Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1948 — Page 17

BEAUTY—

are lopped off a woman's figure, years off her apparent age. The purple crepe hip-draped dress (left) amplifies the odes Proportions because" e color and design both magnify : size. The orchid straw hat massed with vari-colored flowers is a bad choice for the model because the wide brim and shallow crown create a horizontal line which creates the effect of cutting down her height. The shoes with instep straps are wrong because they nave a fore-shortening ' effect upon feet and legs. As shown here,

magnified by too-pale stockings. The gray bolero-gffect crepe

cause slimly fitted, slanting ~ tiers on. the skirt have an

el’s figure. The bolero provides a costume device for masking the bustline and revealing a figure-defining waistline. Gray, the color of this outfit, has a minimizing effect upon size. . The upswept profile hat of white eyelet embroidery was chosen for its elongating effect on the model's face and figure. Stockings in a gray tone almost matched to the dress and black classic pumps help to keep the color line of the costume unbroken, which is desired for slimness.

A Meat-Stretcher

dish like stuffed hamburgers that uses bread crumbs made from leftover bread. ‘These crumbs are also meat-stretchers,

WEDNESDAY, MAR. 17, 1048

Slim-Lined Clothes Will Subtract Pounds igure

In the above pictures, the same model is posed in the “wrong” and “right” choices of clothes to prove that new look fashions

these underpinnings can be

dress (right) is slenderizing be- |

elongating effect on the mod- !

can make a woman appear plump or slim and older or younger than her years. Note how much more slender and younger the model looks when she changed the hip-draped dress and. wide-brimmed hat, left. for the slimfitted holes ress and upswept pr hat, right.

Let’s Eat— Now Cornmeal

Like Flour, Is Enriched

Polenta Recipe Calls For Yellow Variety By META GIVEN | TWO .or three years ago, only natural cornmeal was lavailable for making cornbread i mush. So long as persons ate these foods and had adequate {amounts of milk, meat, eggs and |green vegetables to go with them, no nutritional dise. resulted. But when cornb or mush jwas eaten regularly by those who had little more to go with it than ifat meat and only an occasional egg, glass of milk. or a serving of {meat and vegetables, it was com{mon to find pellagra among such families. | At the beginning of World War II the enrichment of flour seemed {so important for keeping our own people in a good state of nutriition, conscientious nutritionists ‘had their chance to propose the enrichment of cornmeal. Now everyone can buy the enriched product if they want it. | ® = =» ITALIAN POLENTA { (For Saturday dinner) {1 c. yelfow cornmeal c. water tsp. salt ig ©. grated cheese % t. paprika Mix the cornmeal with one cup of the water in the top of the double boiler. Have the remaining water boiling and slowly stir into the cornmeal mixture. Add the salt and boil for five minutes. Place over boiling water, cover and cook for about one hour, stirring occasionally. Add cheese and paprika and turn into a baking dish (a four-cup one). Sprinkle with additional grated cheese and brown in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with Italian sauce: 2 thsps. margarine or olive eil 1 small onion, chopped

Choose. occasionally a meat:

SOCIAL | SITUATIONS |

SITUATION: A door-to-door salesman, selling something you do not want, comes to your door. WRONG WAY: Figure that the quickest way to get rid of him is to say, “I don’t want to buy anything,” and shut the door, before he can say anything. RIGHT WAY. Take an ex-

{muffin pans.

to 10 minutes.

your refusal polite, as well as | muffin pans.

right size,

Like New Leftovers With Biscuit Dough

Here's an easy way to dramatize leftover meat.” Make tricky {little biscuit cups {creamed meat chunks in them.! {The biscuit cups are made by cutting circles from enriched bisjcuit dough and pressing into Prick the bottom | with a fork and bake the cups in| a hot oven (450 degrees F.) eight

It may be, easier to form the’ cups by fitting the circles of! tra minute or two to make | dough on inverted large greased A four-inch cutter definite. righ make circles of just the

THE DOCTOR ANSWERS—

By E. P. JORDAN, M. D. QUESTION: Does a person who has hardening of

the arteries necessarily have high blood pressure? .

