Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1947 — Page 15

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And Prove the Hem Is Really Descending By LOUISE FLETCHER Times Woman's Editor JULY 4, just three days behind us, has always been the signal which starts the plugging of fall fashions. The same thing is happening this year. The other day, down at Wasson’s, they were lifting some new fall

suits from the wrappings in which| they'd been shipped. The suits were

pretty enough to make anyone wish the dog days would whoosh by on the double. They also were an indication that the fashion people are not fooling about that longer skirt business.

Two of the early arrivals (pictured |

at right) have definitely longer skirts. Both of the suits shown are developed in striped materials, too Forstmann fabric in each instance, and each depending upon manipulation of \ the stripes to achieve smart effects. The rose-and-gray Malter design also features a longer torso jacket, and emphasizes the Jong-bodied

effect by a row of buttons leading

up to high“ revers and collar.’ »

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The second suit is a three-piece |

number with a back-dipping bolero topping a skirt made with a highwaisted jersey cummerbund in red and blue. The three-quarter coat rounding out the trio has swing-back fullness to contrast with the reed slim lines of the skirt.

Some Ways to Fake

Longer Hemlines Speaking of longer skirts, the problem of how to achieve them in garments already on hand may seem a puzzler, oN Some tailors shake a dubious head when asked to let down a hemline. They say it can come down, all right, but that there frequently "will remain a telltale line. This comes from the repeated pressings of the older garment, and sometimes from wear on the gare ment's edge. Don’t worry too much about it. Try: some optical illusion tricks thought up by the fashion-wise in New York. If it's a plain-toned wool or crepe for which greater length is desired, trot down to the ribbon counters and buy some inch or inch-and-a-half grosgrain ribbon that matches the frock exactly. Get enough to go clear around the skirt and catch it to the'underside. of the hem, letting it extend down petticoat-wise. The same trick may be used on wash dresses, substituting a ruffle of eyelet embroidery for the petticoat effect. Lots of the summer frocks are being made with petticoat ruffles. Another idea, particularly good for a two-piece costume or suit, is to buy some matching material and make a skirt-yoke of sufficient depth to lower the hemline.

Porcelain Cleaner Unsightly bathtub and lavatory discoloration caused by neglected leaky faucets can sometimes be removed or reduced by a paste made of powdered chalk and water.

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Let's Eat—

By META GIVEN MANY housewives have ‘asked for a safe way to cut down cake recipes to a one-meal size. It is more difficult to make a one-layer butte cake than a two, . or a four - egg 3 ;

eight-egg one be- § cause it is easy to over - manipulate a little dab of batter. i However,one layer of butter cake can be cut in half, using one kind of filling and topping, and the other half with a very different filling.

» . » DAFFODIL CAKE (For Tuesday dinner) 1 ¢. cake flour 1% ¢. granulated sugar. 1 c. egg whites (8 to 10) -at room temperature. 15 tsp. salt +1 tsp. cream of tartdr. '% tsp. vanilla 4 egg yolks 4 tsp. orange extract.

Extract flour, measure and resift six times with % cup of the sugar. Turn egg whites into a large mixing bowl and beat with a wire whip until frothy; then sift salt and

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creat of tartar over them and continue beating until just stiff enough to hold their peaks, but not until dry. Fold in remaining % cup sugar with the wire whip, adding about two tablespoons at a time. Now add the flour-sugar mixture in the same manner, cutting and folding while rotating the bowl slowly. When flour has all disappeared, continue cutting and folding one minute longer. Divide mixture gently into two equal parts, Fold vanilla into one portion and into the other fold the egg yolks which have been beaten with the orange extract until very thick and lightcolored. Now dip the two batters into a nine-inch ungreased tube cake pan, alternating a spoonful of the white batter with a spoonful of the yellow until it is all used. Bake in a slow oven (275 degrees F.) for 30 minutes, then in a moderately slow oven (325 degrees F.) for 50 minutes. Invert pan so it stands on tube and does not rest on cake and allow to cool thoroughly. Loosen sides and around tube with a sharp knife and remove cake from pan. Serves 10, a x » . ” PASTRY BY 8 LIFIED PUFF PASTRY METHOD (For Wednesday dinner) 2 c. all-purpose flour

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12 to % c. shortening 6 ‘tbsps. ice water Sift flour, then measure. Add salt and stir to mix. - Cut shortening

into flour until fat-flour particles

are the size of rice grains. Remove

a heaping tablespoon of fat-flour!

particles. To mixture in bowl add

water gradually, a few drops at a time, mixing and tossing very lightly |

with a fork to distribute the water evenly. : Toss aside the part moistened. Continue adding water until it is possible to press the particles gently into a ball. Place. dough in lightly floured board and shape it quickly into a. flat rectangular block with the hands.

. Toss the dough from the center with light even pressure to a thickness of % inch and trying to Keep dough in shape. Sprinkle reserved fat-flour particles over surface of dough, then starting with one of the short sides of rectangle, roll up like jelly roll. 3 Cut cylinder in half, place one cylinder on top of the other being sure the two cut surfaces are not placed directly above the other. With the hands press dough. into a ball, divide dough in two portions, making one portion slightly larger than the other. Use the larger portion for the lower crust, and proceed as you would for regular pastry. Makes two nine-inch ple crusts.

