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TUESDAY, AUG. 26, 1947

Garden Asset:

Blue Fescue Is Neat Plant

"For Edgings

September Is Time For Sowing Lawns By MARGUERITE SMITH

“SUCH WEEDS, such weather,”

is the gardener’s lament this week. But while most of us fret about that grass in the flower "beds, Mrs. A. A. Croan, 524 W. 31st st, raises it purposely. Of course, Mrs. Croan's grass is & pretty special kind—and the perfect perennial for lazy Auggust days. She uses the neat little circlets of short (6 or 8 inches) bluish green quills to edge her rose bed. It thrives equally well with much or little water, she says. It will grow in shade or sun. It doesn't spread weedily from underground roots as do most of the ornamental grasses. But how could I tell you about it when we didn’t know it§ name? For Mrs. Croan bought her original plant completely unnamed Just because it was so attractive. 80 I called Mrs. Ralph Bidgood, Westfield blvd. She recognized the description at once as that of festuca ‘glauca of blue fescue, sister to the fescue we sometimes grow in our lawns. Easy as anything to raise, except that it might winterkill if it got too wet—that's her experience with it. Mrs, Croan has started numerous new plants simply by dividing the original clump. Her results with it make blue fescue sound like the answer to a busy gardener’s dream of neatly edged flower beds. > » ® » WHO SAYS onions don't grow on trees? Those little sets that grow on' the top of the perennial onion’s stalk, so giving it the hame of tree onions, are mature and ready to plant now. Get them into the ground sometime soon, mulch well before cold Weather and you may have green

Let’

Grass in the

Flower.

TALL GRASS —BUT NOT A WEED -—Mrs. A. A. Croan, 524 W., 3st st,

uses blue fescue, an ornamental grass, to edge her rose bed. perennial for the August garden.

onions to eat as early Feb-

ruary.

» » ~ THE scientists who lately announced a new and highly effective aphid killer have nothing on Barbara Winders, 2242. N. Alabama st., whose youthful gardening adventures are sometimes quite startling. When her nasturtiums were covered with the little black insects that afflict them this time of year, Barbara calmly sprayed them with Flit. It Killed the aphids and I'm happy to say that at last report the nasturtiums seemed to be recovering. s " 5 ’ ARE THOSE tomatoes you're picking too acid to suit your

taste? Then water them freely and next year don't’ use so much potash fertilizer. In five years of testing in New York state. continually moist soil increased moisture content and decreased acidity in tomatoes; while potash increased both the acidity and solid content. » n n SEPTEMBER is the best time to sow grass seed in these parts. But don't be in too big a hurry to buy your seed. I'm told that the price is due for a drop sometime after the first of the month when the new crop comes in. It’s much more plentiful than last year’s. Ld

DO YOu

» ” know your weeds?

It's the perfect

This one is beginning to cover your garden right now, especially if your soil is sandy. Its fleshy leaves grow out in a mat seldom over a couple of inches high. It may be used for greens and improved kinds are sometimes cultivated. It's a close relative of the moss rose or portulaca, Its botanical name, portulaca oleracea, seems to trace back to an old French word for porcelain, possibly referring to the jade-like translucence of the leaves. Its common name—pusley or purslane, Some gardeners think it's an advantage to let it grow in the late summer garden as it makes a ground cover that shades the soil from the sun's drying heat.

Br idge—

AaQ873 odern Way Is to Bake Doughnuts vis - ®AQJI0 * ‘By META GIVEN i Granulated sugar 1 tsp. freshly grated onion | ale BAKING DOUGHNUTS is a mod-, Soften yeast in the lukewarm 5 tbsps. cider or wine vinegar hd N 4062 ern idea but one can turn out just! water, Meanwhile scald milk and' 1 c. salad oil YAQ109 w E va43 as delicious a product as in frying. pour it over the shortening, sugar, 1 small clove garlic (if desired) 235809 S $ Riu One saves on the shortening and salt and nutmeg measured into a peeled 4 Dealer 43 not so much manipulation of the/mixing bowl. When milk mixture tsp. egg white dough is required. The crust is a cools to lukewarm, stir in softened Blend the first five ingredients AAKJ105 little different in appearance when yeast and eggs, then flour, and beat thoroughly in a quart jar. Add IN they are removed from the oven, thoroughly. rest of the ingredients. Put cap on SAS but after they are brushed with! Cover and let stand in a warm jar gand shake vigorously. Wipe Tournament—N-§ vul | melted butter and given a sugar {place (about 86 degrees F.) until jar and store in refrigerator for one South West Nn Ba coating, they are both good looking | double in bulk (about one hour).! hour, then remove and discard 14 24 24 Pass and Selicioye. re [nen tn Suugh San onto a well-| garlic. Close jar and return to re- ‘0 ‘Pass Pass Pass jour ar Sha, into a soft! BA DOUG TG pe frigerator until ready for use. This! Opening—é& K

(For Thursday Dinner) 2 cakes compressed yeast pkgs. dry granular yeast 1 c¢. lukewarm water 1'3 c. scalded milk 14 c. shortening ¥ c. sugar 2 tsps. salt 1% tsps. nutmeg 2 eggs, beaten 4% c. all-purpose flour Melted . butter

