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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE. UTAH WOMAN'S WORLD THI Be Smart! tfomE Brighten Up Your Home With Slipcovers By Ertta Kaley of the year seems a SPRING THE time to do something about giving the home a new look. Its true that youve probably been putting away blankets and other wintry things, perhaps even added a new coat of paint or fresh wallpaper to some of the rooms; but what about new slipcovers? Slipcovers are simple enough to make if you have taken proper measurements of your furniture, and when colors are well chosen and fitting accurate, the home achieves a newness that nothing else, except new furniture, can give it. You need no longer put off the job of covering the furniture because of lack of fabric selection. All types of new materials are on the market, and coordinated fabrics are sold even in the inexpensive lines. When covering more than one piece of furniture in a room, take advantage of the coordinated colob Rips Out Seams if J V V , ' ? Jp A 9r r f ! I ? y ; : ' V" ", - new sewing invention, known as the ripper, fits into the needle bar on any sewing machine and takes out seams as fast as the ordinary needle sews them in. Destined to save the home seamstress many hours of time, the ripper prom ises to eliminate completely ripping methods. The device is a specially honed inand angled, tiny, knife-lik- e A It the separates weave in the fabrio without cutting the cloth, but slices the taut bobbin stitch. The attachment is installed as simply as changing needles on the machine. To use, simply follow the path of stitching as the cloth passes under the foot. lighter colors just because you fear they might get dirty. You can cover the fresh slipcovers with , . . with new slipcovers. clear and transparent covers if you have a horde of active youngsters cavorting about. Directions Given for Slipcovering Many problems are solved, as Ive mentioned, if you use a pattern, but if you do not use one, or if you cannot find the type you need, follow these tips. Lay the fabric on the chair or whatever you are covering and see that the pattern or stripe is properly centered. Decide on the shape by shaping the boxing at the front of the chair. Fin the fabric in place. Work with the right side of the fabric. Every seam is folded three-fourth- s of an inch so there is enough fabric to be formed into a welt if Stcp-by-St- are making it of the same ep Chalk lines where seams come; also chalk the outline of the seat and front bands. Remove fabric and place on the floor where you can check the measurements of the chair against the actual fabric outlines. Cut the seat and allow for seams. Make allowances at the end for all bands and flaps, so they may be tailored neatly in finishing the cover when the seat is joined to the skirt. Lay the cut material, pinned and basted, on the chair. Measure for the back of the chair and also at the lowest point where the fabric folds into the chair. Chalk the usual lines again; place fabric on floor and check against the original measurements. Now fit the fabric to the arm and wing of the chair. Check this on the floor as outlined above, and cut a similar piece for the other arm. Measure, cut and pin a small piece for the sides of the chair. After one side is finished, it may be duplicated for the other side. For pleats at the comers, allow four inches of material Hem the skirt and join to the band of the cover with a welt seam. KATHLEEN large trees. Whether the trees are present around your home or not you can do something about it. Plant some. The selection of trees will vary somewhat to suit special needs but the general problems of tree culture are the same. In selecting the kinds to plant decide what features are most important to you. Some trees are rapid growing and furnish shade and shelter in a few years. These are generally shortlived trees and often are severely damaged by storms. Slower growing trees may take longer but will Yesterdaya istate went to see a hospital for the insane. She has been there four years. When she first was committed, on her psychiatrists advice, her familys heart almost broke. Mother, father, sister, husband, all felt the fearful shock of having this happen to Marjorie. But now they are all somewhat resigned and, what is sadder, Marjorie is, too. She drifts in the dim half-lif- e of the enormous institushe tion; she talks trivialities; never asks for her boy and girl any more. The twisted life about her is all that interests her; her weaving, her fitting of blocks into holes in a board, her meals. Walking away from this place of shadows I felt very sad. For I have known Marjorie since she was a pretty, eager, normal girL I knew her in her happy early wifehood and proud motherhood. When Mark went away to war I saw with just what gallantry she bore herself, and I saw the dullness and the e problems of the postwar