ANSWER: A person can have moderate hardening of the arteries, especially if only in a certain part of the body, without having high blood pressure. However, the two are.commonly associated.

and serve

1; small clove garlic, minced #4 1b. ground chuck 213 c. canned tomatoes 15 tsp. salt

"Finishing Details Are Important

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By ART WRIGHT WHEN YOU have selected an attractive, becoming pattern and a suitable fabric. you have covered two important points in the preparation of a garment for the

Contest. : However, distinctive pattern; styling and handsome fabric, of themselves, do not constitute a prizeworthy garment. Your dress, coat or suit must give additional evidence of your care in all the details of blending the two. i Let us say that finishing the] neckline, putting in the sleeves or fitting the garment with shoulder pads is your bugaboo. You! buzz right through the rest of the job, but at one or another of {these comnections, you lose your {sure touch. : ~

® YOU MUST concentrate on these . details, without overworking, or oversewing them, and your pattern instruction sheet will help you. In the matter of finishing ine neckline and where there is a pattern piece for a faced opening, the instruction sheet will Gell you how to place and how ‘o stitch. The stitching line is often marked with perforations. Mark

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notches, easing in nesses to keep the cotton the fullness on the sleeve evenly. place, but dv not Put your pins very close to- tight or they will gether. Pull up the two loose padding. rows of machine stitching, so s =» that they'll gather in the sleeve-| pT THE pad in the garmen enough to fit the armhole while it is on, and pin it in place. loosely, between notches, andi On garments with set-in shoulder seam. Ease in the plain-| ,;, vos baste the pad to the topped sleeve very evenly, so that | ;1.eve "seal and tack the poin no little pleatings will show. . |,¢ ine pad to the shoulder seam Pin firmly and baste very close {In a dropped sleeve, merely to the pulled up stitching line. |, o padding to the Stitch just inside this line, os seam. 9040 Femlove the yUws of gu Remember, too, that when the

threads. ob |garments are judged, points will

» » - and SHOULDER pads are still a be given on the suitability

vital necessity, even in tapered-|

b ils made. All you Make a careful selection in these

do is cut two pieces of dress ma- details. Linings and tape bindterial seven a square. One/Ings should be chosen with an square, folded on the diagonal eye to color harmony. will make one pad. | The size, the finishing and the Insert cotton batting so that it: Pacing of Duttonboles iy is one inch thick at the crease Ome in for special no a . and thins out to almost nothing Make a study, for your own sake, about a half-inch from the edges. of the way in which these deTurn a half-inch over the edge|tails are carried through in the of the cotton and pin. Turn in clothes turned out by the best

and baste one-half inch around commercial designers.

the rest of the piece—fold over| —pin again and baste. Blind hem| Roiled Potatoes If you're making the pad for] For mealy potatoes to be boiled

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this line the wrong side of the fabric, and stitch along it.

strips of material you cut to face ‘a slashed opening, a round neck{line, or a square one, should be {cut on the same grain as .he part {tv be faced. Sewing teachers say {that the neckline frequently gives trouble to amateur dressmakers, because this grain line parallel is disregarded. » . . SUCCESS in putting in the sleeve comes with the elimination of guesswork and the substitu{tion of a simple, orderly procedjure. First of all, the underarm sleeve seam should be stitched and pressed open. If there ave darts at the top of the sleeve, these should be sewed in. If there are gathers at the sleevetop, or even if the top of

Heat the margarine, then saute ‘the onion and garlic lightly. Add | the ground meat and brown, stir-/| ring constantly. Add tomatoes and salt. Cook over low heat for | 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. | | {Five or six mushrooms, sliced! may be sauteed with the onion| and garlic.) Bring the polenta to the table in a serving dish. sauce in a bowl. Serve the sauce {over heaping spoonfuls of po- | lenta. Serves four to six.

Have the|

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oF - ae o Je all wll wd . 5 A A year 280 today, if you had asked the a owner of a new Pontiac what could be 0 - done to improve it, he would very ‘p' likely have told you—"Nothing at all.

I like it just as it is.”

improved wherever possible.

