Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1948 — Page 15
Gardening—
Water Is Also Vital Factor
TUESDAY. JAN 20. 108 a i
| Heat And Care Stimulate House Plants
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
New York Fashions—
Economy Styles Mean Swank
For thé Budget-Minded Miss
In This Year's Easter Parade
~~ Full-Skirted Silhouet Shown Oftener Than Slim-Lined, but Latter Termed ‘Prophetic’ By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editer NEW YORK, Jan. 20—In this year’s Easter parade, Miss Budgeteer will be able to cut as swank a figure as Mrs. Gotrocks. She can because the makers of clothes in the economy. price brackets are-right on the heels of the big name (and big price) designers. A parade of 60 Easter costumes, staged here yesterday afternoon ‘by the New York Dress Institute, proved that new fashion trends are
| available for all income levels, ‘The show was the second in -NYDI's
panorama Dress Week designed to present a cross-section of the New York market Last week, visiting fashion writers from all over the country saw the work of upper-bracket designers. This week they're seeing ex-
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amples of the same designers’ work sprinkled among lower- -priced |
EXOTIC PLANTS — a R. Bebout, 410 N. Meridian St., cares for hor ey
garden-of potted house plants. She raises them successfully in‘a north window located
in labor saving rs is the devel. : . ners that have In Plant Life face—not paper ntribution will Mrs. Bebout Raises hing easier. Be- Ivy, African Violets ft surface next By MARGUERITE ers can feel safe CHINESE evergreen ' that inside regular blooms off and on all year (it fresh one with doesn't know it's supposed to be ill keep diapers a foliage plant), a pot of ivy, and anently stained, three kinds of African violets—all disposable for of them. are doing very nicely, ol a. liners thank you, under more handicaps Ider cloths, face Mrs. E. R. Bebout, 410 N. Meridian ete. Adults will St. She provides the best she iy aay Nags. ideo alin Rape ny warm alr, 1s a north window dispenser plus the Sahara-like heat that } Sispamaet Aap pours up from a radiator just unlollar, They are der sald window, anapolis. “It amages our friends,” Mrs. Bebout, “but I've kept these plants rls growing for four or five years. They require more water than more forj.rival boys in tunately situated plants do. But — ; I keep the soil cultviated, with kitchen knife, to keep it porous the top. And I have to wash off the smooth leaved ivy and evergreen frequently to keep them Te Im ie Sentinal atcumula-
tion of dust. I just blow it o fuzzy African violet foliage. “I've never used any fertilizer on, them. But I always save soil that!
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If I ever have to live in an apartment again (and I foresee possible days of old ladyhood if the atom bomb doesn’t catch me first) then
centerpiece for the most elegantly lke Ve-ang- 14s Yam,
THEN BASIL, 0 ni of all the herbs. But the regular kind is too
sort. — (Seeds aren't common—drop| me a note if you want the name of a seed house) This dwarf sort can also double for flavoring and bouquets where it's dark purple foliage would rival any flower. Then I'd buy a plant of some one of the thymes, maybe the lemon scented kind. (Again, I can give you the name of a seed house.) I'd let it.creep to the edge and drape over the box if it grew that fast. With. these four -to start ‘with rdi have the ingredients of the French “herb bouquet” which is tradition-| ally-a bay leaf plus thyme and either parsley or chervil. Tie them | together and drop them into what | ever long cooking dish you're sim- | mering for dinner. Remove before | serving and it will hate a mouth. : Spy Suan
“AND A NOTE ro “backyard gardeners: If you grab up that spade as soon as ever the ground has thawed and turn a little plot of ground, sucCeeding “frosts will smooth out the lumps before planting time and You'll be the envy of the neighborwith yotr early radishes, lettuce and onions. "Tain’t according to-Hoyle; 1 , but it works,
— Full Pleated Skirts “Need Careful Press
n" white The full pleated skirt is a ous per- ern revival, but it must always Here : “ expertly pressed -for a best apear and 3 To get a tallor's fine results, pin incon- Pleats at skirt's edge to ironing fact board. Place & dampened cloth S ac ory over fabric and press—do not iron. Sizes |4 t is, lift the iron up and down
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By -SALLY DO YOU.-LIVE on an allowance and like it? Or does your family favor some other financial setup? _The open purse policy of
asking Pop for a hand-out when. ~ever you need finds? Of the pay = ~~ . System where. every. MORASS 1Ag ze
has its price? It's a matter of personal poets erence. The main thing to ree member is that each member of
the family is entitled to a share.’
of the family income. And each should do his share of the work. Seems to me an allowance is the easiest way, all round. You teeners can budget your expenditures. Mom can budget the household tasks.