engulf her. Money Would Have Helped Nothing has ever been the matter with Marjorie that money could not have cured. No psychologist ever told her that, or anything like it, but it is true. If at any time during the past few years Mark had had a raise; bills could have been paid, luxuries and trips anfriends inspired with ticipated, envy of the new house, car, fur coat, Marjories vapors would have blown away like mist. Hers was the common trouble of trying to live like everyone else. But no womans problem is like those of her neighbors. The only half-peac- damaged by storms; the trunks become diseased and the tree dies when about full sire. Chinese elm can be used for windbreak hedges as it can be pruned into any size wanted. Silver maple will need a good moisture supply. The others will grow in dry areas if carefully tended until they are started. For permanent effect the hardwood trees are best. The best shade tree for most places is the American elm. This grows into a large tree with an umbrella shaped top that is excellent for shade or landscape use. Hard maples are next for large trees. While rather slow in growth, they are permanent. They are large spreading trees and give a majestic appearance. The sugar maple is native. The Norway maple is very similar in appearance and habit. There is a form of the Norway maple, Srhwedleri, which is useful for contrast. White ash is a good tree of medium size. It is more open and casts less shade than the others. Lindens round-shapeor basswoods are trees which reach large size in damp places but are medium size in dry spots. Sycamore, with brown, flaky bark, and tulip tree with odd, lobed leaves are fine for places with good soil. Oaks are excellent but generally too slow to be of much use. Pm oak grows faster than most of the others. Nut trees are fine for shade but here too the growth is very slow in most places. Willows are useful for shelter and shade, especially in moist spots and easily They are softwooded broken or damaged. They are best for shading seats, lawns, or low buildings. Outside of carefully planting and tending the trees for the first few years, little care is needed, Cut off dead or damaged limbs, water in severe droughts and fertilize if the soil is poor. No plants add as much in value of pleasure as good shade trees. d last longer and not need the replacing or treatment that the swifter kinds will. What do you want from the tree? Shade for the house to temper sum mer sun? Shelter from the winds7 A leafy canopy for the garden? A frame for the landscape? There are trees to suit every purpose but they must be chosen for the right spot Trees for quick effect are Chinese clin, silver (or soft) maple, and poplar These are large spreading trees that make a very rapid growth and a lot of shade However, the wood is soft and branches are easily Isolationism Exists Spring Meal Salads Should Be Kept Crisp, Always Look Delectable HAVE When hair-do- s are simple, your hat takes on more of an ornamental quality. And what could be more provocatively ornamental than the many versions of the bonnet now In the fashion spotlight! Here, for example, is one of the new bonand tiny, the nets, close-fittin- g dash better to give the cap-lik- e of color above bangs and softly-curle- d onderhair. For utter femininity, theres nothing more effective than a splash of small flowers repeated in a -backed corsage, and a velvet ribbon tied underneath the chin. ribbon- Really upset and frightened now, and with good reason, Marjorie went into custody, and she will never come out. And walking home, free and at peace in the spring dusk, my heart ached for her and for the hundreds of other women who work themselves into nervous and emotional disorders, and cant work themselves out. There was nothing the matter with Marjorie that she could not herself have cured. Simpler meals, earlier hours, no alcohol, new interests, daily walks, and above all, as complete a forgetfulness of self as she could have managed, all would have helped. Honest facing of the budget, and eliminating the hundred petty exthat mount up so travagances maddeningly, would have struck at the very roots of it. A decision to move away, perhaps rent the present house, find smaller quarters in a more modest neighborhood, would have challenged quite unsuspected capabilities in her. She would presently have come to realize that any life that is full and useful is as good as any other. The Presidents job the film stars job, is no more exciting than yours, if you do yours right In fact from what I know of the lives of the sensationally successful and wealthy, your chances of happiness are better than theirs. So try home cures for the beginnings of nervous trouble, as you would for the everyday physical disorders of measles or colds. Lots of us are tired these days; lots of us are scared; lots of our old securities as a nation appear to be somewhat shaky, and