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Closets Can Be Modern Masterpieces of Charm apd Complete Efficiency
Padded or Loose Lining
Invitation to Moths;
Smooth Walls Best
New Accessories Important
Aids to Beauty and Utility;
Keep Decoration Simple
By MARGARET NOWELL.
Closets don’t have to be grubby holes where you grope around in the
dark and stumble over queer-shaped bundles. New houses and apart
ments recognize the demand for more closets, and Just as important as
that is the ability to use to best advantage the space that you have.
All manner of marvelous gadgets on the market these days keep your
belongings separate and orderly. There are clothing carriers that slide all
your dresses right out into the room into full view, tie and skirt racks
with swinging arms that pull out when you need them, and when you
don’t, fall right back into place against the wall. The space back of
your closet door can be filled with racks that will hold any number of
shoes, ties and hats. Some of the new accessories will stow away twice
as much in your closet space as the helter-skelter method, and your
clothes will stay in better condition.
It's nice to have a place for everything and Just as nice to have the
whole effect trim and ship-shape and pretty to look at. Good design and
color add a final fillip to the joy of a well-equipped closet, and whether
you have a toy closet for the baby’s room or a kit closet for the games
and play togs there is a correct way to handle each of them.
Painted Surface
Best for Wall.
No matter how frilly and feminine you like your personal surround
ings, do not make the mistake of lining the walls of .your closet with a
paaaea or loose covering. A wall
fabric that is pasted to the wall
may be the exception, but any loose
covering is a safe harbor for moths
and similar enemies who are not
particular about personal wishes and
may dwell unmolested in back of the
loveliest quilted satin padding to
strike with devastation when the
time is ripe. No amount of spray
ing is safe enough, so the best finish
for the closet wall is a smooth
painted surface or a decorative wall
paper with corners and cracks care
fully sealed. Indulge to your heart's
content in garment bags and hat
boxes. You will love the trans
parent ones with their colored-tape
bandings in which the dress you are
looking for is plainly visible without
opening the bag. Coat hangers and
hat trees may be painted to match,
and the padded hat tree with the
transparent cover like an old-fash
ioned cake cover is ideal. Garment
and fur boxes in various sizes may
be purchased to match and the
whole effect is one of neatness and
a dainty, fragile, feminine appear
ance without sacrificing good com
mon sense.
Man’s Closet
Is Practical.
A man's closet may have tiers of
cabinets built in, or the sectional
variety that just slide into place
and which may hold hats, shoes,
riding boots and the many articles
of apparel of various size and shape
that make up a man's wardrobe.
There are hangers with padded
backs built to hold a jacket in shape
through the shoulders. There are
metal hat, shoe and tie racks that
may be placed on the back of the
closet door in a limited space. A
linoleum floor of deep brown, stor
age chests in beige enamel, gay
wallpaper in tan. red and brown,
and leather - bound shelf boxes
would all set the right note in color
and neatness as well as make the
space thoroughly efficient.
The closet in your guest room
serves a special purpose and for this
reason might be individually de
signed. Space for great numbers of
dresses is not necessary, but it is
nice to have room to place empty
luggage. There is no need for the
storage of many hats and shoes and
that space might be utilized to hold
a box for an extra blanket or a tiny
makeup dresser for party guests. A
tall space for golf clubs and one
large box for riding boots and heavy
outdoor shoes are thoughtful ac
cessories. especially if you live in
the country.
Proper equipment to keep apparel
orderly and free from dust and di
shevelment is the aim of a practical
closet. The use of color and deco
ration to make this an attractive
part of the room should be held
within the confines of good taste
and practicality. They should not
be so delicate or elaborate that the
utilitarian qualities are destroyed, or
that the time spent in taking care
of the decoration of the closet is
more than that taken of the ward
robe it is intended to protect.
[Types of Bread
There is no bread favoritism when
It comes to sandwich-making. White
bread, whole wheat bread, cinna
mon bread, raisin bread, buns—each
has its special flavor harmony with
different fillings. Sweet fillings, such
as chopped dates and nuts, moist
ened with salad dressing, are deli
cious between slices of raisin bread
or cinnamon bread. Hearty food
like hamburgers or ham or cheese
Is good eating in a split bun.
>---—.
Streamlining
The Figure
At Home
Calisthenics Must
Be Done Daily
To Be Effective
By PATRICIA LINDSAY.
If, young lady, you have sat and
sat, and ridden every place you
had to go, you have discovered
that your hip and waist measure
ment have grown two, three or
four inches! You should be dis
mayed, for a heavy midriff defi
nitely robs a figure of beauty.