Bolero Suit

8225 38 yn. By SUE BURNETT

Featured today is gs darling bolero outfit for little girls. The

* perky jacket has a one-button

elosing, the brief skirt is full and swinging. A be-ruffled blouse com-

pletes this exciting, easy to make

combination. Pattern 8225 is designed for Sizes 3, 4. 5 6, 7 and 8 years. Size .4, blouse, 1% yards of 39inch, skirt, 1 yard; bolero jacket, short sleeves, % yard; with long sleeves, 1 yard. For this pattern, send 25 cents,

or 2it,

ness. Then use a lightly floured

"|rolling pin to roll dough to uniform |

one-half inch thickness. Brush off lightly any excess flour | on the top. This dough is very soft. Cut out with a floured three-inch doughnut cutter, lift carefully with

inches apart on a greased baking| sheet. Brush gently, but thoroughly | with melted butter or margarine!

20 to 25 minutes. Bake in a mod|erately hot oven (425 degrees F.) [from 10 to 42 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately brush with hot melted butter {while on baking sheqt. Remove from {pan and put two or ee at a time linto a paper sack containing granu{lated sugar. Shake gently to coat. | Makes two and a half to three dozen. » . » | CRISPY WAFFLES (For Wednesday Breakfast) 13 c. all-purpose flour 4 tsps. sugar ' 1 tsp. salt 2! tsps. baking powder 2 eggs, separated 11% ¢. milk ! 14 ¢. shortening 8ift flour, measure and resift {three times with sugar, baking powder and salt. Beat egg whites until they stand up in soft peaks. | Beat egg yolks, add milk and [shortening and pour into flour mixture. Beat quickly until smooth. Fold in egg whites thoroughly but |lightly. Use one-third cup of bat{ter for each waffle, bake in a hot waffle iron. After waffle is done, | let remain in iron a few seconds to crisp. Serve immediately with butter and hot Sirup. . Makes six six-inch waffles. ~ ~ »

FRENCH DRESSING (For Friday Dinner) 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. dry mustard 1 tsp, sugar ‘2 to 1 tsp. paprika Big dash black pepper

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a pancake turner so as not to dis-| tort the round shape and place two

and let rise until double in bulk—|

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ball, but do not knead. With floured | js especially good on a green salad hands gently press the dough out|consisting of head lettuce, romaine, to about three-fourths inch thick-|a little tender spinach, sliced green pepper and cucumber,

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By MRS. ANNE CABOT A double-breasted baby jacket that is “styled” for warmth and designed for the novice to crochet.

The easiest of stitches are used so |

beginners take heed! Make the set of soft all-wool yarn, picot the edges with a contrasting color of mercerized cotton, using the same color embroidery on the collar a the drawstrings that form the Yuffs of the jacket and bonnet ruffle. To obtain complete crocheting instructions and stitch {llustrations for crocheted comfort baby

| set (pattern 5590) send 16 cents

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TRANS-CANADA

Opening Lead ~~ Spots the High Cards

By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America's Card Authority IS BETTER bridge played in the East or in the West? It is true that most of the Life Masters are in the East, but I think that this question will be decided within the next year or two by competition between the tyo sections. A large group of eastern players went out to California last year, and another delegation is plan- | ning to attend the tournament to be held Nov. 5 to 9, inclusive, at | the Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, | Cal.

» ~ TODAY'S hand Coronado last year. The play is somewhat involved, and a good player might “blow” the hand. South wins the opening lead with the ace of clubs, takes three rounds of trumps, then takes the diamond finesse. Fast wins and shifts to a heart, and down goes declarer, losing

~ came up at

The correct line of play is to

trumps, winning the third round

in the closed hand, then lead the |

five of clubs.

The opening lead of the club king has marked West with the | queen. West has to win this trick, and he shifts to a diamond. Declarer should go right up with dummy’s ace, discard his seven of diamonds on the jack of clubs, then lead the queen of diamonds. If East does not cover, South dis~ cards a heart, because if West wins the diamond trick, there is no return he can make that will endanger the contract, If East covers the diamond, South trumps, and the jack and 10 of diamonds provide discards for two of the hearts. Thus at most declarer loses two hearts and a club;

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two hearts, a diamond and a club, |

win the first trick with the ace | of clubs, take three rounds of |

Changes Urged | In the Togs For Children =

| Clothing Experts Ask! |

For Improved Styles Times Special WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Amert-, can children would be more comfortably and suitably clothed for school this fall ff mothers and clothing manufacturers had a better understanding of each other's ‘needs and problems, This was agreed by 52 state extension clothing specialists who met | here recently at the U. 8. agricul-| ture department. The specialists, | who together work with more than | a million Anierican homemakers, | {expressed the belief that children’s ready- -made clothing is in great | need of improvement. They were of the opinion that {mothers would be willing to pay | | more for well-made clothes designed for children's needs, and that most mothers consider more than “price and prettiness” when outfitting their | families. Much research has shown the| kind of clothing best suited to grow-| ing children. For a number of {years women in home demonstra-| tion clubs throughout the country have been studying the results of] this research to learn how clothes! should be made for children’s comfort, health and proper physical development.

