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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER . I WUI Woman's Worlrt Kathleen Norris Says: Several Sets of Accessories Lend Variety to Slim Wardrobe XHEN women give on how they manage wardrobe planning, most of them will tell you that one of the easiest ways to operate on a .limited budget is to have several differ-ent- s sets of accessories for well chosen basic clothes. If your budget this spring permits only one suit or one dress, dont despair. Either of these will do the work for several different occasions, provided the accessories are chosen with care. Its surprising how many of these clever accessories can be whipped together at home. Fve been noticing how many smart hats have been turned out at home during an evening or two, or how hats could be changed from season to season with a bit of fresh veiling, or a sprig of flowers, and how gloves can take on new glamor when some interesting detail is sewed on their cuffs. Start right now to add little springlike touches to your clothes and see how much fun it is to do. You might begin by adding a pert bow to your hat out of grosgrain ribbon or one of the new prints. Then carry the print theme a little further by making cuffs on your gloves of the same material. Have everything cleaned and pressed perfectly so that you will look starchy and neat, and, of course, springlike! If you have some good basic dresses, remove their gold, silver and sequin trimmings. Use in their place some crisp ruffling which may be purchased by the yard, or some dainty lingerie trim. Everyones Life Is Poor Stuff , Too Bell Syndicate. WNU Feature. Serve Casseroles For Late Evening Snacks, Parties well-dress- ' tips their and White Brown Ingredients for this home style Italian spaghetti are simple and economical. The cooking time is brief but this dish can make you an enviable reputation. Simple but Satisfying A and suits. Make a purse from the same material to match, and you have a fresh start on accessories. Some of the d picture type hats which are very seasonal will yield their fullest in wear if you keep changing them slightly every season with fresh veiling or flowers. If hats need a stiff brushing or cleaning, this frequently can be accomplished at home. Take lessons from the milliner in draping veils properly, and never make them look skimpy. If you dont feel quite confident of your own ability to remodel a hat, or if you have a lovely piece of felt which you would like converted into a useful and head dress, it will be more economical to take it to a professional milliner than to buy a new hat. Its often possible to change the way you wear a hat, accompanied by a .change in hairdress and have it look new and fresh. If you have a good basic dress, dont neglect to have several belts Choose several sets of accessories . . . with it, selected, of course, to harmonize or contrast with the dress. yellow, kelly green or chartreuse Belts .and peplums made out of and even pink. Blouses and dick- scarves are at easy to sew ies frequently can be made from home and are, some oftogether the little of material or from dresses touches that add interest and scraps that are too worn to serve as such change in a dress. any longer. Handbags, too, may be If you are making a special blouse made at home tofrequently harmonize with or a dickie for your suit then try the costume. Save old frames after to save a few pieces of material their fabric wears, and use these that can be worked into a decora- as a basis for a new bag. tive handkerchief or perhaps a bow All these details may be tied toor trimming for your hat or even with costume gether jewelry your gloves. These little touches tie much of which can be made at home the outfit together and enhance its after purchasing inexpensive where-with-a- ll appeal. from which to make them. Touches of white add greatly to a costume, and may be worked into the wardrobe in cuffs and col-large-brimme- ' Laundering Aids Use Old Hat Frames For New Hats If you have purchased hats carefully with an eye to good line, theres no reason why these cannot be used over and over again. Hat frames may be covered with scraps of material from dresses, blouses ( two-stor- m, cessories for suits. First of all, you have a choice of several blouses and dickies to wear with the suit, and I would suggest that you have several colors to use with it Dont concentrate on white ' blouses or dickies, for you can add more variety to the wardrobe by several colors. A navy blue suit, for example, not only will look well with white, but also may be worn effectively with lars, ruffle trimmings and gloves. Keep them well laundered so they will always be fresh. If the water for laundering in your