almost none of us have enough money. But even on this basis of apprehension and discomfort, some of us manage to have a good time. Many Britons Green. red-leave- d ihfchtWiMiV Sjmuxxs shubwn Fit Yourself to Your Own Life Trees Make the Difference DID YOU EVER notice the difference a few trees will make? Look at a house in a new area without trees. Looks bare, doesnt it? Look around town. The best residential districts are those that have the IN WASHINGTON NORRIS THE GARDEN SPOT .By Eldred E. P0$TER ma- terial O' , ? & , r strument. Fres ben or change rooms . . , , schemes if you feel a bit shy about whats proper together. Even an amateur can come up with a combination of fabrics which looks professional when the choice of several fabrics is done by professionals. Its smart, too, to have two sets of slipcovers and drapes, one for winter use, and now, one for summer wear. This gives you a good opportunity to rest one set when the other goes into use. Then, too, it gives you plenty of time to clean or wash one set while still having the furniture covered. Light Colored Fabrics Are Favored For warm weather, the sunlight colors are much favored. That doesnt mean that you can not use some brown, navy or even black in the room for slipcovers; it simply efect is implies that the over-al- l gay and lighthearted as befits the season. If the weather Is predominantly sweltering in your community most of the time, you may easily achieve a cool effect by using quantities of white with cool shades of icy green, blue and touches of maroon. To cheer the rooms a bit, if they are on a cool side of the house, select the light yellows, orange, and melon shades. The colors you use depend a great deal upon the style in which the home is furnished. If you have modern, youll have a picnic with the wonderful shades of grayed melon and, chartreuse, yellow, Deep, sometimes, deep purple. forest greens are still a favorite. Dont be wary of choosing the you Toiun Disdain Meat Vegetarians Calm As Ration Lowered . . , drifts in the dim half-lif- e ... successful woman today is the one who takes her Job as a thing apart and fits herself to it, and it to her resources. If money is short, she doesnt waste it. If living in the city forces too swift a pace upon her, she moves to the country. By what she has and what she must do, she works it out and she plays her part with all the relish of a favorite Hollywood star. Marjorie never solved her domes, tic problem. It rode her night and day. High prices, dentist bills, (lowers for somebody, a dress she had to have or she simply couldn't go to the dinner, Anne's private school a waitress in for the company dinner there was simply no end to it. And all the time this disturbing talk of another war, and Miller being put over Mark in the office, and people trying to get her to buy tickets and patronize sales and contribute to this and that. Too Much for Her It was simply too much for her. She began to have hysterical outbursts, and say the children and she and Mark would be better apart. She wouldn't listen to anyone and gave up sleeping almost entirely. Someone suggested psychiatry and Marjorie leaped at it. For awhile, although it didnt accomplish anything, it didnt seem to hurt her. Then the cost of it became a worry added to all the others, and the psychiatrist suggested an Institution, where the charges were low $200 a month but all treatments Included, and less than she was paying him. LONDON. Most of Great Britain is worrying about the shortage of meat, but a smug, miand apparently nority is complacent and unconcerned and quite superior to it alL The indifferent folks are the vegetarians of the land, many of them associated in about 40 societies. Ration Lowered These societies are fairly popping with new business as Britains meat ration sags. Owing to the failure of meat deliveries from Argentina, the ration has been lowered to 10 pence (17 cents) a week and a fifth of that quantity must be corned beef, of which there is a rapidly diminishing supply. Consequently there Is some point to being a vegetarian, because officially established vegetarians get more cheese, vegetable fats, and shelled nuts. However, Roy Walker, secretary of the London Vegetarian Society, isnt especially happy about the new business. That's because he doesnt want Britain to become a nation of fake vegetarians. He wants members with their hearts in the movement, as well as their stomachs. Vegetarian List Doubled We want the convinced vegetarians, not those who will backslide the moment a little more flesh is available, Walker says. The ministry of food has registered about 107,000 vegetarians, about double the wartime number. It is obvious Walker said, that there are some bogus vegetarians among them, We can't in good conscience, put on a membership campaign, although tills is good weather for It," Walker commented. self-satisfi- YOU ever eaten salads looked