A FINE CAR MADE EVEN FIVER

That's why, for those who have known Pontiac in the past, the 1948 Pontiac is the big news of the year. For here is a fine car made a great deal finer! There is new beauty —beauty that starts with a refined “Silver Streak,” and extends throughout the exterior and interior of the smart Fisher bodies. There is new dependability—for the sturdy Pontiac chassis has been

And there is unbelievably fine perform-

MERIDIAN PONTIAC, INC. 923 N. Meridian Indianapolis 4, Ind.

The big news is

PONTIAC

: GM Hydra-Matic Drive

‘optional* on all models

ance—for not only have the great Pontiac engines been refined and improved —but Pontiac now offers, as optional* equipment, the sensational

General Motors Hydra-Matic Drive.

With this miraculous mechanism, you just sit back and relax! There is no clutch pedal, and the gears shift themselves. If you wish, you can drive from sun-up to sun-down and touch nothing but steering wheel, throttle and brakes.

The new Pontiac is now on display in our showrooms, and you are cordially invited to see and inspect it. There are fifteen beautiful models—each a great ’ car and a great value. And among them is one exactly suited to you.

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8215 E. Wash. Indianapolis 1, Ind.

14 | A greater car...and a greater value!

AND THESE FAMOUS PONTIAC FEATURES

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*GM Hydra-Matic Drive, Bumper Guards and White Sidewall Tires optional om all models at additional cost.

HELP AMERICA PRODUCE FOR PEACE~TURN

IN YOUR SCRAP TRON AND STEEL ’

CHIEFTAIN PONTIAC, INC. 111 W. 88th Indianapolis, Ind.

«olis, will spend Easter vacation

5 (For Sunday dinner) 2 large Bartlett pears, chilled and cut into l%-inch cubes (about 2¢) 2 to 4 tsps. lemon juice 1 c. chopped Pascal celery 4 tbsps. coarsely chopped walnuts 12 c. mayonnaise 1 tsp. sugar 15 tsp. salt Lettuce cups Place the pear cubes in a bowl.

Toss with lemon juice. Add celery and nuts. Mix the mayonnaise, sugar and salt

thoroughly. Combine with the

pears. Toss lightly. Heap into! lettuce cups. Serve immediately.’ Serves four.

New Macaroni Dish Grand Meal-In-One

Macaroni au gratin with asparagus and eggs is an interesting meal brightener. For four generous servings, cook four ounces elbow macaroni. Drain, rinse with warm water, and arrange in the bottom of a greased casserole. Arrange a layer of cooked asparagus over the macaroni and a layer of sliced hard-cooked eggs over the asparagus. Pour cheese mustard over gll and bake in 2 moderate oven about 25 minutes. _A casserole like this that contains only cooked foods needs only a thorough heating to blend the “flavors. Chopped pimiento| or sliced stuffed olives make a good garnish.

Lambs Club Changes)

om : ‘Date of Frolic | The date of the Lambs Club Frolic has been changed from] Saturday, Apr. 3, to Saturday,| May 1. The event is to be in the! Columbia Club, | Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Pantzer are [chairmen of the committee pro{ducing the show, which is to precede the dance.

Easter Vacation

Times Special WELLESLEY, Mass, Mar, 17—| {Miss Harriet Holmes, Indianap-

lat the Elbow Club, Bermuda. A member .of/ {the Wellesley College facuity,| | Miss Holmes recently received her| doctor's degree from Radcliffe! College. |

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the sleeve is plain, it is important that you run two rows of loose machine stitching between the notches, to help you ease the fulness of the sleeve into the armhole. Work it with’ your sleeve right side out, but from the wrong side of the garment. Pin the under~ seam of the sleeve to the

arm {shoulder seam, match the notches

and pin them-—making it a point to place all pins on the sleeve side, Pin around the sleeve from ¥ » »

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1-18 By SUK BURNLEAT A youthful date frock for juniors in the popular yoked style. You'll like the curved detail, the quaint puffed sleevas. Pattern 8257 is for sizes 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18. Size 12, 3% yards of 39-inch, for short sleeves.

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the edges together. a dropped shoulder sleeve, take in their jackets, pare a thin nara small dart by hand, in under row band around the potato, the side of the pad, at the cen-,When cooked, uncover the pan {ter, to make it curve, Baste and shake gently over low heat diagonally through all the thick-'to dry them out. :

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