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Show SATURDAY, THE JOURNAL Page 6 MARCH 3, 19.11 WOMAN'S WORLD Simple Table Decorations Build Culture By Ertta Haley YOU TRY TO make every DOmeal a thing of beauty? A mem- ory to cherish? A way of building taste and culture? If, not, try it for awhile and see how much pleasure you and the family can have. One woman can get together an economical casserole and salad and set it on the table with flair, while another has to spend hours in her kitchen on a meal that is not enjoyed nearly as much. Often the secret of enjoyment lies in the way the table is set, and the way in which the meal is served. Even the simplest meals can be turned into the loveliest occasions with the proper settings. A single in the proper houseplant-plac- ed container and tasteful appointments in china and glassware can increase the appeal of the meal. g accessories need not involve straining the budget, but they will probably stretch the imagination. Its fun to see how creative you can really be, even with a limited budget and storage space. Many decorations which are chosen can be used for both table and buffet, and they may go on mantel, desk and console as well. The style and trends reflected in the furnishings of your home will dictate in some degree the kind of table settings you have. You will have china and glasses, along with silverware, which goes along with Eye-catchin- Modern tables use simple lines , , a traditional, Colonial or modern house. Table decor should conform to these to be in the best possible taste. Seasons will help you to plan interesting centerpieces for your tables, too, and this will help foster appreciation of nature in the young- sters. Provincial Styles Use Plaids, Florals, Copper If your home is done in one of the Provincial styles, then plaids, florals or any of the early American china patterns will be perfectly in keeping for table decor. Any of the pottery pieces might also be used for accessories. d The burnished or sand tones which you see in pottery can be chosen for pottery pieces. Use these for table service, especially for the very informal meals. They can serve a dual purpose by being used as flower, fruit and plant con tainers when the occasion demands. Burnished copper and even brass have the color and sturdiness which is also in good taste for homes in Provincial styles. The skillets can be used to serve oven meals from the broiler, for rolls, plants or flowers. If you have a collection of peasant figurines and can tuck plants in them, these are excellent to use either singly or in groups as a centerpiece for the table. Backgrounds for the table depend a great deal on what particular style your dishes are. For plaids, use cloths or place mats in one of the colors predominating the plaid, or at least one which harmonizes well with them. For delicate floral dishes, sheer white cloths are always good, and they may be starched cottons, organdies or linen. Modern Tables Need Clean, Simple Lines Should the predominating style of decoration In the home be Modern, sun-bake- Textured Place Mat place mat for any type of table that is both practical and durable is this one made of vinylite sheeting that has a raised tulip design against linen textured surface. It will neither slide nor scratch the table, and can be cleaned by wiping with a damp cloth. A then youll need to make the table simple, sleek and completely uncluttered. Table decor for tables in homes where Modern is the main influence may be as inexpensive as possible, or they may be as expensive as you wish since pottery, glass or high priced silverware are used. Lines are often rectangular or square, but they may have odd shapes even though the basic lines are simple and graceful. Many pieces of this period have square shapes with suddenly rounded or turned up corners. Colors may be muted or bright, whatever is in keeping with the home, but most often solids are used. Deep colors and off shades are especially good. Breakfast pottery, which these homes have, often have pieces which can serve dual purpose. Many of the water pitchers make clever flower and plant holders, while crystal blocks, bowls and pieces used on mantels, coffee or side tables may often be brought to the dining table for centerpieces. Plants offer excellent material for the tables, and are best when used simply, such as a single spray in a rectangular container without any decoration. Ming trees and other Oriental figurines may also fit well into Modern decor. Table linens for the modern table are severely simply, and most often rely just on color and texture for their handsome appearance. You might have an assortment of inexpensive table cloths in textured cotton or rayon in aqua, forest green, chartreuse, wine or brown, as a basis for the dining table wardrobe. Woven and simulated place mats in natural or deeper colors will help out for breakfasts and luncheons. Traditional Types Should Spell Elegance when Formal Elegant crystal and silverware are part of the traditional or Eighteenth century home, and are there- fore at home on the dining table. When you have to be formal, it can be done on short notice with your fine damask or linen, ornate silverware and exquisite china. In this case the floral centerpieces which are most appropriate, should have a purely classical line, and must be carefully arranged rather than massed. Tall candelabra, tall salt and pepper shakers, and even tall silver vases for the flowers will be entirely in keeping with the traditional table set for formal dining. Informal dining will call for your porcelain birds, figurines and ceramic flowers that can be arranged to fit any shape in tables. Flowers are not necessary if you have enough figurines and ceramics to make pleasing settings from them. Many of the epergnes will hold flowers and fruit at the same time, and are in good taste for informal occasions that will still have that dressed up look. For long buffet tables, you wil probably want to use more of state ly silverware in your collection. Serving dishes and their lids, se end to end are good for holding flowers, in the absence of other suitable containers. Give Variety to Table With Different Cloths China, silver and glassware are usually not changed at different intervals and women want to know how they can achieve different effects with the tables. The easiest way to do this, no matter what style of decor you use, is to change the background on which you set the china and silverware. Linens are replaced, and these hold the key to changing