Being a lazybones, you yearn for
a miracle way of streamlining your
body, but I regret to inform you
that there is no miracle way! To
slim to pleasing lines you must
work! You must roll, and kick,
and bend. Get in the habit of
hiking to and from places instead
of riding, and take up an active
outdoor sport as a hobby this sum
mer. And if you are much over
weight, learn to control your ap
petite!
1. With feet about six inches
apart, and body completely re
laxed. drop the torso to one side,
bending the knee slightly and let
ting the hand touch the ankle.
Return to position and drop torso
to other side. Repeat 10 times.
2. Twist the torso vigorously to
one side, pushing the shoulder as
far back as possible. Swing the
torso to the other side, and repeat
six times.
3. Drop the body forward limp
ly, knees slightly bent, hands
touching the toes. From this po
sition “bob” up and down five or
six times. Return to position and
repeat.
A hip reducer is this movement:
Lie flat on your back, bend knees
up, bringing feet close to your but
tocks. Keep your shoulders flat
on the floor, place fingertips on
them and have chin level. On
count 1, drop both knees heavily
to the right side. On count 2,
return to tuck-under position, pull- :
ing in abdomen as you bring feet
back to position. On count 3, j
drop both knees heavily to left
side. On count 4. return to tuck
under position, pulling in abdo
men.
This you may do at least 20 times
a day and it is a honey, fpr it not
only rids you of extra hip pound
age but it strengthens your ab
dominal muscles, which enables you
to stand in better posture with your
buttocks tucked under instead of
being prominent.
My new hip reducing exercise
leaflet is still available if you
inclose a self-addressed, stamped
(3-cent) envelope with your re
quest.
A Summer Salad
Here is a refreshing salad com
bination: Mix equal parts of cubed
avocados and diced cooked aspara
gus, mix in a very little chopped
sweet pickle, finely minced parsley
and onions. Moisten with French
dressing, chill and serve on crisp
lettuce. This goes especially well
with chicken, sliced ham or Jellied
meat loaf.
Edging and Insertion
By BARONESS PIANTONI.
With imagination—and, of course, your needle—you can find hun
dreds of uses for these laces. Singly, or together, they’re equally attrac
tive. The insertion is 8 inches aide and the edging 10. inches.
The pattern comprises full information and instructions; also filet
diagrams.
Ask for No. 1502 and inclose 15 cents. Address orders to the Needle
work Editor of The Evening Star.
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All in Favor Say Aye’
Every woman will approve these lovely new fur fashions. At left, the East
ern mink coat with mandarin sleeves and small “tunnel” collar is exquisite
over the simple white lace gown. Persian lamb makes the coat at right with
its bell sleeves and squared shoulders. Belted with a buckle in front and back,
it boasts pleats”forward and aft” also. Both coats feature the new detailing
that is so important in exquisite furs this season. _atM mjiff photo
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By HELEN VOGT.
This, to coin a phrase, is only the
beginning. It's the start of the fur
season and embraces the next sev
eral months in which papa will go
into debt and mama into mink.
Although we have long been used
to the fur sales in August, It’s some
thing of a shock to find them going
like mad in the first part of July.
However, since it’s a well established
Jact that excellent bargains in winter
furs are to be found in the summer,
there’s every reason to believe that
women are anxious to get under way.
It also stands to reason that by pur
chasing early you’ll have that coat
just- about paid for by the time you
start to wear it. So don’t let the
tropical atmosphere get you down;
rush into one of the comfortable
stores and spend an hour or two
pretending you’re off for your
Christmas shopping.
Evidently there is a feeling for the
classic furs more than for. those
extreme and unusual types so often
presented. All of your old favorites
from mink to mink-blended-musk
rat are on deck, and there isn’t a
fur within reason that is not repre
sented. Clever dying processes have
made some of the least expensive
coats look like their aristocratic
cousins, and you will find all the
new styles definitely created with
an eye to fashion interest as well as
warmth and comfort.
Particularly outstanding this sea
son is the treatment In the way of
yokes, pleats, fullness and nipped in
waistlines. All of these interesting
angles tend to give dash and smart
ness to furs, and since shirring is
possible in furs now, it’s no wonder
that women are almost as interested
in the styling as they are in the
fur itself. “Scarlett O’Hara” waist
lines give the figure a young, flatter
ing appearance. Flaring or belted
backs are seen often and in the most
dressy furs, too. Sleeves tend to be
full, with the mandarin, bell, balloon
and other billowing types very much
in the news. Some of the balloon
sleeves can even be pushed up for
a different effect if desired. The
skins are often swirled or otherwise
placed with a new and different
feeling that is delightful.