as though they had been pawed over too thoroughly in the making? Or, have they warmed and wilted before reaching table? No the matter how good the salad originally may have been, if it suffers from either of these faults, no one is going to enjoy it. The salad should be crisp and neat. Garnish it, yes, but dont over-d- o it or the salad will lose its much desired freshness. The ingredients for a salad as well as the plate, bowl or platter on which its served should be given a thorough chilling in the refrigerator. Save the salads finishing touches for the very last preparation before serving the meal For the heavy meals, your best choice is a cold, crisp tossed salad. This may be made entirely of greens. You may add any of the following ingredients to a simple green salad: sliced or quartered tomatoes; cucumbers, sliced very thin; radishes; green onions; or grapefruit, or orange sections. GREENS WHICH ARE often used in a salad may consist of tender hearts of lettuce, endive, chicory, romaine, celery and watercress: Toss these together with a French dressing made as follows: French Dressing (Makes 1 quart) 5 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon dry mustard 1 tablespoon Worcestershire well-season- sauce Dash of tobasco sauce tablespoon paprika tablespoons tarragon ISOLATIONISM is not dead, least in the United States senate was clearly indicated when in Sen. William E. Jenner a three-hou- r speech on the senate floor called for repeal of the Marshall plan; urged the senate to refuse to approve further appropria-tion- b for it; refused to adhere to foreign policy; any praised the action of Senators Lodge, Borah, Hi Johnson and other isolationists of the 1920 era in keeping this country out of the League of Nations; declares this country is "hated around the world because of our material possessions and our humanitarian attempts to relieve suffering and our of money to stay other Democratic governments; declared that A chilly entree using leftWorld War II was not the result of over ham and other salad Inour failure to join the League of Nagredients is a welcome platter tions, but that it was deliberately on a warm humid day. It proplanned; castigated our foreign vides vitamins and minerals secret policy and charged that for pep and zip, and makes dediplomacy is the rule and not the lightful eating. .exception; charged that this nation our own country and our own LYNN CHAMBERS MENU leaders have been a party to conspiracy which has permitted RusBroiled Cheeseburgers sia to gain the place she holds toFrench Fried Potatoes day in world affairs. Spring Salad Bowl He charged that this country Apple Pie Cheese has directly violated the AtlanBeverage tic charter; that the signing of Recipe given the Atlantio pact is what Russia wants and will enable Rusof the bowl with watercress and sia to win the cold war without radish roses. firing a shot; and the Hoosier Fresh Fruit Salad Bowl senator predicted that the very (Serves 4) countries we are helping to2 bananas, cut lengthwise 4 slices avocado day will automatically become ingrates, hating ns because we Lemon juice helped them. 1 head celery, shredded 4 long strips cantaloupe Not in recent months has a more 4 slices pineapple bitter speech been delivered on the 8 orange segments floor of the United States senate. 12 black cherries Some newspapers such as the Chi12 honeydew melon balls cago Tribune gave the senators French dressing speech banner headlines. ParadoxDip banana and avocado in lem- ically, the senators home state on juice. Line a salad bowl with metropolitan newspapers in Inchicory and on this arrange the dianapolis gave his address scant banana and can- attention. taloupe. Alter-natpineapple, Rural Renters Menaced THAT .) g e avocado and There is every indication that in the bowl. Make a the folks who rent property in the vinenest of the cher- - smaller towns and rural communigar ries and gar-- I ties are due for substantial rent distilled A cup vinegar nish with the increases under the new rent con7 1 can condensed tomato soup trol law recently passed by conmelon balls. Serve with dressing 1A cups salad oil this the cheese is base of gress lifting the bulk of responCottage 1 clove garlio from the shoulders of conMix all ingredients together. next salad, accompanied by greens sibility to local officials in the cities Sunto and fruits. serve nice gress Its restore in Place in a quart jar, for supper or for and towns and the governors of the day evening as use needed. and frigerator several states. This is another inluncheon on a warm day. Shake well before using. dication of the passing of that Cheese-Fru- it Salad Cottage Here's a beautiful salad bowl party and personal responsibility (Serves 6) around which you'll enjoy building in this congress about which we 1 grapefruit, segmented the whole meal: wrote last week. 2 oranges, segmented 1 avocado, pared and sliced A VEGETABLE