» ~ ” IF YOU'RE starting on an allowance system, make sure you and Pop and Mom understand i exactly what it-is to cover. Maybe it's a small stipend for amusements and incidental pur- | chases. Or it could be your entire share of the family income, covering clothing and general ex- |
| penses, even medical and dental
just over a radiator, NL Teen Topics — _ - . S. Ratferty ty | Learn to Manage Your Money Marri esl
Betty Hasch
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome S. Rafferty . are on a trip to New York followee ing- their
cis de Sales Catholic Church. \The (vows were read by the Rev. Fr, Joseph Vollmer, . ‘The bride, the former Miss Betty | Jean Hasch, is the daughter of Mr.| and Mrs. Raymond I. Hasch, 623 N.| Chester Ave. Mr. Rafferty is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Rafferty, 301 Layman Ave, A blue crepe street length dress with black accessories was worn by) {the bride. She wore a corsage of | |orchids, There was a dinner for the| wedding party at Bradley's restau- A * |rant. after the ceremony. :
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costs, Whether it's this or that, or something in between, learn to live on it, If you absolutely must have more, earn it outside the home. Chiseling from parents for plush |
“garments. First of the panorama shows,
ered special fashion interests— those of career girls, brides, infanticipators, tall, short or plump women-—at $23 and up prices. . Back to those outfits set for Sunday, March 28, premieres . some wore. price tags as low as $25. An example was a black faillé suit, its circular skirt topped by a basque jacket edged with black’ braid. ;
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Four groups of costumes were |
included in this showing—ensem- | bles, suits, cape or bolero outfits, and coat dresses. Navy blues and neutrals were the starring colors, with brighter shades introduced for southern spring wear
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The full-skirted silhouet appeared perhaps three times as often as did the slim-lined; but whenever the latter did appear, it was characterized as phetic.” Eleanor Lambert (sparkplug of the NYDI press events)
“nitely-on-the way hy; although full’
skirts will predominate” through the coming summer.”
Coats, Matching Frocks Are Popular Ensembles _ ‘So, for those who expect a long-run-use from this Easter’s outfit, the slimmer silhouet is the wiser. choice. Full-skirt fans still have their less-expensive summer duds in which to indulge fondness for swirling hemlines, In the Eastér ensemble group, full-length fitted coats in soft
_ woolens or crisp. bengalines, taf- |
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Less numerous but newer looking were "Nip-Tength coats. All of them topped companion frocks. For the suit group. jackets were generally short, whether of basque persuasion or loose and
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WE CAN DO ourselves no harm by giving in to our egos and and investing now and then in a tender, juicy, expensive cut of meat. But after the splurge, we must go searching for the most and best meat we can buy with the little money we have left. All of the less tender meats require long, slow cooking in moist heat just as the very hearts
In Way's first. Tecipe do, (425 degrees. F.) until - golden
STUFFED VEAL HEARTS brown. Place on & cake rack to
(For Thursda: dinner) cool. 2 ¢. coarse, stale bread crumbs Blend the sugar, cornstarch, flour and water in the top of a 2 thsps. finely chopped onion : 1% ¢. finely chopped green peppers/ 1 tsp. salt 1s tsp. pepper
Add the boiling water, stirring | vigorously until smooth and thick. Place over boiling water and cook | for 15 minutes, stirring continue | ously==the first three or four and
| double’ boiler to a smooth paste,
Combine the frst six ingredi=
| ents for the stung. Wash the | hearts apd remove the arteries
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boxy above a well-defined skirt |
waistline. Boleros, too, may be snugly buttoned basque styles, or square and boxy, or built on such flaring lines that they suggest a cross between cape and jacket.
Coat Dresses Designed For Youthful Wear
is the cape—in all lengths from shoulder capelet to sweeping fulllength. types. Striking version of
; the latter is David Crystal's long
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red cape lined with navy and
white polka dot crepe to match its accompanying” frock.
Coat dresses are especially
prominént among spring CO8~
tumes, these double-duty, coat-
and<frock=in~one styles are done | “in lightweight woolens as well as |. “in failles and bengalines.