the table just enough to give the necessary variety. For informal dining you can have place mats of inexpensive cottons, many of which can be made at home. The same is true of the smaller cloths so useful at breakfast and luncheon. A colorful solution to this problem can also be provided by smart- ly styled place mats made from flexible vinylite plastic sheeting formed with three dimensional surfaces that look like fabric but give no laundering or ironing problems. Part of the education of children schools will be learning how to publio attending case of an in themselves atomic bomb attack. These protect 136 in students of Junior High Brooklyn are shown as they scurried underneath their desks in a warmup for a series of drills held last month. IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN New . . . Yorks GRASSROOTS Presidents Budget Machinery Depends Upon National Income By Period styles adhere to tradition. Theyre easily cleaned with run- ning water or a damp cloth. In the absence of much center-piec- e information, you can add colorful coasters to the table, thus giving it more interest. These should, if possible, match the place mats. Colors in the new fashions are designed to appeal to the men, and they will certainly meet every taste. Ranging from pale to vivid flower tones, they include pinks, and in violets, mauves, elude black and navy for the more off-white- s, conservative taste. Those who feel they cannot wear the ultra slim skirts on most of the new suits Will undoubtedly- - find to their taste the trouser pressed suit skirt which is fuller than slim, but still very much in keeping with the pencil type lines of the new clothes. Fashion Flashes Tiny pillbox type hats that show off simple dresses well by giving the face a trim look while not detracting attention from detail in dresses and suits are forecast for the season. They are softened with short, fragile half-fac- e veils. Wright A. Patterson PERCENTAGE of each dollar we earn during the next iscal year, beginning July 1, 1951, does the President ask congress to ake away from us as federal taxes 0 pay for rearmament and the expenses of the government? That is an important question to each American. The President asks for a tax that will produce a total of $71 billion. That is the highest total amount he nation has ever been asked to pay, but the President estimates that the total earnings of Americans for the next fiscal year will be not less than $240 billion, and of that amount we will pay out of each dollar we earn 25.9 cents. As a tax, that is mild compared with what we were charged in 1945, when the government took 52.42 out of each of our earned dollars, and at that we were a long, long way from paying the war cost of that year, and added more than 70 billions to our national debt. W Now the President is insisting that we pay the cost of rearmament as we go, anti not increase the national indebted- ness, and he figures a tax of 25.9, or less than 30 cents out of each earned dollar will accomplish that result. What the total may be depends entirely on the total of the national income, the earnings of Americans as individuals, corporations, stockholders or bond holders, farmers. If the President is right in his estimate of a national income of $240 billion that 25.9 cents out of each dollar will produce the $71 billion he says must be raised. It all depends on what we, collectively, earn during the next fiscal year. The President presented to congress a statement of what percentage of each earned dollar had been paid to the government as taxes in other years: in 1939 we paid as taxes 12.8 cents out of each earned dollar; in 1945 it was 52.42; in 1948 it was 16; in 1949, 17.9; in 1950, 18.3; Watch for scarf interest at the necklines of suits. Lace sheers are used widely, and theyre so clever ly draped, they resemble a flower at the throat. Scarves with designs on them will be best for this use. If you choose a neutral color in a casual dress such as silk pongee then be certain its touched of; with at least two bright colors for accent. These might be in a smal hand swag at the belt or a two-ton- e kerchief of green and orange. In keeping with the hip interes shown by the new fashions is the use of rather large rounded pockets in 1951, 18.7. on suit jackets. These are often butExcept for the year 1919, the toned flat so as not to destroy the tax rate on each earned dollar slim silhouette look. has not fluctuated as radically as we have thought, but the Frofit from Calves number of dollars we have Manage beef- cow herds properly to get the most profit from calves. earned, the total of the national annual income has fluctuated greatly if the Presidents figures are correct, and his figure for the next fiscal year is estimated at the high point of $240 billion. Let us hope we make it, and if we do we can easily afford to pay the 25.9 out of each of those dollars, keep the nation out of the red, and still pay the rearmament bills. The President gave to congress some idea as to who would pay the additional taxes. He would collect 35 per cent of it from individuals, that is, from workers, farmers, professional people and merchants, twenty-seve- n per cent from cor11 per cent from additionporations, al excise taxes, and four per cent from customs. He did not say, but he undoubtedly knows, that the 27 per cent collected from corporations, will be paid by the customers. The corporations will add that 27 per cent to the price of their products, and the purchaser of their products will do the paying. The President also offered a chart showing for what he proposed to spend the $71,000,000,000 (tax dollars) he was demanding. Fifty eight cents of each dollar would go to rearmament; 17 cents to the normal expense of the government; 10 cents to meet our international obligations; eight cents for interest on our national debt; seven cents to the veterans administration It can all work out that way, provided congress passes the needed- tax legislation and the - Presidents advisers are suffi- ciently good at their economics to not overestimate the national income for the year beginning next July 1. If that estimated national income is more dollars than we Americans receive, the President will not have as many dollars to spend as he wants. The President has intimated that in addition to the $71 billion he wants for next year, he may ask congress for another $2,700,000,000 with which to balance the expenditures for this year, so as not to have to add that to the national debt. Released by WNU Features |