Collars tend toward the small
variety and are worked charmingly
and with phenomenal success. Many
of them turn over in a “tunnel”
effect, while others tie or button
onto the front. Revers are noted on
some of the coats and are done
subtly and well.
We've been taking in the fur
shows around town and finding
them everything that could be de
sired. Hecht’s showed their Holly
wood designed creations the other
day, particularly stressing the new
features in such grey furs as kid
skin, Persian lamb and others.
Brown, too, promises to be a good
bet for the coming season. Raccoon
in a new form also appeared and
may make a come-back, especially
with the campus crowd, for it is
better worked and less bulky than
before.
At the Shoreham, Erlebacher’s
showing of 20 beautiful coats was a
further aid to our fur education
this season. Outstanding were the
balloon sleeves, yokes, pleats and
other touches. Creating particular
attention were the evening furs,
rich ermines and all the other
mouth-watering pelts that can’t be
surpassed. Furs, as displayed here,
take on a new significance and beauty
and show the designers’ progress
that becomes ever more amazing.
It's going to be a wonderful year for
furs, we think, because they have a
distinction and originality that can’t
b« overlooked.
Refrigerator Efficiency
Must Be Managed Correctly
To Obtain Best Service
By Bureau of Home Economics,>Vntted States Department of Agriculture,
Homemakers of a few generations back were fortunate if they could
keep food cool in the cellar or in a spring house some distance from the
kitchen. Homemakers today take for granted the refrigerator in the
kitchen. They rely on the cold air circulating in the refrigerator cabinet
to check the growth of invisible bacteria and molds that quickly cause
spoilage in perishable foods at room temperature.
But the homemaker must manager the refrigerator correctly to get
her moneys worth In food protec-<
tion. The first step in refrigerator
management is to place the cabinet
so it will fit in with a scheme of
good kitchen planning.
Locate the refrigerator conveni
ently, with a work table nearby to
hold food as you take it out and
put it in. If possible, also have the
refrigerator near the sink for ease
in the preparation of food. Then
plan to make as few trips as pos
sible to the refrigerator, because
every time you open the door the
ice or the freezing unit must chill
the warm air that rushes in.
To help the refrigerator run as
economically as possible, see that it
is on the level. Also be sure that
it is in a cool place. You’ll want it
as far as possible from the stove
and sunny windows, and during the
winter you’ll want it away from the
radiator.
Arrangement of food on the
shelves is another important part of
managing the refrigerator. Don't
store food hit-or-miss and don’t
overcrowd the shelves, if you want
to operate your refrigerator eco
nomically. It takes ice or energy to
cool every single thing that goes
into the refrigerator. When you chill
food to keep it from spoiling, you’re
saving money, but when you chill
extra dishes and containers, you’re
wasting money.
A temperature under 50 degrees
F. will keep most perishable foods
a reasonable length of time. But a
refrigerator should have some spot
that is 45 degrees Fahrenheit or
lower, to keep dairy products and
uncooked meats. This coldest spot
in the refrigerator is usually located
directly below or beside the ice or
freezing unit. Your dealer can tell
you the temperature in different
parts of the cabinet and explain
where to put certain foods. Or you
can check the temperature yourself
with a thermometer.
To keep milk cold and sweet is one
of the refrigerators’ most important
jobs. Ordinance in most cities in
sure the consumer of a pure milk
supply, kept safe through proper
refrigeration. But from the-minute
milk is delivered it is the home
maker’s responsibility to keep it as
cold as possible.
Milk, cream and butter take up
odors from other foods, so keep
them covered in the coldest part of
the refrigerator. The same rule holds
good for milk desserts and milk in
leftover dishes such as cream soups,
sauces and creamed vegetables.
These foods are a perfect place for
bacteria to grow. So keep milk mix
tures cold, and use them as soon as
possible.
Meats, fish, and poultry must also
be put in the coldest part of the re
frigerator as soon as they come
from the market. Unwrap the
meat and place it in a clean dish
with a loose covering of paraffin
paper. Many ipodels of mechanical
refrigerators have special meat con
tainers directly below the freezing
units. Uncooked fish should be
kept only a very short time, and it
is best to keep it in the coldest pos
sible place, wrapped in paraffin
paper to protect other foods from
odor.