MEDLEY 'as Results will be certain abolihead lettuce tion of rent control in rural pretty as the season itself goes inhead French endive to this next salad arrangement. areas, particularly in the South, A bunch watercress Spring Salad Bowl and the southern soions could 1A cups cottage cheese (Serves 6) go along on this premise, since Sour cream 2 cups cooked peas few renters in the relatively French dressing 6 cooked cauliflowerets Sonth are voters. But in northMarinate fruits in French dress2 cups cooked green beans ern states and the larger cities ing and chilL Toss together all 2 tomatoes, peeled and sliced there likely will be no decontrol bowl salad greens in salad and pile French or roquefort dressbecause it would be political cottage cheese which has been suicide for local officials to lift ing center sour mixed with in cream, 1 head lettuce controls. of greens. Watercress So with rent controls in the North Radish roses and no rent control in the South, VARIATIONS: Use tomato wedgMarinate vegetables, each one es in place of orange segments. just one more artificial barrier 13 separately in French dressing Use pineapple created between the two sections for one hour In a cold place. Line spears apd of the nation. strawberries instead of grape- Marlin Policy Sound fruit and avocaThis reporter recently had a long do. Use fresh talk with Congressman Joe Martin figs and ripe of Massachusetts. Although he has cherries instead out of the speakers office moved of avocado. Ham or chicken may be com- which he occupied during the 80th bined with other salad essentials congress, by virtue of his job as to give you delightful main dish minority leader, he still rates a salads for wqrm days. Theyre a pretentious private office in the wonderful idea for using leftovers Capitol. Its to be reached down a narHam Mousse row corridor which slants ott (Serves 6) from the Hall of Statues. First 2 tablespoons gelatin on his program is a campaign VA cups bouillon to sell the American people on 2 teaspoons grated onion the record of the Republican 2 A cups cooked ham, ground party in both the 80th and the A cup celery, chopped 81st congress. And his coal A cup radishes, sliced black eyes snap when he talks A cup green pepper, chopped about it, for he believes if the A cup real mayonnaise Dramatize your salad greens people once know the facts, Soften gelatin in cup by tossing them in a bowl and the results will be different in cold bouillon. Heat to boiling the giving them a few dashes of the next election. of the bouillon and add remainder French dressing. The beWhen to mixture. Chill canny New Englander has gelatin Color may be added to the difh to jell add onion, ham, cel- a ginning philosophy with ferent shades of a green salad which few can disagree at least and radishes green ery, pepper. with tomato wedges, carrot Fold in real mayonnaise and pour while hes talking, using frequent d strips or grated into a mold. Chill until set Un- gestures with a paper knife to eggs. mold on platter, garnish with punctuate his remarks. And apropos salad bowl with the outside leaves watercress and radish roses Serve the position of Senator Jenner on of lettuce, and place four lettuce with mustard mayonnaise, made our foreign heres Joe policy, s cups around the center of the by mixing cup of real Martin's position on foreign policy: bowl Fill each one with one of the mayonnaise with The United States has made its cup course, and we should all stick by vegetables and garnish the center 1 2 oranges - one-four- well-season- down-to-eart- hard-cooke- three-fourth- one-four- mustard-with-horseradis- It LYNN SAYS: Use these Combinations For Delicious Salads Garnishes for a salad add nour? Ishment as well as beauty Try some of these: asparagus spears marinated in French dressing, paper thin slices of onion, dipped In paprika, stalks of endive stuffed with Roquefort cheese paste, and grated carrots Cream or cottage cheese add meal when protein to a meat-shmixed with chopped chives and sour cream Serve in a lettuce cup. y Scoop out cucumbers and fill with tuna hsh salad. Serve with potato chips, sliced, eggs and tomato slices. Fruit salad dessert tdea: melon balls, white grapes, strawberries pineapple spears, peach halves and scoops of sherbet. Cold meat platters may form the base of a salad Use summer sau sage, liver sausage, baked ham. and sliced tongue for one platter Stretch chicken salad and add In teresting flavor to it by using with half as many cooked sweetbreads hard-cooke- d regardless of party." Futile Fiddling Freshman Sen. Hubert Humphrey in his maiden speech took occasion to castigate his colleagues for fiddling away so much .) time without accomplishing some legislation. Said the Minnesotan: What the people want is for the senate to function. Sometimes I think we become so lazy we r feel so secure in our term, we forget that the people want things done. j ... six-yea- |