The Kids Need Clothes With Room for Action The women want clothes that wear and wash well, that a child can put on and take off himself, that are comfortable and provide room for action. Yet when they try to buy such clothes, they find them scarce, the specialists declared. “Though sports and work clothes for adults have been improved greatly in recent years, the basic idesigns of children’s ready-made {clothes have hardly changed in 25 | years,” the specialists agreed. “Man|ufacturers change styles enough to suit current fashion but they make

few changes to suit children's] | needs.” The reason, the specialists be-

lieve, is a lack of understanding be- |

tween manufacturers and home-| {makers. “Manufacturers,” they say, { “believe women are satisfied because | {they continue to buy. But stocks, of children's clothes have been so {low in recent years that women! have had to take what they could get rather than What they wanted. "

Beauties’ Hints

PAGE 15 \H OTN

‘Hand Care for a Young Musician Short Shoes,

NEVER TOO YOUNG —Along with her first music lessons, a

young musician should get instruction in hand care. Here one of

them learns how to massage cr pretanding to force on gloves.

By ALICIA HART, | F YOUR musically-inclined child is given early training on the |

piano or other hand-played little fingers. They can be made st instruments. The best safeguard

eam properly into her hands,

" »

NEA Staff Writer

instruments, watch out for those ubby by early thumpings on musical against possible stubbiness, experts

say, is daily massage designed to mould fingers into shapeliness. A child will suffer massage with better grace, and more sustained

interest, a child is the game of forcing on will even force on her own “glove

too-tight ones by pushing fingers a hand-cream for the game.

One of the fluffy hand creams, gens, Is recommended for use on sensitive young skin.

of course, used on any pair of 1

if you'll turn the routine into a little game. -

Intriguing to an imaginary pair of gloves. She -show her how you get on your from tips to palms—if you'll use

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free of known irritants or allerSuch a cream,

ittle hands, helps to alleviate the

drying effects of frequent washings and begins to inculcate a habit

of good grooming that will Make

‘out’ future claims to beauty.

| stand

Hose Bad for

IChild’s Feet

I1l-Fitting Footwear

May Cause Fatigue

By JANE STAFFORD ! Science Service Staff Writer | GETTING, Junior and Sister ready

{for school usally includes getting | them new shoes. Be sure that the | shoes- fit properly and ave long | enough. Both right and left shoes should e tried on and the child should in them. If one foot is | larger, fit it, not the smaller one. | Feet are larger when a person is | standing than when he is sitting. | The difference may be as gr {a half or a whole size. Even Hey shoes that fit correctly, a child or a grown-up can have foot troubles {from stockings that are too short, 80 watch Hes, oo,

| PARENTS Should remember that {Junior and Sister outgrow their |shoes faster than they wear them (out, and the same may be true of | stockings. If a growing child com{plains of being tired, it may be {because his shoes do not fit, The foot complaints boys and | girls often make on returning home {from summer camps are due most frequently to improper shoes and the change from country moads to city streets, says Dr, Philip Lewin, Chicago orthopedic surgeon, in his book, “The Foot and Ankle.” If more people, young and old,

wore correct shoes, there would be

less need for “corrective” shoes, he points out.

THE MOST ihportant shoe measurement, he says, is from the tip of the heel to the middle of the big toe joint which should come oppo-

‘We, the Women—

Want-Ads Reflect Today's Life

RUTH MILLETT Y a Staff Writer

IN A DESPERATE scramble to find a place to live, house hunters are outdoing each other in parading their needs on the

want-ad pages of the newspapers. | Humor, pathos, desperation -— |

they're all there, wrapped up like neat little short stories, each one a hopeful try at gaining the interest of anybody with an apartment or house to let. Take this one, for instance, written in a lighter vein: “LUCKY ME--Oh Happy Day! Joy of joys! My mother-in-law and two brothers- ~in- law are mov-

ing into my apartment if they don't find a house or apartment. Lucky me! If there is a KillJoy in town who desires to deprive me of the pleasure (by renting- them something) he can phone Bill Wills at 2-0404."

» » ” OR THIS one, which combines dignity with modern frankness:

wife need apartment or house.” Or this one by a cynic who obviously has concluded that money talks: “Seventy-five dollars for | the key to an apartment . . ." All those are copied from a | single edition of one newspaper. And there. Were, of course, doz-

“Veteran student and expectant

site that point of the shoe wheres {the shank goes over into the sole. {He also advises fitting the sole of {the shoe to the sole of the wearer's foot. “Never accept a shoe that has to

{be ‘broken in,” he advises. “Part

lof your foot will ‘break out’ before the shoe is ‘broken in.’ " | Flat feet cause a lot of unneces~ sary worry. Some of them, especially if combined with rheumatism, | may be painful and need a doctor's | care. But flat feet are not necessarily painful and many are just as useful as a high-arched foot or more 50.

| ens more—each trying a differy ent method of appeal. . For short, short stories that paint a true picture of life in 1947 you can'y beat the want-ad seci tion of your daily paper.

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