Formerly designed mostly for older wearers, coat dresses now come in such youthful styles as a navy faille with bracelet sleeves, fitted bodice and skirt with tightly gathered back fullness. Another new note in coat dresses is the redingote style, with an
niet of contrasting fabric filling |
the front opening of the skirt. Jo Copeland of Pattullo Modes does one of these — a navy wool with a pure silk green and blue inset.
presents and parties is no fair,
| Bridge— ; Count Tricks and Cash Them mit
* By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America’s Card Authority
“THERE IS NO question that | Mrs. Helen Sobel of New York would top anyone's list as the outstanding woman bridge player of | th: world. Her name is engraved | on every world and national |
world championship masters 1ndi-_ vidual. ' However I would like to call | attention’ to the record of Mrs. Margaret Wagar of Atlanta, Ga. Although she rarely participates in-the many tournaments held in and near New York, she had won every championship of the American Contract Bridge League ex-
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cept, the masters individual and masters pair events. In the ster; she. finished second -in-1043; Tast Décember Mrs. Wagar and Mrs. Sobel won the national open | pair - championship, over the largest field ever entered, 166 | pairs. This trophy was put in| play in 1928 and only twice before has it been won by a pair of | women,
Ld » ~ | TODAY'S HAND will give you | Wagar's ability, |
an idea of Mrs.
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3 j-other £lub with the jack of hearts:
! up to 10 and cashed them.
but please cover East and West. When the king of spades held the first trick, West continued id with the spade ace. ; 5 Now is the time to decide how :
can assure you that many experts would say that South should dis vo card ‘a diamond on the second Shh spade, and that another diamond ; 3 : should be discarded if West con- 1 tinued with a third spade, } But Mrs. Wagar said “That $ won't do. Just count 10 tricks | * and cash them-—make sure that -you -cash- seven - heart tricks, tte ace of diamonds and two club tricks.”
. » ” MRS. WAGAR ruffed the second spade trick, cashed the ace and king of clubs, ruffed a small club in dummy. with the ten of hearts,
ace of diamonds and ruffed, an-
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Next she ruffed the Jack of | spades with the nine of hearts and ruffed another club in dummy with the king of hearts, And of course she made the ace. and queen of hearts. As she said, her contract was | for 10-tricks,-so she just counted 1
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skewer them together, using | toothpicks and lacing together | with string.
Melt the shortening in a Dutch oven or deep skillet. Add the hearts and brown well on both
| sides, turning carefully.- Add one
half cup of water; sprinkle with salt. Cover tightly and cook very slowly over low heat for about two and a half hours or until very tender, Add one-fourth cup more water
| at the end of the first and the Just as prominent as the bolero |
second hour or making one cup all together. Remove the hearts to a hot platter. Remove the skewers and string. Keep hot; make ‘ gravy with the drippings. Serves five. r » y » LEMON MERINGUE PIE (For Friday dinner) Plain pastry (one crust) 1 c. sugar : "= cornstarch. v 2 _theps. flour i; ©. cold water 2 c. boiling water 3 eges . 2 medium
1 tsp. grated lemon rind (loosely packed) 1 tbsp. butter 1 tsp. salt Make the pastry, using one cup of all-purpose flour, one-half tea spoon salt, one-third shortening and three tablespoons ice water, Roll out and line an eight- -inch pie-piate. Prick very
hly. “Bake in a moderately hot oven tractive.
frequently the rest of the time. Separate the eggs. Beat the
ture to them, beating vigorously, Now pour the egg mixture into the hot mixture while stirring cone
| stantly. Remove from the heat, | stir in the lemon juice, rind and | butter. Pour while warm into-the
pastry shell. Turn the egg whites into a two«
quart mixing bowl. Sprinkle with -
| one-quarter teaspoon salt, one=
quarter teaspoon cream of tartar and one teaspoon of lemon juice onto the whites. Beat to a stiff form, then start adding six tablespoons of sugar, adding one at a time and beating between additions until the meringue stands up in soft, shiny points. Pile the meringue onto the pie Use the back of the spoon to quickly spread it out to thickness over the pie, making sure it is snug against the pastry,
Swirl the meringue quickly over -
Bk a moderate oveIr-(300~ Penn F.) for 12 minutes or une til the desired golden brown color is obtained. Remove to a cake rack to cool for two and a half to three hours before cutting. Serves six.
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