>-—-.
Eggs, too, should go into the re
frigerator without delay. A few
hours at room temperature, and the
eggs can no longer be accurately
called “fresh.” If the eggs are
purchased in a paper carton, re
move them and place in a bowl or
a wire basket. Many refrigerators
provide a special basket for this
purpose.
Vegetables do not need as much
care in storage as dairy products,
meat and eggs. Most cooks like to
get their vegetables garden-fresh as
often as possible, so they do not
have to keep them on hand very
long.
Many vegetables keep just as well,
or better, outside the refrigerator.
The tubers—potatoes, turnips, car
rots and others—keep well at room
temperatures. And there is no need
to use the refrigerator for vegetables
with strong odors—such as cauli
flower, green onions and brussels
sprouts—if they are to be used in
a day or two.
But vegetables for salads are an
other story. Wash your salad greens
and remove any leaves that are not
to be used, then keep them cold and
crisp in a covered vegetable pan or
oil-silk bag in the refrigerator. Cu
cumbers, tomatoes, radishes (top
removed), green peppers and any
other vegetables for salads should
be kept in a covered crisping pan
or vegetable compartment.
Most fruits are protected against
spoilage as long as their skins re
main unbroken. Pears, peaches and
other fruits are usually kept at room
temperature to become fully ripe.
But if the fruit is “dead ripe” you
can keep it in the refrigerator to
slow down decay. Berries and cher
ries, which mold quickly when warm
or damp, should be kept uncovered
on a tray in the coldest possible
place.
See that the refrigerator and all
the containers used in it are clean
at all times, to make sure that foods
are safe from spoilage. If you spill
food, wipe it up at once. And re
member the importance of a weekly
cleaning—after defrosting a me
chanical refrigerator, or when the
ice supply is low in an ice refrig
erator. Remove all the food and
use warm suds with a little soda
added. Wash the inside of the
cabinet, the shelves, the containers
and any covers for food, such as
those made of oil stk or metal foil.
Rinse with clear water and wipe
dry. The ice refrigerator also has
a drain pipe and drain trap that
must be washed and scalded. And
the mechanical refrigerator has an
evaporator and ice-cube trays that
must be washed.
A refrigerator is a valuable
piece of equipment if it is given
the right care. But it must not be
mistreated. It cannot work effi
ciently if it is so crowded that the
air eannot circulate. It is bound
to use more ice, electricity, gas or
kerosene if it must chill extra con
tainers, hot dishes and foods that
do not need refrigeration. If it is
a good refrigerator and properly
managed, it will keep perishable
foods for a reasonable length of
time.
Mistake to
Marry Too
Young
Playtime Cut Short
Due to the Many
Responsibilities
By DOROTHY DIX.
Dear Dorothy Dix: I am a girl
of 16 and a boy of 23 has asked me
to marry him. This is my problem:
I have heard that girls in their
teens have a grand time going to
parties and dances and I am afraid
that if I get married now I will
think of the good times I could
have had, and regret my marriage.
On the other hand, Z might be
very happy married and not give the
good times Z missed a thought.
Sometimes Z think I am not really
in love because if Z were Z would
want to be married and think that
the greatest happiness of all.
GERTRUDE.
Answer—You seem to have di
agnosed your symptoms correctly,
Gertrude. As long as a girl has
any doubt about whether she
wants to be married or not, she
isn’t in love, and she is very wise
to wait until some chap comes
along who makes her think that
just to be with him is all the bliss
she could possibly ask.
But no matter how much a girl
is in love with a boy. nor how
anxious she is to marry him, she
makes a great mistake when she
does it at 16 and before she has
had her playtime of life.
It is then, when she is just em
erging from childhood to woman
hood, that nature intended her to
laugh and dance and sing and have
dates with the boys and flirt a bit
and have fun, without any wor
ries or responsibilities to mar her
pleasure.
From 16 to 20 are the only care
free years of a woman’s whole life.
For no matter how good a man she
marries, or how kind he is to her,
she is ho longer a butterfly flitting
from flower to flower. She has
taken up the burden of wifehood
with its duties to husband and
children, its work of making a
home, and she can never again
have the light-hearted joy that she
had as a young girl.
I have never known a woman
who married at 16 and missed this
gay interlude in her life who didn’t
regret it. Many of the divorces of
young people are caused by a wife,
who is still a young girl in years
and with a young girl’s desire for
admiration and romance, getting
into sordid affairs with men who
preyed upon her discontent at
having to stay at home and cook
her husband's meals and fix her
baby’s formulas when she wanted to
be stepping out to places of amuse
ment.