vicinity is a little on the hard side and you find it difficult to get suds in your wash tub, try adding a little ammonia or borax to soften it There are also several good types of water softeners on the market. Use mild soaps for ordinary laundering, and flake or chip soap for the washing machine. White cottons and linens can withstand a moderate use of soap without turning yellow. They usually may be boiled without injuring them. Only gentle soaps should be used on colored cottons and they should never be washed in too hot water. Never hang in sun. Silks and rayons take mild soap and lukewarm or cool water. Never rub or twist them while washing or you will break the fibers. Three rinses are necessary for most types of clothing if you really want to remove all the soap from them. afraid Ill go mad. "Im sick unto death of putting the same clothes in the washing-machin- e for the children, and ironing the same clothes and carrying them upstairs, and putting them into the wash again. Im sick of putting the same pot roast Into the same pot, and cutting biscuits with the same ls cutter, and buying three new this week and three pairs of socks for each of the boys next week. Im sick of my beauty parlor, my library, my bridge club; Im sick of giving my husband steak only twice a month, and having him tired and grateful about It; my favorite dinner, Mommy. And Im deadly sick, continues this spirited letter, of kindly advice from older women, who remind me of starvation in Poland and China and practically everywhere else, and Im sick of being told that if any real sorrow came to me, like Perry dying or one of the boys being killed in the street, how grateful Id be to go back to where I am today! Of course I worry myself sick every time the children or Perry have colds, or are late for dinner; they are dearer to me than life. But here am, 34, married 10 years, no debts, loving my husband, loving my restless, dirty, troublesome, noisy boys and afraid Ill go mad! Terribly Dull. the letter finishes in a Well, quieter vein, just writing this to you has been an enormous relief to me. Ill start the rabbit pot-pi- e and the creamed carrots in better spirits. Id like to have crab cocktails for dinner tonight, followed by fat little iteaks and fresh asparagus, and ended with my famous baked Alaska. Weve had baked Alaska twice in (ix years. But if it must be rabbit and carrots so be it. Only believe me, life can be terribly dull in a seven-roosuburban house on M.OOO a year, even when you love your husband, buy bonds, go to church Sundays, entertain the bridge club every fourth week and have every Sunday dinner at one or the other mothers." dish-towe- book-lendi- m Yes, I know it can, Roberta, and know how hard it is to carry on to apparently aimless a routine from year to year. But when you get to my age you realize that life is much the same for everyone. Life itself, this queer brief time of sensibility between birth and death, isnt what it seems to be. Nobody has as much tun as you think. Millions of lives know actual want, fear and sufferMillions of others are like ing. yours, just in the comfortable, dull, lafe middle zone. A few thousand leem to escape all that, and the women wear diamonds and take trips on private yachts and have leading parts in movies. And between them all there is precious little to choose; that is the stupefying fact. The tiny details that make us happy or sad, proud or ashamed, exist in the mansions of Dull silver is replacing gold in jewelry, it seems. This is particularly effective on the pastel woolens, but gold is still the best choice for black. Bumper hats which can be dressy as required for some occasions such will have their spree as weddin too, so if youre the type for this hat, investigate its possibilities. Theres still plenty of nippy weather ahead before spring breezes ing, dutiful husband, two healthy little boys, a suburban home. The family income is adequate for her needs and there are no bills or other financial worries. Nothing really is wrong, but Mrs. Allen is just weary of the routine of household cares, cooking, marketing and all. Her club connections are not interesting enough to give her much diversion. She is looking for something bizarre to give her a new interest in life. Miss Norris replies that life settles down to a dreary sameness for nearly everyone, in time. Wealth and beauty and fame do not make much difference. The only element, says Miss Norris, that can lift anyone out of monotony and despair, is religion. A realization of the supernaturel part of life, she says, transforms everything commonplace and makes it sparkle. The dull, daily routine becomes thrilling. Park avenue just as plentifully as restless, troublesome, boys noisy