Points to Watch

By PAUL T. HAAGEN Noted Architect WHEN ONE plans to build a house, the first consideration should be the selection of the site or property. “There are many things to consider before purchasing the property, for all house plans will not fit on every lot and Initial care should be exercifed, Here are some of the conditions and

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NEW FALL SUIT: NEW LIPSTICK—Logical follow-up to the purchase of new fall duds is the selection of fresh cosmetic colors for the days when summer's suntan begins to fade. That's what these two are doing . . . the girl new Malter-designed rose and gray striped Forstmann wool and the one at left in another abric, this. time gray and white. (Wasson's.)

7 SOCIAL SITUATIONS

SITUATION: When accompanied by your mother-in-law,

I} you meet. a friend who has

never met her. WRONG WAY: Introduce

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New Gadgets For Papa's Vacation

By KAY SHERWOOD ; NEA Staff Writer NEW YORK, July “7.~New gadgets designed to intrigue men tackle masculine problems with practical, no-nonsense directness. Because of their featherweight lightness, efficiency or small-scaled size, many new accessories will rate preferred positions in his luggage. Rainy day protection for fishermen, for example, which adds only 12 ounces to his gear, is offered by voluminous “shirt” and hat made f waterproof fortisan. What proves the garment's prac« ticality are the roomy shoulders of the shirt, which allow the caster free swing, Drawstring fastened cuffs and

up arms or down a neck.

» » THE OPEN debate between fishermen on the comparative virtues of live bait and a plug gets a dou-ble-edged answer in a plug which imprisons a live minnow, This device .is made of transparent plastic. A small minnow slipped into the plastic shell is magnified to table d’hote size for the unsuspecting fish, . Two triple hooks are attached to the casing, Holes in both ends of the plug permit water to rush

through, thus keeping a minnow alive and alluring—for days, the manufacturers claim, A streamlined aluminum pipe lighter - promises to replace the bulky bundles of matches in the pipe smoker's pocket. In the center of the tubular lighter, a super-sized wind-proof flame blazes. up in the] “chimney” at the flick of a finger.

” » AS THE smoker pufts, the flame is drawn directly into the howl A single filling is sufficient to light 489 pipefuls of tobacco, according to factory experiments. " Miniature aid to good grooming is a vestpocket shaver. Supplementing a regular razor, the midget shaver whisks off “between-shaves”

stubble with no need for lather. Another small-scaled grooming

By MRS. ANNE CABOT The new pure silks making their post-war appearances are

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Write Letter © To Yourself At Age 65

By JANE STAFFORD

Science Staff Writer AN : . to the

problems of old age’ls suggested by Dr. J. M. Mackintosh, professor of public health in the University of Lendon, England. 2 He points out that many old people become just as “difficult” as tr8ublesome children but that little

lems of these old people. One of the measures he suggests

{for keeping yourself from being a

problem oldster, is to write a letter to yourself now, the letter to be opened on Your 65th birthday. His own letter, deposited 10 years ago in his bank, runs as follews, he recalls for readers of thé Wnglish. medical journal, the Lances. ;

” . » “MY DEAR Mackintosh: I hesltate to call you by your Christian name, as I hardly know you. All the same, I think you may profit

Certain undesirable tendencies in your character and outlook are al« ready apparent and I have no doubt they will become more marked as you grow older, just as they did with your father” At ‘this point in your letter, jot down the things in your father or

fdeal for this pretty blouse pattern. A solid color, narrow lace edging and novelty buttons or an exciting print, picot trimmed ruffles and matching material buttons will fill the late summer slump in your werdrobe, To obtain complete cutting pattern, finishing directions for the sweet and pretty blouse (pattern 5200) sizes 14, 16, 18 included, send 16 cents in coin, your name, address and the pattern number. to Anne Cabot, The Indianapolis Times, 530 8S. Wells st., Chicago 7. “

aid is a“zippered kit which houses

sturdy :nylon-bristled brushes for clothes and hair, comb and nail-file,

| mother that irritate you now, as & | warning to avoid them when you {are 85.

” ” tJ THE LETTER continues in part |as follows: “The main thing to re- { member, however, is that you are inow 65 and on the point of retirement, For heaven's sake retire, and do not persuade yourself that you are a special case. “If you have kept mind and body active, a whole world of new inter ests lies before you; if not, you have no business to cling to office, or indeed to any of the voluntary or other services you now undertake. “Clear out. “Do not rationalize by saying that you ‘want to see this thing through.' That is just another barnacle argument: What you really want is to cling. . .

her as “my mother-in-law.” RIGHT WAY: Introduce her as “Jim's mother.” The first is not incorrect, but the second is more gracious.

Beauties’ Hints— Protect Eyes

From Glare

By ALICIA HART : NEA Staff Writer DON'T EXPOSE your eyes to

of suntanned eyelids, Even closed lids do not provide protection against glare, You can Use a temporary substitute for sunglasses, however, if you want to avoid a goggly-white area in a suntanned face. Quite able to pinch-hit for glasses while you are sun-bathing are cotton shields, one placed cover each eye. ” . . IF THE shield is thick enough to block out light, the size of the pad needn't be much larger than your eye.

over the eyelid, If pads are molstened with a cooling lotion, says model Betty Underwood, who dips her cotton in witch hazel, the wet shields will give sparklers a peauty treatment while protecting them

from glare. ’

Summertime Care Of the Tresses

Keep your hair at its loveliest during summer months by shampooing as often as it needs it. And

lent “drier.; After drying, brush hair with a clean brush, bending over from the waist to let the blood run down to the head. aN

Low Temperature Because cheese becomes tough

mists recommend that it be melted over low heat, and added to hot dishes before remo them from the heat. It's less }ikely to curdle

than when with’ flour in 4 white sauce. Brazil Nut Slices

to garnish vegetables and for texture contrast. i Open and, Shut

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