And plenty of middle-aged wom
en get into scandals because they
missed their girl time In early
life, and when they try to take it
In later life it ends in tragedy.
So I urge you to take your play
time and enjoy it and get through
with It and be ready to settle down
when you marry. DOROTHY DIX.
My Neighbor Says:
If some of your table dollies
and runners looked washed out,
try tinting them some delicate
shade to harmonize with your
china. Light green makes a de
lightful ground for ivory or yel
low china. For a really bold ef
fect, dye it red or blue and use
it with your gay-colored break
fast sets.
Did you ever serve baked
beans in green peppers? It’s a
grand idea. It will take about
30 minutes for the stuffed pep
pers to bake. Serve them with a
fresh salad, hot bread, bever
age and simple dessert, and you
have a mighty good luncheon or
supper.
To clean linoleum which has
been cemented down, use mild
soap suds and warm, not hot.
water, and scrub quickly so as
not to loosen the cement. To
keep linoleum looking new, fre
quently apply a coat of thin
wax. This gives a seal which
helps prevent stains.
• “With Mueller’s Macaroni ready
to help me prepare grand meals
quickly and easily, I don’t have
to spend glorious Summer days
slaving over a hot stove.”
, Mueller’s cooks firm yet tender
In only 9 minutee — perfect for
Macaroni and Choose Casseroles
so popular with the whole family.
(See Recipe No. 1 on Muettet’i
package.,) Delicious and hearty
enough to satisfy hungry males,
yet easily digested by the young
est members of the family. Buy a
good supply of Mueller’s today!
Be Cool-Looking and Slim
In This Flattering Frock
1205-Bl
By BARBARA BELL.
Young women who take large
sizes often have difficulty finding
well-fitting styles which have suffi
cient dash and youth. Here's a de
sign that's young and graceful, cool
as a breeze and perfectly designed
to diminish the pounds. Dart-fitted
at the waistline, it has a slim-hipped,
paneled skirt which flares at the
hem. Gathers beneath the smooth
yoke create the desired high bust
line and, matched by vertical gath
ers in the sleeves, make the dress
charmingly soft.
Notice that narrow frills are used
without adding an iota of breadth
or fullness, as frills usually do. In
small-figured silk print, in handker
chief linen, batiste or voile, this will
be your favored afternoon dress
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1205-B
is designed for sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44,
46, 48, 50 and 52. Size 38 requires,
with short sleeves, 4% yards of 35
inch material without nap; 4% yards
with three-quarter sleeves.
Help in Difficulties
Long-handled radiator brushes are
useful for cleaning difflcult-to-reach
places. Sprinkle a little furniture
polish on the brush so it will collect,
and not scatter, the dust. All house
hold brushes need frequent wash
ings. dryings and airings for effi
cient service. Always hang brushes
to dry. and to prevent the bristles
from bending.
Drafts Ruin Cake
In spite of temptation, it is wise
to keep the oven door closed for 15
or 20 minutes after a cake has
started to bake. Cakes, like human
beings, do not welcome sudden
drafts of cold air.
Just out! Be among the first to
enjoy it! Barbara Bell's new fash
ion book, with more than 100 new
designs. Send 15 cents for it now!
Plan your whole wardrobe this easy,
budget-saving way, and revel in
having individual versions of new
styles that you won't see elsewhere!
BARBARA BELL,
The Washington Star.
Inclose 25 cents in coins for
Pattern No. 1205-B. Size_
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Address _
Wrap coins securely in paper.
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_Watch for Announcement
Why Good Grooming regains keeping
DARK ARCS DRY
If you still are tolerating perspiration
under the arms, just listen to facts
about hygiene in these dark arcs that
any doctor can give you;
It’s uncleanly! That repellant under
arm odor signals decay! That perspir
ation which damages gowns is de
composed!
Because die dark arcs are closed to
purifying air and light, perspixadoo
decays before it evaporates.
PerspiVtion, carrying cast off body
wastes, pours out on the skin, ming
ling with dead skin scales, and micro
organisms. Decay begins. Adds form.
Fungus may grow and bacteria mul
tiply. Rantid odors appear.
"It’s shocking," say lovely women
of today!
They prevent it, by using Arrid to
softly check perspiration. Arrid keeps
underarms dry, odorless, 1 to 3 days.
No perspirauon, no decay, no odor.
Arrit^ which safely checks perspir
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