cotton and many new fabric alloys, loom large and plentiful on the horizon. So you'll, have lots to choose from at your store, for that spring furbishing of "" , self, family and A ... home. iiifl The big cotton lUMnm crop of 1951 as. STREET sures yu 01 plenty rraiiin for yur clothln8 needs, at much the same price as of yore, in spite of rising wages, taxes and transportation costs. The rayon and nylon story is still brighter. A large carry-ove- r from yesteryear, when many of you weren't buying, plus a large influx of new fibers, and combinations of new and old, make your shopping easy and worthwhile. Just watch for those sales at your store and have fun. So Important has rayon become, that soon you will be seeing a mysterious label on both the ready-to-we- ar and yard goods at your store. That large AS (American Standard) is a guide to the best buy for your money, for durability, and perfect suitability to the purpose. And that AS guarantee is due to appear on all garments and fabrics that contain SO per cent or more rayon. No longer will you be buying by look, feel and hope. No longer will you be let down when a favorite garment wears out before you tire of It. The AS label Is awarded only to rayons that fill this new set of requirements. It guarantees good wear under normal use. Rayon, as you know, is not just one fabric, but a big family of fab-rics with different characteristics. When you spy a rayon dress at your store, and see the AS label, you are assure that It will hold up well under all the wear conditions to which it would normally be sub-jected. For the fabric was orig-inally made up, tested and guaran-teed for that specific dress. The same theory applies to the yard goods spread so temptingly on your store coun-ters, too. With the AS label, you'll know the performance standards it will meet, and sew it up into the type of thing for which it was tested, guaranteed and designated. And would you believe it, there are 51 different items coming under the banner of these new rayon standards. Your own wearing ap-parel, from suits and dresses and underthings to gloves; your man's shirts, ties, and suitings; and such household stuff as bedspreads, slip-covers and upholstery fabrics all these will have that stamp of ap-proval, from AS, from your clerk, and from yourself. SHINE ON RAYON Shine on your rayon, when you iron it? Then you're doing one of four wrong things, according to au-thorities in the field. Maybe your iron's too hot leave it at the rayon spot on the dial of your automatic iron, or alternate on and off if you haven't the automatic heat control. Or maybe your board Is too thinly packed that could explain a shine. Or you're ironing on the right side, without benefit of pressing cloth. Or shiny spots appear here and there? That could be soap left from insuf-ficient rinsing. It's not a hard job to iron rayon it's just different Quick Thlnkiiig Show me an Irishman and I'll show you a fool. I'm an Irishman! Er-r- -r, that is I'm the fool! A Ready for Anything What is the idea of standing there with a straw hat on your head, an umbrella in your hand, a fur coat on your arm, and wear-ing a bathing suit? No matter what the weather I'll be prepared. Cold Chinaman Belly chilly this morning, belly chilly. Then, why the devil don't you tuck in your shirt tail? Poor Aim It tnlcesh me an hour or sho to get to shleep when I go home drunk. Thash funny. I alwaysh fail ashleep ash soon ash I hit the bed. r Sho do t. My trouble ish in hit-ting the bed. Pie Dough A good way to handle pie dough is to place it on waxed paper. Gather up the paper into a bag and manipulate the dough through the paper until it forms a ball; and is well blended. Good Enuff She: So! Drunk again! He: Yeah and thish time I had a speshial reason for'gettin' drunk. She: Yeah? And what was the special reason? He: Whash the difference as long as it sherved the purpose? Save Old Socks Don't throw away old woolen socks. Put them over your shoes when you start painting walls or furniture. If paint spills you can wipe it up with your foot. t Caught Cold I had a bad cough. I went to a party where they had some draught beer and I sat in the draft too long. Face Powder Your dressing table will stay immaculate if you keep your face powder in a decorative salt shak-er. You can put just the right amount of powder on your puff and won't spill any. a a m Flowerpots Won't Fall Flowerpots won't fall off your window sill if you place a curtain rod across the window. It won't be noticeable if you paint the rod the same color as the window. Crowbars Needed To Free Man from ed Bed CHICAGO Police were forced to use crowbars to free the body of a 73 year old man from his bed. Officers said that a broken pipe uad apparently spread water over the bed where Morris Spiegel lay sleeping in an unheated bedroom-kitche-n in the rear of his second-hand store. Yonkers Bank Lets Clients Make Change YONKERS, N.Y. The Central National Bank of Yonkers put some of its money out in the lobby re-cently and invited Its clients to make their own change without supervision. It was only $5, but a principle was at stake whether the honor system would work where money was concerned. At the end of the day not a penny was missing. It was the first time such a thing had been tried in that area. |