nings, and theres nothing more welcome on a crisp evening after the gang of youngsters has been out skating, ski- ing or coming home from a play than a sizzling hot casserole and a tossed salad. Or if you have friends over and the evening begins to run out, theres no better way to wind it up than with a nice, homey oven dish to warm up the spirit and satisfy the appetite. Make refreshments simple by tossing together the salad right after dinner or at least getting things ready for the toss up. Also, prepare the casserole, store jn the refrigerator and then about of an hour before serving, slip it into the oven. While were watching our budgets, were all looking for inexpensive dishes for entertaining. Utilize leftovers for casseroles, and make them stretch with such good foods as macaroni, spaghetti and noodles. Heres an inexpensive but popular suggestion for late evening snacks: Italian Spaghetti (Serves 6 to 8) H pound long spaghetti 1 pound ground beef 3 to 4 tablespoons cooking oil 1 green pepper, cut fine 1 large onion, minced cup celery, cut fine H cup mushrooms, sliced 2 cans tomato puree Salt and pepper to taste. Fry onion in oil until lightly browned. Add pepper, celery, mushrooms and cook covered until they are tender. Add tomato puree. Turn fire low. Place on top of sauce the ground beef which has been seasoned and formed into small balls. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Turn meat balls once. Serve this sauce over freshly cooked spaghetti. Cook spaghetti in boiling, salted water until tender. Serve with grated cheese and meat balls. h Meal. (Serves 6) 2 cups diced carrots 1H cups diced celery 6 medium potatoes, pared and sliced 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup meat stock 3 tablespoons sliced onion 1 cup canned or cooked peas Hi to 2 cups diced leftover meat M cup bread crumbs 3 tablespoons melted butter Cook carrots, celery and potatoes separately in boiling, salted water three-quarte- rs they do the crowded tenements of Silver street Wealth and fame and beauty are only fresh exasperations when they cannot hold a mans loyalty, save a childs life, or build about her the home fireside, the books and friends, the dear sense of being loved and needed that are every womans dream. Supernatural Goal. The history of failures, divorces and suicides among the apparently great and favored prove this over and over. Life if you live it only in terms of this world, is a dull and discouraging business for everyone. Earthly life isnt enough for us, we are geared to something else. We need supernatural help. Once sure of that, there is no more dullness. We are the servants then of an invisible master. Nothing is humble then, nothing is monotonous. Life sparkles; the commonplace seven-roohouse, the two sturdy boys; the garden, friends, club, market all combine in one absorbing miracle. And the love of a tired, puzzled man, who needs her, who comes home to her at night, is the greatest miracle of alL To make his life comfortable and complete is a daily and secret delight. Once you come to feel that disillusionment and drabness are the fate of us all, your own share of it becomes easier to bear. You begin to reach about for that hidden alchemy that transforms life in an ordinary city flat into the most thrilling until tender. role a woman can be called upon (Leftover cooked to play. Believe me, the materials vegetable may are all there, ready to your hand. be used.) Melt Or rather, ready to your heart and butter, blend in soul. A ballroom and a swimming flour, add milk and meat stock; pool don't keep hate and fear and cook over direct despair out of a house. Income has nothing to do with the joy of living. heat until sauce thickens, stirring That is something for which you constantly. Add salt. .Combine must seek as a certain merchant sauce with remaining ingredients, did a certain pearl, knowing that . except crumbs and melted butter, its heavenly luster Vould light all and pour into a two quart buttered the rest of his days. One-Dis- m One of those peculiar situations in which the onset of a new disease brings about an improvement in a 'My warm up the days and eve- DULL AND POINTLESS Life is so drab, so dull and pointless, complains Mrs. Perry Allen in a letter, that she fears she will go mad unless something unexpected happens. She has almost everything a woman can rightfully expect; a lov- Arthritis Relief Fashion Forecast Slim hiplines are being accented with loose swinging jackets, especially of the bolero variety. Jewelry shown with prints needs to be chosen very carefully. Its supposed to add glitter, but must be the kind that in good taste, strikes you in the face. Consider it as a very important part of the costume. MENUS Italian Spaghetti Tossed Vegetable Green Salad Hard Rolls Butter Ice Cream with Cookies Beverage Recipe given , By KATHLEEN NORRIS ARE there times in every womans life when 1 V she thinks that unless something unexpected happens she will simply go mad? asks Mrs. Perry Allen of East St. Louis. Such a time has come to me and I can tell you it frightens me. I have a nice y house; This print in brown and white seven-rooBlouses and Dickies from Joseph Halperts collection we have a car; Perry is Add Wear to Suits for spring features Jewelled but- steady and affectionate; my As you probably know, theres no tons that fasten the jacket in the mother lives near and is delimit to what may be done with ac- center of the waist. voted and helpful and Im To make one suit do for the season. LYNN CHAMBERS previously existing disease is reported by Oxford university. A group of 32 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis were infected and developed jaundice. Of these, 10 were rendered temporarily free of all pain, free movement restored and swelling reduced. Partial relief was experienced by 15 patients ,and 7 showed-nimprovemtnt. o Combine crumbs and casserole. melted butter and sprinkle over top. Bake in a moderate (350 degree) oven for 35 to 40 minutes until top is browned and mixture thoroughly heated. The goodness of apples and ham combine with macaroni in the following recipe to give you a dish for cool,- - tart evenings: Ham and Apple Casserole. . (Serves 6) 6 to 8 bunces elbow macaroni 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons mustard Hi cups milk 1 cup ground ham Vi teaspoon Salt teaspoon pepper s cup chopped celery 2 apples 3 tablespoons brown sugar Cook macaroni in boiling, salted water for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse. Melt butter, blend in flour, mustard and milk. Cook slowly until thickened, stirring constantly. Combine all ingredients except apples and sugar and pour into a greased baking dish. Dice apples and spread over top of casserole. Sprinkle with sugar and. bake in a moderate (350 degree) oven for 30 minutes. Simple little tricks add a lot of eye appeal to certain simple dishes, such as this one. In this case, the cooked noodles are mixed with minced pimiento and green pepper and placed in a casserole. Then, press a nest into the center of the noodles and fill this with a mixture of creamed tuna fish. Serve with a colorful salad of sliced tomatoes and chunks of crisp lettuce, or a tomato aspic ring filled with . cole slaw. Leftovers take on glamor while clearing the refrigerator when used with spicy seasonings in this crumb topped casserole. White sauce helps adults and children get milk necessary in the diet. ' Creamed Tuna, Noodle Nest. (Serves 6) 8 ounces noodles. 3 tablespoons each, pimiento and green pepper 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour Salt and pepper Hi cups milk X can tuna fish 1 cup cooked green peas Cook noodles in boiling, salted water until tender. Mix with pimiento and green pepper and make nest in casserole. Melt butter, add flour, salt and pepper to taste and milk. Cook until thick and smooth. Add tuna and peas aqd pour into noodle nest. Heat in moderate oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Here is an easily prepared salad that is rich enough to satisfy winter appetites: Calavo Beet Salad. Calavo half shells Lemon juice Salt Finely shredded uncooked, beets Thinly sliced green sweet pepper French dressing Salad greens for garnish d eggs Mayonnaise (optional) To prepare calavo half shells cut fruit into halves lengthwise and remove seed. Sprinkle cut portions of fruit with lemon juice and salt. Dress combined beets and pepper with french dressing. Place calavo half shells on garnished salad plates and fill seed cavities with vegetable mixture. Top each salad with a d egg. Garquarter of a nish with mayonnaise, if desired. Hard-cooke- hard-cooke- Released by Western Newspaper Union. Sauces for vegetables and entrees be made ahead of time if they may Plan Short Cuts to Aid are chilled. In Meal Preparation See that you have enough salad Plan ahead and do everything in dressings ready in the refrigerator advance that is possible. Puddings at the beginning of the week so and most desserts can be prepared you do not have to take time before in advance; salad fruit and vegemeals to put them together. tables cleaned and chilled though Some things should never be done not mixed together; salad dressings ahead. Never squeeze citrus fruit prepared; hot bread batters made juice, for example, or prepare and chilled, pans buttered; casse- meat, fish or egg dishes without roles may be made ahead and placing them in refrigerator until chilled and the table set. cooking time. LYNN SAYS: ' |